The Lumberjack, February 26, 1987.

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Volume 79 Issue 23 February 26, 1987
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ASNAU Executive Council decides
on third re-vote for facility package
Chris Fiscus, Marcia Jones
Staff Reporters
Students will be able to vote on a multi-purpose recreational facility for
a third time, after a decision for a re-vote by the ASNAU Executive Council.
One year ago, students voted in favor of the recreational facility. But,
the facility proposal was defeated in the Feb. 3 re-vote -- called after the
original package changed - by a nine-vote margin
The students voted no in protest of the cancelation of the hockey pro­gram
and consequently no ice on campus, said President Eugene Hughes
at Friday’s Arizona Board of Regents meeting in Tucson. He added students
were also hesitant of the $25 surcharge that would be imposed in light of
Gov. Evan Mecham’s proposed tuition increase of $120 for in-state students
next year.
“ It s my personal opinion that if we had taken the vote in December
it would have passed,’’ said Hughes.
Regent Jack Pfister said the Board of Regents supports another vote.
“ Considering the additional 160 increase in tuition by the Governor and
the cancelation of the hockey program, I can see there were some unsettl­ed
feelings on campus,” he said.
After the proposal was defeated, a petition was circulated and delivered
to ASNAU. The petition contained more than 2,500 signatures and
represented more than 10 percent of the student body, said ASNAU Presi­dent
Bill Richards.
The petition claimed the margin for voter error was increased in the Feb.
3 election because of the election ballots used and several reported
violations.
Key issues were the placement of yes and no answer slots directly below
each other in the same column, student identification cards not properly
marked after voting or checked to be valid and a message saying “ vote
no” inside the election booth.
Richards said the system of placing the yes and no answer slots under
each other is used state-wide, and no major problems have been reported.
He also said there was only one confirmed case where an identification
card was not marked. The message inside the polling booth was written
by a voter. It was erased as soon as it was discovered by a worker at the
booth.
“ I think with all of the precautions we took, we handled it the best we
could,” said AWS President Nicole Spencer. “ It’s hard to come up and
say you want a revote over and over again.”
In principle, Richards is against a re-vote, stating the election was run
fairly. “ I believe in the system,” he said, although as president he was
unable to vote on the issue.
A majority of the council, however, voted in favor of a re-vote and felt
that a new vote would be justified.
“ I question if all those who signed the petition knew about the alleged
violations,” said AURH President Jim George. “ But what 1 do not ques­tion
is that more than 2,000 people want a new vote.”
Another belief is many students were misinformed about the proposed
facility, especially the issue of tuition being raised to pay for it.
“ The bonds were sold and the cost has been incurred. As soon as we
move the money for other projects it’s bye-bye recreation facility,” said
Hughes. “ I don’t know whether the students realize this is putting them
in an uncompetitive position down the road. From what we see in upcom­ing
capital projects and bonding it may be a long time until these needs
are satisfied.”
Arizona State University and the University of Arizona recently approved
similar recreational packages at a cost of $15-20 million. When the facilities
are opened, the surcharge at the universities will be $50 per year.
It is believed many students thought they were voting on a raise in tui­tion
(a yes vote raises tuition by $50 per year and a no vote will not raise
the tuition).
“ NAU and its students had better be fully decided,” Regent Donald Pitt
said. They are going to be upset when they see the other facilities (at ASU
and UA). When they don’t have a facility I don’t want them to come cry­ing
back to the Board,” he said.
When the other state universities raise their fees, NAU’s tuition will most
likely be raised to match the tuition rate at ASU and UA, whether NAU
has a recreational facility, Richards said. Therefore, if the recreational pro­posal
fails, tuition rates may still increase.
“ People were informed (of the possible tuition increase even if the pro­posal
fails) after they voted,” George said. “ The students voted no, but
they may have for the wrong reasons.”
ASNAU legislative assistant Alex Bozeman agreed.
“ You are not dealing with thosands of dollars, you are dealing with
millions,’’Bozeman said. “ A great number of people were not informed.”
