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College Station, Texas
Wednesday, March 6, 1985
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Federal budget reductions
State may lose $56 per person
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Texas would
lose $56 in federal cash for every
state resident under President Rea
gan’s proposed domestic spending
cuts in fiscal year I98(i, according to
a study released Tuesday.
Texas would get $900 million less
than the amount of federal money it
would need to maintain current lev
els, according to the report from the
American Federation of State,
County and Municipal Employees.
The public employees’ union said
the cuts would amount to a $14 bil
lion reduction below the amount of
money needed to maintain the status
quo nationwide.
In per capita reductions, Texas
ranked fourtn among all the states,
the union said.
The list included federal grants to
local and state governments for pro
grams such as bilingual education,
job training, subsidized meals, wel
fare and transportation programs,
and programs that pay individuals,
such as food stamps. Supplemental
Security Income and college student
aid.
The biggest reduction in Texas’
share of the federal money would be
in general revenue sharing, which
Reagan proposes to eliminate. The
state would need $239 million in fis
cal 1985 stay even, the AFSCME re
port said.
Next largest would be a reduction
in Medicare of $188 million from
the projected need of $3.7 billion,
the report said.
Other large reductions would
come in federal highway funds —
$78 million less than the projected
amount needed to maintain current
levels; urban mass transit — $72 mil
lion less; child nutrition programs —
$44 million less; and Medicaid —$38
milllion less.
Texas would have to get $ 19.9 bil
lion for fiscal year 1986 to maintain
current program levels, the report
said. Under the Reagan budget, 'it
would receive $19 billion.
Van de Walle named to head
1985-86 A&M Corps of Cadets
By DAINAH BULLARD
Staff Writer
The 1985-86 . commander and
deputy commander for the Corps of
Cadets were announced during the
evening meal Tuesday in Duncan
Dining Hall.
Curt Van de Walle, a civil engi
neering major .from Hondo, will be
Corps commander. Henry Werchan,
anelectrical engineering major from
Houston, will be deputy com
mander.
The two cadets were interviewed
last week after being nominated f or
the positions. John Koldus, vice
president for student services, and
Gen. Ormond Simpson, assistant
vice president for student services,
approved the nominations. Frank E.
Vandiver, president of Texas A&M
University, gave final approval
Tuesday.
Van de Walle, the sergeant major
of the Corps for the 1984-85 school
year, said he and Werchan haven’t
nad time to make concrete plans for
the forthconring year. However,
they do have some ideas, he said.
“We want to get back to the basics
of the Corps of Cadets,” he said.
“Well be eliminating people we
don’t feel are contributing to the
mission or purpose of the Corps of
Cadets, and making sure people
fiave a purpose, have a mission.”
Van de Walle said he and Wer
chan will start developing their ideas
now so the Corps will be in order
when the fall ’85 semester begins.
“Anything we want to get done
next year, the groundwork’s going
to have to be laid for this year,” he
said. “The Corps kind of had its feet
knocked out from under them (this
year). We’ll get to build it up, take it
back to the straight and narrow. We
want to produce good officers and
civilian leaders.”
Werchan, 1st Brigade sergeant
major for die 1984-85 school year,
agreed that it’s time to start plan
ning. However, the cadets must first
finish their business this semester,
he said.
“A lot remains to be done this
Curt Van de Walle
year,” Werchan said. “But we do
need to kick things off for next year.
We have to be sure of ourselves be
fore we leave for the summer. And
we have to set realistic goals.”
Curriculum
proposal
hearing set
for today
By KIRSTEN DIETZ
Staff Writer
Students and faculty can voice
Then opinions on the Faculty Sen-
1 -*'’s proposed core curriculum
ay during a public hearing on
the recommendation.
The Core Curriculum Sub-
tmtte of the Faculty Senate
bold its second of three pub
ic hearings at 3 p.m. in 140 and
40A MSC, The nearing will last
tntil 4:30 p.m.,
Dr. Paul Parrish, vice chairman
>f the subcommittee, says stu*
lews should come because they
e the best ones to judge the
ngihs and weaknesses of the
mimended curriculum. He
says they should show some
See HEARING, page 12
Student Senate
Pari-mutuel betting, housing bills
By JERRY OSLIN
Staff Writer
The Student Senate will vote on a
bill tonight that calls on the Senate to
support pari-mutuel betting and
horse racing in Texas.
Tamara Grubb, the bill’s sponsor,
said the state needs the revenue that
horse racing would bring.
