........... UNIVERSITY OF COWRADO AT COLORADO SPRINGS F ACUL TY REJECTS PARKING FEES At the Faculty Senate meeting on Friday, January 23rd, there were / as many visitors present as senate members. The meeting was called as '{ a result of a motion proposed by Professor Beyer of the Geography department. That motion was amended during the course of the meeting. The contents of the motion are as follows: Moved: Thi8 faculty rejects the decisioD of the parkiDg committee with respec:t to a fee structure, locatioD of parkiDg space8, and coDtrol policie8. Thi8 faculty further instruct8 the PresideDt of the Faculty, ia eo-operatioD with the admiaistratiOD of thi8 campU8 and the University and with the assi8taDce of whatever iadividual8 or COmmittee8 he may select or e.stahlish, to: a. Explore every po88ible alternative to ameliorate the fiaancia1 impact of this deeisioD, espeeially as it aHeet8 faculty and staH who are obliged to preseDt themselve8 OD thi8 campU8 in order to carry out their dutie8. b. Provide CODtiDuou8 iafOrmatiOD to the faculty about the results of a re-examiDatioD of alterDative8 aDd implemeDt a tiDal policy subsequent to agreemeDt by this faculty. c. Develop' policies and procedures for future deeisions wbJch will , eDsure that we CaD have some coDtrol over the priorities we give to Library-Classroom are parking space and the costs of physic:al developmeDts OD camp.us. was gained by replacing the gravel wts with asphalt and curbs. It's an even wnger walk to the wt Discussion was raised during Professor Tim Tregarthen's report these days. [Photo by John Walter) regarding the parking-lot fee increase. As chairman of the Parking Committee, Professor Tregarthen discussed how the Committee, in Springs of 1974, had developed the recommendation that $80,000 be raised (through bonds) for improvements to the parking-lots, with $6 Grad School and $8 fees to be charged. This recommendation was sent to the regents in Boulder. Over the period of time that the recommendation was in Boulder Tregartben and the committee "assumed somebody was making Tests Change minor modifications to our plan." Instead, an "immediate" decision was necessitated after the Regents in Boulder decided that UCCS needed to buil.d new lots and improve the old lots at a 300% funding increase. "All PRINCETON, N.J. Educa- tions previously used in past tests. delete or change the list of these decisions have been made by the Regents," said Professor tional Testing Service (ETS) An answer key is provided. The institutions to which scores are to Tregarthen. !"eports several major changes in sample aptitude test may be be sent. two national testing programs ordered separately or as part of The GRE program also will The Faculty Senate asked to know specifics about the decisions that whose scores are used as part of the Graduate Programs and continue to accept walk-in regis­ were made and as to why this decision was made on a last minute basis. the admissions process in many of Admissions Manual, which pro­ trations, if center space and Tregarthe.n answered that it was time for a yes or no on some matter. He the nation's graduate schools. vides information about more than materials are avail.able, and after then asserted, "The decision. given the alternatives, was a right one" 500 institutions and their graduate all normally registered candidates and that he had sanctioned the new lots. Chancellor Silverman added, Both programs, the newly-titled programs. See the 1975-76 GRE have been admitted. "I bear the re ponsibility for the deci ions." Graduate Management Admission Information Bulletin for more Both programs emphasize that Professor Tregarthen recommended that a Parking Committee report Test (GMAT) and the Graduate details. walk-in registration for the GMA T Record Examinations (GRE), to­ The aptitude test also has been be a regular agenda item for the Faculty Senate. He said, "As a result of and the GRE are being continued having Ri ck Cowlishaw, the same thing will not happen in the future." gether test more than 400,000 . ~hortened by five minutes from to provide a needed service to prospective graduate students the former three': hour total. And candidates who are unable to pre­ Rick Cowlishaw was responsible for the burms being put in free, every year. an estimated additional 15 minutes register because of circumstances although UCCS remains short on landscaping money. Professor of student time at the test center beyond their control. c?ang~s Tregarthen stated that, "Fees are too low"- due to having had free land ETS says the were , has been saved by soliciting ETS administers the GRE for ~o so far. He said he must think of the future when we will need to buy land, made help simphfy. th.e background information on the the Graduate Record Examina­ and fees will probably go up . test-taking process by making it registration form rather than