The re-vote will most likely take place within a month, said Watson Gan,
ASNAU vice president for student affairs. Richards said another alternative
would be to combine the re-vote with the student body election in early
April. Tuberculosis on campus confirmed;
testing of 240 students underway
Kathy Newberry
Staff Reporter
An engineering student at NAU
was treated at the Flagstaff Medical
Center for tuberculosis last week.
Consequently, nearly 240 students
are undergoing tuberculosis skin
tests.
The students are being tested
because they came into close contact
with the infected student or they
were in the same classroom as the
student, said Dr. Leonard Wright,
director of Fronske Health Center.
He added that the actual risk to
other students is minimal.
Tuberculosis (TB) is a lung infec­tion
that affects the brain, kidneys
and lymph nodes, Wright said.
The testing procedure consists of
injecting purified tuberculin
material (PPD) under the skin. If a
lump appears within 48 hours, the
test is positive. This means at one
point in the person’s life he or she
has come in contact with TB. But,
it doesn’t necessarily mean the per­son
has TB, Wright said.
If the test is positive, the next step
is a chest X-ray. Then the person is
put on medicine, said Pat White,
clinic coordinator for Flagstaff.
If the test is negative, the person
will be tested again in three months,
she said.
Students being tested are not
charged for the test or the medicine,
Wright said.
TB has a serious effect on the
body.
“ The symptoms are cough, fever,
night sweats, loss of weight, and
fatigue. It is a chronic illness that
eats away at the body slowly,”
Wright said.
Although a highly contagious
disease, TB is cureable.
A person with perfect health
habits could catch it from someone
else. It can be transmitted by being
in the same room as an infected per­son,
Wright said.
“ If a person breathes in an effec-
Marcia Jones
News Editor
Gov. Evan Mecham, the Arizona
Board of Regents and the three state
university presidents debated the
Governor s proposed budget for the
universities for next year at Friday’s
board meeting in Tucson.
“ All that 1 have heard since the
release o f my budget recommenda­tions
has been wailing and moaning
about my recommended “ cuts” to
the university budget,” Mecham
said. “ 1 have not proposed budget
reductions. I have proposed a
steady state budget for the
universities.”
Regent Jack Pfister disagreed.
“ When you annualize the budget it
really does represent a reducation.”
he said.
Pfister also noted state agency
funding is increasing at a greater
rate than the universities,’ while at
the same time the universities’
enrollments are increasing.
Mecham urged the Regents and
university presidents to concentrate
on instruction. “ 1 am not in favor
of providing additional funds that
are then allocated away from the in­struction
programs,” he said.
Mecham said since, under his plan
the universities would have more
money to spend in 1988 than 1987,
the universities only spend half their
money in instructional programs.
The university presidents and the
board should then control where ap­propriated
monies are spent.
“ If professors are going to be
fired, if scholarships are going to be
cut, if the effect on the universities
is going to be catastrophic, it is
because the university presidents
have chosen this course,” he said.
“ They have the authority and
perogative to decide w here their ap­propriated
monies are spent,”
Mecham said. “ If they are going to
cut instructional programs it is
because they have chosen to do so.”
University of Arizona President
Henry Koffler said he was not pleas­ed
with these comments.
“ Your statements as to our inef­ficiency
and ineffectiveness are not
warranted and not justified. In fact
I ’m slightly hurt by it,” he said.
“ If you think I ’m critical of what
you’re doing, let me tell you, you’re
a brighter light than anyone else,”
Mecham said. “ There is a horren­dous
problem in all branches of the
state government.”
The three university presidents
selected separate areas for criticism
on the Governor’s proposed budget.
Koffler expressed his dissatisfac­tion
for the lack of consideration for
university research. UA is currently
pushing for expanded optics
research. “ We have to compete with
Eighth largest snowfall
Storm forces cam pus closure
Chris Fiscus
Staff Reporter
Afternoon classes and most cam­pus
facilities were closed Tuesday
afteT a winter storm dumped 20 in­ches
of snow on Flagstaff.
