Inside this week: Mesa squeak by · Homecoming comes Tailings on 1 Mines: 62-0 pg.6 home to Mesa pg. 4 ._-·.· .. ··.·~~~·~·~·.··.·.·.·.·.:.··.·.-~-!:. .. -~·-..·.......... ·.·.·.·.J The Vol. 55 Issue 7 Mesa State College, Grand Junction, Colo. October 6, 1988 Petty issues -plagu.e SBA ·progess plenty perspective. The SBA has become some­ by Bob Bouyea thing again and I want to see the good Editor in chief things we did last year kept up." Current SBA President Rhonda Thi­ Mesa State College's Student Body . bault said, "We 're losing sight of our goals Association meetings have been marred and purpose of being a forum for the stu­ by arguments over petty issues, according dents." to Mark Elms, program vice chair of the "Some of the poeple have found a way to Mesa'State Activities Council and a non­ expose ber weaknesses and are pushing it voting participant in the SBA. to the limits," said Elms. "You have to be "Nothing is getting accomplished. fair to Rhonda - she is not Kurt Holzer They fought for three weeks on where to and must get the chance to be Rhonda." hold the meeting. That's stupid," Elms Holzer said, "If I wanted to, I could said. make things rough on her but that doe~n't For three weeks the executive council do anyboQy any good." and the assembly of the SBA battled back Since·the first few meetings both Holzer and forth on where the meeting should be and Elms have said that things are getting held and for three weeks each meeting was better but have a way to go and that is up to held in a different location. The next week the president. the SBA assembly and the MSAC clashed "I was unclear of my role,". said Thi­ over using MSAC's board markers or bault, "but that is going to change. I am buying th~ir own. going to take control." It has been suggested that those loyal to In the meeting, Oct. 3, Thibault did just last year's administration are reluctant to that by addressing first the pettiness prob­ give any ground to the new administration. lem stating that it has to stop or nothing "It has become a battle between the old $ ,·-·~.,_J ~ ~---1 '1!" will get accomplished. She reinstated her "" >,>; :.y, ~ » ;' and the new administration," said Elms. goals as president to the assembly and . Last years SBA President Kurt Holzer asked the members to think about their 1 said, "It isn't us aganist them, rather two own personal goals that they would like to different groups that have two different see accomplished. views bf how the SBA should be run. "Please tell the students that we are here There are people who have a historical for them and are concerned about meeting ph to by Gary Currie perspective and those who don't have that _ their needs. They can come by the SBA perspective. This administration wasn't Mesa student preps his board as the canal tide begins to rise. office any time to voice their concerns," around last year so it doesn't have that Thibault said. Parties to debate by Tracy Leming Newswriter 'I don't mean to turn you on' but, As Nov. 8 and the elections approach.­ the Young Democrats and Republicans on campus are gearing up for a busy month Robert Palmer may _play to Mavs sponsoring debates, participating in marches and distributing information supporting their candidates. by Ann Anderson total cost of the concert to be $30,500. sent by Ratcliff to Maffey. The memo was Both clubs, as well as the Non-Tradi­ With an average ticket price of $14, 2,098 to verify a motion passed by last year's tional Students Club and the Historical Newswriter tickets must sell for MSAC to break even. FAC that would insure money from aFAC Society, are planning to participate in a The Mesa State Activities Council is Seating for Saunders Field House for this reserve account to cover 50 percent of any candidi.ates' debate on campus Nov. 1, working to bring Robert Palmer to Saun­ event will be 2,400. If the event goes · loss on three of MSAC's events. There according to Young Democrats organizer ders Field House on Tuesday Nov. 1. through, tickets will be $13 for students was no dollar limit on this motion when it Kurt Holzer. MSAC advisor, Gary Ratcliff said, and $16 for the public. was passed. The Law Club is sponsoring the debate, "MSAC hasn't gotten anybody this big to Ratcliff said at the F AC meeting that the At the m_eeting on Oct. 4, members of which will include questions submitted by come to Mesa College since I have been $22,000 up-front cost that must be paid the thecommitteepassedanamendmenttothe the clubs and by the candidates them­ here. Students have been asking for con­ night of the concert should be covered by motion to cap the "insurance" at $5,000. selves, who will suggest questions they certs and that's what we're trying to get." advance-ticket sales. This means that if the MSAC loses over would like to have their opponents asked, At the Fee Allocations Committee However, regardless of what revenues $10,000 on an event they will still only Holzer said. Local, state and national meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 4, Ratcliff ex­ come in from advance-ticket sales, Paul receive $5,000 from the FAC. campaigns are expected to be involved. pressed some reservations, "I'm just afraid . Maffey, assistant vice president for ad­ The reserve account is the same account · Holzer said the Young Democrats are that a technicality is going to come up that · ministrative and student affairs, said that if that is usually used to cover playoff and planning to di'stribute literature on Demo­ will pull this right out from 'under the the contract goes through with Palmer and travel costs for the athletic department At cratic candidates and registration in the students." John Riccillo, vice president for business the FAC meeting, Maffey stated that the dorms and to participate in a march, spon­ The up-front artist's fee alone is and finance at Mesa College, the up-front account's balance is presently somewhere sored by Colorado Unity, against the pro­ $22,000, which, in itself, exceeds the en­ artist's fee will be covered. around $72-73,000. posed amendment to make English the of­ tire MSAC budget of $20,000 for the year. The Robert Palmer event was disctissetl Tickets to the Robert Palmer event are ficial language of Colorado. The march is At the FAC meeting Ratcliff projected the at the FAC meeting because of a memo not on sale yet and will not go on sale scheduled for Oct. 22. unless all of the contracts are signed. October 6, 1988 The Criterion __ NTARY pg.2 THE REALPOLITIK by Ku.rt Holzer The Mesa State Football machine strikes again. How winning coach but he belongs at an institution that can add up their salaries in five years and the entire Mesa State many times over the past few years have the Mesa College afford and support the type of program he runs. To get us football team in five years and they'd probably be roughly fans been subjected to the ultimate in boredom - a back on a competitive basis with the rest of the RMAC equal. Now salary is only one measure-of ~mplishment football blowout Three times this season already. Why do either the other schools need to commit more resources to but my guess is that most other measures would be similar. we the students of Mesa State have to subsidize a program their programs or we need to commit less to ours. Given Now, before you guys tear into me, let.me make it clear like this that really provides no entertainment (as Lance the economic realities of higher education in Colorado the that it is not a problem of the men who are playing the Hudson would say). I know that all of you out there will responsible solution is to commit less to ours, not try to game but Qf those who run the system. So I would like to be surprised to know that I_have a couple of theories on get other schools to join us in our annual waste of money. reiterate the ·request that I made last year to Cortese. why our football program is so absurdly out of sync with Myothertheorytiesrightin with the first one. Since our Please Bobby Boy, quit, resign, go away, depart, get out the competition. graduates can 'tcompete in the job markets with graduates of our lives. Take your progam and your philosophy and I think Dr. Tomlinson was continually being ridiculed from any school that has the academic standards that go to aschool with people who are interested in those at cocktail parties by his peers for not having a single, Colorado School of Mines does, then a football program things. Just stop draining the limited resources of the complete, first-rate academic program at his institution. prov~des the last opportunity for Mesa State to compete students at this school to create a program that has no one Tomlinson thought he'd hire a tough guy to give him and win against those who attend that kind of school. As to really compete with. Mesa should have national something to brag about So along cameBig Bob and the a friend told me, "Don't feel sorry for those guys out there champions, I agree but let's have them in geology or concomitant overkill.