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r Tr PO POX 59062 Dallas, tx 73229 m tv magazine Page3 Upset city in Kentucky Villanava shocks nation, f*>Jm The Battalion VoJ. 80 Mo 124 USPS 045360 14 pages College Station. Texas T uesday. April 2. 1985 2t U.S. Supreme Court lets GSS ruling stand MM By KARIFLUECEL A%«iW.#n/( irt hhtiH (.««\ SiiKlnil SriNurs v^oii * hai Mould appr.il lo tr ihr la\i iiHimi in Ih«* IkiIIk* loi irt 0^11111011 MoikI.o when thr l S Su|»irn»e < ouri lt*i stand a loMrt tomi i ulmt' sialin^ ih.H I rxas WM inusl trioj^m/r lhr group Kui I r«l M.t)o\ sk.\ s\si< m gnu i a I coutisH. saul tlu j l msnsilv Mill |>«u sur am alln nalr Irgal avenues avail al>l<- VIondav moitiing lhr t mversilv ie<eivt*<l Mold lhal die l S. Su- preine t <Kin moiiIiI not lu*.n its v ase agamM (,SS I Im* court « ned a la< k ol |uiisdltlM>n in the inattei Bv doing so. ihe Filth l S ( in un ( .«»int ol \p\ Kals \ugust ruling. m huh states die l niversitv inusl i er- ogni/f the group, stands \s ol Mondav altemoon die svs- lem hatl not vet teveivetl a topv ol the tilling. Hafovskv v.ikI \' s<M»ri as a tops ol the i tiling is available, svstetn repieseniatives Mill met i Midi i hen Lim v ei s to dist uss al- tei nate legal at non " I hete aten t mans (altet natives). hut some, that Me Mant to exjvloie." Majovskv s.ikI II all ptot esses ol apjieals have l»»*eii extinguished. Me m ill < omplv VA Vl has a histois as Iteing goo«l s«i|<hets and as a go»Kl viklier. Me m ill t omplv Majovskv said that the system Mas naturallv disappfHnted" alxHit the derision anti that he Mas tout ernet! alMitit m hat the oultome implies He salt! the ruling oj»ens up ijnesiitHis legaidmg Iiom far an adminsttation tan g«i in reguLiting student ton- duct Majovskv said diistase Mas unique lietause it was ha set I on sexual pref* eience as a legitimate concern. " This took a different Imisi." Ha- jovskv saitf “that hasitalls it Mas a so- tial. not a First Amendment case ~ Majovskv said the Stipteme (aHin's decision not t«i heat ine t ase is n«M unusual, consMietmg the mim- Itet of < axes submitted to the court eat h sear While ssstem officials Mere disap pointed. Marco Roberts, president of t»SS. said members of tne lelt claied and hapf» 'We re nervous, but vers excited.** he said Roberts added he hoped the See COURT, page 7 gtoup hr A VTWO.V V V. I A SPf ft Forum Marco Roberts, president of Gay Student Services, (above) announces the U.S.. Supreme Court decision to let stand a lower court ruling in the Texas AJcM-CSS case. The audience of about 35 people at Rudder fountain responded to Roberts announcement with applause during a toruroon civil rights of homosexuals which was spon sored bv Political Forum and Great Issues. I>ebh»e Brown, vice president of GSS, also spoke and later (right) answered questions from people who at tended the forum. Amount of tuition hike unresolved Delco says fight not over rid By JERRY OSLIN Stuff W ntrt Ihe chairman «>l the House Htghei Education ( otnmitice said M otidav. “ f he tuition light is not ovei it lias just begun State Rep Wilhclnnna l)eU<». D- Atislin. told about HX) j>»*o|»le in R iddei Fot uni that she Mill opjiose a |»ian hv l i (.oveinot Bill Hohbv lhal Mould i .use tuition lot tesident students even highet than a bill te- tentlv j»avse<l hv the I exas Mouse. I tau t tell von that Me are going n* miii this concern she saic I B ut Min. lose oi di.iM I tan assure von that thev ll knoM that thev ve l*een in a m hale ol a I ighl \<toidmg to DeUo. Mobhv s plan Mould laise tesident tuition from the luitent S-f |k*i setuestet hour to $ I 2 for the l 1 »R'»-Rb whocif vewr HnhhvS plan Mould then uu tease tui(M>n to VHi lot the IMMb-MT veat and lo J24 |H‘i veat for Altet that, in- siate si idents would pav tuition equal to 20 |*ei(rnt of