The Ranger Sept. 17, 2010

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The Ranger 2 • Sept. 17, 2010

3 News Committee favors increase in parking permits Story by Laura Garcia

Photo by Julysa Sosa

4 Blotter Police start issuing parking citations Monday Story and Photo by Alison Wadley

5 News Cleary admits Banner security too strict Story by Zahra Farah

Photo by Julysa Sosa

6 Calendar

7 Premiere Planetarium will host a star party Saturday Story by J. Almendarez Art by Juan Carlos Campos

8 JSchool Travels Center focuses on public interest Story by Riley Stephens

9 Turtles avoiding shores Story by Riley Stephens

Photos by Alison Wadley and D.A.

James

11 Student ventures to Gulf Coast with video camera Story by Zahra Farah

12 Librarians move to cubicles Story by Melody Mendoza

13 Move-in blues continue in earth sciences Story by Jennifer M. Ytuarte

Photo by Tyler K. Cleveland

14 Editorials

15 Policies and officials

16 Premiere Grammy nominee heats up Loftin Story by Aaron Nielsen Photos by Tyler K. Cleveland

A forum of free voices serving San Antonio College since 1926The RangeR

This issueRecognized mover praised for service Story by Abiel

Rodriguez

Open mic night slideshow Photos by Dave Crockett

SAC night slideshow Photos by Tyler K. Cleveland

Print services closer to closing Story by Laura

Garcia

A great blue heron flies across Mobile Bay with a fish it has just caught Aug. 17 at Dauphin Island, Ala. See stories Page 8-11. Alison Wadley

Cover photo: Academic unit assistant Rosie Carreon of the music

department wears a T-shirt gift Sept. 10 to SAC Night at The Cove.

Adjunct Joaquin Abrego, a former student of the department, silk-

screened the T-shirt, which was presented to Carreon by the music

faculty, to thank her for her help navigating Banner. See “Registration

nightmare plagues returning student” online. Tyler K. Cleveland

GULFCOAST

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The Ranger Sept. 17, 2010 • 3News

By Laura Garcia

Parking permits might increase by as much as $65 beginning in January. On Tuesday, the Building, Grounds and Sites Selection Committee recommended a three- tiered parking structure and dis-missed the district staff’s recom-mendation to charge all students a $10 per semester increase to general fees to fund parking main-tenance and garage construction.

“I feel very strongly that this is a very bad idea,” committee Chair Gene Sprague said of the $10 gen-eral fee increase to all students regardless of whether they park in lots. He explained state legislators said that parking has to be paid strictly by user fees and cannot be lumped into general fees. “What would be the incentive for carpool-ing or riding the bus?” he said. “It doesn’t make any sense.”

Students who park on campus would still need to buy a $25 decal.

Committee members approved a substitute motion 3-1 with District 4 trustee Marcelo S. Casillas voting no.

The committee favored a stan-dard $30, select $60 and premier $90 tiered-parking permit system, which would allow students and employees who pay for premier parking to park in closer lots.

The change would bring in $470,000 in preventive mainte-nance annually with minimal impact this spring because most returning students will have paid for the annual permit this semes-ter. Trustees did not discuss the level of parking that would be avail-able to existing permit holders.

The increase also will fund a new parking garage within one to two years.

The idea came from a $60,000 parking survey approved by the board in January by consultants Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Inc. of Bryan.

The survey compared Alamo

Colleges’ parking fees with Trinity University’s $70 rate and University of Texas at San Antonio’s non-garage rate of $80 and garage rate of $300-$500. The committee also discussed adding an automatic yearly increase.

Staff also recommended a tiered parking citation increase based on how early an offender pays the ticket. If approved, the rates would be $16 for early pay-ment, $21 for regular payment and $27 for late payments.

In a pre-s e n t a t i o n Tuesday by John Strybos, associate vice c h a n c e l l o r of facilities operation and construction management, he said 15 percent are paid late.

The board will consider the recommendations at its regular monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

In the Academic Accountability and Student Success Committee meeting, trustees spent more than two hours on the registration debacle that affected thousands.

District 2 trustee, Denver McClendon, who does not serve on the committee, listened while committee members deliberated on why students who were purged from the system for nonpayment did not receive advance notice.

Some administrators and com-mittee members blamed students for not updating their contact information and others thought faculty could have contacted stu-dents enrolled in canceled classes.

Trustees questioned whether there was a system in place for notifying students that they risk being purged from all classes.

“I could say a whole lot,” McClendon said, explaining that many students who were affect-ed are exposed to the district for the first time, and his concern is

the students who were lost in the process. “I’m assuming that there are some students that just walked away,” he said. “I don’t think it was the students’ fault.”

He said he was concerned about community college students already being a vulnerable popu-lation, and the district, in many cases, threw roadblocks in the way.

A number of students did give up, officials admitted. However, that figure was not provided by Dr. Thomas Cleary, vice chancellor for

planning, per-forming, per-formance and i n f o r m a t i o n systems, and Dr. Adelina Silva, vice chancellor for student suc-cess. Cleary

said students drop for a variety of reasons, including that they “want a schedule based on convenience.”

District 1 trustee Joe Alderete Jr., who is not on the committee, said the two figures that can be used to determine the measure of success are the total number enrolled and the number who decided not to enroll this semester.

Chancellor Bruce Leslie touted a registered enrollment of “more than 63,000 students, which achieved our 5.5 percent growth target” in an opinion piece pub-lished by the San Antonio Express-News. Last year, enrollment was celebrated at a record 60,366.

Committee member Roberto Zárate said he wanted a figure excluding dual-credit students so

the board can get an indication of

how many students are actually

walking through the doors. He said

he didn’t want the vice chancellors

to speculate but to send a report

when it’s available.

Cleary reported that registra-

tion would be better in about 60

days, but not all of the trustees

were convinced.

District 7 trustee Blakely

Fernandez, who doesn’t serve on

the committee, said Cleary and the

vice chancellors are always giving

the same presentation “but you

finally convinced me that you don’t

have it under control.”

