»: .. , . _Vol. 71,' Nymb....e__r ....·6..·· In...f....o....,;r..m....·atioIl NOw' Noyember"12, .1997 ChildC-are.·Up In The.Ai_·- By Chan-joo Moon Bernice Vasquez can tell you about the. diffieulries of being a mother first, anda studentsecond. Sitting in a meeting organized by Student Life, which was called on October 30, to discuss the child' care policy' at Baruch, she re-. counted how she asked a professor to give her an assignment early because she had to go home to her toddler son. "All ofus have situa­ tions," he told her, flatly denying her request. She went home any­ way. Problems like the one Bernice' Debbie'Bick~DugganOeft)speakswith concerned student- faced are becoming more common, parents reg8rdingchild care issues. ' as the number 'of non-traditional students attending eolleges....and student parents, Todd Boressoff, universities are skyrocketing, driv- Higher Education Officer .at Bor­ ingthe average age ofthe student ough of Manhattan Community body into the mid-twenties. The College (BMCC) and the Advocacy corresponding increases in the Chairperson for the National C08.;. number of student parents are lition for -CampusChildren's Cen- . makingcampusesacrossthe:nation ters(NCCCC), tooka trip.to Wash- 'Ca:ce·tbErneeds fororr-eampesehild '. ington.D..C.toaddressthisissue9n . care.. ,At.B~c~, about ten percent . a national scale. In a jarring con­ of the student body~ or 1,.500 stu- trast, Baruehadminlstratora have ~~~:~~•. aCCording to .' instituted a poliCyas of'Septembel! .'.. ~:',"', ..... '.' ~;-. '': '-;'.':~ ,'-. :.. '. " '. '. ',--'1 c.w· .: ~. j))" '.. the. dim- ., ',. , • •. • .... - .,';A" .... • -"" .~', : .... 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By Tamim Islam "We would be subject to steeppenal­ Matthew Goldstein, President of ties ifwe fail to follow these policies" BaruchCollege satdown in a town hall said Goldstein. meeting on Sunday, November9, to in­ When askedby a student parent about teract with student leaders from vari­ the future ofthe child care facility at ous student organizations during the Baruch after its lease runs out in 1999, 15th annual Leadership Weekend President Goldstein said that he has jointly organized by the Office ofStu­ been in contact with state legislators to dent Life and the various student gov­ .. secure funding for this facility. ernments. j "I have been in touch with [state] Goldstein unveiled a multi-million ..s Senator Roy Goodman," said -dollar program to modify the Under­ ~ Goldstein. "I have asked for some capi­ graduate curriculum to make it more ·~tal money from Albany." he said communication intensive. c8 Although it was uncertain ifhe would "All students will have to take at least conegePresidentMatdleWGoIdBteiD<J.t'8DCf·Viee-PftSident·::-··. get the money requested, he said that, one course every semesterthat is com­ Samuel JohnsOn talking to sttidentIeadei-s duringLeadership "Ifwe get that money, we can set up a munication intensive," he said. 44The Weekend ' new child care facility at our campus courses will be in different subjects after reviewing the requests ofthe com­ project will be supported by funds gen­ once the lease of the current site runs ranging from Mathematics to Comput­ panies who recruit at Baruchandalways erated from our generous alumni," he out." . ers to Finance and in other subjects," have complained that Baruch students said. "But the new facility will not be part he said. are not all that proficient at communica­ Shedding his .thoughts on the child of our newacademic building at 25th uWe want all Baruch students to tion skills," he said care debate at Baruch, Goldstein said Street," he said write-write-write and speak-speak­ 4'1 am in the process ofsecuring fund­ that, 44We are mandated by state laws to President Goldstein said that the new ing for this ambitious project," said enforce the.policy regarding allowing. speak," said Goldstein. coniinued onpage 5 Goldstein. "This multi-million dollar children in our buildings." "Thisprogram isbeingimplemented .' . ..... \ 2 TICKER NEWS NOVEMBER 12,1997 TICKER' -NEWS 'NOVEMBER 12, '1997' 3 Students DSS-·GUsted~ind-'-ESS··- Asperated By MingWong Club and organizational lead­ ers expressed their dissat.isfac­ tion over the job that the stu­ dent governments have per­ formed this semester. During Leadership Weekend on November 7-9, student lead­ ers gathered together in a fo­ rum with Day Session Student Government (DSSG)· and Evening Session Student As­ sembly (ESSA) to discuss prob- ' lems and to bring forward sug­ gestions regarding student gov­ ernments. PS$G president Dan Peress Sam Obukwelu, president of the Finance and Economic tion, was concerned about the Society,voiced his concerns future of child care in the Col­ about the goal of student gov­ lege. With the lease for the 19th ernment. Street building, which houses "I do not understand what the Early Childhood Learning [student government] does for Center, up at the end of 1999, students," said Obukwelu. and no plans ofmoving the cen­ "Student government does not ter to Site B- the new academic seem to be concerned about the complex under construction on problems of the students. The 25th Street - she wanted to only time that they do is dur­ ing elections," said one student, According to Ilan Peress, DSSG president, DSSG is un­ der-staffed. He said the circum­ stances they are under prevent them from accomplishing every­ thing that is planned. Celeste Mejia, president of the Student-Parent Oi-ganiaa- .areerServicesRetrenched For NewerOne ~. , .