Montana Kaimin, February 17, 1988 Associated Students of the University of Montana

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JAMIE HARSELL, 2%, and Joe Luger, 2%, find more entertainment In playing with a cheerleader’s meg aphone than in watching the Grizzlies’ loss to Northern Arizona. Photo by Doug Lonoman UniversityMontana of Montana Kaimin Wednesday/February 17, 1988 Missoula, Montana Koch likely to sign charter soon, he says By Dug Ellman constitution’s long-term effects be He said Koch told the ASU M ad elections is about 12 percent. Kaimin Reporter The new ASU M constitution, which cause the document will dictate the ministration he would sign the con After keeping the polls open for 10 was approved by students last week, function and organization of U M's stitution when students voted to ap days, enough votes were cast, and probably will be signed and go into student government “for years to prove it. Snelson added that Koch the constitution was approved by stu effect by the end of the week, Uni come.” had seen a preliminary draft of the dents. document six months ago. versity of Montana President James Koch said earlier reports that the Koch said Tuesday. When asked Tuesday why he hadn’t Among other things, the new con new constitution will need the ap yet signed the document, Koch said, stitution changes the name of the “I don’t have any reason to believe proval of the Board of Regents were “If you receive something one day ASU M Central Board to the ASU M the constitution won’t be approved,” wrong. He said the document only and sign it the next you’re a fool.” Senate and requires that ASU M elec Koch said, adding that he and other needs his signature to be ratified. Central Board decided last month tions be held in March. The old con university administrators are evaluat ASU M President Scott Snelson said that a majority vote, with at least 12 stitution required elections to be held ing the document and “looking at all he gave the constitution to Koch last percent of the students voting, would in the “spring,” but did not designate the pieces.” Friday and expected the president to be necessary to approve the constitu whether elections should be held dur Koch said he wants to evaluate the sign the document by Tuesday. tion. The average turnout in ASU M ing Winter or Spring Quarter. Art department seeks first accreditation By Marlene Mehlhaff ment chairman in 1980, he decided A two-man team from the associa ment in international programs and for the Kaimin to strive for accreditation of the pro tion visited U M this fall to make a re administrative support as some of the For the first time, the University of gram. port about the department, Todd strengths of the department. Montana art department is seeking Although only about 50 percent of said. He said the team told him some of accreditation, the department chair visual arts departments and programs The department will know if it re the department's weaknesses were man said Tuesday. nationally are accredited, he said he ceived its accreditation in April or overworked employees, some faculty “ We felt we could go ahead and saw "no reason not to be accred May, he said, adding that he is un members having considerably larger take a chance on accreditation,” ited.” sure whether it will be accredited. classes than others, the department’s Chairman James Todd said, because The department is seeking ac “I don't know,” he said, “and I real advising procedures for its graduate of several improvements made at the creditation from the National Associa ly wouldn't guess. But I didn't feel it students and the lack of a graphics art department recently. tion of Schools of Art and Design, was a negative visit.” computer program. For example, he said many paint which has 147 members. Before the team members left, they He said trying to get accreditation ing, drawing and sculpture classes “Currently, it’s THE national body told Todd several things that would is good because it evaluates the pro have been restructured, and the for accreditation in our field,” he be included in their report. gram, and even if the department graduate program is stronger than said, adding that he predicts it will Todd said they cited {he way the isn’t accredited, most of the sugges ever before. remain a major accrediting agency undergraduate program was struc tions made by the team will be im Todd said when he became depart- for at least the next century. tured, the graduate program, involve plemented. Polsin says truth and deception can be the same By Rebecca Manna except under certain circum last. sanctioned taboo, he said. Resume experts argue that Kaimin Reporter stances,” he said during a Telling the truth, he said, is The dilemma is illustrated in employers spend less than Sometimes there’s not much lecture on “Truth As A Taboo considered an obligation in the job search, Polsin ex twenty seconds reading the difference between lying and Language.” our society unless the truth is plained. resume, he said, so attractive- telling the truth — in fact, His speech was the final harmful to another person. If Although most employers packaging becomes more Im communication and deception lecture in a series sponsored the truth is damaging, the assume letters of recommen portant than content. may go hand in hand, James by Mortar Board, in which speaker must decide how dation and resumes aren’t al Letters of recommendation Polsin, an interpersonal com University of Montana faculty munication professor, said much more good comes from ways credible, job seekers members were asked to talk telling the truth or lying. nevertheless are encouraged Tuesday night. about a topic of their choice Telling the truth can be so to be less than truthful on See ‘Lecture,’ page 8. “To tell the truth is worthy as if the speech were their difficult that it also becomes a their resumes, he said. 2 Wednesday, February 17,1988 OPINION Students must become familiar with R-106 University students recuperating in the wake of does it mean for Montana taxpayers, and why the referendum fails, legislators will have a clear Winter Quarter midterms probably haven't thought should they approve Referendum 106? message that their constituents believe that much about how the November elections might The mill levy represents just 1.5 percent of total drastically raising tuition and cutting programs is affect the funding of higher education. property taxes. The levy would cost a homeowner worth saving 1.5 percent on property taxes. Montana voters have approved the mill levy to During the struggles with February's demands, paying $1,000 in property taxes just $15. That's a support higher education since 1920. The levy's November can seem like nine years away instead small price to pay for the benefits the state of nine months. receives from its higher education system. fate is placed on the ballot roughly every 10 years. But an issue that's coming up fast, an issue with The University System's six campuses produce In 1978 the voters approved it by a two-to-one which every student, and taxpayer should become Montana’s working professionals — its farmers, margin. at least familiar, is that of Referendum 106 and the pharmacists, foresters, miners, musicians, nurses, But who knows what will happen a decade later? The state is now in the midst of an economic 6-mill levy. economists, geologists, teachers, physicists, engineers, chemists, lawyers, business panic. The timber, mining and agricultural The referendum will be on November’s ballot. professionals, accountants and journalists. The list industries are stagnant. State employees’ salaries Voters should approve It. goes on. are frozen. It’s difficult to convince people, people Referendum 106 calls for continuance of the 6- who aren’t doing as well as they were eight years mill levy, which generates for the University System If the levy failed, according to Commissioner of ago, that higher education is worth the investment about $13 million each year, or about 12 percent of Higher Education Carrol Krause, tuition increases of their tax dollars. its total budget. could not even begin to cover the losses at the But voters should approve Referendum 106 to Presently, tuition and fees account for 24 percent University of Montana, which would be about $3 help keep higher education at stable funding levels. of the University System’s budget, and the the state million a year. Academic programs would have to The Montana University System must remain a general fund accounts for the remaining 64 be eliminated. strong producer of the state’s working percent. A defeat of Referendum 106 would not in itself professionals, researchers and scientists if the The levy means about $500 of financial support end the mill levy.

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