University of Missouri, St. Louis IRL @ UMSL Current (1980s) Student Newspapers 2-14-1985 Current, February 14, 1985 University of Missouri-St. Louis Follow this and additional works at: https://irl.umsl.edu/current1980s Recommended Citation University of Missouri-St. Louis, "Current, February 14, 1985" (1985). Current (1980s). 149. https://irl.umsl.edu/current1980s/149 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at IRL @ UMSL. It has been accepted for inclusion in Current (1980s) by an authorized administrator of IRL @ UMSL. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Happy Valentine's Day! from the Current . reb. 14, 1985 University of Mlssourl·SL Louis Issue 505 New degree programs approved for UMSL The University of Missouri City they are two times as large. Board of Curators has approved a At Rolla, more enhancements request for new doctoral and New degree pro­ were approved than cuts, but not graduate programs at UMSL. grams will include as many as for UMSL. At its meeting in Columbia master's degrees in Officials said that most pro­ Friday, the board accepted UM grams targeted for elimination President C. Peter Magrath's co tTl Puter science had few if any degree recipients recommendation that eight new and doctorates in in past years, but that students degree programs be offered physics and political working toward degrees in those here, and that enhancement of 17 science. areas would be allowed to other areas take place. continue. In other actions, the board also Magrath said he had based his approved increases in the stu­ recommendations on planning dent activities fee and in parking science. done by the university's two vice violation fines. Programs which would be en­ presidents, four campus chan­ In recommending the new pro­ hanced include chemistry, Cen­ cellors and their staffs. Their grams to the board, Magrath said ter for Metropolitan Studies, proposals to him had been that "the time for planning has managment and management developed from in-depth reviews passed. The time for action - information systems in the of all academic, ad'ministrative decisive, exciting and creative- School of Business Administra­ and service units. is at hand." - tion, physics, political science, The curators .also approved an The recommendations were public poJicy administration, increase of $5.30 in the student part of a university-wide review doctorate in psychology, speech activity fee for UMSL. Students of program priorities. communication, School of will now pay $55 per semester The new degree programs Education doctorate, bachelor's ~and $27 .50 during the summer. must now be' approved by the program in math and science Changes will become effective Coordinating Board for Higher education, scholarships, safety this summer. The additional Education. and risk management, develop­ funds will go toward the athletic Nearly $10 .2 million wnI be ment, student assessment and and University Center portions saved through cuts in programs data services, cooperative of the fee. and service along with other education and computerized ca­ Stiffer penalties ' for parking efficiencies. Two programs at reer counseling. and driving violations will be UMSL will be cut under the Programs which would be placed in effect as well. The fine plan. eliminated are the bachelor's for failure to obtain a parking The new programs slated for degree in music history and permit will jump from $10 to $25 . UMSL include master's degrees literature and Vietnam Improper parking or failure to ~ in computer science, gerontol­ veteran's certification. display a parking permit will Sharon KubalLky ogy and physio-optics; master of UMSL fared better than the result in a $10 fine, instead of the .FLY BALL: Riverman Ted Meier lets go for two pOints in a social work; executive MBA; other campuses: At UMC , reduc­ present $3 penalty. Improper Feb. 6 game ~gainst the University of Missouri-Rolla. Meyer Ph.D. in management; and doc­ tions are twice as large as recom­ driving will now carry a $20 fine , scored 20 f?0lnts to hel~ lead the Rivermen to a 78-69 victory torates in physics and political mended additions, and in Kansas up from $15. over the Miners. The Rl vermen will take part in the Missouri Intercollegiate-Athletic Association p Rnancial aid cuts Honors program will see changes courses which will be phased into Jack Grone awarding stipends to students in reporter the program." recognition of their success and will hurt stixlents In order to inform students potential. The Honors Commit­ incomes above $25 ,000 per year Additional course offerings, about the opportunities in the tee, which is made up of both Chuck Weithop would be unable to receive Pell aggressive recruitment, and a program, a "much more students and faculty members, reporter grants. Currently, students new name will be part of a aggresive" recruitment program allocates the money, according The Reagan administration's from families earning more