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over whether the administrative commit-
tee had ranked the candidates. Acosta
most is the way the board puts the ap-
plicants through this process.” Bernal
said.
He expressed disappointment in Bur-
should have handled it like Teddy
Roosevelt did in the Spanish-American
“I received a letter from her yesterday,
and I’m satisfied, for the most part, with
her answers to my questions about the
screening process. “I’m not planning to
make a case out of this, but I will write to
her and make some suggestions pertain-
ing to the hiring procedure.”
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In other action, the board voted to
allow the district lawyer to make a bid of
up to $350,000 to purchase Alamo
General Hospital, 210 W. Ashby Place.
“The bid does not necessarily mean
^Dr. Frank Thomas
“I would say our chances are 50-50 of
acquiring the property,” Ozuna said.
The property, if acquired, will serve as
offices for the district administration.
At the request of the board, architect
Buzz Heye submitted a feasibility study
on how much it would cost to renovate
Alamo General Hospital for district use.
He estimated cost to the district for
renovation would be nearly $100,000,
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maintenance’s salary for the police
could get chief's salary. Right now we don’t have a
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Michael Kincaid’s Art Design I and II classes took advantage of
the unseasonal weather this January by holding classes in the
great out-of-doors. Many students have not put away their summer
clothes yet because of the warm weather.
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tee ranked the candidates.
“Dr. Weynand did rank the ap-
to plicants. If he doesn’t remember, maybe
he has a short memory,” Ozuna said.
Weynand said he had listed the cand-
idates in alphabetical order and Bernal’s the district will acquire the property,
name was first. though. Other institutions are bidding
would be in demolition.
Because it is a hospital, there are a lot
of excess bathrooms, and we (
rid of those. That is part of the reason it superintendent of maintenance, and I
could be ready this year. Demolition don’t plan to have one,
takes much less time than construction,”
Haye said.
Weynand stressed the need for more
space.
“Counseling and data processing are
very cramped in Fletcher at the moment.
We need space, and this is a good oppor-
tunity to get it,” Weynand said.
Heye compared his study to the cost of will be in charge of all police activity
adding a floor to Fletcher Administration all campuses.
Center. Burton asked if this is going to be the
“Fletcher was built to add another standard procedure for creating a new
floor, but costs to do that would be about position.
“I can see your concern. I assure you
this a one-on-one swap—police chief for
superintendent of maintenance. I will try
to keep within the budget," Granata
said.
Trustees endorsed a resolution from
Rep. Al Brown of District 57C opposing
a proposed waste disposal site in East
Bexar County.
He told trustees the property is sup-
posed to be used by BFI, an industrial
waste company.
Brown said the property in question,
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sion of a black from the committee was
an oversight.
“We asked the Department Chair*
p ^man’s Assemblies and Faculty Senates to
correctly,” Zakaria Kurti, computer ma-
jor from Lebanon, said.
“We can bomb the hell out of them
now. It was handled very poorly,” Jack
Bond, data processing major, com-
mented.
“United States should have taken
hostages by force. Iran is afraid of
Reagan. Khomeini is giving bad name to
Islamic religion. United States will be
back, not soon, but in the future. If Mid-
dle East is lost, United States will lose
everything,” Mohammud Abaykan, law
enforcement major from Saudi Arabia, . ourselves,
said.
“I think something should have been
done at the very beginning. There was no
reason
The district board of trustees hired a
yice president for academic affairs at a
special meeting Dec. 20.
In a 4-1 vote, the board hired Dr.
Frank Thomas Jr., dean and professor of
engineering technology at the University
of Toledo.
Trustees Sue Oppenheimer, Delia
Acosta, Dan Martinez and John
Courage voted for Thomas. John Steen
Jr. cast his vote for Dr. Theodore
“T.R.” Williams, associate dean of St.
Philip’s College.
Trustee Stan Bruton did not attend
the meeting.
were treated well. Our religion.(MoslemI
says not to treat anybody bad,” Quasem
Issam, Palestinian student, said.
Issam said all Moslems practice their
religion; therefore, he said it was im-
possible that the hostages were
mistreated by their Iranian captors.
