HE BATTALION
Tuesday, March 27, 1973
College Station, Texas
Page 3
Student Government Candidates Give Views, Ideas
T. Mark
Blakemore
What is your platform?
"I propose two methods to im
prove the voice of the students
on the Board of Directors: state
legislation allowing some form of
student representation, or univer
sity approval of student participa
tion on Board Committees where
the decisions are made.
"I will direct an organized pur
suit of returning the concept of
coeducational housing to A&M be
cause it has been highly success
ful.
An investigation should be made
j into the feasibility of an associa
tion which could either relieve off
campus students of making de
posits or investing the funds en
abling an earned interest in addi
tion to the deposit to be paid to
the student at the end of the year.
The association would protect the
student from losing his deposit
for some illegitimate excuse.
“A&M needs a student on the
College Station City Council, and
qualified students serving on pol
icy-making committees such as
the Traffic Control Board, City
Planning Commission and steer
ing committees for city programs
and policy changes for A&M and
College Station to progress to
gether.
"There should be an organized
effort to coordinate community
volunteer work by students. There
is a need for tutoring children
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T. Mark Blakemore
and adult illiterates; scouting and
recreational programs; and day
care programs including small
children and the elderly.
What are your qualifications?
“I am now serving as president
of both the TAMU Residence Hall
Association and the Texas State
Residence Halls Association. I am
on several University committees
and familiar with many channels
open to students in the Univer
sity process. I have served as the
United States delegate to the In
ternational Student Association
for the past two years. I received
the Outstanding Sophomore Sen
ator Award in 1972 after spending
a year on the Senate participating
in and chairing a variety of com
mittees.
Should the size of the Student
Senate be reduced?
“It should not be reduced in the
number of x-epresentatives it now
has. Only one year of opei'ation
is not enough to determine the
effectiveness of a new constitu
tion. I think the lai’ge size can be
most beneficial to students if
senatoi-s are educated to be ef
fective and x-esponsive to the peo
ple they repi-esent.”
What are your feelings on the
Hospital and Services Fees?
“The hospital should be expand
ed to include dental cax-e, a gyne
cologist and a birth control and
drug infox-mation center. I am
favorable towai’d removing the
hospital fee from the Student
Services Fee in ox-der to allow
continued gx-owth of the hospital
and its services. However, any in
crease in either fee should come
only after consideration has been
given to student interest and re-
evaluation of existing services.”
How would you run Student
Government for the students?
“I believe it is the responsibility
of Student Government through a
plan of communication to make
possible ways for implementing
student ideas. I will give personal
daily review to the ideas and
gi-ievances of concerned students
and take the necessary steps to
implement the idea or solve the
grievance to insure that students
ax-e given the best opportunity for
a voice in the wox-ks of the Uni
versity.
“I shall not appoint or recom
mend any student to a committee
unless I have been assured of a
genuine intei’est and willingness
to work. Committee meetings will
be publicized and open to those
interested. All students will be
affoi’ded the right to speak his
views in the realm of Student
Government. I will make known
my stand on an issue to both
students and administration. The
Student Government will work for
the students only if there is a
dual line of communications.”
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Dana Roese
What is your platform?
“Student Government needs to
be strengthened through these ba
sic additions:
1. The removal of all references
to Student Government fx-om the
“Blue Book” which may be re
placed by a recognition of Stu
dent Government as being respon
sible for the internal affairs of
the student body and as advisor
to the Univei'sity on matters of
interest to students.
2. Improvements in the quality
of student life should include a
recognition of every student’s
ability to manage his own per
sonal affairs in his dorm room,
on campus, and off campus. This
means an end to the doctrine of
“in loco parentis”—that the Uni
versity has no business taking on
the job of the surrogate mother
—caxnng for all of its children’s
needs.
I would like to see: 1) Refei--
endum votes for any appropria
tions over $1,000; 2) Petitions
with 500 signatures used to
force the Senate to consider to
certain issues. 3) “No Confi
dence” voting become mandatory
on election ballots to allow stu
dents to vote for no candidate
and still force a imnoff in which
there would be at least one new
candidate. 4) A Quorum of the
Student Body to require a set
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Dana Roese
pex-centage of the student body
to vote in any election for it to
be valid.
