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PageB6 Page Bl Page B5 SPORTS ACCENT ACTIVITIES THE EASTERN PROGRESS Vol. 73/No. 21 16 pages February 23,1995 Student publication of Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Ky. 40475 ©The Eastern Progress 'Open door policy' falls into question By Janna Gillaspie vice area where there has been low Assistant news editor educational achievement an oppor- tunity," Culross said. The university would stand to lose However, if stricter restrictions $4,500 in state funding for every 100 were implemented, many of those students lost if it implemented not meeting the standards could stricter admission standards, James enter community colleges or sepa- Grigsby, dean of admissions, said. rate classes. Grigsby, along with Jack Eastern's mission statement, Culross, dean of undergraduate revised by the Board of Regents in studies, and Jane Rainey, professor April of 1994, states "In the devel- of government, addressed a group of opment and offering of its programs faculty members February 15 at a and services, the university shall forum to discuss the pros and cons place priority on meeting the needs of open admissions. of the citizens of central, eastern Culross approached the matter of and southeastern Kentucky." open admissions from both the "It would be difficult for EKU to administration and faculty view. jump up and say we're closing the Since Eastern is a regional uni- door," Culross said. versity primarily serving the eastern Eastern Kentucky University is Prograss/MICHAEL AUSMUS pan of this state, there is a need for different from all other slate univer- a university with this type of admis- sities in Kentucky because it has a OH SOLO MIO — "The Merry Wives of Windsor," an opera rehearse Monday night. Nell Hlghley, Ian, plays Falstaff, sion policy, Culross said. written open door admissions poli- staged by the theatre and music departments, will play Friday Shelley Black, canter, plays Mrs. Pag* and Becky Blalr plays "We (the university) give stu- cy, allowing students who meet the and Saturday at 8 p.m. In Brock Auditorium. Here students Mrs. Ford. For more on "Merry Wives," see page B3. dents who come out of a state ser- SEE ADMISSIONS PAGE A7 Four faculty vie for regent position Todd, Dupree offer By Chad Williamson regent has for someone elected to represent the ways for faculty to speak out. helped him faculty, Freed said. "Are there mechanisms for those 24-hour study areas Managing editor develop a good "I would never presume to speak concerns to be voiced?" he said. Candidates for faculty regent working rela- for the entire faculty and say 'This Engle said he had a three- By Janna Gillaspie agree that while they may not have tionship with the is their view,'" he said. pronged plan as faculty regent, Assistant news editor the answers, they are all willing to board of regents Such varied viewpoints were fac- beginning with building a sense of community in the university. help find them. and with univer- tors which created the dissatisfac- It's 2 a.m. and your study group Low turnout Candidates for faculty regent sity president tion among faculty and administra- "We are supposed to be a com- is forced to end when the library are Richard Freed, the current Hanly Funderburk. tion reported in the Southern munity and work together like that," closes. upsets senators regent and an English professor; Salary equity, "where someone Association of Colleges and Schools he said. Co-ed students, however, who Allen Engle, associate professor of hasn't gotten a fair shake," was (SACS) report at the beginning of Building relationships between want to study after 2 a.m. now have Progress staff report managing and marketing; John specifically cited as an area where the year. the university and the community a place to go. Jenkins, professor of technology; Freed wanted to focus during his Engle, a member of the steering and the paradigm shift of responsi- And if student senate has its way, _ Student senators were disap- and Judy Short, associate professor next term as regent, if elected. committee for SACS, said institu- bility are of concerns to the univer- more places could follow. pointed with the turnout for an in the nursing baccalaureate pro- An emphasis on quality education tions take the reports seriously, but sity, he said. Scott Douglas, student senate's open forum Tuesday. Two stu- Of the latter, Engle said he is gram. is also a goal of Frecd's. wasn't sure how accurately the new academic affairs committee dents attended the forum along Candidates will speak at a forum "We should always be working results could be read. bothered by the increase of business chair and Steve Stauffer, area coordi- with 20 student senators. at the Kennamer Room in the on that," he said. "We haven't been "At any institution, there will be merging into education. nator for the Todd and Dupree area, The senate holds forums to Powell Building today from 11:30 able to focus on quality education at some people who aren't happy," he "We think if we treat everything began work this semester to allow all get input from students about the a.m.-l:30p.m. all levels." said. like a business, it'll be efficiently students to study in the area after the issues affecting students. Freed said the experience he has The complexity of faculty opin- Engle said continual improve- library study room is closed. Without the input, senators don't gained during his term as faculty ions and views creates a situation ment should be the focus, as well as SEE REGENT PAGE A6 The study area has been co-ed for know what concern students. residents of those halls since last fall, Jackie Shank spoke to the but now all students can study there. group about the Red Cross blood Vice Presidential Profile The need for this type of study drive, hoping to boost student area was brought to the student sen- donors. She had expected 250 ate's attention last semester by a donors for each day of the blood Making minds, not widgets, business concern student who lives on campus, but drive. Tuesday, the group had didn't want to go off campus to 122 donors. The group discussed several Editor's note: This is the fourth study late at night. Vital stats It is essentially the dorms' deci- items during the hour-long dis- in a six-part series of interviews with cussion, including the change of Eastern's top administrators. on sion to allow co-ed studying in lobby areas. There are no written policies. the flip Friday schedule. Earl Baldwin Douglas says he hopes to get Many of the senators believe By Matt McCarty other dorms, at least one more on students want to keep the flip News editor I Age: 53 I Hometown: Richmond the other side of campus, to allow Friday schedule instead of I Years at Eastern: 27 co-ed studying later that 2 a.m. changing to the MWF, TR Q: What do you like most I Degrees: B.S./ Accounting "This will benefit campus resi- schedule. about Eastern Kentucky MBA/ Business dents especially," said Douglas. They also discussed eliminat- University? I Experience: This will allow students to stay ing fall Monday holidays and A: The mission we ha>e at the Eastern: on campus instead of traveling, replacing them with a longer fall university of providing a higher edu- -Vice president for hopefully making the student safer, break. cation for the students of, more business affairs not having to walk to and from specifically, our service area, but for -Controller vehicles, Douglas said. the entire state of Kentucky. -Internal auditor Some people feel that we should -Accountant have stricter enrollment require- Madison Sales Co. -Office manager INSIDE ments, but we subscribe to the idea Prograss/MICHAEL AUSMUS that we need to give the students, ■ STUDENT SENATE coMMrrrst WEATHER: especially from our service area, the and faculty closer together? opportunity to be a success in a uni- Our role in business affairs is (to around the world. tries to revive lagging TODAY High 55, Low be) a support unit to the educational A lot of that has to do in the area A: At times there is maybe a con- University Pals program for 25, partly sunny versity environment. flict between the students and facul- With that, we have to come with programs. What we want to do is of computerization. We've made Brockton children. Page A6. FRIDAY High 38, Low make sure we support the programs tremendous strides in computeriza- ty, but as a whole, I feel sure that our our remedial programs, but in a lot faculty have the best interests of the 26, partly cloudy of cases it's not necessarily the stu- and are a solution to the problem and tion.