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Shivers resigns board because of disagreement
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November 5, 1982
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Seniors to sample college life
Students who participate in the
overnight program will stay with 8:30 to 10:30 p.m.
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con’t. on page 3 appreciation award to those who worked to bring rides to elderly Austinites.
A program designed to give high
school seniors a first-hand look at
St. Edward’s before making their
said Dickson.
Reimers said
that a winner has to complete
development project.
“When you cannot complete
Holly, assistant director of admis-
sions.
“We are inviting 2,000 seniors
from the Austin, San Antonio,
Houston, Dallas and Valley areas
who have expressed interest in St.
Edward’s,” Holly added.
dorm students who have offered to
host a student.
Activities planned for Sunday
and Monday range from Campus
Tours to sitting in on classes. Sun-
day entertainment will include the
movie “My Bodyguard,” shown in
Moody 300 at 6:30 p.m., and an
Open Mike in the ReUnion from
By CINDY OLSEN
Reporter
By ANNA MARIE FLANIGAN
Staff Writer
Shivers also credits Br. Stephen
Walsh, St. Edward’s president, for
saving St. Edward’s from bank-
ruptcy. “It is not easy to balance
the budget, and it has been a strug-
gle. Brother Walsh has done an ex-
cellent job.”
“It was a difficult decision for
me, and it is the first and last board
of trustees I want to resign from,”
Shivers added.
Staff Photo by John Cernohous
Evidence found at the theatre from the recent theft attempt. Persons who
recognize any of these items should contact Security by campus mail. They
need not identify themselves, (see story below)
Students questioned
Staff Photo by Al Puente
CITY COUNCIL member Roger Duncan, right, was at the Scarborough-Phillips Library last Thursday to present an
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public when the University can
prove it is a winner. He explained
brary was completed in the fall of
1981, four months ahead of sched-
ule, at a cost of $3.5 million. A
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bit premature,” Reimers said.
Reimers said the Finance and
Development Committees are
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“This is the second time we have
had the College-for-a-Day pro-
gram, and this is the first time we
have held it in the fall,” said Shelly
Leadership seminar this weekend
ledged nor responded to their final college decision will take place
queries. on campus this weekend.
decision making. He will also
discuss how groups react to dif-
ferent situations, how groups work
together, and examine leadership
quality.
The seminar will include lecture,
as well as a high level of participa-
tion from the audience through
group exercises and discussions.
The seminar is sponosred by Stu-
dent Activities Council (SAC), Stu-
dent’s Association, Inc. (SAI), and
Campus Ministry.
Gina Frigualt, director of Stu-
dent Activities, said, “The seminar
stopped between classes, the
students said. Also all were ques-
tioned individually by Garrison
with another security guard present.
According to the students none
was informed as to the reason he or
she was being summoned or ques-
tioned. The students said that when
they asked for an explanation, the
head of security neither acknow-
St. Edward’s second Student
Leadership Seminar will focus on
group decision making Saturday
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Long
Table Room of the Cafeteria. The
seminar is open to all who are in-
terested.
Glenn Maloney, a member of the
student activities staff at the
University of Texas, will conduct
the seminar. He will concentrate on
the effects and benefits of group
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By JOHN CERNOHOUS
Managing Editor
Austin businessman Allan (Bud)
Shivers, Jr., has resigned his posi-
tion on the St. Edward’s Board of
Trustees after a disagreement about
the use of University endowment
funds.
Shivers, chairman of the Land
Use Committee, said he disagreed
with a motion to take $650,000
from the University’s endowment
to pay off the remaining debt on the
new Scarborough-Phillips Library.
The University’s endowment is
$2,928,000 according to Dave Dick-
son, vice president of Financial Af-
fairs for St. Edward’s.
“I thought that it was a fun-
damental policy decision by the
board, and I could not support it,”
Shivers said. “I think if you don’t
agree, resign,” he said. Shivers said
that if it was a priority decision and
not policy, he could support it.
