Hilltop Views (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 11, Ed. 1 Monday, March 13, 1989 Page: 1 of 8
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Board approves residents' requests
the installation of phone lines in the a third option for students. The plan
dorm rooms. Phone lines will be
spent in either the ReUnion or the ample of a student who has $90 left
pus. On phone will be in each lobby
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Career Fair attracts employers, area colleges
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will feature seven meals a week and
a set amount of money that can be
Ernst and Whinney, Franklin Fed-
eral Bank, Office of the Inspector
General, IRS, Lower Colorado
River Authority, Metropolitan Life,
Northwestern Mutual Life, South-
land Job Hotline, Southern Union
Gas, Southwestern Paralegal Insti-
tute, Texas Employment Commis-
sion, Brown, Maroney and Oaks
Hartline, Peace Corps, San Antonio
Police Department, MCI, NCNB,
Lucas added that ARA is more
than willing to give students their
money’s worth. He used the ex-
heard by the administrators and they put into every dorm room on cam-
cuts on the Tuition Equalization
Grant program. Barrientos said that
in order to keep all state services,
such as schools, financial aid pro-
grams, highway programs and the
DPS at their current levels, includ-
ing inflation and the rising costs,
there will be a $ 1.2 billion shortfall.
Barrientos added that either the state
would have to cut $ 1.2 billion of the
budget or raise $1.2.
Proposed money raising activi-
ties include a proposed lottery that
would general $600 million in reve-
nue but would not be implemented
until next year, and pari-mutuel dog
races.
Other subjects discussed in-
cluded the merger of South Texas
ADAM WRIGHT
Staff Writer
Pay attention dorm residents
because your complaints have been
with employers,” David Schwartz
of the Director of the Career Re-
sources Center, said. “Over 50
employers plan to participate in the
one-day event. This setting allows
studetns to discuss permanent,
summer, co-op and internship op-
portunities.”
Both Schwartz and Career
Center Coordinator Margo Swan-
son encourage all students to at-
tend.
“Seniors are especially encour-
aged to dress their best and bring
resumes,” Swanson said. “Come to
the RCC and meet the employers
your career options; learn how each
industry operates and what job skills
are currently in demand.”
Among this year’s participat-
ing employers are: Austin Cham-
ber of Commerce, Arustin Police
Department, Baylor and UT law
schools, Air Force, Capital Metro,
colleges and four-year colleges into
the UT and A&M systems,” Misko
said.
The Legislative Salute was one
of the events planned for a two-day
visit from Young Democrats clubs
to the Capitol. On Feb. 24, other
events included a tour of the Capitol
Texas Instruments and the City of
Austin.
“Come to the RCC and meet
the employers that may shape your
future,” Swanson said.
Not only SEU will be benefit-
ting from this event, ACC, Concor-
dia Lutheran, Huston-Tillotson,
Southwestern and Southwest Texas
State will also attend the annual
event.
the pizza.
“They will creatively try to let
students use up their money,” Lucas
said.
The dorms themselves are the
objects of several enhancements in
the future and have been in the past.
This year alone, SEU has spent
$150,000 for enhancement around
JEFF WILSON
Senior, Marian Michel, shoots a jump shotin St. Ed’s win
against Schreiner, Tuesday, Feb. 28 in the first gameof the
NAIA tournament.
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Senator Chet Edwards. Other guests
included State Treasurer Ann
Richards and State Attorney Gen-
eral Jim Mattox.
“The Legislative Salute is an
annual fundraiser for the Texas
Young Democrats and gives our
members a chance to meet legisla-
tors who have been past members,”
Martin Hoffman, Texas Young
Democrats president, said.
SEU Democrat members that
attended included Sophomore Chris
Vanover, Juniors Mary Kay Misko
and Geronimo Rodriguez, Jr. and
Seniors Ray McMurrey, Jeannine
are going to do something about
them next fall.
In the recent Board of Trustees
meeting decisions were made that
will directly affect the resident hall
students. These decisions were
made to do something to improve
the dorm life of SEU students, ac-
cording to John Lucas, dean of
Enrollment and Student Services.
