Volume 6, Number 1 College At Lincoln Center, Fordham University, New York January 23-February 5, 1985 Course Offerings Increase By Robert Dunne Course offerings for the spring are up from the fall in nearly all disciplines, despite criticism from many students that the spring schedule seemed The smaller. There is also little relative change in this year's schedules to last year's, even though the total school enrollment dropped 7 percent. Spring course offerings are up from the fall in all areas except Puerto Rican studies, which is of- Pub fering two fewer classes, and courses for Middle East studies and Excel, both having no change. These figures include individual course offerings and not classes having several sections. "There is no policy to cut back the number of Rocks courses," said Assistant Dean of Special Sessions and Assistant Professor of Philosophy Robert O'Brien. "We take the number of courses suc- cessfully run through and make it a target for next year's schedule." ROBERT O'BRIEN Reflecting any drops in enrollment that might enrollments must be offered because the Univer- sity is committed to teaching those courses. occur, O'Brien said there would be cuts made in Pub Jukebox the overall program, but chiefly from trimming the Course offerings for the 1984-85 academic year number of sections an individual course might have remained stable from last year's schedules. By Doris Suen what songs people want and they change it," have. This year's fell arts and social science courses were Engelhardt said. She also said that the student "When you do cut back, you have to watch out up, -while black studies, business, Puerto Rican The Pub has installed a jukebox to alleviate the government or the Food Committee will decide that you're offering an adequate program," O'Brien studies, math/science and urban studies offerings problem of radio versus radio. The jukebox was what songs will be on the machine based on stu- said, emphasizing that courses in majors with low were down slightly. The other areas had no change. "strongly" recommended at a Food Committee dent requests. meeting last fell, said Director of Food Service "From my point of view, it's going to solve £athy Engelhardjt,^ . „_ . many problems regarding the radios," Engelhardt The jukebox is supplied by the Alpha Omega said. and neither the University or SAGA (Food Ser- The cost of the jukebox will be .25 for one Tuition Increases By 5% vice) earns profit from the machine. "What we song, .50 for three songs, $1 of change for six do is keep a record allowance where we tell them songs and seven songs for a one dollar bill. By Doris Suen Planning Committee which proposed the increase. "This is the lowest percentage increase in a number This is the last time CLC students will be pay- of years," Griffin said. ing $166 a credit. Executive Vice President and Chairman of the The Board of Trustees has approved an increase UBPC Dr. Paul J. Reiss said the committee MARIO STRAPS US IN 2 in tuition which will raise the cost of one CLC "develops a plan for expenditure, presents the plan credit tp $175. Tuititon for Rose Hill will be $6350. to the president of Fordham who presents the pro- All increases take effect next fall. posal to the Board of Trustees." According to Reiss, The Best And Worst Of Times 4 "The increase was necessary to keep pace with there were small modifications made by the Board inflation," said United Student Government of Trustees, but "by and large, everything was ap- In Movies, 1984 Academic Vice President Daniel Griffin. Griffin proved." is student representative of the University Budget Plans To Increase Frosh Enrollments in Fordhdam. This outreach includes greater alumni involvement, By Robert Dunne especially from alumni located in areas across the country that are not accessible to visits by Lenhart and his staff. From Phoenix to With the baby-boom era at an end, student enrollments are declin- Boston, Fordham alumni trained in recruitment have sponsored ing in grammar schools to colleges. Here at CLC, overall school events to generate student interest. enrollment is down 7 percent while newly entering student enroll- 'There is a challenge for the Admissions Office to find ways of ment is down about 12 percent. ^ recruiting students," Lenhart said. Part of this challenge, Lenhart Because of the smaller pool of students to draw from, the Ad- added, is to reach the students earlier, which includes screening high missions Office is faced with a necessity to change its recruitment school juniors based on the PSAT exam results, and promoting more procedures. Associate Director of Admissions Steven Lenhart has tours and individual visitations to the University. already started several new approaches to "reach the students earlier," But the newest innovation the Admissions Office is employing and has other plans in the making for the spring. is through video technology. Fordham and other select schools have Although there is a nationwide downward trend in applications contracted with the Learning Rcsouces Network, where equipment to colleges, at CLC Lenhart and his Admissions staff have initiated is made available to 600 high schools across the country. Now, in a "greater outreach" for prospective students, to sustain their interest a videotaped presentation, Fordham can show to students the CLC and Rose Hill campuses and interviews of students and faculty, without actually having a representative present. The film, narrated by Fordham alumnus Charles Osgood, emphasizes Fordham's New York location and its "Jesuit tradition," which Lenhart clarified us fostering closer student-to-student and student-to-teacher relation- ships, all within the framework of a university operating with high standards. The high schools selected arc supposed to be among the best in the country; their selection is based on average SAT scores and the number of Merit Scholarships awarded to the schools' STKVKN I.KNIIART students. Because of llie fewer number of high school students, Lenhart the Admissions Office uses student workers to phone prospective said college recruitments are getting more competitive. He said to students, informing them of college tours and visitations. maintain CLC's enrollment, it would be a simple matter to lower As an extension of student visitations, Lcnharl said he would like the requirements for admission. But, he added, "If we were to drop to start a "buddy system" at CLC, where upperclassmen would ac- standards," the University would have an "open door" policy which company prospective applicants in (heir visits to the school, and would lower the quality of its students. as they sit in on classes. "It's hurd to be ethical in these cut-Fhroat times of declining enroll- But the best recruiter for new students, Lenhart admitted, is the ment," Lenhart said, referring to policies some colleges use to get individual Fordham student, who can personally make the strongest students to enroll, like having administrators or instructors badger impression on prospective students he/she knows, cither in the fam- CHARLES OSGOOSD students on the phone, or moving up acceptance deadlines. At CLC, ily, neighborhood or former high school; ° page 2/ The Observer/January 23,1985 OTHER VIEWS The Art Of Being Collegiate BY Thomas Waite study Descartes and 17th century rationalism, if not so that collegiate outweighs any trivial concerns with embarassment or I've been trying, recently, to define my college experience. some truly collegiate thinker can say something like: 'I'm really porper study technique. A Junior studies in the library with his Make sense of the whole business. Years and years from now, behind on my work; but since I'm so tar behind, I couldn't book held directly over his face so that, when he falls asleep, when I look back on this time in my life, what will I say I did': possibly do it all tonight; so I might as well go out drinking in- the book nestles over his eyes, and he can sleep better. I don't mean specifically. I mean in the overarching sense of stead.' Or, 'I don't care that she refused the drink I bought for Seniors have perfected the art of being collegiate, which is, what it all added up to. her. because I'm depressed enough to drink two, anyway.' of course, what makes them ready to graduate. When a Senior I know these years of college life won't add up to going to After a night of collegiate drinking, the collegiate way to at- goes to the library, he doesn't bother to bring a book, because classes. That's an awfully dry life and one lived only when I tend class is to be on time only with a few sacrifices. For in- he knows he's not going to study anyway. A Senior selects a made it to school on time. These years have been richer than stance, it is very collegiate to wake up after a night of. drinking magazine from the library racks, usually a scholarly quarterly that. And certainly college life won't be summed up by the so late for class that there is no time to dress. Even more col- like the Journal of Political Science, and lays it on his face, so knowledge I've gained. Too much of that learning will be soon legiate is to discover that it doesn't matter, because you're he can sleep better. Once a student is going to the library with forgotten. Platonic notions of justice, for instance, will leave already dressed. Only after you've returned home should you the express purpose of sleeping, say because he was out drink- my mind with the first three martini lunch I write off my taxes.