• • Little Mavs Dropping Waiting List

Mesa• State College• September 23. 2004 T h e v o i c e o f s t u d e n t s s i n c e 1 9 3 1 Volume 74 • Issue 5 At left, children at Little Mavericks learn ing Center play on the center's lawn. Below, children play on the slide and other equip ment at the center's playground. The child care and education center, located on the southeast corner of Elm Avenue and College Place, accepts children 12 months to 5 years of age and provides them "with a balanced curriculum geared to the age and developmental level of each child;' accord ing to its Web site. The center also functions as a practicum lab for Mesa State College education students. Little Mavs is chang ing how future chiJ dren will be enrolled in its programs. Taysha Byrd/Criterion Little Mavs dropping waiting list First-come, first-serve system beginning Fa/12005 Jessica Schwiderski Reporter "Parents of current children Parents at Mesa State College who have tried to enroll their children at Little Maver were asked, and the majority icks Learning Center have recently encoun tered a problem-a long waiting list. said a lottery would be the Little Mavs, Mesa State's on-campus child care provider, allows students to place their fairest way to decide:' children in the center's programs for tod dlers, preschoolers and pre-kindergarten -Ruth Klaich, Little Mavs Assistant Director ers. According to Little Mavs Assistant Direc tor Ruth Klaich, for each of the center's three rooms-toddler, preschool and pre-K-there are approximately 30 to 40 children on the waiting list at any one time. There are currently 92 children enrolled in Starting in the fall of 2005, a new enroll Little Mavs, and by law, only 76 children are ment system will go into effect. Whenever allowed to be in the building at a time. Some there is an opening in one of the rooms, signs of the children at Little Mavs arc there part· will be posted around campus to announce time, which allows for more children to at the availability. Parents will need to go to Lit tend. tle Mavs and sign their child up if a slot in "The more part-time children we have, the appropriate room becomes available. If the more children we can have enrolled," there are more children signed up than there Klaich said. are open slots, a lottery will be conducted to fill the slots. Klaich said that on average, Little Mavs is able to bring For the remainder of this school year, Little Mavs will "Parents of current children were asked, and the ma more children into the toddler room than any other be using the current waiting list, however they are not jority said a lottery would be the fairest way to decide," room every year. This year, the center brought in approx adding anyone to it. Klaich said. imately ten toddlers. ·--- ---- ... ____ ........ ______ . News Board of Trustees changes faculty handbook Rachel Alexander in a balanced manner consistent with the room was not addressed by the board, the studies is not truly studied; the college's News Editor standards of the academic discipline." issue would probably be resolved at the best faculty present issues in a balanced The Mesa State College Board of'Irust Wright told the board that although state level. manner; and the state will come back and ees changed language in a portion of the a bill incorporating ABDR into Colorado "Is the standard of academic disci address the issue if the board and its coun new "Professional Personnel Employment higher education was removed from con pline enough, or is it not enough?" Dukes terparts at other institutions do uot do so Handbook" Sept. 15 to reflect the spirit of sideration by the bill's sponsor, District 33 asked the board during discussion of the now. the Academic 13ill of Rights. State Representative Shawn Mitchell, R change. "It's an issue that will be around, but ihe change was suggested to the board Broomfield, earlier this year after a "mem Phillip Kavanagh. faculty senate presi how much it will be will depend on pol by Student Trustee Charles Dukes and As orandum of understanding" that ad dent and an associate professor of math, itics," said Jim Jacobs, director of policy sociated Student Government President dressed the bill's major issues was signed said he was against the addition of the and research for the Colorado Commis Jared Wright SD that the handbook would by Mitchell, University of Colorado flresi word because "'balanced' has too many sion on Higher Education. comply with the Academic ~ill of Rights. dent l:lfa.abeth Hoffman, Colorado State connotations." The change ultimately passed. The board added the word "balanced" University President Larry Penley, Metro