The “Blue Book” should be
amended to allow for University
responsibility in cases of damage
to private property due to mal
function of University equipment
or negligence on the part of Uni-
vex-sity personnel.”
What are your qualifications?
“I am a junior at A&M with
the required GPR. I have never
been associated with the Student
Government except as a recipient
of its various “services.”
Should the size of the Student
Senate be reduced?
“There is no x-eal need for a
reduction in the size of the Stu
dent Senate.”
What are your feelings on the
Hospital and Services Fees?
“A portion of the Student Sex-v
ices Fee should be used to defray
the expenses of a medical student
on the condition that he contract
hixxxself to the University Hospital
for a pexiod of five years. The
hospital fee should be separate
from the Services Fee.”
How would you run Student
Government for the students?
“The Student Government
should be run in such a manner
as to pixxvide maximum student
access. This would include weekly
meetings between the president
and all interested students; inclu
sion of interested students in Sen
ate debates; and the minutes of
each Senate meeting and all ac
tions taken therein to be pub
lished in The Battalion and/or dis
tributed by the Senate at cost of
reproduction (one cent per page
at Quick Copy).
“I would also form a liason
office to keep watch over all levels
of civil government and its effects
on students. This office would
also handle relationships with stu
dent lobbies.
“A section in the student hand
book would include our constitu
tion, all by-laws, all valid en
actments of the Senate, rulings of
the judicial branch and a record
of the previous Senate’s activi
ties.”
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Randy Ross
What is your platform?
“I would like to:
“Establish priorities for the
necessary programs under Student
Sex-vices Fees and make an hon
est attempt to keep costs low to
the avex-age student.
“Divert revenue generated from
pax-king fines to direct student
use.
“Increase student participation
in the determination of hospital
services—in particular a full-time
gynecologist should be hired,
birth control services should be
initiated and health care services
for a student’s spouse should be
offered.
“Insure student participation
in the selection of a new Dean of
Students.
“Eliminate required attendaxice
of classes by the University.
“Involve more students in pol
icy-making decisions.
“Have periodic ‘xap’ sessions
with students to discuss current
issues and hire a student attor
ney.”
What are your qualifications?
“I have gained experience by
serving as Student Govenxment
vice-px-esident for 1972-73, the
Yell Leader Committee, President
Jack K. Williams Advisox*y Coun
cil, Board member of the National
Student Lobby, Athletic Advisory
Council, Hospital Advisox-y Com
mittee and the Univex-sity Rules
and Regulations Committee—all
this past year. I served on the
University Curriculum Commit
tee and was welfare chairman of
the Student Senate for 1971-72.
Should the size of the Student
Senate be reduced?
“No, at this time we have
not had enough experience with
our px-esent repx-esentation sys
tem to make any changes.”
What are your feelings on the
hospital and Services Fees?
“Although it is required by law
for the University to make the
final decision on the allocation of
Hospital Fees and Student Serv
ices Fees, in practice it should be
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Randy Ross
the students who have the most
influential voice in determining
the use of these funds. I will
strive to keep the fees as low as
possible while providing the stu
dents with the services they de
sire.”
How would you run Student
Government for the students?
“I will conduct the Student
Government as an open forum in
which all students can voice their
views and I will strive to main
tain a free flow of ideas that
will generate new ways to im-
px-ove all aspects of the lives of
students.”
‘Doc’ Shroff
What is your platform?
“I support plans for a day care
center for married students, an
increase in the hospital services
fee to improve general service
and inclusion of a campus psychia
trist and birth control center for
student use in the new hospital
facility.
“I also support an expansion
of the shuttle bus system to meet
the increasing demands for off-
campus students.
“I oppose A&M’s membership
in the National Student Lobby or
any organization which does not
continue this school’s tx-aditional
image as a leader in stable edu
cation.
“I oppose any fee program
which benefits students who do not
care to support Texas A&M. This
includes the three programs pro
posed for the athletic services fee
allocation.
What are your qualifications?
“I am not a member of the
Student Government circle of
elites and have a sincere and ear
nest desire to make Student Gov
ernment more meaningful to stu
dents.
