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Halloween has arrived, and with it, a variety of potential conundrums. Here are a few tips Janae Johnson, coordinator of college risk management, recommends you follow: • Wear reflective materials on your costume so passing cars can see you. • It’s dangerous to go out alone, so bring a friend.
• Make sure you can easily reach your ID. Should you be stopped by a police officer, its availability will be important. • Check your candy. Knowing what you’re consuming can help you avoid potentially life-threatening incidents. • Don’t go trick-or-treating in unfamiliar neighborhoods. You don’t want to get lost. Austin P. Taylor
Chancellor to retire after collecting incentive bonus Board has been anticipating the chancellor’s retirement for “some time.” By Zachary-Taylor Wright zwright9@student.alamo.edu
The chancellor announced at the Oct. 23 board meeting at Killen Center he will be retiring one month after he is set to receive an incentive bonus. He entered a new three-year employment contract two months ago. Chancellor Bruce Leslie announced his plans to retire on Sept. 30 after
a roughly 30-minute executive session with the board of trustees. Leslie entered a three-year employment contract at the Aug. 28 board meeting that includes a $12,094 salary increase and a new clause allowing the chancellor to earn up to a $45,000 bonus. In an interview Oct. 24, District 1 trustee Joe Alderete said Leslie’s pay is prorated, and he will only be compensated for the nine months he plans to work in the district. This means, after the chancellor’s pay raise Jan. 1, he will earn $34,601
per month of employment and a total salary of $311,412 for the nine months he plans to work in the district in 2018. According to the contract, the incentive bonus amount to be determined by the board is to be paid to Leslie Aug. 31, exactly one month before his planned retirement. Alderete said Leslie mentioned retiring while District 3 trustee Ana Bustamante was the board chair. In an interview Oct. 24, District 8 trustee Clint Kingsbery acknowledged some people may be glad to see Leslie go.
“Some people are happy Leslie is leaving, and I get that,” Kingsbery said. “He did frustrate a lot of people, as any person in a position of leadership is prone to do.” There are several articles published by The Ranger detailing student, community and faculty disapproval for Leslie’s actions. On Sept. 15, 2016, Northwest Vista faculty re-affirmed a vote of no confidence in Leslie’s leadership from a no-confidence vote in 2009 by faculty at Northwest Vista, Palo Alto
College, St. Philip’s and this college. At the board meeting March 24, 2015, 200 students, faculty and staff protested Leslie, carrying signs saying “Cut Bruce Loose.” Twenty-six meeting attendees spoke against Leslie during the citizens-tobe-heard portion of the meeting. At the Jan. 17 board meeting, Ricardo Martinez, United Public Workers of Texas chair and social worker, brought a sign with an enlarged photo of Leslie texting at the Palo Alto College
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Board defends closed session interviews Board members say they represent Bexar County, not their districts. By Zachary-Taylor Wright zwright9@student.alamo.edu
Criminal justice freshman Kelcea Hawkins kayaks the last chute of a 2-mile kayaking excursion Oct. 21 at Espada Park. Hawkins was one of the few students to navigate her way through the chute without assistance. V. Finster
Outdoor river adventure College hosts its first kayak event at Espada Park. By J. Del Valle
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The office of student life hosted a Saturday kayaking excursion on the South Side that started at Espada Park. Two-miles downstream, the San Antonio River gave students insight into the area’s history. Twenty-five students signed up and 15 students participated in the event. The tour started at VFW Boulevard bridge and finished at the south entrance to Espada Park, 1750 SE Military Drive. “I try to look for events that students can explore San Antonio and venture out,” Marisa Martinez, senior specialist of student success, said. “Some students did not know that Espada
Park even existed.” The tour lasted two hours and included two water chutes and a scenic route. “I had so much fun that I’m exhausted, Kristan Salinas, business administration freshman, said. “I think it’s cool that the river won an award for being one of the cleanest on the planet.” Jim Lawson, tour and kayak guide for Mission Adventure Tours, informed the students Sept. 19 that the San Antonio River won an international award, the 2017 Thiess International River Prize in Brisbane, Australia. “I looked for kayaking in the area since we don’t have vehicles to take a bunch of students, and it was here right in our backyard,” Martinez said. The cost of the kayak event was $660. For more information on Mission Adventure Tours, log in to www.missionadventuretours.com.