The decision to close classes w as
given after consideration by Presi­dent
Eugene Hughes’ office and the
campus police department, Mike
Phalen, University News editor,
said.
The dining halls, unions, activity
centers, Natatorium and Lumber­jack
Gym were among the only
facilities open Tuesday evening, and
several of those closed early.
The decision was made to dismiss
faculty, staff and students at 2:30
p.m. to allow' them to safely com­mute
home and to empty the park­ing
lots so they could be cleared of
snow, a release from President
Hughes' office said.
As of 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, 20 in­ches
of snow had been reported at
Flagstaff’s Pulliam Airport, Byron
Peterson of the National Weather
Service said.
The last time classes and campus
activities were closed because of in*
climate weather was in December of
1967 during a seven-day storm that
sent faculty and students home to an
early Christmas vacation, Rick
Turner of KCLS radio, said.
“ 1 am not crazy about going to
class and 1 love snow, but things will
just get delayed (if the classes are
canceled),” she said. “ We will pro­bably
have to cram things in.”
There was a chance classes would
be closed Wednesday, which would
have been the first time the school
closed for an entire day because of
snow in nearly 20 years.
Between six and 10 inches of snow
were expected Tuesday night which
most likely would have closed
classes. Only five inches of new
snow was reported Wednesday mor­ning,
however, and classes were
open on Wednesday.
“ 1 was hoping the classes would
be closed and I was disappointed
they were not,” freshman Sarah
Rhodes, nursing major, said. “ It
looked like they would be and
everyone thought they would be.”
Although the storm was not
enough to completely close classes,
it was the eighth biggest storm in
Flagstaff history with 28 inches of
snowfall as of Wednesday morning,
Patrick McDonald of the National
Weather Service said.
The storm is the second largest in
Flagstaff history for the month of
February and the seventh largest in
history for daily snowfall, he said.
the best talent for new thoughts,”
he said.
Arizona State University presi­dent
Russell Nelson said that both
the Governor and Legislature’s
budget proposals failed to take into
consideration salary increases for
university workers.
“ Without the ability to recruit at
market levels and reward for quali­ty
work, I ’m concerned we’ll fall
behind in maintaining fine staffs,”
he said.
NAU President Eugene Hughes
pointed out that, although figures
show only half of current funds to
be going for instruction, the figures
fail to take into consideration areas
directly related to instruction.
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DEDICA TtO\-Jene Burry , dental hygiene major, skied to classes only to
find out al! but one of hers were canceled. A total snowfall of 22 inches
Tuesday forced cancellation o f classes and t\AU to close at 2:30 p.m .
tive droplet of TB, they have come
in contact with the disease,” he said.
“ What we are doing is a good
public health routine. It is nothing
for students to worry about, ”
Wright laid.
Not too many years ago it may
have been a problem. The only thing
doctors could suggest for this
disease was fresh air. Now there are
two or three medicines that can be
used to cure the infection, he said.
TB has not been prominent in
Flagstaff. Within the last couple of
years, there has been one other TB
case reported in Flagstaff.
Warner to be speaker
at rally in two weeks
Chris Fiscus
Proposed budget debated at meeting
Staff Reporter
Carolyn Wrarner will be the guest speaker at a campus rally to voice disap­proval
against Gov. Evan Mecham’s tuition increases and budget cuts at
the state universities.
“ The rally is to let the state know the students of NAU are no longer
going to sit down and take whatever is dished out to them,” Kriegh said.
“ We are concerned, we do have an opinion and we are going to voice it.”
The rally, sponsored by the Legislative Task Force - a sister organiza­tion
of ASNAU, is set for 5 p.m., March II, in the new student union
auditorium.
Warner, former state superintendent for public instruction and the
runner-up behind Gov. Evan Mecham in the gubernatorial race, is one of
several dignitaries which have been contacted and encouraged to attend.
