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Serving ttie University of Texas at San Antonio Community
TUESDAY September 11,1984
Volume 4, Number 12
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fStudents Ask: Five Years or Four for Architecture Program?
by Joyoa Hyda
Ttw archltacturai daalgn program wW not Iw upgraded to a S-yaar prolaa- aiorwi degree any tima aoon. Dr. Oordon H. Lamb, vica-praaldant lor acadamic. affaira, told studenta Thursday.
Speaking bafora and audlanca of ar¬ chitectural deaign atudenta In ttw racllai hail. Lamb aaid other diviaiona within the university have priority in consideration for additional degree programa.
Dr Rhcderick E. Key, dean of the col¬ lege of fine arts and humanltlea. and Or Jim Broderlck. director of the division of art and design, also addrasaad the gathering called to clarify the university's poaition in the aftermath of Dr Richard Tangum's recent realgna¬ tlon
Tangum. who haa aarved aa coor¬ dinator of the architectural program amce ita inception four yaara ago, iaat weak announced hia intention to raaign that poaition at tha and of tha fail aamaatar
Tha degree tha university offara at praaant la not a separata dagraa In ar- chitactura, but rather a 4-yaar bachelor of fine arta with a concentration In ar¬ chltacturai daalgn or Interior daalgn. Tha Interior daalgn program waa addad laat year
To receive a 5-year profeaalonal degree in architecture. Lamb explained, atudenta muat either attand the full 5-year program at another Inatltutlon or tranafur afte four yeara at UTSA Into another univeraity for the fifth year.
Studenta ahould tw/a bean under no illusions when entering tha program. Lamb contlnuad, becauae the Informa¬ tion is clearly atc<ted In tha univeraity catalog
"We have not tried to paaa It off aa a 5-year program "
In a question and anawar aaaalon, however, a student responded that although aha knew the type of program aha was entering, "students hava been led to believe It would become mora "
"I did not lead you to balieve that," Lamb raapondad. "if haa baan vary clear from ttw bagli iing ttwt that wu not tna caae."
Eartier in ttw praceadlnga. Lamb ex¬ plainad that twfore the architectural deaign program waa Implemented four yeara ago, he, Tangum. and Prealdent Jamaa W. Waganar iiiacuaaad the needa of the program
"My quastion and Dr Wage ners was. "Is that concentration sufficient?" The answer waa, "yes." that will work for us aa an appropriate concentrate in the BFA program."
They also diacuaaed the possibility ot approactiing the Texas Coordinating Board to consider four or five year ar¬ chitectural degree when the preaent program, however. Lamb does not an¬ ticipate auch a move in the near future.
Regarding areaa with higher prk>ntiea. Lamb said ttwt tha computer aclance program, undar tha diviaion ot aciancea and mathematics, la ona concentration In need ol additional programa
Later. Daan Kay elaborated In raaponaa to a atudant query about whan tha univaralty might ba ready lor a separata vchltactural degree.
"In tarma of priority," Key stated, "We're looking at a maatara of aclance degree In geology which is an extremely vital and praaaing need right now
"We're alao going to be looking at a maf'tera of science degree in biotechnology Some of you know about the concerna in that area.
"We alao need saverai doctoral pro¬ grams such as neurobiology and buslneaa administration, and eventually aomething in computer science."
Responding to student concern about funding. Broderlck. who is beginning his aacond year as division director, ex- plained that because the legislature meeta only every two years, budget re- queats are made two years In advance, twsed on an eatlmated growth rate
""Since the unlveralty's enrollment has
Incraaaad eight percent a year, atata funding haa not been Inadequate to meet ttw needa of tha even more rapid Incraaae in architectural enrollment."
Lamb alao addraaaad funding pro- cedurea. Thia fall'a enrollment at the univeraity will protwbly exceed 12,600 atudenta. he aaid, while the semeater budget la baaed on the 11,100 atudant enrollment of two yeara ago
In addition, Broderlck continued. "The inatltutlon receives only a small portion of the money generated, and it is up to the Institution and the deans at the ad¬ ministrative level to deem how to best support all the programa with the money available
Despite a maintenance and operations budget allocation for art and design of $8300 thia yaar, "There are enrichment abilltlea outside of the budget, " Broderlck explained.
