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Serving the University of Texas at San Antonio Community
TUESDAY
September 25, 1984
Volume 4. Number 13
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Ground is  Broken For University   Center
ding to Jane Duckworth
Currf'nlly. coprnlttee members are Robert Andrews, Dr Dan Hogenaurer. Dr. Ken Weiher. Carol Schafer. Janet filontreul. Janet Provines. Wayne Terry and Committee Chairman Jane Duckworth
The committee has been working with the UT System Office of Facilities Plann¬ ing and Construction, and the archltec- James ,^^31 ^^^^ q, q Nelll. Conrad and Oppelt In San Antonio George Mangrem. direc¬ tor of the physical plant, has assisted the committee with input for the final plans of the buildings equipment and furnishings
"The building will be a two-story pre¬ cast concrete edifice with a gross araa of 40,852 square feet The two floors will have an assigned area of 26.593 square feet." states Duckworth
Three integral areas discussed by the Planning Committee and University Pro¬ gram Council as priorities for Ihe Univer¬ sity Center were facilities, services, and programs With 75 active student organizations at UTSA, most of the ser¬ vices recommended for the center wlll directly benefit these organizations and the studenl body at large
Since the Program Council's incep-
by Janat Provlnaa
"Up, Up, and Away—The University Center Takes Off!" was the theme of Friday's groundbreaking ceremony for the new Student University Center building, which featured break dancers, polo ponies, and helium balloons
Special   guests   presiding   at   the ceremony   were   President Wagener; Dean of Students Dr   Dora Hauser;  and Director of Student Ac¬ tivities Jane Duckworth
Planning for the center began in April of 1980 after the Board of Regents ap¬ proved a student referendum which favored the assessment of graduated fee to finance the building The fee originated at $9 per student per semester and is currently $15 per stu¬ dent per semester, where it will remain
Final plans for the building were ap¬ proved in the Spring of 1984. Advertis¬ ing for bids took place In June and the contract was awarded in September to Carta Bianca Construction for approx¬ imately $3 8 million Total budget cost Is $5 0 million.
548 helium balloons were released at the groundbreaking ceremony, signlfy- ina the number of days projected lor oc- cupancy once construction commences «on. it has been scheduling activities n October ^""^"^ ^ college bowls, guest speakers,
'  For the actual planning phases of the films, and bands for the student body to
center, the Student University Center enjoy   These programs and  "
Building Committee, comprised equally
Praaidant Jamaa H Univaralty Cantar.
Wagnar turns over tha first spadeful to dirt to calabrata the groundbraaklng of ttia campus' naw Studant
Job Recruiting for UTSA Grads Begins Oct. 1
of students, faculty, and administration.
was appointed by Wagener
"The purpose of the Planning Commit¬ tee was to assist in determing the priorities for the facility, services, and program for a University Center," accor-
These programs and activities have also been devised to benefit those students who are currently funding the University Center, but will not be able to utilize the facility
Some of the features ol the Center are as follows: the lirst floor contains a main lounge with fireplace, an intorma- Continuea or pege 3
by Staphanla Harnandaz
Corporations begin recruitment inter¬ viewing of UTSA students on Oct. 1 the Career Planning and Placement Center
Students must have their Placement File complete at least two days before their scheduled Interview. Some cor¬ porations, such as Texas Instruments
A placement file consists of a registra¬ tion form, a college interview from which is similar to a job application form, and a resume
After preparing a rough draft resume, students make an appointment with one of the career counselors for tips on how to improve their resumes or focus in on their job search
The four career counsetors are Dr Vincent Avallone, director of the Career' Pianning and Placement Center, Beverly Santos, Charles Black, and Fred Mor¬ ton
Santos counsels business majors Before t)ecomlng a volunteer counselor with UTSA. she was a personnel direc¬ tor for a private firm and has worked with several social agencies.
