The Banner, Vol. 28 No. 1 - September 9, 1983

              The
BANNER
Vol. XXVIII Issue 1
California Baptist College
Sept. 9,1983
GUITARS HIGHLIGHT the annual BSU beach trip.
Simmons Hall In Hot Water?
The lack of hot water in Simmons Hall
didn't do much to make an impression on
the new female students at CBC. According to some of the girls, they did not
have hot water during the week of orientation. During all that time no one said
anything about it. They complained, but
complaints will never be effective unless
they are directed to the right persons.
A lot of girls were asked about the hot
water problem. Some of the comments
received were "How come we are paying
more in tuition this year, but receive less
than what we got last year?" Another
comment was, "Why should we raise
money for something we're supposed to
have anyway?" I wanted to know what
was being done about it. When I found
out nothing, I was outraged, (especially
after receiving my first cold shower of the
year. I mean we're talking ice cubes coming out of the shower head)!
Bob Chavez, Simmons Hall Dorm
Director, said that was one of the issues
being discussed at the Tuesday night
Dorm meeting. "The hot water system
was designed inadequately and Simmons
Hall has twice as much water as Smith
Hall does." The answer to this was to get
a new system. Naturally we would have to
raise the money to buy three new water
heaters, if that was the problem. Cost of
the heaters? $500 each. Chavez suggested
that the girls write letters to their parents
alerting them to the problem. "I would
also suggest writing to the Trustees letting
them   know   what   is   going   on.   You
students have the most power here on
campus and if there is a problem, you can
get it worked out by talking to the right
people." Chavez also brought out the
food protest of last year. He said, "If we,
need to, we can always protest to the
Trustees to get them to take notice of the
problem."
Bob Bryson, Vice President of Business
Affairs and Head of the Maintenance
Department, was presented with the problem by one of the girls. According to
Bryson, the heaters were not very efficient
and they were planning on buying some
solar panels to generate more heat at an
efficient rate. "The solar panels will be
here by Christmas this year, but right now
they are tied up in red tape from the
government. If the panels don't help, we
will buy new heaters."
However, at this time the first thing
Bryson planned on doing was to get
maintenance out to check and see if the
heaters were working properly. They were
supposed to have done all the cleaning
and maintenance this summer.
By five o'clock that evening, the heaters
were working perfectly. Bryson said that
the maintenance crew didn't know
anything about the heaters because no one
had brought the matter to him. They had
no idea that Simmons Hall wasn't receiving hot water.
If students would take a stand and go
talk to someone who is in authority,
things will get done a lot quicker and
without too much hassle.
BANNER,
Where Are You?
The debate between the
BANNER and the ASB Executive Council continues to
swell as the '83-84 year gets
underway.
The debate centers on the
issue whether to publish the
BANNER on a weekly versus
a bi-weekly basis. The ASB
Executive Council which has
now been given responsibility
for the BANNER, believes
that a weekly newspaper is
more beneficial for overall
school spirit.
The editorial staff of the
BANNER which consisted of
Joe Pinkerton and Barry Morris agreed that a weekly
publication was in their opinion, better for the school but
maintained that the work load
is too great for the student
staff.
At the first ASB meeting,
the Executive Council resolved
the issue in part by voting to
continue publishing on a
weekly basis. Pinkerton
tendered his resignation on the
grounds of over committment
to other campus activities and
an increased academic load.
BANNER advisor, Lynn
Gilmore remained unworried.
"I'm not worried at all about
the situation," said Gilmore
who also stated that she believed a weekly publication to be
better for the overall student
concern.
On September 1, 1983 the
BANNER restated their position in a letter addressing the
controversy and requesting
further consideration. "After
all we are students too," wrote
Morris. "We shouldn't be expected to reduce our academic
load in order to serve on staff.
This we feel, would defeat the
purpose of student media."
The ASB reaffirmed their
committment to a weekly
publication but President Kent
Dacus admitted "If we can't
hire a qualified staff by next
week we will have no choice
but to revert to publishing biweekly."
Computers Are Big
Business At CBC
Students preparing for
business careers at CBC will
soon be learning computers
through classroom and practical hands-on experience.
In an attempt to keep up
with the rapidly expanding
role of computers in the
market place, CBC's Business.
Administration department
has begun its first modular
computer education program. •
In a recent publication
outlining the program the
department states "CBC's
business oriented approach to
computer literacy provides
students with a thorough
understanding of the many
careers and opportunities and
future trends that make us the
Information and Data Processing industry."
Bob Jabs, Department
Chairman, believes that a student with a basic understanding of computers need not be
a totally accomplished
technical person. The objects
of their initial exposure is to
acquaint the student with the
nature of software and equipment used to perform business
tasks. Further education is
provided to build a fundamental "applications approach"
that can be beneficially used in
any area.
"Our eventual goal is for
every Business Administration
major to acquire hands-on experience in every business
course." Jabs also mentioned,
"In the near future every
Business Ad. major will own
his own micro-computer and
will bring it to class every
day."
Professor Jabs recognizes
the 100 percent program at
Dallas Baptist College and
estimates that 100 percent of
CBC business majors will soon
follow suit.
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