Enrollment not key to obtaining grants th u rs d a y U of A receives more research funding than ASU despite size O cto b e r 28,1982 s la t e p re s s Tem pe, Arizona Arizona State University V o i. 6 5 N o . Ä © C opyright, State Press, 1962 By Deanne Hutchison Staff writer The University of Arizona receives more money from government and state grants than ASU, even though ASU’s enrollment is higher. According to Gary Chaffins, ASU assistant comptroller of sponsored projects, U of A was given $69 million in federal funds in 1980. ASU received $6.9 million in government grants —10 percent of the U of A grant amount. During the same year the enrollment at the U of A was 22,310. The enrollment at ASU was 23,658. For 1982—83, U of A was granted $140 million by the state, while ASU was granted $99 million, he said. Chaffins said the differences in funding occur because enrollment is not the determining factor used in deciding how much funding a school will receive. , . Chaffins said the funding decision is determined by the following criteria: •Does the university have a medical or veterinary school? •Is it a land grant institution? •Is the university a regional water research center? ■U of A qualifies for funding under all three criteria. ASU, however, meets none of the requirements outlined. The U of A has a medical school, a large agriculture department in need of land, which makes it eligible for fun­ ding from the United States Department of Agriculture, and the Office of Water Research Technology. Although U of A has many areas of research that meet the requirements established for government funding, ASU also has needs, according to the assistant to the dean of the Engineering Excellence Program. Charles Backus said funding could be increased if more money was available. He said the new research building, which will be ready for use next fall, will be “filled with new research projects when they first open the doors.” Therefore, future expansion plans at ASU must include ways to fund necessary research equipment, Backus said. “The tools and machinery required for specialty research (in engineering) is very expensive. They can cost from $100,000 to $1 million. It is expensive research and you always need more equipment,” he said. Giuliano's senate pay veto falls to override ■ • ». « Witasick responded by delivering a fiery speech to his col­ leagues in which he criticized ASASU’s executive officers, as well as the State Press, for “engendering negative feelings in the students.” ' “Any overwhelming negative impact students have was By Mead Summer provided by the executive officers and the biased reporting in Staff writer • The Associated Students Senate voted 13-4 Tuesday to over­ the State Press,” Witasick told the senators. He argued that senators do large amounts of work and are ride ASASU President Neil Giuliano’s veto of Senate Bui 9, not compensated. which provides monetary compensation for senators. “Go through and find out who gets paid; the third assistant The Mil now will be sent to ASU Vice President for Student Affairs Betty Turner Asher for final ap p ro v al? rejection. If Asher signs the bill, a total of $14,200 will be allocated to pay each student senator a scholarship of $355 per semester. 'Giuliano said the timing' P art of money will come from money currently in the senate contingency fund. The remainder will com? from of the bill, and not the bill itself, money transferred from the ASASU’s University Plant Fund. The plant fund is an account the University maintains to was the reason for his v e to / make improvements to buildings on campus. Asher said she will be meeting this week with senators and ASASU executive officers to discuss the issue. She said she hopes to make a decision by late next week. .. ... to th e ‘go-fer’gets paid, but we don’t,” he said. College of Law Senator Kevin Witasick said the bill will However, Giuliano said the timing of the bill, and not the result in a greater incentive for senators to be active. _ bill itself, was the reason for his veto. ■ ■_ ‘‘The only issue here is the fact that this bill gives a little bit “It’s not the issue of paying senators,” he said. It s the of financial incentive for people to stay in the Senate, issue that the budget already exists and we' shouldn’t be Witasick said changing it in the middle of the semester.” But before the vote, Giuliano told senators it was in the best However, after the meeting, College of Business Ad­ interest of all involved not to override his veto. ministration Senator Dave Adam said, “I don’t really think “The action that you take tonight has implications far we’re hurting it (the budget) at all,” . _ - ■ ’ ..." beyond ASASU, the campus community and Senate bui », Following the override, Giuliano said he felt that neither he explained during his veto message to the senators. his speech nor Witasick’s changed the opinion of any of the “Our budget is currently being looked at by individua senators. “I think the senators knew two weeks ago how they would rather not have looking at the budget,” Giu^ “ “ 1 would vote—even more than two weeks ago. He later identified those individuals to be members of tne “I don’t think the senators saw it as Senate Bill 9,” Giuliano Arizona Legislature’s Committee A rizo na L e g isla tu re Joint Legislative Budget -------. . . • Editorial, page 4 * ___: J said. <» iit t as o c aa nconfrontation n n f r A n t a t i f V l hbetween p f W P P i l tllG “They aA saw the ASASU Senate and the president. But the negative impact of their decision far outweighs the positive impact.” Marc Arnold, College of Architecture senator, agreed with Giuliano. “A lot of the things Senator Witasick said about the executives are true,” Arnold said. “They’re kind of like a natural enemy.” ■ , Arnold said money to pay senators will token from the contingency fund, which is earmarked for “unforeseen cir­ cumstances.” _ . ... However, $9,913 currently in the University Plant Fund will have to be transferred to the contingency fund to compensate the senators. il . . . .. This figure represents all but three cents of the plant fund s present balance not currently contracted for use, according to College of Education Senator Bill Howell. Arnold said the money in the plant fund should not have been there in the first place. “We don’t think it belonged there; (putting the money in the fund) was doiie without the approval of the Senate.” . . . According to Arnold, Giuliano told him that the decision to pay senators was “fiscally irresponsible.” Giuliano explained why he feltthe senators action was ir­ responsible. “Moving the money from the plant fund was done to reimburse the contingency fund. If I were a senator, I’d want to reimbuse it, too. “Otherwise, they (senators) would have to say to a club that needed money, *we can’t give it to you,” he said. “We us­ ed the money to give ourselves scholarships.’” Howell said he had kept a record of all the monetary re­ quests the Senate had received from the ASASU executive of­ ficers. • , . He said if all the executives’ requests would have been ap­ proved, the budget would be worse off than it is. “I think that shows who’s fiscally irresponsible,” Howell said. Kids get head start on computerized future By Sandy Sistek Staff writer Two ASU professors and five graduate students are trying to determine the most effective way to teach children about com­ puters during a four-week training clinic at ASU. Gary Bitter, an ASU elementary educa­ tion professor, said once the most effective way of teaching the children is determined, it will be relayed to high school and elemen­ tary school teachers. “We want to look at the children’s achievement levels and their attitudes as they learn to use microcomputers,” Bitter said. “The information will help us develop ef­ fective teaching methods as ‘computer literacy’ becomes recognized as a basic skill in this technological society/’ he said. Bitter said they plan to develop the best teaching method for teaching children microcomputers through the use of the training clinic. The clinic, which started Monday, is the first part of a three-year research project funded by an Apple Foundation Research Grant. According to Mack Ralston, ASU elemen­ tary education professor, the purpose of the program is to study children’s attitudes and perceptions concerning computers. “Our main purpose is to show them how to interact with a computer by having the children learn about programming and have the opportunity to experience some educational software,” Ralston said. Bitter said the children participating in the clinic will meet with others in their own age groups once