In an interview Oct. 25, District 1 trustee Joe Alderete said he was not aware the interviews would be in closed session, comparing the District 9 trustee appointment to the appointment of a student trustee. In an interview Oct. 24, District 8 trustee Clint Kingsbery said, although the student trustee interviews were public, the District 9 interviews will be in closed session for the privacy of the “adults.” Kingsbery said the board will come out of closed session and discuss the interviews before appointing the interim trustee. He said the public discussions aren’t typically “super thorough,” but board members may discuss their preferred candidate. However, Kingsbery said the board doesn’t usually say anything because they want to keep their vote “close to their heart.” When asked if a person running for public office should be prepared for public interviews and discussions to represent constituents of District 9, Sprague drew a comparison to faculty interviews, saying this practice was not a means to avoid public scrutiny but to be fair and confidential in the interview process. In an interview Oct. 24, Kingsbery said any person interested in the trustee position can make a public statement of their own. Kingsbery suggested The Ranger file an information request for the applications. The Ranger asked board liaison Sandra Mora for all applications submitted. She said to submit a public information request to public relations. The Ranger submitted a public information request for all candidate submissions Oct. 19. When asked if the weight of responsibility of District 9, housing two of the five Alamo Colleges, warrants transparency in the process, Sprague said the process is transparent because the board publicly advertised for the position. Sprague could not say how else the process is transparent. During his retirement announcement at the Oct. 23 board meeting, Chancellor Bruce Leslie applauded the district’s integrity, saying “Everything is transparent. Anytime anybody wants information about anything, it’s right there in front of us. There’s never been hiding anything here.” Sprague said the board develops the same questions for all candidates but did not have any questions developed yet because the board is unsure how many candidates there will be. He said the board asks questions about how the candidate would act as a trustee, saying a
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Board members defended the district’s plan to conduct interviews for the District 9 vacancy in closed session, saying the board wants to protect the candidates from liability associated with personal statements. In an interview Oct. 23, District 6 trustee Gene Sprague said the board is looking for an interim trustee committed to student success policies for all the colleges as an agenda, rather than any political agenda. He said the interview will be in closed session because it falls under personnel, and the board does not want to jeopardize any of the candidates’ reputations. However, the trustees are not employees of the district; they are elected public officials. Interviews will be Nov. 7, board Chair Yvonne Katz, District 7 trustee, said. District general counsel Ross Laughead said the board would call a special board meeting to interview trustee candidates and to appoint an interim District 9 trustee. He said the interviews will probably be conducted in closed session, but the appointment must be in open session. District 9 is one of three districts that encompass Northeast Bexar County. Two of the five Alamo Colleges, Northeast Lakeview College and this college, are in District 9. The other two districts in the northeastern part of Bexar County are Districts 8 and 2. When asked how the public’s right to know where the candidates stand on issues would be satisfied, Sprague said he was sure the appointed trustee would be glad to answer questions. He said the board does not conduct the interviews in public to avoid the candidates’ accountability for personal statements made in the process.
District 9 is shown above in red. Courtesy of Alamo Colleges
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Society plans ‘friendlier’ induction Phi Theta Kappa plans to open meetings to all students. By Shamona Wali
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Officers of the Beta Nu chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the college honor society, will host the fall induction ceremony in hot pink T-shirts to give the organization a friendlier and more relaxed approach. The ceremony will be 7-8 p.m. Nov. 2 in the auditorium of McAllister Fine Arts Center. In previous ceremonies, the officers were required to wear business formal clothing. “This semester is very exciting because we have brand-new officers, fresh new ideas and a passion to be as inclusive as we possibly can to all students on campus,” Vice President La-Tieka Sims, business sophomore, said in an interview Oct. 18. Phi Theta Kappa will welcome about 200 new members at the ceremony out of about 300 who have joined. This year’s theme for the national organization is “Utilizing the Tools in Your Toolbox.” This semester, the officers created hot pink T-shirts to wear during the ceremony and will include them in “swag bags” for new members. Phi Theta Kappa will open weekly meetings to the public starting Oct. 30. The group meets 2-3 p.m. Mondays in the craft room of Loftin Student Center. They will extend the deadline to join Phi
