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fcAf/F LAK E C IT Y r V I THE Northern Arizona University • Flagstaff, Arizona Vblume 85, Issue 16 O COPYTUGHT1990 Thursday, September 6,1990 Administration caps enrollment at 16,000 Minority recruitment continues despite cap By Amy Nevitte The Lumberjack For the first time in N AU ’s 90- year his tory, un i versify adrr i n i strati on has capped enrollment When it appeared that 16,500 students would be attending the Flagstaff and sa te lli te cam puses this fall, an increase o f 700 to 1,000 students over last year, officials decided to acL “As o f Aug. 5, we decided we would process completed paperwork but would notaccept any new applications for full-time, undergraduate students,* NAU President Eugene Hughes said. The university accepted applications for parttime and evening students until theAug.31 deadline, Hughes said. The enrollment cap comes as a result o f the findings o f a special task force assigned by Hughes to evaluate the needs o f students and the availability o f resources to fill those needs, said David Markce, chairman o f the Enrollment Planning Task Force (EPTF). “Wewere reac hing the maxim um o f how far we could go with the resource! we have,” Markee said. Markee and the other members o f the EPTF, which included deans o f some o f the different schools and adm inistrators, advised Hughes to cap enrollment after examining the availability o f fulltime faculty members, classroom space and support services. These services include housing and dining facilities, the library, the advisement center and the learning center. Both Hughes and Markee said they were concerned about losing 16,000 mark next year. This year the number of student* in Flagstaff will total approximately 15,000, Hughes said. Markee said that funding allotted the university for enrollment growth in the next few yeans will be enough to accommodate the additional 1,000 students. Markee points out projects such as the fWe were looking for a reasonable number of students to effectively provide a quality education at this institution.- — David Markee Chairman, Enrollment Planning Task Force the one-to-one learning atmosphere that is a trademark o f NAU. “We were looking for a reasonable number o f students to effectively provide a quality education at this institution,” Markee said. Hughes has proposed a plan to the Arizona Board o f Regents, calling for a permanent enrollment cap o f 16,000 students on the Flagstaff campus, to become effective in two or three years. Un iver-sity o f Arizona President Henry Koffl e r has also proposed a permanent cap o f 38,000 at UA effective Fall 1991. Markee predicts the Flagstaff campus of NAU could reach the transfer o f Babbitt Hall to faculty and the renovation of the Social and Behavioral Sciences building as preparations for past enrollment growth. Students had difTering opinions on the enrollment cap. Albert Khasky, an incoming freshman, opposes the enrollment cap because he was only accepted on a part-time basis. Khasky had taken a test necessary for enrollment and was wailing for the test results when the universi ty capped enrollment “I had asked i f there would be a problem with my getting accepted and the administration told me that there would not The deadline for appl ication was Aug. SI ," he said. Associated Students of NAU president Sue Sisley was supportive o f the enrollment cap but also was upset because students were not included on the EPTF and subsequently were left out of the decision process. “We (the students) are experts in higher education issues because we are the consumersof the product this university is selling; higher education," she said. “Student input enhances the integrity, credibility and validity o f every decision the administration makes.” Markee said that it was an oversight that no students were on the EPTF. “We had heard so many concerns o f students over the past few years that we just put together an administrative and academic committee to analyze their concerns,* he said. Many students support the cap. “One o f the advantages o f N AU is its small size," Rob Dietel, senior, said. “I'm all for the enrollment cap because the quality o f education is in direct correlation to size, where less is better," he said. Dan Pena, junior, agrees. "The reason 1 came to NAU is because of the close-knit, community atmosphere and more personalized education.