Who Says There Is No
Such Thing As A Free
Lunch?
by Kathleen Barron
This attention
grabber was used as the
heading on a letter
sent from the
Chancellor to commuter
students, who make up
75% of the student
population, inviting
them to a special
picnic luncheon on
September 2 7 th at the
Gazebo. The box lunch
was a nice touch since
commuting students by
definition must be so
mobile. I heard several
commuting students
comment they were glad
they did not have to
pack lunch that
morning.
The purpose of the
invitation was to allow
commuting students a
chance to voice their
concerns and to have
the administrators
available to answer
their questions
directly or to
investigate their
concerns.
The following are
some of the issues
raised:
A need for
bulletin boards on west
campus near Taylor
Science
More frequent
publications of the
newspaper and
announcements on WFSS.
Establishment of a
physical fitness
program for
non-traditional
students.
An extension of
hours for the library
and media center.
Parking designated
for commuting students
not being accessible to
them because of illegal
parking by dormitory
students.
Provision of day
care to accomodate
special needs of
students.
Greater diversity
in evening course
offerings.
Authorization for
access to parking at
the old Sickle Cell
Building on Murchison
Road.
Expans ion of
evening courses in
Nursing Program.
Upgrading of
Microsoft Programs in
Computer Lab.
More frequent
meetings between
university officials
and commuter students.
Improvement of
communications with
students regarding
their academic status.
Students
being dropped from
classes without their
knowledge.
Class
attendance policy not
needed for commuter
students
Students not
knowing/having academic
advisors
Designated
smoking areas in public
facilities
Improvement
of campus lighting
Assignment of
academic advisors
Pros and cons of
required books for
academic courses:
— Purchasing
versus renting text
books
Applying
appropriate discounts
when rental books are
purchased
STUDENTS SPEAK OUT
by Kathleen Barron
A newspaper is one
of the greatest sources
of information
available to the
student population. In
order to be the Voice
of the campus
population, we need
responses and
suggestions from The
Broncos' Voice readers.
We would like to do
human interest stories
on students, faculty,
staff, and
administration. We
also need to know club
and organizational news
and have dates
submitted in a timely
fashion, permitting us
to meet publishing
deadlines. Submit any
news on paper, typed,
double spaced, and with
the name of author or
Student Forum article'.
We will print an issue
of interest and write
an article on the
response. At the end of
the article, we will
cite the issue raised
for the next
publishing.
Our first question:
What campus issues
are of interest.