In confinnatlon, ha announced that tha diviaion haa received approval hia $26,000 raquaat lor computers to ba uaed In the architectural program ax- clualvely In addtlon, $4600 In furniture haa been ordered for the firat floor atudio, ha aaid.
"That I muat aay, la all tha chips I'll pro bably ever have on the table in the ne>> three yeara tor the architectural pn gram So I don't think we'll get enlargements for photographs in the time it takes me to get grayer than I already am"
In response to complaints of inade¬ quate apace lor the rapidly-Increasing enrollmant Lamb said that a requeat has been nwde of the legialature for funds to remodel space at HemisFair Plaza downtown
"We had hoped to be down there thia fall, but the money lan't there. In the meantime, we're carving out apace from the art department"
In brief, other Issues discussed at the meeting were aa followa: See STUDENTS QUESTION MFA, page 3
Dr. Oordon H. Lamb, vIca praaidant of acadamic affaira, talla atudants Thuraday that ha haa navar mlarapraaanlad UTSA'a archltactura pro¬ gram.
SRA Approves Budget
Nuclear Resonance: Beyond the CAT Scan for Health Science Center
by Chrlatophar Laa
The UT System Board of Regents haa authorized the cunstruction of a nu'^lear magnetic resonance center at San An tonios Health Science Center Ground breaking on the project, however, still awaits approval by the UT Coordinatinv Board, the Texas College and University System, and the Texas Health Facilities Commission
Projected cost of the center is $13 million It is needed to support clinical in¬ vestigations and research projects
Because of the unique effect of magnetic fields on atoms, nuclear magnetic resonance 'NMRI hai tremen¬ dous potential, particulaily in the field ol diagnostic medicine Like ultrasound or a CAT acan, NMR creates images that phyalclana can use for diagnostic pur- poaea
At tha praaant time, NMR can detect cancer and depict blood vessels, but does so without the use of potentially harmful radioactive tracers The Images produced by NMR can detect diaaases such as breast cancar more accurately than other scanners currently in use because it can distinguish betwiien small malignant tumors and other forms of tissue
In the future. NMR may also be used to measure muscle damage m the hearts of heart attack victims, detect build up of atherosclerotic plaque in blood vessela, and even aid in the detection of diseases such as stroke
Denies Nuclear Speaker ^Jwfc'n^^cl
by Tom Ballay
in Ita Sept. 5 nneeting, SRA voted against sponsoring a speech by Dr. Helen Caldicott, president of Physicians for Social F^esponslblllty. Caldicott Is a natlonally-i^nown voice advocating "an immediate bilateral nuclear weapons freeze."
Two affirmative votes, six negative votes, and three absten¬ tions were Indicative of the council's hesitation to present a one-sided forum for this sensitive issue.
Carolyn Eartly, member of the Unlvarslty Canter Program Council, had alerted the SRA to Caldlcott's availability.
Othar actions takan by tha SRA at tha two maatings hald on Aug. 29 and Sapt. 6 includa:
Donation of $600 to continua tha Popular Booi< Program at tha UTSA Ubrary. On Aug. 20, Dr. Michaal Kally apoi<a to tha council thanldng tham for funding tha program slnca 1082. Tha library laaaas currant bast-aallara with thasa funda.
Tha ieB4-e6 SRA budgat was
approved unanlmoualy. Totally fund-
from atudant aarvlcaa
fees, fhe SRA has $21,700 for the current.year Of this total. $18,200 was nawly appropriated and $3500 was carried forth from the 1983-84 budget. The SRA Is one of the few student organizations allowed to re¬ tain unapent funds from previous budgets.
(See accompanying chart for 1084-85 budget.)
On Sapt, 5, the decision to print an updated student directory was tabled. Although over half of the 2600 copies of last year's student directories remained unsold. SRA President Rick Montemayor believes the directory Is "handy, needed, and a good aervlce." Estlmatad cost of printing 2600 diractorlaa Is $2000. An addendum updating last yaar'a dlra:tory Is an option balng studied.
Tha SRA wlll hold alaetlona on Sapt. 24 and 26 for the positions of frashman raprasantatl'/a and cor¬ responding aacratary. Intarastad atudanta ahould flla for candidacy by Sapt. 14 In lyi<S 2.02.08.
