Texas tuition residency law stricter than voting one
By CLIFF LEWIS
Everything is big in Texas, and
so is out-of-state tuition
And so is the hassle of becom-
ing a resident for educational
purposes.
If an out-of-stater wants to
vote, he can register the day he
| moves to Texas and begin voting
after 30 days, even if he lives on
a college campus. He can vote,
but he still has to pay $40 per
semester hour.
The law for educational resi
dency is stated in section 54.05
of the Texas Educational Code,
where it says one must be “gain
fully employed for a 12 month
period immediately preceding the
date of registration” to be allowed
to pay four dollars per semester
hour.
After living in the state 12
months, the code says, one may
be classified a resident according
to rules set up by the Coordinat
ing Board of the Texas College
and University System. This in
cludes students.
“Anyone over 18 has the re
sponsibility to establish his own
residency,” said Robert Lacey,
registrar. “In special cases, if a
student can furnish evidence that
he intends to develop strong ties
with the state, he can submit an
affidavit of reasons supporting
him to become a resident.”
Such ties would include paying
taxes or owning property in
Texas. Or marrying a Texan.
If a student works 20 hours or
more a ! week in the area of his
degree, if he holds a competitive
scholarship of $200 or more
through the University Scholar
ship Commission, or if he is in
the military services, he is allowed
to pay resident tuition.
“The purpose of the restric
tions and rates on nonresident
students is to make education
available to state residents at a
lower cost,” Lacey said.
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College Station, Texas
Friday, April 5, 1974
Eberhard wins president
rNS OF SPRING elections covered the campus Thursday
HBtudents went to the polls to decide the make-up of next
jjir’s student leadership. A student exercises her franchise
|(he Sbfsa newsstand (above) as posters stack up on a con-
|ieivt wooden pedestel in the mall (below). Campaigners
le ready to make a last-minute pitch, replete with printed
lat rials, to any likely-looking person, as one girl on a 10-
ned (right) discovers. (Photos by Gary Baldasari and David
Sneer)
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Students elected Steve Eber
hard overwhelmingly as Student
Body President Thursday.
Eberhard, with ovec 67 per cent
of the vote, was elected by more
than 2,000 votes over his nearest
opponent, Doc Shroff. The total
voter turn-out was considered
good by election officials, with
approximately 4,400 people voting
in the elections.
Students voted on six constitu
tional amendments as well as class
offices, student government posi
tions, graduate student council
representatives and officers of the
Residence Hall Association.
The first amendment concerned
establishing the position of exe
cutive director. The executive di
rector would be a student who
would handle part of the commit
tee responsibilities now handled
by the president. The amendment
passed 3,027 for and 1,354 against.
The second amendment com
bines the student body president’s
executive committee and the stu
dent senate executive committee.
The amendment passed 2,820 for
and 1,397 against.
The student government exec
utive committee is the president
and all committee chairmen. The
executive committee of the stu
dent body president is appointed
by the president.
Reference to the student body
president’s advisory committee
would have been deleted by the
third amendment. The amendment
failed by a vote of 1,871 for and
2,064 against.
The Senate will not be able to
overrule the president’s veto by a
simple majority next year. The
present system of needing a two-
thirds vote to override the veto
will remain because the fourth
amendment failed. The vote was
1,918 for and against 2,505.
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that the Senate must approve all
committee appointments made by
the student body president by a
two-thirds vote k The amendment
passed by a vote of 3,524 for and
860 against.
Separation of powers will re
main a part of the constitution.
This defeated amendment would
have meant that persons could
serve on more than one branch of
student government. The vote was
1,307 for and 2,777 against.
Barry Bowden, election board
chairman, reminded all winners of
elections and persons in run-offs
and all yell leader candidates must
turn in itemized expense accounts.
He also announced that the run
offs will be held next Thursday.
David White, 1973-74 student
government treasurer, said that
he will file an appeal of the yell
leaders election because of “ir
regularities of voting procedures
and electioneering within the 50
feet limit around polls.” He said
that a formal complaint will be
filed with the election hoard Fri
day.
