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Serving the University of lexcii> at San Antonio Community
Tuesday
March 18, 1986
Volume 6, Number 5
Newsline
Acactomic frMdom thraat«n«d
Heads of nine higher education asaociations including one, the American Council on Education, which r^resents NEA see a lefMus danger to academic freedom in the new classroom monitor¬ ing organization Accuracy in Academia (profiled earUer this fall in the NEA Higher Education Advocate).
The nine isaiied a warning that AIA's classroom monitors "will have a chilling affect on the academic freedom of both students and faculty members."
The group ftirther urges colleges and universities to "(reaffirm) eatablished practices for instiling professional responsibiUty and academic freedom."
University administratm-s across the country have spoken out about the danger to acadamic freedmn that Accuracy in Acadonia
"Every oppresaiva regime started with (attacks on) the univer- mtlM " nnr*« rhanreilor Josaoh Mtirphy of Citv University of New York. "I remember (the MtClarthy «-a on campus] weU enough to fad that Accuracy in Academia has aU the haUmarks of a new "thoui^t police," says Frank Vandiver, President of Texaa A&M UnivMvity, "It can spread fear, and nothing can ruin a unlvarrity faatar ttuui fear."
Nominations accepted
The San Antonio Young Lawyws Association is accepting ntMninations for the Liberty Bell Award, presented by the associa¬ tion to a non-lawyer at the Law Day luncheon of the San Antonio Bar Association in May. The award recognizes men and women for outstanding service in many fields, including education, business, science, communications, labor, government and religion. Nomina¬ tions and supporting materials should be sent by April 1 to the Liberty Bell Committee, Jamea H. Kizziar, Jr., chairman, Manitzas, Harris & Padgett, Inc. 1200 South Texas Building. San Antonio, 78906.
Astronaut scholarship started
The Natkmal Educatkm Association today announced that ita Board of Directors haa voted to contribute $100,000 to the Christa McAuUffe American Education Fund.
McAuUffe. tha taMsher astronaut who died hi the space shuttle tragedy, waa an active mmAmr ot NEA. Hm Otrista McAuUffe American Educaiton Fund will give grants to aspfa^ng and practic- faig taachers to aKyhwa InnovaOve ways of teaching and learning. It WiU be adminiat««d by the National Foundation for the la^^rov mmt of Educatton.
Tax deductibk donations can be mada to: The Christa McAuUffe Amarican Education Fond, P.O. Box 0149, American Sacioity Bank. Waahingtcm. D.C. 20066.
Mllsap to address UTSA students
The Pra4aw Association wiU meet every second and tarth Thura- diqr at 1:00 p.m. in Room 3.02.22 of the HB BuUding.
The Pre-law Association and tlie Criminal Justice FtH-um co- sponsor District Attomey Sam Milsap sptech on the Criminal Justice Syston at UTSA on March 18. He wiU speak in Room 2.02.04 of the HB Building. AU students are mvited to attend.
Tlie Pre-law Association wiU also qionsor a diacusrion between law studmts who did their undergraduate work at UTSA. They wUl apeak on AprU 2 from 7:00-8:30 p.m. in The Kiva. The law studmts wiU discuss what law school is reaUy Uke and the advantages and disadvantagea of thair schocri. Theur speeches wiU be f<dlowed by a queation a^ anawer putUtd. A rec^tion at 7606 Hummingbird HiU (Juat blocks from canqwa) wiU foUow the evmt.
For more infonnation otmtact JuUe MUlar at 494-0791 or Gray Love at 666-1794.
Crabtree wins run-
AT SAN ANTOr.
^R'T
!JS R A - General Election
Graduate Representatives   Sophomore RepresentaJUiw
.'-|
^Mbal ManhaU 7
*F'>anciaco Ruiz 6
•Nancy Hiirvat 6
Larry Ga'za 4
Senior F'epresentatlves
'Jamas Caemmts 167
John Chan^agne 148
*Marie DomfaiguaE 218
^Marc Babischkin 163
Junior Representatives
•David Roth •UndaHdm •Mark Napier •Lawrmce MaazaiM
President
100
74 2 2
"9uiiespundiyig Cewetery
•Marcie Parkw     """ 604
8 write-ins, none exceetUng 3 votet'
Treasurer
SRA   President - elect Crabtree
Rudy Torree •Steve Telanrii Keith, fjoe Odovia I *DougDuraaa
100 134 118 120
Keith Crabtree Steve Koebele
Vice President
400 343
•MIcheUe Lopee                     664 10 write-ins, mme exceedbig 2 votes
Parliamentarian
•Adolph Ramirez 46«
9 write-ins, none exceeding 1 vote
l^cordlng Secretary
•Rena Sardo '" 492
7 write-ins, ngne exceeding 3 votes
Historian
•Bob Betchel OMgl^rUte
S
*l4iann Garza 2W
9 write-fais, Bone«x*eeding 5 votes
The third presidential runoff in the Student Representative Assembly's history was con¬ ducted imder the Sombrilla on March 11 and 12. Keith Crabtree took the office by 98 votes over his opponent Steve Koebele.
