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Current, February 16, 1989 University of Missouri-St University of Missouri, St. Louis IRL @ UMSL Current (1980s) Student Newspapers 2-16-1989 Current, February 16, 1989 University of Missouri-St. Louis Follow this and additional works at: http://irl.umsl.edu/current1980s Recommended Citation University of Missouri-St. Louis, "Current, February 16, 1989" (1989). Current (1980s). 271. http://irl.umsl.edu/current1980s/271 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at IRL @ UMSL. It has been accepted for inclusion in Current (1980s) by an authorized administrator of IRL @ UMSL. For more information, please contact [email protected]. February 16, 1989 Lln iversitv of Misso-.,ri·S;.. Louis Issue 626 A~er~y~'-s ~P~r-o~p-o-s a~l~s~T~~E~ctU~-St. Louis 'national visibility of the institution. "the Coordinating Board has taken Apparently, the issue is back in Among other things, that report by the legislature, there is the by Draw Nevets .. this is not an 'appropriate moment no action nor given any deliberative the news because Wilson requested asked the state to consider closing chance that UM-St. Louis and UM­ reporter to talk of cutting away the freshman consideration in support" of Aery's the report from Aery. The bill he Northwest Missouri State Kansas City will offer only upper­ and sophomore classes at the UM- proposals. plans to introduce will also carry a (Maryville), make Southwest Mis- The University of Missouri-St. level and graduate programs. St. Louis." UM President C. Peter Magrath phase-in $300 million tax increase souri State (Springfield) a fifth cam- Louis may lose many of its under­ UM-Columbia also faces the pro­ said in a visit to UM-St. Louis on the to benefit higher education. pus in the UM system, transfer graduate programs in the near bability that at least a third of their The resurgence of Aery's pro­ week of Jan. 16 that Aery's Because the bill will. contain a tax Lincoln University's (Jefferson future. undergraduate programs will be posals comes as a mild shock to "proposal attracted little attention. increase, it will require the City) to Harris-Stowe State College Sen. Roger B. Wilson, D­ cut. Most of those cuts may occur in many people. Although the issue I am opposed to it. UMSL needs to be approval of the Missouri voters as in St. Louis and change UM-St. Louis Columbia, announced Friday that the school's undergraduate was . never counted as dead, most a lower, upper and graduate level well as the state legislature. and UM-Kansas City to schools he plans to introduce a bill that teacher-education programs. people thought the furor was over school." Aery's proposal originally sur- which offer only upper level courses would carry out many of the pro­ ' In a prepared statement, Chan­ because of the following: Also, Aery has recently accepted faced in November of 1988' when she and graduate programs. posals that Shaila R. Aery, Mis­ cellor Marguerite Barnett said, On Dec. 12 oUast year, Avis Tuc­ a similar job in Maryland. She plans presented a report to the CBHE souri's commissioner of higher "given the increased regional and ker, chairman of the CBHE, said to start her new job next month. entitled "Focus on the Future." Most of these requests have been education, introduced in a report dropped from Wilson's bill, but the last November. changes to the urban UM The Coordinating Board of Higher campuses remain. Education agree~ last Saturday to support two of Aery's proposals. "No college or university can be -. ·Offer mainly upper-level and graduate programs at the Unjver- State (Warrensburg), Northwest Missouri State (lvtaryville) and all things to all people," Aery said in The CBHE has agreed to support shy ot'Missouri's campuses in St.Louis and Kansas City. ' -. Lincoln University (JefferSon City). legislation giving their board the a letter. "Achieving financial access ,. Eliminate at leasie third: of the undergdiduale programs at the . • Consider Harris-Stowe State College in St. Louis and Missouri authority to eliminate academic to quality higher education will "UniverSity of Missour'i~Golw. mbia, probably by cutting at least half Southern St$t~ College (Joplin) for the new universi(YSyste:r'n. require that each college and programs rather than leaving such ';; ot. the school's undergraduate te acher-education program. Missouri We.stern State College (St. Joseph) could be merged W1th matters up to the governing boards university and each campus of the . • p!imi~ate 19 degreeprQgrams a'~ other state colleges, 10 'of ' N.orthwest Missouri State (Maryville) as one "unit" in tM of the public {!olleges and univer­ University of Missouri be different those prt>grams from Northeast Missouri State (Kirksville). system. sities. The board also agreed to set in some substantive way from the it Change state law to allow the state's board; rather than each ' up a panel to examine the financing other. " ~hObf's governing board, to eliminate academic programs, . • Bar new public colleges for 10 years or until the state ranks of aid programs and college and Aery suggested that the two urban . ' . setup a "Missouri State Univ,ersity System" comprised of among the top states in terms of tax revenue for e(ich college UM campuses look into forming university libraries. Southeas,t MisSouri State (Cape Girardeau, Central Missouri student . If Aery's prop0sals are accepted transfer agreements with local community colleges. People Confused Over EI Salvador by David Workman reporter "We hold the people of this coun­ 'The U.S. should negotiate with the present government of EI try (the US.) crucial," replied As the conflicts in Central Salvador, or they should send troops to attack the present Ramos to a question of the value of the American ai d. America continue to escalate, they government.' . often end up confusing many people Currently, the U.S. government as to which conflict is which. So last -Arnoldo Ramos supports the present government Thursday_ in conjunction with and the Duarte presidency an d has Webster University and the Latin made attempts to stabilize his "moderate-right" regime. America Solidarity committee, UM­ The largest source of income to coup were to have taken effect, the St. Louis welcomed Arnoldo Ramos the economy now is the annu al $800- undecided people would have to speak to students and faculty in $900 mill ion sent by El Salvadorians revolted against the FLMN/FDR, hopes of clearing up some of the living in the U.S. due to lack of fe eling that the change The latest proposal presented to confusion. the EI Salvador gov ernment by the In September, the FMLN/FDR is necessary. Most people would be Ramos is the Representative of launched their largest offensive to confused by the strong action, FML N/FDR calls for equal oppur­ tunity in the elections as well as a the Political Diplomatic Commi­ date. During the attack, they suc­ Ramos said, and confusion often sio l} of the Farabundo Marti Front mutual respect fo r the differing ceeded in capturing all of th~ El lead to rebelli(Jn. for National Liberation and the Salvadorian army garrisons as well view of the two parties. Democratic Revolutionary Front as most of the capital city of E l When asked what the U.S. should (FMLN/FDR) in EI Salvador. Cur­ Salvador. do about the situation, Ramos gave Ramos ad ded that a few years ago. rently he is working in According to Ramos, the reason two options. Either the U.S. should the main concern in El Salvador was Washington, D.C. why the FLMN/FDR did not con­ negot iate with the present govern­ the economy. But now, with the As a former Professor of Litera­ tinue the offensive and take over the ment of El Salvador, or they sbould economy reduced to almost nothing, ture at the National University of El government is because the people send troops to attack the present the main issue is peace among the Salvador, Ramos has experienced are not all committed to the government. Ramos was quick to people. the life of a Central American revolutionary movement. Over 60 point out that the FMLN/FDR would Gerald Pomper firsthand. percent of the people hav e yet to prefer to settle the dispute "Peace is central:' Ramos said. As the representative of the choose a side in the war. peacefully, but so far attempts at "We hope this proposal wi ll r esult in FMLN/FDR, Ramos acts as the As a result, Ramos said, if the peaceful settlement have failed. true peace." liason between the organization and Politics: the United States government. Ramos said he was "radicalized" in 1972 when he joined the ~ro cess Changes Needed revolutionary movement. by John Kilgore appointed, making the vice- According to Ramos, the reason EI Salvador reporter president subject to con- for the conflict is not anti­ gressional hearings and Communist opposition. It is instead Rutgers University political approval. due to the lack of a good economy. science professor Gerald Pom­ "It isn't just Dan Quayle. Since The government, he said, seems to per said here Monday that the 1964 we've had a series of prob­ be controlled by 14 of the wealthiest political process would benefit lems," he said, citing William families in El Salvador. These 14 . from having fuller involvement Miller, Spiro Agnew, Tom families make up only 1 percent of the population, yet they own 60 per­ by the political parties in the Eagleton and Geraldine presidential nominating Ferraro. ce,nt of the land.
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