RETIREMENT from Page 1 graduation ceremony in May 2016, saying Leslie is not a good leader. He said he opposed District 3 trustee Anna Bustamante in the May 2016 election because she publicly supported Leslie. Martinez asked Leslie to resign and said none of his peers would vote to pass the bond issue until the chancellor resigned from his position. Alderete said Leslie mentioned retiring in a few years, saying the chancellor is retiring right around the time he predicted. He said the chancellor’s timing was “very good” because “we’re on a roll. “We’re the No. 1 community college system in Texas.” Kingsbery said he was unaware Leslie had prior plans to retire, saying he was notified before the board meeting at 4 p.m. Oct. 23. He said Leslie may have been speaking with board Chair Yvonne Katz, District 7 trustee. He said there are several administrators leaving, and the board will need to find the best people to replace them. “It’s going to be a pretty big shakeup soon, and it’s going to be the board’s responsibility to find replacements that can keep the ball rolling,” Kingsbery said. Kingsbery said the board is expecting Frederico Zaragoza, vice chancellor of economic and workforce development, to retire soon, and he recalled Jo-Carol Fabianke, vice chancellor of academic success, is retiring Jan. 1. Alderete said the chancellor’s incentive bonus has no relation to his retirement because it is tied to the board’s charges. He said if the chancellor does not complete the charges made by the board, he will not receive any bonus. During an Oct. 24 interview, Leslie was asked why he is choosing to retire Sept. 30. Leslie said he had discussed his retirement with the board for a while now, but it wasn’t “firmed up” during the development of his contract. Leslie acknowledged college employees and administrators typically retire or leave at the end of a semester or year, saying he originally thought of
Theta Kappa for the fall semester to December, Sims said. New members are not required to participate in the induction ceremony. “Although all speakers have not been confirmed yet, there will be a recent SAC graduate and former historian for Phi Theta Kappa named Elizabeth Hill who will be speaking to us during the ceremony,” Sims said. “I will also be delivering a speech along with President Warren Hammonds. (liberal arts sophomore) and Treasurer Christy Mukolwe (business sophomore).” President Robert Vela has also been formally invited to speak during the induction ceremony, but he had not responded by Oct. 25, she said. “The induction ceremony is a great introduction to what Phi Theta Kappa will entail,” Mukolwe said Oct. 25 in an interview. “It’s a time for you to recognize who you are and what your place will be in the organization for the future. “In the past, we feel that students were unaware of what Phi Theta Kappa was, and they were somewhat scared to approach us. We want to change that this semester.” Phi Theta Kappa will accept applications for new members after the fall induction ceremony. Students need a 3.5 grade-point average to join. For more information on Phi Theta Kappa, email Sims at lsims12@alamo.edu.
retiring in January. Leslie said the board wanted a new chancellor to be announced by mid-August during convocation, so he decided to stay to assist with the new chancellor’s transition. The contract requires Leslie to present a resignation agreement to the board nine months before his desired resignation date. Leslie announced his retirement 11 months before his desired resignation of Sept. 30. The Ranger submitted a request Oct. 23 for any documents detailing Leslie’s retirement. Leslie applauded the district’s integrity, saying, “Everything is transparent. Anytime anybody wants information about anything, it’s right there in front of us. There’s never been hiding anything here.” Leslie said he worked with the board to determine the best time to retire, allowing the district to maintain the momentum established by the board initiatives he has implemented over the past 10 years. “I’m passing the mantle back to the board to select my successor to keep momentum going to get to a 50 percent or 75 percent graduation rate, which is tough when most of your students are part time,” Leslie said. Leslie credits himself, the board and administrators for increasing the number of degrees conferred from 4,219 in 2007, his first commencement here, to 12,759 in 2017. Katz said the board is not releasing the chancellor from any of his charges, and he will continue his schedule and attending meetings. Katz said the board will “laud and applaud him graciously” throughout the year leading to his retirement. Leslie did not announce plans for future employment or detail his retirement activities, but he hinted he will not be idle. “I’m not sure what I’m going to do next, but I’m not going to just sit on the couch,” Leslie said. “Cheryl (his wife) and I like fly fishing, so we’ll do a bit of that. But I think there’s an opportunity because so many districts need to do
