Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU The Westerner (1980-1997) Western Michigan University 12-1-1982 The Westerner Vol. 3 No. 3 Western Michigan University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wmu_westerner Part of the Higher Education Commons WMU ScholarWorks Citation Western Michigan University, "The Westerner Vol. 3 No. 3" (1982). The Westerner (1980-1997). 16. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wmu_westerner/16 This Magazine is brought to you for free and open access by the Western Michigan University at ScholarWorks at WMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Westerner (1980-1997) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Western Michigan University • Kalamazoo, Michigan December 1982 • Volume 3, Number 3 If you receive more than one copy of the Weslerner, please give one to a friend. We use several mailing lists, and duplication is possible. In a few words Powell excited about Project EXCITE _________ • Two balls to close It's safe to say that Dr. James H. and You, which is to be sent to any In an action related to a decrease in Powell is excited about Project EX- prospective student who inquires about on-campus residence by students this CITE (EXpanding with Computers and admission. Copies are available from fall, two of the University's 18 Information TEchnology), the new the Admissions Office. residence halls are to be closed with computer emphasis at Western Powell also described a 27-member the beginning of the winter semester Michigan University. Academic Advisory Committee, of in January. The halls to be closed are ''People like to kid me about being which he is the chairman. Under it are Eicher-LeFevre in the Goldsworth 'EXCITEd,' but I don't mind," said organized 13 task forces designed to Valley complex on the West Campus Powell, who is on leave from his help implement Project EXCITE and Vandercook on the East Campus. duties as chairman of the WMU throughout the University. Department of Mathematics to devote One group of task forces will take a • Paper Tech scholarship fund full-time as coordinator of Project EX- sort of "computer inventory" of the exceeds goal CITE. campus, determining where computer The Paper Technology Foundation has "I am excited!" Powell declared. "hardware" (equipment) and "soft- exceeded its goal of $500,000 in a ''With this new emphasis, that all ware" (computer programs) are located scholarship fund drive to benefit paper students will graduate from Western and who uses them, and what short- Dr. fames H. Powell, general coor- science and engineering students at with at least some computer literacy term and long-term needs exist. dinator of Project EXCITE, ex- WMU. The funds are being invested, and facility, WMU is forging a leader- Other task forces are to develop periments with a terminal at the re- and only the interest is used for ship position in the state and in the computer-literacy workshops for facul- cent Computer Fair in Dunbar Hall. scholarships. In the 1981-82 school nation." ty and staff, to disseminate informa- year, 93 students at Western received a Powell provided a progress report on tion about the project, to give advice Business Education and Administrative total of $93,295 Paper Technology Project EXCITE to the Board of on the distribution of additional com- Services in the College of Business. Its Foundation scholarships, ranging up to Trustees on Nov. 19, explaining the puter equipment, to develop proposals purpose will be to train students in $3,296 for the year. status of the program since it was an- for external funding and to serve as a areas requiring a heavy emphasis on nounced in September by President resource for other task forces. the computer management of data. • 25-Year Club established Bernhard in his "State of the Univer- Powell also described a new "Computers are changing the way Expressing a desire to recognize ''long sity'' address. University-wide computer literacy re- we live," Powell said. "Western is and dedicated service" by employees, "We've made excellent progress," quirement that is nearing official ap- changing the way we deal with com- the Western Michigan University Powell said. ''The project has received proval; it would require minimum puters. The fact is, much of Project Board of Trustees has established the overwhelming support from faculty computer competence by all students EXCITE is already underway as stan- WMU 25-Year Club. and staff members, from the ad- through taking a course or the dard practice, and perhaps as much as Membership in the club includes ac- ministration and from students." demonstration of competence. 