Physics Degree Approved by CCHE A bachelor of science degree Ronald R. Bourassa, chairman in physics will be offered for the of the department. first time in September at In addition to preparing stu­ uccs, according to Chancellor dents who intend to pursue Donald Schwartz_ graduate studies in physics or to. Announcement of the new seek an industrial position with degree followed approval July a traditional physics degree, 11 of the program by the Colo­ two special options will be rado Commission on Higher offered, he said. ' ' Education, which has final The Applied Physics, or Solid authority over proposed degree State, option will be for students programs for the state's public presently employed or who colleges and universities. intend to seek employment in' The physics degree will be the semi-conductor industry. offered by the Department of' The Energy Science option Physics and Energy Science win prepare students, for through the College of Letters, energy-related careers in indus- , Arts and Sciences. This brings try and government. to 16 the num'ber of degree pro­ The new degree program was grams available through LAS. approved by the university's Bats Invade Main Hall Three options will be avail­ board of regents in March, prior able to students who will major to its submission to the CCHE. by Mike Hackman came back negative, none of the voked. "They show their teeth in physics, according to Dr. Why is everyone in Main Hall bats' were rabid. "If someone is and let out a hiss when we try to looking skyward? Divine gui­ bitten or comes in contact with a capture them," Trujillo inter­ dance? No! Bats. Eleven bats bat the State Patrol transports jected. have been found in Main Hall the animal to Denver (where the' The bats are believed to have (one actually made it to Crag­ testing is done) and the results been forced to abandon their mor Hall) ,since the July 4 of the test take about an hour," natural habitat because of weekend. explained Trujillo. either the demolition of South "It is really unusual to find Fortunately, none ofthe bats Hall, construction within Main this many bats on campus. U su­ on campus came in contact with Hall; or road work done in the ally we discover one, maybe any students, staff, or faculty. construction, of the Austin two, bats a year. Obviously Despite the negative results of Bluffs Parkway. some type of nest or roost has the testing bats are still danger­ The bats have been found at­ been disturbed," speculated ous. Bats, unlike all other anim­ tached to windows and walls, UCCS Chief of Police, Arnold als, will not die when exposed to lying on floors and desks a~d Trujillo. rabies, but become carriers of have startled more than a few The first four bats found on the disease. Thus; a rabid bat ,people. " campus were taken to the El cannot be , identified in most Two methods of extermina­ Paso County Health Depart­ cases without laboratory test­ tion of the animals have been ment for testing. After that due ing. Yet, as Trujillo emphasizes, discussed. 1) Hole up the build­ to the tremendous backlog of " at this time there is no danger ing just leaving an escape route testing caused by an increase in to anyone on campus." as the bats will leave in the win­ the bat population throughout ' , According to the Health ter. 2) Gas the animals (this will the com~u n4ythe universiw__ Departm~nt th~ bat13 on campus only be .used if the animals was instructed to dispose of the are not the highly publicized become a menace to health). captured bats unless contact vampire bat but are a type of bat Anyone who finds a bat any- ' with humans was made. which feeds on insects. The bats where on campus should con­ After five days the results of of this type are not known to tact the UCCS Police. the testing on the four bats attack unless they are pro- GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. South Hall, one of the remaining buildings left on campus from Cragmor's historic past, was recently torn down. The building comes down following last spring's fire which r.endered the facility beyond repair. By the start Heritage Assumes Position of of thefall semester the area will be part of a completely paved and lighted parking lot. Increased parking fees will finance the project. UCAS Student -Chancellor In addition, the increased fees will buy more gravel and lights for parking lot #1 (located behind the Library), and pay to reseal all of by Pat Gribbin cation between student gov­ files on campus for students the main parking lot. Michael Heritage, for­ ernment and the Adminis­ and "to take any other task merly the Vice-Chancellor of tration, establishing a that I am capable of that the