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The BANNER Vol. XXVIII Issue 4 California Baptist College Oct. 7, 1983 CBC Loan, Fund Deficit Draws Concern of Executive Board This abridged article is reprinted with permission from the Oct. 22, 1983 issue of The California Southern Baptist. by Herb Hollinger The Executive Board of The Southern Baptist General Convention of California firmly — but politely — reprimanded California Baptist College by approving "after the fact" the $900,000 loan secured by the college earlier this year and a board committee expressed "grave concerns about the college's deficit in the current fund balance as of June 30, 1983." Following the board's action, James Morton, Livermore pastor and chairman of the college's board of trustees, told The California Southern Baptist "we (the college) goofed. I'm glad we can get this thing straightened out so the record can clearly reflect what has been done." Loans of this amount by California agencies must be brought before the total program committee of the Executive Board or the convention in compliance with Article V., Section 6 and Section 9 of the bylaws. The deficit amount was never released to the board, but the denominational relations committee reviewed two audits of the college — a one month audit as of June 30, 1982, and a full audit as of June 30, 1983. The committee told the full board it "has grave concerns about the deficit in the current fund balance as of June 30, 1983. However, we are encouraged that the college and their board of trustees are working hard and diligently to turn that deficit around." The committee encouraged the board and staff to be positive about the college and help it grow financially stronger. The committee also noted the college could increase up to 150 students above the present enrollment without any increase in operational expense. Present enrollment is about 650. The total program committee was requested to seek a report from college trustees as to what measures they have taken to begin defraying the deficit "with whatever measures are necessary." LATEST BUDGET AID CUTS WORSE-THAN-EXPECTED WASHINGTON, D.C. (CPS) - Congress may soon cut some student aid programs, after all in the last-minute political struggles over setting the new federal education budget for the fiscal year to start October 1st. In the last few weeks, House Of Representatives committees have cut money out of virtually all student aid pro- Mixed Feelings About Lifeline As of fall 1982 all freshmen students with 14 units or less are required to take student life lab, otherwise known as "lifeline." Lifeline is divided up into two seperate groups; the large group lecture that meets every Tuesday at 10:50 a.m. and led by Bob Chavez, and the small discussion groups led by various, trained students. The purpose of lifeline is to help students adjust to the school and to prepare them for life after CBC. Many new students are away from home for the first time, and really need help adjusting to college life. Because lifeline is a required class, there have been mixed reactions from the students involved about having to take lifeline. When asked what he thought about lifeline, one student replied unfavorably, "It's a big waste of my time, and I paid $116 for it." But another student was asked what she thought about lifeline and replied that it was very helpful to her. "I feel that lifeline has not only been beneficial to me, but I know of several people that if it weren't for lifeline would not have any friends at all." Since it is still early in the semester, it would be unfair to draw a conclusion from the popularity of lifeline amongst the students. However, after talking with several lifeline leaders who had the class last year, the general impression received was that most of them disliked the course to begin with, but later changed their feelings. "I rebelled against the class because I felt that it was a waste of time. But now that I look back on itr the class was a great help in finding out things about myself," stated one lifeline leader. The student life lab is currently under the direction of faculty member Wayne Brown. Brown resigned last Friday, Sept. 30 from associate dean of student life. Although lifeline has no administrator directing it, Brown will continue to be in charge of it until the end of the fall '83 semester. grams. Although the full House restored some of the money, its most recent version still is4ess than the student aid budget it passed provisionally last June. Senate committees working on the student aid budget also made cuts, though they were less dramatic than the House's. "It's a very strange political situation," says Kathy Ozer, lobbyist for the U.S. Student Association in Washington, D.C. "We have a Democratic House coming out with lower figures than a Republican Senate." The Senate subcommittee that goes over education spending produced its version of the budget after direct negotiations between subcommittee Chairman Lowell Weicker (R- Ct) and David Stockman, director of the Office of Management and Budget, a committee staffer reports. Stockman reportedly thought spending for College Work-Study, National Direct Student Loans (NDSL's) and the Trio programs for educationally- and economically-deprived college students was too high in the June provisional budget, the staffer says. Weicker then proposed cutting a total of $130 million from the three programs, got Stockman's approval, and pushed the cuts through his committee. The full senate will vote on Weicker's package sometime during the first weeks of October. According to Ozer, the lower version in the House - which normally adds money to education programs - springs from White House pressure on William Natcher (D-Ky), who heads the House subcommittee that appropriates money for college programs. The full House's budget, however, is