Truman State University - Echo Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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Conflict blocks building Students voted two to one against a proposed Multi-Purpose Building and the Board of Go- verners voted Dec. 2, 1988 to postpone plans indefinitely. The building, to be lo- cated behind Centen- nial Mall, would have had two basketball vol- leyball courts, a track, a weight room and a lounge. A $2 million bond would have paid for the building, which would cost $150,000- $200,000 annually to maintain. ' This would be a smaller Pershing with a lounge, Jay Ping, sophomore Student Senate representative, said. Several students op- posed the metal struc- ture of the building. The building should be brick, sophomore Mark Westmeyer said. “Part of the reason I came here was because the campus looked nice. The building wouldn't fit in. Other students op- posed the building and said Pershing fit their recreational needs. “We didn't need the building because Per- shing was satisfactory, sophomore John Baker said. “I've never had any problem with it. If they wanted to make something for the stu- dents, they could make a new Student Union. Senior Bill King said Pershing Arena was of- ten inconvenient. “I think the students need somewhere to go where they don't have to com- pete with varsity sports. Student Senate sur- veyed student opinion after the Board dis- cussed architectural plans at the Oct. 7 meeting. Students ex- pressed attitudes through a random sam- ple of 1,000 students and a yes-no referen- dom for the student body. Other options for the money, from a list of campus improvments, included an all weather track at Stokes Stadi- um, remodeling the Snack Bar in the Stu- dent Union Building and a sidewalk across the Quad. The Board voted to investigate the other options and stop plans for construction.! Lara Runnels Board of Governors Row One: nancy Schneider, James Conway, Frederick Lauer; Row Two: Mi- chelle Blotevogel. Inks Franklin, Myra Baiotto, Kimberly Ahrens, Richard Fryor, Charles McClain 18 Academics

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n Advisers get student help According to the 1988 Graduating Student Question- naire, students have been more satisfied with their advis- ers every year for two years. But students continued to question the counseling ability of advisers. The advisers frankly just don't know what they're sup- posed to be doing to advise their students, junior Joy Lain said. The results of the question- naire revealed the best ratings came from the chemistry disci- pline within the science divi- sion. On a scale of one (low- est) to four (highest) the advis- ing program received a 2.20 rating in 1987. Until then the level of student satisfaction with the advising program had been steadily dropping since 1981. Darrell Krueger. Vice Presi- dent for Academic Affairs, and Dean of Instruction, believed the drop resulted from north- east becoming more rigorous and the students having high- er expectations. Krueger found encouragement in the rise in the mean. This is the first year, in years and years, that advising was up, Krueger said. We've turned the corner on advis- ing. The Student-Adviser Rela- tions Committee (SARC) be- gan in 1988 to combat advis- ing problems. Senior Leigh Klinginsmith, who helped form the committee, said the Uni- versity needed to take steps to help alleviate the advising situ- ation. Too many advisers were in- volved in too many things and could not adequately keep up with the changing programs, Klinginsmith said. A parallel perspective

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Members of the Board of Gover- nors converse with new legisla- tors before dinner. The Franklin Street Singers provided entertain- ment for the banquet. At a Board of Governors dinner. Myra and Bill Baiotto talk to tee Schneider. Twenty-one new legis- lators were introduced at the din- ner.- their visit on campus was part of a three-week tour of Mis- souri institutions. A parallel perspective There was a need for recrea- ti o n a I areas for student use. Per- s h i n g didn't al- ways pro- vide that. During home basketball games, the racquctball courts were closed for security rea- sons, Sam Lcsseig, acting athletic director, said. '7 think the multi- purpose b u i I d i n g was a good idea, but I d i d n ' I think the plan that is currently proposed was really what we wanted. If ivc have a building it should be something that can be used for a multitude of purposes. The plan we have now is really limited. I would like to see im- provements around campus, Angela Bern, senior, said. 7 think its a waste of money because we have al- ready got facilities in Pershing and Kirk. think ive could use the money somewhere else. I understand that they have to use the money, but I think it s a waste plus they are going to lose all of that parking space, Mike Taylor, junior, said.