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Cornerstone: Plans for dormitory underway; 608 expected resident capacity Steve Chernek/The Lumberjack The following is the first of a three-part series on proposed changes in the liberal arts program. JONATHAN STERN Senior Reporter A proposal to eliminate the current liberal studies program at NAU has come under intensive discussion since school opened for the 1982 fall semester. The new program, “Cornerstone: the NAU program in essential studies”, has been proposed to NAU faculty as an alternative to the present liberal studies curriculum. An NAU delegation attended a workshop June 13-30 in Colorado Springs, Colo., sponsored by the Lilly Endowment, Inc. to study curricula. The delegation - Joseph W. Cox, vice president for academic affairs; Ann T. Foster, assistant vice president for undergraduate programs; Earle B. Hoyt Jr., associate professor of chemistry; and Thomas Lon Owen, associate professor of physiology - suggested a new curricula which includes the following: The freshman year will mandate 12 semester hours of writing, mathematical computation and reasoning. The minimal freshman requirements are English 102-103 and college algebra (MAT 110). The reasoning component, called “critical analysis courses” would emphasize comprehension of the nature, structure and method of argument; including defects and refutation. Sophomore year courses would include nine semester hours in ail area called “Watersheds in Western Cultural Heritage. ” The courses would focus on specialized topics of western history. Examples within the proposal include “The Role of Empire in France, Spain and England in 1760” and “The Thomistic Influence in Catholicism. ” The junior and senior years include a 12 semester hour option of selected courses in at least two areas outside the major or minor, or a 12-hour focus outside the major area of concentration, Upper level courses will be designated in the areas of humanities, sciences arid social and behavioral sciences. The focus would require concentration on an area or the writing of a term paper under the direction of an appropriate faculty committee. Papers will be collected and published by the university. Writing will be stressed at all levels, Foster said of the proposal. Hoyt said, “There may be something that really excites somebody to do an individual project. If not, they can keep tasting stuff in discipline level courses. ” Foster said, “We want to give people a focus to explore what they’re interested in, not have students say ‘this is a program I want to get out of the way. ’ "We want to prepare the student for the world. ” She said this can be done by offering a variety of concentrated Hoyt said, “We want liberal studies to be just as exciting and interesting as a major. My general impression is that liberal studies doesn’t challenge students in the way they should be challenged. ” Owen concurred, “We view this proposal as one of many alternatives presented to the faculty and university community to improve liberal arts education at NAU. “We had the advantage of consulting with faculty from other universities (at the Lilly workshop) with fresh ideas, ” he said. “I can’t remember any negative comments. We felt support all the way. ” Owen said. Two weeks ago, selected faculty were invited to review the new proposal during a series of meetings with the committee. “Initially, we were at a disadvantage because people don’t know what we did (at the conference), ” Owen said. “Now we’re getting positive constructive criticism (from faculty reviewing the Lilly proposal) and that makes the whole thing worthwhile. ” Cox explained what the group went through at the conference. “There had come to be a dissatisfaction with the (present liberal studies) program and the problem I inherited was how to resolve the debate, ” he said. Cox said NAU was invited by the Lilly Endowment last November to participate in a national symposium focusing on the role of arts and sciences to undergraduate students. Foster and Cox submitted a successful proposal describing the liberal studies debate. Four NAU team members were chosen to participate with people from 25 other schools. The NAU delegation developed a philosophy at the conference of what the delegation thought NAU graduates should know, Cox said. Their ideas included writing throughout the curriculum, a stronger mathematical literacy, a sense of the culture that produced them and the ability to think critically in written “We know it’s idealistic and we’re dreaming, ” Cox said. “But dreams are what progress is made of. We’ve played the role of a catalyst. ” MARY O’DRISCOLL Senior Reporter A new dormitory for NAU will become a reality in May, 1984, when a 304-room facility linking the north and south campus centers will be completed. Construction bids for the $7, 750, 000 project will be awarded Nov. 9 if all goes according to schedule, NAU President Eugene M. Hughes told the Arizona Board of Regents at its meeting Saturday in the Executive Center. Building plans and construction details were also presented to the regents. Construction funds will be available through 20-year NAU system revenue bonds, at 11. 