project to expand the current will begin, according to Hause. to Hause. Sophomore Honors Program proposed changes in federal than $30 ,000 per year must "Before, we had relatively few next year, according to history ,Students usually receive $100 student aid programs in the demonstrate need in order to students · recruited from high professor Steven Hause, director for each course in the program 1986 Education Department receive financial aid. schools," said Hause. "More re­ " It seems clear that financial of the program. they take, with a maximum of budget will have a direct effect cruitment was done at UMSL $200 going to each student in one on UMSL students. Mark aid will be cut in some way," Perhaps the most obvious after the first semester. We want Nugent said. "I hope Congress semester. The stipends may be Nugent, director of Student change will be in. the program's to make much more effort to con­ renewed twice. Financial Aid at UMSL, will approach this very careful­ name, which will become "The tact potential students while estimated that one-third of the ly and not do anything this Pierre Laclede Honors Pro­ they're still in high school." "The stipends are also an total dollar amount of financial drastic. " gram," named after the French incentive to stay in the program aid here could be affected. Nugent said that the specific businessman who founded St.· "Recruiting students before once you've been accepted," said numbers of stUdents at UMSL Louis in 1764. was a somewh~ t unstructured Mike Mushlin, a student in the The proposed changes would who could be affected by the process," said English professor program. changes were not available. He The program will also include John Onuska, who teaches the limit students to a maximum of In addition to the stipends, the said that Phillip S. Rokicki of new courses, including "The program's Literary Master­ $4.,000 per year in financial aid. Honors Program offers class the University of Missouri Cen­ Political Economy of the Welfare pieces course. " Now we want to Families with annual incomes sizes of less than 20 students in tral Administration was cur­ State" and "Strategies of go to the high schools and recru it, greater than $32 ,500 would be general education courses. For reritly compiling the numbers Inquiry." and perhaps take a few of the automatically disqualified example, one of Onuska's and would issue a report in a students currently in the, pro­ from the Guaranteed Student "The faculty voted in Decem­ Literary Masterpieces courses few weeks. gram with us." Loan program. ber to adopt ten courses for the . has four students in it. In addition, families with See "Aid," page 2 program," Hause said: "The One incentive for students to courses we added are topics join the program is the policy of See " Honors," page 2 ~- ' in this issue----------------. A day for love The year's best What's the problem? editorials..... ..... ... page 4 features/arts .... ..... page 6 The Current publishes your The Current's music reviewer Sports editor Dan Kimack love notes... ... ... page 8 love notes in the center takes a look at the good, the comments on the lack of at­ classifieds ..... ... page 10 spread today - Happy Valen­ bad and the unheard-of in his tendance at home basketball around UMSl. .. ... page 12 tine's Day! pop music column. games. sports ........ '.' .... page 13 page 8 page 7 page 13 -.. page 2 CURRENT Feb. 14, 1985 ums. u2date--l Sarich named to Cont. Ed. p~st Mark Sarich has been named senior con­ tinuing education coordinator for Continuing Education-Extension programs at UMSL. The appointment was announced by Wendell Smith, dean of Continuing Education­ Extension. Sarich's job responsibilities will include coordination and development of workshops, seminars and other programs offered by Con­ tinuing Education-Extension. Prior to joining UMSL, Sarich served as staff assistant in community programs for the Office of Continuing Education at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Mark Sarich and instructor for senior citizen classes for the Metro East Institute of Lifetime Learning. Further information on UMSL Continuing Education programs may be obtained by calling 553-5961. Video workshop set A Video Production Workshop is being offered on Monday eve­ . nings from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., beginning on Feb. 18 and continuing through April 22. The workshop will give participants valuable training in the total production process in a laboratory setting. Students will also gain hands-on experience through the use of actual television studio equipment, including color and black and white TV Rachel Johnson cameras, microphones, audio mixer, video switcher, video JOB FAIR: The Student Work Assignment Program sponsored its annual Job Fairthis week. Rep­ cassette recorders, quartz lighting system, and a wide variety resentatives of various companies were at UMSL to speak to students about job opportunities.