UA12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 58, No. 42 WKU Student Affairs

Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® WKU Archives Records WKU Archives 2-17-1983 UA12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 58, No. 42 WKU Student Affairs Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records Part of the Higher Education Administration Commons, Journalism Studies Commons, Mass Communication Commons, Public Relations and Advertising Commons, Social History Commons, Sociology Commons, Sports Studies Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation WKU Student Affairs, "UA12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 58, No. 42" (1983). WKU Archives Records. Paper 2343. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/2343 This Other is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in WKU Archives Records by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact [email protected]. By RISA TOLIVER But those aren't the only reasons. Some countries have only one student Many international students used to be at· here while Venezuela has the largest Jennlfer·Xiao, a sophomore from Canton, tracted by Western's low tuition, she said. number - ~Z . ~ China, came to Westem because her uncle, and others have scholarships from their The foreign student population has re a Bowling. Green businessm.an, graduated countries. mained around 250 to 265 for the past four Connections from here. And the international students here seem semesters, Miss 'I'esseneer said. " He arplled for admission to,CVestern for to stick together, sharing .t1!e experience of But some foreign students aren't hllppr 'me whlle I was still in China," the computer living In a new country, Miss Tesseneer with Bowling Green. Though Xill o loves science major said. said . Western, she said she doesn't like Bo ..... ling And . Yesim Ogut, a freshman. from "Foreign s tude nts have certain Green. lead foreigners Ankara, Turkey, came here on a tennis priorities," she said. "They want a degree, " Whenever I first came here I wali very sCholarship. they're tryipg to function in a new society, homesick, but I gol used to it. Now I don 't Many international students . co~e to and they're getting used to a new culture. have much time to think about it. " Western· because "they know someone "Nevertheless, most foreign students are ;':iao said she hasn't had prublems making to 'Western who's goi.P& to school here, m~tly really open to Americans," she said. friends, but most of them are foreign " relatives," said Susan Tesseneer, adviser to A study in September by the Office of In students. International students. ternational Student Affairs showed that " I feel a !iUle out of place with Amcrican "Also, they look through catalogs of 'the Western 's· enrollment includes 250 students students because my customs are so dif school and like what they read about from 46 countries, such as Chile, Columbia, See CONNECTIONS Western," sin! said. India, Libya and Nigeria. Page 3, Column I College Heights era 1:-. I"H.I I: Research an pu lishing ," ' :., • ~ \ . '. increased emphasis By JANET PINKSTON were taught 20 )'ears ago ," Miller s,,0! ,dill"" .1/"'... I "~" .'l. said. , The days when a professor could " Doing research doesn't make ,.' teach his classes and then bead for president for academic affairs. anyone a good teacher, but it has home may be disappearing for "But the college deans have everything to do ..... ith ..... hat the)' Western's faculty. become committed to research. I teach. There are good teachers Faculty research and a push to think they all feel that encourage with nothing to offer, and there ",'P . publish that research In scholarly ment and recognition should be poor teachers with lots 10 offer." journals is on the rise, according to given to faculty who keep up to he said. several professors and ad date L'I their disciplines. " Western is fast developing a ministrators. And some predict "To be the best chemist, school of teacher-scholars. and that Western professors will in historian or psychologist you can that is a positi\'e thing. It will . creasingly ·be required to prove be, you must remain active in elevate' Western from a relatively their competence as scholars scholarship. And faculty members small, unknown, regional universi before being promoted. doing research are more likely to ty to a much more visible school, Western bas clung tightly to its attract grants," Petersen said. and with that will come additiona l tradition as a' teaching institution, Scholarly research In its most mone), ,-' Miller s aid . and any 'professor interested In classical form involves developing "Researchers often write (federal writing journal articles was aimost an idea or testing data, then and corporate ) grants, and a por consldered the odd man out, said writing an article of book about it, tion of those grants goes to the Dr. Ward Hellstrom, dean of Pot- said LaITY Miller\ associate pro university for overhead coots." ter College: fessor of spee<;h and communica Dr. William Llord, dean of Ogden College, said , "The most Bol .";',b .cl~g;in.