“Since horse racing would bring
more agricultural jobs to Texas,
Texas A&M graduates would be of
fered more opportunity,” she said.
Slate Rep. Richard Smith, R-Col-
lege Station, will speak to the Senate
about higher education and the bud
get crunch in Texas.
The Senate also will vote on two
student housing hills.
The first bill recommends that the
University Housing Office reserve
dormitory space for single graduate
students entering Texas A&M for a
one-year duration.
The second bill calls for the estab
lishment of a coed dormitory on
campus. The bill says the one coed
dorm would be established on an ex
perimental basis.
The Senate also will vote on an
open forum bill that would allow stu
dents to voice their opinions during
Senate meetings.
Approval of the bill would allow
students three minutes to speak if
they reserve a time slot in advance
with the Student Government secre
tary.
The bill also says that the student
shall be subject to removal if he “ex-
As Corps commander, Van de
Walle will be the leader and spokes
man for the Corps and the liason be
tween the Corps and Trigon offi
cials. The duties of the deputy
commander include presiding over
cadet court and a number of boards,
standing in for the Corps com
mander when necessary, and “a lot
of paperwork,” Werchan said.
The two cadets said they will func
tion as a team. Their first official du
ties will include selecting the rest of
Corps staff. Juniors (seniors in 1985-
86) will be interviewed for staff posi
tions the week of March 18 to March
22, Van de Walle said. Interviews for
sophomores (juniors in 1985-86) will
follow. The current Corps staff and
Commandant of Cadets Col. Donald
Burton, or a representative from his
office, also will participate in the in
terviews, Van de Walle said.
After Corps staff positions are
filled, major and minor outfits will
select their commanders, Van de
Walle said.
up for vote
ceeds the bounds of good taste and
decency.”
Wayne Roberts, vice president of
student services, said the open fo
rum bill is needed because the Sen
ate is not getting consistent input
from students.
Vice President of Finance Mike
Kelley will introduce a bill with rec
ommendations for the spending of
the $3.8 million in student service
fee allocations for the 1985-86
school year. The Student Govern
ment Finance Committee is respon
sible for making spending recom
mendations on the student service
fee allocations.
The bill also recommends that the
University’s student service fee re
main at $54.50 per semester for the
1985-86 school year.
The Senate meeting will begin at
7:30 p.m. in 204 Harrington.
Homeless not a major problem in area
Editor’s note: This is the second
artide in a three-part series examin
ing the plight of Brazos County’s
homeless.
By DAINAH BULLARD
Staff Writer
Twin City Mission in Bryan, the
only shelter for homeless peojde
within a 100-mile radius, aided from.
105 to 141 transients each month in
1984.
But even considering these num
bers, officials from the police de
partments of Texas A&M Univer
sity, Bryan and College Station say
homeless people are not a major
problem in the area. And when they
do discover homeless people, offi
cials find help for them, usually at
the Mission.
Bob Wiatt, director of security
and traffic at Texas A&M, says there
have been some isolated cases of
homeless people sleeping in campus
buildings.
“Basically we don’t have any prob
lems,” Wiatt says. “We are very dil
igent to make sure these people
don’t use the campus as a sofa for a
weary head.”
University Police usually discover
transient people within two days of
their arrival on campus and tell
them to leave, Wiatt says. The police
tell the transients they will be ar
rested for criminal trespassing if
they are found on campus again, he
says.
One of the more recent cases han
dled by University Police concerned
a woman who slept in Reed McDon
ald Building for a few nights last
spring.
“We had to advise that particular
individual to leave Reed McDonald,”
Wiatt says. “She then slept for two
nights on the golf course. We even
tually turned her over to the local
welfare agencies.”
University Police make efforts to
find help for the homeless people
they fina on campus, Wiatt says, but
the safety of Texas A&M students is
their top priority.
Wiatt says homeless people are a
problem in many cities. These peo
ple haunt vacant housing projects
and construction sites, and sleep un
der bridges, in sewers and card
board shanties, he says. However,
the word is out that the Texas A&M
campus is not a good camp ground,
he says.
“In all your cities, be they Bryan-
College Station, New York or Chi-
See HOMELESS, page 12
Scaffolding Art
A construction worker makes his way through the scaffold*
ing that surrounds the Engineering Physics Building. The
scaffolding has been put up for the bricklayers to stand on as
they work on the outside of the building. The bricklayers
work at heights of up to five stories.