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November 20, 1984
Volume 4, Number 17
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Stinson Knocks Reform Bill
Claims education reform act motivated by politics instead of desire to improve schools
by Ctau4ta Ouwrt
Roddy 8Hnion, coMimW for th* San Antonio Expr*M-N«wt, •pok* out iMt TuMday against tha achool ratorm bW paaaad aariiar thia yaar.
Stinaon, a tan-yaar mambar of tha Expraaa-Nawa and a thraa-yaar tutor for undarprivUagad chlldran ai Santa Roaa Hoapitai, contandad that tha aducatlon bH Is ona of political motivation rathar than ona of raformaUon. Th* bM, aaaartad Stinaon, la "ahMng on th* out- aid* and rottan at th* oor*."
Stinaon cMTwd that tha political In- cantlv* cama from Qova'nor Mark WNta'a n«*d for tha educator's vota. White had promlaed a 24 peicent in¬ crease in pay for teachers, txjt /ailed to produce It when the Texas Legislature defeated the bi m its 1983 regulv ses¬ sion.
The collapse of his proposal is whst prompted   White   to   select   Dallas
Parot as chairman of Whit*'* S*l*ot Commlttaa on Public Education. Stinaon mslntslned that the commlttaa, which he named the "gang of fifteen", bought out the liberal left through methoda such as promising tha San Antonio School Diatrict $37 million to spend ss it wished.
Stinaon laafiad out at White and Perot, claiming Parot was chosen by White to
highway induatry. Furtham>ora, banits received a S40 mWlon tax braal( while the middle claaa community was heavily taxed.
Stinaon dubbed the biU the "Teacher Torture Reform Movement" because of the stringent competency test required of those wanting to teach. At this point in the lecture Stinaon dted a question from the test, "What la tha major structural
documented proof that only 16 percent of blaci<a and 10 percent of IHIspsnIcs who tai<e the test pass.
The bill, Stinson further malntslned, Is antl-chlldren because of its social Im¬ plications on the student. Because of the severe reprimands brought on by the bill, psychologlcal problems have arisen and the already alarming rate of drop-outs Is also climbing.
Stinson asserts that the bill Is "shining on the outside and rotten al the core.
head ttw committee simply because of his past reputation as an aggressive politician who could defeat the bill's op¬ ponents.
Ttie outcome of their victory, said Stinaon, Is a t>ill which misaliocates funds, arKl Is both anti-teacher and anti- student.
The distribution of the three-year $4 6 billion allowance Includes a 40-percent allocation not to education, but to the
framaworit of tha classroom?" The au¬ dience, composed mainly of teachers and education students, remained mute, unable to provide the answer.
Trivial questions such as this do not stiow teaching competence, he argued The otijectlve of such a test is style in¬ stead of substance.
According to Stinson, it is also because of this testing that minority teactiers   will   be   lost   as   there   is
IHe quoted several cases Including one of a girl from a Northside school w(ho now suffers withdrawal from her family, friends, and school after being idcked off the pep squad team for two low grades
The lecture, sponsored by the Texas Student Education Association, was part of American Education Week wtiich cites its purpose as creating awareness for luture teachers
UTSA Access Easier Via VIA?
yjA officials working to represent university needs in booming northwest quadrant
by Julia Oaa
On Octobar 9, g*n«r*l m*nae*r* and directora from wlou* VIA Tranalt of- floaa mat with UTSA offloiato to diacuaa Improving bu* ••rvic* to th* unlv*ralty.
Som* of tha (natt*r* diacuaaed Indud- •d astabHahlng a ahutti* bu* rout* b*t-
w**n UTSA and aurrounding apart¬ manta, creating a link-up between the univaralty and tti* M*dk»l Complex (Babcock to Pr*d*rtek*borft ama). aignlftoantly decraaaing the fare for atudenta who wlah to park tfieir car at th* Park and Ride at 1604 and IH 10
and bua Into campus, and resuming the practica of Issuing student discount bus carda on campua rather than downtown, VIA'a incentive for riootina with l .tTSA waa their analyala of the Northwest Quadrant as "a boom area" and conse¬ quent deaire to re-assess its needs
Studants vole* Icflltlmat* eomplalntt agalnat ourrant VIA aohadulaa.
