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Friday, September 16, 1988Frhe Battalion/Page 3 State and Local professor fighting dismissal asks for implementation of proposal By Stephen Masters Senior Stuff Writer I Dr. Katharine Richards, a tenured Associate professor in the Texas Modern Languages Depart- and a member of the Faculty ^Benate, offered a proposal to the ^Benate Monday to require notifica- Hon of faculty members when infor- Htation is added to their personnel ^■les. I Richards presented the proposal tc the Faculty Senate’s Committee of Whole and discussion followed. Hlo vote was taken on the proposal ^Blonday. I Richards is currently contesting Her dismissal. The University has ac- Hused Richards of “professional in- ^fcmpeteme, continuing or repeated ^■ibstantial neglect to professional ^■esponsibilities, mental or physical ^■isahlement of a continuing nature ^■dversely affecting to a material and ^Bibstantial degree the performance Hf duties or in meeting the responsi- Hiliiies to the institution, students or Associates, and unprofessional con- Huct adversely affecting to a material Hnd substantial degree the perfor- Hiance of duties or the meeting of Hcsponsihilities to the institution, stu- ^■ents or associates.” I Richards said Wednesday at the ^Academic Freedom, Tenure and Re- S| onsibility hearing that a “number ^■1 unexplained gaps” were in her Hersonnel file, but declined to com- Hient on whether anyone had ■hanged information in her file. ■ The following is taken from the ^Kxt of Richards’ proposal: ■ .This concern regards Hie protection of the faculty mem- Her’s rights regarding his personnel Hies. I do not know what policies are ii effect in other departments and Holleges, but I do know that no poli- Hes are followed in the College of Hiberal Arts or the Department of Hfodern and Classical Languages Hhich would allow a faculty member ti know what documents have been ■laced in his or her files or removed Bom such files. “I therefore propose that the Uni versity be called upon to maintain a register of documents as an integral part of each and every personnel file. T he faculty member concerned shall be immediately notified when the administrator responsible for maintaining the file proposes to make any document a part of the file. The faculty member shall be given a copv of the document pro posed for addition to his file. The document shall be assigned a consec utive register number, and both the administrator and the faculty mem ber shall sign the register with the date and time. The faculty member shall have the right to prepare a re ply to the document in question, and have such reply registered and placed in the file with the document in question. No document which has been registered and placed in the file shall be removed from such f ile. “The faculty member shall be pro vided with a copy of the register and shall be given the right to inspect anv of his files with reasonable fre quency. 1 he faculty member shall have the right to add documents to his File as he deems appropriate, un der the same registry procedure mentioned above and the reciprocal right to reply to such documents shall be enjoyed by the administrator who maintains the file.” Brownsville residents flee, Gilbert homes in on coast BROWNSVILLE (AP) —Some came in wheelchairs, others in strollers, but nearly all of them brought blan kets, food and water to various South Texas shelters Thursday as they fled their homes to escape the wrath of Hurricane Gilbert. As one of the most f eared hurricanes approached the Texas coast late Thursday, residents boarded up homes, packed belongings and either fled to northern communities or to Various Red Cross shelters. In Brownsville, where the eye of Gilbert is predicted to pass sometime Friday afternoon, several hundred people packed the civic auditorium and three high schools. To some residents, their flight to the shelters was reminiscent of one in 1967 when Hurricane Beulah struck Brownsville and Hurricane Allen hit north of Brownsville in 1980. “We have spent the last two at the high school, but we decided to come here tonight,” said Maria Cardenas, a 78-year-old diabetic bound to her wheelchair. “We brought food, water, some milk, but mv hus band forgot the stereo and all our medicine, but I think we will be all right,” she said. Numerous families set up their perimeters on the floor of the civic center, placing blankets, sheets and pil lows on the floor next to bags of food and ice chests filled with meats and soft drinks. Some children brought their plastic toys and some brought their teddy bears while