Boise State University ScholarWorks Student Newspapers (UP 4.15) University Documents 11-28-1984 University News, November 28 Students of Boise State University Although this file was scanned from the highest-quality microfilm held by Boise State University, it reveals the limitations of the source microfilm. It is possible to perform a text search of much of this material; however, there are sections where the source microfilm was too faint or unreadable to allow for text scanning. For assistance with this collection of student newspapers, please contact Special Collections and Archives at [email protected]. £.:\ .," r_'·,~,.'_,,_,;~", ......;.'" ,__ ,;~ -,,,,. i·'~"'''''''''''''J.-·., ..=>t ~~,,,,,,,,,,,·-it.' ;' " "1"· . J, BSU's welcome mat Visitor's Center offers counselling as well as tours by Lisa Monael The University News TheBSU Visitor's'Center provides infor- mation about the university to incoming students and all interested visitors. It also provides'. a counselling center, tours and representation of BStJ to all prospective students. Stephen Spafford, Associated Dean of Ad- missions and Director of Admissions Counselling, said that the center does more than "just hand out maps and conduct cam- pus tours:' "We have three professional staff members nsld e who act as admissions counsellors. Students I . """ can come in and talk to them or set appoint- ments for a session. We counsel incoming students, non-traditional students and foreign students:' Spafford said. For incoming or prospective students, the center provides all the available information about the campus. The center also provides . information on financial-aid, student hous- ing and student activities. If a student should request to talk to a specific professor or The Visitor's Center, which offers counselling to non-traditional and foreign students, Is . department head, the center can arrange the also responsible for high school recruitment. Photo by Karl Enochs meeting. to think of ourselves as a one-store, one-stop state's high schools to visit with graduating Due to the large number of non-traditional outfit for students," Spafford said. ' seniors. "It's important for a school to make students at BSU, the center also provides a special session for them: "BSU has many The Visitor's Center also provides tours contact with many prospective students. Of students that fall into the 25-and-over range. for students or others interested in the BSU course, we can't see them all, but we do see campus. Tours go -frorn the Pavilion west .around five or six thousand a yeaf,' Spafford Many of these studentshave been out of .across campus. they are conducted every day said. school for a number of years, so we set up by workstudy students, with another student Visitor's Center personnel are starting to .special orientation sessions at least five times coordinating them, Spafford said. attend college fairs in the Pacific Northwest . • !lYelP.' in order to accomodate these students;' .. ·~{~oitionJothe o~;£I!tJlP~s.prQgtains._ .. ":.:·WeJ~LtIi~lI.!;9i~e~tatej~ ~"Ye~;kep~secret Stateiwide st~deDti~glslabar;;-a~lIccess. See. '. SPt~~~s~~~~;s Center is res~onsible fO~ad- we also run assorted outreach.nrosramsr. and we would like to see more students from page '. mitring all foreign students, The center also Spafford said, The centerhas an extended other states attend BSU as well:' Spafford mailing list that sends out requested infor-: said. provides counselling for all the foreign mation, as well Campus Clips. a newsletter. students until they master English. "We like The center makes trips to most of the Beating your fish? Center can help .by Stephen J. Grant offer services and make ourselves avail- with' ingrained problems," he said. The University News able," he said. "Something taking 20, 30 or 40sesslo'os IS Ultimately, the center is concerned With something we're not here for." preventing problems among students, When a student requires extensive If you feei like beating your fish, joining according to Nicholson. He lidded that the a monastery or drinking your way through counselling, the center refers him to counselling center's services are not limited appropriate community agencies. "We use finals as school winds dewn, talk to the to BSU students and their immediate other resources as much as we can," counsellors at the BSU Counselling and families. Faculty and staff can use the Testing Center first. Nicholson said. "We are looking to form center's services too. ties with other people interested in The center exists to help students cope With a counselling staff of three, students. " with most problems affecting their augmented by supervised student interns, In addition to counselling, education and performance at BSU, according to Dr. the