Jane F Duckworth, director of stu¬ dent activities, said that school officials feel that the university Is a "major force" )¦;• fi's fluadra?-t and tha* its tetereats should be represented She added that a large number of top officials attended the meeting to demonstrate the universi¬ ty's solidarity in its desire to improve transportation
Duckwortfi also explained tiiat the university was "bending over backward to let VIA know we want to work with them " She and Police Chief Manuel C. Chavez hope that this positive attitude will lead to an improved transit system that will somewhat relieve the current
Consequently, "bending over tiackward" Includes allowing VIA to do a zip code analysis of the studenta, use the university's campua malla to sun/ey faculty and staff, and hold a forum for students on Nov. 28 and 29.
Duckwortii stresses the importance of these forums as they will provide an op¬ portunity for direct communication bet¬ ween VIA officials and students.
Duckworth, who ctiaired ttie Transportation Study Committee in 1979, says that ttie university's needs tiave been in a constant state of flux as it tias grown.
After ttie meeting, VIA officials were shown the campus and surrounding area*—and cama faca to faca with thia growth.
Chavaz lummad up tha parvulv* f**ling a* tha VIA offlciala dapartad, ""If* not ovar yet, but wa'v* mada a lot of prograaal"
Campus Area Booms with    Development
by Tom Ballay
In tti* n*xt 20 yaara, Baxar County wM grow by fiv* hundred ttiouaand p*o- pl*, A popuWton of 1,000,000 by y*ar 2006 m**na 4SH growth from today. What do** IN* growth m**n for UTSA? WW UTSA *xp*nd7 Can thi* growth poaalWy b* in*nag*d?
WKh an annual growth rat* of 2.4H b*tw**n 19M and 1883, Baxar Coun¬ ty gr*w faatar than Hou*ton'i Harria County or DaNaa' Tarrant County. "Oon't worry, though," aay* 8(*v* Pa*** with Ih* City'* Pltnnlr>q D*pt., "8*n Antonio wW n*v*r b* anottm Hou*ton." N*v*r- th*l***. UTSA *lt* In th* inlddl* of th* <a*t**l growing r*olon of on* of th* ta*t**t growing oounti** In th* atat*. To g*t an ki** of what UTSA and th* aur¬ rounding ar** wN b* Ik* In 10 y**ra, ttw growth of UTSA ahould b* *xamln- •d.
Th* Unlvanlty la growmg vary fait. In raaponaa te a aavara parMng ahortaga, Iha MytM Plant wM oempMa a 600 ipaoa latin nM'apiing tomaalar, Tha let tvi ba leoalacl In tha nerthwaat taetor of
Tha rapM growth m tha numbar ol umvaraity *iud*nta promptad th* ap- propnathm ot 18 mMon to buM the |uat
t>*gun Studant Cantar. Tha tentative oc¬ cupancy data ia Spring of 1986.
In addition to thaa* daflnlta eonatrue¬ tion plana, ttia Univaralty la now ra- quaatlng $14.6 mWkxi for naw eon¬ atruetion to expand' th* Sdanca and Engln**rlng facility. TNa planned expan¬ alon la In tha preliminary atagaa only. Furthar *otion d*p*nd* on th* aucoaaa of tha Unlvaralty'a for funda.
The Univaralty, howavar, will not add to th* 000 aoraa UTSA owna. Dr. Gor¬ don Lamb, Vlc*-Pr**id*nt of Aoadamie Alfalia, whan aakad If axpanakm of land hoMlnga at ttia UTSA main campua waa plannad, r*pll*d unequivocally, "No." Exiating fadlitlaa occupy 240 of tha 600 aoraa.
UTSA'a futura axpanaton will ba deter- mkiad by th* Bo*rd ol Raganta and othar r*gul*tory board*. Similarly, tha oommarcW and r**ld*ntlal d*v*lopm*nt m tha UTSA araa WW b* ragulatad and monlterad by tha Zoning Oommlaalon and tha ONy Dapartmant ol Planning, Tha aeoempanylfig map ahowa tha ax¬ iating tone oodaa lor tha UTtA araa aa of 1 gsS. Zoning ohanga* ar* raquaMad by a iHidownar or d*v*k)p*r of th* Zon¬ ing Comml*alon. Tha Commlaalon atudi** ttia propoaal In Hght of adiacant
zonea, accaaa to major Intersections, and Intended uae. It than makaa a racommandatkxi to tha City Council. Tha Council makaa tha final daclalon.