INTERVIEWS from Page 1 candidate wishing to control faculty would not work. When asked how having eight trustees representing districts with different colleges, demographics and needs from District 9 can adequately determine the best candidate to fill the demands of District 9 constituents, Sprague said the trustees do not act as representatives from single districts. “I operate on the basis that I’m a trustee for the (whole) district,” Sprague said. “I don’t represent one college. I represent District 6, but that doesn’t mean I only care what happens in District 6.” Meriam Webster’s New World College Dictionary defines “constituency” as “all the people, especially voters, served by a particular elected official, especially a legislator.” Each trustee is elected by constituents in the district they represent. Sprague said he doesn’t have a “stronger responsibility” to District 6 because everyone benefits by his representation of all Bexar County. In an interview Oct. 25, Alderete said board members are responsible for the service area that they are aligned with as a whole. He said board members are elected officials by independent districts, but they cast a vote for all of Bexar County and the district’s service areas, such as New Braunfels and Kerrville. Alderete said the board cannot make decisions based on which colleges are in their district because he doesn’t have a college in his district. “When I advocate, I advocate for the entire service area,” Alderete said. “I am voted on by a district to represent. I represent the whole county. I vote on behalf of the whole county, and I am voted on by a sector.” In comparison to his experience on San Antonio’s City Council, Alderete said the council is oriented around district representation. He said City Council
discusses improvements, such as libraries, parks and schools, that council members would want in their district. Kingsbery said board members do not represent their districts, but they represent all of Bexar County. He said he believes constituents believe the board will do a good job representing them during the appointment and interview process. In an Oct. 25 interview, Alderete said constituents in District 9 can ensure the best candidate will be selected to fill the vacant position because “there are eight other board members looking for similar values and experiences that they themselves have.” “I don’t know how many District 9 residents will be watching it anyway on TV,” Alderete said laughing. Kingsbery said District 9 represents one-ninth of the board and the other eight parts represent enough of the District 9 demographic to make a responsible appointment. Alderete said the board opted to appoint an interim trustee because a special election would require money be spent for District 9, and the trustee would need to run again in May, saying it is “only a temporary position.” According to Texas Education Code 130.001, a trustee filling a vacancy by special election would remain in office until the end of the vacated term, which in the case of District 9 is 2020. Kingsbery said appointing an interim trustee, rather than holding a special election, makes sense considering the proximity of the next board election in May. He said if the election was further away, he might have a different opinion. Kingsbery said anybody in District 9 could “put their hat in the ring.” He is unaware of any board members having a preferred candidate; he said this was unlike the trustee appointment in 2015, saying District 4 trustee Marcello Casillas, who had occupied the district seat once before, was the obvious favorite, and the appointment process wasn’t really a competition.
Chancellor Bruce Leslie speaks Oct. 16, 2010, about a possible North Central campus as an answer to the issue of growth during a board retreat in Huisache Hall at Northwest Vista College. File Right: Students protest at the March 24, 2015, regular board meeting to remove Chancellor Bruce Leslie. There were an estimated 200 people in the boardroom at Killen. File what we’re doing.” Leslie said he may pursue consulting, public speaking or writing. “I was trying to say I have a lot of knowledge, a lot of experience, a lot of energy,” Leslie said. “I don’t want to be as under the schedule as my life has been for the last few years, but at the same time, I want to continue to be helpful.” He clarified he will probably not pursue a permanent position, but he would like to continue after retiring from Alamo Colleges, perhaps as a consultant. After Leslie’s announcement, Katz invited each board member to share their thoughts on the chancellor’s time in the district.
Each board member shared positive sentiments. Leslie said the key thing is momentum and continuity and that the board has been deliberate in adopting initiatives and policy for things to change and to evolve. He continued saying it doesn’t allow for any one individual, such as a board member or chancellor, to eliminate or abandon anything without the board’s approval.
He said the district has set up a system that is built into policy and the “fabric of our culture,” such as mission and values, Baldrige model and principle-centered leadership. Leslie, calling himself “a disruptive leader,” said, “That’s all built into the fiber now of what we do.” Leslie, who joined the district Nov. 1, 2006, said he has been talking about retirement for years, mentioning his age as a factor. He is 71.
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Time for a new kind of leader Chancellor’s long-awaited exit highlights poor decision-making by the board of trustees.