center has been "traditionally targeted referrals, the center also does ACT,. James Nicholson, the center's director. for short-term intervention." Nicholson "We are primarily a resource for GRE and CLEP testing. While counselling described short-term intervention as two or. services and necessary tests relating to them I:~ students," Nicholson said in a recent inter- three sessions. --.,.,,"': view. "We want to be available to students." are free, national standardized tests can • !, "On one end we have adjustment The last weeks of a semester can be rough problems, on the other end we have people for some students, according to Nicholson. See -Counselling, page 9 "We want to be a resource they can use," he said. Located on the sixth floor of the Drake breaks regl,.lIation Education' building, the Counselling and by Edith Decker according to Shawver. He added that the EPA Testing Center is moving away from its low The University News profile. inspector warned the subcontractor about the' Nicholson has been director and a .amount of dust as the insulation was being An infraction of Environmental Protection placed in the dumpsters, cautioning them to counselling psychologist for the center since Agency regulations occurred when asbestos add more water to keep. the dust down. August. "One of my charges is to make the insulation was removed from the University Air samples were taken at the scene. and center more visible," he said. Courts heating plant when the subcontrac- sentto the University of Wisconsin for testing The primary role of the center has been tor for the. project neglected to give 2O-day and 'have 'been returned showing asbestos to serve students on a one-to-one basis written notification to the EPA, according to levels to be below federal requirements concerning problems of stress, anxiety, Chet Shawver,. BSU architect. Shawver said. interpersonal relations,drug and alcohol Drake Mechanical was contracted by the "We and the contractor have done Gymnastics season begins Saturday. See page problems. and career .decislons. However, State Department of Public Works to remove everything that weare aware that we can do 8. "The center Is moving toward serving 'the old steam heating and replace it with to make conditions safe:'Shawversaid. students on a groupbasis, " Nicholson said. hydropulse. furnaces: Drake, in tum, hired According' to Boerl; the coritractors were "We are reaching out to students with IMICOwhich-wasresponsible forcarryingawarepf the asbestos insulation and provi- . programs. targeted to students that out the asbestos removal according to EPA, sion had. been made in thecontnict for its Contents wouldn 't come into the center ,"he said. regulations,Dave Boerl,: Assistant Director . removal according to regulations. The con- ..Working With residentlidvisersin. the of Student Residential Life said. tract provided for an additionalS18,OOO to '-.CampusNe.w.s · ; 'Page 3 university's dormatorles,talkingto classes," IMICO,apparently not 'a~ -of the b\lpaidjust for. the remo.val Of.the asbestos, Out" About ;........... Pages.. 6 .&.-,7'.. d.eveloping. and' teachir'tg courses. "in, st.ress. .: regulation at the time,cal1edthe EPA the day :. Boerl~sai.9. .... ..... ...•'.,.....>' •.............•.. Sports ;.. ~ Pages 8 . ".9inanagementandpeercollnseUing, ','The . b\lfore the 'asbestos was. tobcreinove~and The asbestos removal. 'was completed was not inf0mied'of the 2();.dayriotification . withiIltwo :weeksacc:ordingtoJJOerl. Opinion ~ ;.. Page 10 direction is towards not puffing all our time Conilcs~ ·Page· 11 .. irUhe offjce/'Nicholson.said. rule,. aC:<:0rdingtQ Sha~....-. ..... Wor,k'iscontinuing()n i~eprojCct.wh,ich Some .exposure lQasbestqs dust~~ have issehcduIed completed inmld;JanUlU')', .Class1ned; ; ;., .. ~ , ,}Jage .. 1~",.·!We~:vegone.out.toar~oncampus.tp lobe .' " '.' , . \' t '.' , ,~.,. .' ". • , • ; .•. _. , :_"i, ,_.' , .' .'. .':.' ~'..':.: ";-,:'" " .' ie' , pccurred during the demoIitionoftlieplant. ShaW\lel',wdi... .,,' ! . ,'\.,.", . ," - ....~,.', '~-"l";:'/' ':"":-::',7:"'1-,-",'"", '-'_':: ';:. .,.< .'" '. • 5 ¥. 2) $ '~;:"" "". ,'", CAMPUS·. NEWS ON (AMPUS JacksoncalisOiSIL a success by Peter 'Thkeda three senate seats a and variable number of law representative The University News representative seats determined by the size of' the school. BSU needed about four or five to visit campus Idaho's first intercollegiate legislature was more representatives to achieve a full com- . hard work, a,lot of fun, and a great success, plement" Jackson said. ASBSU President and ISIL Governor Steve The ISIL is trying to recruit the two Idaho' Gary D. Meyers, Director of Natural Jackson said. colleges that did not participate, Jackson Resources and Exterual Programs and ad- The BSU delegation