Not aurprlalngly, moat of tha property with frontag* on 1604 la commercially zoned. But whan wlll th*a* prop*rtl*a ba davalopad?
Comm*rolal   d*v*IOpm*nt   uaually
follows residential development. Malls, grocery stores and strip centers are not built until a region haa enough residents to support them. There are Nvo major raaldentlal projects currently undar eon¬ atruetion that could be Indications that expected development haa already begun.
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Nader Addresses Toxic Waste
by Raad Paablaa
Conaumar advocate Ralph Nader mada a atop In ttia Alamo City on Thura¬ day, Nov. 16, and warned atudanta and tocal citlzanry of "crkna In tha aultaa."' Nader dallv*r*d hia m**aag* to a pack- ad houaa at SAC'a McAlllatar Au^torkim,
Poouaing on tomo waata and th* n*gllgant oorparaMona that do not diapoaa ol it preparly, Nadar implorad hia audtonea to worh te oounlar auoh "MJloldtl tranda."
Nadar ampaalzad th* r*iatk>nahlp b*t- w**n toxk: waat* and cancar, and aug- g«atad that "a f*w bIWon doliara to pra-
handllng toxic waste, Nader sakl "tha only way that Mr. Reagan would become Intereated In cleaning up .the drinking water" la If tie couW be convinc¬ ed that Its pollution waa part of "an Inter¬ national communlat conapiracy."
Nadar pralaad Rap. Hanry B. Oon- zaiaa for "tha baat voting racord" of Taxaa oongraaaman oonoaming an- vlronmantal. laauaa,
"Wa hava to think our way rathar than taal our way out of this'" aaid Nadar in rafarancc to thia countrya" toxic waata dilemma. "'We need a new psychotogy." Sat NADER. M«e 3,
Roddy Stinaon, Expraaa-Nawi columnist, dubbed the naw aducatlon bill tha "Teacher Torture Reform Movement" during hit lecture Tuoaday.
Michener Calls
Austin "Home"
DALLAS, Texas (Spl.)-President Peter T Flawn of the University of Texas at Austin announced Oct. 12 that James Michener, the notecl American novelist, will establish a permanent affiliation with UT Austin, which has been his intellec¬ tual 'home" for the past two years.
Flawn made •the announcement following Michener's appointment by the UT System Board of Regents as the Jack G. Taylor Professor Emeritus
provide a stimulating atmosphere in which to work, and I look forward eager¬ ly to the challenging days ahead
Flawn noted that Michener has established himself as an esteemed and . contributing citizen ol the UT communi¬ ty He said. I am delighted that he will continue his association with us on a per  lanent basis  "
Flawn also said that UT Austin is in the early stages ol developing plans for
"The universily and the stale of Te.xas provide a stimulating atmos¬ phere in which to work, and I look forward eagerly to the challenging days
ahead.
—James Michener
Since Oct 1982. Michener has be( living in Austin while working on a major novel with a Texas setting He has been using resources of UTs Barker Texas History Center, which is the nation s ma¬ jor research collection of Texana The book is due for publication in 1986, when Texas celebrates its ses- qulcentennial
In a statement concerning his intention to work permanently with the university Michener has said:
""For the paat two years I have en¬ joyed a Una ralatlonthip with tha Univar¬ alty of Taxaa hart in Auttin. tnd now ac- capt moat warmly tha opportunity to continua and to expand that ataociatlon The univaralty and tha atata ot Taxaa
a    profussionai    program    in    creative
writing, in which Michener is expected
to have a prominent role Since   Feb     1983,   Michener   has
held the endowed Jack G Taylor Centennial Visiting Professorship at the
university. Income from the Taylor Pro¬ fessorship has provided nn saliiry sti¬ pend to Michener but has been used to help support his research and related activities
Michener is one of America's most distinguished and successful authors Among his works ara "Tales ol the South Pacific," for which he received « Pulitzer Prize; "Hawaii." "Thn Source . '
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