The Banner, Vol. 29 No. 9 - March 15, 1985

              Sheridan Settling in as Dean
"I knew that it was right," states new Vice-
President of Student Life Dennis Sheridan,
speaking of his new position at CBC, "it let all
my past experience focus at one point."
Sheridan who feels God has called him as an
educator, thinks that the CBC job was "an affirmation of ministry possibilities that affirmed
God's leadership."
But education, to Sheridan, is not restricted
to the classroom. He feels that learning is
everyone's responsibility.
"All staff are educators from the Dean right
down to the RA's. We all share in the task of
developing students academically, spiritually
and physically."
The path that has brought Sheridan to CBC
is an interesting one. Somewhere between
teaching high school and working on his
Master's degree, Sheridan began working as a
head resident at Texas Christian University in
Fort Worth.
This combination of roles served the dual
purpose of giving Sheridan "a heart for
students" and reorientated Sheridan's idea of
teaching to "beyond the classroom."
After two months at CBC Sheridan sees
CBC's people as its strongest point, noting
that, "the students and staff have a special
character."
The weakest area, Sheridan feels, is that CBC
seems to have lost its capacity to dream. "We
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Dennis Sheridan
need to be able to believe that we can be one of
the finest institutions in the state, even the
nation."
Sheridan also has definite feelings on his role
as VP of students. When asked if he saw
himself as an advocate for the administration
or as a student advocate, Sheridan was quick to
respond. "I see myself as fighting that kind of
us/them attitude. We're small enough that a
better relationship than that can exist."
When questioned on chapel, which he is now
in charge of, Sheridan noted that he is excited
about it. Sheridan sees chapel as an opportunity
to gather as a community, worship God, and to
gather to learn. "It is not, however, a time to be
entertained, it's a time to participate."
Sheridan wants chapel to be consistently
good. However, as most students are aware,
there are ways to "ditch" chapel. Next year,
the system will be much tighter and chapel
credits will be required to graduate.
If, however, one is caught, Sheridan forsees
"educative consequences", adding that "it's
inappropriate to punish someone for not
worshipping."
The role that Sheridan must now take is a difficult one. For over a year, there has only been
an acting VP of Students. Since coming in,
Sheridan has tried rapidly to fill this void.
Student reaction has been mixed. Many
students were disturbed by Sheridan's handling
of two mandatory dorm meetings last month.
However, Sheridan's staff is quick to defend
him. "We've been complaining that we have no
one that will show some backbone, and what do
we do when we get one? We throw a fit when he
says 'no' ", exclaimed one staff member,
"would you rather he played a game of 'beat it
around the bush'?"
Regardless, Sheridan after only a short time
at CBC, seems to be aware of the problems and
is more than willing to tackle them.
—Joe Pinkerton
BANNER
Vol. XXIX, Issue 9
California Baptist College
March 15, 1985
Enrollment Across
Nation Decreasing
(CPS) — Since the drop in
enrollment last year, CBC has
gone into a "Planned defecit"
in the hopes that 75 students
will be added in the next two
years. However, national high
school graduations are down
and other schools are complaining of losses.
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ENROLLMENT
Since 1981, "we've scraped
and hunted and hoped" for
students, says the registrar of a
major North Carolina university, "and we kept (enrollment) up. But now, it's
catching up to us."
"It" is the long-anticipated,
much-dreaded drop in the
American college student
population.
While many small, four-
year liberal arts colleges have
struggled with declining
enrollments in recent years,
this fall even two-year colleges, long the fastest-growing
campuses in the country, have
lost nearly two percent of their
students, the National
Association of Community
and Junior Colleges reports.
And big-name campuses
like Delaware, Penn State, St.
Bonaventure, Miami,.
Alabama, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Arkansas, the entire
University of Missouri system,
Marquette, New Mexico and
Arizona, among many others,
also are reporting enrollment
declines this autumn.
it may Ke the start
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of the decline nationwide,"
says Deborah Haynes, assistant admissions director at
South Carolina, which has
four percent fewer students
this year than last.
"This is certainly the beginning of the expected drop,"
asserts Dr. C. Doyle Bickers of
West Georgia State.
"I think we're beginning to
see the effects of the predicted
decline," adds Dr. James
Kellerman of Fort Hays State
University in Kansas.
No one, of course, is sure.
The National Center for
Educational Statistics (NCES)
won't be able to release firm
numbers for nationwide fall
enrollment until next spring,
and still predicts the student
population will remain near
last fall's record 12.3 million
for the time being.
There are signs the numbers
may be worse than expected,
however.
"The South Dakota School
of Mines dropped 10 percent," says Gordon Foster of
South Dakota's Board of
Regents. "This puzzles and
surprises us. We did not expect
this" at what has been a very
popular engineering school.
Even if nationwide numbers
approach last year's, the
downward trend is expected to
accelerate. "We think the
enrollment trend is just beginning, and will last into the
mid-1990s," says Vance Grant
of the NCES in Washington,
D.C.
The reason is that there are
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Cool Students Finally?
In   the    November    1984 Riverside. There are four turn-
meeting   of  the   trustees   of panies bidding for the job of
CBC, approximately $40,000 cooling the main building,
of Bold Venture funds were
As soon as Business Affairs
signs a contract with one of
the four companies, the school
maintenance crew will start the
work of installing the air-
conditioners. The school
hopes to have the contract
signed   soon   and   the   work
allotted for the purpose of air-
conditioning the main
building. This includes all
classrooms and the Garrett
Room.
The Garrett Room will be
cooled by four, 4 ton units.
Two  of these  units  will  be
heating/air-conditioning,  completed no later than   mid-
while the other two will pro-   April.	
duce only air.
The main building will be
cooled by individual window
units. There will be one for
regular size classrooms and
two for the larger rooms.
"The cost will be $23,000
for the units in the Garrett
Correction
Each week a few (well,
maybe a lot) of typographical
errors find there way into The
Banner. Usually these errors
Room," stated Tom Hixson, are inconsequential, however,
Vice President of Business Af- one occurred last issue that
fairs, "and an approximate might be ranked as
cost of $14,000-$15,000 for catastrophic. In the story on
the main building." Dr- Tuck,  "planned defeat"
The company doing the should have read "planned
work in the Garrett Room is defecit." Sorry for any anxiety
Wingate Air Conditionine cf  th,s m,Sht have caused.
Run to
be Held
The Running Club at
California Baptist College is
hosting its fifth annual 5K and
10K Mockingbird Canyon
Run tomorrow morning.
The start/finish line is at the
Van Dyne Field House. The
5K begins at 8 a.m. and the
10K starts at 8:30 a.m. The
10K course is AAU
sanctioned.
Check-in will be from 6:45
to 7:30 a.m. In the 5 and 10K
runs, a trophy will be given for
first through third places in all
age divisions. In the 15K, a
trophy will be given for first
and second places, with
medals for third and fourth
place finishers.
The entry fee is $9 per runner which includes a T-shirt
and certificate of completion.
Late registration will be $10.
Registration without T-shirt is
55 ($6 after March 12).