The Prospector (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 12, 1987 Page: 4 of 16
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The Prospector / November 12, 1987 / Page 4
Opinion
Student input is important in presidential search
Student < omment:
Normally. selecting a university press
dent should follow 1 simple administrative
procedure However, due to interim pre-
dent Diana Natalicio’s record as an ad-
ministrator, there has been a lot of con-
troversy involving faculty, adminstration
and the media, but no input from Univer-
sity students
This last fact n the reason for my writ-
ten comment I will attempt to analyze
Natalicio’s relation with students, facul-
ty and some administrative decisions made
while she was vice president of academic
affain
In the first place I would like to point
out that her relationship with the student
hody has been almost null In fact, many
students do not know the exits, as shown
when the media conducted interv lews avk-
ing for students’ opinions about her
candidacy
She has, however, become unpopular
ly known to a lew students who have com
plained about her tenure denials
In my experience. I attempted to com-
munic ale with her on three different oc-
casioms Once, io find out information
about Michael Foster’s tenure denial A
second time. I wanted to discuss with her
the 1 I system regents’ position with
respect to Apartheid the last time I was
interested in hearing her opinion about the
decision to fire then Student Programs
director, Carol Walvekar She was never
willing to initiate any dialogue
reduced, while tuition has increased The
library has been very deficient in terms
of personnel.
The mice in the biology department are
going hungry Meanwhile, the Hoover
house (presidential home where Natalic to
is hoping to permanently reside) has been
alloc ated funds for repairs and that is a
facility that serves no purpose to the
University
It is important to realize that everything
mentioned has happened during rough
economic times, and many of the deficits
have not been under Natalie to’s jurisdic-
lam But a good administrator should be
able hi bring improvements even under
adverse conditions while having influence
in all aspects ot the University
More specifically, the arts and enter-
tainment have also suffered The Student
Programs Office has been slowly
deteriorating for the last two years While
in the past a student could enjoy a good
movie, listen to a lecture or a good con-
cert and enjoy the Union art gallery on
a regular basis
Also, during this past summer Larry
Johnson, Chairman of the Communication
Department, embarrassed everyone with
his handling of the KTEP FM 88 5 pro-
posed format change
Natalicio has talked several times about
the importance of this University because
of its bicultural environment, but her deci-
sions clearly contradict her statements
Departments with potential for
bicultural research have been seriously
handic apped by Natalie io Two clear ex-
ample were the denials of tenure to
Foster and Gloria Young, former direc-
l.» o, the Womens Studies Center and
wc koilngy professor Young had con
ducted important research in terms of
maquiladoras.
In fact, the only department involved
in hn ultural research appears to be the
psychology department, with its morally
questionable studies regarding ma
quiladora workers
one problem that our University has is
with the Board of Regents and their
stigmatizing policy toward I T El Paso
Natalicio was very eloquent in say ing this
a year ago, which showed a lot of guts
for an ambitious administrator trying to
ascend the stairway of power. However,
she denied making any such statement a
week later, which disappointed many
people.
A good president should not fear the
regents if she or he is going to challenge
their stigmatizing attitude
Andres Muro
Graduate student in psychology
Student comments do not necessarily reflect the
views of The Prospector
W ith regard to the faculty. Natalicin
claims that only a minority opposes her
N verthelen, most of the time I have
heard complaints about her, and in some
caves fac ulty abstained from commenting
on her, which could only mean two
things: either she ic not known to these
faculty members, or they divlike and tear
her
I Furthermore, in the poll conducted by
W illiam Kaigh a few weeks ago, she did
not wore very highly in terms of populari-
ty. In any cave, Natalicio ic generally un
popular among fac ulty and with students
that are familiar with her
These reasons clearly should disqualify
her ac a candidate for the presidency
her ause if che becomes president, a great
antagonism would exist between sup-
porters and her enemies . which in turn
would create a very unpleasant Univer
city env ironmen which might lead to the
departure of highly qualified professors.
On the administrative aspect, since
Natalicio became vice president, the
University has suffered in many areas
Departments have suffered serious budget
cuts, and fewer classes are being ottered
Summer and evening classes have been
the
Student Ad Manager: Carryn Cunningham
Intern: Beverly Palafox
Amsistant Student Ad Manager: Mary Jane
Rodriguez
Ad Representatives: Cristina Provencio, Sherri
Hopeman, Rick Mekndez
Production: Suki Rodriguez, Tami Shultz,
Laura Carrera
NATALICIO
BURN!
BURN
BURM! "
Letters from our readers
Student Voices
should be heard
in decisive issues
Editor:
The students have spoken We want and
need two five-and-a-half week summer
sessions.
Obviously the Dean's Council doesn't
agree (The Prospector, Nov 5, 1987).
They contend that one long session
benefits the students and provides a bet-
ter academic environment
What about the many students who can
only afford to spend five and a half weeks
of their summer to attend school? Is the
Dean's Council telling them to look
elsewhere for their academic needs ’
Many prestigious universities offer a
choice of short or long summer sessions.
Py limiting the course offerings to one
long summer session, is UT El Paso
leading the pack, or once again falling
behind?
Gayion L. McAlpine
Senior
Classical music
is supported
by students
Editor:
In the Nov. 5 issue of The Prospector,
Eric Olszewski felt “compelled to unleash
his fiery wrath" by saying that “nobody
listens to classical music anymore!”
Sure we do' There are still some, if not
many, of us who listen to Bach, Handel
and Vivaldi along with Hank Williams
Jr , Earl Thomas Conley, the Starship and
U2 You probably don't know any of us
because we are too busy expanding our
cultural horizons to associate with sim-
ple. closed-minded clods.
Antonio R Bermudez, Jr.
Senior Creative Writing Major major
Classics create
moods students
can relate to
Editor:
This is in response to the letter in the
Oct. 5 issue of The Prospector written by
Eric Olszelski.
It is true that maybe KTEP should be
a bit more appealing to UT El Paso
students But I would like hi correct
something contrary to what he said. The
classics will never die.
Classical music happens to be one of
the most beautiful forms of music. A lot
of feeling was put into each composition
written.
The classics create a certain mood in
a person such as today's music only in a
different way. 1 myself “hum" to new
wave lyrics yet this does not mean that
I will condemn the classics just because
they're not hip.
Maybe Mr Olszelski should be a little
more versatile.
Emmanuel R. Moreno
Freshman
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