BlacK is a former manager from Squibb Pharmaceuticals, where he was the area sales manager Involved with the selection, training, and supervision of sales representatives Black counsels science majors
Starting In November. Morton will counsel liberal arts majors, in Chicago. Morton was responsible for co¬ ordinating job fairs where employers and job candidates could meet at the same time under one roof
Avallone advises science, math, and engineering majors
Can liberal arts majors find jobs? Avallone says yes "Liberal arts majors have knowledge In a variety of areas We need to work with them to focus their job search, to channel their In¬ terests and skills in a specific direction Many firms, such as K-Mart, actively seek out liberal arts majors" Although the October recruiting calendar is filled with firms seeking business, science, and engineering majors. Avallone ex¬ plains that these students are the most
in aemana, so corporations start recruit¬ ment for students in these fields early in the year Businesses thfil are looking for liberal arts majors will begin interviewing in November.
In addition to co-ordinating job inter¬ views, the Career Planning and Place¬ ment Cenler maintains a Career Center Library and =in Audio/Vlsuel Center
The Careei Center Library Is filled with brochures describing benefits and career opportui rities at the various com¬ panies that recruit at UTSA. Job descrip tlons for students with specific majors can be found there Avallone stresses that  thib  is  information  that   students
the corporate recruiters so that students know the appropriate questions to ask
The Audio/Visual Center contains videotapes produced by various com¬ panies to provide information about the firm and about specific career paths that are available lo the different majors In addition, the Career Planning and Place¬ ment Center has prepared videotapes about resume preparation, launching a job search, and one in which recent UT¬ SA graduates discuss the interview pro¬ cess
Lists of interview dates lor October are available in the Career Planning and Placement Office. MS 1 03 04
Oil and Gas Balce Wealthy
Can UTSA get a slice?
Trie tollowiftg article is trie tirst m a trttee-part series concerning ttie history ol the Permanent University Fund and ttie legislative ettorts to allow UTSA—and ell UT System schools-to take part in a lund which has previously been leserved tor use orn/ by Tenas A&M and UT Austin Although the tirst two parts ot this series were printed m The Paisano last tall the Peisano stall believes that the upcoming constitu¬ tional amendment is ol such importance ol UTSA s luture that the articles warrant a repeat
by Raad Paablaa
Imagine a Texas Harvard or a SunBelt Yale — a tiastion of academic ex¬ cellence equipped with the physical wtierewittial to deliver Lone Star ig¬ norance a resounding blow, imagine a state supported university ttiat could of¬ fer unparalleled research facilities, librsrles overftowing with constantly upgraded information, consummate classroom facilities Imagine a kind of academic mecca.
For most universities such a notion is iittie more ttian erudite fantasy After all, money doesn't grow on trees. Money Is, tiowever, pumped to ttie surface of the earth from huge reserves deep underground. Nobody is more aware of this fact than the University of Texaa and Texas A&M., cobeneficlaries of tlie PUF or Permanent University Fund. PUF has imbued their hwo schools with ttie power to transform imagination into raalty.
U.T. and A a M were established t>afore the tum of ttie century, by State Constituttonal decree. In order to-pro¬
vide them with a permanent source of in¬ come Article VII. section 11 of the Texas constitution states the foltowing: all lands and other property heretofore set apart and appropriated for the establishment and maintenance ol the University ot Texas, together with all the proceeds ol sales ol the same, heretofore made or hereafter to be made, and all grants, donations, and ap¬ propriations that may hereafter be made by the Slate of Texas, or trom any olher source, except donations limiled to specific purposes, shall constitute and become a Permanent University Fund,
Included in thia generous package of property was about two million acres of semi-arid West Texas land The land was to be soto or leased, with the pro¬ ceeds directed into a sacrosanct fund which could not itself be spent
The fund was designed Instead to be re-invested according to constitutional guidelines Earnings from these in¬ vestments could then be spent on "per¬ manent improvements" for U.T. and A & M.
Initially the profits realized from this scheme were modest at best. Before the turn of the century, land was valued for its potential to sustain cropa or grass for grazing.
Despite its questionable value in historical terms, however, enough of this property was soto or leased to pro¬ vide for the establishment of U.T. and A & M.