• . tion. The work is submitted to In peers or publ.1sheriwho decide if it important thing we want out of an)' is worthy to enter into the body of [acuity member is good teaching, knowledge in that.lield, he said. and that won 't change. At a "Research" for professors in the researc h unive rsIty, a good visual and performing arts often teacher who doesn 't publish is not takes the form of creative perfor necessarily well<onsiderec!, but a man·ce. ProfCS3ors are ' given a poor teacher who publishes is pro lighter teaching load to sing, moted. We don't aim to be that ~ get dance, pai.nt or produce a play. kind of school. " The assumption is that people "However, scholarship is probably always who are alive intellectually. those valuable. U a professor has been . here; wbo know what's going on in their out of school for 2fI or 30 years, that," field. are better teachers than ~ See RESEARCH assistant vice pie who merely teach what they Page 3, Column I .Intef'lm facully mances" of tht opera . tbe Hilltoppus' standing and .a fu" ,tlmc "Faust." in t4e.Sun Btlt - even if regent be the Toppers win. two in Studtnts whost' pen 9 chants for plants' art March. obvious help takt cart of tht ones that grow in Weather university gretnhouses, , Today 'Tonight's gamt The National Weather 13. agalns,t . So_uth ServIce forecasts pardy ' , F!orida . probably ,,: won~ t sunny with highs near ,!,n£ much d.ifference in 50. , . " :1 II...i.1 2·17-8.1 ~ ASe supports plan for free admissiori baseball, swin),ming and soccer, By JAMIE MORTON not just football and basketbalf, A r"'It" t.O climiDate student which are listed iQ the resolution. admiaiaa far balJ&ames was pass ed ~ b)' As30dated Student He aLw said taking away ti~et Govarmeut. revenue could create a larger I.Monday, Feb. 21 athletic ~eficit and possibly lead to Jad!: Smith., administraUw vice an increASe in the activit, fee. presidall. said be will take the " Even though it's (the money) resobItiaa to Qwies Keown, dean small, It helps in terms of the p.m. of sr:.teal affairs. and then to overall deficit," Hurt said. PresideD& DoaaId Zacharias. Ragan and Hurt agreed lhDt a Smitb said. be hopes that Keown proposal to raise ~ student acOvi· and ~ support the plan, ty fee would ~ probable if the .. DUe. Theatre. but tim ~a1 is DOt necessary resolution is paSsed by the Board for the proposal to go to the Board of Regents. of RI:pats. Tbe propOsal could be Aria, the acbninistration doesn't $1.00 with introdDc:ed by student regent support student government's pro ......... Rag... posal, she said. _ ........ .........,the. WKU 1.0 . resohllioa because the administra She said the administration tion does DOt consider student believes that freshmen will be used ticketJ'eveoueas a major source of to paying to get into baUgames. Drawing for two free tickets·t9 the Oak Ridge Boys conc~rt and income. "They feel that by some miracle two tickets to the·"Catch·a Rising Star" series. Ticket sales are also down, she freshmen will begin gOin, to the . said. Football ticket sa!es this year' games," Ragan said. \ dropped from 1.495 to 6,619. Support from the community to *Thomas Cain has been th, opening act for such artists as Donny Hathaway, Melba She aIso.said that $268,125 to su~ allow students to attend games Moore, Minnie Ripperton, Fats Domino, George Bens'on-=and Ra y Charles. port aUlletic:s comes from $15 of free has been fa vorable, though, Cain h.as wri.tten s~mgs that have been re~oi" .~~d by such a-rt is1s as KenriY ' 8o~rs, the: $SO student activity fee of full she said. The Fifth Dimension, Walter Jack~o n and T.he Oak.Ridge Boys, to name a few. time students. People in Bowling Green are Rex Hurt, Intcrhall Council talking about the problem and a re ' Appearing with Cain will Qe a pop-soul'group, Apolio. president. disagreed with Ragan. as~ing th~ administration to help, Don't miss these "Rising Stars," Monday, February 21st. Hurt said after the meeting that he saId Keme Stewart, public affairs didn't s upport the proposal vice president. because "the financial aspects of - the student activity fees aren't clear." Deadline Monday ·a :.L... Hurt said the $15list.ed for sports . in the activity fee is just an accoun Monday is the last day to drop a ng'§,!l!! ting figure.

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