then educa- ( l< HI < ost s Ihe < ost of a students education would Ik- defined hv the slate i ollege and umversitv c«K»rdinating IkxiicI < iirtenllv. resident sttulents pav 2 pettent to percent of then educa tion t osts through tuition I)el«o said stie oj>jK»ses anv plan that indexes tuition to the tost of a student s etlut ation With indexing, the c<K»rdinatmg IkmiiI reefefines the cost of etfuca- tton evetv veat A student Mill not knoM hoM mu« h he is going to have to pav lot t uttion. Dele o saici “It s imjKirtant to me that we give students an idea of what tuition is going to cost.** she said “It makes me nervous when vou have somehtKlv in a state agem v def ining i ost s.** I he hill passed hv the House was sponsored m lieko and would raise lesMlent tuitHm t«* for and to $14 f«w 14M*>-M7 I union M-ociki then iik rease S2 iw-t hour ev- erv vear until it reached $2t> inester hour. I he House's hill Mould set aside 25 peicent ol all tuition lor student ImaiMial aid I he hill still laces Sen ate approval Heibbv's |»4an calls few V percent of See DELCO, page 9 j*er se- Crash victim’s family looks for witnesses By ANN CERVEN’KA Sra/t H i itt i Six months aftc-i imo I exas AXM students weir killed in train colli sions on Hollctwan lHive nc.ti W ell- bo, n R« xcd. erne- * if the v »< tint s lamtlv is kMtkmg for Mttnessc'* ot tfie .u» i- dent l.vnn ( ash M» Monakf Mas killccl when a Minsoiim Pacific Railroad train coMided Mith his cal on Se|W 21 The previous night in a separate hut simil.ii a*»Klent Katherine H«»sslev v> as ktlkHi. m Im-ii tlie « ar she m.is tiding in coHrded M»ih a Vlts- scHirt P.k ilt« ii am Ooug Robtnefi a fiwnd of Me- Election finalists to square off By JEFF L. BR V DY St.tff H ttiri ’ Finalists m ti»e elecih*ii lew stu dent bodv ptesrdeni Mill kxk horns hw tIk* Last time *w» Wednesdav as student voteis selrt t a le.idei foi tfie owning veai Run-off cdetiHHi* Mill also f«»- Iw-ld I«h the Re sid« nt Half \sso< lainwi Irrasutet i he ( la*» «»l Sl» j>, esident and bmcHUMi. 1 .lass of ww I try scoot and two senate posiocwis Donald. saKf the lamtlv bkKtkmg lot witnesses to find out fxrw the acci dent hapjiened. “ I fir lamtlv hasn't reallv hea/<i amthmg about it.** Robing" said. "It isn't revenge, it s a wav to get things out in the oiK-n.** b I l*e Me Donalds have filed a law- suti against \4issoun Par it k John HenlioM allot lies lew the Mi l>onald fantilv. sale I the suit is t<wS2 rmlhott " I hat s a (will park tiqwie that Me use to start m it 11, ** HenlfiJw said He vatd the laMsuit agamstNlissoui i Pa « Uk is lot “mentai anguish, jkim and sutfrnng’' tluit the lamibr and l.vnn encturecf “However, thev are more intet ested m seeing that this nevei haj>- prns to anvone again " (a»lk*ge Station has < hanged the inter sex IK mi sin< e tfi«- a« < idents hv making the tracks mote visible- tan cannot add cross-lkii' oi signals Minch ate undet jiirtsdic non o| the rail i • tad RolMnett said ihe ac c ident lias l>ecii all IhiI lc»t gotten Me said die laMsuit could hi mg attention to die ptohieni so that the minsection c caikl Ire c h.ciigc-d < »r c l< >sc-< I Ihe teason the suit exist, », •*, lause the crossing is s<» datigc tons he said We Mant action I his is a standing nghi iheie when it h.ipjw- }>ossil>le M.cv of getting it ned Rohmett said he dunks Mitnesses Mill respond lo the plea I rrt vetv optinnstH lie said Be c a use die ac < idei ti « k c u i red on a fiidav night at a Mell-tt avelecl in lei sec lion neat sevetal apartment complexes and restaurants. Rohme tt ttiink' sc»mec»ne mav h.tve sec-ti ot heat cl die c c illisic hi Ben Ik >m said that tout vs it nesses havealleadv lire n tound Wc have fecur Mitnesses that are out st ending )«e said "Imo t Merc 1 he- Mitnesses statements indicate that the- cat Mas tied stalled on