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Vote on Social Security awaits national changes
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said, and added that they are
waiting “so that people can better
make up their minds.”
If employees of the district decide
Student problems, ranging from
theater tickets to the bookstore, were
topics at a Wednesday forum held
by the Student Representative Com-
missions in the Coffeehouse.
Students addressed questions to
the SRC members, or to Larry Adam-
son, director of student activities; Dr.
Earl Wright, vice president of stu-
dent services; Sujay Deb, Falcon
Food Service manager; Richard Her-
nandez, financial aid counselor; and
Capt. Robert O’Keefe, commander of
the campus police.
Frank Burns, SRC president, open-
ed the forum, and introduced the
speakers who all explained the area
they serve in. Burns said the purpose
of the forum was to get student in-
put for the SRC.
Deb said the new campus food ser-
vice is interested in pleasing the
students.
“We try to look for what students
like and want. We try to fulfill our
obligation to the students to make
sure they are getting what they like.
“We can’t please everybody, but
we would like to know what the
students want so we can try,” he
said.
Wright said his duties include be-
ing in charge of student services, and
said he regrets not having enough
time to spend in direct contact with
as possible to the ones continuing as well as the
new people coming in.”
San Antonio, Texas
Feb. 18, 1983
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ed at by taking the average sum of all salaries and
dividing it by the number of people receiving
salaries. The salaries included were only for peo-
ple in the general academic areas. Occupational
and technical salaries were not considered in the
report.
The TJCTA report includes occupational and
technical salaries in the ranking. To reach the
figures given, the district’s budget for salaries was
consulted, and the figures in the report match the
budget figures.
The TJCTA report ranks the colleges according to
years of service, but the budget lists the figures us-
ing the step method. Step 1 was listed as the entry-
level salary. Step 6 was used for six years of ser-
vice, and Step 11 was used for the 11th year.
Thomas explained that not all new employees
are brought in on Step 1 and the report does not
reflect this. “We can bring people in between Steps
1 and 6. We often bring people in at some step
other than 1,” he said.
“The budget uses steps instead of years of ser-
vice. The TJCTA report compares steps instead of
years of service.”
Thomas said the district’s standing relative to
faculty salaries is not as bleak as the TJCTA report
indicates but not as good as it should be. “The CB
report indicates we don’t fare badly overall, but
according to the TJCTA report, we aren’t com-
petitive with sister institutions in the initial steps.
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salaries at its Aug. 23 meeting^ failed to raise the
tax rate above 5 cents per $100 evaluation. This _ r , ,
rate has been in effect since the district was form- treading water.” He said that raises over the^next
two years will have to be considerable increases
so the board can keep its word.
Malesky told The Ranger his research will be
ready to present to the Faculty Senate salary com-
gram through voluntary state
agreements with the federal
government.
A state has the option of re-
to withdraw from the Social Securi- questing termination of coverage for
ty program, they will lose benefits
after five years. In addition, it may
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retirement, accelerate taxes and put
a ceiling on cost-of-living increases,”
he said.
A commission had been assigned
to study the problems with the
system and has come up with
similar conclusions, Holbrook said.
Holbrook added she agrees with
Knox and thinks Congress is work-
ing toward a healthy solution.
“I can’t really say what it (Con-
gress’ final solution) looks like.
There seems to be a lot of agreement
between Republicans and
Democrats that changes have to be
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District employees are still waiting
to see what action Congress will take
before they vote on whether to stay
in the Social Security program, the
chairman of the district task force on
Social Security, said Monday.
Dr. Tom Knox, mathematics pro-
fessor, said the vote scheduled for
Dec. 4 was delayed so employees
could base their vote by what
changes Congress makes in the
system.
“Until Congress does something,
we’re not doing anything,” Knox
Hack man
Fred Bergman, engineering major, takes part in a new
campus craze: hacky sack. Hacky sack playing usually
occurs in front of Moody Learning Center on nice days.
would make SAC more conducive to
academic pursuit,” he said.
Hernandez told the students the
Wright said the goal of student ser- financial aid office provides help for
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“We try to help students with
some monetary funds for their
education. We also do a lot of
counseling. Not only about financial
aid, but also students come by just
to talk about college life,” he said.
