1984 - Special Collections - Virginia Tech

Providing Fundamentals
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II that "tn..
Coll,.g" of and Sclenc~ teach .. s not
only those students In Ihe ColI ..,e. but also
those beloolln, to the Ollie, colle,es. The
eollege of Arts and Sciences provides all
Ihe fundamental cou~ freshmen must
take upon eMenn, VlllIlnla Tech . We have
a "eat Impact On 'lUd"n!•."
The variery 01 departments In the Col.
Ie,,, mad .. It unlquo:' from Ihe otl>er col­
I ..,es at Tech. The Dean leI! he "deals with
a federation of departments as oppoSed to
colle,late-unlfied departments _ ..""h de_
partment tends to do Its own III1ng."
Some olIn .. problems the Coli .., .. faced
Included !lyln, to balan, .. bud,elary cuts
accordln!! to dep;lrtm .. nts" needs. dealin,
with Inc.eased student demand for certain
sublect areas, and pmvldlna necessary
equipment 10. departments. The art de.
partment desper.uely n~ded art supplies.
Ihe musk department did not have enou,h
Instruments. and the computer system
needed mOre terminals to ....,.,t student
demand. as evidenced by the overloads
and breakdowns.
Or. Sauer saw "no rellelln slihr- for the
problems. but added on a different note,
"After all. It's a nke place to ~ . U's chaf·
lenglng. and compared to others (universi·
tlesl, we are In a much beuer posltion:-
AItS and Sciences Colle,e departments
e.panded this year. For the first time. a
Navy proeram waS added [0 Ihe e.ls[I"Il
ROTC curriculum. and the department lor
Phliosophyand Religion spill Intotwo sep·
arate departments. E>lpansion wasn '[ the
only chan,e In the Colleie. however: the
Theatre.-\Its department re