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Thursday, March 25, 1971
Friday — Cloudy to partly
cloudy. Winds easterly 10-15 mph.
High 72°, low 58°.
Saturday — Cloudy to partly
cloudy. Afternoon rainshowers.
Winds southerly at 10-15 mph.
High 77°, low 62°.
845-2226
ee authorization bill
Senate backing
back it
^ DAVID S. MIDDLEBROOKE
1 ^ The Student Senate Wednesday
;ht gave its support to a bill
on t*i [ore the state legislature that
stai mid give Texas A&M’s board
he nun. directors authority to assess
Student Center Complex (SCC)
downed !0 ^ up to per semester an{ i
^ ^ per summer term.
St«! P asse ^ by the Texas
iVithtli nate ’ * s * n a ^ ouse committee
d is due out within the next
ek, with a full House vote
1 wa ki ortly after that. If passed, as-
^ ^ sjment of the fee could begin
'ith Bill x t fall.
Senators also defeated for the
ird time in two weeks a pro-
and Git ^ constitution which would
t e i s t a 5j lablish a student association at
Sheltoi Jas A&M, and moved the
!, grow general election date from
pril 15 to April 28.
Management Services Director
a yl°r is )war( j Vestal, in asking the
e ^ tate for support of the new
' e, said the House committee
| isidering the bill would place
eat value on endorsement by
,1 e Student Senate.
'I Vestal was quick to emphasize
it, while the bill allows up to
pg I)per semester and $5 per sum-
tr term to be assessed, univer-
ave tn y officials will—if the bill is
up tli ised—ask the board for no more
to M in $5 per semester and about
seenl f 0 r each summer term.
"I give you my guarantee on
lust sa«
il thra Vestal said,
is wed
He explained passage of the
1 would not automatically in-
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stitute the SCC fee, but would
give board members the authority
to assess such a fee if they wish.
The purpose of the fee, Vestal
explained, will be to provide oper
ating, maintenance, improvement
and equipment funds for the stu
dent center complex soon to be
constructed.
This complex will include an
auditorium, theater, conference
center and continuing education
area being constructed where
Guion Hall stood, as well as the
enlarged and renovated Memo
rial Student Center.
By asking for a $10 and $5
ceiling, he said, the board would
have a latitude in the fee amount
and would not have to ask the
legislature every two years for a
higher ceiling.
Vestal said the modern facili
ties the complex will have will
require a competent staff to run
it and funds to maintain it. Mon
ey for matters such as those does
not come from the legislature,
he said.
“It would be a tragedy to not
be able to operate the complex
after building it,” Vestal said.
He said another $300,000 will
be needed when the complex is
finished to provide moveable
equipment and such items as mu
sicians’ chairs and stands. Such
items, he said, are not in the
building contracts, yet they are
needed to use the complex.
The board may wish to begin
assessing the fee next fall, he ex-
rison reform
I topic tonight
Czerwi
ro gam Dr. George J. Beto, director of
itelyd e Texas Department of Correc-
i es ' ms, will speak on Prison
throiijl rm ’ n a Thursday Great Issues
w jH mutation at Texas A&M Uni-
WedJ !r8i ty-
d own | Beto’s discussion will begin at
Binks i P m> i n the Memorial Student
iingaH en t er Ballroom, announced
to, reat Issues chairman Rip Rus-
tch fd
me , fie The MSC committee’s public-
;he fill (e admission policy will be in
last trc fe ct f° r Beto’s address.
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HI pj,. anking is a pleasure at First
nd Non ln k & Trust.
1 to WO!
Chief executive of the Texas
correction system since March 1,
1962, Beto is responsible for 14
TDC units operating on 99,000
acres ■with more than 12,000 in
mates.
The department’s policy - mak
ing body is the nine-member
Texas Board of Corrections, to
which nonsalaried members are
appointed for six-year overlap
ping terms by the governor.
Beto is a clergyman and for
mer president of Concordia Col
lege in Austin from 1949 to 1959
and head of Concordia Theologi-
(See Prison reform, page 2)
plained, to allow a fund to build
up so money will not be lacking
when the time to buy needed
items arrives.
Vestal said the fee would be
the only source of operating funds
for the theater-auditorium part
of the complex. He explained, in
response to a question, that the
board had not provided funds to
operate the complex because the
board thinks in terms of progress
and doesn’t woi'ry about opera
tions—it leaves that to university
administrators.
“I don’t mean for one minute
to criticize the board’s methods,”
Vestal said. “They want a first-
class university.”
He stressed the money to build
the complex is already provided,
and the fee will provide only op
erating expenses.
C. A.. Bedinger (grad) said he
believes many graduate students
will be against the bill because
they don’t enjoy use of the pres
ent MSC that much. He said pos
sible graduate students are not
adequately informed on money
use.
“Graduate students will get as
much use out of the new facilities
as anyone,” Vestal said.
He also said that he knows of
no alternatives the administration
might fall back on if the bill
doesn’t pass.
“The board authorized the
building of the complex,” he said.
“When it is finished, they will
give it to the university, and it’s
up to us to provide operating
money.”
Texas Intercollegiate Student
Association (TISA) President
Tommy Henderson (sr-LA) said
TISA is opposed to the bill be
cause student activity and build
ing use fees are fixed by law,
and TISA sees the bill as a way
around limitations. He said TISA
felt the university should press
for increases in the existing fees.
Vestal said such an effort
would affect every state school.
He also said the bill contains no
definition of a student center
complex, but that he doesn’t think
the definition can be changed at
will because the area is physically
defined.