She questioned whether some

of the issues couldn’t have been

resolved with better planning and

she said it seems as if a lot of the

obstacles are things that the dis-

trict knew about months ago. “So

why are we surprised when that

collision is happening?”

Fernandez said the district

should have known there would be

an issue syncing ApplyTexas.

Silva explained earlier in the

meeting that there were discrep-

ancies because of differing con-

tact information, and staff worked

sometimes six days a week trying

to push applicants through.

Fernandez questioned whether

there was enough communication

between front line workers and

those making decisions.

Silva reported receiving only 61

calls of complaint, while Fernandez

suggested switching numbers with

her because she heard many more

complaints. “It seemed like there

were a lot of pieces bubbling under

the surface,” Fernandez said.

Cleary said he estimates it will

be nearly two years before every-

thing is stable, but it will get better.

“I don’t think spring registration is

going to be perfect,” he said.

Dr. Gene Sprague, District 6

trustee, said if the old system had

been used, “my guess is we would’ve

had the same lines or longer.”

Palo Alto College President Ana

“Cha” Guzmán said there were

many registration problems this

fall semester, but “we tried to do

too many things at one time and

we underestimated the impact on

the services to students.”

All of the trustees were present

at the committee meetings, which

lasted until nearly 11 p.m. at the

Killen Center.

Committee favors increase in parking permits

“You finally convinced me that you don’t have it under control.”

Blakely FernandezDistrict 7 trustee

4 • Sept. 17, 2010 The Ranger

Tip of the week

Fact: In 2008, 157 thefts were reported on this

campus, 48 at Northwest Vista College, 41 at Palo Alto College and 78 at St.

Philip’s College.

“Never leave your belongings

unattended. Carry your items with you or have someone

you know watch them,” Sgt. Ben Peña said.

For more informationabout parking permits,

visit the bursar’s website at http://www.alamo.edu/sac/sacmain/bursar/bursar.htm.

SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE

Sept. 2 — Individual reported

being injured. EMS treated indi-

vidual.

Individual reported a suspi-

cious male in McCreeless Hall.

Criminal trespass warning issued

to the male.


a disturbance in the parking lot

involving an area bar patron and

the security officer.

Sept. 7 — Individual reported his

bag with medications was stolen

in Nail Technical Center. No

suspects.

Individual reported a vehicle

blocking handicap parking spots.


a student had stolen food from

Loftin.

Individual reported her purse

was stolen in Chance Academic

Center. Purse located but money

was missing.

Individual reported a male hav-

ing a seizure. EMS treated the

male.

NORTHEAST LAKEVIEW

COLLEGE


graffiti on campus property in

the Commons building.

Sept. 8 — Individual reported an

animal complaint. No injuries

reported.


driving while license was sus-

pended.

NORTHWEST VISTA COLLEGE


suspicious activity in Huisache

Hall.

PALO ALTO COLLEGE

Sept. 7 — Individual reported a

suspicious person in Performing

arts building.


burglary of a vehicle.

Sept. 10 — District property was

reported missing from campus

police office.

ST. PHILIP’S COLLEGE

Sept. 7 — Disturbance was

reported in the science building.

Sept. 8 — A vehicle burglary was

reported.

Sept. 9 — A missing person was

reported.

Blotter

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General DPS485-0099

Weather Line485-0189

Theft prevention

Unattended backpack

in Loftin, Sept. 8.

Julysa Sosa

By Alison WAdley

Beginning Monday, campus police will start

issuing parking citations to vehicles without park-

ing permits parked in Alamo Colleges’

parking lots.

Parking permits can be obtained

at the business office in Room 201 of

Fletcher Administration Center. The

cost is $25 for students and employees,

and only cash is accepted.

Citations will be issued for students

parking in faculty-only lots, unauthor-

ized parking in handicapped spaces,

and parking in red fire lanes and

undesignated parking areas.

The fine for a parking violation on

campus is $15 and increases to $22

after 10 days from the date issued.

The permit price will decrease to

$15 in spring and then to $10 in sum-

mer because permits are valid for the

fiscal year, Sept. 1 through Aug. 31.

Students need to complete a vehicle registration

form, which includes Social Security or Banner ID

number and the make, model, year and license plate

number of the vehicle.

Parking permits are to be placed above the

inspection sticker on the lower driver side of the

front windshield.

Because of long registration lines at the busi-

ness office, Mary Hall, chief bursar

of Alamo Colleges, decided to delay

issuing the parking permits until

Sept. 7.

That created a new round of long

lines at the business office.

While waiting in line, economics

sophomore Edward Ortiz said, “Why

can’t we get parking online? We can

do everything else online.”

Hall said students were unable

to pay online because Market Place,

the system faculty and staff use

to pay for permits online, will not

access student accounts in ACES to

allow payment to be deducted from

financial aid.

She said the process will prob-

ably change next year to allow stu-

dents to pay online, but they will be paying out of

pocket.

For more information, visit www.alamo.edu/

sac/sacmain/bursar/Bursar.htm.

Police start writing tickets Monday

Nursing freshman

Jessica Anthony pur-

chases a parking per-

mit from accounting

clerk Elizabeth Klebahn

Sept. 10 at the busi-

ness office in Fletcher.

Alison Wadley

NewsThe Ranger Sept. 17, 2010 • 5

By Zahra Farah

Security for Banner/Student

Services registration system was

too strict and did not allow enough

access for faculty to help students,

the project director said Sept. 1.

Dr. Thomas Cleary, vice

chancellor for planning, perfor-

mance and information systems,

responded to anger expressed in

a Faculty Senate meeting about

being expected to counsel students

academically with limited access

to records. More access could have

relieved long lines at counseling

and admissions and records, sena-

tors argued.

Cleary told The Ranger Sept.

8 that few people had access to

the highest level of security unlike

with the older registration system,

Passport. The widespread access,

however, Cleary said caused data

corruption because of program-

ming problems. “I’m not blaming

employees,” he said.

In a June report, the district’s

internal audit department criti-

cized weak system security and

data corruption such as incorrect

student information and students

missing prerequisites or required

courses like student development.

