" mm ;an 1 trom every stu- he light tom j ents > f ees j s allocated for The Bat- , dead, living,! talion's operations, she said. “That totals aboul $37,000,” she “d at Farenlie sa '^ rest °f the money comes nned with ak ^advertising.; , P i f The Battalion s policy is to em- nd a little HHI p(, as i ze local stories each day, Brock man said. lornore jom ' columnist It is serious editor “We try to put the emphasis on lo cal topics, because we think that’s what students want to read,” she said. The Battalion depends on the As sociated Press for national and inter national news, but because of limited space, local news gets first priority, Brockman said. She said The Battalion is divided into six independent departments, each with their own responsibilities. City desk assigns stories to report ers; the photo desk handles photo graphs; and the At Ease department has control over the Battalion’s weekly feature supplement. The night news department puts the paper together and edits all material, and the sports desk is in charge of its own reporfers and lay outs. The page two editor handles all editorials. Because staff positions are not permanent, Brockman said the be ginning of each semester is difficult because everyone is getting used to his new job. “It’s hard, because you get a whole new staff each semester,” she said. “You can never establish good (news) contacts like the Eagle does.” When asked if The Battalion pub lishes stories just to stir up contro versy, Brockman said the paper con; siders all the issues before an article is published. “We report what’s going on,” Brockman said. Brigid Brockman If there is something happening on campus that doesn’t seem fair, then we’ll have a story dealing with the issue; in that sense maybe we do stir up controversy, she said. Another audience member asked if the editorials are written to stimu late student response. Brockman said they are written to make students think about the issue. “I’m glad if it makes them think,” she said. “That’s what it should be doing.” When mistakes are made in the paper, Brockman said they are not intentional. “We try to be as professional as we can, but we are students,” she said. “Everything we do and every paper we put out, we learn.” 10 Texas Death Row inmates want appeals dismissed, executions reproach. Y ly outstandiif it like youdoi odern scientt ime to do Mice withyoui Associated Press HUNTSVILLE — Ten Texas Death Row inmates are filing mo tions to have all their appeals dro|>ped and are calling for quick executions so they can “stop lining the pockets of attorneys and judges,” the leader of the effort said Wednes day. “To continue to wait here year af teryear, with the psychological and physical stress, it’s inhuman at least,” said James E. Smith, convicted of a robbery-slaying last year in Houston. “We will no longer participate in this obscene exercise. We are demanding that the courts dismiss our appeals.” Smith accused lawyers and judges of making “thousands, if not mil lions” of dollars by prolonging the appeals that seek to block execu tions. “We’re simply asking that the court allow the appeals to be dis missed and the executions carried out,” he said. “If you are going to sentence a man to death, then exe cute him. Don’t torture him for years and years. Why do we have to sit here?” Smith, 33, has been on Death Row for 11 months. He said he was a na tive of Louisville and had been in volved in business in New Orleans. 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Finding answers Group By SARAH OATES Staff Writer A group at Texas A&M is ded icated to hearing about students’ problems — whatever they may be — and trying to come up with solu tions. Texas A&M President Frank Van diver formed the Task Force on the Quality of Student Life last fall. Dr. John Koldus, vice president for student services, said the task force probably “was generated out of problems we’ve had,” such as the Gay Student Services’ fight for on- campus recognition. “But when you begin thinking .about the quality of student life,” Koldus saief. “you begin thinking about it for all students.” The 19-person task force is di vided into four subcommittees rep resenting different areas of campus life: academic, services, traditions, organizations programs and activ ities. Committee members are both students and faculty. problems listens to Koldus, who is chairman of the group, said the subcommittees are on a problem search. “We’re taking a two-pronged ap proach,” Koldus said. “First, wth’re going to continue looking, then we’re going to deal with specific problems. The Counseling Center alone gave us a list of 59 things stu-- dents had problems with, such as ad vising, parking and lack of class sec tions. “We’re going to try to address problems mat aren’t already being dealt with by other committees.” The immediate goal of the task force is talking to students and find ing common problems. “The subcommittees have the lati tude to investigate as they want,” Koldus said. Dr. Malon Southerland, assistant vice president for student services and a subcommittee chairman, said, for example, that task force mem bers may show up at meetings of F ' ’< students campus organizations, or conduct informal surveys. Koldus said the task force may purchase ad space for a survey in The Battalion. “You know that with that kind of thing you will get crank responses,” he said, “but we want to give every one a chance to respond.” Koldus said he has no idea how long the groups’ research will take. “We decided not to worry about time,” he said. “We’re talking about an on-going process, and we don’t know how long it will take, but we hope to have ways of improving stu dent life on campus.” Tentative meeting dates have been set for the subcommittees to discuss their findings and decide which problems to work on first. “Once problems are assessed, we’ll decide which have merit and assign them to the subcommittees they’re most closely related to,” Koldus said. “Then the subcommittees will look into resolutions of the problems. Former student to speak about entrepreneurship By SHERRY TOFTE Reporter The College of Business Adminis tration Fellows Program will sponsor a lecture by John Sackett, a member of the Development Council for the business college, about how to suc ceed in your own business today at 6 p.m. Sackett, a ’59 graduate of Texas A&M and former president of Alamo Iron works, will focus his speech on the failures encountered in the business world. The lecture will be in 156 Blocker. Sackett said he will approach busi ness success from a different per spective, because it is important for students to see the roots of business failures in order to understand how to succeed. “I’m assuming that many of the students will be future business per sons,” Sackett said, “and I want to make them aware of the pitfalls which may be encountered that nor mally would not he taught in an aca demic environment.” Dr. Schoenfeldt, head of the man agement department and director of the CBA Fellows Program, said Sackett will discuss two main topics. First, he will explain how to buy a company or get involved in an entrepreneurship. Sackett also will discuss his experiences consulting with a company last fall. “I’m going to approach the topic from the standpoint of the failures in a business and illustrate what not to do,” Sackett said. Schoenfeldt said a business, fre quently banks, often will call in someone to help solve a company problem. “I call them work-out artists or consultants,” Schoenfeldt said. Sackett began consulting with businesses after being president at Alamo Iron Works and is now looking into starting a business of his own, Schoenfeldt said. “His experience (at Alamo Iron Works and as a consultant) will make for a very interesting speech,” Schoenfeldt said. “It will give the students an idea of what it’s like to own their owm businesses and will give them some insight about the business world.” The CBA Fellows is a group of business students w'ho are selected for their management and lead ership skills. “Tne CBA Fellows could be called the honors program within the busi ness college,” Schoenfeldt said.