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Vol. 83, No. 37 x.______________ _ _______________ r Programming expects to lose $23,000 on Performing Arts Series, Ryan says By JEANETTE HORTICK fees are so expensive. Last year Programming Manager/Consul- Montana Kaimin Reporter Programming lost $21,000 on the tant Gary Bogue saw how well the ASUM Programming has lost series, he said. Masterpiece Series was doing last about $14,750 on its Performing A performing arts series is a year, Bogue thought ASUM could Arts Series so far this quarter, variety of classical entertainment, also sponsor expensive talent this according to figures provided by including such arts as dance, year. Bogue scheduled two $20,- Programming Director Rick Ryan. symphonies and other musical 000 dance groups — Ballet West Ryan said he expects Program performances. and the Twyla Tharp Dance Foun ming to lose about $23,000 this However, Ryan said the losses dation — to come to Missoula, year on the series, but that there is on the series come out of Program Ryan said. no way the performing arts series ming's ASUM budget allocation. However, Victor Gotesman, ever could be expected to make The 1980-81 allocation is $55,953. current manager/consultant for money or break even, as the artists’ He also said that Programming Programming, said he did not would be more conservative when think the budget had been planning the performing arts overestimated, and that losses Final days series next year. probably will be made up with “This year’s expensive shows upcoming shows. were too ambitious for the Mis Also, when Bogue and last year's WITH JUST 13 days before Christmas, the proverbial visions of wooden This is the last issue of the soula market,” he said, performing arts coordinator buckles and so forth may be dancing through this one’s head. Ada Brant Montana Kaimin until Jan. 7. Liz Hogan, performing arts coor Darryll Broadbrooks scheduled was observed surveying the wonderful wares at the Christmas Art Fair in The rest of the University dinator, said Programming plans the University Center Mall, which will continue today until 5 p.m. (Staff of Montana will also cease to give those who lost money on Conf, on p. 8 photo by Leslie Vining.) operations with these excep the recently collapsed Master tions: piece Series a $2 discount on any One complaint filed • the library will be open performing arts tickets they buy, weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., from ASUM. throughout the holiday but it The Masterpiece Series, a Solutions sought to work-study cuts will be closed on Christmas i private company, was terminated and New Years. after its promoter, John Isaacson, By JEANETTE HORTICK which is composed of students, offer alternatives such as loans, to • the University Center, was arrested in Great Falls for Montana Kalmln Reporter faculty and administration. The students for whom the new policy including the Copper Com defaulting on his bills. Ticket committee will try to resolve the caused serious problems. He said, mons, will be open on Mon holders were then left without The problems created by the matter informally. Kimmet would however, there would be no day, Dec. 22 and Tuesday, compensation. reduction of weekly work-study not identify the complaintant. change in the new maximum hour Dec. 23. It will be closed from Programming also will give a hours from 20 to 15 at the Universi After being notified Dec. 3 that policy. Dec. 24 through Jan. 4. $1.50 discount on UM staff and ty of Montana are on their way to work hours would be reduced The work-study hour cuts oc being solved. But one student has Also, the recreation annex faculty tickets for performing arts beginning Dec. 1, many students curred because UM received a filed a grievance complaint with of the field house and grizzly events, Hogan said. were upset about ngt being $130,000 federal funding cut, and Student Complaint Officer Wayne pool will be closed One reason for the performing forewarned and feared they they because there are more people Kimmet. throughout the holiday. arts series’ financial problems is would have to quit school because using work-study money this year Kimmet said the grievance Have a safe and pleasant that last’ year’s programmers they would be unable to pay than in the past, Mullen said. There procedure allows the student to holiday. overestimated the success of this Monthly bills. are 800 work-study students this year's series, Ryan said. appeal to the university's Dis Don Mullen, UM director of Ryan said that after then- crimination Grievance Committee, financial aids, said his office would Conf, on p. 8 Early Warning System is academic lifejacket By ALAN ROSENBERG After being an honor student in high school and after number of students enrolled. Montana Kalmln Reporter studying 30 hours for the exam, her failure was a surprise Once a student has begun the withdrawal process — to her and to a teaching assistant. filling out brief forms and having an “exit interview” with a The only thing Jane wanted to do with her life was to It was obvious to the TA that Jane had understood the counselor — there is usually not much hope in changing become a veterinarian. material. his mind, Doolen said. But after an “F” on a freshman chemistry midterm, her The TA filled out an “Early Warning System” card. He According to Susie Bouton, a work study student who hopes were dashed. wrote down Jane's name, address, phone number, the works for Doolen, about 100 cards have been turned in this Jane (not her real name) was going to switch majors and problem she was having and his own name and number. quarter, most by professors and TAs and only a handful by give up her goal. She contemplated suicide. He mailed it to the Offices of Advising and Retention in the RAs. Center for Student Development. Bouton said she has called all but a few of the students When the TA told her about the card, at first she was referred and the response from them has been good. insulted. "Only dumb students need this kind of help," she “We tell them what we’ve set up. Some say 'Leave me thought. alone' and we do,” she said. But a few days later, after responding to a telephone call Thirty-four of the students, she said, have seen a from the retention office, Jane met with retention counselor, 16 are seeing tutors and 25 others “feel they are coordinator Maggie Doolen and John Stenger, director of doing fine or they say they’re ‘not going to worry about counseling. it.’ ” The student who needs academic help is directed to a Stenger suggested her problem was “test anxiety.” He tutor. Half the cost of the tutoring is paid for by the student. told her to study less. In a brief session he taught her The other half is paid for by ASUM. relaxation techniques and breathing exercises and Several RAs and professors who have used the EWS to advised her to lay her head on the table or to "get up and help a student, said the program is a success. Some said run around the classroom” if she felt tense during the test. that without EWS, the student might have dropped out. Jane took the advice. On the next test she got a low “B” An RA in a women's hall said she used the EWS "as a last and she is confident once more that she will become a vet. possible method.” She was afraid that misuse of the Unlike Jane, other students who are having difficulty in program cpuld "cause bad feelings.” classes, especially freshmen, withdraw from the university . "It could be thought of as a Big Brother type of thing,” entirely. she said. “You can’t be poking into every little problem. And the number of students withdrawing from school The students might want to handle it themselves and before the end of a quarter — although it has not increased might resent the interference.” in the last few years — has become a concern for Johnny Lott, associate professor of math, said he sent in administrators. the names of all of his students who did not pass the first As of this week, more than 250 full- and part-time test in two of his classes. He added that he had not students have withdrawn from the university this quarter. received any feedback from the students or the retention In Montana, the amount of money granted to state office. MAGGIE DOOLEN colleges and universities has been directly related to the Conf, on p. 8 opinion CB fails to address the real problems Central Board has decided two former president of the Ku Klux Klan.