“The money is not a concern,
it’s a matter of equipping the
complex,” Bill Brady (sr-Eng)
said. “It’s not an optional con
cern. The money already is spent.
We have to have equipment and
a staff. I move the Senate sup
port SB 573 (the authorization
bill).”
Senators voted 57-13 with one
abstention to back the legislation.
In bringing up the twice-
defeated proposed constitution for
consideration, Senate President
Kent Caperton said a new com
mittee had met, considered the
document and now was recom
mending acceptance of the con
stitution.
The proposed document was
identical to the one defeated two
weeks ago except propisions were
(See Student Senate, page 4)
Issues Committee Chairman Kirby Brown Wednesday night explains a possible meth
od of day student representation if a proposed constitution were to be passed. Senators
later defeated the constitution for the third time. (Photo by Hayden Whitsett)
Governor’s
role
appropriations
explained by forum spokesman
James Oliver
By STEVE DUNKELBERG
James Oliver, administrative
assistant to Gov. Preston Smith,
Wednesday explained and defend
ed Texas’ practice of maintaining
two state budget offices, one for
the Legislature and one for the
Executive Department, and added
that the main job of the governor,
in relationship to the appropria
tion process, is planning and co
ordinating the state’s programs
and funds.
Speaking at Political Forum in
the Memorial Student Center
Wednesday, Oliver added that he
expected the Texas Senate to de
feat a bill calling for a raise in
resident student tuition fees in
state supported schools and re
duce the tuition hike for non
residents proposed by the House
of Representatives.
The governor designs his bud
get program to show where he
feels the money should eventually
end up, Oliver explained. His
budget office must also propose
and anticipate necessary legisla
tion, and additional programs or
new taxes that the budget plan
would require, he added.
In his role as chief planning
Juniors pick 10 semifinalists
officer for the state, Oliver said,
the governor is responsible for
planning state programs and
allocating funds for them.
The governor’s executive pow
ers have been strengthened great
ly in the last four to six years,
Oliver claimed. He cited increased
federal legislation placing the
governor in charge of allocating
federal funds to state agencies.
Another strengthening factor
of Texas’ executive branch is in
its power to form inter-agency
councils to avoid having “related
agencies running in different di
rections.”
To substantiate this, Oliver
announced that Smith signed an
executive order Wednesday morn
ing which will form an Inter-
Agency Transportation Council,
including the Highway Depart
ment, the Aeronautics Commis
sion, the Railroad Commission
and several other transportation-
oriented agencies.
This new council is designed
to provide greater interaction be
tween the agencies, and conse
quently provide better coopera
tion and service, Oliver said.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
Ten semifinalists have been an
nounced for Junior Class Sweet
heart, to be selected at the Junior
Ball Saturday night.
A selection committee will
choose five finalists, Jerry Mc-
Gowen, 1972 class president said,
and sweetheart selection will be
by ballot of juniors and their
dates at 7:30 p.m. semiformal
dance in Duncan Hall.
Finalists will be introduced
during a special intermission.
Continuous playing bands for the
7:30 to 12:30 event will include
“The Gripping Force,” a Fort
Worth group that played for Gov.
Preston Smith’s inauguration,
and “Sundance,” which plays out
of San Antonio and has a hit
single recording on the charts.
The 10 junior sweetheart semi
finalists were picked by a selec
tion committee from the class.
Laurel Alicia Conglose, a fresh
man English major at A&M, is
a 5-foot-5 brunette and the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jake
Canglose, 402 Mitchell, Bryan.
She will be escorted by Robert A.
Snedden.
Sam Houston State business
freshman Barbara Ann Dowling
calls Prairie Village, Kan., home.
She is a hazel-eyed brunette and
will be the date of Robby Dan
Robertson.
Gloria Sharon Harrison trans
ferred to A&M from LSU and is
in her junior year of secondary
education studies in physical edu
cation and history. She was an
LSU band twirler and partici
pates in the Host and Fashion
Committee’s Mam’selles modeling
group.
Miss Harrison resides with her
grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. R.
Henry Harrison Jr., 601 E. 32nd,
Bryan. She has red hair and blue
eyes and will be the date of Sam
Parigi Jr.
Carol Lewis, to be escorted by
Stephen L. Baker, is a Robert
E. Lee High senior of Houston.
She has brown hair, brown eyes
and is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Nick Lewis, 10026 Over
brook.
University of Houston fresh
man Margie Metcalf will be the
date of Tommy Orr. An educa
tion major, she is a blue-eyed
brunette.
Music education major Karen
Pittman attends East Texas
State, where she is a junior.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. M.
Pittman of Talco, she will be the
date of Steven L. Vaughn. Miss
Pittman has green eyes and
blonde hair.
Vicki Rye lives in Bay City and
is a freshman fashion design
major at Columbia, Mo., College.
She has light brown hair and
brown eyes. Clifford Giese will
be her escort.
Peggy Aileen Samson also at
tends A&M. The freshman Eng
lish major is the daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. Charles Samson, 200
College View, Bryan. Miss Sam
son, who has brown hair and eyes,
will be escorted by William W.
Smith.
Blonde, blue-eyed Valerie Ann
Schott studies home economics at
Southwest Texas State, where she
is a junior. Her home is in De-
vine. Miss Schott’s escort will be
Mike Weynand.
Twyla Toler also is a local resi
dent. The daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. Robei’t W. Toler, Charles
R. Moorhead will be her escort.
Gloria Harrison
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