The Banner, Vol. 34 No. 14 - May 18, 1990

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Volume XXXIV, Number 14
A Publication of the Students of Cal Baptist
May 18,1990
Board agrees to sell land
By Dan Kohn
Editor of The Banner
The Board of Trustees agreed by
a vote of 20-2 to sell a 15 acre
lot along Magnolia Avenue during their May 5th meeting. The
land was considered excess in the
long range 30 year plan until the
College reaches 3,000 students.
College officials are now negotiating to sell the land.
"Some people in this state will
never forgive us for selling the
land. Other people will never
forgive us for maintaining an unsound financial base," state President Russell Tuck. Income from
the sale will go into debt relief
and endowment
"A sale is a secure way to en-
Briefs
Pre-registration:
Today is the last day to
beat the crowds by pre*
registering for the 1990
summer and fall terms.
Registration for summer
begins on May 30, while
registration for fail 1990
begins on August 28.
Graduation is
here:
The time has come. Commencement ceremonies
begin with the Baccalaureate service on Friday,
May 25 at 7 pm. Rick
Warren will be speaking.
Graduation ceremonies
will be held On the front
lawn on May 26 at 6:00
pm. Dr. Gordon Kingsley
will be speaking. AUare
invited to attend the graduation ceremony.
Home Concert:
Plan to attend tonight as
Light! and Fortress will
be performing a home
concert. The show starts
at 7 pm in the BOL and
admission ts free. Folio wing the performance,
next years' members will
be announced.
sure that the college debt, which
now requires $500,000 to
$600,000 a year in debt service,
can be paid off," Tuck continued.
"Some people in this
state will never forgive
us for selling the land.
Other people will never
forgive us for maintaining an unsound financial base."
The decision to sell the land is
the latest step in a three year effort in which the options of leas
ing the land, selling the land, and
partnerships were reviewed. A
previous agreement to develop
the land by San Bernardino-based
Concordia Development Corporation fell apart at the last minute
in late January.
The board decided to sell the
land because the income from
leasing the land was inadequate,
and a partnership involved too
much risk.
The board meeting was held up
one hour past the scheduled time,
and a special session after the official meeting was called to dis-
See Board, p.8
Inside:
The Bummer
Four-page pullout section
Lee Burton kisses his favorite soda can.
(Campus Day photos on p. 4)
Intensive English students excluded
By Amy Johnson
Staff writer for The Banner
The Intensive English Program
here at CBC was begun in August of 1988 by the director, Dale
Sloat. This program acts as a
pre-collegiate program for international students. It is designed
to prepare the students in various
areas of English, such as reading,
writing, listening, speaking, and
vocabulary development. The
Final Exam Schedule
Monday, May 21
8:00-10:00 All 8:00-8:55 MWF classes
11:00-1:00 All 11:15-12:10 MWF classes
2:00-4:00      All   1:25-2:20     MWF classes
Tuesday, May 22
8:00-10:00     All  8:00-9:20     TuTh classes
11:00-1:00     All 9:30-10:50    TuTh classes
2:00-4:00      All   2:00-3:20     TuTh classes
Wednesday, May 23
8:00-10:00     All 9:05-10:00    MWF classes
11:00-1:00     All   12:20-1:15     MWF classes
2:00-4:00       All  2:30-3:25       MWF classes
Thursday, May 24
8:00-10:00     All   11:00-12:20   TuTh classes
11:00-1:00     All   12:30-1:50     TuTh classes
2:00-4:00       All  3:30-4:50       TuTh classes
Friday, May 25
8:00-10:00     All  3:35-4:30      MWFclasses
Examinations for other afternoon and evening classes
will be given during regular class times.
program consists of four academic year terms during the fall and
spring semesters, and two terms
during the summer.
Currently, there are thirty students in the program at CBC,
having come from Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and
Korea. Each student is required
to spend twenty hours a week in
class, where they are only permitted to speak English. They each
receive a great deal of attention as
well, as the average classes contain eight to ten students.
Not only are these students in
the program to improve their
English, but also to get them
ready for American lifestyles in
college. However, these students
are only getting half of what
they've come for.
"There's not as much interaction as I would like to see," said
Sloat.
It's obvious who the international students are at CBC; we
see them daily, sitting in the cafeteria. We pass them in the
halls, but how often do we speak
to them?
"People never talk to us be
cause of the differences in lan
guage.  But if they never talk to
us, how can we improve in Eng
lish?"  asked one Intensive Eng
lish student.
Each student who joins the pro
gram must be able to speak some
English.   They do not come to
learn English, but to improve
their English skills.   They can
communicate in our language.
"Most of us international stu-
See Int'l, p.3
Inside
Letters to the Editor...
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Campus Day,;.
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