Friday, April 10, 1992
The Battalion
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A&M works to restore lost sections
day, April 1
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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