* University use of travel agency possible in face of investigation u-Sr atwrtii Phil Sampaio T h e Lumberjack Despite an ongoing state investigation into alleged improprieties involving the NAU athletic department and its use o f Grand Canyon Travel agency, top university officials remain uncertain if the departmen twill continue to use the agency this season. The mixup occurred after the opening o f the fall season. An Aug. 12 issue o f The Arizona Republic reported a potential conflict-of- interest case involving Athletic Director Tom Jurich and Assistant Athletic Director Rick Smith and the athletic department's use o f Grand Canyon Travel to book travel arrangements. Both were co-owners o f Grand Canyon Travel for 14 months until Jurich divested himself from the business in March 1987. Smith is still a co-owner of the travel agency. Immediately following The Arizona Republic article, N A U President Eugene Hughes asked officials from the office o f the Arizona attorney general to conduct an investigation regarding a possible conflict-of-interest At an Aug. 24 faculty address, Hughes said that the university will be bypassing travel agencies by going directly to airlines for travel bids. And on Friday, Hughes clarified that statement by saying that between now and December, NAU will be accenting bids from travel agencies. *We will ask for bids by Dec. 1,- Hughes said. Though the president stated that all travel for this season has been booked through a charter service, he did not rule out the possibility o f Grand Canyon Travel being used for the current football season. *1 would assume it was possible,” H ughes said. “ J u rich’s office would know.” Butdespite the pending investigation and the faculty address, jurich and Smith remain unclear about use of the travel agency for this fall. Regarding the athletic department's possi ble use o f Grand Canyon Travel for this season, Jurich said that all travel arrangements for the fall season were “already done.” "We probably won’ t have any n eed to (use Grand Canyon Travel),” Jurich said in a telephone interview Thursday. But Jurich was still unsure if travel arrangements would be conducted through Grand Canyon Travel for this season. “Don’t really know yet, "Jurich responded. ‘ Probably n o t” Jurich declined further questions. Smith also was uncertain about any possible use o f the agency for athletic department travel this season. "I have no idea," Smith said. "That’ s something we will know after the investigation." o f Grand Canyon agency has not booked any travel for any o f the athletic teams for this season. ButClark said he is not surprised with the current confusion that exists with the athletic department's immediate travel plans. “3 think everybody is Treading lightly and they’re afraid to things right now," Clark said. "We don rt know what they are d oing. We are all confused." Clark said he is also angered by the lack of direct communication between the university and local travel agencies. “It's aggravating and angering. It affects the entire community of Flagstaff," Clark said. University spokesperson Steve Stem said a likely reason forju rich’s misunderstanding concerning the travel plans for this season was the athletic director’s possible absence from the faculty address. "This decision was just recently made, and I ’m not sure Tom was actually there when the decision was made at the annual faculty address for the semester,* Stem said. Assistant state attorney general Michael Cudahy refused to comment on the case, citing that the investigation was still incomplete. If both Jurich and Smith are con- See ATHLETICS, Page 6 By Cindy Young The Lumberjack Despite the proposed enroil-mentcap, NAU will continue to actively recruit all prospective students including minority or “underrepresented" students, said Molly* Carder, director o f NAU Admissions. All three state universi tiesarc operating under a mandate from the Arizona Board o f Regents to increase enrollment, retention and graduation o f “underrepresented*stu den ts by 10 percent over a five-year period that began in the fall o f 1989, Carder said. The “un de rrep resen ted ” students are the Asian, black, I Hispanic and Native American students. N AU met the goal o f a 10 percent increase last year and will probably do so again this i year if the increased number o f minority students attending Previews, a summer orientation program for new students, is an in dication o f enrollm ent, Carder said. Ethnic composition o f the student body was considered before finalizing the decision to stop acceptance o f applications early from full-time undergraduate students. Carder said. : • It was determined the decision would not affect any one group more than another, she said, Nodccisjonshavc been made on how to implement the proposed en rollcnen t cap o f 16,000 students because recommendations from all of the groups involved areseil! incoming, NAU President Eugene M. Hughes said. “What we wa n t to do is assure that we are able to maintain an See RECRU IT, Page 9 David RipUyrThe Lumberjack Sam Hanna moves into Mountain View Hall. The sophomore said his new dorm room is a little smaller than his old room in Tinsley Hall, but is batter over all. See rsistmd storks below, Page 2 am/ Pag* 15. O verbooking o f residence halls f o r fo u rth year creates close conditions in tem porary housing By Jennifer Do: Tnee IL um