“In interview before while in Iran,
hostages said they were treated good.
Now they say they were treated bad.
Which is truth? Sometimes even teachers
think we are Iranians. One teacher gave
me an F because he thought I was Ira-
nian,” Musa Abdelquader, Palestinian
engineering student, said.
Abdelquader refused to say who the
teacher was who allegedly gave him an
F.
Only one student from Iran, could be
located for comment on the hostage issue
on Jan. 21.
Nabby Saleshi, engineering student
from Iran, said, “I’m glad the hostages
are released. I’m getting tired of the
situation. I hope the situation gets better
in my country. I cannot go to Iran. I
cannot say what the United States will
do. I have no feelings toward
Granata said.
“Right now we have two police chiefs,
and it may seem minor, but we don’t
follow the same procedures on all the
campuses. We need to do that and to set
policies all campuses will adhere to,”
Granata said.
The new police chief, who will make
between $18,000 and $28,000 per year,
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was built to add another
“Bomb the hell out of thenl. I’m for
wiping them off the face of the earth. I
never thought the hostages would get
back,” Laura Wilcox, management ma-
jor, said.
“The time will come when we sit down
and analyze the situation, and we will be
happy we handled it the way we did,”
Robert Molina, radio, television and film
major, said.
“It’s about time. When they first cap-
tured the hostages, we should have gone
over there and shot them up until we got
them out,” James Dyer, business major,
said.
“I’m glad it was handled before
Reagan got in. I don’t think we should
completely cut off relations with Iran,”
Rudy Griffin, physical therapy major,
commented.
“We should have pinched their heads
off and taken all their oil,” drafting ma-
jor Don Busby said.
“Khomeini made many mistakes. Iran
considered the hostages as spies. They
live under Islamic rules. War is not the
solution. We could solve the problem in
other ways. I think Carter handled it
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board chose an outsider.”
McCain agrees Williams would have
When asked if the reports were about been the wiser choice of the top two
candidates because of his familiarity with
the distict.
“His appointment would have provid-
ed an element of continuity in this time
of need.
“It will take an outsider at least one
year to become familiar with the district
and be able to effect policies beneficial to
the district,” McCain said.
Williams earlier had indicated he
associate dean at St. Philip’s, but he is might take legal action against the board
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selecting the vice president, but he told
$1.5 million and people would have con-
struction going on while they are work-
ing,” Heye said.
He said the condition of the hospital
building is generally good.
“The plumbing, heating and air con-
ditioning in the building are in satisfac-
tory condition. The building is old, but
everything is well kept,” Heye said.
The board of trustees also created a
position for a new district police chief on
recommendation of Granata.
The new director of operations assured
the board no one would lose his or her job
because of the creation of the position.
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Saleshi said he could not predict what
the United States will do now because he
does not think like an American.
“You cannot find Iranian students on
campus today because Iranian students
have to pay higher tuition than other
foreign students. Some^get married to
Americans just for papers to stay in
United States,” Saleshi said.
Registrar Phyllis McCarley said, “All
students who are residents of any foreign
country pay the same tuition, which is
$40 per semester hour.”
One student said he is concerned about
all the “hoopla” involved with the return
of the former hostages.
“There are 300 missing in action in
Vietnam. I wish we could become as in-
terested in those men as the 52 released
from Iran. Historically, some of our
worst enemies have turned out to be our
best friends, I’m sure it’s hard for the
hostage families to let bygones be
bygones. But we’ll never get anywhere in
the world if we are constantly arguing
with each other,” student Richard
Kilmer said.
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McCain, she said, “His name was never
mentioned, but I knew who they were
talking about.”
McCain said by hiring Williams, a
black, the board would have adhered to
the district’s Equal Employment/Affir-
mative Action policy. y
“By not hiring him (Williams) they
have made a mockery of that policy,”
McCain said.
Williams said he will continue to serve
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“disappointed” at not being selected for because of the hiring procedure used in
the post. selecting the vice president, but he told
“I’m disappointed. I thought the The Ranger Tuesday that Oppenheimer
board would have wanted — all had answered his questions,
qualifications being equal — someone
from within the district.
