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The Ranger
Oct. 14, 2005
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New student group lacks participation
By Mandy Derfler
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Storm knocks out phone lines
Four-day week schedule unlikely
By Cesar G. Rodriguez
By Kristina Lindberg
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be a problem,” adviser Darryl
Nettles agreed. “Students are
hard to reach.”
He said the assembly could
set up a table at Octoberfest on
Wednesday and at chalk day
Oct. 26.
One idea was to have survey
forms at the tables for students
to address issues they have on
campus.
Nettles stressed, though,
that the parking issue is some-
thing that the assembly should
not address.
The parking problem won’t
be solved when there are about
20,000 students who want to
park as close as possible and
don’t want to use the shuttle.
The administration already
knows there’s a parking issue,
so the assembly shouldn’t waste
their time on things already
being addressed, Nettles said.
Nettles said the assembly
has something to their advan-
tage.
Nettles knows all .of the
events happening on campus
because he is associate director
of student activities.
Another advantage is that
President Robert Zeigler sup-
r
ports the organization.
“I’m sure the administration
will promote what we do to get
the word out to students,” he
said. “People want to see us
succeed, but it’s the three of
us here.”
Another idea was getting
involved in community service.
“Student Assembly should
be doing things for the com-
munity,” Nettles said. “That’s
one of the things that’s never
been done, that I’d like to see
done.”
Incidents on campus, such
as indecent exposures and a
photographer in the restroom
of Moody, sparked the idea of
educating students on protect-
ing themselves.
Hearing the
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from peers instead of faculty in
authoritative positions would
be better accepted by the stu-
dents, Nettles said.
The idea of offering food
came up at both meetings.
Nettles said the concept is good
but doesn’t always work.
At Club Extravaganza, the
office of student life offered
free popcorn to students who
signed up for the assembly.
When the students were
called about the first meeting,
they said they weren’t going to
attend or didn’t even remember
signing up, he said. *
Elections of interim officers
were postponed because of lack
of participants.
The two remaining students,
education sophomore Candia
Cannon and international
relations sophomore Brenda
Gutierrez, joked that they could
take turns being president and
treasurer each week.
The question of discontinu-
ing the organization because of
insufficient participation arose,
but Nettles said the organiza-
tion should continue to the end
of the semester before making
a decision.
After consideration, the college president has decided
not to introduce a four-day work week at this college.
During a September Faculty Senate meeting, protec-
tive services Chair J.D. Richardson, proposed a four-day
work week to ease gas prices for faculty who had to
• travel to this campus five days a week.
Faculty Senate Chair Jerry Purcell included
Richardson’s proposal in a - discussion with President
Robert Zeigler Sept. 19.
Zeigler said in an interview Tuesday a four-day work
week during the spring and fall semesters is not possible
at this college.
He said the college not only offers classes during the
week but also on the weekends.
If the college were open only from Monday through
Thursday, the college would have to schedule fewer
classes; he said.
A four-day work week during the summer might be
possible but would not shut down the whole campus,
he said. “We have a lot of programs that are going on
on Friday.”
Student Assembly
looking for a minimum
of 10 students.
what is causing the phone lines to
be down.”
The phones’ failure started
between 9:15 a.m.
and 9:30 a.m.,
Childers said. By
the time Childers
received an e-mail
from the distance edu-
cation department saying
that the telephones were
not working, the problem
was being addressed.
The phones were
down three more times
before they were up
| and running at about
11:30 a.m. These inci-
dents seldom happen,
Childers said.
Last year, an electri-
cal storm caused the same
problem.
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A . power outage Tuesday
temporarily knocked out tele-
phone service to this campus.
Telecommunications manager
John Childers quickly noticed
the phone failure. “I was talk- £
ing on it,” Childers said.
“And it went dead.”
“When you have ;
power interruption to a
switch, it takes about
20 minutes to reload
the software,” he said
Tuesday. . .
The power lines run
below the street, and
lightning emits volt- 1
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power lines, Childers ’
said. “That’s higher
voltage than normal. That’s
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The second Student
Assembly meeting drew four
students; only one had attend-
ed the first meeting. Two of the
students left early because of
prior commitments.
Before leaving, English
sophomore Jenifer Smith, for-
mer president of the Gay and
Lesbian Association, offered
some tips on how to promote a
new organization.
She recommended business
cards and a Web site to get
the name out to students. She
said Myspace.com is a popular
site for students and Student
Assembly could post informa-
tion on the site.
Setting up a speaker in the
mall west of Moody Learning
Center also is something Smith
proposed.
She said if students are see-
ing an assembly, then they’ll be
more likely to participate.
“Communication is always
a problem and continues to
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