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February 16,1982
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MSC Council and Directorate
has active fall programming
by Nancy Weatherley
Battalion Staff
Last semester was one of the
most active semesters in prog
ramming for the Memorial Stu
dent Center, the MSC Council
and Directorate president says.
“We’re trying to emphasize
the arts more, have some cultu
ral events, as well as the speakers
and entertainers,” President
Doug Dedeker said.
However, last semester’s in
creasing number of programs
raised questions of overprog
ramming and a possible “burn
out” of students.
“We are probably, for the
first time, having to seriously
look at the quantity of programs
we are producing,” Dedeker
said.
“We’re going to have to have
less, but bigger (programs).
We’re going to have to be very
careful this spring, because since
we produced so many prog
rams, we used quite a bit of our
funds.
Dedeker said all of the com
mittees are growing — “as the
University grows, so does our
organization” — but said it is im
portant for the organization to
realize “that we’re not trying to
create a need, that we’re fulfill-
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mg one.
The Council and Directorate
went through a reorganization
process last spring that affected
its fall operations.
As a result of the reorganiza
tion, five Council officers were
added, bringing the total to 24.
In addition, six vice presidents
— development, finance, opera
tions, programs, public relations
and student development —
were added, and 17 director and
coordinator positions were cre
ated to assist the vice presidents.
“I think we did a very good
job (of reorganization) last
year,” Dedeker said. “We do
have some fine tuning to do, but
that can be expected. That
should be done every year; there
should be minor changes (that)
occur every year.”
MSC Director Jim Reynolds
said there were three major
goals in regard to reorganiza
tion that the Council wished to
accomplish:
• Establish a structure for the
MSC Council and Directorate
that would allow the organiza
tion to successfully produce and
evaluation all MSC program
ming.
• Devise a system of Council
and Directorate positions that
would be feasible for students to
accomplish.
• Increase the number of
Council officer positions and
thereby provide the opportunity
for more students to hold im
portant positions.
“The productivity of the
Council and Directorate had
outstripped the organizational
structure, so we needed to catch
up and develop a new organiza
tional structure, which would
allow us to watch over effectively
that which we were already
doing,” Reynolds said.
Applications program
available for Fellows
by Steven B. Larkin
Battalion Reporter
The University Undergra
duate Fellows Program now is
accepting applications from
qualified juniors who wish to
obtain a “complete research
experience,” says Dr. Melvin
Friedman, program coordi
nator.
The Fellows Program, a
part of the University Honors
Program, allows students to
pursue independent research
during their senior years.
This research counts as six
credit hours.
To be eligible for the prog
ram a student must have an
overall grade point ratio of 3.5
at the end of his junior year,
must make a commitment to
be at the University for the fall
and spring semesters of his
senior year and must have the
endorsement of his faculty
adviser, department head and
dean.
The number of students
who can participate in the
program is unlimited and
prior involvement with the
University Honors Program is
not required.
The program involves five
steps designed tp improve the
student’s research, communi
cation and organizational
skills.
First, a four-to-six page re
search proposal must be
turned in along with the prog
ram application. The propos
al should state the title of the
research the student wishes to
do, outline the objectives for
the research and be endorsed
by the student’s faculty re
search adviser, department
head and dean.
The student begins the re
search, following acceptHi
of his proposal. During ikt
fall, the student usually nl
pursue the broad scope oflii!
research topic. His researcl
will become more spec!
during the spring.
The third step is participi-
tion in the Community ol|
Scholars. This working group
of 10 to 15 Fellows meeisl
monthly to discuss the prog
ress of their research. In mid-
April, a symposium is held
w'here Fellows give a 21
minute speech and preseat
professional papers
the completed results oftheij
research.
The fifth step involves writ
ing Senior Honors theses,)
which are placed in the "
versity Archives. Each yi
about 20 percent of the coi
f rleted theses are commercial!
y published.
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The system works on the
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from at least one witness, who
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Phillips had been held since
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Investigators said Phillips
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mid-December, although his
employment ended about a
month before Siffs body was
found in her theater office suite
the night of Jan. 12.
Detective Gil Schultz said
Phillips, also known as Abdullah
Bashir, was brought to Houston
Friday after waiving extradition.
Houston authorities also
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Investigators had earlier said
Siff, 58, knew her assailant, and
had confronted him with thefts
from her office the night of Jan.
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Several hours after the dis
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fire and abandonned along a
railroad right-of-way. Charred
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