Marquette University - Hilltop Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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CIR. siMMONs: STRESSES STRENQTI-l iN ARQUMENTS One would think it would be difficult to see the vice-president of aca- demic affairs. At Mar- quette that isn't the case. Dr. Ed Simmons, who holds that office, said his door is always open. But Simmons does set guide- lines and the meetings are always on his terms. It I can give a stu- dent time, I will. But one thing I must judge is it the student is taking my time seriously, Simmons said. The administrator said, We're in business to help students get into the action. We are required to listen to students, but they must have good reasons for wanting changes. HArgument is an important part of this office and it finds its strength in the premises not in the person Who pre- sents it, said Simmons. Simmons said that students can participate in formation of university policy and play a role in already constructed chan- nels such as ASMU. Personally, Simmons felt that a student can have the greatest impact by participating at the ground level of policy ini- tiation.

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labor. According to Quade, The faculty provide one context. Father Raynor and I have general re- sponsibilities; we synthe- size, we give direction. Conceding that as an administrator he's not as close to students, Quade said, I have some Win- dows to what's going on, but there is a remoteness to it all. Student safety was among the issues Quade considered especially important to students. He said, campus and student safety is a tough, tough nut. How do we provide safety without turning Marquette into an armed camp? He threw up his hands. Another problem, as yet unsolved . . . 19

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Vice-president of business and finance hmm sounds terribly stuffy, don't you think? In an office in O'Hara Hall, one of those cub- icles that make up the administrative beehive, charts and graphs can be found in each corner, on the walls and spread across the conference table. Emerging from this fountain of figures is Roy Kallenberger, vice- president of business and finance. A well-spoken man, he has a boyish smile that seems to remove him from the pressures of manag- ing a $35 million budget. Where do Marquette students fit into the busi- ness and finance pic- ture? uWe really need stu- dent input, said Kallen- berger with a smile. They know more in certain areas than an old fuddy- duddy like myself. Although few stu- dents venture to O'Hara Hall, Kallenberger knows they are out there and that his decisions affect them. So, out of that stutfy office of charts Kallenber- ger bounds as often as he can to attend leadership conferences, coffee hours and student committee meetings to absorb even more student ideas. kAuENbERCIER: iN A fOUNtAiN of fiQURES 21