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT:
•Steve Eberhard
Michael D. Grelser
Wally Reinke
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Doc Shroff
VICE PRESIDENT FOR
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS:
•Jeff Dunn
Shannon Walker
VICE PRESIDENT FOR
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS:
•John Nash
Hank Wahrmund
VICE PRESIDENT FOR
FINANCE:
•Curtis A. Marsh
Thomas F. Taylor
VICE PRESIDENT FOR RULES
AND REGULATIONS:
•• Susie Brewer 1207
• ‘John O. Tyler. Jr. 2002
Jerri Ward 1102
VICE PRESIDENT FOR
STUDENT SERVICES:
•Barry Brooks 2171
Hal Brunson 1920
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Shuttle bus fees
may increase $6
Students should prepare for a
possible $6 increase in user fees
for the shuttle bus next semester.
At a 10 a.m. Thursday meeting
of the Shuttle Bus Committee, Ed
Davis, assistant director of man
agement services, proposed semes
ter user fee figures of $15 for
students, $22.50 for student/
spouse and $20 for faculty/staff
riders.
After a lengthy debate on pos
sible alternatives, the committee
decided to submit the figures to
the Board of Directors April 29.
Arguing in favor of the increase,
Davis said, “The shuttle bus
must be able to stand on its own
and the only way is to raise these
user fees.”
Davis pointed out that the
service would be providing 17
more hours of service daily for
students. In order to continue the
service, $110,000 must be raised,
$58,000 of which must come from
the user fees.
Student claims police brutality
Arrested by sheriff’s men for ‘drunkenness’
By VICKIE ASHWILL
Chuck Mamzic walked out of the door
of the Lakeview Club March 23 at approx
imately 12 p.m. and disappeared.
Within the hour, Mrs. Polly Anne Mam
zic was with her son at the Brazos County
jail.
Chuck Mamzic, sophomore Corps of Ca
dets, has been charged with being drunk
jin public and Mrs. Mamzic with assaulting
an officer.
What remains are the stories of the in
dividuals involved.
After Chuck walked out of the door of
the club, where his mother and a friend,
Ernie Huss, freshman Corps of Cadets,
had remained to listen to the last few
songs, he was approached by Brazos Coun
ty Deputy Sheriff A. C. Dicky.
“I had been drinking, but I wasn’t act
ing belligerent or anything,” said Chuck.
“Every other word I said was ‘sir.’ ”
He continued saying Dicky first asked
if he had been drinking and then told him
he was drunk and going to come with
Dicky.
Chuck said three officers then sur
rounded him, while Dicky contests that
Chuck said he was going to return into
the club and doubled up his fists, although
no one fought. He added that later an of
ficer did strike Chuck in self-defense.
“He was drunk,” said Dicky. “He had
been walking into tables (at Lakeview)
and I asked him outside.”
Chuck said he was handcuffed and chem
ical mace was sprayed in his face. He
added that one officer in the car next to
him kept looking at him and laughing.
“They hadn’t even told me I was under
arrest or anything. No rights, no any
thing,” said Mamzic. “I just couldn’t be
lieve it.
“Everytime I said something, they
would hit me and spray mace in my face,”
Chuck continued.
When he reached the jail Chuck said all
he could remember was that he was spit
ting blood.
“At the station they told me I was
under arrest,” said Chuck, adding he was
so upset that he did not even think to ask
why.
“They wouldn’t let me have one phone
call,” he continued, “and then they hauled
me off to the drunk tank.”
Dicky said that deputy sheriffs’ Gary
Shaw and Jerry Leach and auxiliary re
serve officer Bill Stuckey took Chuck to
the station.
“HIS MOTHER was upset and intoxi
cated,” said Dicky. “I stayed behind to
bring her in to get her son out.”
In the meantime, Dicky said Chuck con
tinued to fight officers and in the elevator
at the jail attempted to assault an officer.
“In order to subdue a person we use
chemical mace,” continued Dicky, “but it
had no effect on Chuck.”
At this point, Mrs. Mamzic, from Lands-
dale, Penn., and Huss walked into the foyer
ofj the Lakeview Club.