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Student Service Fees Finance Everything From Basketball to   Career   Placement
by Tom Bailey
Student services fees are a substan- departments that provide auxiliary ser- tial component of educational costs at vices to students CLEP testing. UTSA The fees are assessed at a rate catalogs and schedules, and of $6 50 per semester hour, with a max- cheerleaders for example, are all funded imum of $78 00 by student services fees
The majority of the Income from these Listed below Is an allocation tees Is used to pass salaries for staff in breakdown of student services fees
PUF   Pie
a nifty $143,418,831 35 during fiscal year 1982-83, according to the Office of Investments and Trusts Two-inirds of this money belongs to U.T and the other one-third to A & M
This kind of money builds awesome campuses and stocks them with books, microscopes, computers, laaers cryogenic freezers, and maybe even cyclotrons This kind of money is also the stuff people squabble over
Ever since PUF coffers swelled beyond original intentions, every state supported Institutton of higher learning has claimed a need for a slice of this awesome petrochemical pie Everyone but U>r. and A 4 M is forced to grovel a little at legislative sessions in order to solicit state allocations for permanent improvements Conversely. U T and A & M sit pretty on their $18 billion and re¬ quest only operating expenses
The logic that the state legislature has used to defend this exclusive PUF par¬ ticipation is fundamentally sound. To open PUF pockets for other state sup- nnrtort «rhnnls would compromise the development of the flagship Institutions, U T and A&M.
However, just how many millions (or hundreds of millions) can h«d schools spend In one year, just for their physical plant, before Imagination becomes ostentation?
After much tiaranguo over this ques¬ tton, the Texas Legislature has finally made sn important decision regarding tha PUF.
Fortunately tor these schools, the two million acres of West Texas land remain¬ ed state property Whether ttirough foresight or serendipity, the land was never sold and proved profitable beyond
the wildest Imaginations
The wildest Imaginations of the day, of course, could not conceive the value of oil and natural gas, both of which were discovered   in   copious   quantities
beneath PUF territory. This discovery and the subsequent staggering demand of ttiat oil and gas set the stage Texas would have Its "University of the first class."
Oil and gas revenues from leases and royalties began pouring into the PUF and was reinvested according to con¬ stitutional guidelines. The effect haa been a financial snowball.
PUF investments are as diverse as they are substantial A glance at the an¬ nual financial report prepared by the U.T Systems Office of Investments and Trusts reveals a PUF finger in every conceivable pie.
University monies are Invested Into stocks (everything from Aetna to Xerox), lx)nds (U.S. Government and Cor¬ porate), mortgages. Treasury bills, etc. The PUF t>acks oil, steel, chemical, in¬ surance, financial Institutions such as American Express, tommunications, utilities, and even shipping ventures.
This diverse and solid Investment strategy earned the U.T. system (primarily the Austin campus) and A&M
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UTSA Fast-Growing Texas University
By Pat Driacoll
UTSA has run out of classroom space in the mornings according to Director of Admissions and Registrar John Brown "We re out of classroom space from 9 to 12 each morning. Monday through Friday, and we're also out of parking places "
Brown reported that student enroll¬ ment this fall is 12,612, up 6,1 percent from last year, which is roughly the average increase for each of the last three years He said, "Another 5 to 6 percent is anticipated for next year""
Vice President for Academic Affairs Gordon Lamb acknowledged the pro¬ blem of providing adequate classroom space for a fast-growing student popula¬ tion and said, "More classes will have to be offered in the afternoon," What classes wiii be offered will depend on recommendations from students, facul¬ ty, division directors and deans "
Also, on the rise Is the number of credit hours being generated by the university. Figures provided by Brown showed a total of 130,356 hours, a 5.2 percent Increase from last yaar.
The college of Business, which generatas 23 percent of ttie total has the iargesf Increase at 10 percent. The
college of Fine Arts and Humanities, generating 22 percent ol the total, in¬ creased nine percent, and the college of Social and Behavioral Sciences, with 26 percent of the total, increased six per¬ cent.
The college of Sciences and Mathematics, which generates the largest amount of credit hours at 29 per¬ cent of the total, is down hwo percent from last year Charles Hathaway, dean of the college, views this as positive He explained that the college grew by 23 percent within the last two years, "by any measure that's too rapid of a growth,  so we put in a little rigor "
Hathaway also mentioned thst, "Students in very large numbers In this college are not very well prepared mathematically," and, "The attrition rate is very high in such areaa as introduction to Computer Science." Exact figures were unavailable at the time.
As a result, more math prerequisites havs been addad to ttie curriculum snd this fall a math placement test was In¬ troduced. All first time entering freshman are required to take the place¬ ment test. Hathaway said It is only an od- Continued on page 3