The runoffs for the SRA's presidency were necessitated by the SRA constitutional orovision which states that the "executive officers wiU be elected by a ma¬ jority of the baUots."
The March 6 baUot count for
the president's office, officiated by Jane Duckworth, Director of Student Activities and conducted manuaUy by the SRA Elections Committee, resulted in 415 baUots for Keith Crabtree and 415 ballots for Steve Koebele. Two write-in votes for Koebele were voided.
The runoff count of the ballots, supervised by SRA Faculty ad¬ visor Dr. Jeffery Roet, was 440 baUots for Keith Crabtree and 342 for Steve Koebele. This con¬
stitutes over 51% of student votes and officially places Crab¬ tree in the president's office this summer.
Crabtree won on a platform of SRA accessibility and respon¬ sibility. He promises to publish SRA newsletters to distribute to students, faculty, and clubs, as well as requiring mandatory at¬ tendance of SRA meetings for representatives, and continuing the drive for Dead Days, student attomey, and a student parii. In
addition to the.se pruii i.sed changes, Crabtree will aitempt to pass a rule to re(]Uire iiidTiihly written committee reports trrjm SRA members on I'mmultee progress
Susan Hamer. im-mlii't df the Elections Comniillei. stated "We're looking into ttn' pnrdiase of voting machines Im < lie next year to handle the iiirMMv,.(l stu¬ dent participation m ih.' SRA elections, and to eliipin.ili' the chance of huniai- iirdt    •
Summer session not affected by budget cuts
by UneU M. Scott Staff Writer
There has been some concern among UTSA students .that the Feb. 18th order from Governor Mark White calUng for a 13% reduction of spending by aU state agencies and coUeges to compen¬ sate for the expected decreases in oil and gas revenue, could result in the canceUation of summer school sessions for 1986.
According to The Daily Texas-UT Austin's student newspaper—however, in a letter sent to the Governor by UT System Board of Regents Chairman Jess Hay and Chancellor Hans Mark, a 91 milUon doUar reduction in non- academic areas—which is less than 6% of the original request from White — was proposed in¬ stead. It is Hay's feeling that a drastic cut in spencUng now wiU only result in an increase in the J 987 legislature.
"We therefore have defined the plan atid wUl execute it in confidence and trust that our state leaders, the Legislative Budget Board and the Texas Legislature will respond appropriately, constructively, and affirmatively to what wiU clearly be the System's need for enhanced    general    revenue
appropriations during the next Liegislative sessions," the letter states, according to the March 5th issue of The Daily Texan.
How does this affect students at UTSA? Although there has been some mention of a possible decrease in the number of sections offered in a class, apparently every effort is being made to avoid this situation by cutting back in areas which will not interfere with the educational process for students at UTSA.
According to Mr. Pederson, Vice-President for Business Affairs here at UTSA, students will hopefuUy not notice the effects. Summer sessions wiU definitely not be cut, and classes in the fall wiU be scheduled as they always have been.
"We plan to have a full cadre of course offerings," Pederson stated in an interview with the Paisano on March 10th. "We will not cut back in the course offerings unless those coures don't make, because one of the (requests) in the governor's executive order was to make these cuts without really affecting the delivery of services Ito the studentl."
