Cartoon by Juan Carlos Campos
Last week, Chancellor Bruce Leslie proposed to Faculty Senate leaders that they choose between a pay raise for themselves for the 2010-11 academic year and increased tuition for students. Should they choose the raise, students will have to bear the burden.
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Gov. Rick Perry on Jan. 15 instructed institutions of higher education to submit plans by Feb. 15 for cutting 5 percent of state funding in the 2010-11 fiscal year. Chancellor Bruce Leslie sent a letter requesting an exemption from the potential cuts because the district may have to cap enrollment to achieve a 5 percent target.
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The office of student life wants a mascot who can dress up in costume and drum up spirit at athletic events. Student Life Director Jorge Posadas has charged organizations with coming up with ideas for a suitable character. He shies away from a “ranger” because he associates it with the Texas Rangers law enforcement agency with a background he refers to as a “vigilante group” whose actions were in conflict with the Mexican-American community the college now serves.
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Editor: I truly regret having to submit a regular correction letter in reference to a Ranger story, but when there are issues of personal integrity and potential damage to the educational aspirations of students, I feel that I must respond. I’ve submitted two correction letters to The Ranger containing verifiable information that contradicts two recent stories.
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Editor: After reading your article in which after spring break the Loftin Student Center will have a newly added fitness room, I’ve been excited to return to school. It will give students who aren’t taking a kinesiology class the opportunity to work out.
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Editor: In the article “Chancellor poses Solomon dilemma to faculty” March 5, The Ranger quoted Faculty Senate Chair Jeff Hunt in a discussion about academic advising (at the March 3 senate meeting). If correctly quoted, his statements require a response due to the inaccurate and incomplete picture they portray of advising services and issues at San Antonio College.
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Editor: Brandy A. Santos’ story “Smut for Smut,” March 5, had good content; it was just on the wrong page. The story should have been an opinion story based on the biasedness of the story. If it was “news” as The Ranger printed it, then it would have shown both sides of the story, not just the atheist viewpoints.
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