- -- .... -'. '" - ';- • 1 _ '. ~ ......'l. ., " • -, ~__ », .- '" y Tamim Islam "Aside from keeping track of terview rooms now;" said -ing prC>gTam· ran 'by,·the.<CDq. 'With,the-vision-to-combine·-ea- .. the..-s·tudent~ ~4Ugh>,---ImbilDbo.---,~ have £Our. dedi-_ "Peers-ror-caceers is a prOgram ~._, ~. ,_ e e r counseling: and 'career" the on-campus"recrurttng pro- cared 'interview rooms, but if wbere'-the -stUdeJit---eOUn'tJe:j'~&-f' lacement a year and a halfago, cess, this list will also help us needed we can and have ar­ of TEAM Baruch help review he previous career placement to keep in touch with the stu- ranged as many as six rooms," resumes of the students and Contents: Influential Media Discussion ffice was cut down in order to dents once they have gradu- said Lambert. also help them with Internet uild the current career devel- ated," said Imbimbo. "You can In an attempt to reach more job searches," said Ellen pment center from ground up. not under estimate the value of evening students, CDC is open Adelman, who coordinates the "We needed to retrench the networking with the alumni," till 7:00 PM three days a week. peer counseling aspect ofCDC. ld career office and its archaic she said. They also have~careel:"-eou:ns~l- ''We currently have 16 peer .NeW8_:'~ ~ ~ ~~fr{)nl· counselors," said Adelman. _ "'~1~... C0.4::",,'-'.......' .. r~- ,,,- ~t ):~.;" :'t :_~,~~~~...... tructure and processes to build In the past year CDC has also ing sessions conducted' by ~ ,~ ~. ~ The peer counselors helped ap­ : , _ ..,,: ¥ ;, ., _: .. ,l;.:: ", r ••, "'I. .... "';_ :. - .' new one from scratch," said uploaded most of its informa- Allyson Brathwaite. amuel Johnson, vice president tion on to the Internet- so that CDC has also implemented proximately 500 students in Letters-/Op:.: . or student affairs. He en- the students can access these six resume collection cycles, this year reported Adelman. rusted Dr. Patricia V. Imbimbo information at their conve- three per semester instead of CDC has been charging a fee Eds: 6 " ith Barbara M. Lambert to nience. one per semester. "We started to various companies who come rchitect the new career de~el- CDC also plans to put the in- the six resume collection cycles to Baruch to set up tables dur­ pment center. terview sign-up process over the to better aide the students who. ing Career Fair. "We charge The results of the new career Internet. "We are here to facili- might not be all that prepared them $100," said Imbimbo. fflce have been overwhelming. tate the students and give them at the beginning of the semes­ Various New York area colleges 'Ifyou build it, they will come," the most access to the Career ter," said Lambert. "We do not charge between $50-200 to the aid Imbimbo about the success Development Office," said want to have any students who companies' wbo come to their he new CDC has received so Imbimbo. feel they have been left out of campus. are The Internet sign-up for on- the on-campus recruiting oppor­ "Surprisingly the quality of .,-, , ' - ByMingWong theAmericanAssociationofAdver- that, "We need the media to get the The CDC has created comput- campus interviews will be a tunities if they missed the first companies who come to Baruch '"Art" s: ' ~ ~ ~ ~ 23,. A panel of prominent figures in tising Agencies; and Pat Smith, message out the voters." rized data base of all compa- password protected service. resume collection," she said. 4as vastly improved after we various facets of media explored Vice President of Rubenstein As- Dabadie believes that the lack of ies who come to Baruch to re- This will give an alternative to Aside from these additions, implemented the fee," said the influence ofthe modem media sociates. The discussion was mod­ voterinterestinrecent elections,es­ ruit. "So far the we have 1,100 the busy students who can not the CDC has also increased the Imbimbo. "More companies on voters duringa panel discussion erated by Eugene Marlow, Ph.D, a peciallyamongyounger voters could ompanies in our data base," always go to the Career Devel- frequency of eareer-counseljng are interested to come to re­ Sports:..•..back organized by the College's Busi- professor in the College's Business be improved through the Internet, aid Lambert. "The list is grow- opment Office inperson to sign related seminars and mock in- cruit here," said Lambert, "but ness Journalism Program. Journalism department.