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I l)niversity Enrollment To Peak in 1981 The N iltional Center for Edu­ rently account for 40 percent of cation Statistics, in its annual the nation's two-year college survey, is predicting that col­ enrollments. The NCES expects lege enrollment will hit an all- two-year college ~nrollment to - time high in 1981 before falling decline "only slightly" over the next ' eight years' precisely VOL. 5 NO. 29 APRIL 17, 1980 to levels that could pit four-year private colleges against two­ because . of the community col­ CAM.PUS NEWSPAPER year community colleges in a leges' attraction to part-timers. If private four-year colleges OF THE, UNIVERSITY OF battle for older, part-tiine students. can't compete effectively with COLO., COLO. SPRINGS The NCES expects 11.69 mil­ two-year schools for the older, lion college students to enroll in part-time students, NCES 1981, a record number. By 1988, warned that "many of them however, it sees -enrollment could face closure." shrinking to 11.048 million_ The agency's projections for It projects that small private four-year public colleges and colleges will lose the greatest universities were less drastic. It percentage of students. Private expects total public college school enrollment should fall to enrollment to fall to 8.754 mil­ 2.294 million in 1988, down from lion in 1988 after a 1981 peak of 2.49 million projected for 1981, 9.2 million. Public colleges' and 2.478 this year. larger base should allow the NCES analysts predict that bigger schools to survive the the private four-year schools comming era of limits. will have to attract more older, Most experts expect college part-time students to compen­ enrollments will decline sate for their 19sses. because of the dwindling Two-year community col­ number of current school-age leges, though, have been the children. Other studies· predict most successful recruiting older, enrollments will start to grow part-time students. One reason, again in the 1990's, when the according to the study called children of post-World War II "Projection QfEducation Statis­ baby boom reach college ag~ . tics to 1988-89," is that commun­ Total enrollment for the 1979- ity colleges are usually in urban 80 academic year, according to areas convenient to commuter NCES, is 11.508 million, up students. from 8.006 million in 1969-70. Older, part-time students cur- Campus Secretaries Call THEATER IN THE PUB - J elene Christian (left) and Danny Bristol settle their differences in "Lou For More Staff, Communication , Gehrig Did Not Die of Cancer." The play is oneofa series of several plays presented at lunchtime in the by Hildegard M. Hethcote The C'ollege of Education UCCS Pub. This Wednesday, April 23rd located in the Librarybuilding is celebrates one of the most for­ headed by Evelyn Classen - -gotten and overlooked com­ Secretary to Dr. Sherman. The UCCS Anthropology ·Professor to Study-Primates memorations of the year, Education office employs one by B.M. Bundgaard and by looking at species which tion to their environment for Secretary Day. other full time secretary, Connie At this time of the year most are different, assumptions can their particular needs. Sec~etaries have long been Wroten and one part time secre­ of us focus our attentions to a be made about that species evo­ Cant estimates the cost of his the forgotten minority of our tary. Mrs. Classen has gone much needed summer break­ lutionary process .. He ' pointed research trip to be around $2,700 country. Whether we believe'it or from part time to full time in nothing but travel and relaxa­ out that some monkeys have He has been awarded a research not secretaries are responsible the last three years. Mrs. tion_ However, Dr. John Cant's longer arms which are more ,grant to help defr'ay some of the for the cohesion and organiza­ Classen enjoys her job and the summer travel plans can hardly . adept for tree climbing while costs to be encured on his tion of our university. UCCS is a direct contact that she has with be considered relaxing_ others haveappendageges more expidetion. The grant was growing institution and 'with the students. Dr. Cant, an assistant profes­ coordinated for walking. When awarded by the University of that growth comes more stu­ The staff assistant to the' sor of Anthropology, is plan­ noting these differences' it is . Colorado Council on Research dents, faculty and of course Dean of Engineering is well ning to spend 21/2 months this important to note how and and Creative Work. The council, paperwork. organized Gloria Lowlis. Lowlis Bummer at the Raleighvallen­ where the species is located and which funds university faculty The office of the College of -has been with UCCS for four Voltz