O’Keefe explained the campus
police role on campus saying they
are here to help the students.
“We are in charge of the enforce-
ment of the laws of the state of
Texas. We want to make sure this is
a safe, serene atmosphere for study.
“Our biggest concern is trying to
get all the motor vehicles on this
campus into the relatively small
something will be done about it. They are specifically upset about
the new administration building which has been approved, while
approval on the southwest campus is still pending.
“Since when does a building take precedence over education?”
Segovia asked.®
made. There seems to be more a
tendency to agree aure than reject
solutions.
“There is definitely going to have
to be changes to make it (the pro-
gram) solvent,” she said.
Holbrook added, however, that
Congress will have to act fast.
“I want to see Congress take action
so that we can stay solvent— that’s
going to have to be before this sum-
mer,” she said.
Knox said no new date has been et
for a vote by district employees on
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indicators, but they are not absolutes.”
Thomas explained the board report is bas-
ed on an average salary paid to everyone without
regard to years of service. The figures were arriv-
ed in 1947.
The Faculty Senate salary committee is respon-
sible for coming up with a proposal to help achieve
the goal.
The committee will rely on figures from the mittee next week.®
Board will meet Monday
A discussion of the presidential search at St. Philip’s College and
discussion of a southwest campus are among the agenda items for
Monday’s board of trustee meeting.
The board will meet at 7 p.m. in Room 301 of Moody Learning
Center.
The planning and policy committee will report to the board the
progress of the master plan community advisory council.
The board also will hear Chancellor Byron McClenney’s report on
district enrollment figures for spring 1983.®
in line with the Consumer Price Index,” Malesky
said.
The sociology professor said the salary commit-
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what you can get from Social Securi-
ty for the same amount of money.
“One out of seven (people) is on
Social Security, that says a lot.
There’s no way Congress can let
Social Security go broke,” she said.
Holbrook added there is no private
plan available that duplicates all
Social Security benefits.
Knox said the only way the Social
Security program can stay afloat is
if Congress makes changes.
“They haven’t done anything yet.
The only way the system can become
solvent is to increase the age of
Two statewide reports ranking Alamo Communi-
ty College District faculty salaries with other in-
stitutions in the state are good indicators but
should not be considered absolutes, Dr. Frank
Thomas Jr., vice chancellor for academic affairs,
said Wednesday.
One report by the Coordinating Board, Texas Col-
lege and University System, lists this college
district as sixth in the state in relation to faculty
salaries.
The other report, a survey conducted by the
Texas Junior College Teachers Association, ranks
the district in years-of-service categories. Entry-
level positions are ranked 39th out of 44 colleges
in Texas. The rank moves up to 19 for the 11th year
of service for someone who holds a doctoral
degree.
“No report that comes out gives an actual picture
of our standing. Both of the reports are accurate
and give good information, but it’s a matter of in-
terpreting what is being reported.
“General surveys are difficult to use because of
variations in the reporting process. They are good
COPS to rally at trustee meeting
/Communities Organized for Public Service has planned a major
demonstration at a district board of trustees meeting Monday to
rally support for a new college campus in Southwest San Antonio.
Mary Segovia, COPS vice president, said the organization will at-
tend the board of trustees meeting at 7 p.m. Monday in Room 301
of Moody Learning Center.
“We’re taking about 200 people,” she said in a telephone
interview.
She added COPS has pushed for a campus in Southwest San An-
tonio since 1974. It was also a prime campaign issue in the 1980
board of trustees elections.
Board member George Ozuna Jr. was quoted in the March 28,1980,
issue of The Ranger as saying the people from the southwest part
of town need a full-fledged campus.
Again in the Dec. 3,1982, issue of The Ranger, Ozuna was quoted
as saying the southwest campus is a high priority.
Three COPS officers, Segovia, Sonya Hernandez and Alfonso Her-
nandez, said they have heard all this before and want to know when
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vested in salaries, it probably would not make a tee does not accept the rank of sixth given by the
whole lot of progress in our relative standing.
