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"Reporting Midwestern State University News Since 1922''
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Thunday, February 18, 1998
Regents appoint president, plan major improvements By G.Patrick Portaer II Staff Writer Tho MSU Boanl of R_., officially r•appolnttd Or Louis J Rodriguez as uiwe,uy prMidenl tor the next academe y.., In o t h e r ~. the boltd aUlhorized up lo $200,000 for
renovalions on Kitlingsworth and Pietce halls. The renova-
tions include new ~ghling, H well as new fk>omg and furn~ ingslotpublic:areas. Midweslem w,11 open con·
slruclion bids for lhe McCulloogh-Trigg Hal on March 10 Rodriguez aa!d lhel the
The CSC p,o)tCl. acoofdlng lo Rodriguez, • could be a rnetor endeavor, including new eir condCK>ntng and healtng:. • Olher ilnprovemenls in• elude, but a!W not lil'Nled lo an ov.rtlaul and expansion ol the kitchen and caleteril Due lo an increased amount of lraffic in the post office, Iha board approved lhe creation of an additional hatr-1ime postal ckrl posrt,on to aid in campus·
W>demail<Wve,y. The board dratted resolutions oC app,eciatk>n for services lo the universiy by Minnie Rhea
board al&o discussed renova·
Wood and Gerakt Stoeklon, MSU men's basketball held
l ions to Iha Clark S1uden1
cooch Meal ticket prices wiU rise
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approiumately lhfff percent. bu! dormitory rates will rern11n unchanged Rates l or Bndwell Court resdenta will go up, bull the untvers,ty will absorb the utdtty costs
Rodriguez utd uc~iries are a concem during budgeting, es• pecillll"f sn::e rates are expected 10 Incraase an approxi mate $120,0001htl year Tuil;on • alao pro;«ted lo incrNte an approxirNla $2 pet semester hour lo $26, but
Rodriguez said !hit 1uition rat.. are SCHI very low ~ a d to N rest ol the natM>n, citing !he stetis.tics claiming Iha!. as ol lllst yNr. MSU ranked 48lh out of 50
in ~lllife tuihon ralN .
College Day 1993 called a success ondlhe _ ___
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sells heft.· 8ridwetl said.
By Charles Copy Kditor
nus year's attendance was
More lhan 550 students, parenls and MSU faculty and
staff anended MSU's 1~93 College Doy on Feb. 13 The 1luden11 received campus lours and viewed preaen1a110ns by faculty and Siu·
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TheaV• IDQ)f MicbMI HuAflti prventa Fine Art.t divllion Mtfttliry Lynae Holiday • •inclna TUllltio.eonFeb.12.~•P•iOmep,aU'leatnfra&ffnitJ,o riant.dtJ.eeventandraiMdm ore lhaa '100 for dwity 811d ,......,11:, fuod,.
dents. "The Sludenl Ambasudots dtd a great ,ob,' Chadd J BndweU. school ritlations
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sek>r. said ihefe M&a lot c:J nterectIon belween lhe gu.sls
up from 636 In 1992 lo 660, in-duding 65 MSU lacUfty and staff members who voklncaered their !Ima lo talk Wllh prospectjye shr dents However. the percent• age ol RSVP students attend· ing dropped from 71 percent 10 66 percent Overall attendance also in• eluded 282 JUNOrt and seniors H welt as 389 parenls and
guests.
