The Banner, Vol. 33 No. 4 - October 21, 1988

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Volume XXXIII, Number 4
A Publication of the Students of Cal Baptist
October 21, 1988
Board will focus on deficit
Crucial trustee meeting to be held November 4
By  Kerri  Hollinger
Assistant Editor for the Banner
"I believe this is the most important day in the life of California Baptist College in the last
four years," said President Russell Tuck at the joint meeting of
the Executive Board and the Board
of Trustees earlier this month.
At the October 4 meeting, several issues were brought forth
BRIEFS
International students
Students interested in attending the International Student
Bonre^^^^^^ennes^rarKY
November 25 to 27, should
plan now. Reservations are due
before November 15. For more
information see Peter Firth
(Lancer Arms #3) or contact the
BSU Office.
Spanish Club dinner
The Spanish Club kicked off
its year October 13, with dinner
at Carlos O'Brien's. A total of
21 people attended the event,
which included entertainment
by Janet Sanchez, who sang a
traditional Mexican Song.
Election forum
The Socratic Club will sponsor an election forum at
10:10AM, Friday, November 4
in the BOL. Representatives
from Governor Michael Dukakis' campaign and Vice President George Bush's campaign
have been invited to speak.
An informal question/answer
time will follow their presentations.
Summer Missions
Positions for next year's BSU
summer missions were announced at the recent State Student Conference. Interested students should stop by the BSU
Office for information and an
application. The deadline is
December 15.
that will be examined further at
the upcoming Trustee's meeting
November 4. According to Tuck,
the decisions made in these two
meetings hold the key to the future of Cal Baptist.
Budget adjustments remain the
focus of such meetings. Tuck
stated, "The budget is just not adequate for what we are already doing."
According to Calvin Sparkman,
Controller, Cal Baptist exceeded
its budget for financial aid by
$130,000 in the 1987-88 school
year. Examples such as this reaffirm to Tuck that "the present
program will not be supported by
the present enrollment," even
though enrollment is up from
last year.
Possible options to be reviewed
by the Trustees include leasing
the 15-acre lot, the selling of the
same, extending the school's line
of credit, and cutting the program. A proposal to lease the
land is expected at the meeting as
well as a possible proposal to
give Cal Baptist the option of
selling the land.  Discussion on
all of these issues is anticipated.
Tuck asked, "Do California
Southern Baptists want an accredited four-year college?" According to Tuck, if this is not the
case then some budget cuts need
to be made and "we would almost
certainly lose our accredidation."
An accredidation team will be
coming to Cal Baptist on November 11 and 12.
Other topics to be addressed are
the routine recommendations for
tenure and sabbatical leave. The
majority of the meeting, however, will be spent "talking about
how to address the proposed deficit," stated the President.
ASCBC President Steve Berzansky said he was "optimistic"
about the meeting.
Tuck claimed that student involvement is to be emphasized at
the trustee meeting, also. Each
trustee will have a student host
for dinner Friday evening. Dinner will be served in the Garrett
Dining Hall instead of the A.J.
Staples Room like in years past.
Margaret lereno, Becky Sawyer, and Amy Johnson signal
that the Lady Lancers are number one after their win last
Tuesday against  Westmont.    See related story, page 8.
Science division to host consortium
By Dawn Keys
Staff writer for the Banner
Cal Baptist Science Division
and Newport Oceanographic Institute will co-sponsor the Southern
California Marine Science Fellowship of Educators, aboard the
research vessel "Conqueror" on
October 29.
Chairman of the Science Division, Dr. Ed Harvey, will lead the
expedition. Various professors,
deans, and presidents from colleges and universities around the
Southland, including UCLA, will
attend.
The Conquerer will leave port at
9:30AM and return around 2PM.
While out in the harbor, nets will
be dropped and pulled and guests
will observe actual marine biology-
This annual event gives Cal
Baptist the opportunity to gain
recognition not only as a part of
the community, but as a liberal
arts college that is expanding its
science program.
Some of the upcoming events
in the Science Division include
the Marine Science Seminar on
Opportunity to gain
recognition...as a  liberal arts college that is
expanding its program
Tuesday, November 8, from 4 to
5PM. A five minute film will be
shown as well as slides. Science
students and non-science students
alike are encouraged to attend.
During Interterm, a marine science course will be offered in
which students will spend three
days on a boat learning first hand
about marine life.
Most recently, on October 15
and 16, Harvey and several Cal
Baptist students took part in the
bi-annual Desert Palaver.
First introduced by Dr. Edmund
C. Jaeger, a desert naturalist, students and professors with a love
of the desert gather to study the
desert and its -inhabitants. Although Jaeger has passed on, his
former students still carry on his
studies.
Charles Cornwell, a freshman
who attended the palaver said "it
was an awesome thing to be out
there" in the desert.
Through the desert experience,
Harvey hopes that students will
develop an appreciation for their
own heritage. A spring palaver
is also in the near future. Harvey stresses that one does not
need to be a science major to enjoy this weekend retreat.
Asked if he plans to attend a palaver again, Cornwell responded,
"I'll be going up on a couple of
them." ■
INSIDE
Focus: The Future of
Cal Baptist
...pages 4 and 5
A Bush Presidency?
...page 6
Just around the corner
...page 3
People: Students in the
spotlight
...page 7