The Ranger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, February 4, 2000 Page: 3 of 8
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be exposed through an opening in the spinal column. Robles said as a
child, he had a difficult time with classmates who didn’t understand his
condition and feared it was contagious.
Abraham Robles Jr., business management freshman, waits Monday for
classmates in Loftin Student Center. He uses a wheelchair because he
was born with spina bifida, which causes part of the nervous system to
By Margarita Jimenez
If the council approves the proposal, it will
be sent to President Vern Loland for his
approval.
In other business, the senate discussed the
need to generate more money for nontechnol-
ogy equipment.
"We have zero dollars in the equipment
fund," Dr. Richard Oliver, philosophy profes-
sor and Faculty Senate chairperson, said.
A new $1.25 fee per credit hour was sug-
gested in the November meeting.
Faculty Senate unanimously approved
Wednesday a proposed policy establishing a
three-year limit on requests for grade changes.
Counselor and Professor Valerie Simmons
proposed dropping any exceptions to the poli-
cy. The original proposal suggested exceptions
be allowed.
The policy will be forwarded to Academic
Council in its meeting Wednesday.
He explained that when an exercise
machine breaks down, the instructional tech-
nology fee that is currently being charged at a
rate of $2.50 per credit hour does not cover
repairs or replacements.
The technology funds are used for comput-
ers, computer equipment, laser crystal display
TVs and projectors.
Alternatives to the $1.25 fee included rais-
ing property taxes, tuition or establishing
another fee.
Faculty approves grade change policy
Certificate
By Brenda Lee Cortez
program
teaches
research
The Library Reseach Skills
Program, formerly called the
Library Literacy Program, will
conduct classes under four basic
areas of research beginning in
February.
These topics include defining
topics and finding background
information; finding books, gov-
ernment documents and video-
tapes; finding magazine and
newspaper articles; and finding
World Wide Web information.
All Wednesday classes meet
from 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. and all
Thursday classes will meet from
9:25 a.m. to 10:40 a.m.
All classes meet in Room 229 of
Moody Learning Center.
A class on defining topics and
finding background information
will meet Feb. 9 and 10 and March
22 and 23.
A session on finding books,
government documents and
videotapes will meet on Feb. 16
andl7 and March 29 and 30.
A discussion on finding maga-
zine and newspaper articles will
meet on Feb. 23 and 24, and April
5 and 6.
The discussion on finding
World Wide Web information will
meet March 1 and 2 and April 12
and 13.
These 75-minute classes can
also be taken as make-up credit
for student development classes.
Students will receive hands-on
experience and a Library
Research Skills Certificate for
completing all four classes. This
certificate is useful to students as
a credential to show employers,
Dingman said.
Students will learn how to
search this college's databases
from offcampus through the
library's Website at
wwiu.accd.edu/sac/lrc
All classes are free and open to
the general public and no
advance sign-up is required. The
available capacity per class is 28.
By Brenda Lee Cortez
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on all 55 computers is undeter-
mined, Dingman said.
But students have access to the
features on more computers than is
before.
Students can access the online
nents of the system.
Assistant Controller Albert
DeBarros said the grant became
Access to the available features effective July 1, 1998.
Dingman said students will
also find more abundant work
space after the break because there
’; a large amount of space left
after the removal of the "dumb-
terminals."
seven days a week.
The new system, called
Innovative, manages records and
enables students to access all four
college libraries.
Hammer said the new comput-
ers and an easier system were long
awaited.
Dingman said with a $704,545
grant from Telecommunications
Infrastructure Fund Board, an
agency created by the Texas
? to help schools,
system," libraries and nonprofit health care
Hammer said another change in
the library is new database instal-
lation. Database installation will
be determined at the end of
February.
Opinions from students, faculty
and staff will determine the avail-
ability of preferred databases at
this college's library.
With "continuing to try and
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Changes for this college's
library are under way. Librarians
say they expect the changes will
make information searches easier
by the time students return from
spring break.
