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great deal about the computers, and students that can work in the
technical training institutes.
The Rattler
a valuable service by preventing This Letter to the Editor has been
computers students use:
ICC-type computers are poor theft. But if a student needs help, written to notify the appropiate
There are seven of request aid.
personnel of problems currently
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News Editor
Ken Stein
Graphics
Rosi Lopez
Managing Editor
Melissa Knight
Features Editor
Meliza Trevino
Sports Editor
Raul Flores
quality, :
computers.
Chief Photographer
Oscar Gutierrez
Editorial Editor
Dee Duarte
Business Manager
Meladi Marin
To point out the deficiences at this complicates situations where a Computer Lab. This idea has been
the Computer Lab in the Alkek reasonable person would expect an suggested earlier, and St. Mary's
Business building, consider this overseer to know what he was lack of initiating such a program
breakdown (pardon the pun) of watching. The work-studys provide only shows a shortage of foresight.
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Advertising Manager
Richard Annett
Production Manager
Jake Martinez
Editor
Luis Hernandez
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Circulation Manager
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Technical Manager
Richard Prewitt
Reporters
Bill Chidgey, Tracey Ervin,
Staci Fischer, Billy Ford,
Gary Gardetto, Felicia
Gonzales, Nadine Gonzalez,
Vicki Hebert, Liliana
Martinez,Don O'Keefe
Advisor
Dr. Peggy Curet
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makes me wonder how true that available here. classes. Today, all business stu- however. Four IBM PC's are ing equipment is sound enough to
statement really is, and whether or To produce no yearbook would dents are exposed to mainframe and available. For the last week, only form a foundation for building up
not it applies to all of our students, be the same thing as telling future personal computers whether or not one had a working printer. One had the NUMBER and QUALITY of
On January 22, 1974, student lookers that we didn t have enough they have computers as the main a broken printer. They are used computers. An IBM or IBM-clone
service funding was discontinued respect for or interest in our lives course of study. A variety of upper- heavily, are getting old, and are could be added every six months or
for the yearbook with the idea that here to make any permanent record level graduate courses depend upon beginning to suffer from low so. A printer could be added every
it ...should be encouraged to of it. the usage of personal computers, maintenance. four months. No matter what time-
become self-supporting." That St. Mary's boasts of having a rich The increased exposure and The Computer Lab is also schedule is followed, there should
might have been a good idea then, history and tradition, but from how dependency upon these machines is subject to factors that make use of be allowances made for the
but look at how it's "enriching" the it presently treats its current student important to a well-rounded edu- the computers difficult. The Lab is expansion and the upgrade.
lives of the students who work on historians (our yearbook staff) and cation in business; however, the open according to hours that the Better-then-IBM computers are
the Diamondback now. from how it values the importance student at St. Mary’s faces Business building holds. Further available at the lowest costs ever.
The "proud tradition" of the of its annual student record of our problems every time he must use a restrictions apply to the use of To solve the problem with
yearbook became that of students lives, I just wonder that this computer. The state of computer student work-study monitors that computer services, the School of
supporting the yearbook by assertion isn t an example of some equipment, computer services, and work on a basis that can cause Business—particularly Computer
working long hours for no pay and piously clacking, habitual, lip computer maintenance at this more problems in getting to a Management instructors-should
little respect or recognition. That's service that is in truth a delusion of school is reaching a level second to computer. Furthermore, the work- have the funds and authority to
enriching?__excellence instead of a reality. local high schools and low-level study is not required to know a manage a well-informed team of
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Dear Editor, use one for this writing; and personnel are notified. The quality-
There has been a great increase usually I and other students just equipment problem can gradually
in the number of business students give up waiting; we try again later, be solved as we cure the
that must use computers for their There are major drawbacks, maintenance difficulties. Theexist-
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Why A Yearbook?
By Melissa Knight The yearbook is "self-
Managing Editor supporting," all right, but at the
There's been a lot of talk about cost of these students sacrificing
what we're going to do about the other luxuries such as attending
yearbook. Most people I've talked sports events, participating in
with say, "Sure, I think it's a nice UPC, SGA, Campus Ministry, and
tradition but I don't see why we other activities which were
need it." Other responses ranged supposed to enrich their college
from, "I see it as a luxury," to life experience.
"Only a minor percentage of And, over the last 12 years,
students buy it. Why should I what happened to the en-
contribute to something I don't couragement these students were
particularly need or want?" supposed to receive? They got so
People seem to think Of the much of it that last year nobody
Diamondback as being nice but not applied for the editorship of the
needed. They don't see why it Diamondback.
should be more enthusiastically Hl tell you something about
supported. They don't see what's encouragement. There are students
wrong with their attitude. working on the Rattler whose pay,
The problem with this attitude for the work they put in, averages
is that it doesn't look further into five cents an hour. But that five
the matter than the limit of one's cents, because of the respect and
own needs. It is selfish, short- recognition it signifies, provides all
sighted, and "me-" oriented. It the encouragement we need, and
doesn't consider the needs of the then some.
whole community over any sig- But "encouragement isn t just
nificant length of time. It in fact financial in nature, although it
completely ignores that thought, helps a lot in allowing a student to
People I talked with had a hard time feel that the work has a real value
coming up with any reason why we to someone besides himself,
need a yearbook, and that made me "Encouragement also takes the
wonder about a number of things. form of understanding, and that s
I've been at St. Mary's for less what's missing in the general
than a year, but in that year I've attitude of people here when they re
heard over and over again (from the talking about the yearbook.
same people I asked about the The real reasons why we need a
yearbook) that "St. Mary's has a yearbook and should support it
rich history and a proud tradition of cheerfully are the same reasons we
enriching the lives of its students." use to support the other
But the Diamondback's situation "enrichments" and "luxuries"
semi-IBM compatible he has no informed person to Faculty and Administrative
these that work, a couple of which The breakdowns and failures of facing students and problems sure
have unexplained failures while a the computers can be attributed to to follow. The Computer Lab has
student is using them. One of two major factors, use and low served hundreds of students well. It
these has a working printer. One maintenance. As a business school is easy to criticize anything
of them is missing a monitor-it that tries to emphasize logical, without consideration of those that
was cannibalized for another ICC. planned managerial judgement, have worked hard to create what
If a student can find a working ICC there is a failure to apply what is exists. I am not sure of who is in
computer, he cannot use color- taught in the classroom to the immediate authority of the Lab, but
designed programs since they have students. Common sense dictates if you have wanted more support
no mono displays. The word that since these machines are from the Administration, I hope,
processor being used here is useless overworked, they need to have that they have read this letter and
on one of those machines. regularly-scheduled maintenance, will consider granting the needed
IBM Personal Computers are And there should be an outline for funds to create a first-rate Business
excellent, modem, color-enhanced planned replacement and upgrade of Computer Lab.
machines that offer almost-state of existing computers.
the art computing. These are the Finally, identifying these Sincerely,
computers that students wait for. I problems will solve nothing unless Vaughn K. McVey
had to wait for thirty minutes to solutions are found and the proper Senior, Computer Systems Mgt
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