The Ranger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, February 6, 1987 Page: 2 of 30
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High and low
radio-television-film majors, take different routes
near Fletcher Administration Center to reach their
destinations.
Cindy Russell takes the high road Monday after-
noon as Marion Underwood appropriately walks
underneath the building. The two students, both
Fire hazards cited
at campus building
to
been posted in the building.
The building has undergone
several changes since preliminary
renovation began four months ago.
Classes continue to meet amidst
the dust-filled hallways, boxes,
debris and maintenance workers.
Several changes will eliminate
By Dawn Moderow
Staff Writer
some fire hazard problems, such as
a new fire exit.
Maintenance crews assigned to
put in a new door in the northwest
corner of CEC worked on installation
of the door Tuesday, the day after the
fire inspector’s visit.
The fire marshal cited the follow-
ing violations:
1. Exit signs must be in full view:
painters had covered up the signs
above the doors of Rooms 150B and
152B.
2. A fire door should separate the
building’s mechanical room and the
corridor: adjacent to Room 150B the
room which houses high voltage wir-
ing is wooden and has a glass
window.
3. Emergency lighting must be pro-
„ »s:
the north and west corridors have
none, as well as the drawing labs,
Rooms 150B and 152B and the
southwest exit door.
arts and technologies who said he
had been designated by default to
oversee the renovation of CEC, also the three double'" doors leading
accompanied the fire marshal. ___________1___1 ’ ' '
Following the fire marshal around large foliage and chairs.
6. A fire extinguisher should be in
full view and within 75 feet of travel-
ing space: fire extinguishers were
removed in the inner and outer west
corridors
7. Exit signs must be easily viewed
from any oncoming directions: the
exit sign in the southwest corner is
marshal’s office.
Emilienberg said, “It’s got occu-
besides the hallways and pant loads with variable limits since
a health the building has variable uses.”
The inspector could name no one
8. Alarm pulls are needed within 20
feet of exterior exits and within
reach of egress: an alarm pull was
removed at the north door.
9. Exit doors must be provided per
every 150 feet of traveling space: the
previous fire exit in the northwest
corridor was bricked up before a
new door was put in.
A maximum occupancy load has
The city fire marshal’s office Mon-
day cited nine violations of the city
fire code in the continuing education
center.
Sgt. Terrie Hoffmann accompanied
Capt. Victor Emilienberg, city fire
marshal, on an inspection of the CEC
after an anonymous complaint was
filed with the fire department con-
cerning fire exits.
The complaint alleged the previous
fire exit on the northwest corner of
the building was bricked up. Also,
there was a report that hallways and
doorways were blocked, making an
emergency departure from the
building difficult. ______o____
The CEC, used by the school since vided tonight a directpath of egres:
its purchase in 1975, has never been ’ '
inspected by the city.
“I’ve never been in that building.
I remember wondering about that _____________________
when my wife took a class there one 4. Exit doors must be unobstructed;
year,” Emilienberg said. the southwest exit door was block-
James Wogstad, professor of visual ed by general debri.
5. A main exit must provide one foot
of exiting for every 50 people: two of
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Main Avenue are blocked by lockers,
the corridors, he explained future
improvements planned for the
building.
“We’ve designated the building as
a non-smoking building,” Wogstad
offered.
“It doesn’t need
be,” Emilienberg said.
“If you want to, you can designate blank on one side.
30 percent as smoking areas,” he
added.
“Well, we don’t want to,” Wogstad
said.
A meeting among heads of groups
now assigned to CEC decided Jan. 22
to endorse and enforce a no-smoking
policy.
Wogstad explained, “The air from
the 30 percent goes to the other 70
percent and vice versa.”
Lynnell Burkett, journalism chair- not been established by the city fire
man, said, “There’s no area to con- marshal’s office.
gregate in this building for smoking,
no areas 1
classrooms. We felt it was
hazard for everyone.”
No-smoking signs have not yet specifically responsible for making
sure the requirements were met.
Possible litigation could result
within 10 days if the requirements
are ignored.
“But it rarely, if ever, comes to
that,” he said.
The fire marshal indicated he
plans to return within 10 days.e
Students deal with classroom confusion
said he had talked to Farris, and
“Mr. Farris does a fantastic job. He
students to an empty classroom
determined that it not be.
“I have 11 students signed up for
I was there to solve it,” Kemp said.
Claudia Sternberg’s Spanish class
was directed by Kemp to move to
Room 103, Wednesdays only.
Sternberg said, “If it was officially
assigned to two people, and I was
this class. So if we have to, we’ll
move the class to another place. But
I’m not going to cancel it,” he said.
Guadiano explained he thought
his class was important because so
many students enroll for checker
training when they have trouble fin-
ding a job.
“One thing we teach the students
is how to sell themselves. After the
course, 90 percent of them end up
getting a job, 70 percent with HEB.