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Letter: Domestic violence awareness Editor: The article “Clothesline project to raise awareness of domestic violence” published Oct. 6 really captured my attention because I am very close with two people who were abused, and I love that people are taking a stance to raise awareness. Domestic violence is a very big issue. However, it’s mostly focused on women and children, but many men suffer as well. Many people say it is the woman’s fault because she keeps going back. It is not as simple as saying, “Bye, I’m going to go now.” Most victims suffer more from the
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mental and emotional abuse than physical unless they are beaten to death. I say this for the reason that survivors, after leaving the physical abuse, still suffer. They go through depression or become bitter and isolate themselves. So seeing people band together in hopes that we can make a change for all victims makes me happy. Reading this article and seeing the pictures of the people lined up, I am proud to be a part of this school and the student body. I support this awareness project 100 percent and hope to see more. Raissa De Leon Teaching Freshman Visuals Editor Deandra Gonzalez
Chancellor Bruce Leslie announced Oct. 22 that his 11-year tenure as chancellor of the Alamo Colleges will come to an end Sept. 30, 2018. Leslie’s announcement came after years of faculty, staff and students decrying his insistence on creating districtwide standards, encroaching on the autonomy of the individual colleges and infringing on faculty’s right to academic freedom. Leslie’s poor stewardship led Northwest Vista, St. Philip’s and this college into unnecessary trouble with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges in renewing accreditation. Northeast Lakeview College hasn’t been accredited since opening in 2007. Faculty at Northwest Vista, Palo Alto, St. Philip’s and this college issued a vote of no confidence in Leslie in 2009, representing more than 90 percent of all fulltime faculty at the colleges, according to “NVC faculty revive no-confidence in Leslie” published Sept. 19, 2016. Northwest Vista College faculty members were still dissatisfied with Leslie seven years later and voted to reaffirm their vote of no confidence. The students of Palo Alto College even called for Leslie to resign in 2015 after he replaced real degrees with meaningless transfer degrees. But don’t feel too bad for Leslie: Next year, he might be taking $45,000 of Alamo Colleges taxpayer and tuition funds and immediately leave. His recently signed 2018 contract increased his salary to $415,217 per year, plus auto and phone allowance, plus a potential $45,000 incentive bonus, which he is conveniently scheduled to receive exactly one month before his retirement. Trustees of the Alamo Colleges, however, might be responsible for the even more outrageous act. They awarded Leslie a lucrative contract though they claim to have expected his retirement for several years. For years, Leslie has pocketed hundreds of thousands of dollars from this district and given back little but poor morale and a troublesome future for the district. He has made no known investment
in property in the community. He’s simply taken. He’s started myriad costly, time-consuming projects and now prepares to leave us with our hands full of silly initiatives no one else wanted: Alamo Confidence, Alamo Institutes, Alamo Pathways, Alamo ad infinitum. The trustees are proud of the $450 million bond issue for improvements around the district approved by voters in May. They also enthusiastically approved $60 million for a palatial new facility for district support operations Leslie fought for. All while the colleges faced year after year with reduced operating budgets. But there was always money for Franklin Covey and a host of other consultants and project partners. Leslie came into the Alamo Colleges, set us marching toward the edge of a cliff, and now, upon leaving, imagines we will march onward. Experience suggests a new chancellor will arrive with a suitcase full of personally important initiatives and the focus will shift to those priorities, leaving the Leslie legacy in the dust. So this time, we need to find a chancellor better suited to our needs. This district desperately needs a leader who can act with transparency, without hiding behind bureaucratic doublespeak and teach the confused trustees by example what transparency in government actually means. We need a leader who listens, partakes in open dialogue and can negotiate compromise. We need a leader who respects the loyal employees of the district and gets out of their way to let them do the jobs they have done for years without despotic oversight and idiotic busy work. We need someone who can value the individual character of each of the Alamo Colleges and celebrate that diversity. Mostly, we need someone who places priority on the classroom and funds the colleges first. And maybe trustees can find someone who hasn’t been fired from a string of positions and is currently employed. Thank you to the chancellor for finally relinquishing the office, and shame on trustees for ignoring the collective hundreds of years of experience in our employees.
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Above: Music sophomore Savannah Garcia paints a picture of Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla during a pumpkin decorating contest hosted by student life Oct. 25 in the Fiesta Room of Loftin. The winners will be announced at Screamfest 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 31 in the mall. Thirty-one students participated in the contest, and three winners will receive Kindle Fires. Jewelz Pope Left: Liberal arts freshman Chancelor Whigham passes two St. Philip’s College defenders and adds 2 points to the board in the second half Oct. 23 at SPC health and fitness center. The Rangers went home with a 95-89 loss. The Rangers lost 103-90 against Palo Alto College Oct. 25. See stories online. Brianna Rodrigue
Above: Music business sophomore Lawrence Taylor makes techno beats with synthesizers Oct. 23 outside Longwith. Taylor said he was making beats for fun while waiting for class and has been producing music for five years. Taylor was using his personal equipment to produce the techno beats. The radio-televisionbroadcasting program offers a class in Audio Production. Deandra Gonzalez Left: Zumba student Ivan Juarez dances alongside his instructor, Lorena Luna, Oct. 22 at SĂclovia. The two led a 30-minute Zumba class, engaging the community in outdoor exercise. V. Finster