b e rja c k Imagine five girls living in one room the size o f two small dorm rooms, furnished with three bunk beds, one small mirror, one sink and one tiny closet Sophomore undecided major Connie Clark and junior engineering major Christy White both live in this room, called temporary housing or "expended occupancy,9 with three other Clark and White, both transfer students, said fhey have spent most of their first week at NAU visiting Residence Life to see when and if White."We were even thinking about posting times for people to use the sink and mirror. W e’re desperate." "It is so frustrating sharing one mirror and sink with five girls," Clark said. "We have all been sent letters telling us to search for oflkampus housing and it probably costs just as much with one other person, but we ifl want the convenietfce of living on campus but not with five people to a room," she said. Each of the residents regular dorm rooms. "We get a different story every time we talk to them," said phlet that states, "Furnishing* include a twin bed, closet space, dresser, chair and desk." T h e only thing we have ■ one tiny closet and one dresser for five people,” Clark said. "We have nowhere to study or keep our clothes." Rick Brandel, director of Residence Life, said there are approximately 2S0 beds placed around campus. "We usually let *00-300 extra people sign up for housing because for the pest three years there have lations that everyone can be bowed.* Braodd said. "This is the fourth fear in a row chat NAU bam been overcrowded,* he mid. Students pieced in temporary homing live with RAs, in lounges, in family housing or in rooms that about the overcrowding situation are the former residents o f Babbitt Hall. These residents were placed in Raymond Hall when Babbitt was turned into offices. "We were promised three-person roomsbecause we were moved out at such short notice, and now they have placed tem porary housing students with us, "said one former Babbitt resident "It is not only unfair to us, it is Other students who are upset us. Most of them l^ing to deal with college life and they don’t even have permanent places to live," he mid. Another Raymond resident said,"It was stupid for Residence See HOUSING, Page 2 I n s id e News 2 Feature 13 Commentary 10 Entertainment 17 Sports 23 In this issue: A form er NAU student from Kuwait tells how his family is affected by the Iraqi invasion. (Page 13)
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Oral history transcripts | fcAf/F LAK E C IT Y r V I THE Northern Arizona University • Flagstaff, Arizona Vblume 85, Issue 16 O COPYTUGHT1990 Thursday, September 6,1990 Administration caps enrollment at 16,000 Minority recruitment continues despite cap By Amy Nevitte The Lumberjack For the first time in N AU ’s 90- year his tory, un i versify adrr i n i strati on has capped enrollment When it appeared that 16,500 students would be attending the Flagstaff and sa te lli te cam puses this fall, an increase o f 700 to 1,000 students over last year, officials decided to acL “As o f Aug. 5, we decided we would process completed paperwork but would notaccept any new applications for full-time, undergraduate students,* NAU President Eugene Hughes said. The university accepted applications for parttime and evening students until theAug.31 deadline, Hughes said. The enrollment cap comes as a result o f the findings o f a special task force assigned by Hughes to evaluate the needs o f students and the availability o f resources to fill those needs, said David Markce, chairman o f the Enrollment Planning Task Force (EPTF). “Wewere reac hing the maxim um o f how far we could go with the resource! we have,” Markee said. Markee and the other members o f the EPTF, which included deans o f some o f the different schools and adm inistrators, advised Hughes to cap enrollment after examining the availability o f fulltime faculty members, classroom space and support services. These services include housing and dining facilities, the library, the advisement center and the learning center. Both Hughes and Markee said they were concerned about losing 16,000 mark next year. This year the number of student* in Flagstaff will total approximately 15,000, Hughes said. Markee said that funding allotted the university for enrollment growth in the next few yeans will be enough to accommodate the additional 1,000 students. Markee points out projects such as the fWe were looking for a reasonable number of students to effectively provide a quality education at this institution.