Opan waai<ly maatlnga of tha SRA ara haid lii HB 2.01.04 at 1:00 p.m on Wadne day^	
Fellowship
Arohliaetura •ludanls quaatlon tha value of • fina arta dagraa from UTtA during a quastlon*and-answar aaa alon about tha futura ef tha unlvaralty'a arehltaetura program. 	
STUOENT REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY 1984-1 MS BUDQET
¦ig buiinaai hu a gloMI outlook; ooi- Isga piaeamant doaa nol. But in u lltlla ¦a fiva yaara, It la going to naad ona, ao- oordlng to Jaoit •hingialen, diraotor of nacamant Barvioas at Michigan Blala Univaralty.
Bhinglaton ohalra a commlttaa aatabNahad by Iha Oenaga maoamant Counoli two years ago to axplora Iha poaaibiiitlaa of glebai plaoamant and te davaiop tyatama to bring It about.
Por Amarioan unlvarsitlaa giebal piaeamant fails into two oalagoriaa:
* finding ampioymani for foreign na- lionaia m their heme eouniriea
* finding overseaa employment for native-born Amerloans who want to wrorK ovaraaaa,
Preaenlly, muitlnallonai corporatlona appear mora Inlarctled In looatlng Amarloen-eduoatad foreign students tor jobs In their native countries than in hir¬ ing Amarioan natlvaa. "Thra's been a gap In our piaoament aystam." saya Bhinglaton. "Wa laita care of our Amarloen atudants pretty wall, but foreign students, who pay Iha moat for their education, don't gat much heip."
. Jassa Smith, an axaoutiva with tha OoUege Placement Oouncil, goaa ona step wther: he saya tha United Stataa haa nagleoted foreign etudeni piaoa¬ ment ehamefuily. It encouragea foreign students to atudy hare, but than doesn't went to employ Ihem or help them find jobe beek heme,
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Tha OPC, maenwhiie, hopea to tap axiating intarnationai tiaa with Amarloen univerailiea. The American Oraduata Sohool of intematlonai Management In Ahiona haa axtanaiva foreign con¬ tacts, for example. Corporate recruiters from the Par leet vialt UCLA aeoh yeer looWng for new Mood, and a number of Mexloen oompaniee come ahopping at UT 11 Paao.
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VIA Extends Late-Night Trial
by Cynthia Naah
Dua to atrong uaer demand, VIA Metropolitan Tranalt haa agreed to ralnatata the 6:30 p.m. expreaa aanrlca from UTSA to Wonderland Mail for a two week trial period.
Don Klolbaaaa, director of operational pianning for VIA, said rldarahip wlll ba maaaured dunng thia timeframe to detemtihe If nder demand justifies ser- vloe costs. Klolbaasa stated that while VIA  raoogniies  Its  responsibility  la
satisfy community nseda, they muot also ensure that tax doliara ara apent wisely.
A hderehlp of 4S people Is needed nlghlty to recoup expanaes; howaver, VIA win continue the service If they are able to measure nightly ueege of et leeat 18 people.
The two-week Mai period which begen In lale Auguat wiii continue through Sept. 13.
Mark Snodgrass, fallowahip raol-
plant.
by Jenet Provines
Mark Alan Snodgrass. political aolenoa graduate student, haa been awarded a S3.000 fallowahip by tha Taxaa Municipal Finance Offloara Aaaociation of the Texaa Municipal League
Tha aaaociation awarda one lellowahip annually to a graduate stu¬ dent In Texas atudying public finance.
Snodgraaa. 33, received hia baohelora degree in political science from UTSA iaat December and la our- rantly enrolled in the maatar"a of publio administration |MPA) program, purauing a concanlration in publio finance management
"I'm very pleaaad to be choaen," Snodgrass aaid   "I think It ratiacts positlvaiy on tha quality of tha univeraity and its MPA program"
Tha MPA program, offered through tha Division of Sooiai and Poiioy Sclencas, la entering Its third year at UT¬ SA. Snodgrass oommants, "I waa eom- peling with students from univerailiae with wall-eatabllshad programa while UTSA'a degree in public administration iareietlvaly new."
Approximately 70 studente sre new enrolled in this progrsm snd are apeoieHtlng in Ihe adminiatration of luatloa, human resource menegement, Intematlonai adminiatration and poiioy, publio management and pubtk: poNcy, end urban pianning management ee weH
After Snodgraaa oompiatee hia degree next spring, he plaria te remem In San Antonio and wortt in Ihe (Md of