others turned on their small radios and tuned in to news of the storm. Frank Sanchez, 19, of Brownsville, said he boarded up windows at his mother’s home and his grandparents' “We know that there might be an emer gency and we don't have a car and we knew we could come here where there are a lot of people and if something hap pened, we knew we could get something if we needed it. ” — Maria Elena Silva, 34, of Brownsville house in nearby Olmito and drove them to the civic cen ter shelter. “We just decided this was the best place to be because of all the predictions of damage it could cause,” San chez said. “We secured our house pretty well.” Maria Elena Silva, 34, of Brownsville, brought her children to the shelter because she feared staying in bet- second -story apart me n t. “We know that there might be an emergenev and we don’t have a car and we knew we could come here where there are a lot of people and i( something hap pened, we knew we could get something if we needed it,” Ms. Silva said. Ricky Saldierna, 7, said he didn’t reallv want to be at the shelter. “I think this hurricane is very bad because ii could hurt somebody, especially some kids like me,” he said. “I wish we were in school now and I wish we were back in our own house.” Blinn will relocate, effective in fall ’89 By Stephanie Stribling Reporter Blinn College in Bryan is mol ing. Effective fall ’89 Blinn's Bryan facility will be relocated to the Townshire Shopping Center. Blinn’s president, Walter C. Schwartz, outlined details of the move in a Sept. 14 memo to school officials. “Although we’ve enjoyed the use of the Kraft Building for the past 16 years, and experienced nothing but a high level of coop eration from area merchants, the time has come for us to move our facilities,” Schwartz said. Schwartz said that there are several reasons for the move. One is the need for more space. “As you know, we have inade quate parking, crowded class rooms, offices and hallways,” he said, “and the new facility will al leviate all these problems.” J.B. Carrington, director of Blinn’s Bryan campus, said that the school has acquired 32,000 square feet for the new facility, with expectations of further ex pansion. Although the move won’t be complete until Sept.l, 1989, when the Kraft Building is offi cially vacated, Carrington said that some science and remedial courses will be taught at the new facility in Spring ’89. Schwartz said the move also comes in response to a recent bill passed by the Texas Legislature in June 1987 requiring all public institutions of higher education to administer assessment tests to incoming freshman, and to trans fer students with less than 60 hours. Based on the results of the as sessment tests, which will be de signed to identify weaknesses in the basic skills of reading, writing and arithmetic, some students may be required to complete seve ral hours of remedial education before continuing on to higher lev el courses. Effective for Fall 1989, this re medial education must be pro vided by all colleges and universi ties statewide, including Blinn College and Texas A&M Univer sity, Schwartz said, however, that the Coordinating Board may limit the type and amount of re medial education that A&M of fers. Blinn will have no such limita tion, Schwartz said. “This is really not one of their (A&M’s) interests. Their interest is in research where it should be,” Schwartz said, “However, I think they’re going to have to set up at least a token remedial program.” He said Blinn is preparing to handle the remedial education for A&M students, as w'ell as its own. John D. Barkman, vice presi dent of administration and plan ning at Blinn, made it very clear that A&M and Blinn College have no definite arrangements for Blinn to provide remedial educa tion for A&M students. “We do not, at this point, have any kind of formal agreements with A&M, or even have an un derstanding about offering reme dial education,” Barkman said. Schwartz said that Blinn has a cooperative attitude as far as helping A&M is concerned. Due to the nature of remedial education, the remedial program at Blinn will become almost a cen ter in itself, Schwartz said. “You’re going to have your own counselors and your own di rectors,” he said. “It will be a sep arate school w ithin a school.” The law' requiring assessment testing and remedial education is part of a recent attempt by the Legislature to improve the quality of higher education in Texas. Mens and '^^0^ DiamondS-shop now at Texas Coin Exchange ^ „ 14K GOLD Texas A&M r for the best selection of loose diamonds. 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