still lower than the spending ceilings both the House and Senate agreed upon in June. After the full Senate approves a college budget, a conference committee from both houses of Congress will meet to form a compromise budget. The House and Senate will then vote on the compromise individually. If both approve, it will go to President Reagan, who can either sign it or veto it. If they disapprove, a new conference committee will meet. But as the figures now stand, Ozer says all the federal programs - Pell Grants, Guaranteed Student. Loans, State Student Incentive Grants, NDSLs, Trio and College Work-Study - will suffer during the 1984-85 academic year, when this budget would take effect on campuses. The funding levels recommended in both houses are nearly the same as the college budgets of 1981-82, 1982-83 and 1983-84. "While funding has remained at the same level since 1981," Ozer says, "because of inflation there has in fact been a 23 percent cut in federal fun- ding (of college aid programs)." Looking Toward the Future Now that we have had a chance to reflect upon the loss of Walt Grubb and to recount the good memories we have of him we must turn our eyes to the future and ask ourselves who will replace him? Can the Office of Student Life ever be the same? As you might know the task of replacing Walt Grubb won't be an easy job. The Dean of Student Life is responsible for nearly everything in connection with the students. Housing, health services and security are just a few of his responsibilities as well as being the advisor to the ASB. The person that will fill this position must be very good at relating with students and must have good organizational skills. Dr. Staples is the one that will ultimately make the recommendation to the Trustees for Grubbs replacement and is actively involved in the search process. Staples indicated that finding a replacement will not be easy. When asked about the type of person the College was looking for, Staples replied "It won't be easy to find someone to fill the position as well as Walt did, we want a quality person." Although the search for a replacement has already started, none has been found. According to Staples the search is not limited to this campus. Understandably there is no way of knowing when a replacement can be found. Until then the various tasks of the Student Life office will be carried out by the people already in place with Dr. Carleton acting as an advisor. To answer the questions first asked in this article: No we don't know who will replace Walt Grubb; but one thing is sure, the office of Student Life will never quite be the same without him. Kevin Mc Elhenie
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Title | The Banner, Vol. 28 No. 4 - October 7, 1983 |
Subject | California Baptist University -- Students -- Periodicals. College student newspapers and periodicals -- California. |
Description | The Banner is the student newspaper of California Baptist University. It has been in continuous publication since 1952. |
Creator | California Baptist University |
Date | October 07 1983 |
Type | Text |
Language | en |
Rights | Copyright California Baptist University. All Rights Reserved. |
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Title | 1983-10-07-001 |
Transcript | The BANNER Vol. XXVIII Issue 4 California Baptist College Oct. 7, 1983 CBC Loan, Fund Deficit Draws Concern of Executive Board This abridged article is reprinted with permission from the Oct. 22, 1983 issue of The California Southern Baptist. by Herb Hollinger The Executive Board of The Southern Baptist General Convention of California firmly — but politely — reprimanded California Baptist College by approving "after the fact" the $900,000 loan secured by the college earlier this year and a board committee expressed "grave concerns about the college's deficit in the current fund balance as of June 30, 1983." Following the board's action, James Morton, Livermore pastor and chairman of the college's board of trustees, told The California Southern Baptist "we (the college) goofed. I'm glad we can get this thing straightened out so the record can clearly reflect what has been done." Loans of this amount by California agencies must be brought before the total program committee of the Executive Board or the convention in compliance with Article V., Section 6 and Section 9 of the bylaws. The deficit amount was never released to the board, but the denominational relations committee reviewed two audits of the college — a one month audit as of June 30, 1982, and a full audit as of June 30, 1983. The committee told the full board it "has grave concerns about the deficit in the current fund balance as of June 30, 1983. However, we are encouraged that the college and their board of trustees are working hard and diligently to turn that deficit around." The committee encouraged the board and staff to be positive about the college and help it grow financially stronger. The committee also noted the college could increase up to 150 students above the present enrollment without any increase in operational expense. Present enrollment is about 650. The total program committee was requested to seek a report from college trustees as to what measures they have taken to begin defraying the deficit "with whatever measures are necessary." LATEST BUDGET AID CUTS WORSE-THAN-EXPECTED WASHINGTON, D.C. (CPS) - Congress may soon cut some student aid programs, after all in the last-minute political struggles over setting the new federal education budget for the fiscal year to start October 1st. In the last few weeks, House Of Representatives committees have cut money out of virtually all student aid pro- Mixed Feelings About Lifeline As of fall 1982 all freshmen students with 14 units or less are required to take student life lab, otherwise known as "lifeline." Lifeline is divided up into two