70 percent of our students aleady have tive faculty members, administrators Powell presented trustees with copies And he described a new major, com- at least minimum computer literacy and staff members who have com- of a new brochure on the project, Pro- puter information systems, that is to and facility. This effort is designed to pleted 25 or more years of employment ject EXCITE: Western, the Computer, be offered by the Department of reach the other 30 percent." service. Currently, 98 persons at the University meet that criterion. • Western Herald wins State appropriates $1.2 million for pilot-plant expansion __ newswriting award The state has appropriated $1.2 million Meanwhile, the gift of a valuable ex- The Western Herald student newspaper mill was valued at $2.5 million when for the expansion of facilities of act scale model of a new paper mill by received the highest newswriting completed three years ago. Built at a Western's Paper Science and Engineer- the Mead Corp. to the Department of award presented by the Associated Col- scale of 1/16, the model is ideally ing Pilot Plant, according to an an- Paper Science and Engineering has legiate Press (ACP) at the annual suited to instruct paper science and nouncement by State Senator-elect been announced. meeting of the National Council of other engineering students. Robert A. Welborn of Kalamazoo. The 30-by-40 foot model of a major College Publications Advisers (NC- Dr. Richard B. Valley, chairman of expansion project at Mead's Escanaba CPA) and ACP in St. Louis on Oct. 30. the Department of Paper Science and Daniel J. Klepp, now a reporter for Engineering, said, ''This expansion the Mt. Pleasant Morning Sun and an will allow us to begin major research April graduate from Rochester, Mich., and development efforts for the use of and Michael J. Villaire, a Grosse Pointe General Fund budget set for 1982-82 __ Michigan hardwoods.'' Woods senior, received the National The Board of Trustees has approved a year ago. Another principal revenue Editorial Leadership Award for their The two-story expansion, to be located at the northeast corner of Mc- General Fund operating budget of source is tuition and fees, $25,151,100, series of articles investigating alleged $74,205,800 for the current 1982-83 an increase of $1,921,000, based on racial discrimination in a Kalamazoo Cracken Hall, will replace a present one-story truck dock and loading area. fiscal year. rate increases both in mid-year 1981-82 bar. Klepp served as Herald editor from That's $2,185,100 or 3 percent more and for the fall of 1982. 1980 to 1982, and Villaire is the cur- The new space created will be about 44 feet by 67 feet in area. than the 1981-82 budget of Investment income is $750,000, rent editor. William Fondow, a paper science and $72,020,700, said Robert B. Wetnight, down $350,000 or 32 percent from last engineering graduate of WMU who is vice president for finance. "We're in year, due to lower interest rates and • PA Program reaccredited vice president for sales at Sunds balance, but our 1982-83 budget is ex- the lost income on the summer The Physicians' Assistants (PA) pro- Defibrator of Minneapolis, Minn., an- tremely tight," he said. withholding of the state appropriation, gram has been awarded continued ac- nounced that his firm will cooperate in Wetnight pointed out that balancing Wetnight reported. The prior year creditation for three years by the Com- the installation of a defibrator pilot the budget was made especially dif- carry-over of $1,100,000 is $725,000 mittee on Allied Health Education and plant unit for mechanical and high- ficult because Gov. Milliken had more than last year. Accreditation of the American Medical yield pulping in the new space created issued four executive orders reducing Wetnight and Trustee Maury E. Association. by the expansion. Western's state appropriation by Parfet, chairman of the Board's Budget That unit, valued at more than $5,503,192 since Sept. 30, 1981. In ad- and Finance Committee, noted that $500,000, will be installed sometime dition, an executive order of spending allocations in all areas of the The Westerner after the expansion is completed. The $6,308,200 was absorbed during the University have been reduced by December 1982, Volume 3, Number 3 summer of 1982. That cut is being $3,847,200. All of the reductions have The Westerner IUSPS 678-840) is owned and published in unit is described as "the ultimate in June, August, October, December, February, and April high-yield pulping research" involving reinstated this fall. been made programmatically. by Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan wood fibers. Western's state appropriation is 49008 . Second class postage paid at Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008 . $46,339,700 or $96,100 more than a Different visions, different promises Class of '32: The Hilltop Era Board of Trustee member and 1932 Western's faculty in our day The 1932 baseball schedule included WMU graduate Fred Adams spoke to numbered 113, but we had a distinct the University of Wisconsin, Universi- Western's Class of 1932 on its golden advantage.