Marshall University Marshall Digital Scholar The Parthenon University Archives Spring 1-25-1990 The Parthenon, January 25, 1990 Marshall University Follow this and additional works at: https://mds.marshall.edu/parthenon Recommended Citation Marshall University, "The Parthenon, January 25, 1990" (1990). The Parthenon. 2757. https://mds.marshall.edu/parthenon/2757 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the University Archives at Marshall Digital Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Parthenon by an authorized administrator of Marshall Digital Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Marshall University or enon I Thursdoy Jon 25 1990 HUNTINGTON . V/. VA. Vol 90. No 55 1 Students lose use of computers By Mary Beth Torlone ing is still available. the center. Dr. Dery} R. Leaming said the Report• •0ur budget request to the College of center shouldn't have to struggle for exis­ Liberal Arts last semester hasn't been re­ tence, but underfunding is a problem. sponded to: Hatfield said. "There is no Leaming said he was going to talk with It may be back to pen and paper for money forthcoming, so with no money, we administrators Wednesday about the students hoping to use the Writing Center's have no choice.• center's financial problems. word proce8801'8 this semester. · The COLA subsidizes the center, and the Dr. Robert S. Gerke, chairman of the A lack of funding has caused the College had Department of English made a large initial Department of English, said money :-:•:::::::::::::::::::::.:,:;:::::::::,:::::)i(=f i:::::,::•:•:•:•:::::::::::':::;:;::~ · ········ ··· of Liberal Arts and the Department of investment, according to Hatfield. The De­ been given to the Writing Center through English to stop students' use ofthe center's partment of English contributed funds to university funds, but it still has no money. word processors, according to David L. cover the cost of ribbons, paper, disks and The Department of English has tried to Hatfield, director of the Writing Center. maintenance. step in and assist with the funding of the Approximately 400-500 students use the center but can't carry the burden anymore, See related edftorlal, Page 3 Writing Center during a semester. Gerke said. The center has seven Macintosh comput­ A petition to open the center is at the The center offered tutoring and word proc­ ers. It serves 20 to 30 students a day, ac­ main desk in the computer lab. Ozzie N. essing to any student or staff member. cording to Van M. Flesher, Huntington Finley, Point Pleasant sophomore, is the Although the word processors, which are graduate teaching assistant. located in the computer lab in Corbly Hall, The COLA dean said the college now will are no longer available to students, tutor- have to carry the entire financial burden of See LOSE, Page 11 J~:S~Z:l\~?~tttt:m. Ji\PM... .·~.. : .. ., ..· . :...~ . ·.·Nu~::::;:•·-:-::•, ... ·iiia~ · '..::· .· . .:.::::::::::::::-:;.•:::. :-:/:::::.:··· . I Photo by Chrll Hancock Local Union 543 members Corky Chapman and Archie Watts picket Wedne~ay outside the fine arts faclllty construction site. Workers ·picket fine arts construction By Lisa Wheatley Engineers Union and Local 543 of the bid,• he said. "But Marshall could have Staff Writ• Laborers International Union of North stipulated that a certain number of the -.. America were picketing in front ofthe site. people be union workers.• ·, -. ' Local laborers are picketing the construe- They said the Fine Arts construction is Edward K. Grose, Marshall's vice presi­ tion site of the new Fine Arts facility to let being done by non-union workers from dent for administration, said state pur­ people know the work.is being done by non- Migga County, Ohio. chasing regulations state anyone can bid union, out-of-ltate workers. · Henry Dillon, field representative for on a project whether they are a union or a The contract to construct the fine arts Local 543, l8id until now all work of this non-union company. facility was awarded to Weaom Construe- typehadbeendonewitbunionwarbn,the -We (at Marshall) are neutral: he aid. ti.on, Inc., ofChester, Ohio. majority of whom are W..t V-lJ'linia l'Ni­ -rhe bottom line is to have a finished facil- Worbrs from Local 6 cf the Bricklaywn, denta. "'Marahall donn'thavemucheontrol ity and the contractors meet the plans and MallClftS and Pluteren' lnternatiQnal Un- aver who tmy cootzact with· becau.- tmy SN PICKET, Page 11 iClft cf~c:.-. ~ .1~,cf~ ~ - . must .ab the eampeny with the lonat ...... .... .. .... ,. .................. ....... .... ........ ..... , -. 2 The Parthenon Thursday, Jan. 25, 1990 Mandatory advising not in -future TheOwl of COE now Students' opinion that it's a hassle respected by faculty By Heather L. smnh Reporter Although the majority of Marshall's col­ ~-,,.