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Editorial
The Rattler
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Presidents Fear Budget Cuts
(CPS) - Unbeknownst to each protect it any longer."
"This has not been the best of
£
observes Montana State beyond five years, however. The
years,"
economic future is not particularly
people - in a number of states last president William Tietz, whose
Some state college officials industries," Hines says. "They will
lobbying media events and postures
A
a
administrators, claiming six years case for more funding.
of federal budget cuts already have
"We were given a good
"These pleas (college presidents contest sponsored by the Texas
The
Purdue and Indiana universities, affecting lives all over."
"It's a very difficult spiral to
close some academic departments, rivals in virtually everything, have
of Alaska President Dr. Donald
The Faculty Senate at Utah
The third annual "National
couldn't prove there were beer
But over the past twelve years their guests are to arrive.
M*
University Alcohol
Problems Continue
Respectfully Yours
Rev. Paul Ryan S.M.
Features Editor
Meliza Trevino
News Editor
Ken Stein
Association will then feature the
winning poster in publicity for
night of debauchery of each school
year - because it ran out of money.
Students and administrators at the
other, public college presidents -
- normally a decorous bunch of
Graphics
Rosi Lopez
By Sofia Rodriguez
ContributingWriter
Sports Editor
Don O'Keefe
Managing Editor
Melissa Knight
Chief Photographer
Oscar Gutierrez
Editorial Editor
Dee Duarte
Business Manager
Meladi Marin
Advertising Manager
Richard Annett
Production Manager
Jake Martinez
Lorain Brown
Director of Financial
Assistance
Corpus Christi State
University
6300 Ocean Drive
Corpus Christi, Texas
78412
POSTMARK DEADLINE
Editor
Luis Hernandez
A $500 scholarship will be
awarded to the winner of a poster
Legislatures.
budgets in the middle of the
colleges.
"I do expect it to last well
state budget cuts will force them to
take drastic measures.
They say they will have to
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November 18,1986
DO YOU LIKE TO DRAW?
WILL $500 CHANGE
YOUR MIND?
ANNOUNCEMENT 1986-1987 FINANCIAL
AID AWARENESS WEEK POSTER CONTEST
Technical Manager
Richard Prewitt
Reporters
Bill Chidgey, Tracy Ervin
Staci Fischer, Billy Ford
Gary Gardetto, Felicia
Gonzales, Nadine Gonzalez,
Vicki Hebert, Liliana
Martinez, Mary Synek
Advisor
Dr. Peggy Curet
u
Circulation Manager
Lori Ivy
to the bone, are warning that new president Bowen. "The minds are
Letter to
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the Editor
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Idaho State year.
forced them to cut their operations hearing," reports
new "Tecnology" (sic). Perhaps it fraternity parties. was trying to take a picture of them
is this new technology which can Under new rules, campus greeks carrying liquor boxes into the
be blamed for the many misspelled must fill out "party request forms" skyboxes earlier this month.
words. and submit them three days before Last week, UA police said they
O'Dowd, whose school has had to state, meanwhile, voted flatly to
slash spending by 35 percent over refuse to join the administration's
the last several months. "Alaska's mandated effort to cut an extra six
state revenue has been cut in half percent off this year's budget in
the last eight months." order to absorb the state funding
When Utah didn't collect as decline.
much in taxes as it had planned, it Northern Iowa’s administrators
ordered all state agencies - were so upset by state budget news
- including colleges - to slash their two weeks ago that they bought an
to college funding are making) are last ditch efforts," Association of Student Financial
of outright defiance to convince began fighting back with some experience problems again next
state legislators not to impose what unusual histrionics last week, year,"
the presidents say will be a ruinous University of Wisconsin System "They can’t just raise taxes," he
new round of budget cuts. President Kenneth Shaw tried to adds, because more unemployed
Texas, Alaska, Idaho, Indiana, make the point by saying budget people need state social services,
Wisconsin, Montana, Alabama, cuts that have forced state campuses welfare, and other programs which,
Utah, Iowa, and Missouri, among to turn students away "make me in turn, consume more of what
other states, have recently - or are cry." little money there is.
about to - cut the amount of The presidents fo Idaho's four "Many states are battling
money they give to their public state-supported colleges went on a deficits, and higher education
colleges. highly publicized "barnstorming suffers for it," concurs Corina Eckl
And their college tour" of six cities to plead their of the National Conference of State
budgets. At Weber State it meant ad protesting state education Dear Sir,
firing 58 people, disbanding the funding "stinginess" in the Des In your October 28 issue you N-tton w;a
men's wrestling and the women's Moines Register newspaper. expressed surprise that you had -"-I
golf teams, and dropping the "The governor believes the received no "Letters to the Editor."