I would say it’s a setback for them
not to be able to take the class.”
Later he said he would reschedule
his class to an HEB store if there was
no place for his class on campus.
Kemp said moving the checker
class to an off-cqmpus spot was a
common occurrence for the continu-
ing education classes.
“We deal with these problems all
the time. About 80 percent of my
classes are off-campus,” he added.
“The information for ‘Chart your
Course’ was taken out of the com-
puter the end of August 1986,” Far-
ris said.
Sixteen areas of curriculum were
previously scheduled for classrooms
in McCreless Hall.
That explains why advertising art,
art, architecture, business ad-
ministration, civil engineering
technology, computer science,
criminal justice, engineering
graphics, engineering technology,
mathematics, postal service ad-
ministration, public administrative
careers, reading, real estate manage
ment, safety engineering technology
and speech classes were scheduled
for McCreless Hall, a building now
closed for renovation.
Journalism classes, scheduled for
Loftin Student Center, also were
moved to CEC.
In all, 425 classes needed to
relocate. Of those, a third were
Some students have considered
renaming the continuing education
center the Center for Continual
Confusion.
Especially those enrolled in
Spanish 1402.004, English 1302.005
and continuing education course
retail checker training.
All were scheduled to use Room
108 at 9 a.m. on Wednesdays.
According to the spring class
schedule, which appeared to be ob-
solete the first day of registration,
Spanish was to meet in Room 642 of
Moody Learning Center, English was
to meet in CEC Room 118 and the
retail checker training was schedul-
ed for CEC 108, a room set up as a
supermarket for lab purposes.
The schedule was printed before
the facilities manager, Harold Farris,
could complete rescheduling classes
after McCreless Hall and part of Lof-
tin Student Center were closed for
renovations.
scheduled for the CEC. One hundred stance against the door of Room 108
forty-two sections now occupy the on Jan. 28, before the 9 a.m. bell. He
classrooms and hallways of CEC. said he had talked to Farris, and
Thirty-six classes from the fine arts knew about the triple scheduling.
and 32 from the advertising art pro- “Mr. Farris does a fantastic job. He
gram were relocated into smaller and the non-credit coordinators stay
and less-equipped facilities. in fairly constant contact. So I knew
CEC Room 108, the supermarket there was a problem out there, and
lab, is larger than a normal
classroom because it accommodates
six cash registers equipped with
grocery store conveyer belts, seven
shopping carts and a billboard of the
latest “daily specials.”
Normally reserved for retail assigned it first, even if it was my
checker class, this semester took ex- best friend, I would say that whoever
ception to that rule. The room was was first assigned to it gets it.”
needed for other classes. Carlos Guadiano, instructor for the
Bruce Kemp, program developer retail checker class, directed his
for continuing education, said, “We, students to an empty classroom
are second in priority to credit down the hall, Room 108.
courses. Non-credit coordinators are Guadiano said Kemp told him the
used to deferring to the credit class would be canceled, but he was
classes.”
Kemp had taken a watch dog
CEC has
diverse
history
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By Dawn Moderow
Staff Writer
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A grand ballroom, a furniture store
or a bowling alley: the continuing
education center has been all three.
Originally built as the Main
Avenue Bowling Alley, the
27,000-square-foot building also has
seen Redd Foxx and other enter-
tainers pass through its doors.
Dr. Jerome Weynand, former presi-
dent of the college district,
remembers it best as Honigblum’s
Furniture Store.
“My wife and I bought a bedroom
suite there,” he said.
Bob Dalglish, retired district direc-.'
tor of continuing education,
remembers when the college district:
bought the building in 1975.
“The district first purchased whatj
is now the campus police building.'
which was first the continuing
education building.”
“Then we had as many as 157 off-
campus sights for continuing ed
classes. We just needed the extra
facilities,” he added.
In 1975, when the district purchas-
ed the property, a nightclub oc-
cupied the building.
“During the day we
nightclub was in relatively bad. >
shape; absolutely unlit, no outside ,,
windows, and the ceiling was
painted black,” Dalglish said.
Dr. James Dye, acting district vice
chancellor of administration,
remembers the nightclub as a
discotheque, the scene of “some
trouble.”
“They painted the building purple
and put a great marquee with strobe
lights around the outside.
“In fact, that same marquee can be
seen near Alamo Stadium from
McAllister Freeway,” he added.
“One night the Miss Black San An- •
tonio pageant was held there.”
Dye said though the nightclub
started as a respectable place, it later
deteriorated.
“Accidents used to occur in front
and in the parking lot, and the police
used to be called in to calm down
fracases,” Dye said.
“We even cautioned students »
about the place.” '
Dalglish remembers a murder took
place in the building about three
months before the school bought it.
“It was a relatively popular place.
