Vol 120 | Issue 9
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Publishing since 1913
Independent Student Newspaper of Sam Houston State University
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New baseball season begins Firday, pg. 5
INDEX Viewpoints ....... pg. 2 A&E ................... pg. 4 News .................. pg. 3 Sports................. pg. 5
Sloan resigns as dean of COFAMC George Mattingly | The Houstonian, Roberta Sloan
STEPHEN GREEN Editor-in-Chief Roberta Sloan, Ph.D., dean of the College of Fine Arts and
Mass Communication, is stepping down due to health concerns effective immediately, according to Vice President and Provost of Academic Affairs Jaimie Hebert, Ph.D. In an email to other university officials, Sloan announced that she will serve as the Senior Special Assistant to the Provost. “All the best to all of you,” Sloan said in the email. Hebert confirmed that she would take over in the assistant position until August 2012. Mary Robbins, education professor, will take over for Sloan as the interim dean until a national search can be conducted. Robbins has previously served as the chair
of the department of language, literacy and special populations. Several students reacted to her departure on the Houstonian’s Facebook page. “Not Roberta Sloan! We just got her! :(“ Seth Cunningham said. During Sloan’s time as dean, she oversaw several projects, including the creation of new programs in the mass communication department, which included an MFA in Film, as well as changes to structure of the art, theatre, and music departments. Sloan’s husband, Stephen, a world-renown expert in international terrorism, is a visiting professor in the criminal justice department. It is unknown
if he will be leaving with his wife at the end of her time at the university. She took over as the first dean of the College of Fine Arts and Mass Communication in Aug. 2011, when the college was created. The college combined the fine arts department, formerly of the College of Arts and Sciences; and the mass communication department, formerly of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Robbins and Hebert could not be reached by press time for comment on her resignation. The medical issues that Sloan resigned over are currently not known.
Her secretary said she was not available for comment on the issue.
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Education professor Robbins to lead as interim dean
All the best to all of you.
- Roberta Sloan, Ph.D.
Room, board increases up for Regents vote MOLLY WADDELL Associate News Editor
Jessica Gomez | The Houstonian
WET KATS = UNHAPPY KATS. Students were caught in a monsoon yesterday as Bearkat Blvd. was innundated with rain waters. The university campus also showed signs of rain as rivers of water flowed down the Lowman Student Center sidewalk and waterfalls formed on the multiple campus outdoor staircases.
Football to play A&M, Baylor ZACH BIRDSONG Sports Editor
The Sam Houston State University football team will be taking on two universities from the Division-I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) as confirmed by the athletic department on Wednesday. The Bearkats are set to take on Baylor University and Texas A&M in the fall 2012 season. The first of the two games will take place on Sept. 15 when the
Bearkats travel to Waco and take on the Big 12 conference Baylor Bears. This will be the third time in nine seasons that the Bearkats will travel to Waco. Last time the Bearkats did battle with the Bears was in the 2010 season opener. The Bearkas would go on to defeat the Kats, 34-3. The Bears are coming off a 10-3 season that saw them win the Alamo Bowl against Washington in a high-scoring affair, 67-56. The Bears will be without quarterback
and 2011 Heisman winner, Robert Griffin III, who will be entering the 2012 NFL Draft in April. On Nov. 17 the Kats will travel to College Station and play the Texas A&M Aggies. A&M is coming off a disappointing 7-6 season that ended with them defeating Northwestern State in the Meineke Car Care Bowl, 3322. Under new head coach Kevin Sumlin, the Aggies begin a new —
Sam Houston State University Students may be paying more for dorm rooms and meal plans if the Texas State University System Board or Regents approves a university plan at its quarterly meeting Thursday in San Marcos. The University plans to increase room rates from three to five percent based on the residence hall. Meal plan rates may increase up to 7.25 percent although other meal plan rates might decrease by 4.44 percent, according to Julia May, Associate Director of Communications & Public Information Officer.
If approved the proposed rates will begin Fall 2012. May said the reason SHSU wants room prices to go up is because a review of housing costs revealed that there had been an increase in the cost of operation, as well as expected increases in renovations and repairs. “I thought they had already increased, but if they increase even more it will make a big difference on student’s budgets,” sophomore Abigail Resch said. “I find it more convenient to live on campus, but if they raise room and board I might rethink that idea.” The current dorm rates are; King Hall at $1,644, Belvin-Buchanan —
REGENTS, page 3
OTHER SHSU ITEMS ON AGENDA
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FOOTBALL, page 5
Correspondence Course Fee Request to Transfer Bond Funds Authorization for Amendment Number Eight to Food Service Contract Resolution Honoring SHSU Football Team
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