Budget cuts instead will come
from areas which will not directly
be felt by the students. To begin
with, costs wiU be reduced by not
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Professor awarded $20,000 grant
WM^jrBariwc
^ Oonaa M. Kad^
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Wendy Barker, Aaaiatant Pro- iaaaw <rf EngUsh at UTSA, has bam awardad a 880.000 creative writing fdlewship from the Na- tio!iaI Sadowmant for the Aria, Wemly Barker, Alv«t Goldbarth of Austin end Jade E. Mayara of Dallaa are the Texas faUowship raeipienta of tha 98 NEA gmU iplvan acrowi tha U.S. (43 hi prose uhI 49 in poetry),
Fallowshtps for Creative Writers are awar^id ("thia has nothing to do with teachers") to pttUahad poats and writo-s of of aicaptionwl talmt  to
enable tham to sat aaide time tat writing, reaaardi or travci
Barlnr kaa a king tiat at tc- compUshmants to her credit. BMides taacMng creative writing aiMl Amuiean Utorature, she ia Ditwstor of tha UTSA Reading Sariaa, Faculty Adviaor f<8' tha UTSA's Utarary nwgasine, CAC¬ TUS ALLEY, a Puahcart Prize Nominee (twice) rad a widdy puUiahad poat and critic.
Barker's poetry haa appeared in numarouB journals, including POETRY. THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR. THE
BLOOMSBURY    REVIEW. CALIFORNIA  QUARTERLY.
IMAGINE: INTERNATIONAL CHICANO POETRY JOUR¬ NAL, AND CEDAR ROCK, anumg others.
She is also the author of LUNACY OF LIGHT: EMILY DICKINSON AND THE EX¬ PERIENCE OF METAPHOR, a study of EMtaphw in tha poama of EmUy Dickinson which wUl ba released from Southern lUinois Univermty Press m the faU of 1986. She alao has a forthcoming book of paom mtitlad POETRY.
Barker ia thriUed to have received thia award (which wUl come in ma-lump-aum) aa it "wiU allow me to take the summ«a crff from teaching to write mora poetry."
Rock debate stirs emotions
Modort emothmaiiy expresses pro-reg>
SMMUn m>miir.mm
iiarton views at the KocM
You walk into Musicland or Jasp" did say that ciusorship Hasting's records to buy the would not solve these r'roblems. latest album from W to S.P. or however, these 3 simple rules Prince only to find it covered with would:
a sticker proclaiming that this D An age hmit so mim.rs would music may be hazardous to your ¦«>' be able to attend concerts health or even another type of w.^ch "lay "^ave explit it sex and sticker which restricts you from violence.
buying it due to your age. Are    2»  the  painting  ot   lyrics   on these   infringements   at   your alouni coders themseh es. rights or a sincere act for your    3' ""d parents just plain paying ^f^fgae"! attention to their children.
On March 12, students and pro- ^^P'*'"^"' '' Almaguer, owner of feasors  filed  into   the  Kiva  to fl"°^«ss^°na'   Account    Services
listen, leam, speak, and in some
and a junior at   UTSA   states.
cases change their mmds about Obviously there is a Problem regulations conceming the vast ^'tb some rock music. What some spectrum of rock music. After ^"P* ;^° '« 8'°"fy "methical brief explanation of the rules"""«« J?"" ^he sake of making everyone took their respective^op^y-T^° ^h^"] "^ » a".act but to sides and the debate began. '^eir young followers it s an ac-
The first speaker was 19-year- ceptable hfesty e. old Jason BelTa Thespian and     ^^"y   P«°P'«   °"   ^^e   anti- member of the International Rela- ™8"'".';'°"„,*'^Li''*„f^r"MT.''f.^ tions clear
Club,  he made his ^tand f^^^^'•>« K"^*™""*"''i^^ "f^t ^
v»-. by the very first Une." I've J*"***.   ""''^ T"^"^ *    ^°" -^ w.^^ li.^onina t,r. = inf «f «»oir mstenals   that   were   slightly
S:^ic"'ir:i^ ^nd'  frankly^t o^-e™ ^ - Pf-^^- '--^^f bothers me ' upon also. Would such matenal,
He   spoke   of   the   infwnous ""^l?. "« "»«'*<=• ^ ^'""'^ ^'""^ NightstaUter kUUngs where the Public U8«-
murderer was inspired by the '" ^'^, «"«>• the nays won and song of the same name and a P'''*:''"«4\?Jj?r , suffered setback society which abhors drugs but '>«'* f^V^^'^ ^^^ "" "T^".*'' '^^° has heroes sing in support of theu- "»" ^'h s'des learned what the use. Sexual? overtones were also "''l^,^'^''?!^?!?'; an issue: Sheena Eastons "Sugar 'The PMRC can not pass laws^ Wells". David Lee Roth's pelvic They can only ask the industry to thrusts, and the ceUophone »?* "P regulations. Any regula covarad breasts of Misstag Per- tu»^ set up are purely voluntary aona^Boet Dale Boiaie.   ,      „ •frSI»lfe> industry themselves.*