- — David Markee Chairman, Enrollment Planning Task Force the one-to-one learning atmosphere that is a trademark o f NAU. “We were looking for a reasonable number o f students to effectively provide a quality education at this institution,” Markee said. Hughes has proposed a plan to the Arizona Board o f Regents, calling for a permanent enrollment cap o f 16,000 students on the Flagstaff campus, to become effective in two or three years. Un iver-sity o f Arizona President Henry Koffl e r has also proposed a permanent cap o f 38,000 at UA effective Fall 1991. Markee predicts the Flagstaff campus of NAU could reach the transfer o f Babbitt Hall to faculty and the renovation of the Social and Behavioral Sciences building as preparations for past enrollment growth. Students had difTering opinions on the enrollment cap. Albert Khasky, an incoming freshman, opposes the enrollment cap because he was only accepted on a part-time basis. Khasky had taken a test necessary for enrollment and was wailing for the test results when the universi ty capped enrollment “I had asked i f there would be a problem with my getting accepted and the administration told me that there would not The deadline for appl ication was Aug. SI ," he said. Associated Students of NAU president Sue Sisley was supportive o f the enrollment cap but also was upset because students were not included on the EPTF and subsequently were left out of the decision process. “We (the students) are experts in higher education issues because we are the consumersof the product this university is selling; higher education," she said. “Student input enhances the integrity, credibility and validity o f every decision the administration makes.” Markee said that it was an oversight that no students were on the EPTF. “We had heard so many concerns o f students over the past few years that we just put together an administrative and academic committee to analyze their concerns,* he said. Many students support the cap. “One o f the advantages o f N AU is its small size," Rob Dietel, senior, said. “I'm all for the enrollment cap because the quality o f education is in direct correlation to size, where less is better," he said. Dan Pena, junior, agrees. "The reason 1 came to NAU is because of the close-knit, community atmosphere and more personalized education.* University use of travel agency possible in face of investigation u-Sr atwrtii Phil Sampaio T h e Lumberjack Despite an ongoing state investigation into alleged improprieties involving the NAU athletic department and its use o f Grand Canyon Travel agency, top university officials remain uncertain if the departmen twill continue to use the agency this season. The mixup occurred after the opening o f the fall season. An Aug. 12 issue o f The Arizona Republic reported a potential conflict-of- interest case involving Athletic Director Tom Jurich and Assistant Athletic Director Rick Smith and the athletic department's use o f Grand Canyon Travel to book travel arrangements. Both were co-owners o f Grand Canyon Travel for 14 months until Jurich divested himself from the business in March 1987. Smith is still a co-owner of the travel agency. Immediately following The Arizona Republic article, N A U President Eugene Hughes asked officials from the office o f the Arizona attorney general to conduct an investigation regarding a possible conflict-of-interest At an Aug. 24 faculty address, Hughes said that the university will be bypassing travel agencies by going directly to airlines for travel bids. And on Friday, Hughes clarified that statement by saying that between now and December, NAU will be accenting bids from travel agencies. *We will ask for bids by Dec. 1,- Hughes said. Though the president stated that all travel for this season has been booked through a charter service, he did not rule out the possibility o f Grand Canyon Travel being used for the current football season. *1 would assume it was possible,” H ughes said. “ J u rich’s office would know.” Butdespite the pending investigation and the faculty address, jurich and Smith remain unclear about use of the travel agency for this fall. Regarding the athletic department's possi ble use o f Grand Canyon Travel for this season, Jurich said that all travel arrangements for the fall season were “already done.” "We probably won’ t have any n eed to (use Grand Canyon Travel),” Jurich said in a telephone interview Thursday. But Jurich was still unsure if travel arrangements would be conducted through Grand Canyon Travel for this season. “Don’t really know yet, "Jurich responded. ‘ Probably n o t” Jurich declined further questions. Smith also was uncertain about any possible use o f the agency for athletic department travel this season. "I have no idea," Smith said. "That’ s something we will know after the investigation." o f Grand Canyon agency has not booked any travel for any o f the athletic teams for this season. ButClark said he is not surprised with the current confusion that exists with the athletic department's immediate travel plans. “3 think everybody is Treading lightly and they’re afraid to things right now," Clark said. "We don rt know what they are d oing. We are all confused." Clark said he is also angered by the lack of direct communication between the