“I’ve always been a non-con troversial
person who has worked his way up
through the ranks. I’m qualified,
capable and competent, and I know I
could have done the best job, but the
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Steen expressed opposition to breaking
the precedent set by the board in filling
four other administrative posts.
Thomas, former vice president for
academic affairs and president of Lamar
University, was granted an extended
contract for the remainder of this
academic year and for the fiscal year
1981-1982. Salary was set at $45,000 per
annum.
Thomas joins the administrative staff
Monday. Vice president for academic af-
fairs entails responsibility for curriculum
development, monitoring modification
and evaluation for the accountability and
evaluation of the instructional staff.
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The search committee had submitted
the names of four final candidates in
rank order to the board.
Thomas headed the list, with
Williams, second; Dr. Eduardo Marti of
Connecticut Community College, third;
and Dr. Johnny M. McCain, chairman
of the history department here, fourth.
Thomas was the fifth administrator
hired within a two-month period, but it
was the first time the board did not inter-
view the finalists prior to making a selec-
tion.
The board voted 4-2 against a motion
introduced by Steen to table the hiring.
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| Students express joy, relief over hostage release
I Students here, like most Americans,
| expressed their joy and relief that the
I American hostages were returned safely
last week.
| Their reactions were split, however, on
■ whether the U.S. government handled
V f the situation correctly and whether this
E * country should take action against Iran.
I Seventeen students were interviewed
F Jan. 20, the day of the release, and 20
i 4 students were interviewed Jan. 21, the
[ day of the announcement of alleged
| mistreatment of the former hostages. Ira-
j nian students could not be located for
| their comments on Jan. 20.
i Fifty-nine percent of students
sun'eyed on the day of the release said
they thought the situation was handled
correctly, and the United States should
7 not retaliate against Iran. Forty-one per-
cent of students said it was not handled
right, and the United States should take
action against Iran.
«« “I think it was handled correctly. We
should just ignore them. Don’t do
anything toward them, for or against
them. Just leave them be,” Winnie
Asbell, dental hygiene major, said.
BF Two of the four finalists for district
■[ vice president for academic affairs ques-
( tion the selection process the search com-
E mittee used for that post.
' Dr. Theodore “T.R.” Williams,
associate dean at St. Philip’s College,
L and Dr. Johnny McCain, chairman of
■Ef the history department here, disagree
Bfcwith the committee composition.
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R black on the committee,” McCain said.
B Williams said the search committee
■ ^should be representative of the consti-
I tuency of the district.
; “It has been explained to me by Mrs.
K (Sue) Oppenheimer that the selection of
■ the committee members was done
P •democratically, but when you form a
| committee you have to consider the con-
cerns of all involved,” Williams said.
Oppenheimer, chairman of the search
J •committee, told The Ranger the exclu-
pointment after failing to acquire the
position.
“Sue Oppenheimer had invited me
apply for the position during the sum-
mer. I had taken her up on it and ex-
pected to get the position tonight,” Ber-
nal said. name was first. though. Other institutions
He said he was sure he would be Bernal said he may withdraw his name for the property also, ” Ozuna said,
chosen for the new directorship because from consideration for the job.
“inside sources” told him he would be “I’ve been waiting for this job over
selected. He would not name the sources, four months, and it really upset me when
“The important thing is the report I wasn’t selected tonight. I don’t need
President Jerome Weynand submitted to this job that bad, but what upsets me the
the board,” Bernal said.
Bernal said the report said he was
“head and shoulders” above the other
candidates. x
After the meeting, a dispute erupted ton’s vote for McKinnerney also.
“I’m most disappointed with you and thus costing the district between
Sue,” Bernal told Burton after the board $450,000 and $500,000 for the entire pro-
told Weynand the committee had ranked meeting. ject.
the candidates. Burton had opposed creation of the Sam Granata, director of operatioris,
“I did not rank those candidates,” department of planning, research and said new furniture would have to be pur-
Weynand said to Acosta. development. chased if the Fletcher Administration
Weynand asked Fred Barrera, district “Planning needs to be done by the ad- Center is still to be used for offices,
personnel coordinator and one of the ministration,” Burton said. Heye said if the district can acquire
people helping with the interviewing, if
he had ranked the candidates.