Trustee Jane North said she would like Kavanagh said he accepted the change to a section of the handbo.ok on faculty politan State College President Raymond to avoid making the change because stu aud hoped it would be best for the col evaluation that stated evaluations would Kieft and University of Northern Colorado dents have a grievance procedure in place lege. be based nn ''presenting course materi President Kay Norton, the necessity of bal and "balanced" has become "frantic polit Wright and Dukes were pleased the al in a manner consistent with the stan anced presentation of issues in the class ical correctness." board adopted the change. dards of Lhe academic discipline'' so that room was not a "dead issue." Wright responded to those claims by "As far as we're concerned, it was a huge it would read "presenting course material Wright said that if balance in the class- pointing out that without balance, social success," Wright said. Faculty hanttbook language evdluf1an A change in the faculty handbook was made to protect · students' right to receive a balanced education. Original handbook material (July 13): "... presenting course material in a balanced manner.. :' Revision to handook material (Sept. 1 ): ".. .fully delivering the curriculum and presenting course material in a manner consistent with the standards of the academic discipline.. :' Frnal version of handbook material (Sept. 16): ".. .fully delivering the curriculum and presenting course material in a balanced manner consistent with the standards of the academic discipline.. :' oto y att 1n sor ntenon Soccer coach Jim Buchan, left, Faculty Trustee GaylaJo Slauson, c-anter,and Source: Mesa State College "Professianal Personnel Mesa State President Tim Foster, right, share lunch atlast week's; Boardof Employment Handbook11 drafts, VI.A6.a.5 Trustees Meeting. Mesa Coun Famgl y Pl :ann i ng MESA liliaeltuufs s T A T E BAM ID4'M iMondoy .ffridny C O L O R A D O ALUMNI I r&1Hmiled AssOCIAJf.[c())N l Evening fteuri j,«o' BAM to7:30PM • .?1 Counseling Atiemdshtps Cam Wednesdoy ' ,. Birth Control Last a l.lffetime- ,4, -4 • " Pregnancy Tests Stay Cr;mmeotedl 11t8-• Emugency Contraception First year's dues waived upon graduation 510 29 1/:limd Male ond Fa.mole, SlD C!iuk 2 Criterion September 23, 2004 I,...- - Huuicanes affect students'frien1ds, familly Gator.ado weather affected by t~phoon David Goe are only put on warning when a hurricane new branch of the insurance -curnpany he tReporter comc-s close." works for in Houston, Texas, but hi-s -plans This year, Virginia ha<; yet to be direct have been postponed for the time heing. As hurricanes continue to destroy much ly hit by a hurricane. but remnants of this "Right now, he is staying in .a hnteJ in of the Southeast, Mesa 5tate College stu season's storms have had an impact on the Tampa and all oJhis things arc in storage,'' dents feel the force as well. region. Strong rains caused minor flood Guebara said. "When the hurricanes get close, we call ing in Virginia and surrounding states, and "My mom is really freaking out. She them a couple of times a day to make sure tornadoes were spawned in the D.C. area. doesn't want him to move because of the·· that they are weather. Domi alright," fresh- nic isn't that wor man Ryan ried. He says tele Feild said "!Last year, the water from the ocean came up vision makes ahoutllis fam things look worne ily in Virginia. totbeir door.step. llheirlbasementwas fr.led than it actually is. "Last year, ~rhe waterfront the water from withsandandocean wateT?' looks bact. but the ocean -Ryan Feild, freshman the inland is not came up to alJ under water. their door- The -power goes step. Their out, but they get basement was lt back on pretty J1Ued with sand and ocean water," Feild ''Tornadoes a:rc the orily thing he really fast." said. "When a hurricane comes, they have worrie1, about," Senior Paul Guebara said The Southeast is not out of the clear. to go further into the mainland. They try to about his younger brother Dominic, who Hurricane Jeanne is thre.atening the Atlan get a hotel room, but those go fast." just moved to Tampa Bay, Fla., this past tic Coast and could move into Georgia. Feild said preparing for hurricanes is a month. This weekend, the remmmt-s ofTypbnnn ycmly event in his family. The season's last three hurricanes, lgnacio traveled np the Baja Coast of Mexi "During hurrkane season, they stock Charley, Frances, and Jvan-hit the Gulf co and into the southwestern U.S. up on things like bottled water, canned Coast of Florida. The heavy rains Colorado experienced foods and toilet paper," Feild said.

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