DePaulia (DePaul University, Chicago, IL), 1988-02-12

              Snow Job A Lincoln Park resident tries to keep a step ahead of a continuing snowstorm that blew through Chicago Wednesday and Thursday. By Amy Buczko Chief Reporter After years of student complaints, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LA&S) announced last week that its Honors Program has undergone major revisions. "THE PROGRAM IS COMpletely revamped," said Michael Mezey, associate dean of LA&S. "Previously, it was not much of a program. It will now consist of classes which have been essentially created for the Honors student. We're trying to create an in­ By Larry Leopoldo After a long interim, the DePaul Speaker's Series Committee will get down to business in a hurry next week when it brings the first speakers in a year and a half. Author Larry Heinemann will give a presentation Thursday, Feb. 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Schmitt Academic Center (SAC) 161. The week after, singerwriter-poet Jello Biafra will come to the Lincoln Park Campus. HEINEMANN IS THE author of Paco Story, which was considered a surprise winner for the 1987 National Book Award for fiction. "We're looking forward to his coming to DePaul," said Allan Kipp, manager of publications and a member of the Speaker's Committee."One of the advan­ Photo/Robert Pobre tellectually stimulating environment."Added Program Director Stanley Damberger: "There really wasn't a coherent program." Under the old program, Honor students took designated Honors classes that were a part of the Liberal Studies Program. With the new changes in place, the Honors student will now take a complete Honors program that will substitute for regular Liberal Studies requirements. (If an Honors student wishes to take a Liberal Studies course, it can be taken as free electives.) Deraulia By Murrey Jacobson Managing Editor Resident students planning on returning to DePaul residence halls next year will be meeting some new neighbors. University officials confirmed this week that for the fall of the 1988-89 academic year, a turnover of 550 residential spaces would be made available, an increase of 110 from this fall. ALTHOUGH A FINAL DEcision has not yet been reached about how the new spaces would be made available, almost any plan will assure changes for resident students next year. Dr. Patricia Ewers, vice president of academic affairs, confirmed that DePaul would like to create 110 new spaces. "How Housing goes about providing (spaces) is up to Housing. The problem is finding 110 more places. It could be determined through a series of priority reallocations," Ewers said, referring to the criteria by which the Residence Life Office (RLO) allocates housing units. A revamped Honors Program toughens its standards Speakers Heinemann, Biafra coming to LPC tages is that the timing has been very good in that he recently won the National Book Award." Paco's Story has also won the Carl Sandburg Literary Arts Award for Fiction, the Vietnam Veteran's of America 'Freedom to Express' Award, the Society of Midland Authors' fiction award, and the Chicago Friends of Literature Prize for fiction. Paco's Story, concerns a wounded Vietnam veteran's readjustment to civilian life. Heinemann's first novel, Close Quarters, was based on his combat experience. HEINEMANN, A NATIVE Chicagoan, was drafted into the army in 1966 as a combat infantryman, served in Vietnam, and later attended and taught at Columbia College downtown. On Feb. 23 at 3 p.m., the "Students will now have to take a set of Honors core courses. It will be an 80 hour program like Liberal Studies," said Mezey. flHpM^[^^Volume 66 Number 14 |MB February 12, 1988 ANOTHER MAJOR-, change recently implemented is closing the Honors Program's previous open-door policy. According to Damberger, only Honors students will be able to take Honors classes. "Students won't have the option of taking those classes anymore," he explained. "We're trying to make it much tighter. We want to provide intellectual excitement for highachievment students. Larry Heinemann DePaul University's Official Student Newspaper DePaul looking at a number of housing strategies for fall '88 Creation of 110 new beds one option According to Ewers, "So far we have been able to handle new spaces in the past without a (major) reallocation of housing priorities. And that's what we hope to do this year. The ideal solution is that we're going to create the spaces." If that does take place, it would mean raising the resident student population by 10 percent to a total of approximately 1,100. ACCORDING TO ANNE Kennedy, associate vice preisdent for enrollment management, and Cindy Summers, director of student life, RLO has guaranteed that "somehow or another" the 550 necessary beds will be provided. What is still unclear though, explained Jim Doyle, vice president for student affairs, was how the new residential spaces will be found. "Right now, we're looking at a number of possibilities that run the gamut. We're looking at the current configuration of spaces and we've talked about the expansion of current facilities and the creation of additional facilities as options." "It's too bad (for non-Honors students), but there are other courses that can be exciting. I think there's still options for those students and there's a wide range of possibilities." Students also may not "drop in and out of the new program nor can they self-select into the program," according to a memo from the LA&S office. If students are interested in joining the program, they should contact Damberger. Students can also be dropped if they are not considered to be "making progress." According to Mezey, the idea is Speaker's Series Committee will bring Jello Biafra, singer, writer, poet, and social satirist. Biafra's appearance date, time, and location will be confirmed next week when fliers are posted around campus. One of the reasons for choosing Biafra, said Political Science chair Larry Bennett, who is sponsoring Biafra, is that"we ought to bring people outside the mainstream.The topics they speak on are boring." Biafra, while perhaps less wellknown, is hardly what people would call boring. He was singer and principal songwriter of The Dead Kennedys, a subgroup of 'punk rockers' who performed socially-motivated music. In his writings he's addressed (See SPEAKERS, page 3) Bob Janis, director of physical plant, said that one possibility to expand current facilities could include the conversion of a groundlevel overhang at McCabe Hall into new rooms. A possible conversion of Clifton Hall's two-level lounges is also being considered. Whatever the plan will be, he explained, "the decision needs to be made in the next six to eight weeks." Summers said that she expects the finalized plans to be approved within the next month, but cautioned that "nothing is firm yet." Summers was confident though that if DePaul decided to go with an expanded occupancy plan, it would work. "WE'VE ALREADY HAD A much more aggressive expanded occupancy plan (when there was a waiting list) this year than ever before," stated Summers. "It's inconvienced a few students, but (overall) it's worked out very well." Summers also stressed that the impending decision will in- (See RESIDENT, page 2) to create a situation where the freshmen Honors students will become something of a little "community" by their senior year. "They will have to take at least one course together each quarter for their entire stay at DePaul." The revised program which became effective for Honors students entering DePaul this past fall, requires that students must attain a 3.4 grade point average to graduate from the program. It does not apply to sophomores, juniors, or seniors. SPORTS Rod passes Coach Meyer on all-time scoring list