A Student Information System

Plus Security Process and Controls

Review from July 31, 2009, said,

“The current control environ-

ment does not appear adequate

to safeguard the regulatory desig-

nated sensitive student data due in

part to using SSNs (Social Security

numbers) for student identifica-

tion, and to not logging or moni-

toring the use of inquiries.”

Pat Major, district director of

internal audit, said logging software

has been purchased for Banner.

In 2008, a student financial ser-

vice employee used a supervisor’s

operator ID to commit financial

aid fraud of $2,700. The student

used a supervisor’s login to remove

an academic suspension to be

rewarded back aid. The fraud was

resolved, but took time to detect.

The student gained access

when the supervisor left for lunch

without logging off Passport, which

did not include a timed logout.

Major said supervisors need to

communicate to employees rules

such as logging off or they will

never know if they broke any rules.

Two faculty members accessed

student information for nonedu-

cational purposes, according to the

audit. In 2005, a breach of confi-

dential records was used to harass

a Palo Alto College student.

The report said it was “imprac-

tical for one employee” to monitor

databases for each of the five col-

leges and one for district. Banner is

one database for everything.

The audit recommended for

Banner “implementing a con-

tinuous communication plan

for employees regarding access

changes and ongoing reviews of

security levels to avoid creating

negative perceptions.”

The idea was to develop a “sand

box” or duplicated system with

dummy data. Employees could

have been trained with the dupli-

cated system to learn how to get

accustomed to the new software.

District did not follow this

advice.

Senators questioned if limited

control meant district administra-

tors didn’t trust chairs.

Cleary said, “I’m discouraged

to hear that faculty thinks we don’t

trust them. I don’t want them to

think we don’t trust them. We trust

them more than anything.”

He said it wasn’t about trust,

but about security and data effi-

ciency, a reaction to audit criti-

cism. “I don’t think anyone thinks

faculty would do something mali-

ciously,” he said. High security is

to prevent mistakes made in one

portal from affecting all five college

portals.

Cleary said he’s been gathering

feedback on problems for chang-

es for the next registration cycle.

“We can’t go to the past where the

employees had too much access.”

He said, “We now need to have

more openness so students and

faculty can do their job.”

He said the system did not

make mistakes, for example, in

dropping paid students. “It’s rule-

based software; it did what it was

configured to do,” he said, adding

that it did not accommodate stu-

dents’ situations.

Part of the problem was pro-

gramming and running out of time.

Students with 15 hours or fewer

are required to take a student

development course. They were

told before registering that they

would have to take the class. Cleary

said because there is no opt-out,

12,000 incoming students at the

five colleges are taking student

development classes.

Banner is set up to prohibit

a student from registering for a

course without the prerequisite

courses and skill levels.

Students’ summer transcripts

were not transferred into the new

system, so a prerequisite met since

May did not show up in Banner.

“It was not converted in the

summer, just wasn’t there,” he said.

“That won’t happen again going

forth with the new system because

it will already be in there.” Data

conversion of students’ academic

history will happen by the end of

this month, he said.

Cleary said students whose

transcripts the district had failed

to input in time could enroll. The

Center for Student Information,

which opened late, was behind

schedule from the first day. About

800 transfer students were waiting

on transcripts to be input.

Cleary said the whole district

was affected by state cuts. “This

hurt gearing up with registration

because we did not have person-

nel,” he said. Nor were temporary

employees hired.

A lot of students were dropped

because sections were canceled.

Students’ financial aid was with-

drawn when hours dropped and if

it was on a purge day, they lost all

their courses.

He said drastic improvements

would be made before spring reg-

istration. “Maybe not perfect, but a

lot better,” he said

At Tuesday’s Academic

Accountability and Student

Success Committee, District 7

trustee Blakely Fernandez chas-

tised Cleary for his repeated board

reports that Banner installation

would be difficult but under con-

trol. “You finally convinced me it’s

not under control. This is a mess,”

she said.

A tense silence followed before

she added, “We need to fix what we

can get under control.”

Cleary reports to the board on Banner problems Tuesday. Julysa Sosa

Cleary admits Banner security too strict

The Ranger 6 • Sept. 17, 2010 Calendar

Today

SAC Music: Live in Loftin music series

featuring Grupo Kilombo 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in

the Fiesta Room of Loftin. Call 486-0125.

SAC Lecture: Raul Ramos, historian

and author of “Beyond the Alamo,” 11

a.m.-11:50 a.m. in Room 218 of the nurs-

ing complex. Call 486-0673.

SAC Event: Constitution Day 2010

panel discussion 9 a.m.-noon in Room

120 of visual arts. Call 486-1009.

SAC Event: Video gaming 1:30

p.m.-3:30 p.m. in Cyber Cafe of Loftin.

Continues Fridays. Call 486-0125.

Exhibit: “Between the Leaves” with Roy

Pitman 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. at Bihl Haus

Arts, 2803 Fredericksburg. Call 383-9723.

Saturday

SAC Event: Job and Homebuyer Fair

sponsored by the services for women and

nontraditional students 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at

the empowerment center, 703 Howard.

Call 486-0455.

PAC Event: Harlandale Cultural Arts

Fair and Parade at 9:15 a.m. at Roosevelt

and Huizar ending at a fair at Memorial

Stadium, 4002 Roosevelt. Call 989-4355.

Monday

SAC Transfer: Texas State University-

San Marcos 11 a.m.-3 p.m. in the transfer

center. Call 486-0864.

SAC Transfer: Our Lady of the Lake

University 9 a.m.-2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.-6

p.m. on first floor of Chance. Call 486-

0864.

SAC Lecture: Film producer Ray

Sanisteban 9 a.m.-9:50 a.m. in Room

101 of Longwith. Call 486-0681.

SAC Meeting: Cheshyre Cheese Club 3

p.m. in Room 100 of Gonzales. Continues

Mondays. Call 486-0125.

SAC Meeting: Astronomy Club 1 p.m.-2

p.m. in Room 111 of chemistry and geol-

ogy. Call 486-0063.

