--~~------.::-......--~ ... _.,. ...... __ - ------- • • • Blue-Gold- page 14 Thomas, Curtis named ND, SM valedictorians By AMV STEPHAN, anywhere else." CINDY BOYLE, "I did not realize how good the and MARGARET FOSMOE business school's reputation is until ·itaffReporters I started interviewing," said Thomas adding that Notre Dame has a very Anthony Thomas of Richmond, good reputation with "the Big Eight" Va., and Kathleen Curtis of Utica, accounting firms. Mich., have been named valedic­ Thomas said that he is considering torians of Notre Dame and Saint several job offers in Washington, Mary's, respectively. D.C. after completing his tenure Thomas, an accounting major, with the FASB, adding that he would plans to spend next year as an intern eventually like to become involved with the Financial Accounting Stan­ in non-profit administration. dards Board (FASB), ·which es­ Curtis, a nursing major, will work tablishes the rules for accountants. in the step-down intensive care unit A resident of Zahm for four years, at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Thomas had maintained a 3.987 Mich. The step-down unit is a grade point average as· of last semes­ progressive care facility designed ter. Thomas has been a trumpet for patients leaving intensive care. player with the band for four years Curtis has a cumulative grade and this year served as its president. point average of 3.94. "I've had a really good Notre During her college career, Curtis Dame experience, and looking back, has participated in the Junior Class there is nowhere else that I'd want Board, the Senior Class Board, These three students were among the many who The Observer/Lucian Niemeyer to go," he said. He also noted that Chapel Choir, Nursing Club and the enjoyed the special French dinner prepared in Among the foods offered were coq au vit~, french Notre Dame students are "serious Big Sisters/Little Sisters program. both North and South dining balls yesterday. onion soup and eclaires. about academics and serious about having fun." Curtis says of Saint Mary's nursing Thomas said that his friends, both program "I received a good educa­ in his hall and in the band, have been tion but (the major) is very demand­ the best thing about his four years at ing. I put a lot into it and got a lot out Notre Dame. He said that he feels of it." Faculty Senate seeks aid solution "very fortunate and very honored" Curtis is pleased with the educa­ "Every time they raise tuition to to be val t edictorian, but added that tion she received at Saint Mary's. If SONYA STINSON Currently, Notre Dame can offer By give more scholarship support, "if I had had to give up a lot of my she had to choose colleges again, she Senior StaffReforter substantial scholarship aid to only experiences, it wouldn't have been said she would pick Saint Mary's about 1o j>ercent oCaccepted ap­ there are fewer and fewer people who can afford to pay it," McKim worth it."' "most definitely." Notre Dame's bleak under­ plicants. Although the PACE report said. "That is why I suggest only a Thomas credits his academic "It has given me a basic broad graduate financial aid situation is proposes tripling the university's very modest surcharge." ' success to organization. He said that education in addition to my major. I causing many top students to opt for scholarship endowment by 1990, The report says that a I. 5 percent he took his work seriously and "was have a broad background in areas other universities which can offer the Faculty Senate report contends surcharge applied each year be­ fortunate to be able to get his work like English and history. Most impor­ them more generous assistance. A that merely meeting this goal· will tween 1983/84 and 1990/91 would done in a shorter amount of time" tantly, I feel I can draw on my recent Faculy Senate report looked not alleviate the problem. mean additional costs averaging than some other student~. knowledge in terms of decision­ into this problem and has recom­ Estimating that a 25 per cent Sl20 per year for students not "I have a great deal of respect for making skills," she said. mended a plan which would enable scholarship policy would require an receiving tuition scholarships, while all of the professors that I've had Curtis feels Saint Mary's "has a lot the university to offer need-based additional S1.25 million per year, or generating 55.1 million in scholar­ here," said Thomas, adding that he to offer, depending on what you put scholarships to 25 per cent of all . about SI 1 million by 1990, the ship funds. The report contends that feels he has received "as good an into it, both in terms of curricular enrolling freshmen by the 1984/85 report suggests that the money be tha_t the proposed surcharge would education here m accounting as and cocurricular activities." academic year. obtained from one or more of three sources. not impose severe hardships on First, the Senate suggests that the Notre Dame students and their university consider spending en­ families. dowment funds for scholarships at a McKim commented that he higher annual rate than the current would like the Student Senate to Tutoring program aids SB Spanish six per cent. This option is cited as consider this option and poll the stu­ the least attractive of the three. dent body for its reactions. 