die Hacks the ttam vs as iiaveling Iasi and .i vshistle Mas n<M VHinded until uiijcact. BettlcoM saici RolMnett s.nd Mitnesses Moukl ncct Ik- Ioic ed to testdv )rii anv mforma- tion Mould Ik Mc komed lev the tarn 11 V \nvccne m lio witnessed the ac c i- dent cci has anv information is en- cccuiaged lo call Doug RcciMiteii at n‘W»-03T^ cm Rhonda Wilburn at ♦ >‘lo M| 5.4 at anv time 4N Committee favors fee-hike package 9 Fire t k wi (awnirntMcwi Re preset Mcwioav ni live Jim (arllms said thai polling kwaliuns wcMikf be th« the same few the rum ni cos »ft an Sewn Rovall fed the fitst c-lectMwr the Memorial Mudetii Cenirf Main Lounge, ckcv, n st an s m the Paviliou ami lh< A- I kHinge. Cali ft ns also saad hr expects voter turnout Wednevdas to be stgnifi cantfv less" than that of last week Finalists in the eircmwi lew stu- MikeCook deni IkkIv pie-swletil atr Mike < ca.k aod Sean Rc >v all l.vmie Radchlle and Laui a W alstr.m) air t uniting lot RM \ ttca surer RaNMWqK («»t (.iass o4 jm esident are Prr Bail and Mark 1 aegms and either I rati Rvan cw jccfin BccimI Mill be the new (Hass of HM treasure! Prr-«» \l Si IN — St v m tee I in attetn|>(s to limit spending the Hcmis* Appro- twiaiHwrs ( cermnittee t lined ns at it-utKcn M «Midav to collecting more me cnev to s|k*iic I Ihe jranel voted trntalive ajcpro val to a S2H*) millMMi lee hike (rack age that Moukl dip into the pmkrts ol drivers. Mrestlets. wouki-rir rm- Ikalmers. people who like their li- c r ns#- pialrs to sav c level tilings and • m hi t I rxans iveu with legislaiiv,r approval ol I t-t and college tuiuon hikes. tf»F Menise commitlre is alKHit StII irrlt Ih >n sftort of a IsalaiMrti iHidget acciwdtng to ( hair man |im Rudd and S|ieak.ei ( ub lewis I hat s short ol bring in tiaiamr sawl lewis "I'd like to go in with alMHit a S million to 5'»o millKwi c UsIlMKl lewis asseml4rd die appropria tions commuter lor a 7 a m meeting mi the members lounge He saw I it was nothing more than a fwp rallv "Its pietlv dist chji aging when vou re tunning up against a wall rs- erv tune vcmj k«ck an Hind. When vchi te $2t** rnillMMi cm SSOtt rnillioii sh<Mt vcHi need a little jcepptng up " the speaker said I he eaib rmwmng meeting was (Hit pacxied as required les House tules. Ihii Dm k Merkel la-wis press aicle said he mHitird repicrters of the meeting cwt F rwiav (acmmitiee membeis overwhelm- mglv v«Med down a proposal to take more rtMMies out of their own poiiti cal jKKkets hs rejecting a $5 fEe itw tiling c ampaign ftnamr repiwrs Some students may need to find education alternatives NFLVF N <)Rk — F^luiatMin Sec- ieta,v William | Bennett denied Sundav that pro|»o»ed federal budget cuts tew student aid will result in “fewet people going to college IhiI sawl some mav have to ImmI alternative edut almn Some college sturlents mav hr hweed to move to less expensive institutMWis he said “Ikm t as sume that public mstuulMMis . . aie less gcacd than private insmu- tMWis. Bennett sjki I lie new Is appcMnied sec rrtarv was amccng olfnials discussing a broad sarietv of rcfutatKKi topics on tbe AIM.- I V program flm Week Wah David Brinkiev I he cm tiers were Cars Bill ( Jm- tcmi of Srkansas. whose state just tested Ms leathers tew cewnpe- irtM v Mars Haiwood FutreM. ptesrdeni of the Natawsai Educa tion VsscHiaiMMi. and Albert Shanker presadent of the Ameri- tan Fedrratitwi of leathers <Hs another top*, (imtewi sard imi resuks were avaiftablr vet from his scales tewn pete nt > tew I imre-H portrayed the teacher tests as me walls unjust ” F v ahianng teachers alter they are terrified is “changing the rules in the middle of the game.' she said Shanker. who is < ham pawling the cause ol higher teachers' wages, said Mr Bennett seems to think if we just give speeches about m< wall tv and tough stan dards. that will do M "