SAC Event: Rock Band Extravaganza

sponsored by Catholic Student Association

11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Fiesta Room of

Loftin. Call 736-3752.

SAC Exhibit: “Trace Elements” photog-

raphy exhibit, an official Fotoseptiembre

USA event, reception 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.

in visual arts. Call 486-1030.

SAC Lecture: “Autobiography in Fiction”

with Keith Carter. Reception 4:30 p.m.-

6:30 p.m. in visual arts. Lecture at 7 p.m.

in McAllister. Call 486-1034.

NLC Event: “Bath Salt Making 101”

noon-1:15 p.m. in Room 135 of commons.

Continues Tuesday. Call 486-5404.

Tuesday

SAC Meeting: Chemistry Club 4:40

p.m.-5:40 p.m. in Room 100 of chemistry

and geology. E-mail [email protected].

SAC Event: “Cooking With Mama” with

Esther Morales Liedecke at 12:15 p.m. in

the craft room of Loftin. Call 736-3752.

SAC Intramurals: Flag football 1:30

p.m.–4 p.m. at San Pedro Springs Park.

Continues Wednesday. Call 486-0125.

Wednesday

SAC Transfer: Texas A&M University 9

a.m.-noon on first floor of Chance. Call

486-0864.

SAC Transfer: Texas A&M University-

San Antonio 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. by

appointment in the transfer center. Call

486-0864.

SAC Lecture: “Wellness — Making the

Case for Sleep” with Robert Gonzalez

of the Sleep Institute of San Antonio 11

a.m.-noon in the craft room of Loftin. Call

486-0125.

SAC Event: “Dream Act Awareness Day:

Immigration Issues, Financial Aid and the

Dream Act” sponsored by Students United

for the Dream Act with Marisol Perez and

Luis Figueroa 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Fiesta

Room of Loftin. Call 486-0651.

SAC Event: Antojitos Festival showcas-

ing lowrider cars and performance by

Mariachi Herencia Mexicana 11 a.m.-2

p.m. in the mall. Call 486-0125.

Thursday

SAC Transfer: University of the

Incarnate Word 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and

4 p.m.-6:30 p.m. on first floor of Chance.

Call 486-0864.

SAC Lecture: “Rediscovering Mexican-

American Religious Art” by Richard

Arredondo 12:15 p.m. in the Catholic

Student Center, 312 W. Courtland. Call

736-3752.

SAC Event: Leadership Forum spon-

sored by student life 1 p.m.-3 p.m. in the

craft room of Loftin. Call 486-0127.

SAC Intramurals: Flag football 1:30

p.m.-4 p.m. at San Pedro Springs Park.

Call 486-0125.

SPC Music: Azul Electrica 11:30 a.m.-

12:30 p.m. in cafeteria at Southwest

Campus. Call 486-2625.

Calendar Legend

SAC: San Antonio CollegeNVC: Northwest Vista CollegeSPC: St. Philip’s CollegeSWC: Southwest CampusPAC: Palo Alto CollegeNLC: Northeast Lakeview College

For coverage, call 486-1773 or e-mail [email protected] two weeks in advance.

The Ranger Sept. 17, 2010 • 7

By J. AlmendArez

Scobee Planetarium, in col-

laboration with the San

Antonio League of Sidewalk

Astronomers, will be hosting

the semester’s first star party from 7

p.m.-10 p.m. Saturday in parking Lot

21, in honor of the first worldwide

International Observe the Moon Night.

The league will provide about a dozen

telescopes available for the public.

This event will coincide with

Jupiter’s close pass by the Earth.

The planet is 588.5 million kilome-

ters from Earth in comparison to its

furthest distance at 968.1 million kilo-

meters.

It will be almost as bright as Venus,

reaching its closest to Earth on Sept. 21.

Parking Lot 21 is between the plane-

tarium and Candler Physical Education

Center. The party is free to the public.

In August, Scobee Planetarium

became one of the first planetariums

in Texas to install Digistar 4, the latest

in planetarium theater technology to

enhance the visual and audio aspects of

the planetarium experience.

Planetarium Coordinator Bob Kelley

said, “It allows us to recreate the night

sky in a very attractive way.”

This semester, the planetarium

added new shows, “Violent Universe:

Catastrophes of the Cosmos” and “Tales

of the Maya Skies.”

“Violent

Un i v e r s e”

explores the

possibilities

of interga-

lactic col-

lisions and

debris that

threaten the

existence of

life on Earth. It shows at 7:45 p.m. today.

No children under the age of 6 will be

admitted.

“Maya Skies” is an educational pro-

Planetarium hosts star party Saturday

duction about the Mayan culture

and its contribution to astronomy.

It is the most expensive show the

Scobee Planetarium has purchased,

costing $12,000 in part because it’s

the first show to have an audio track

available in Spanish.

This feature isn’t available yet

because the planetarium is still

working out a schedule for Spanish

show times.

The show can be seen in English,

for now, at 9 p.m. today. No children

under 6 will be admitted.

The planetarium will continue to

show its children’s production, “The

Little Star That Could” at 6:30 p.m. today for

children 4 and older.

It follows an animated story of a sun and

the creation of the solar system and galaxies.

No admittance is allowed to any show

after it has started.

While the shows are expensive to pro-

duce, Kelley says that the planetarium hopes

to “serve as a community resource and edu-

cational resource for the distribution and

knowledge of astronomy.”

District students have free admission

with ID.

For more information about Scobee

Planetarium, visit the website at http://www.

alamo.edu/sac/ce/scobee/.

Tickets for shows are $2 for children 4-17, $5 for adults 18-54 and $3 for senior citizens 55 and older.

Juan Carlos Campos

Scobee Planetarium gets top-of-the line upgrade.

Premiere

8 • The Ranger JSchool Travels

Donations will be used to rebuild habitats.

Oil on troubled waterCenter focuses public interest

CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

By Riley StephenS

MOSS POINT, Miss. — Oiled birds and

turtles have been found on beaches along

the Gulf in Louisiana and Mississippi. The

animals that survive are taken to rehab cen-

ters for cleanup and recovery before being

released into a safe environment. Autopsies

are performed on the less fortunate.