A software change will allow
students to access the online cata-
log, the subscription databases
and the Internet on most of the
library computers on the second
level of Moody Learning Center.
Librarians are considering hav-
ing all 55 computers available for
access. Students could only access
the features on 29 computers
before.
Reference Librarian Stephen
Dingman said there is a possibility
that only 18 computers will be
dedicated to the World Wide Web.
To help librarians decide which
new databases will be installed,
the library is offering trial data-
bases to allow students and facul-
ty to offer feedback.
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evaluate information resources"
Hammer said, students, faculty
and staff have the opportunity to
give their opinions on five trial
databases.
Trial databases can be found
and opinions can be posted at
www.accd.edu/sac/lrc
Databases are an information
resource companies compile for
New computers expand library access
student access," Hammer said, catalog from home 24 hours a day,
"Each database focuses primarily
on one concern such as art, music
and literature."
Hammer said the system
should be ready March 20.
Dingman said the library is out
with the old and in with the new.
The 23 "dumb terminals" locat-
ed in the online catalog area in the
library will soon be put on the
shelf.
"The 'dumb-terminals' cannot
handle the new sophisticated soft- Legislature
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Dingman said. "These computers providers upgrade their comuni-
are obsolete." cation technologies, the Alamo
Until March 20 students may be Community College District was
able to look up the online catalog able to buy the necessary compo-
on 55 computers in the WWW.
Internet area on the second floor
of the library.
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Mursing students Cheryl Simpson and Adela Garza use new computers.
Disabled parking tags available
By Mary Heidbrink
By Mary Heidbrink
curb so no one can park there, but
I'd like to explore other possibili-
ties."
He added he would look at it
with college maintenance and
DPS and discuss possibilities.
Adolph Lopez III, assistant to
the president, said that despite a
big yellow dead end sign, cars
drive down the street, realize it
does not go through to San Pedro
Avenue and have to turn around.
The area was originally slated
to receive a $1 million landscaping
project turning it into a pedestrian
mall.
The mall was to include a
winding walkway through grassy
areas and a small amphitheater.
Dr. Robert Zeigler, executive
vice president, said the Alamo
Community College District is
looking at Phase 4 of the capital
improvements project, but this
college has other needs that take
precedence.
"At this point, it's on hold,"
Zeigler said. "It's not dead, but we
have no immediate plans to do it."
As for reducing available park-
ing in the area, Lopez said, "We
need to study the situation and
see what's the best solution. DPS
would like to recommend a red
their circumstances.
"We want them to come in so
we know what their situation is,"
Patten said.
"If it's valid, we will make the
citation a warning."
Students can obtain a student
disabled parking tag by bringing
medical verification of their dis-
ability to Room 124 of Chance
Academic Center.
Isabel Sandoval, senior
clerk typist with DSS, said
students may be given a tem-
porary or regular tag depend-
ing on need, but must still
have a campus parking per-
mit, which costs $10 per year.
DSS will issue the special
tag at no extra cost.
Lt. Derrick Patten of the
Alamo Community College
District's department of public
safety, said disabled students
parking in reserved parking
spaces must register with dis-
ability support services to
receive a student tag.
"We will honor a state-issued
tag, but if we find a car that
belongs to a registered student,
we want them to get a DSS tag,"
he said.
Patten said if a campus cita-
tion is issued to cars parked in a
disabled parking space, students
should go to the DPS building,
1601 N. Main Ave., and explain
painted red."
He added, "We understand
there are parking problems. It's
the same rules as every semester.
If students park along a red curb,
the car is towed immediately."
Patten said after three campus
citations, cars also will be towed.
"If the same vehicle has been
found illegally parked on campus
anywhere, on the fourth contact, it
will be towed," he said.
Students will often park along
the curb in the parking lots, mak-
ing it difficult or impossible for
properly parked cars to back out,
Patten said.
