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Serving the University of Texas at San Antonio Community
Thursday September 4, 1986 Volume 7; No.11
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Funding cuts of 17.5%^ could eliminate summer sbssien—
..:    ess Hay calls budget cu*
"n»at axe approach."
STIN, Texas (Spl.l—CaUhig a proposed 34 per c»nt cut in-	
ly budgets a "meat-ax approach" to olving a t2.S biUion state t. Chairman Jess Hav of The University of l^xas ^' l|wrd of R^ents Monday i Aug. 4) said such cuts would di^ "* 'infraatructure of state services and 'signal to the nation i ' it to third-rate status among the 50 states. ' ng tte damage that would be deme to institutionp '¦<¦'¦ ^'stem should a 34 per cent ruction to impiem^ed, ^ such retlwetions would: —Plunge UT 8 entire  educational enterprise into chaos |mediocrity.
Re<iuire staff reducti^ts ef more than 7.000 persons. —Erode tbe qusdttty and tjuantity of education provided to ^•tarn's U8.000 students.
—Com{»mnise the quaUty of medical care currently provided Ptto System's health components.
—Make an ' absolute mockery in the national press' of Tf xa« n mier center of high technology development. -Tmpair the System's ability to attract more funii quality resaarcb fmn Federal and {»lvat«. sources. J  —Make it almost impossible to attrset top faculty pthe best stwtmits.
tn short," Mr. Kay said, "a 34 per cent reduction wi potalb' debilitating that it is truly beyond the r^hn ^assibihty.
Journalist Bill Moyera to lecture at Trinity University Sapt. 30.
1* nothing as reww-ding as being a good    . '¦ maintains broadcast joumaHst BiU Meyers, who " l988-«7 Distinguished Lecture Swies ¦•    ' Tuesday, Sept. 30.
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prestigious award a broadcast Journalist can receive. His etude eight Enwny Awardte, tha Gewge Foster Peabod;^ Itwicet, the Alfred 1.  Dupmt-Columbia University  Award. a Delta CM Award fw Distinguished Service in Jnt|g ^ Qmatga Polk Award for political repcntini,
by Rod Power StaH Writer
where it's all happening.
Dr. Gordon Lamb resignb alter 12 yearb oi service at UTSA.
V.P. Lamb accepts position in Chicago
by UneU M. Scott Staff Writer
Dr. Gordon Lamb, vice- president for academic affairs at UTSA will leave the university in September to accept a position in Illinois as president of Nor¬ theastern University, a campus with a student population of 10,000 on the northside of Chicago.
Lamb has grown witl. this -university for 12 years beginning
in 1974 when he became the direc¬ tor of the division of music while the university was still housed at the Koger Center on Loop 410, moving to the campus in 1975.
At that time the only building on campus was the HB which ac¬ commodated both students nnd staff. He began his present duties as VP for academic affairs in 1979.
Among his accomplishments at UTSA, (in addition to establishing   the   music   depart¬
ment while director in 1974) are his role in the reorganization of the academic structure into the four colleges that now ex¬ ist—College of Sciences and Engineering, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, College of Business, and the College of Fine Arts and Humanities—and implementing important new pro¬ grams including the engineering degree as well as securing the ap¬ proving of the master's in public administration.
The experience of growing with this university has been a unique one.
"No one in the 70's had the op¬ portunity to come in and build a university," Lamb stated in an in¬ terview with The Paisano.
Having been with the universi¬ ty as long as he has, the decision to leave at this time was difficult. The university's uncertain future—with the possible elimina¬ tion of even more classes, staff and services, is not an inviting situation.
But, as Lamb insists, "(It's) not a matter of timing, but position. (NE lUinios) is an excellent school—Chicago a great city. The situation is quite good — well- funded. It's not like I'm leaving the ship when the ship is rocking in Austin."