Volunteers and wildlife organizations

in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi

and Texas are monitoring the natural habi-

tats along the Gulf Coast.

The organizations have been monitor-

ing effects of the Deepwater Horizon explo-

sion and spill April 20 on shoreline habitats

and fisheries.

Volunteers at the Gulf Volunteer

Response Center in Moss Point, Miss., have

been answering calls from people who

want to help after the April oil spill and

are unsure how. Volunteers said they have

received hundreds of calls since the spill

from people all over the United States.

People can donate by signing in to

the online membership at the Audubon

Society website or calling the response cen-

ter directly. “The money will be used to

help rebuild local natural habitats,” com-

munication coordinator Finley Hewes said

Aug. 16.

Hewes gives information to media when

they call the center. The Gulf Volunteer

Response Center is working with the

Audubon Society to set up a place for peo-

ple to call if they have questions about the

oil spill in the Gulf.

The volunteers give callers the option

of making online monetary donations and

provide phone numbers if an injured or

A volunteer of Share the Beach helps a newly hatched sea turtle Aug. 4 emerge from its shell.

Courtesy of Share the Beach

A dozen rescued baby sea

turtles are isolated in a tub

with sand before moving

them. Courtesy of Share the

Beach

Stephanie Wright, marine educator for

Dauphin Island Sea Lab and volunteer

for Share the Beach, shows the skull

of a sea turtle Aug. 19 at the lab in

Alabama. Alison Wadley

From top, water tower,

recently dug up turtle egg,

entrance to Estuarium,

Dr. Sean Paul Powers of

Estuarium Sea Lab. D.A.

James

GULFCOAST

A Series

Jonas Stewart, Angela Stewart and chil-

dren Eleanor, 10 months, and Olivia, 4,

visit the Estuarium on Dauphin Island

Aug. 17. D. A. James

Sept. 17, 2010 • 9JSchool Travels

By Riley StephenS

DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. — Turtles have

been scarce this summer, and scientists at the

George F. Crozier Estuarium at the Dauphin

Island Sea Lab do not understand why.

“The number of turtles returning to

the island has dropped, and studies have

shown turtles will not beach because they

feel a change in the water,” said marine

educator Stephanie Wright with the

Discovery Hall Program, a summer minor-

ity internship. Wright said scientists on the

island are unsure why the turtles are not

returning.

“There are a number of reasons why

the turtles are not returning to the island.

It could be oil in the water, a change in

temperature, or too many people on the

beaches. We just don’t know,” Wright said.

As part of the sea lab on Dauphin

Island, Wright educates students in grades

K-12 on the estuary system in and around

Alabama in summer camps, helping stu-

dents to understand how sea animals and

the ecosystem live together.

Oil on troubled water

Turtles avoiding shores

CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

A volunteer of Share the Beach helps a newly hatched sea turtle Aug. 4 emerge from its shell.

Courtesy of Share the Beach

Volunteers of Share the Beach dig out newly hatched

sea turtles Aug. 4 on Dauphin Island. Courtesy of

Share the Beach

Specimens await evaluation at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab. D. A. James

Technician Sarah Muffelman counts and identifies fish larvae using a dissecting

microscope at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab. D. A. James

Scientists are researching sea turtles to see if oil is keeping

them from laying eggs.


oiled animal is found.

“People can donate by signing in to the online member-

ship at the Audubon website or calling the response center

directly. The money will be used to help rebuild local natural

habitats,” Hewes said.

Volunteers do not

encourage people to go

out and touch or handle

any of the oil in the gulf.

“There are many organi-

zations that are working

to clean up the oil and

they are more equipped

to handle the oil,” Hewes

said.

“What’s really tough

is the number of people

who want to help, but

we just don’t have the

number of volunteers to

answer the phones,” vol-

unteer Laura Wilfong said.

Hewes said he did not have the total number of volun-

teers at the center.

“I just hope nobody believes that the oil is truly gone,”

Hewes said. He said it is going to take a long time to estimate

the total damage of the oil. “We still don’t know what will

happen to the wildlife habitats in the future. We have to do

surveys to learn what effects the oil has caused,” Hewes said.

For more information log on to www.audubon.org.

The sea lab educates students on the water

and the animals that live in it.

Scientists at the sea lab on Dauphin Island

are testing the water in the estuary system.

As part of Discovery Hall, a summer program

at the sea lab, graduate students from colleges

in and around Alabama research the estuaries

and test plankton in the water to see if any oil

is found.

The water samples from the April 20 oil spill

have not been tested in any labs because they

are waiting for permission from BP.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is con-

cerned about 38 species of wildlife around the

Gulf states protected under the Endangered

Species Act of 1973, including the loggerhead

sea turtle.

Wright said every summer the loggerhead

sea turtles go to the Dauphin Island beach to lay

about 100 eggs.

“Lately, because of the hot climate, the

turtle eggs seem to be hatching in 49 days rather

than 60 days,” Wright said. The eggs have been

hatching earlier than usual because of the high

temperature of the sand.

“We relocate the turtle eggs so that they

can’t get trampled on and also so that they are

out of the way of the construction workers – BP

– when they try to do their jobs,” she said.

She said the volunteer organizations, such as

Share the Beach, are working closely with BP to

make sure that no turtle nests are destroyed. For

example, when the BP crews use their tractors

to clean the oil off the beaches, a turtle volun-

teer group rides in front of the tractor to show

where the turtle nests are.

She said the eggs were relocated along the

beaches of northwest Alabama. Wright said

the number of turtle nests that have appeared

around the island has been less than 10. They

expected to see at least 20.

She said only about 0.01 percent of sea tur-

tles make it back to the beach to lay their eggs.

She said she hopes more turtles will lay

their eggs on the beaches because it helps her

research and increases the population.

For more information on Dauphin Island

sea turtles, visit www.disl.org.

Public: Hundreds call to offer help Continued from Page 8

Turtles: Volunteers rescuing eggs Continued from Page 9

Houses on Dauphin Island.