berg Nature Reserve, Suri­ its relationship to the envior­ research will provide $1,700. Letters, Arts, and Sciences, years and believes the engineer-. nam, South America. Once at ment. He noted that the purpose for located in Cragmor Hall ing department is growing as the reserve, he plans to observe Cant will be focusing his cur­ gathering this research is to qouses six secretaries including fast as UCCS as a whole. two kind of monkeys (Spider rent research on three basic contribute to an ongoing collec­ Anne McCreedy the Adminis­ All of the secretaries on cam­ . and Howler) in their natural questions (1) Differences in tion of studjes which will be pub­ trative Assistant to the Dean. pus agreed on several issues. habitat. travel speed between the spe­ lished. Dr. Cant believes that Linda Ambroz who is presently More staff personnel is needed' Cant's area of interest is pri­ cies, that is how fast they obtain ". research is essential for a employed in her second aca­ by every department. The mate behavior and ecology, food, (2) Travel paths and the proper University." He is con­ demic year at U CCS in the office. majority of the secretaries which is a subdivision of Phys­ directions ta'ken in order to find cerned with the connection LAS lists a few of the respon­ believe that more staff would cial Anthropology and a div­ food and (3) Feeding rates, how between research and tel;lching. si bili ties of the secretaries facilitate all campus work. In ision of Anthroplolgy_ It may fast and how many times each Dr. Cant believes that upper as telephone reception, typing, order to hire additional person­ seem strange to some people specie,s eats per day. division courses de - emphasize and ~riting up honorium forms. nel UCCS would need to receive .that an anthropologist (a per­ He points out that differences the facts and em phsize analytic Besides these duties each of the additional state funding. The son who studies humans) would between the Spider and Howler thinking. This kind of thinking secretaries is responsible to a secretaries at the various be interested in observing mon­ monkeys on these three points is essential to research and the number of specific departments departments also agreed that keys. Dr. Cant believes that in \\j.ll hopefully be attributabler formulation of ideas and hypo- within the college of LAS. the work study students were comparing two or more species to their evolution and adapta- Cont. on page 4 Cont. on page 4 PROTESTERS 'OPPOSE BOYCOTT - by Colleen Keeffe group of 2403 delegates gath- The black coffin lay on the ered to vote cin the boycott issue. sidewalk draped with an Ameri­ Following Mondale's pleas can flag ·as wary policemen eyed for support of the boycott the several protesters who had delegates voted 1604-797 in rested the casket there. The favor of the boy·cott. banner on the coffin read "U _S o The protesters outside were . Athletes" and the signs the , angered by the boycott and picketers carried displayed their most felt that American ath­ sentiments against the Olympic lete's rights are being infringed boycott. upon. The small group of demon­ "I think the effectiveness of it strators, which included several (the boycott) should be questi­ UCCS students, were on hand oned." stated one UCCs student at the Antler's Hotel April 12 Robby Jones. ·"1 think the Rus­ when Vice-President Walter sians tend to take everything for UCCS students protested at a rally for a non-political Olympics held la~t week at the Antlers Plaza,. Mondale arrived to address a Cont_ on pge 4 ~\ ""~'l\ll-l _ "IlL'> From_the Editors ~. fID ' ,-"". .." .. " "":"'" .,.", .. BASEBALL '80 It's that tinieofthe yearaf.!ain. Thl'lIIosl /lIl1ll1slil';lOdlly.';()fany year . .. thl' opl'lIilll-! lIIonth of thc bllschllll SCIISOII. April. whl'n A III erica 's nation a I pa st illl e sll'inl-!s into a ct ion. Th is ycar of COli rse there is a slil-!ht air of disaster. the threat of-a striRe hy I hI' Basehall Players Association. Despite the thrl'lIt of stril,e O]lce al-!ain I offer lilY sOlllell'IIGt less than falllolls annllal haseball predictions: - One of thl' 1II0St important aspects of the winninl-! teams this season. as it IIsllally is. will be pitch in/-!oOne t('am thatdo('sn 't have to Il'Orry IIIl1ch abollt that commodity is the Houston Astros. With their acquisitioll of millioll dollar pitcher Nolan Ryan the Astros hau(' the tll'O hardest throwers in baseball, Ryan and N~tional League strikeout champ J. R. Richard. Add'a staff that includes the ollly pitcher in the Majors to throw a no-hitter last year and 21 -game winner, knuckleballer Joe Niekro and you've got perhaps the best pitching staff to come along in years.

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