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hardest par1 " getting them on campus • To encourage sludenls lo attend, mc>fe lhln 8,000 college day RSVP cards were sent out. Of !hose, 993 were returned BndweN seid lhe me_lOI' dit· ltrenca belween this year's RSVP cards and lut year's was the addtlion of a bk>ck to be mart<ed by studenls who couldn't attend college day but still wiah lo receive information
Personnel office updates student employment requirement" 87 Chri•tlne 8. Pugh lie~• TM MSU pet'90nnel office 1t updaling ii• tludent employ• rnent requiremenl• lo .iirninllt• undergraduate atudents '#Ork· Ing mof'e than 20 hours P• week, Bob Rtngle, MSU per• aonrHtl direc1or, said In add1lion, non-teaching graduate assistanls will not be pem'ined lo wottc more than 17
hocxs per wNk ~e lo poN-i>te hM•h benefit eligibifrfy. he said
Ringle said Iha! Dr Jesse Rogers, •nee pru.denl for aca• demi: ellairs, amendod the re• quiremenls In the un,versity'a
keep !rack of !he ,-smbe( oC Rudenls who were break,ng lhe pohcy until the acquisdion of a COl'fl)Ul8f which allowed them 10
policies and p,ocec:h..-et manual in Spring 1991 The rule , tatH !hat studenl ~ M S 'NIii normally be authorizlld lo work no more lhan 20 hourt 1»f week Excop0ons to Iha 20-hlMJr work week must be approved by the appropriele
galher lhe relevanl inlonnalion
v,ce p,estdenl Personnel was not ab'e lo
needed IIYough Iha use of per• sonnet 1ransact10n lorms, Ringle Y id,
Chris Gibert, o g19duete as11arent. was Identified lhrough
INS process Gibert worked in pe,.:xt.cals al Moffett ltnry lor two years and said betng 'et go oo a weeks
noticecameasasurpns.e Sue CoNsy, periodicals SU· p1ttVisor, ract11ived notice of his lerm1nal10n from ltbrary director o,- Melba HaMI. G"'"" sad
Gibert also said payroll in· formed him that II was necessary lo enforce 1h,s stale law be• cause graduale t1uden1s working more lhan 17 hours per week would be ehgtble for h•llh beneftta Coffey refused to comment oo 1h11 mattOI' Gllber1 seld he was no1 made
Iwate of the policy when he was hired. "Theofelically, they say lhal when you get • teaching a$SI&• lancHhip ll'S e(IUIII lo 17 hours, but no one ever told me thal. I lhought that being • leaching HSIS1ant dldn'I have anylhtng eln to do wHh lhe res1 ol 1he
campus,· Gibefl sad "I wasn'1 p,epered lor 1his A teaching as.s,stant doesn't meke • lot of money, Iha!'$ why I had
!his extra job,· he sead.
•1rs d1tticul! lo find an olf 'IVOfk around
c.a"l)US ,ot> that will
your schedule," G11:>et1 said.
Gibet1 earned a bachelor oC or1s in Engltsh at Midwestern In 1992 end ts 1¥0fking lowerd • maMer's degree 1n Eng~sh G11:>ert said Iha! ahhough hf feels the way personnol handled the malter is unfair, he 1s not upset w ~h lhe payroll office
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AIDS support center thrives Smee the AIDS Supporl
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an avera99 of -10 to Michael S!anhttld, services coord1na1or, said. Although 1he ASC hu been re~ alrvety socces.sful wllh !he hot· Im• Ihrough l'ls ol vclunteers, lhe center is tn need ol money
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people need A who are cleucat t1nd can w()(k from 9 a m. lo 3 P m when bu5t· nus ,s conducced: S1anheld said. Anolher problem l or !he ftnl.~~\':::=~=::~rald
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sad 'This Is not a gay At 7 p.m. on Feb. 23, the Uni• Stanfield affiliahon ktr the center • The c enl er provides 1rans• versity J>rotramrning Board po,tahon lo Dallas for dtx1:0f appomtmttnls On lhe f1rs1 and will present Mrs. Jeanne third weeks of 1he monlh, two White, who will tell the story doclors and den!!$! from Dallas come lo lhe HIV Chnic al lhe of her son Ryan, a hemoHeath Cltnc W,lh0u1 p1111ale l undtng, philiac who died of AIDS al• money be d1tticul1 I0 oblain because the go11ernmenI has moat three:years ago. For CUI funding Also 1nd1genl more information, call 689· l■see ASC, page 21 4193. ft
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MSU really la cooU Thtse arMhich tehool ltudents check out an exh1bilin the Clarke Student Center Alnum dunnc the orpniutional fai,f/ Coll~ Day 1993 on Feb 13. Moni than 650 attended the ev«iL