NEWS
Thursday, November 17, 2005
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determine the best consultant for the job. Robbins said for situations such as this, consultants who submit proposals to carry out the investigation have usually had experience in law enforcement or some other realm of criminal justice. “It’s not the normal kind of thing. We’ve retained consultants for other studies. We had a consulting firm to look at our tuition and fee structure,” Robbins said. “Because we don’t know how much these are going to come in at, anything over $15,000 has to be posted on this
Web site.” Robbins said they do not know if the cost of the consultant contracted for the investigation will exceed $15,000, but she said that because consultants are usually fairly expensive, it was necessary to post the request for proposals in case the bids do exceed that price. Keemon Leonard, president of the Black Student Alliance and pre-mass communication junior, said he was told by Smith that the university expected to have a selection made for a consultant in the investigation by early January. When Leonard asked Smith about the length of time it has
taken to put together an investigation, he was told it was an outof-the-ordinary event. Leonard said his understanding was that the university had to take some time to learn how to handle this type of investigation. Robbins said where and how the university will get the money needed to finance the investigation has not been finalized yet, but she said Smith has some ideas in mind that will be sorted out. Student leaders called for an investigation after conflicting accounts of the confrontations were discovered. The after-party ended with at least one student tased and three arrested.
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investigate the feasibility of moving the contract dates and to express the senate’s support of moving the dates. The Policy and Procedures statement concerns the title and role of research professors at Texas State. The main concern of the senators was the title of professor being issued to someone who may not have any instructional experience.
The senators prefer the title “research associate” to “research professor.” The senators recognized that the appeal of the professor title is used as a recruitment tool. Some senators believe that research professors prefer that title because it lends credibility to that person’s interests outside the university such as a business. Research professors are not paid by the university but from
outside funding such as grants. Their purpose ranges from lending credibility to their department to aiding in research projects. When the idea of re-petitioning Texas State President Denise Trauth to remove the professor title was raised, Warms responded. “I think we protested on that ground, and our protest was noted, but that’s as far as it will probably go,” Warms said.
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council member Ed Mihalkanin, seconded by council member Daniel Guerrero and passed unanimously. Council member John Thomaides requested that the council reserve the right to communicate more regarding early voting on campus. Mayor Narvaiz said if a complaint is raised to an election official, it would be addressed at that time. Daniel Guerrero was then sworn in with his family by his side to serve another term as the council member for Place 3, and the council then took a short break before going into its second executive session. Johnson and Jones drew names out of a cup to see whose name would be first on the ballot, and Jones drew his own name for the first position. Johnson said he felt that the original election was handled
unfairly on campus. “Originally, Bill (Taylor) and I were told we couldn’t advertise on campus,” Johnson said. “I called and said, ‘Well how can Chris Jones have his signs around campus?’ and was told it was because he was sponsored by student organizations.” Johnson said that he attempted to get a student organization to sponsor him, but none of them would. He said that after the early voting, he was allowed to put signs on campus, but he felt it was a moot point because the election was already half over. Johnson also felt that Jones was unfairly overrepresented at the early voting poll on campus. “You can’t campaign inside the building where polling is taking place,” he said. When asked if he would aim for a bigger presence on campus for the runoff election, Johnson
said, “I’ll talk with my campaign people and see what they say.” Jones felt that the election was held fairly on campus. “I don’t think there are grounds to say it was unfair,” he said. “Proposition 1 and 6 were both campaigned on campus because they filled out the proper paper work and got on campus. All you have to do is ask; the university has policies and procedures to follow, and all you have to do is ask.” He then presented a copy of the Solicitation Request form filled out by the National Association of Environmental Professionals and the Environmental Services Committee to support voting for Proposition 1 and 6. He said the same form was filled out with regards to his campaign. “I’d love to see more students and more citizens come out,” Jones said. “We’re going to gear up and win this thing.”
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