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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1983)
* ; : * ffr *-» i.» * Ml local Battalion/Page 5 February 17, 1983 Teachers Bntinued from page 1) Kellner said that instructors (mother departments visit the H llish department once a mester to discuss the program, ymi he added that the discus- ^|) ns are too general and too ‘lef. n 'd nthro dit seen 4 benefit m mble i Marti lannir.: raonFa week canen; moe.li jp. Reg by Joel deGuzman Battalion Reporter The establishment of a sepa- e department of anthropolo- T^iilgive Texas A&M an edge ittracting outside research iding, the new head of the |ropology department, Dr. ughn M. Bryant says. he new program, which it was a part of the depart- :m of sociology and anthro- jgy, was awarded depart- [tal status by the Texas Col and University System ordinating Board this month. Bryant said the department raration came about not be- ist ofill feelings between the ■ but rather for the advan- es of being independent, lb Fore the official ruling, the it is sp« im 9:S ns, go Americ ?rs ' s ^«ram had full ccjntrol over its Ffb.i'i Icula but. functioned under ■department of sociology. ndJaiE grating the departments will IdS-li kc it easier for the anthropol- [ department to attract stu nt' and to receive grant mey, he said. ■exas A&M anthropology dents are involved in field rk in Africa, South America d the Caribbean. Projects like se require financial help m outside sources, he said, ■he department, which has undergraduates, 65 graduate Bents and 12 faculty mem- rs, has doubled in size since Beginning of the program in 71 Bryant was the first hropologist to be hired by the - Cl uversity. inunthII ■ , Its a rewarding experience have an opportunity to start )m scratch and watch it (the partment) grow,” Bryant said. IThe new department of shouH ■ropology offers bachelor dm aster of arts degrees. Stu nts can concentrate on field phasis’ such as archeobotany, °" cr ircheology and terrestial, iservational and nautical peology. JOne of the department’s a!s is to implement a doctoral ram. iiumtv i the? ) alien InnanJi lerllie ced nsormj 1 r Rectfi orial S® icto Cot ,n, Test „ Feb.'! mber. loom/ oreign tudents ns 3 vote iw liei»i ior hoof n >Rof3.2! d Feb rshipt 1 * [S 50 part lfr [easeco 11 ' ties eeBr) al March jn Mab* in March 1 fianag^. The ISA wants to avoid allow- ^ ra an day in 701 Rudder dining Another nationwide prob lem, Kellner said, is the quality of technical writing textbooks. Many of the textbooks are writ ten by English teachers who use other textbooks rather than their experience as sources for information. Also, he said, some of the material covered in tex tbooks include topics once used in secretarial handbooks. “We have reached a deplor able state in higher education when a textbook for college stu dents devotes entire pages on how to fold a letter and stick it in an envelope,” Kellner said. “They even have pictures.” Although his study is very li mited, it underscores the need for a more comprehensive nationwide survey of technical writing curriculum, Kellner said. The typical technical writ ing instructor wastes at least two or three classes on library tours and explanations, six classes for oral presentations and cancels three classes for conference time, he said. Technical Communication, and Jay Gould, editor of the Journal of Technical Writing and Com munication. Since the publication of his article, Kellner has received let ters of support from Ken Cook idem ol The time has come, he said, to ask what a college professor is supposed to be. The answer, Kellner said, is an expert in the field. Jr., president of the Society for But he also has received critic ism from the English depart ment and some of his colleagues, Kellner said. But, he said, he doubts a pro fessor can become an expert by reading a book. The Store Worth Looking For CUSTOM SOUNDS by Melissa Adair Battalion Staff |ie International Student sociation will hold elections iday for next year’s officers to the positions of president, president, secretary, asurer and public relations liman. International Student Asso- tion adviser Tina Watkins d the procedure used for the ons is extremely compli- d. The ISA wants its execu- cduncil to represent all wtries, so no two officers can from the same country and h country can cast only one e for each position, she said. Watkins said she thinks it uldbe fairer if each person in ISA got to cast one vote, but t there is a legitimate reason Jthe one-country, one-vote cedure. [one country to control the bns, Watkins said. 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