"We will try to contact the stu-
dent if their car is blocking some-
one who is trying to leave, but if
the student who is leaving is in a
hurry, we will have to tow it," he
said.
For now, the whole Dewey
parking area is still available for
parking for faculty and staff
before 5 p.m. and students after 5
p.m.
Students who drive to school,
beware.
The Alamo Community
College District's department of
public safety has begun towing
illegally parked cars.
Two cars parked in front of a
fire hydrant or along a red curb
were towed Jan. 28 from West
Dewey Place in the parking area
between Belknap Place and San
Pedro Avenue.
Lt. Derrick Patten, patrol divi-
sion commander, said the parking
area on Dewey is particularly
troublesome because the cars
parked there impede emergency
vehicle access to McCreless Hall.
"It's a fire hazard," he said.
"We'd like to get the whole south
curb, parallel to McCreless Hall,
Dewey Place parking faces cut for safety
♦ Cars with three tickets
or parked in illegal spaces
will be towed, police say.
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Bulletin Board
Transfer information
Transfer fair
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Refund deadline
The refund policy
from
State
Saturday.
For more information, call
Redus at 733-2775.
Enrollment jumps
The Alamo Community
College District reached a
record enrollment of 41,191 stu-
dents for this semester and the
Flex 2 session of the fall
semester.
The enrollment throughout
the district is 3,241 more stu-
dents, or 8.5 percent higher
than last fall's enrollment of
37,950 students, according to a
press release from Leo Zuniga,
acting director of marketing
and public relations for the
Alamo Community College
District.
With this semester and Flex 2
combined, there are 22,093 stu-
dents at this college, 9,470 at St.
Philip's College, 6,371 at Palo
Alto College, and 3,257 at
Northwest Vista College,
according to the release.
This semester's total is high-
er compared to the enrollment
of 19,375 in spring 1999 and
21,354 in fall 1999, said
Rosemarie Hoopes, director of
admission and records at this
college.
The transfer center is spon-
soring a transfer fair from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 16 in Loftin
Student Center.
About 30-35 colleges and
universities are expected to
send representatives.
It is important for students
to talk to a recruiter from the
college of their choice the day
of the transfer fair, Steve Samet,
program coordinator, said.
By talking to the recruiter,
students will receive more
information about the college,
and the recruiters can answer
questions counselors cannot
answer, he said.
Recruiters will have infor-
mation on tuition, scholarships,
deadline dates and application
forms, he said.
They also may be able to
give students the names of who
they need to speak to about
their majors.
The refund policy on text-
book purchases at San Antonio
College Bookstore has been
extended through today.
The bookstore in the base-
ment of Loftin Student Center
will offer full refunds for text-
books purchased for the spring
semester if students have a
receipt.
"I would recommend the
students who don't make the
deadline to hold on to their
books until the end of the
semester for a buy-back, so they
can get more money for their
books," manager Luke Redus
said.
If students choose to sell
books after today but before the
end of the semester, books will
be purchased at the price pub-
lished in the Textbook Buying
Guide.
The bookstore hours are 7:45
a.m.-7 p.m Monday through
Thursday, 7:45 a.m.-5 p.m.
Three universities will send
representatives to this campus
Monday through Thursday to
talk with students about trans-
ferring.
A representative
Southwest Texas
University will visit
. from 1 p.m.-5 p.m.
Monday in the trans-
ifUfl fer center in the coun-
seling center on the
first floor of Moody
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SWT
Learning Center.
A University of Texas at San
Antonio representative will be
here from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Wednesday in the transfer cen-
ter.
The University of the
Incarnate Word will have a rep-
resentative on cam-
pus from 9 a.m.-ll
t a-m- Thursday in the
lounge area of Loftin
Student Center and
from 11 a.m.-l p.m. in the trans-
fer center.
Students must make
appointments ahead of time if
they want to talk to the repre-
sentative when they are visiting
in the transfer center.
Students can make an
appointment by calling the
transfer center at 733-2099.
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