university and local travel agencies. “It's aggravating and angering. It affects the entire community of Flagstaff," Clark said. University spokesperson Steve Stem said a likely reason forju rich’s misunderstanding concerning the travel plans for this season was the athletic director’s possible absence from the faculty address. "This decision was just recently made, and I ’m not sure Tom was actually there when the decision was made at the annual faculty address for the semester,* Stem said. Assistant state attorney general Michael Cudahy refused to comment on the case, citing that the investigation was still incomplete. If both Jurich and Smith are con- See ATHLETICS, Page 6 By Cindy Young The Lumberjack Despite the proposed enroil-mentcap, NAU will continue to actively recruit all prospective students including minority or “underrepresented" students, said Molly* Carder, director o f NAU Admissions. All three state universi tiesarc operating under a mandate from the Arizona Board o f Regents to increase enrollment, retention and graduation o f “underrepresented*stu den ts by 10 percent over a five-year period that began in the fall o f 1989, Carder said. The “un de rrep resen ted ” students are the Asian, black, I Hispanic and Native American students. N AU met the goal o f a 10 percent increase last year and will probably do so again this i year if the increased number o f minority students attending Previews, a summer orientation program for new students, is an in dication o f enrollm ent, Carder said. Ethnic composition o f the student body was considered before finalizing the decision to stop acceptance o f applications early from full-time undergraduate students. Carder said. : • It was determined the decision would not affect any one group more than another, she said, Nodccisjonshavc been made on how to implement the proposed en rollcnen t cap o f 16,000 students because recommendations from all of the groups involved areseil! incoming, NAU President Eugene M. Hughes said. “What we wa n t to do is assure that we are able to maintain an See RECRU IT, Page 9 David RipUyrThe Lumberjack Sam Hanna moves into Mountain View Hall. The sophomore said his new dorm room is a little smaller than his old room in Tinsley Hall, but is batter over all. See rsistmd storks below, Page 2 am/ Pag* 15. O verbooking o f residence halls f o r fo u rth year creates close conditions in tem porary housing By Jennifer Do: Tnee IL um b e rja c k Imagine five girls living in one room the size o f two small dorm rooms, furnished with three bunk beds, one small mirror, one sink and one tiny closet Sophomore undecided major Connie Clark and junior engineering major Christy White both live in this room, called temporary housing or "expended occupancy,9 with three other Clark and White, both transfer students, said fhey have spent most of their first week at NAU visiting Residence Life to see when and if White."We were even thinking about posting times for people to use the sink and mirror. W e’re desperate." "It is so frustrating sharing one mirror and sink with five girls," Clark said. "We have all been sent letters telling us to search for oflkampus housing and it probably costs just as much with one other person, but we ifl want the convenietfce of living on campus but not with five people to a room," she said. Each of the residents regular dorm rooms. "We get a different story every time we talk to them," said phlet that states, "Furnishing* include a twin bed, closet space, dresser, chair and desk." T h e only thing we have ■ one tiny closet and one dresser for five people,” Clark said. "We have nowhere to study or keep our clothes." Rick Brandel, director of Residence Life, said there are approximately 2S0 beds placed around campus. "We usually let *00-300 extra people sign up for housing because for the pest three years there have lations that everyone can be bowed.* Braodd said. "This is the fourth fear in a row chat NAU bam been overcrowded,* he mid. Students pieced in temporary homing live with RAs, in lounges, in family housing or in rooms that about the overcrowding situation are the former residents o f Babbitt Hall. These residents were placed in Raymond Hall when Babbitt was turned into offices. "We were promised three-person roomsbecause we were moved out at such short notice, and now they have placed tem porary housing students with us, "said one former Babbitt resident "It is not only unfair to us, it is Other students who are upset us. Most of them l^ing to deal with college life and they don’t even have permanent places to live," he mid. Another Raymond resident said,"It was stupid for Residence See HOUSING, Page 2 I n s id e News 2 Feature 13 Commentary 10 Entertainment 17 Sports 23 In this issue: A form er NAU student from Kuwait tells how his family is affected by the Iraqi invasion. (Page 13) |
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