“I have a minimum GPR of
2.5 and will have the academic
classification of senior as required
by the University Rules and Reg
ulations.”
Should the size of the Student
Senate be reduced?
“No. This is another example
of the time-wasting activities
which a few senators persist in
carrying on. Since the average
senator does not communicate
with his constituency directly, it
makes no difference how many
people he represents. The physical
size of the body currently creates
no communication problem what-
so ever.
What are your feelings on the
Hospital and Services Fees?
“I feel that much can be gain
ed in the direction of adequate
medical sexvices on campus by a
small increase in the sexvices.
With the new hospital facilities
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John (Doc) Schroff
A&M has an excellent opportunity
to have a worthwhile clinic.”
How would you run Student
Government for the students?
“Structurally our Student Gov
ernment is adequate. With
strength of purpose aimed not at
perfection of parliamentax-y pro
cedure and policy-making goals
but at laying the gxoundwork for
futux-e student involvement in the
decisions made by the administra
tion which affect them, our Stu
dent Government has the poten
tial to be as viable and potent as
any. I would want to write a week
ly article in The Battalion as a
means of reaching students not on
a strictly factual basis, but on
one oriented xxxore toward stxxdent
interest x-epresentation.
“I wish merely to shake to the
very foundations, the apathy
which grips this school (not only
by these statements, but by my
candidacy).”
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Nancy Usnick
What is your platform?
“I will do all I can to make these
planks a x'eality at A&M:
1. Reduce Student Service Fees.
2. Make most student sexvice
charges optional.
3. Establish a CO-OP bookstore
on campus.
4. Wox-k towards a comprehen
sive bill of rights for students.
5. Establish a student-run, uni
versity-wide teacher evaluation.
6. Make The Battalion an inde
pendent, self-supporting paper.
7. Involve the “average” person
on campus in their Student Gov
ernment.
8. Establish x’easonable campus
liquor laws.
I am tired of paying evex'-in-
creasing fees and getting less in
retux-n, both in and outside of
class. I am tix-ed of hearing story
after stox'y of students being
treated more like cattle than peo
ple on matters of food, living con
ditions, etc.”
What are your qualifications?
“I am a senior in Envii'onmental
Design and 24 years old and have
attended three other universities
within the past seven years (Kan
sas State University, Park College
and Rockhux-st College).
I have participated in a variety
of activities at each school at
tended, from dorm manager to
information chairman of a politi
cal party to lobbyist. I have work
ed in the business world for three
years. I have witnessed at close
x-ange student governments at
four major universities and two
private colleges and have had no
affiliation with the present stu
dent governing body.”
Should the size of the Student
Senate be reduced?.
“We have little enough repre
sentation now. If Student Govei’n-
ment was doing its job in a pi'op-
er manner, it would have to hold
its meetings in G. Rollie White.”
What are your feelings on the
Hospital and Services Fees?
“The money that I pay is for
“Student Services” and I don’t
thinks students are getting their
money’s worth now. I think the
$30 per year mandatory hospital
fee is ridiculous. As the fee struc
ture is now students could be
Nancy Usnick
paying up to $115 for services
and building use fees. Here is how
it bx-eaks down:
$80 Present annual fee
30 Hospital fee increase for
next year
5 MSG fee increase for next
year
$115
In spite of claims the fee will
not be this high, this is what ex
ists right now and I’m against
this high payment.
How would you run Student
Government for the students?
“The question is really how stu
dents will run it for themselves.
“We can see that Student Gov
ernment needs more communica
tion with us. There are several
ways of doing this. One is better
publication of student feelings and
Senate “goings on” by The Bat
talion. Each budget proposal, fox-
example should be published in
the student paper before the Sen
ate votes so students can let
people know how they feel. Every
Senate agenda of the meetings
should be published on the Tues
day before the Thursday meet
ings.
Did you ever want
something so bad
it hurt?
There are crippled children
who want to walk so bad
it hurts. There are children
for whom even the simple act
of moving a pencil becomes an
agonizing test of determination.
There are children whose
courage in therapy would
astonish you.
We can help these children.
Not without pain. But we can
help them. We have the people
and the equipment. And we
have the desire. We are asking
you for the money. Give kids
a chance to walk.
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