Shivers had served two years of his
three-year term.
The Scarborough-Phillips Li-
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signed as a matter of principle. I that when the land at the south end
think Bud was an excellent trustee. I of Assumption Cemetary was sold
think his actions might have been a in 1981 for just over $1 million, one
and Loyce
Phillips.
Ken Reimers,
chairman of the
St. Edward’s
Board of
Trustees, has
different views
on the subject.
“I’m sorry he
(Shivers) re-
signed. He has
strong views—
that’s good,
will provide an opportunity for
leadership training, and through the
support of the faculty, Br. Don
Marengo, and Willie Alexander,
students will see this as a worth-
while program.”
Frigault said she feels that
through Maloney’s experience and
his interest in student involvement
students who attend the seminar
will benefit.
Frigault plans to have leadership
training seminars each semester,
but if there is a demand more
seminars will be planned.
Following a recent attempted
theft of sound equipment from the
University theatre, three SEU
students were called in for question-
ing by Larry Garrison, head of
Campus Security.
Despite Garrison’s assertions of
propriety, those questioned voiced
objection to the manner in which
the investigation was handled.
A security guard on rounds had
discovered components of the
sound equipment, valued at $8,000,
wrapped in a jacket stashed under a
bush outside the theatre building.
The discovery was made two hours
after the stage manager had locked
up following rehearsal on Thurs-
day, Oct. 21.
“The individuals we called in
were not suspects,” explained Gar-
rison. “We were merely following
leads, trying to determine if they
had any knowledge of the incident.
“Their names were brought up in
the course of conversations—‘who
had access to the theatre,’ ‘who
may have owned the jacket,’ ‘we
saw this individual’. . .” He con-
tinued, “All the names came from
people from within the theatre, not
necessarily administrative people
but students who were in-
volved—who were present Thurs-
day night during rehearsal.”
One student was pulled out of an
on-campus job; the other two were
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“I was never informed I was a
possible suspect,” said one of the
students questioned. “Yet from the
first they questioned me as to my
whereabouts Thursday night. . . I
was questioned as if I were
suspect,” he said.
“No neutral witness was present.
There was no witness on my behalf
nor anyone to verify for me if I
needed it,” the student related,
continuing:
“An unattributed statement con-
cerning where I supposedly was that
night could not be backed up. . . in
a second meeting (initiated by the
student) Mr. Garison said he
couldn’t find the person who said
it. He didn’t write the name down.”
The student also pointed out the
use of hearsay evidence, the lack of
forensic or fingerprint work, and
the failure to call in the local
authorities.
“I was asked about people not
even associated with the University.
That should have been handled
development project such as the
library, you are not a winner,”
Shivers said. Shivers said he thinks
that if the University takes the
money from the endowment fund,
it is demonstrating it cannot relieve
the debt in the way it set out to.
“We did complete a successful
project,” said Reimers. “The
library is there, it is a winner,”
Reimers added.
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of the possibilities for the monies
was that it could go to pay off the
remaining library debt.
When Shivers was told what
Reimers said, Shivers said, “I don’t
recall that, he may be right, but I
don’t recall that.”
In January, when the Finance
and Development committees re-
port to the Board, one aspect they
will try to cover is if using the en-
dowment money will help or hinder
future development projects.
Reimers said the issue is a con-
cern, but that he does not think it
will affect future campaign proj-
ects.
“I think St. Edward’s could be a
top drawer University,” said
Shivers. “It is hard to 'say after
100-odd years, but maybe St. Ed-
ward’s hasn’t found its niche in the
community.” Shivers added, “I
would like to say it is going to be a
great University”.
Shivers said that St. Edward’s
will get more support from the
studying the
issues and will
report to the
board at its next
meeting in Jan-
uary. The
Board will then
decide if the
monies should
be borrowed or
transferred
from the en-
dowment fund,
Reimers said.
“The board
did authorize
using $650,000
to pay off the
remaining
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