«• Get a job! Phantom strikes again March into sports! Career Services helps students with The Phantom of the Opera comes to the We've got you covered from the court to interviews and resumes Municipal Auditorium the links to the diamond • Features, page 5 Ails & Enteitainment, page 7 Sports, page 8 ^^^•"\ V FebruaiPAi^An7 28,1995 Volume 18O, Number 7 SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT »'«WEiK.tl1f»ailfH,: UTSA plans child care facility By Cherie Rhoad Tlie university currently has issued a Regulatory Services requires that the Managing Editor Request For Proposal (RFT") to local center maintain a clean safe environ­ private daycare providers. The RFP ment. The state also sets up the training Earlier this month the UT Board of states the basic requirements the center standards for staff members ofthe facil­ Regents gave UTSA permission lo make must meet in order to be awarded the ity and defines the nutritional require­ plans to build a daycare center on two ground lease. The property on the cor­ ments for the children. acresof university property at the corner ner of UTSA Boulevard and Babcock The National Association for the Edu­ of UTSA Bouldc vard and Babc(Kk Road. will be leased for $100 per year to the cation of Young Children, (NAEYC) is Because of its convenienl location, thc provider. Tlie center will be built by the. accrediting association that sets up the daycare center will allow students, fac­ provider; no university funds will be standards for accreditation. ulty and staff to drop their children off used to build the facility. "One of their [NAEYC's] accredit­ before and after school. According to the RFP, the center ing objectives is developmentally ap­ Univcrsity officials hope the daycare must be licensed and accredited by the propriate curriculum for the education center's opening will coincide with that state. It must initially accommodate up of young children. Our expectation is ofthe UC expansion in August 1996. to 100 children between the ages of six that thev fthe center/provider] will meet A feasibility study was conducted weeks and 12 years, and it is expected to these standards," Karen Whitney, As­ three years ago to detemiine whether a accommodate a maximum of 300 chil­ sistant Vice-President for Student Life childcarc center was needed at UTSA. dren when running at full capacity. The said. In response to thc survey of 1,965 stu­ projected hours of operation are 7 a.m. "We don't want a warehouse; we dents, faculty and staff. 25 percent said to 9 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 7 a.m. want a childcare facility that creates they have children. Of that percentage; to 6 p.m. on Friday. TTie center will be meaningful experiences for these chil­ • 43 percent had children under age required to provide children with hot dren," she said. six. meals and they will have accredited de­ In addition to the oversight by the • 35 percent had considered leaving velopmental programs. Office of Student Life, a management UTSA bccau.sc of childcare difficulties. Thc Office of Student Life will func­ advisory committee consisting of repre­ • 26 percent had changed childcarc tion in an oversight capacity to see that sentatives from the private provider and providers more than twice in thc last thc center abides by ils contract with the the university will be formed. There year. uni versity and maintain its licensing and will also be an advisory committee made • 27 percent are considering having accreditation. Stale licensing by the up ofthe parents who will be in a posi- KMOL 4 crew Jim Meyers (right) and Randy Eilts, education reporter, cover UTSA's announcement of another child in thc next five years. Texas Department of Protective and cont on pg 3 plans to build a daycare center at UTSA Blvd. and Babcock Road. l\/linority scholarshiips challenged in court By Jamie Phares students of minority ethnicities, such as implemented to help niinority students scholarships, despite its policy not to The Daily Pennsylvanian African American, Mexican American. come up to par or reach thc same playing give merit or sports .scholarships. University of Pennsylvania Native American, Puerto Rican and Pa­ field as majority students." Every year thc university's Under­ cific Islander, said Angela Todd, who But some groups have said thc prob­ graduate Office of Financial Aid recei ves Last fall, die Fourth U.S. Circuit Court works on the Committee on Institutional lems surrounding these scholarships oul- endowments from private corporations of Appeals rendered an unprecedented Corporation, a joint effort of the Big Ten ' weigh their Benefits. which express a preference tor niinority decision, shocking university adminis- universities to increase opportunities for One court has already .said these schol­ recipients, said Bill Schilling, directorof U-ators nationwide—minority scholar­ minority graduate students. arships arc unconstitutional. Others ask Undergraduate Aid. He said bccau.sc of