“The board is limited to adjusting the ad valorem
property tax. We would need a tax increase to im-
prove salaries. Action on their part is necessary,”
Thomas said.
He said the board members were aware that they
apply the salary TJCTA report and the research of committee
member Charles Malesky.
‘ “I am updating the statistics which were done
and the system for placement so we can be as fair last year on the salary schedule and the effects of
inflation on it. I am analyzing the application of
„ the Consumer Price Index from the 1975-76
The vice chancellor said the faculty will have to academic year to the present to show how there
have higher than average raises in order to achieve has been an erosion of purchasing power due to
the goal of the board of trustees to put faculty a failure by the district to keep the faculty schedule
salaries in the rank of top 10 in the state. ‘ ‘ ’
“What the board does to generate money has a
bearing on that. If all new state money was in-
coordinating board report.
“It shows us in sixth place according to their
figures, but we don’t accept that,” Robert Sinder-
mann, government professor and chairman of the
committee, said Wednesday.
„ “The CB chart makes it look as if we are sixth
would need to act somewhere along the way if they in the state. We are really 28th in the state. We
want to meet their commitment to increase the don’t think the CB survey is valid or accurate. We
ranking of faculty salaries. are going to rely on Malesky’s figures and the
When the board of trustees voted to raise the TJCTA report,” Sindermann said.
The chairman said the increase (approximately
13 percent) in salary last year “barely kept us
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at SRC forum Thursday
students. representatives have a link to the acreage for parking. But the campus
“My primary responsibility here is administration. police are not only concerned with
to administer the overall scope of “I am an adviser to SRC, and we the parking. We also want to make
programs under student services, meet weekly in the Bluebonnet sure your personal property is safe.
We have a host of programs and ac- Room (of LSC). At that time, students “If you find something of yours
tivities for students here, and feed information to the SRC, and the has been stolen, you must report it.
SRC takes the information and We can’t do anything about it if we
works with the administration to don’t know about it.
There are occasions when we do
make errors, so when you find a
ticket on your car you feel is unjust,
come by and talk to one of the of-
------- — —t you to go
around feeling bad toward us
because you were ticketed when you
didn’t feel you should have been.
“We are here to serve you, and we
are here to try and protect you,” he
said.
During the question period, a
freshman questioned the procedure
for providing free tickets to the Na-
tional Shakespeare Company pro-
ductions of “A Midsummer Night’s
Dream” Monday, and “King Lear"
Tuesday.
Adamson responded to the ques-
tion saying that student activities
sponsors these activities to augment
English courses, but they try to make
sure all students have a chance to
receive tickets. Another student
complained about the buses around
the school.®
a group which wishes to do so and
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take five7 years to“"regain such Security system for five years,
benefits with another plan, Mary Holbrook said she thinks the
Holbrook, staff assistant for the employees should not withdraw
Social Security Administration in from the program.
San Antonio, said. UJ. they should stay in. I
State and local employees are guess the thing to say is that you
covered by the Social Security pro- can’t buy from another company
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sometimes it is hard to coordinate
them all.
“There are 21,000 plus students provide solutions to problems,
here. Trying to coordinate services “I encourage you as students to
for that amount brings forth a lot of take full advantage of SRC. We are
problems. Most of my time is spent interested in helping with any pro-
administering instead of meeting blems or listening to any ideas that ficers. We“don’t' want
students, and this could be a
drawback although my door is
always open,” he said.
vices is to promote student growth, problems other than financial
“The goal of student services is to
foster growth in students through
providing activities for them. We are
100 percent student-oriented.
“We are also here to augment in-
structional areas. We are here to sup-
port professors and students in what
they are here to do,” he said.
Adamson explained student ac-
tivities to the students and encourag-
ed them to join the SRC.
“We (student activities) are in
charge of extra-curricular
activities—speakers, travel, in-
tramurals and those kinds of things.
“The SRC has a very, very impor-
tant link to student activities, so
Thomas says state salary reports not absolutes
—i T ed at by taking the average sum of all salaries and We need to look at how we t x x’ ‘ ‘
schedule to entry-level positions,” he said.
“We need always to be evaluating the schedule
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