Photos by D.A. James

Technician Crystal Hightower

examines an otolith, ear bone,

of a red drum, to determine

the age of the fish. Hightower

counts the rings, which are

similar to tree rings. With this

information, she can estimate

the length and weight of the

fish.

JSchool Travels

Crawl track marks of a sea turtle on Sand

Island near Dauphin Island June 23. Courtesy

of Share the Beach

Communications coordina-

tor of Audubon Volunteer

Response Center, Finley

Hews Jr., talks about the

society’s mission.

The Ranger Sept. 17, 2010 • 11JSchool Travels

By Zahra Farah

Ben Fetterman planned to document his

experience as a volunteer cleaning up oil along

the Gulf shores. Little did he expect he would be

entering the world of investigative journalism

and documenting the financial well-being of

people whose lives depend on the Gulf shores.

When BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig explod-

ed April 20, killing 11 men and releasing more

than 200 million of gallons of oil into the Gulf

of Mexico, Fetterman was at an accounting firm

doing taxes. “I was sitting in my cubicle, and I

couldn’t sit there anymore,” the University of

Pittsburgh senior said in a telephone interview.

Fetterman had reasons he couldn’t sit and

wait for news to come to him. “The Gulf shore is

home to me,” he said.

Fetterman’s grandparents, who are originally

from Philadelphia, bought land in Fort Morgan,

Ala., 40 years ago so the family could meet every

summer. “As long as I have been on this planet,

I have never missed a summer down there,”

Fetterman said.

This year was a different story. Every sum-

mer his family had a two-week reunion, but this

year, no one showed up because of the spill.

“It was personally upset-

ting to my family and me,”

Fetterman said.

Second, he wanted to

fully grasp what happened

in the Gulf. “I was in high

school when Hurricane

Katrina hit, and it changed

my opinion on the world

and government,” he said.

He didn’t want his-

tory to repeat itself. “The

response was slow,” Fetterman said. “There was

lying and indecisiveness.”

What troubled him the most was if “dirt

would be brushed under the carpet.” This moti-

vated him to see the situation for himself.

Fetterman was concerned over the lack of

coverage and aid to the South. “Less value is put

on the South because it’s not a big city or eco-

nomically enticing like New York,” Fetterman

said. “When a disaster happens, it’s easier to

brush off.”

On July 27, 12 days after the well was capped,

Fetterman journeyed back to Fort Morgan.

He trekked through the Gulf Coast in his

step-grandfather’s car and a digital video cam-

era. His initial plan was to record his experience

as a volunteer cleaning animals and beaches,

but he found out most volunteers had to be

from the state.

As a finance major, Fetterman switched his

focus to the economic problems facing locals

of the Gulf Coast. Fetterman documented his

findings at his blog, http://savingthegulfcoast.

blogspot.com, and planned to make a docu-

mentary with his video. “One thing you have

to understand about these beach towns is they

rely on their summers to get them through the

year,” he said.

Fetterman said unlike Hurricane Katrina,

the Gulf does not have outlets for people to

donate because it’s not a natural disaster. “BP

says they can handle it.”

Fetterman said to understand the pulse of

the situation, he was going to have to get a

sense of what the average

person was going through

environmentally. “It forced

me to not go where I was

told and gave me a chance

to explore,” he said.

He went out to compare

closed beaches with open

beaches. “I was kicked out

of one of the ports on Fort

Morgan that were closed

to the public,” he said. The

little opportunity he had to look at the beach,

he saw no visible signs of oil. Fetterman said

the problem is no one understands what they

are dealing with because all the oil sank to the

bottom of the ocean.

He said real estate agents are renting beach

homes saying the water is safe, and families are

taking their kids in the water and going crab-

bing at night.

They are unaware if the water is affecting

them. “What are Realtors going to do three to

five years from now when the families put two

and two together and realize they are sick from

the water?” he said.

Fetterman said around Aug. 15-20 in

Gulfport, Miss., hotel owners on a Skype inter-

view said the beaches were safe and fine.

Fishermen are not so confident. Fetterman

said they need reassurance that the water is safe

to start fishing again because they do not want

to have a reputation for selling a bad product.

“They know one thing and that’s shrimping,”

Fetterman said. “They need hard data to prove

everything is OK.”

Fetterman said this is the largest oil spill in

U.S. history, but the beaches don’t give it away.

He said it is unfortunate but people will real-

ize how much oil was released when another

hurricane hits and the oil at the bottom rises

and washes up on beaches.

Through a series of interviews, Fetterman

discovered business and real estate were at

an all-time low. “July Fourth is supposed to be

the biggest holiday weekend,” Fetterman said.

“This July Fourth, out of 100 rented houses only

four had tenants.”

Fetterman said 60 percent to 80 percent of

businesses survive the winter on July Fourth

earnings. Even family restaurants 10 miles from

the Gulf shore are doing poorly. Fetterman said

business is down 55 percent to 60 percent.

“It hits further than coastal communities,”

Fetterman said. “Because of their proximity

from the beach, they cannot receive a claim.”

In the beginning of his trip, Fetterman met

with 10 businesses along the Gulf shores. When

he visited them before his trip ended, six of the

businesses were closed. “There are real financial

consequences,” Fetterman said. “This summer

was supposed to be the summer businesses

get back the money they lost from Hurricanes

Katrina and Ike.”

He does not have a release date for his

documentary because he wants to gather more

information.

Student ventures to Gulf Coast withvideo camera

Fetterman worries Gulf shores will be ignored like

Hurricane Katrina areas.

Oil washes up on the Gulf Coast staining the light sand. Courtesy photos by Ben Fetterman

Gunky blobs of crude oil cover Gulf

Coast beaches Aug. 17.

12 • Sept. 17, 2010 The RangerNews

By Melody Mendoza

Library faculty will be housed

in cubicles, when fifth floor ren-

ovations of the Moody Learning

Center are completed. Modular

furniture will be used in future

district renovations and new con-

struction.

Diane Snyder, vice chancellor

for finance and administration,

said completion of the project

should be within nine months.