economics degree program, among money spent on this ad would be infrequency of issues could be one
others. . . better spent on student education," explanation, as you indicated. But
Budget cuts left the University Dick Vohs, Gov. Terry Branstad's I think the paucity of news and
of Texas unable to make some press secretary, replied angrily, other items of interest to the
promised payments to one of its The half-page ad cost $2,050. university community is the main
research partners, and it is now But few expect the state funding reason.
losing faculty to better-paying cuts to stop any time soon, if only Consider the October 28 issue:
schools, Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby said because states in the energy and in a 12-page issue, fully 42% of
last week. farm regions don’t have more the issue was ads or "Happy
The Kansas Board of Regents money to give to their colleges. Haunting." 42% represents 5 pages Collegiate Alcohol Awareness University of Arkansas spent
last week announced it might soon "Times are tough for the states, out of 12. While the full-page ads Week" unfolded last week, seeming Awareness Week wondering if
start closing masters degree I wouldn't call this a decline in may help your treasury, they do almost old-fashioned amid the wealthy football fans illegally have
programs, while Alaska s ODowd state funding, but a flattening," nothing to make The Rattler rumors, fears, meanings, lawsuits been smuggling beer into their
reports we 11 probably have to cut says Illinois State's Dr. Edward attractive or desirable. and recriminations swirling around skyboxes at Razorback Stadium,
academics. We can t continue to Hines, who tracks state funding of Another reason for no "Letters to campus cocaine and crack use. Liquour store delivery people
the Editor" could well be the many The University of Illinois chose threatened a photographer from the
mistakes while you are learning a Awareness Week to start regulating Traveler, the student paper, who
— .
cut back on student services, raise been jointly wining and dining break, and we’re right at the point Financial Aid Awareness week,
tuitions and maybe even merge legislators at "breakfast, lunch and where it's most discouraging - if February 16-21, 1987. The contest
with other colleges. dinner" to try to win more funding, not downright impossible - to is open to all currently enrolled FOR SUBMISSION OF ENTRIES
"It's close (to squeezing blood reports Purdue Vice President Dr. cope," he says. students of a TASFAA member IS NOVEMBER 21, 1986. The
out of a turnip)," says University John Hicks, institutions of higher education. winner will be announced by
Entries must incorporate the December 10, 1986.
TASFAA logo, the Financial Aid All entries become the property
Awareness Week theme, Student of the Texas Association of Student
Financial Aid: Invest in our Financial Aid Administrators.
Future, and the dates February 16- For more information contact
21, 1987. They should also be the St. Mary's Office of Financial
camara-ready, 11" x 14" black and Assistance 436-3141. A picture of
white copies. Contestants should the TASFA’s logo can be picked up
submit their posters to: in the office also.
more open"
needs.
confiscating beer at parties at which discovered students had developed a
underaged students were drinking number of ingenius schemes for
and even helping the police break dealing with the state's newly raised
up some of the parties. minimum legal drinking age.
In a subsequent press con- Among the schemes: a number
ference, Reed said he was surprised of over-21 students reported losing
by the sheer amount of campus their driver's licenses, and then, for
drinking he witnessed. a fee, let younger students go get
Separately, the UF student the replacements. The result was a
government said it wouldn't stage license with data about a 22-year-
its annual "Freakers Ball" on old and a picture of the underaged
Halloween - probably the wildest student.
Eckl says. Adds Hines, "this is Aid Administrators.
misprints and misspelled words.
I have been critical but only
with the hope that my remarks
might encourage you to produce a
paper worthy of a university and
of university-level students.
Hopefully then you would have
"Letters to the Editor" in
abundance.
editors and reporters for The Rattler Mark Robinson of Ui's student bottles in the boxes, while the
have repeatedly misspelled words, activities office says the new liquor store manager said his
Surely in a Catholic university the procedures could make banning all employees were delivering soft
"printer's devil" can not have so liquor on campus unnecessary. drinks, not alcohol.
much influence as to be blamed for But more crackdowns are needed, UA President Ray Thornton also
all of these misspellings. You and Florida State System Chancellor reiterated campus policy, which
your staff would do a great service Charles Reed concluded after riding bans alcohol at all school events.
to St. Mary's University were you around with Florida State and But in West Virginia, Marshall
to take the time and effort to correct University of Florida police, University officials said they'd
week resorted to "last ditch" campus budget is $1.2 million less bright or rosy for some farm and
barnstorming trips, splashy than it was last year this time. those with oil-or mineral-related
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