at tions Board, an independent board more accommodating for student the center. affil.iated with the Association of The University position on ~arking - Iot funding is that user fees pay calldidates. For the- first time, GRE Graduate Schools and the Council The State legislature is not likely to approve other monies, this being The GMAT formerly was calle.d candidates will be allowed at the of Graduate Schools in the United state ·policy. However, it is not impossible nor illegal. The point was the Admission Test for Graduate time of the test administration to States. raised that this would be highly unlikely as both CU-Boulder and Study in Business. The new name CU-Denver Med-Center lot users fund their own parking. Fees in parallels a similar change in the Boulder range from $4 to $6 per month and fees at the CU Medical sponsoring council's name - Center are $132 per year. reflecting a trend among graduate Continuing Education Discussion was raised on the policies and enforcement thereof on the business schools to broaden their current UCCS parking lots. Ed Adams, Chief of UCCS Police, said that curricula and degree titles to booting was their methed of enforcement as authorized in the Colorado include other areas of administra­ Offers a Lot State Laws. Professor Beyer spoke of the visitor parking fee (25¢) as tion, as well as business. COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO_ Two classes scheduled to start embarassing, such as when guest lecturers have to pay. Professor The program is developed and Twenty-eight new noncredit this month include International Grogger suggested having faculty members attend Parking Committee conducted by ETS for the courses and three seminars will be­ Folk Dance and English as a meetings to contribute specific ideas. After these discussions the motion was passed. Admission Council for Graduate offered during the spring semester Second Language. Study in Management, a group by the Division of Continuing Traveling through South Ameri­ Education at the University of ca and German for Travelers are There are currently 1000 available parking spaces on campus. At the representing 43 graduate schools end of Phase I UCCS will have 1750 spaces for 5000 students. of management. Colorado, Colorado Springs two travel-oriented classes whicn (UCCS) . will start in February. Another significant change in Bulletins with detailed informa­ Two special Spanish language the GMAT is an expanded tion on these courses and others, courses designed to assist medical SPECIAL OLYMPICS admission ticket correction form both credit and non credit, may'be and legal personnel will be offered that allows the candidate to verify, obtained at the Continuing Educa­ in February. and correct if necessary, the tion office on the UCCS campus in Literature offerings will be NEEDS COORDINATOR accuracy of the information he or room 132, Main Hall. highlighted by the presentation in she provided ETS on the registra­ cooperation with Penrose Public All students, faculty, and staff Anyone that has a work-study tion form. Walk-in registration, Language, travel-oriented, per- Library, of Great Writers of the that are interested in participating grant and would be interested in established during the 1974-75 sonal development, literature, Western World course, starting on on the Special Olympics Commit­ becoming the Special Olympics academic year, also will be music, metal working, gardening, March 10. Creative Writing for tee are invited to come to the Coordinator for UCCS should honored, space and material per­ interior decorating, history of jazz Women will be presented Febru­ organizing meeting on January 30, apply at the Student Government mitting. and Yiddish are some of the areas ary 20 through April 16. 1976 at 7:00 p.m. in the Quiet offices. The SRJB needs to fill this in which new classes will be Personal development courses Lounge. Main Hall (third floor) . position immediately. The biggest There also are several new offered during the spring semes- include Transactional Analysis for The Committee will coordinate responsibility will be to oversee additions to the GRE. For the first ter. Everyone, Therapy - an overview, with the UCCS Special Olympics and give direction to the Special time, a full-length sample GRE Other new courses include: Self-modification, and Body Lan­ Coordinator in establishing sup­ Olympics Committee mentioned aptitude test is available to give Solar Energy for Heating and guage. port for the Special Olympics at above. The Committee will help candidates an accurate view of the Cooling, Selling Your Home on One day seminars include: UCCS. The Committee's main whoever is hired to get started scope of the test and the type of Your Own, Graphoanalysis, Ava- Topics in Pharmacy on Feb. 22; objectives will be the development and promises to always be there to questions it contains.