2 percent interest. The university will sell more than $9 million in bonds, Hughes said, so it can buy Stroud Hall at last year’s assessed value of $1, 050, 000. NAU is currently leasing Stroud Hall. The new facility, which has been in the planning stage for two years, will be located east of the Executive Center and the north-south campus walkway on the hill overlooking the campus’ south center, Bryce Pearsalt, architect for Lescher & Mahoney Construction, said. The dormitory is expected to house 608 students in what Pearsalt termed “suite arrangements, ” meaning one bathroom will be shared by residents in two adjacent rooms. The brick facility will be composed of three east-west wings, linked by hallways, Pearsalt said. This design will make it easier for small or large conferences to come to NAU and house members in the dormitory. The east-west building situation will lend itself to passive solar construction, lie added. Because the windows on the dormitory will face south, sunlight will help heat the rooms. The dormitory construction project will be tied into the phasing out of Old Main Hall, Hughes said. Old Main will go “off line” (the power will be turned off) at the same time the new facility will be made available for students. Old Main, which now houses 150 students, will be preserved as one of NAU’s historic campus sites. Major parking provisions were not included in the dormitory plans, said David Markee, vice president for student services. Dormitory residents will park in the “valley” on the campus’ south center, where many students from SAC Hall now park. The SAC students will park south of SAC in parking areas yet to be developed. However, a small parking area will be adjacent to the dormitory, Markee said. These units will be used for short-term parking. “This is consistent with our plan for campus improvement to have parking on the perimeter of the campus, ” Markee said. Dorm alarm installation S um m ertim e snow Roy Deaver, 18, of Flagstaff, enjoys his own pre-season run on a patch of snow at the top of the ski lift on Mt. Agassiz, Sunday. The San Francisco Peaks were dusted with three inches of snow during Saturday’s storm. Deaver, a senior at Flagstaff High School, is a lift operator at the Arizona Snow Bowl. nears completion date Is the Arizona Strip doomed to becom e a natio n al sacrifice? Are the energy companies really listening to public concern? See page 4A. The Equal Rights Amendment is gone, but it is not forgotten. Advocates have learned from their defeat and they have vowed to fight back. See page 4A. The Lumberjacks score the most in two years. NAU q u a rte rb a c k and w ide receivers move up on the career record charts. All in one game! See page 8A G et Rid of Icky Muck Everywhere! Physical Plant s ta ff’s b ra in c h ild gets students, faculty and staff into the GRIME of it. See page 2A. Last year, it greeted you w ith b e lly b u tto n s , red fingernail polish and skin. This year, it attempts to tempt you without it. See page 1B. Board of Regents 2A Letters 4A Sports Shorts 8A Et Cetera 2B Campus Capsules 5B Classifieds 7B Individual room sprinklers and hall fire alarm systems will be installed in Babbitt, Peterson, Taylor and Bury halls. The installation of fire alarm-sprinkler systems began last year after the State Legislature reacted highrise buildings across the country. The estimated cost for the systems is $300, 000. said Rick Brandel, acting assistant director of residence life. Installation should be completed by the end of November, he said. Last November, systems were installed in Stroud Hall, High Rise, Sechrist and SAC dormitories. When the sprinklers operate, about 80 gallons of water per minute are released, NAU officials “If there’s a fire, we’d rather have it flood than not have any water at all because we want to put the fire out before it creates a lot of danger. The water itself is easier to clean up than having to replace everything because it's been burned to a crisp, ” said Bennett Harris a maintenance mechanic. The new 304-room dormitory, scheduled to be completed in May, 1984, will be be built east of Knoles Drive between the Executive Center and Campus Heights. The building, which will utilize passive solar construc- New Dorm NAU representatives present studies program proposal for liberal arts Th e Lumberjack A student newspaper serving the Northern Arizona Community, Flagstaff, (602)523-4921 Volume 72, Issue 4«Thursday. Sept. 16. 1982 Steve Chernek/The Lumberjack tion will house 608 students in suite arrangements. The dorm is tied to the phasing out of Old Main, located on North Campus. 