A study on residence life, re-
cently conducted by the admini-
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at the end of the semester. The
student could throw a pizza party
for friends and ARA would provide
MARINELLE HERVAS
Staff Writer
Marketing yourself—your job
skills and education—may one of
the most valuable lessons you learn
at SEU.
Measure your marketability by
attending SEU’s seventh annual
Career Fair on Tuesday, March 14,
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the RCC.
“The Career Fair is an ideal
environment for students to interact
every group, and is now in the plans according to Lucas, is an expanded price to students, there is a built-in
for next fall, according to Lucas, is meal plan. This meal plan involves assumption of missed meals.”
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and a phone will be put outside each Dining Hall. It will cost the same as
dorm to be used to contact students the 14 meal plan. Details have not
inside the dorm. been worked out yet, but the money
“A lot of feedback from sur- will be there, according to Lucas.
veys and focus groups is that this Lucas also said that any meal eaten
would be perceived as a real en- in the cafeteria beyond the set
hancement,” Lucas said. number of meals can be taken off
SEU administration talked to this set amount of money.
Southwestern Bell a month ago “I think what we have come up
about this project due to student with is a compromise between stu-
feedback. Southwester Bell said that dents wanting less and having
GVIEWS
VoLyNoJLl_______________ March 13,1989
A STUDENT PUBLICATION OF ST. EDWARDS UNIVERSITY 5—"
GERONIMO RODRIGUEZ Spivack and Kevin Shields.
Contributor According to Vanover, “The
On Thursday evening, Feb. 23, Legislative Salute was a great suc-
SEU Democrats, along with other cess. It gave us a chance to talk with
Young Democrat clubs from around many other Young Democrats, as
the state convened at the Capitol to well as many other politicians.”
honor past members of the Young “It (the Salute) was a great
Democrats, who are now Texas chance to talk to legislators on is-
Legislators, in a Legislative Salute, sues pertaining to students, such as
Among the honored were the Tuition Equalization Grant and
Representative Lena Guerrero and the merger of south Texas junior
by Misko in the Senate Sergeant at junior colleges and four-year col- 1— 1——————————— 1— “—
Arms Committee Room, some leges with the UT and A&M sys- panic, which will cost the state of Capitol tour and was judged an
Texas Young Democrats met with terns and the impact on students, a Texas $17 billion for each class of "overall success.’
Senator Gonzalo Barrientos, mem- payraise bill to raise legislators’pay dropouts in lost taxes, welfare pro- Anyone interested in student
ber of the Senate Finance Commit- from $7200 a year to about $25,000 grams and other state services and issues at the state level or who just
tee to discuss bills in education and and the 35 percent dropout rate in programs. wants to know about the Young
of general concern to students. Texas, 40percent ofwhom are Black The two-day event came to an Democrats can contact Vanover
One of the concerns was the- and 50 percent of whom are His- end Friday afternoon, after the through campus mail.
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stration prompted prompted these currently 60 percent of the students enough business on campus to make
decisions. The objective of the living on campus own a phone and it work financially for everyone,”
study, according to a handout give paid, on the average, $200 for the Lucas said.
to the Board, is “to identify factors nine months of school. Lucas also anticipated that there
in students’decisions to live or not The only thing students will might be some time restrictions on ,
to live on campus and to make rec- have to do is bring their own phones when students may use their “fixed
ommendations to strengthen resi- and plug them in, according to money” at the ReUnion because of
dence life.” They accomplished this Lucas. At that point, Lucas said, the business resulting from off-
objective utilizing focus groups, they will have unlimited access to campus students.
questionnaires, interviews and an local calls and can call across cam- What happens to the left over
outside consultant. All these groups pus by just dialing the last four- monies?
provided recommendations for the digit number. "ARA can’t refund dollars,”
improvement of dorm life. Another decision made by the Lucas said, “because they calculate A
One recommendation made, by Board that virtually is a “done deal,” the price and then we calculate the
Young Democrats represent I
SEU in state-wide Salute I
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