seperate groups; the large group lecture that meets every Tuesday at 10:50 a.m. and led by Bob Chavez, and the small discussion groups led by various, trained students. The purpose of lifeline is to help students adjust to the school and to prepare them for life after CBC. Many new students are away from home for the first time, and really need help adjusting to college life. Because lifeline is a required class, there have been mixed reactions from the students involved about having to take lifeline. When asked what he thought about lifeline, one student replied unfavorably, "It's a big waste of my time, and I paid $116 for it." But another student was asked what she thought about lifeline and replied that it was very helpful to her. "I feel that lifeline has not only been beneficial to me, but I know of several people that if it weren't for lifeline would not have any friends at all." Since it is still early in the semester, it would be unfair to draw a conclusion from the popularity of lifeline amongst the students. However, after talking with several lifeline leaders who had the class last year, the general impression received was that most of them disliked the course to begin with, but later changed their feelings. "I rebelled against the class because I felt that it was a waste of time. But now that I look back on itr the class was a great help in finding out things about myself" stated one lifeline leader. The student life lab is currently under the direction of faculty member Wayne Brown. Brown resigned last Friday, Sept. 30 from associate dean of student life. Although lifeline has no administrator directing it, Brown will continue to be in charge of it until the end of the fall '83 semester. grams. Although the full House restored some of the money, its most recent version still is4ess than the student aid budget it passed provisionally last June. Senate committees working on the student aid budget also made cuts, though they were less dramatic than the House's. "It's a very strange political situation" says Kathy Ozer, lobbyist for the U.S. Student Association in Washington, D.C. "We have a Democratic House coming out with lower figures than a Republican Senate." The Senate subcommittee that goes over education spending produced its version of the budget after direct negotiations between subcommittee Chairman Lowell Weicker (R- Ct) and David Stockman, director of the Office of Management and Budget, a committee staffer reports. Stockman reportedly thought spending for College Work-Study, National Direct Student Loans (NDSL's) and the Trio programs for educationally- and economically-deprived college students was too high in the June provisional budget, the staffer says. Weicker then proposed cutting a total of $130 million from the three programs, got Stockman's approval, and pushed the cuts through his committee. The full senate will vote on Weicker's package sometime during the first weeks of October. According to Ozer, the lower version in the House - which normally adds money to education programs - springs from White House pressure on William Natcher (D-Ky), who heads the House subcommittee that appropriates money for college programs. The full House's budget, however, is still lower than the spending ceilings both the House and Senate agreed upon in June. After the full Senate approves a college budget, a conference committee from both houses of Congress will meet to form a compromise budget. The House and Senate will then vote on the compromise individually. If both approve, it will go to President Reagan, who can either sign it or veto it. If they disapprove, a new conference committee will meet. But as the figures now stand, Ozer says all the federal programs - Pell Grants, Guaranteed Student. Loans, State Student Incentive Grants, NDSLs, Trio and College Work-Study - will suffer during the 1984-85 academic year, when this budget would take effect on campuses. The funding levels recommended in both houses are nearly the same as the college budgets of 1981-82, 1982-83 and 1983-84. "While funding has remained at the same level since 1981" Ozer says, "because of inflation there has in fact been a 23 percent cut in federal fun- ding (of college aid programs)." Looking Toward the Future Now that we have had a chance to reflect upon the loss of Walt Grubb and to recount the good memories we have of him we must turn our eyes to the future and ask ourselves who will replace him? Can the Office of Student Life ever be the same? As you might know the task of replacing Walt Grubb won't be an easy job. The Dean of Student Life is responsible for nearly everything in connection with the students. Housing, health services and security are just a few of his responsibilities as well as being the advisor to the ASB. The person that will fill this position must be very good at relating with students and must have good organizational skills. Dr. Staples is the one that will ultimately make the recommendation to the Trustees for Grubbs replacement and is actively involved in the search process. Staples indicated that finding a replacement will not be easy. When asked about the type of person the College was looking for, Staples replied "It won't be easy to find someone to fill the position as well as Walt did, we want a quality person." Although the search for a replacement has already started, none has been found. According to Staples the search is not limited to this campus. Understandably there is no way of knowing when a replacement can be found. Until then the various tasks of the Student Life office will be carried out by the people already in place with Dr. Carleton acting as an advisor. To answer the questions first asked in this article: No we don't know who will replace Walt Grubb; but one thing is sure, the office of Student Life will never quite be the same without him. Kevin Mc Elhenie |