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Presorted Standard U.S. Postage Paid Seattle,WA Permit No. 2783 S E A T T L E h* U DIVERSITY ■B >{&ibH B^v JM I ' Wf m Is fl l^^l k;\ I a I A -\ *** '* S* Ifl ¥ "tl if /<* I 1 / I^J '^Hw«^BBflBBf '^yMlllMteßtffii I A -'-'<bb P^n ■ / I^l ■HBlllßbc i 9 Rf Index ASSU 12 I I f M^^h^l 2-5 I3IIr News Classifieds B^^^^^^B ii|i i^ta^^^B^ Sports 6-7 Personals I3fl Features 8-9 Opinion 14-15 I HBBBL A&E 10- 1I Campus Voice I6IB^^^^^^jL^^B^^^^^X^^^^Jß^^^^^^^Zjfl 2 News New e-mail library survey revealed Bon MEGAN LEE out of the 1500 have been com- likes this survey;he said he is in- ministrationtoinvestigatewhatstu- StaffReporter pletedthesurvey.Graduate students clinedto use it in future years be- dents think about theirundergradu- Appetit Lately,many people at Seattle havecompleted191surveys.Inlast causethecostisrelativelylow.Also ate education and ideally commu- Universityarefindinglinks tovari- placeis the faculty,whohavecom- the consistency of using acompa- nicate how the undergraduate pro- oussurveys making their way into pleted 75surveys. rablerandomsamplein2004would gram couldbe improved. theire-mail boxes. "In addition to the statistical enable the library to collect data TheCSRproject issponsoredby planning Students and a faculty haveran- analysis, more than 200 of the re- indicative of how the survey was a grant from the Pew Charitable domly beenelectronicallyasked to spondents wrote free-text com- helpingtheuniversity evolve. Trusts inPhiladelphia. fill out various questionnaires. ments," John Popko,SU librarian "However,because our students Roschmentioned thereis agreat changes These surveys aredesigned to col- said. are sometimesbombardedwithsur- dealofconfidentiality surrounding lect dataonhowstudents feelabout "We'll announce our incentive veys.Iwouldwant tobesensitiveto these surveys. He was hesitant to JULIE VALDEZ theiruniversityexperienceandwhat prizesthe weekofMay 12.1plan to over-surveying." Popko said. give too much information as per StaffReporter at they expectacademically. publicize the winnersandthank our "Thismightpromptmetosurvey therequestsofhisbossJohnHayak. A girl looks her watch.It's doesn'thaveclass One of these surveys has been donors inan ad in The Spectator." students every other year and fac- Hyak, the Project Manager , was 1:30p.m. She "administered"by SU. AlthoughtheSUsurveyofficially ulty every thirdyear." unable for comment. for another half hour so she de- a walk to Cherry The SU library,with assistance "closed" lastweek students,Popko Anothersurveydispersedwasthe These surveys seem to be well- cides to take Balancing books from IT, sent out a totalof 2,895 still encourages students to com- CollegeStudent Report2003. The meaning,studyingstudentengage- StreetMarket. her arm, anxiously surveystorandomselections ofstu- pletethem,andsend theminbefore surveys weregiven outinhopesof ment. on one she looks sand- dents. the midnightMay 9. gettingvariousrepliesthatarewould For example the CSR asks, "In around atthepasta,pizzaand TheLibQUAL+2003Surveywas Afterthecut-offdateLibQUAL+ improve the University. your experience at yourinstitution wiches—anything to lull her sent to random sample of roughly willacceptnomoreinformation for "TheCollegeStudentReportis a duringthecurrent school year,how growling stomach. 1,500undergraduatestudents,1,000 this academic year. survey specially designed for stu- oftenhave youdone thefollowing? Shecontemplates gettinginline graduate students, law students, "The library will receive a com- dents like you to provide informa- for a sandwich. She takes noteof at at the and 395 faculty members. prehensivestatisticalanalysisofthe tionabout yourcollegeexperience, Students then are asked to re- the longline the deli and register. turns SU isjustone of370universities data in mid-June," Popko stated. including your views about the spond with"VeryOften,""Often," cash She around across the country to be giventhis "We'll analyzeit through the sum- quality of youreducation and how "Sometimes" or "Frequently" to a and spies California rolls and neatlydisplayed in library-based survey this spring. merand fall and use the results to youspendyourtime,"JacobRosch, plethora ofexamples suchas "pre- bottled water refrigerated area. The stated purpose is for the revise current policies and prac- supervisor'sassistant,IndianaUni- paredtwoor more draftsofapaper their own there's only LibQUAL+ 2003 Survey is to de- tices andintroduce new ones." versityCenterforSurveyResearch, orassignmentbefore