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Oral history transcripts | Cornerstone: Plans for dormitory underway; 608 expected resident capacity Steve Chernek/The Lumberjack The following is the first of a three-part series on proposed changes in the liberal arts program. JONATHAN STERN Senior Reporter A proposal to eliminate the current liberal studies program at NAU has come under intensive discussion since school opened for the 1982 fall semester. The new program, “Cornerstone: the NAU program in essential studies”, has been proposed to NAU faculty as an alternative to the present liberal studies curriculum. An NAU delegation attended a workshop June 13-30 in Colorado Springs, Colo., sponsored by the Lilly Endowment, Inc. to study curricula. The delegation - Joseph W. Cox, vice president for academic affairs; Ann T. Foster, assistant vice president for undergraduate programs; Earle B. Hoyt Jr., associate professor of chemistry; and Thomas Lon Owen, associate professor of physiology - suggested a new curricula which includes the following: The freshman year will mandate 12 semester hours of writing, mathematical computation and reasoning. The minimal freshman requirements are English 102-103 and college algebra (MAT 110). The reasoning component, called “critical analysis courses” would emphasize comprehension of the nature, structure and method of argument; including defects and refutation. Sophomore year courses would include nine semester hours in ail area called “Watersheds in Western Cultural Heritage. ” The courses would focus on specialized topics of western history. Examples within the proposal include “The Role of Empire in France, Spain and England in 1760” and “The Thomistic Influence in Catholicism. ” The junior and senior years include a 12 semester hour option of selected courses in at least two areas outside the major or minor, or a 12-hour focus outside the major area of concentration, Upper level courses will be designated in the areas of humanities, sciences arid social and behavioral sciences. The focus would require concentration on an area or the writing of a term paper under the direction of an appropriate faculty committee. Papers will be collected and published by the university. Writing will be stressed at all levels, Foster said of the proposal. Hoyt said, “There may be something that really excites somebody to do an individual project. If not, they can keep tasting stuff in discipline level courses. ” Foster said, “We want to give people a focus to explore what they’re interested in, not have students say ‘this is a program I want to get out of the way. ’ "We want to prepare the student for the world. ” She said this can be done by offering a variety of concentrated Hoyt said, “We want liberal studies to be just as exciting and interesting as a major. My general impression is that liberal studies doesn’t challenge students in the way they should be challenged. ” Owen concurred, “We view this proposal as one of many alternatives presented to the faculty and university community to improve liberal arts education at NAU. “We had the advantage of consulting with faculty from other universities (at the Lilly workshop) with fresh ideas, ” he said. “I can’t remember any negative comments. We felt support all the way. ” Owen said. Two weeks ago, selected faculty were invited to review the new proposal during a series of meetings with the committee. “Initially, we were at a disadvantage because people don’t know what we did (at the conference), ” Owen said. “Now we’re getting positive constructive criticism (from faculty reviewing the Lilly proposal) and that makes the whole thing worthwhile. ” Cox explained what the group went through at the conference. “There had come to be a dissatisfaction with the (present liberal studies) program and the problem I inherited was how to resolve the debate, ” he said. Cox said NAU was invited by the Lilly Endowment last November to participate in a national symposium focusing on the role of arts and sciences to undergraduate students. Foster and Cox submitted a successful proposal describing the liberal studies debate. Four NAU team members were chosen to participate with people from 25 other schools. The NAU delegation developed a philosophy at the conference of what the delegation thought NAU graduates should know, Cox said. Their ideas included writing throughout the curriculum, a stronger mathematical literacy, a sense of the culture that produced them and the ability to think critically in written “We know it’s idealistic and we’re dreaming, ” Cox said. “But dreams are what progress is made of. We’ve played the role of a catalyst. ” MARY O’DRISCOLL Senior Reporter A new dormitory for NAU will become a reality in May, 1984, when a 304-room facility linking the north and south campus centers will be completed. Construction bids for the $7, 750, 000 project will be awarded Nov. 9 if all goes according to schedule, NAU President Eugene M. Hughes told the Arizona Board of Regents at its meeting Saturday in the Executive Center. Building plans and construction details were also presented to the regents. Construction funds will be available through 20-year NAU system revenue bonds, at 11. 