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Page 2 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1974 CADET SLOUCH Your Man at Batt by Greg Moses Harold Pettit paid $11.50 for running a stop sign in College Station and found the penalty for the same offense in Bryan was $7.50. “I realize that the city officials set the rates between some minimum and maximum issued by the state. Wiry is College Station so much higher?” asked Pettit. There are limits set by the legislature. The fines for running a stop sign may legally range from $1 to $200. The reviewing judge is at liberty to set the fine within these limits at his discretion. The judge one sees depends on who the arresting officer is. A citation from the Department of Public Safety, a Justice of the Peace Constable or sometimes a University Police officer will usually be referred to the Justice of the Peace Mike Callaham, says his clerk Glenda Chaney. Citations from College Station Police will come before Judge Phillip Goode (a management professor). Bryan tickets are reviewed by Judge Bill Langford. Each has a printed list of the fines he will assess for moving violations. (Moving violations on campus are a flat $5. Repeaters are charged $10, then $15 and $20. After $20 other measures, such as license revocation are taken.) As it turns out, Pettit’s question has good timing. The difference in fines will soon be rectified. “We are in the process of updating our fines to conform better with those assessed in this area,” said Judge Langford. Sometime this month, the cost of running a stop sign in Bryan will be changed from $7.50 to $12.50. Lab fees News analysis Congress may defeai own raise in salary To' dif A student taking Psychology 624 questioned the validity of the $5 lab fee charged for that course. “They say we have to pay the fee because of the tests we use in the course,” he said. “There are 19 people but only eight tests. Why should the other 11 have to pay for someone else’s test?” Psyc. 624 is a course in individual testing, designed to teach testing techniques. The testing kits referred to are out with repeated usage, said Dr. Clessen J. Martin, head of the Psychology Department. An example is the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test which a student would take and administer to 15 or 20 others (usually children). Dr. Martin estimates that this test costs $300, paid for from the departmental operating expenses. “I would like to offer a larger range and number of tests,” he said. “But the budget makes this unfeasible.” The student also said, “I have heard that sometimes the department does not receive money from the lab fees, but that it goes into the general university fund.” He is almost right. Departments never directly receive the lab fees assessed the student. Departmental operating budgets are fed by the Texas Legislature which takes into account the cost of labs. This year the legislature appropriated to TAMU $5,605 million to cover departmental operating expenses. The university then supplemented that budget with $138,000. Lab fees are paid to the Fiscal Department and go into the university operating budget. “Lab fees between $2 and $5 are authorized by law,” said Controller of Accounts Clark Diebel. Every June the lab fees are re checked by department heads to reconsider old fees and perhaps suggest new ones. The fees are finally approved by the president. “Th’ note says that he’ll be held until all those in dorm 12 are given A’s in all courses!” NSL delegates disappointed after talk with number two By WALTER R. MEARS Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON <A>)—On paper it looked fine: a system of regu lar congressional pay raises, with no need for politically trouble some Senate and House votes to boost the salaries of members. But that plan has come apart. As a result, congressional pay may stay at $42,500 a year, even though most members would like more. While the outcome is not yet clear, a similar raise for judges and top administration of ficials may be blocked, too. If there is one thing a politi cian can do without, it is an elec tion-year vote to increase his own salary. It can be a made-to-order issue for a November election ri val, particularly with the econo my troubled and with signs that this may be a difficult year for incumbents. PRESIDENT NIXON proposed the pay raise, 7.5 per cent a year, to boost congressional pay to $52,800 in 1976. The package in cludes similar 22.5 per cent, three- year raises for the judiciary and for executive branch appointees, some 10,000 people in all. It is all part of a system creat ed in 1967. Under that law, a nine-member advisory commission examines the congressional, exec utive and judicial pay structure every four years, and recommends any changes it deems warranted. In turn, the President makes his recommendation, effective in 30 days unless either branch of Congress votes to reject it. In this case, the deadline is March 6 of a congressional election year, and a rejection vote appears likely. When the commission plan was enacted, everybody seemed insu lated, Congress by the presiden tial judgment as to what its sal ary level should be, and the Pres ident by the guidance of the sal ary commission recommendations. Statistically, if not poll there are strong argun®) the increase. The officials!; ed have not had a raiss 1969. In that period, as oik member noted, civil servi# ployes have had raises t( 36.5 per cent, average mj comparable private empli have gone up 28 percent,®; cost of living has increased per cent. Having offered figures, the congressman nounced his opposition tear; raise. ACTUALLY, THE CURRENT commission voted 7 to 2 for an immediate 25 per cent pay raise, emphasizing the need for higher pay to attract and keep federal judges and top civil servants. Nixon recommended somewhat less and spread it over three years, noting that the govern ment has been asking private in dustry employees to forego big increases. The package pay plat created another problem sir« law, the top civil services! cannot exceed the botton rung for appointed officials, has stalled salaries for tt government executives at IS a year, and has some bosses subordinates at the samepa; el. All Congress had to do was nothing, and the raise would have taken effect. But there was pres sure for a vote, particularly among senators who are going to be candidates in November. The result could be rejection of the whole package, although a for mula awaiting Senate motion would drop only the congressional raise. Aggie coed on NSL board By CO Have with Ti year? ily, thi: that tl tertain Dou( man f< new 1 mittee The I Counci resider ization commi “Th< the lai tives,” App commi Studer must 1 Inte lowing those tions, The first r after ' have will b dents they ‘Wi TAMU OFF-CAMPUS SD TOR Carol Moore was to the 1974-75 NSL Board t! rectors in one of six at-largj tions for the U. S. At-larji rectors were chosen by tbc 74 board. Read Battalion Classilieds By VICKIE ASHWILL Staff Writer WASHINGTON, DC — Nine National Student Lobby delegates left Senator John Tower’s office here Wednesday expressing dis appointment after meeting with his legislative aide. The delegates met with Gary L. Lieber when Tower was retained on the floor of the Senate after they spent two days getting an ap pointment. Lieber said he suspected the senator could support some in crease in educational funding. Lieber also said Tower generally supported stand-by discount fares on air, bus and train transporta tion. TEXAS DELEGATES brought up the Big Thicket issue. The Leg islative aide noted that the House had already passed a bill concern ing the Thicket and the Senate expected a bill in March. “Although I don’t like the term ‘legislative taking,’ the senator (Tower) is in favor of it,” said Lieber. Legislative taking refers to the government buying lands with im mediate possession at the legisla ture’s whim. “The committee (for the Big Thicket bill) is against taking, and I understand the House Inter ior Committee is also against it,” Lieber said. HE SAID HE HAD been told the Senate committee decided to take one last trip down to the Thicket before making any de cision. “We do support the youth sub minimum wage, particularly for those under 22 years of age who are out of school,” said Lieber. “I think there is a tremendous support within the Senate,” said Lieber. “Unfortunately the AFL- CIO doesn’t support it (the sub minimum wage), and right now they control the Senate.” isbsSHUGART coupon^ FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MARCH 1 AND 2 Gibson Discount Center 1420 Texas Avenue 9 WALLET SIZE COLOR PORTRAITS 994 Che Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the editor or of the uniter of the article and are not necessarily those of the University administration or the Board of Directors. The Battalion is a non-profit, self-supporting enterprise operated by students as a l niiversity and Community newspaper. 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