Lamb expressed a great deal ol concern about that "rocking ship"—if cuts become severe enough. Although classes will probably not be eliminated in the fall, there is a good possibility that summer school in the 1987 will be. Legislators in Austin, Lamb believes, are on tho wrong track regarding the future of higher education in Texas.
"It's their (the legislature's) job to fund it, not cut it. It will set Texas back sixjto ten years...," Lamb pointed out, "We have been a growth university—but funds are two years behind the growth."
Holding   on   to   quality   pro¬
fessors may become quite dif¬ ficult in the not-to-distant future. In Lamb's opinion, people are mobile. If approached by other universities who are willing to pay higher salaries, fund research, and offer more job security, people can and will move.
"We're goine to lose darn good people," Lamb stated. "Those people will be sought by other universities."
In addition to holding on to good professors and providing the San Antonio community with quality education, Lamb feels there is a need for stronger sup¬ portive services.
He would like to see stronger retention programs for those returning to college, and also for minorities, but once again the budget does not allow this univer¬ sity such luxuries. Because of lack of funding many staff members and faculty have been doing more than their share of work, without an increase in pay, trying to make the programs that do exist successful. In Lamb's opinion, this cannot go on in¬ definitely.
"People have pulled together over the years to make this university run," he stated. "We have operated at the minimal level...people can only do that for so long."
Along with additional suppor¬ tive services, he added that there is also a need for a good computer science program, as well as ad¬ vanced degrees in engineering, business, and education. A pro¬ gram offering a PhD in neurobiology in conjunction with the UT Health Science Center is "on the board" for development, but once again inudoquate fun¬ ding may affect its future as wOll.
De.spite the lack of funding in many areas, Ijamb Ixjlievus UT¬ SA has a lot to offer students. He
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House Bill 1, passed in special session could mean a funding cut for UTSA by as much as 17.,') per¬ cent. The slate legislative prcKess requires that a companion bill be passed by the state senate.
"Obviously we are hoping that the companion bill will have cuts significantly less than the 17.5 percent figure, " said Mr. l.)an Williams, Vice President for Business Affairs at UTSA. Ad¬ ministrators have received some assurances that it will be difficult fw H.B. 1 to get through the senate debate and approved by the governor in its present state.
Whatever the final action taken by the Texas legislature, UTSA may see a cut of at least 5 to 6 per¬ cent for 1987. Williams said some provisions have already been made to deal with the cuts.
"We think we will be able to achieve that primarily through a continued energy conservation program and an absolute hiring freeze on positions funded out of state appropriations.
When asked about the impact of the reduced funding on summer sessions at UTSA, Williams said if UTSA has to live with the 17.5 percent figure it would be an almost certainty that summer sessions in 1987 will be eliminated. Some universities in the state have gone to a four day work week for non-faculty employees and closed down com¬ pletely on weekends. A decision would have  to  be made on the
summer sessions before the ond of the lall semester tt) allow lor scheduling.
Kliminaling the summer ses¬ sions would compensate lor a Ill- tie more than half of a culback of lhal magnitude. The balance would come from continuing the conservation measures which would allow for a saving of abfj ,i a half million dollars in utility ex¬ penditures. A hiring freeze on bolh facully and staff positions would yield a saving of aboul 750 thousand
"I would say al this poinl lhal the hiring freeze will continue un¬ til August of '87 al ihe earliest. We are almost commilled lo con¬ tinue thai now except in emergen¬ cy situations, ' Williams added. In such emergencies the universi¬ ty may request permission from the governors office lo fill ceriain positions. 11 is expected lhal universily officials will do everything possiiile lo shift resources before sending such a request lo the governor.
The debale in the Texas senate continues lo rage over proposed methods of raising revenue lo meet a state budget shortfall. These methods range from rais¬ ing sales taxes to paramutual bet¬ ting. Even so, direct cuts of .some degree in state funding of pro¬ grams, including education, are near certain. Delegates have traveled to Austin i.i the past two weeks lo meet with state legislators lo argue lhal cuts in higher education appropriations were too large.
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