The Prospector (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 3, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 11, 1984 Page: 4 of 12
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The Prospector, September 11, 1984 - Page 4
-----Opinion
Library move
is wrong one
By Dean Lockwood
Managing Editor
Question: What has hundreds upon hundreds of
shelves, but holds no books?
Answer: The new, $28.8 million University Library.
This may be an incredibly bad joke, but for many
students and faculty, the current library situation is
no laughing matter.
While the 1984 Fall semester is now going at full
speed, the same cannot be said for the new library,
which shelves are barer than Mother Hubbard’s cup-
board.
Due to some godawful foul-up, students can look
forward to a libraryless two weeks while waiting for
the books, materials and equipment to be transfer-
red from the old building.
The move is expected to take place sometime dur-
ing mid-October, but given the accuracy of earlier
timetables, I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting.
Simply speaking, this means if you are enrolled in
English 3112 (research and writing) or any course re-
quiring the Library’s resources, then you can look
forward to two weeks of accelerated thumb-
twiddling in your classes.
Of course, the administration is not totally
without feeling. Apologizing for the inconvenience,
they have urged students and instructors to “be flex-
ible in their schedulings” during this period.
" A University without a
library... is like an army
without guns
useless.
totally
59
While I love the almost politician-like diplomacy
of that statement, somehow I just can’t relate to its
logic.
A great many people paid an arm and a leg to at-
tend this university, and as such, it (and the Library
especially) should be at our disposal, not vice versa.
After all, a university without a library (even for
two weeks) is like an army without guns — totally
useless.
Despite the reasons for the library snafu, whether
due to poor scheduling or just bad karma, the bot-
tom line is that someone has to deal with the pro-
blem.
In this case the brunt of the sacrifice has been
thrust upon students and faculty. So we’re left out in
the cold for two weeks. Why not? There is no other
practical solution. Or is there?
Why not let the new Library gather cobwebs for a
few more months and schedule the book-moving
party sometime during the Christmas break, when
no one will be inconvenienced? Simple, right?
It seems that the paper-pushing powers-that-be
have an aversion to simple solutions. So for a two-
week period, students and faculty can look forward
to being introduced to the U.S. Army’s golden rule:
“Hurry up — and wait.”
Empty bookshelves at the new library await a
mid-October move -in date.
KEEP IT SHORT: RENENPERTs A LOCAL CALL! /
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Union, El Paso, Texas, 79968.
Colleges flunk
Editor,
Students should know that the
College of Business, the Depart-
ment of Social Work and the
degree programs in Communica-
tions are not accredited by their
respective professional associa-
tions. Moreover, the College of
Education can barely meet the
new minimal Texas standards re-
quired for teacher certification,
and the Computer Science
Department is unable to meet the
proposed national professional
standards for accreditation.
The recently appointed Univer-
sity Director of Planning, respon-
sible for helping departments
prepare for professional ac-
creditation, has left to take
another job.
Students should know that
although the University is ac-
credited, approval of profes-
sional degree programs by pro-
fessional accrediting associa-
tions does matter. It is a
guarantee that degree programs
meet accepted national stan-
dards which is currently not the
case at UT El Paso, especially
where upper division courses are
being taught by faculty who have
only B.A. and M.A. degrees.
Students should insist on
specific measures and
timetables by departments and
programs to prepare for profes-
sional accreditation. Anything
less is to receive a degree which
is known not to meet national
professional standards.
Aaron Segal
Political Science Professor
Story questioned
Editor
I read — with no surprise —
the article on fall registration by
Beatrice Terrazas in the Sept. 6
Prospector. As is characteristic
of UT El Paso school paper repor-
ting, the writer confused her
function as a reporter with the
related, but quite different, tasks
of investigative reporting and
editorializing. This was done with
some subtlety (which did sur-
prise me), for the strategy ap-
pears to have been to report inter-
views with students if and only if
their experience of registration
was negative.
___The Prospector__
Editor: Olga Camacho Reporters: Wendy Dowkings, Julian
Managing Editor: Dean Lockwood Resendez, Beatrice Terrazas, Da-
News Editor Paula Monarez miane Calderon
Copy Editor: Michael Mitchell Entertainment Editor Roberta Kay
Student Advertising Manager: Nancy Varela
Dimascio Sports Editor: James Martinez
Student Assistant Advertising Photo Editor: Victor Calzada
Manager: Lilly Gonzalez-Blake
I have worked for years — as a
faculty member and an ad-
ministrator — with the Office of
Admission and Registration. Of
course there are problems in both
areas; but I have found the staff,
to be 100 percent cooperative
under difficult circumstances in-
cluding signigicant understaff-
ing. Of the 6,700 students
registered on the first day many
had problems — not seldom of
their own making — but staff per-
sonnel „at the Special Events
Center did all they could to help ,
resolve them. I know because I
was there.
I am all for public ventilations
of legitimate — and illegitimate
— criticism of the University in
the school paper. But the chronic
distortion of the facts and their
interpretation that is the hallmark
of Prospector has created a
credibility gap that reminds me of
the parable of The Boy Who Cried .
“Wolf!” The best thing about Pro-
spector is its discount coupons
— especially when the eng
trepeneur forgets to include an
expiration date.
Philip Gallagher
English Professor
Photographers: Brian Smith, Grace
Saenz
Circulation Directors: Dennis
Apodaca, Danny Apodaca
Advertising Sales: Connie Solis,
Steve Jones, Amanda Villarreal
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