Redd Foxx was there the weekend
we were looking into buying it,”
Dalglish added.
Dye drew up the plans and was the
interior designer for the building
because he had experience with
Southwest Center and taught here in
engineering technology and
drafting. ’*
“Then we took the students out of
the home building class to do the inf
side work,” Dalglish said.
Furniture from the grand ballroom
was included in the sale of the
building and can still be found
around campus and the district.
“Orange folding chairs and little
square Formica tables are now used
in the Southwest Center and Koehler
Cultural Center,” Dye said.
The center is again undergoing
renovation to accommodate more
students and classrooms. *
Computer terminals line the walls
where the district storage facility us-
ed to be.
Easels replace desks; drafting
tables crowd the outer corridor
classrooms in an attempt to house
part of the department of visual arts
and technologies, as well as the jour-
nalism department.
One wonders what ghosts will
haunt the halls from this era?»
CAMPUS BEAT
February 6, 1987/ The Ranger / 2
FROM PAGE ONE
Chief
Moody
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added.®
Manager
“The books are preconditioned.
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system, like others, is not foolproof.
Domas said research shows the
The other 20 percent are the lucky
ones.
“I’m sure Joske’s is being ripped
According to the 1979 Uniform Fire
Codes, all structures built before
1979 need not install sprinkler
systems.
Structures built after 1979 and ex-
ceeding 75 feet above ground must
install sprinkler systems.
Losoya explained the code book is
revised and printed every three
years. However, he said the city must
adopt the revised book for the codes
to be enforced.
Castillo said, “I have never been
told by a fire marshal that we need
a sprinkler system in MLC.”
Perhaps the two biggest deterrents
to students stealing books are em-
barrassment and fear of being
The section which pertains to ex-
isting buildings was added to the
1982 code book, but Losoya pointed
out the book was not adopted.
“Before we
manager’s position, each office in
the college president.”
Flores explained the individual
damage report effort was not viable
mandatory because of lack of organization.
The fire prevention department
follows the 1979 code book. Losoya
hopes the city will adopt the 1985
book which includes a i
sprinkler system for existing
buildings.
“Problems will be created (if an or-
dinance is passed), not just struc-
turally, but financially.”
Losoya added, “Right now, I would
recommend a sprinkler system for
the MLC. As to whether we could ac-
tively pursue enforcement would be
hard to say.”
However, Pellegrino questioned, rectly evacuate.
“How cost effective will it be when
the first tragedy occurs?”®
The facilities manager would com-
pile all damage reports under the
new job description. Flores thinks
the change will make “the process
easier and more organized.”
Castillo said the manager also
would assume responsibility for
creating evacuation plans, assuring
evacuation signs are visible in class
and also inform students how to cor-
vacancy that was created as a result
of O’Keefe’s retirement presented an
opportunity to review the organiza- alarm system should reduce thefts
tion and how it relates to the district by approximately 80 percent,
as a whole.” rrl---—----* —
“There is no search for a perma-
nent chief right now. I’m reviewing
the organizational structure that we off every day,” Domas said,
presently have for the whole securi-
ty department.
“If we decide not to make any
changes in the way the campus caught, he said,
police is run, then we will advertise “I don’t know if it’s the embarrass-
for the position of chief,” Santos ment or the fear of being caught. Pro-
bably, a combination,” Domas said.
Domas said he is not sure how
many people have tried to steal
books since the library installed the
new system and added, “It’s been
very few people that have tried it.”
Saying no reason exists for
students to steal books, Domas com-
pared the situation to committing a
crime.
“Stealing a book out of the library
is the same as shoplifting.”®
already the chief of campus police at
St. Philip’s College. I just extended
his coverage. He has the rank, the ex-
perience and he can get the job
done. He’s going to have to divide his
time between the two campuses,”
Santos said.
O’Keefe said of the appointment,
“Harold Hoffmann is by far senior to
Terrie Hoffmann. He would natural-
ly get preference.”
Terrie Hoffmann, who is no longer
in the patrol division, is now an in-
vestigations/training officer, working Library
directly under Santos.
“I think it is going to be a plus for
the department as Well as the district
because we both (Harold Hoffmann The preconditioning of the books
and Terrie Hoffmann) are working sets off the alarm system,” he
toward a goal to improve things explained.
here,” Terrie Hoffmann said. Domas said the library loses an
Explaining why a permanent chief estimated 3,500 books annually to
was not appointed, Santos said, “The theft. He admitted this security
Admitting he ultimately shares the
responsibility for campus safety,
Castillo said, “It’s a two-way respon-
sibility between the students and
the college community.”
He said the college can post plans
and instruct employees and
students on proper evacuation pro-
had the facilities cedures, but some people will still
, ' ______ make the assumption they know
the Fletcher Administration building where to exit in case of an
would submit their damage report to emergency. •
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