2 percent interest. The university will sell more than $9 million in bonds, Hughes said, so it can buy Stroud Hall at last year’s assessed value of $1, 050, 000. NAU is currently leasing Stroud Hall. The new facility, which has been in the planning stage for two years, will be located east of the Executive Center and the north-south campus walkway on the hill overlooking the campus’ south center, Bryce Pearsalt, architect for Lescher & Mahoney Construction, said. The dormitory is expected to house 608 students in what Pearsalt termed “suite arrangements, ” meaning one bathroom will be shared by residents in two adjacent rooms. The brick facility will be composed of three east-west wings, linked by hallways, Pearsalt said. This design will make it easier for small or large conferences to come to NAU and house members in the dormitory. The east-west building situation will lend itself to passive solar construction, lie added. Because the windows on the dormitory will face south, sunlight will help heat the rooms. The dormitory construction project will be tied into the phasing out of Old Main Hall, Hughes said. Old Main will go “off line” (the power will be turned off) at the same time the new facility will be made available for students. Old Main, which now houses 150 students, will be preserved as one of NAU’s historic campus sites. Major parking provisions were not included in the dormitory plans, said David Markee, vice president for student services. Dormitory residents will park in the “valley” on the campus’ south center, where many students from SAC Hall now park. The SAC students will park south of SAC in parking areas yet to be developed. However, a small parking area will be adjacent to the dormitory, Markee said. These units will be used for short-term parking. “This is consistent with our plan for campus improvement to have parking on the perimeter of the campus, ” Markee said. Dorm alarm installation S um m ertim e snow Roy Deaver, 18, of Flagstaff, enjoys his own pre-season run on a patch of snow at the top of the ski lift on Mt. Agassiz, Sunday. The San Francisco Peaks were dusted with three inches of snow during Saturday’s storm. Deaver, a senior at Flagstaff High School, is a lift operator at the Arizona Snow Bowl. nears completion date Is the Arizona Strip doomed to becom e a natio n al sacrifice? Are the energy companies really listening to public concern? See page 4A. The Equal Rights Amendment is gone, but it is not forgotten. Advocates have learned from their defeat and they have vowed to fight back. See page 4A. The Lumberjacks score the most in two years. NAU q u a rte rb a c k and w ide receivers move up on the career record charts. All in one game! See page 8A G et Rid of Icky Muck Everywhere! Physical Plant s ta ff’s b ra in c h ild gets students, faculty and staff into the GRIME of it. See page 2A. Last year, it greeted you w ith b e lly b u tto n s , red fingernail polish and skin. This year, it attempts to tempt you without it. See page 1B. Board of Regents 2A Letters 4A Sports Shorts 8A Et Cetera 2B Campus Capsules 5B Classifieds 7B Individual room sprinklers and hall fire alarm systems will be installed in Babbitt, Peterson, Taylor and Bury halls. The installation of fire alarm-sprinkler systems began last year after the State Legislature reacted highrise buildings across the country. The estimated cost for the systems is $300, 000. said Rick Brandel, acting assistant director of residence life. Installation should be completed by the end of November, he said. Last November, systems were installed in Stroud Hall, High Rise, Sechrist and SAC dormitories. When the sprinklers operate, about 80 gallons of water per minute are released, NAU officials “If there’s a fire, we’d rather have it flood than not have any water at all because we want to put the fire out before it creates a lot of danger. The water itself is easier to clean up than having to replace everything because it's been burned to a crisp, ” said Bennett Harris a maintenance mechanic. The new 304-room dormitory, scheduled to be completed in May, 1984, will be be built east of Knoles Drive between the Executive Center and Campus Heights. The building, which will utilize passive solar construc- New Dorm NAU representatives present studies program proposal for liberal arts Th e Lumberjack A student newspaper serving the Northern Arizona Community, Flagstaff, (602)523-4921 Volume 72, Issue 4«Thursday. Sept. 16. 1982 Steve Chernek/The Lumberjack tion will house 608 students in suite arrangements. The dorm is tied to the phasing out of Old Main, located on North Campus. 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