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Friday, April 10, 1992 The Battalion Page 3 A&M works to restore lost sections day, April 1 Continued from Page 2 we don't yet have clarification the state as to additional budget cuts," Gage said. "We're preparing our budgets to adjust to )w that if an, that, but that's unknown to us at signed his c: this point." atinglistheoiBCage stressed that nothing is fi~ ?phone regis; nal, and will not be until the Uni ass since all pirversity gets word from the state, lists tvill be^ffiln the fall 1992 course catalog, some courses, such as technical in registra writing and freshman English, y to the had up to 25 fewer sections of- sumraer Spa fered than they did in the fall of lin restricts 1991. seniors, aJ ■Gage said the University is ist come to working to restore lost sections in lagesmaino! all courses. nic 219 "I can't tell you there won't be some cuts, but at this point it does not appear it will be major," he Dr. Paul Parrish, associate dean in the College of Liberal Arts, said administrators have made every effort to anticipate classes where there will be enrollment pressure, but the size of the college creates problems. ■ "All areas experience enroll ment pressure," he said. "We don't have any enrollment area to go to for relief." .. Is The college is the second largest at A&M in the number of 1 majors it offers. Because the col- •Kimgasi j e g e t eac ]-, es so many students, plus students from other colleges, J there are no relief points, Parrish ■id. ■ Parrish said the college has r ( , been hard hit, but the budget diffi- es l , i „ e -"Milties of the entire year have not n heCcHeps | fected just Liberal Arts. u l ,11 "Since we teach so much and Ities have bp g a preliminr I, and there e ations,hesai: we have is fe ee A&M/Pa:: sh chnical writd e bottom ofd said, "We'rfJ teach all students, the impact of the budget reduction on our teaching program is more obvious than on most other colleges," he said. Teaching is also affected by budget reduction, particularly in the summer, Parrish said. Most liberal arts faculty do not have 12- month appointments. There are two factors that de termine the faculty's ability to teach in the summer: funding to pay them and students to teach, he said. "We know there are students to teach," he said. "And there are funds, but not enough." Some faculty are able to teach elsewhere, besides A&M, but it is not certain they will get an ap pointment, Parrish said. The Department of English is an example of the difficulties fac ing the college as a whole, he said, because of the large number of students and majors within the department. "This department has felt it more acutely," he said. "It's not quite as simple as saying they have a worse budget." Mitchell said, tne graduate pro gram is also affected because few er people will be allowed to enter it. Another problem is that the lat er in the year it gets it is harder and more expensive to find good teaching assistants, he said. "The later it gets, the harder it is to find qualified teachers," he said. "If we wait until the last minute, we could only find lectur ers, which cost more than gradu ate students." Mitchell said he described in the impact statement he sent to college administrators that in ad dition to the loss of several lectur ers last spring, the loss of teaching assistants has created a shortage of unmanageable proportions. "We have some hopes that somebody will come up with some money from somewhere, but hope springs eternal," Mitchell said. Gage said it is possible that there will be additional sections available in the fall for some courses not listed in the fall 1992 course catalog. Also, some sec tions were closed before registra tion started to provide space for graduating seniors and students with majors that require those courses. "We do hope to restore sec tions, but we're limited by re duced funding, and limited in the way we can respond, too," he said. The University should receive word from the state within two or three weeks. Gage said. Not only do the budget cuts af fect the number of course sections, but can also impact teaching qual- ity. "I know the department as well as the dean's office is trying its best to manage the resources we have," Parish said. "We are acute ly aware of the need and of the pressing problems, and the need for students to not get behind and the needs of graduating seniors. Under fairly different circum stances, we're managing the best we can." Dr. Daniel Fowler, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, was out of town and unavailable for com ment. picket sales increase prior to Ring Dance iers i Analyticall! further the:: ince scholarly sychologr, c ida/a/wWhjj or the lecture stj Jnivoatj Cent! ckets contact i •0477. | nts: Continued from Page 2 lines are not as long. Formal pictures will begin Sat urday at 11a.m. I "There are a lot of people who come by and get it (the picture) out of the way," she said. I This year, there will be two big ring replicas used for pictures. I "There will be two rings this year, and hopefully we'll have three next year, Dommert said, j Additions to senior weekend this year include a slideshow and souvenir glass. I Pictures of A&M seniors from their freshman year on up have been collected for the show. Price said. ; "We were taking pictures until about three weeks ago," Dommert said. The champagne glasses have a senior ring crest imprinted on them. "I like these because they have the seal on them but they're not dated," Burleson said. They can be used again since they don't say the day or year, he said. Another change in senior weekend was the in creased number of tickets sold. Dommert said ticket sales have increased greatly, and T-shirt sales have tripled. Price said T-shirt sales have risen because of the shirt's style. "A lot more people like the design," she said. Yurgensen said about 2,500 tickets for Ring Dance and at least 600 for the banquet have already been sold. All the money raised by the Class of '92 from the past four years, which includes senior weekend, goes toward a class gift, said Jennifer Collins, president of the Class of '92. Collins said it's a chance to give back to the Uni versity. Tickets are available at the Rudder Box Office un til Friday at 4:30 p.m. Department sponsors lecture series on dreams es by Stev® ’illiams Ali artmentPS Continued from Page 2 Saturday, April 11 Lecture: "Knowing the Un knowable," MSC 206, 9:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Stevens will discuss how archetypes, or the basic funda mentals of human behavior, are so |leeply embedded in the subcon scious that they can only be in ferred. Lecture: "Dreaming Myths," MSC 206, 11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Stevens will trace the link be tween private dreams and public myths. Sunday, April 12 Lecture: "The Healing Wound," MSC 206, 9:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The way the environment is treated will be discussed by Stevens. Lecture: "The Therapeutic Quest," MSC 206, 11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Stevens will lecture on the in crease in traditional means of healing. icterial »l drug those anted y With lours, i plate « rate ■ oaks J cjals to dy. " I: The Association of Former Students Congratulates! The team of Kristi Lorsort Vanessa Matthews Stephen Ruth ° n the " election ,,s Class Agents f°r the Class of ’ 92 COFFEEHOUSE Friday April 10 8:00 p.m. RUMOURS MSC Town Hall music, poetry, prose, comedy, drama, dance, internationaCacts .M S C. AQGIUCINEMA P R E S E N T S 40 .1 :§ cm ^ £ S; U3 5 6i H (D:847-8478 TONIGHT!! t3 3 Glamour Was The Disguise. WARREN BEATTY * ANNETTE BENING bOgsy ▼ TriStar Pictures msws a MULHOLLAND PRODUCTIONS/BALTIMORE PICTURES prodiction WARREN BEATTY ANNETTE BENING \ BARRY LEVINSON him -BUGSY" HARVEY KEITEL BEN KINGSLEY and JOE MANTEGNA ’ ■ ENNIO MORRICONE UJAMES TOBACK "“’"ii'MARk JOHNSON. 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