ships are unconstitutional. In recent years, the number of pro­ how a college or scholarship committee UP policy, he simply distributes this Although the judgement in grams de- can dctcnnine money to thc best-qualified, needy re­ Podberesky v. Kirwan only "affects the signed specifi­ "[The Geno Baroni Scholarship an applicant s cipient. states under thejurisdiction ofthe Fourth cally for those race if he or "OUI policy is to meet the needs ol any Circuit—Maryland, Virginia, West Vir­ groups have for minorities] was created for she has a needy students, regardless of race." he ginia and North and South Carolina—it vastly in­ recruitment reasons; we mixed back­ explained. raises questions about minority scholar­ creased, bring­ ground. Also. UPs Wharton Graduate Office of Fi­ ships across the country. ing with it in­ wanted lo increase minority some minori­ nancial .\\(.\ also reports distributing cor­ The three-judge panel for the case creased contro­ enrollment." ties students porate niinuriiy scholarships, said held that the University of Maryland at versy. —Paul Patelunas said they con­ Michelle Palmer, associate director of College Park failed to present sufficient College ad­ sider race- admissims at Wharton Graduate Divi­ evidence that a race-based scholarship ministrators' financial aid director. Catho­ based scholar­ sion. program is necessary and legal on its motives for lic University of America ships an insull When establishing such scholarships. campus. implementing because these corporations such as General 1 leelric In 1990, Daniel Podberesky, a Hi.s- these programs scholarships request Ihal thc financial aid (illiee pick panic student with a 4.0 high school are as varied as the ethnic groups they as.sume minority students necdcxtra help. Ihe minority recipient or seleel se\cral GPA and a 1340 SAT score, requested target. Many schools hope race-based "In theory it's slightly insulting i() students to bc considered b\ ihe eorpi>ra- to be considered for a four-year, scholarships will help diversify their stu­ create a black scholarship with lower tion. Palmer .said. full-tuition, non-need-based scholarship dent bodies. Others say these scholar­ standards." said University of Pennsyl­ The Graduate Office of Finaneuil Aid. under the school's Benjamin Banneker ships compensate minorities for past dis­ vania junior and Undergraduate Assem­ however, established its own Koniainc Scholarship Program. crimination. Some colleges offer schol­ bly member Eric Ticnou. "Once other Fellowship in 1968 in honor ol the Although the school admitted arships to try and train minorities to work students see thai I'm an Alrican Ameri­ unixersiiy's firsl fully affilialed black Podberesky was qualified for the schol­ in fields where ethnic professionals arc can, they would think that 1 gol here on faculty member. Professor \\ illiam arship. University of Maryland said the underrepresented. lower standards when I have worked as Fontaine, .said Janice Madden, the vice scholarship was open only to black stu­ "I think that (minority scholarships] hard as they have." provost lor Graduate Education dents, not Hispanic students. Podberesky are a vital aspect of a lot of students' Colleges and universities continue lo College officials across thc enunirv then filed suit in 1990 in O.S. District attaining an education," said University offer these scholarships despite thc con­ say minority scholarships arc the most Court in Maryland. of Pennsylvania senior Liz Melendez, a troversy surrounding them. Forexample. effective means to attract minoniv stu­ A minority, or race-based, scholar­ United Minority Council chairperson. "It the University of Pennsylvania is not dents to attend their schools. Cailiolic ship is one which considers only those is a tool or mechanism Ihat has been immune from this trend toward minority cont on pg 3 UTSA prof to head historical organization By Carlos E. Quezada student-turned-teacher was made a life­ Administration of Manuel Maria de ment before it became fashionable. Contributing Writer time member based on his scholarly Salcedo of Texas: 1808-1813;" later Almaraz initially began his paperchase work and recruitment of students to the became one of his first books. when a graduate student tipped him off UTSA professor Felix D. Alrnaraz. society. He served on many of TSHA's Almaraz has served in numerous ca­ about some archives on the westside of Jr. will be inducted as the first Hispanic major committees, (nominations, pro­ pacities to further the goal of scholarly San Antonio pertaining to the genesis of president of the Texas State Historical gram, membership, publications, and reasearch, such as the San Antonio Mis­ the League of United Latin American Association (TSHA), the oldest histori­ centennial). In 1982 he received elec­ sion National Historical Park Advisory Citizens (LULAC) which contained let­ cal organization in Texas, during thc tion to a four-year term on the executive Commission. ters to and from Dr.