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Page 6 • The Battalion • Thursday, July 11, 1996
Isdale works to improve health center
By Tauma Wiggins
The Battalion
Texas A&M students who have
not visited A.P. Beutel Health
Center in the past nine months
may be unaware of the many re
cent changes that have vastly im
proved Beutel’s health care quali
ty and service.
Lucille B. Isdale, director of
A.P. Beutel Health Center, said
she has made many improve
ments as well as cuts in non-es
sential items since she became di
rector nine months ago.
“Most of the changes are in
things you can’t see,” Isdale said.
“The biggest change is in attitude.
We’re trying to make it a more
student-centered facility.”
Isdale said when she was ap
pointed as health care director of
Beutel in August, she introduced
a proposal to the Student Senate
to reduce the health care deficit
by $150,000.
Bill Kibler, associate vice presi
dent for Student Affairs, said Is
dale has resolved financial
deficits for another university in
the past and possesses the ability
to do it again.
“She has a track record with
the University of Illinois,” Kibler
said. “She found many creative
ways to save money there.”
Isdale said during her first
year at Illinois she faced a
$750,000 deficit, balanced it, and
created a sizable reserve as well.
She began her plan at A&M
with eliminating unnecessary
jobs, immediately saving
$232,000, Isdale said.
“We had many positions that
made no impact on the students
whatsoever,” Isdale said. “I refuse
to do that — to hire positions that
don’t impact the students at all.”
Isdale said she saved money
with the elimination of many
other unnecessary money
sponges. More importantly, how
ever, she has implemented many
new changes for the benefit of
A&M students.
Many improvements have been
made to the health center, such as
the addition of an asthma treat
ment facility, an eating disorder
clinic, an immunization and aller
gy center and a women’s clinic.
Isdale said one of the most ef
fective changes to Beutel was
the creation of appointments.
The health center now makes
appointments from 8 a.m. to
4:50 p.m., which virtually elimi
nates any waiting.
“Students used to have to wait
for three or four hours,” Isdale said.
“We had so many people they did
n’t even have seats, but with the
appointment availability we hope
they won’t have to wait at all.”
Isdale said she has made a
wide variety of improvements to
student service. According to Is
dale, all staff must now undergo
professional courtesy training to
improve their communication
skills with students.
Student health charts have
been reorganized and filed more
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Carpeting has been placed in
the front office, and railing has
been installed on the stairway to
prevent students from slipping —
which had previously occurred
several times.
Beutel’s custodians have also
been retrained to clean the health
facility more efficiently.
Isdale included a four-dollar
increase in the Student Senate-
approved proposal that has
yet gone into effect.
“We took it to the studem
because there was no way
balance this budget wit
some funding," she said
it’s not the student’s respi
bility, but I appreciate the
generosity and support.”
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has recommended that the University change the
weight of SAT scores and high school GPAs to alter
the pool of applicants. The Board is also suggesting
the University expand the pool of eligible applicants
by lowering the minimum SAT scores and grades
considered for admission.
The Board made its recommendations before the
Supreme Court upheld Hopwood, and will meet
again to revise its recommendations in light of the
court decision.
Paul Parrish, an associate professor of Eng
lish, issued a “plea” to Perry and the Board to
recommend that legacy not be used in admis
sions decisions.
“It’s a pretty lethal combination because it has
nothing to do with the individual, and it dispropor
tionately favors white applicants,” Parrish said.
The Board did endorse the use of legacy in admis
sions, but that was before the Hopwood decision was
upheld. Perry hinted the Board would revisit the is
sue of legacy because race can no longer be used.
Perry said the Board will look at tools such as
targeting geographical areas, predominantly minori
ty high schools and first-generation college students
to increase diversity. He said the fundamental ques
tion in changing admissions policies will be, “Does it
move us toward the goal of a freshman class that re
sembles Texas?”
The issue of financial aid will be examined in
the same way. Some scholarships, like the Presi
dent’s Achievement Award, have been reserved
specifically for minorities. The University, there
fore, will have to change its criteria for such
awards to exclude race.
Perry said he is concerned this might keep mi
norities from attending A&M, because the lack of at
tractive financial aid packages might force some po
tential students to go elsewhere.
Anita McGruder-Johnson, a graduate psychology
student, is satisfied with the University’s response
to Hopwood.
“The University is doing what it can do,” Mc-
Gruder-Johnson said.
However, she said Hopwood would have a nega
tive impact on A&M. She speculates that the minor
ity population will inevitably decrease.
“It’s going to be hard for ethnic minorities to have
a sense of community,” McGruder-Johnson said.
Jeff Livingston, a senior electrical engineering
major, said he believed Hopwood would not signifi
cantly affect diversity because other factors affect
the minority population more.
“The biggest problem we have in recruiting mi
norities is a perception problem,” Livingston said.
He said A&M has a false country-boy image and
must eliminate it to attract more minorities.
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meaningful negotiations.”
But on this, his first visit
to the United States w
prime minister, Netanyahu
made it clear his approach to
the negotiations was far di(
ferent than that of his pre
decessors, Yitzhak Rabin
and Shimon Peres.
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conduct for building a last
ing Middle East peace” and
said that security was an es
sential element.
"Nearly all the terrorist
acts against us are perpe
trated by known organiza
tions whose activities can be
curbed, if not stopped alto
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