Possible speakers include the Rev. Jesse Jackson, former Gov. Bruce
Babbitt, Phoenix Mayor Terry Goddard, Sen. Dennis Deconcini and Glenn
Davis, a former Congressman and NAU alumnus, said Jack Kriegh, an
assistant for public relations with the task force.
A member of Gov. Mecham’s staff is also scheduled to attend the rally,
and there is a chance Mecham may attend, he said.
“ Because of Mecham’s actions, people are really upset,” Kriegh said.
“ If it were not for the discordance among the student body, there would
be no reason for the rally.”
The repealing of the state-paid holiday for Martin Luther King Jr. was
a key to the movement against Mecham, he said.
“ Because of that one event, people began to sit up and take notice of
all the other things he was doing,” Kriegh said.
The task force cannot stop Mecham and the idea is to influence and per­suade
the Legislature to the group’s side on Mecham’s proposals, he said.
He said the rally was planned after a luncheon w-ith students and represen­tatives
from the State Legislature on Feb. 7. More than 50 students, twice
the number of students expected, were in attendance.
“ That was what gave us the clue there are a lot of excited people out
there,” Krngh said. “ The amount of people (at the luncheon) was just
the tip of the iceberg.”
The rally will be held in the student union auditorium designed to hold
400 people, he said, although many more are expected.
“ There is going to be far, far more of a turnout than 400 people,” Kriegh
said.
Student government members from Arizona Stale University, Universi­ty
of Arizona and from high schools in Phoenix, plus several special in­terest
groups and members of the media have been invited, he said.
Kriegh said NAU students and campus organizations, in particular frater­nities
and sororities, must become involved with the rally.
Joseph Cox to become SOSC head
Marcia Jones
News Editor
Joseph Cox, vice president for
academic affairs, will be leaving
NAU this summer to accept a posi­tion
as president of Southern
Oregon State College.
Cox was selected from 249 ap­plicants,
with the formal announce­ment
coming Friday morning at a
board meeting in Ashland, Ore.,
located IS miles north of the
California-Oregon border.
“ We (Cox and his wife Regma)
have been very happy in Flagstaff,”
Cox said. “ In order to make a move
like this it had to be a very special
institution in a marvelous place.”
Cox flew to Oregon Feb. 18 to
meei with the chancellor of the
Oregon Board of Higher Education.
He was then invited Feb. 19 to
return to Oregon for the formal an­nouncement
of his selection made at
the board meeiing Feb. 20 morning.
“ I had not anticipated this would
happen so soon,” President Eugene
Hughes said. “ It shocked me this
morning to hear of the rapidity of
the selection. It is my indication they
(SOSC) were impressed with Joe
and his wife Regina and had full
confidence in both,” he said Friday.
Hughes said he has no idea who
will take Cox’s place or when. He
said he plans to advertise the up­coming
opening around the country
and call a few personal contacts. He
also didn’t eliminate the possibility
of a person moving up from within
the university to fill Cox’s position.
“ It is with mixed emotions that I
see him leave. He has done an
outstanding job.” Hughes said.
“ When 1 hired Joe one of my
goals was to build NAU into one of
the finest, if not the finest, middle-size
universities in the nation. With
his work in academic service, 1 think
we’re well on our way as evidenced
by the write-ups in Money Magazine
and Searching for Excellence.1'
Cox learned of the opening at
SOSC in late December. In January,
the list of nearly 250 applicants was
reduced to 12 semi-finalists. The list
was then narrowed to just three
finalists, prior to his selection.
“ It’s the perfect size institution
and in a lovely spot,” he said.
SOSC has 3,900 students and is
located in Ashland, the site of the
annual Shakespearean Festival.
Ashland has nine live theaters for a
town of only 12,000 people. “ For a
culture junkie tike me it’s going to
be great,” Cox said.
“ SOSC i s a strong liberal arts col­lege
and I'd like to build on that,”
Cox s a i d . “ If I had a goal o t model
it would be to creatc a W illiam and
Mary College in the West. I ’d like
to make a libei ai arts college as good
as any private institution.”
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