~, leges has had it the past two years, the - -- Col!ege of Education's verdict on manda­ tory advising is still out. -- Dr. Carole A Vickers, dean of the college, saidmandatoryadvisingcertainlyhasbeen under discussion, but that a decision has yet to be ~bed. The Planning and Review Committee, an entity formed of faculty members in the COE, discussed a plan for mandatory ad­ visinglast semester, but voted overwhelm­ ingly against it. The plan would have re­ quired advising three separate times for the COE student: as a freshman, a transfer Whoo, whoo!!! student into the COE, or prior to enroll­ Where does an owl hang out? Where else~ but beside the Owl machine behind Memorial Student Center. ment in a specified class. Vickers said she has not pushed manda- tory advising on the faculty because suffi­ cient evidence supporting its ·success in other colleges does not exist. Central .. Field project behind schedule, Dr. Roscoe Hale, chairperson of Teacher Education, agreed with Vickers. He, along with others in the COE, has expressed his concern with required advising. but officials pleased wit_h completed work One reason for the concern, asccording to Hale, is "rubber stamping.• In lament's By Rob Bastlanelll was awarded late in the year, and this designed to make the vast area behind the made it necesary to begin work in bad terms, a stamp from the appointed adviser Reporter science building and library more attrac­ or dean is needed before registration is al­ weather, which knockedeverything behind tive and functional. •It lowed, and the stamp often is given without schedule. was nothing but a mud hole, and The landscape project in Central Field, Construction Co., ofSalt Rock, hashandled anything but attractive,• Long said. any actual advisement on the schedule. which was scheduled to be completed last the construction quit.e well in the inclimate The field originally·was the women's This "rubber stamping- is exactly what month, will not be finished until May 15, a conditions, Long said. gymnasium until it was tom down in 1983. Vickers wants to avoid. campus administrator said. "They have really moved ahead,• Long Since that time it has been unused, except "We don't want an empty advising ses­ The original plan for the project was re­ said. "Ninety percent of the concrete work as a shortcut acroa campus. sion: she said. • Our concern is that there vised and there have been a few financial is done and the trees will be planted after "Now there will be walkways, lights, is a one-on-one relationship between the problems, but these problems are not the the grating is completed.• plants and benches where students can adviser and the student.• reason for the delays, Harry E. Long, direc­ The project, which was budgeted by the relax, and it will be an attractive area," The major dilemmas, other than the tor of Facility Planning and Management CampusRenewa1Fundfornearly$370,000, Long said. "This·will be a spot where the "rubber stamping: are the opposition of said. has not surpassed that mark, Long said. students can get away from the hussle and the majority of students and the fact that The contract for the coostruction work The Central Field Landacape Project is bU88le ofcampus life.• effective and efficient advising requires great amounts of time from the faculty, Vickers said. Hale said be and many ofhis colleagues Plenty of shopping available .at job market have polled their students informally dur­ ing class to hear their views, and moet have Student attendance, Placement director. qualifications, and career goals. beenopposedtotheidea.AccordingtoHale, *In the past years it has been a massive Spencer said students should be asser­ the students said they felt mature and re­ assertiveness wanted effort to put on job fairs_ one in the south­ tive and ask questions about the specificjob sponsible enough to seek advising if they ern part of the state. in Huntington, and openings and the company offering the job. needed it. By Cynthia Pinkerton one in the northern part of the state, in He also said to speak to as many represen­ Reportsr Other plans may be submitted for review Morgantown,• Spencer said. tatives as possible. in the future, but currently the COE will, "The fair in the southern part of the state The past fair have been very euccesaful Marshall and other area college students was moved to Huntington from Charleston, and employers have hired many graduat.es not be making any changes. Dr. Vickers who wish to work in the state and the which is where it has been for the past as a reeult, according to Spencer. , saidrightnowthereisnowaytoimplement companies that want to hire them will get couple ofyears: he added. No pre-registration is neceaary, and a new program because the COE faculty is together on campus this ~onth. Thefairwillprovidetbeetudentsachance admission is free to all students. The spon­ bll8)' processing all teacher education filee, Operation Native Talent Job Fair will to speak with more than 60 recruiters, in a sors are the W.Va.