turningitin". It's 1:45 p.m. and fine and measure library service Financial support for the said. The question is:are these meth- onecashier.Several studentswith growling quality across institutions and cre- LibQUAL+ 2003 Survey comes "Each year more than 150,000 odsof collectingdataqualitatively stomachs stand around ating useful assessment tools for from the U.S. Department of college students receive the CSR andquantitatively developed? Are impatiently,eager todevour their food, libraries. Education'sFundforImprovement andareinvitedtoexpresstheirviews they accurate assessments with while others stare blankly wondering This survey has emerged from ofPost Secondary Education. and describe theirexperiences." which to analyze data? Of the into space, how much the ARL Statistics and Measure- This LibQUAL+ 2003 Survey, The Indiana University Center coupledozenor sopeople queried their foodwasgoing to takeout of gets ment program. runbyTexasA&MUniversity,isin for Survey Research is conducting about the survey no one had re- their wallets. Thegirlfinally to Ofthe2895 surveys sentoutthere the thirdyearofa grant-fundedna- the CSR. sponded and very few evenknew pass the cashier and rushesoff with$8 pocket. has beenanoverallresponserateof tionalresearchproject.Sofar Popko Thestated purposeisfor the ad- about them. class less inher Accordingto theBon Appe"tit's 20.8 percent. survey, a So far undergraduates have the annual student this is typical day SU students. The highest response rate. About 335 for operatinghours,pricesandplaces of food services oncampus have TO LEARN been are still are major student concerns. Ha CABffltl Thesurvey,which wassent out Correction: to allstudents throughe-mail,re- ceived 548 replies. Students re- In the article "Examining the Wh.r. did P..rl J.m spondedtothe service,food qual- play first gigs? i^H^H £«81 EvaluationProcess at SU" their C^S^qH HffijH ity,value,variety,hoursand sani- which ran onApril 24 several What Amarloan Revolution tary conditions of the five main quotes were incorrectly h*ro did Tupno Identify with? foodlocations. "Since this is the first year in attributed to Dean Wallace Find out at EMP this May. whan J *fl - ' some of these eating facilities, Loh that shouldhave been collaga studanti with ID gat In HE! . thesesurveyshelpusimprove and for just *10. attributed to Dean George «| findout what the students want," Simmons. Bon Appetit District Manager Spand tha day supplementing lL ti ■ BQ9 ' ' Brian Wilbursaid. your aduoatlon for tha ohaapast '- — IffiS Accordingtotheresults,thema- lab faa you'll avar pay digital - Dli ' ■ jority responsesto quality, lasaons onraai instruments and ' '' of food MaflaaJ^ sanitary conditions your own virtual conoart |% service and /M Hffß were positive. Menu variety rat- includad. x ■tT% *k./l ings weremixed and varied con- siderably by The price/ You might walk out with a big flr location. however ching* In your career goals. HkSKuJHI value category, received the most negative comments. "Igota small bowl of riceand /^SUMMER-FALL N Experience yT^pA^L teriyaki at Cherry Street Market I2003 ExamCycleJ for $5 ... It wasexpensive,but I Music WM didn't have time to run to the BAR [Jt^^m^ftA teriyaki place down the streetand Seattle U Mon 5/19 9:00 am Project Iwas hungry, so Ipaid for it," SeattleU Tues 5/27 9:00 am Cecelia Salim, communications Uof W Mon 6/16 6:00 pm student, said. CPA/CMA According to the results, 46.4 CPA Sat. 8/9 8:00 am percentofresponsessaidthatprice CMA Sat. 5/10 8:00 am isextremely important. Thatper- 6,000 Prior centage is a large portion of the surveyed, compared to Washington Students students (Over J the .9percent whosaid thatitwas BROCHURE not at all important. CALLFORFREE jfl rvDCDTCMfC MAW J t BbHßßbbVbbTJbb^k' I f I "I'veeatenat the Hawk's Nest SeattJe/Belinac.... (206)624-0716 "J| I 325 Fifth Aye.N. at SeattleCenter acouple oftimes,"Tommy (800) 636-0716 Bistro or Le,business student,said. "Ithink www.rigos.net the food is tooexpensiveand not SeeFeeding page 4 The Spectator "May 8, 2003 News 3 Alan Keyes visit cancelled; questions remain ERICA TERENCE according to Parker, who is trying The club had arranged for the StaffReporter to reschedule' the event. If Keyes Sorrento Hotel to donate accom- TwothousanddollarssitinASSU isn t securedas aspeakerinthe next modations for Keyes and several appropriation limbo, with Alan three weeks, ASSU's money will otherprivate donors had agreedto Keyes'name onthem, whileclubs re-enter theappropriations pool. helpout as well.