The Ranger reported that

library renovation plans dated

to 2004 and went before the vot-

ers in a failed bond election in

February 2005. Library renovations

were described again as a part of a

revised bond package approved in

November 2005. The package was

to include a new nursing and allied

health complex; parking garage;

and renovations for Nail Technical

Center and nursing education

building.

The bond provided $4.4 mil-

lion to renovate the second, third,

fourth and half of the fifth floor of

Moody. The third floor was com-

pleted this spring.

President Robert Zeigler said

Tuesday, “We are trying to get the

fifth floor finished fast with the

funds we have, and the only way is

with this modular furniture.”

Zeigler said it was a long deci-

sion-making process in which the

library staff and administration

“made the best decision consider-

ing the circumstances.”

Library Chair Candace Peterson

said she was called into a meeting

on May 19 with Zeigler and all the

parties involved.

John Strybos, associate vice

chancellor of facilities operation

and construction management,

oversees all construction. He told

The Ranger Tuesday that facul-

ty was “splitting hairs” between

who was considered faculty and

the district standards for faculty

offices. He said these standards are

design guidelines, not laws.

“The standards were presented

to the board of trustees in October

2008,” he said.

Space and faculty responsibili-

ties define standards of faculty

offices in the library.

Peterson said she approved

of the workstations and helped

decide the arrangements to give

faculty proper lighting and space.

“They’re quite nice; I don’t have

a problem with them,” she said.

The chair and circulation

Librarian Ralph Domas will have

traditional offices on the second

floor. “The library was designed

based on the limitations we were

given. We did the best we could.”

Alice Johnson, dean of learn-

ing resources, said she invited the

librarians to see the cubicles at

Wittigs Office Interiors because

“they look better than they sound.”

She said, “The ones who saw

them were pretty impressed.”

Zeigler also said they were

“nice, not cheap” and “fairly

soundproof.”

Strybos said he does not know

the cost because the plans have

not been finalized. “The layouts

have been shown to the users and

are about 99 percent final,” he said.

“The average cost for a typical

workstation – 8-feet by 8-feet – is

around $5,000,” he said.

Zeigler said there is space for a

conference room if there needs to

be a student and faculty meeting.

He said there were librarians

who didn’t like the decision, but

if they didn’t implement the cubi-

cles, the renovations could not be

completed in a timely manner.

Zeigler said cubicles will be

used in future renovations because

it’s cost-effective.

“If it had been presented dur-

ing previous renovations, cubicles

would have been implemented,”

he said. “We weren’t thinking

about it until the library came up

with money constraints.”

Zeigler said Wednesday, “I’m

the one that makes the final deci-

sion, and I’m convinced that this

was the best one.”

Librarians move to cubicles

The Ranger Sept. 17, 2010 • 13News

By Jennifer M. ytuarte

Trash cans, desk chairs and a large rock

serve as doorstops in the halls of the newly

renovated chemistry and geology building.

A folded piece of paper covers the strike

plate so Dr. Krishnan Madappat, organic

chemistry professor, can keep his office door

unlocked.

“I come into my office; the door locks. I

don’t want my students locked out during office

hours,” Madappat said.

Abdul Qudus, geology professor, wheels a

cart out of his office, careful to keep a wad of

paper pushed against the latch to keep the door

from locking.

He is headed to a classroom on the second

floor, unsure if the door will open.

“Some offices won’t lock while other rooms

don’t unlock,” Qudus said.

“We have to call campus police every time

so they can open it,” he said.

The Schlage controlled access system

ensures room security — even from the profes-

sors with key cards.

“My ID doesn’t unlock my office door,”

Qudus said.

ID carriers call campus police to provide a

unique serial number on the lock receptor.

Campus police can then remotely unlock

the door via the district’s computer network.

During a power outage, the locks have a

backup power source and become individual

systems, accepting ID signals programmed

from the last network transmission.

Employee ID badges are programmed to

have access to doors specific to their class

schedule, office and lab locations.

Sgt. Ben Peña of the district department of

public safety said, “We’ve requested a list of

hours per door. Once we receive that informa-

tion, we can program the doors to be open at

specific times for a class session or a professor’s

office hours.”

Faculty have to submit a request to super-

visors, which is then forwarded from campus

administrators to the campus police depart-

ment.

Roger Stanley, chair of chemistry, earth

sciences and astronomy, said, “The system

is unreliable. We will not submit information

while they’re still working out the bugs.”

Chemistry, astronomy, geography and geol-

ogy students, faculty and staff have survived

two years of homelessness with the promise of

more space, updated labs and furnishings.

They’ve been shifted between the old nurs-

ing building, Chance Academic Center, visual

arts center, Nail Technical Center, academic

instruction center, and the chemistry and geol-

ogy portables.

Meanwhile, the chemistry and geology

building, opened in 1961, was gutted to the

studs.

Lab technician Judith Dakin said, “There

was no money in the budget for packing sup-

plies. We had to bring newspaper from home to

pack all of our instruments. A lot of our equip-

ment is made of glass.”

When chemistry classes moved into the

annex adjacent to Subway on Main Avenue,

humidity was a problem.

Dakin said, “There was 85 percent relative

humidity in the building. All of our equipment

was molding or rusting. Chemicals were chang-

ing from solutions to solids. Labels on bottles

were sliding off. It was a nightmare.”

Astronomy Professor David Wood said, “The

chemistry and geology building had to be reno-

vated.

“There were leaks, mold and a whole list of

documented problems.”

Wood said it was a miracle the building was

mostly ready for fall move-in Aug. 23. Other

departments needed space. Biology needed

the chemistry and geology portables for this

semester’s classes.

“Moving into an unfinished building has its

problems, but we will make it through,” Wood

said.

Staff moved in 10 days before the start of the

fall semester.

The chemistry and geology building

employs two full-time and one part-time lab-

oratory technicians, but no work-studies or

tutors.

“Chemistry is a hard course. Usually we

have tutors, but the budget is so tight this year.

I volunteered myself to tutor students once the

tutoring center is unpacked,” Madappat said.

The tutoring center will be sharing space

with the geology museum on the first floor.

The display cases are empty.