“No sir, we did not rank the
didates in any way,” Barrera said.
“I refuse to take that. I will not be
blamed for this board’s inability to make vice president for administration, and we
a decision,” Weynand said. have been able to handle it on a year-to-
Ozuna said the administrative commit- year basis,” Burton said.
“The United States should be on our
toes from now on. Watch them carefully
and keep a close eye,” student Clara
Valdez said.
“We should have no relations with
Iran if they are going to treat our people
like that. Some kind of reprimand should
be taken,” Raymond Tennison, fire
science major, said.
‘“We should give them the cold
shoulder now. We shouldn’t treat them
as if they were completely wrong. Just a
few were. It will do more harm to
nursing student Ann Dolan
commented.
“No. 1, I wouldn’t give them any
money. No. 2, I wouldn’t give them the
for them to stay that long. It’s parts they want for the F-14s, F-16s and
ridiculous. As long as Khomeini is ruling C-130s we originally sold to the shah. We
their country, there will be no friend-
ship,” student Jackie Regalado said.
Sixty-five percent of the 20 students War and the way Kennedy did in Cuba,
surveyed after the alleged mistreatment We should have put the fear of God in
of the former hostages was announced them,” law student Monte Cooper said,
said the United States should not take “Hostages got letters at Christmas
any action against Iran. Thirty-five per- from parents. They knew their mothers
cent said the United States should take were not dead. I don’t think it
action. (mistreatment) happened. I think they
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Burton had opposed creation of the
department of planning, research and
development.
“Planning needs to be done by the ad-
ministration,” Burton said.
He said the $400,000 allocated in the the property, administrators can move in
budget for the new department ’ is too during 1981.
much money. He said he favors handling “You have to figure about two months
research as is now handled. for preliminary drawings, then about six
“We handle research now through the to eight months for construction, demoli-
tion and moving furniture into place,”
Heye said. (
In his report, Heye said a lot of cost
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recommend representatives. We gave
them no specifications,” Oppenheimer
said.
Williams also said the committee
should have included representatives
from the academic areas as well as the
technical areas.
“No one from the academic side here
(St. Philip’s) was on the committee,”
Williams said.'
McCain charges Oppenheimer met
with faculty members to discuss un-
favorable reports about one of the can-
didates.
“Mrs. Oppenheimer met with faculty
and department chairmen for the pur-
pose of receiving information and views
about a candidate. I think that is highly
improper.
“All information should have been
received by the committee as a whole,”
McCain said.
Oppenheimer did not deny she had
discussed , a candidate with faculty
members.
“I’ll listen to anyone who wants to talk
Board fails to hire planning director
After heated discussion Jan. 19, the
district board of trustees failed to appoint
a new director of planning, research and
development. The final vote was 3-2-2.
’ Chairman George Ozuna Jr., Delia
Acosta and John Courage cast votes for
former State Sen. Joe Bernal, while Stan
Burton and Dan Martinez voted for Dr.
< i Earl McKinnerney, the dean of Ranger
Junior College.
Sue Oppenheimer and John Steen Jr.
abstained saying it is best to leave the
position vacant until a new president and
vice president for administration are
named.
. “This is a significant position, and I
would like the new president and vice
• president to have some input on the deci-
sion," Oppenheimer said.
Steen agreed with Oppenheimer.
“We have had this thing before us
• 3 since last summer. We’ve been sitting on
I it. Don’t drag your feet. We can’t shirk
our responsibility. We need to select
' someone to help the district go into the
f 1980s," Courage said.
I * Steen rebutted saying, “John, we are
not the ones who make up the agenda.”
Voting for a planning, research and
development director has not been on the
♦agenda the last three board meetings.
Bernal, who staged a $1,700 election
fund-raiser for Ozuna, Acosta and
Courage last spring, expressed disap-
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