She said the events were hazy and trau
matic, but there was a man not in uniform
and who did not identify himself to her.
“I saw his 10 gallon hat and I knew
who he was,” said Mrs. Mamzic. “I know
those bunch of rednecks, they don’t give
you time to think.”
Mrs. Mamzic says she was told her son
was in the county jail for resisting arrest.
Huss contends the officer said Chuck had
been taken to downtown Bryan for being
drunk.
Huss said Mrs. Mamzic was upset, but
that the officer was not rude. “He was sort
of apologetic,” added Huss.
Mrs. Mamzic said she protested her
son’s being in jail, but the officer said she
had to come with him. She left her car
aa the Lakeview Club.
Chuck was brought down to his mother
when she arrived at the station. Huss said
Shuck had swollen eyes, blood on his chin,
a puffy lower lip and a red lump under his
eye.
“HE WAS UPSET and didn’t know why
this had to happen to him,” said Huss.
Both Chuck and Mrs. Mamzic said she
asked for a picture to be taken of Chuck
after she saw his face. The request was
denied.
Mrs. Mamzic said she saw red after her
son told her what had happened and
slammed one of the officers with her purse.
Two officers grabbed the five-foot seven-
inch 95 lb. Mrs. Mamzic and another
grabbed Chuck, then took him back to his
cell.
“They knew we were from Pennsylvania
and that they had the upperhand,” said
Chuck.
Dicky said the entire time both Chuck
(See STUDENT, p. 3)
Today
Moody college
Grade appeals
p. 3
p. 4
Weather
Fair and mild today and
tomorrow with a high of
73° Friday afternoon.
Winds from the north
8-12 m.p.h. Cool again to
night and tomorrow
morning, 48°. Fair and
warmer Saturday. High
tomorrow 80°.
Western dancing,
carnival scheduled
Following this afternoon’s Ca
reer Day, K 2 FH + 0 will have din
ner in the Sbisa annex for all
women, at 5 p.m. Women who do
not pay board fees must pay $2.
Buses will pick up women to
take them to the western dance
afterward at the Lakeview Club.
Lasting from 8 p.m. to midnight,
it will cost $2 for men and $1
for women.
Beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday
a carnival will be held in the
Academic area mall. The various
booths will run until 6 p.m.
That night a street dance will
be held in the Grove. From 7:30
until 12, a disc jockey from WT-
AW radio station will play re
quests. The dance is free and
open to the public.
A question was raised by Ron
Miori, student committee member,
as to how to encourage more stu
dents to use the shuttlebus.
The committee decided that
Charles Powell, dean of men,
would write a letter to Dr. V. G.
Stover to request an increase in
parking fees. This way when
students compare the prices of
parking fees to shuttle bus fees,
there would not be a significant
difference, thus encouraging stu
dents to ride the shuttle bus
rather than drive a car to campus.
Although objections may be
raised against the increased fees,
Powell said that it is the only way
the committee can continue its
obligation to the students to
provide the service.
The committee also plans to
raise additional funds through
contributions from apartment
complexes on the routes.
Opera soprano
talent Galvany
here Tuesday
Marisa Galvany, soprano, will
sing in concert Tuesday at 8 p.m.
in the Rudder Center Auditorium.
Galvany, a talented opera sing
er, made her operatic debut in
1969. She attracted the attention
of late impresario Sol Hurok, who
signed her to his roster of out
standing musical artists the next
year.
Her voice is described as rich,
with brilliant high tones and
great strength throughout. She
has been compared favorably
with both Joan Sutherland and
Maria Callas.
The Galvany concert is the first
of three Opera and Performing
Arts Society concerts scheduled
for April.
The Houston Symphony will
play here April 25. They will
also present three concerts for
public school students during
their visit. These concerts, on
both April 25 and 26, are spon
sored by the Brazos Valley Art
Council.
Young violinist Itzhak Peri-
mann will play the last concert of
OPAS’ premier season April 29.
Tickets for the Galvany per
formance are available at the
Rudder Center box office week
days from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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