8y DAVID DZIEDZIC Notre Dame to learn English. My students have Vaughn McKim, chairman of the The third recommended source Editor-in-Chief responded enthusiastically, just as I expected." Faculty Senate and a professor in the of aid is alumni contributions. Cur­ The University employs many Spanish-speaking philosophy department, pointed out rently, Notre Dame alumni are ex­ Mr. Robledo stares intently at the new word on the workers, so Isabel didn't have to look far for willing par­ Notre Dame's traditionally con­ pected to donate 550 each per year blackboard. "Hax," he says quietly. "Hax.'' ticipants. "Most ofthe people we tutor are employed in servative policy on endowment for general expenses. According to "Have. Haaave," says Doug O'Brien, patiently urging the Dining Halls and the dormitories," she says. spending. He believes there would the report, an additional average him. The tutors spend three to four hours a week with be strong opposition to any substan­ 535 annually would mean 55.6 mil­ "Hax. Hax." their students. In most cases, the students do not know tial increase in such spending for lion more scholarship dollars over "Relax," Doug says. "Now, one more time: 'have.'" any English. "It's amazing," as O'Brien points out, "that - fear of jeopardizing future endow­ the next eight years. Mr. Robledo takes a deep breath. "Haaave. Have." these people have survived in the United States without ment growth. The report frequently points to "Muy bien, muy bien," Doug congratulates him, as a learning English. It's a credit to their sense of brother­ Notre Dame has an endowment of the problem of decreasing enroll­ bright smile emerges on Mr. Robledo's face. "Muy hood." 5200 million, roughly 15 per cent of ment, resulting in a reduction in ad­ bien." Mo~t ofthe immigrants are uneducated. "The people which can be used for under­ missions selectivity and affecting the Doug O'Brien and Mr. Robledo are a team. Doug is from age 45 and forward are not educated, either in graduate education, including overall academic quality of the stu-. the coach, and Mr. Robledo is the player. The game is Spanish or English," Hernandez says. "The children, scholarships, said Joe Russo, Direc­ dent body. Page 18 of the report called survival. Thanks to Doug, Mr. Robledo is winning however, have been in school since age six. They know tor of Financial Aid. In view of this says, "A lower percentage of ap­ the game. how to read and write English and Spanish." fact, the report suggests that only an plicants accepted enrollment offers Robledo is one of approximately 5,000 Spanish­ The parents' lack of education, however, has been a additional one-half to one percent of for 1983/84 than in any year since speaking people living in South Bend. He has lived in hindrance to the tutoring process. Most of the parents the endowment be set aside for use 1977/78 .... The most frequently the United States for eight years, having emigrated from can't read or write in Spanish, much less English. This is on an "as-needed" basis to keep the cited reason for not" enrolling at Mexico. But until he met O'Brien in January, he never the first problem encountered by the tutors. "Because scholarship program going. _ Notre Dame was lack of adequate spoke a word of English. Mr. Robledo does not read tp.uch Spanish," O'Brien ex­ The second recommendation is financ-ial aid." Doug O'Brien is a sophomore history major at Notre plains, "I am very limited in the amount of Spanish I can that student tuition income be used McKim believes the academic Dame. He is one of 15 students who volunteer to tutor write on the blackboard." to subsidize scholarships. Unlike quality of Notre Dame's under­ Spanish-speaking South Bend residents. The goal of the Pronunciation is another area of difficulty in the most other private colleges and uni­ graduates would be higher if more program, as Doug states, is "to teach these people basic tutoring sessions. Jenny Wirthman, a Notre Dame fresh­ versities, Notre Dame has never fmancial aid 'fere available.