“We just got moved in. Most of our stuff is

still packed,” Qudus said. “We have to arrange

the displays carefully and do not have work-

study students to help.”

There are six chemistry labs in the building,

four on the third floor and two on the second

floor.

Three labs are ready and in use. Two are

large enough for chemistry classes. The third

lab is smaller and tailored to organic chemistry

classes.

Stanley said, “One of the larger chemistry

labs received their temporary certificate on

Tuesday and will be ready for use soon.”

Two other labs on the second floor are

almost ready but are filled with hundreds of

boxes.

Biology sophomore Aaron Uresti said, “We

meet in random rooms, whatever is available.”

“Last week, we met in a different classroom

because our scheduled room was taken,” Uresti

said.

Three concurrent classes require labs so

students have been shuffled among open

rooms while construction continues.

Biology sophomore Julie Miller said, “We’ve

missed two labs. We just had our lab intro last

class. We were supposed to be in one room but

ended up in the smaller lab.”

“There are adjustment periods. Once every-

thing is up and running, the facilities will be

great,” Miller said.

There is no definite date of when the build-

ing will be fully operational.

Move-in blues continue in earth sciences

A paper towel prevents a door from locking

Monday on the second floor of chemistry and

geology. Tyler K. Cleveland

The Ranger 14 • Sept. 17, 2010 Editorial

Budget cuts to meet Gov. Rick Perry’s mandated 10 per-cent decrease in public college budgets for the next two years have forced district adminis-tration to make quick, yet irre-sponsible decisions.

The 25 cost-saving strate-gies the administrators adopt-ed on July 19-20 have signifi-cantly affected the quality of education.

The college was backed into a corner with the budget cuts, but starting with student ser-vices is not the way to go.

Cutting funds for note-tak-ers has affected returning war veterans and students with head injuries, memory issues, physical disabilities or ADHD who are unable to write.

The district mission is “empowering our diverse com-munities for success,” yet we are cutting funds for note-tak-ers, who are essential to at least 150 DSS students’ success.

If the state government and district officials truly valued students’ success, they would make sure the necessary resources were available.

Of course, students are peeved about the 5 percent tuition increase next spring, but at least they have a semes-ter to save extra money, start budgeting and apply for schol-arships. DSS students and counselors weren’t given any time to prepare.

Other cuts were made to libraries, tutoring, printing and faculty released time – critical factors for quality edu-cation.

The budget cuts are under-standable, but administrators should not continue the reck-less strategy of piling costs on students.

Find somewhere else to cut. Students struggle enough.

These decisions make stu-dents seem unimportant to district officials.

As with every other instance of the district passing on its responsibility, students and college employees are expect-ed to take on more.

The one benefit this cut provides is an abundance of community service opportu-nities.

Start at top for cutting Alexandra Nelipa

Students can use a college ID card to visit the San Antonio Museum of Art, Institute of Texan Cultures and the McNay Art Museum for free.

IDs can be used any time the museums are open except during special events.

At the McNay, you can take in exhibits such as this summer’s “Neither Model Nor Muse — Women As Artists” which closed Sunday.

The museum’s permanent collections include Medieval and Renaissance work, 19th and 20th cen-tury paintings and sculpture, post World War II art, Southwest art and artifacts, and the Tobin theater collection that spans four centuries of scene sets and costumes.

The San Antonio Museum of Art features an extensive collection of pre-Columbian and Latino art as well as art and artifacts of Asia.

At the Institute of Texan Cultures, students can immerse themselves in the heritage of more than 130 ethnic groups that settled the Lone Star State.

All three facilities offer a wealth of culture to the city in the form of lectures, classes, workshops, per-formances and festivals.

It’s great that students are getting something in return for the hike in tuition and parking fees. Funding for these memberships came from the general fund rather than the student activity fee col-lected from students.

Consider it a new source of free entertainment. Let’s provide more opportunities like this.

Students might even learn something.

Visit 3 museums for free with ID

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By AAron nielsen

Loftin Student Center was

treated Sept. 10 to the pop and jazz

saxophone styles of Joe Posada.

The six-time Grammy nominee

played to a small, but captivated

crowd as part of a six-part series

scheduled in Loftin this fall.

Groupo Kilimbo brings its

blend of salsa merenge Sept. 17.

The Reliques, sirens of Texas

folk scheduled Sept. 24, draw from

a broad base of influences from

Fleetwood Mac and Paul Simon to

Bob Dylan.

Posada, a seasoned profes-

sional deeply rooted in the origi-

nal Tejano music scene in San

Antonio, played in several bands,

notably the Royal Jesters and El

Quinto Sol.

Though not a founding mem-

ber of the Royal Jesters, Posada’s

place in Tejano music history was

assured. The original band was

formed in 1956 by Lanier High

School students and went on to a

string of hits.

Now based in Los Angeles, reg-

ular studio work keeps him busy.

Posada said some of his main

influences are blues and jazz giants

John Coltrane, Michael Brecker

and Stan Getz.

A one-time music student here,

Posada cut his teeth early on the

San Antonio College campus.

As his second set began, Posada

showed his love of Bossa Nova styl-

ings and his talents on flute as well

as sax.

Friday’s performance put

Posada on stage with keyboardist

Charlie Bernal and drummer Dan

Lazo. Bernal handled most of the

bass parts on the keyboard.

The Live in Loftin music series

continues at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

every Friday through October.

For more information, call

student activities specialist Carrie

Hernandez at 486-0125.

Grammy nominee heats up Loftin

At right, music business freshman Jacob Davila and his twin brother, music business sophomore Jordan Davila, listen Sept. 10 to Grammy- nominee saxophonist Joe Posada in Loftin. Photos by Tyler K. Cleveland

Posada shows his versatility playing jazz flute on “Fly Me to the Moon.”

Left, business administration freshman A.J. York and sociology sophomore Deann McKinney salsa dance to “En Anaquel Valle.”

Student life presents a six-part concert series.

Keyboard and touch base player Charlie Bernal, above, performs “I Like the Way You Move” by Outcast.

Premiere

The Ranger Sept. 17, 2010

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