University of Colorado student lobby organization would be in the best interest Summer Enrollment at Associated Students, has on campus, establishing test of students." mov!!d up to assume the posi­ UCCS Largest Ever---- tion of Student Chancellor. In his n'ew position, va­ The largest enrollment ever hours. The LAS total is an cated ,by the resignation of for a summer session is now increase of 4.2 percent over last Tris Schnepp, Heritage attending classes at UCCS. summer's enrollment. pledges to "investigate cam- A .total of 2,256 students Percentage increases for this , pus wide problems affecting enrolled for this year's summer summer over last summer in students and bring those to session, an increase of slightly other colleges and schools are: the attention of the proper more than five percent over the College of Engineering and authority to be solved." 2,145 enrolled last year. Applied Science, 35.5 percent; Heritage is currently a Female students total 1,297, College of Business and Admin­ senior majoring in Finance. or 57.4 percent of the summer istration, 12.7 percent; and the He was appointed Student session enrollment. School of Education, 3.5 Dean to the Coll.ege of Busi­ Student credit hours in- percent. ness last October, and was creased in all schools and col- Fulltime equivalent students elected to the post of Vice­ leges exce,pt' t h e Gradu ate ar'e 375.3, an increase of 8 per­ Chancellor last spring. When School of Public Affairs. cent over last summer's total of Schnepp resigned'last month, The College of Letters, Arts ' 347.6 SFTE. Heritage assumed his duties apd Sciences students are tak- . ' The UCCS summer session in accordance with the ing a total of 5,245 credit hours, , will end August 8. Registration UCAS Constitution. more than 46 percent of the cam- for the fall semester will be held Among his personal goals pus's total of 11,258 credit August 25-27. are improving the communi- I~i', The V ·C.CS News needs 'repor- Busey Named Professor ·'Emeritus :t ers and advertising salespeople. James L. Busey, professor of after 28 years. as a member of nated " professor, emeritus." political science at UCCS, was the University of Colorado First was the )ate Evan Scott, .Reporters are paid', by the story. named professor emeritus facqlty. Busey has bElen with professor of English, who was .Salespeople . receive a 250/0 com- I;' recently by the university's the UCCS campus since 1965. the only fulltime f aculty board of regents. Prior to that he taught 13 years member to move to the Cragmor ,mission on all advertising sales. Busey's new title will be effec­ at the Boulder campus. campus location when the Apply on Mondays from 9 a.m. to tive in December 1980, follow­ He is the s e;cond faculty downtown University of Colo- M~inJlall ing his retirement from UCCS, member at UCCS to be desig- (Cont. on page 3) Noon in Rm. 411. ; v j I j I '\ I " " ,', . FROM THE WANTED EDITORS. • • What do the United States and thl: Soviet Union have in com­ mon? According to Lord Killanin, President of the International Olympic Committee. a man trying to reconcile th~ two powers . .. "bu·reaucracy. " . Yet. despite this international similarity bureaucracy is not limited to the governments of the super powers. Whenever power and an individual to enforce and administer the power exist, bureaucracy will surely follow. One such haven for this type of bureaucratic existence is the university environment. UCCS is no exception. UCCS' student government is perhaps the university's worst offender. MARGUL.IES Within the UCCS Stu.dent 'Government there exists a system College·Press ServIce _ which stifles creative thinking. In between arguments, personality clashes, and petty disputes some ideas are generated but these usually die ci painfully bureazicratic death. The UCCS Student Government is too inflexible and does not show enough initiative to · confront issues which are important to students. Instead the Letters to the edito.r· ... members spend their time resigning, plotting to oust eaCh other, and in general arguing about political matters on a personal level. To th'e editor of the UCCS News: operates for the benefit of the government must keep an open t For once the student government should stop arguing policies, At this time, I would like to entire student body and not just door policy with the intent to rules, and personalities and start making progress which benefits commend Neil Schroeder upon to . cater to one or two special , respond ' to the voice of its the student body. the excellent job he is doing as interest groups. constituents. Student government should be a place where concerned students student body president.