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Vo! b % L 4' College Station, Texas Wednesday, January 29, 1975
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Rape forum p.5
Prairie View p.6
House to decide raises;
speed essential for effect
AUSTIN (AP) — Legislative sponsors of an
emergency pay raise bill for state employes knuck
led under to Gov. Dolph Briscoe today and cut the
proposed increases by $15 million.
Their substitute measure was laid out when the
House began consideration of the Senate-passed
bill.
Instead of the $108 million measure sent to the
floor Tuesday by the House Appropriations Com
mittee, Rep. Fred Head, D-Troup, the sponsor,
argued for a $93 million total raise. Briscoe had
indicated he might veto any bill that was not close
to the $90 million he had recommended.
The Senate passed a $93 million bill, but with a
different schedule of raises, last week. Head said he
believed the Senate would accept his substitute
bill.
The Head substitute would provide 13 per cent
raises for lower ranked employes — most of whom
make less than $10,000; 9 per cent for those in
middle level jobs, earnings up to $23,220 a year;
and a flat $174 a month for those in higher pay
categories.
Speed was essential because pay raises would be
delayed until March 1 if the bill did not pass both
houses and obtain Briscoe’s signature by midnight
F riday
Raises provided by the House committee’s bill
range from 14.2 per cent for lower echelon emp
loyees to a flat $203 a month for those making
$1,935 a month or more, all the way up to the
$63,000-a-year governor. The Senate’s bill concen
trated percentage pay raises in the lower ranks,
giving only 5.5 per cent a year to those making
$20,500 a year or more.
State employees salaries were increased 3.4
per cent on Sept. 1, 1974, and the Legislative
Budget Board has recommended further raises to
take effect Sept. 1, 1975.
In his message to the legislature a week ago,
Briscoe recommended a blanket raise of 10 per cent
for all state employees, from top to bottom.
Senators passed and sent to the House two
measures Tuesday that were designed to ease the
inflation pinch on retired teachers and state emp
loyees. They would cost nearly $125 million.
Both, however, are contingent on voter ap
proval in April of a constitutional amendment rais
ing from 6 to 10 per cent the maximum amount of a
teacher’s or state employee’s salary that can be
deducted for retirement and matched by the state.
Each bill, however, anticipated approval by
providing at least one check at the higher rate
before the election on the amendment.
The measures provide a flat 12 per cent in
crease for the 9,600 retired state employees and
from 5 to 18 per cent for 40,000 retired teachers.
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1 MSC desires (
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Can women yell?
Senate to decide issue
By JUDY BAGGETT
Staff Writer
A resolution recommending no restriction on the sex of yell leaders will be
read for the first ime at the Senate meeting Wednesday night.
The meeting will be at 7:30 p. m. in 204 Harrington.
Another resolution concerning yell leaders recommends that the yell
leader with the most votes get the position of head yell leader. Presently, the
yell leader committee selects the head yell leader.
Several other resolutions will have a first reading. The spring break
resolution will recommend that all Texas universities break at the same
hme. The idea came from the Texas Tech Senate.
Also on the agenda is the approval of $400 to buy Gathright awards. Each
department selects three students for academic excellence and leadership to
Set the award.
The senate will hear the first reading of the “Nutshell resolution. Nut
shell is an interest magazine for students and is bought and distributed by
tudent/Senate each year. The Senate will decide whether or not to put the
Magazine in the budget for next year.
Blue Book revisions resolution on Section I will be heard for the first time.
Also at the meeting a vote will be taken on the general election by all
students of yell leaders and on state legislative affairs. The affairs would be
•he students on governing boards, student input on service fees and legisla-
tio n on building use fees.
By JUDY BAGGETT
Staff Writer
Town Hall and MSC Student
Programs will request $33,160 addi
tional funds at Thursday night’s
Student Service Fee Allocation
Committee meeting. Curt Marsh,
student vice-president of finance,
said Monday.
Student Services Fee Reserve is
five per cent of the total money
brought in by the $19.80 per semes
ter student service fee. It is used to
cover deficits, fill gaps and for addi-
tional programming.
Town Hall is asking for $5,000 to
program a TAMU special attraction
in conjunction with Black Aware
ness Week.
MSC Student programs is re
questing $28,160.
$480 — to purchase leather, batik
and lapidary workshop
equipment for the Arts and
Crafts program.
$4,860 — installation of heating and
air conditioning in the
Basement Coffeehouse.
$21,170 — establishment of a video
tape program
$1,550
$100
— publicity for MSC pro
grams.
to print Free University in
structor handouts.
Both groups will give a presenta
tion explaining why the additional
money is needed. Marsh said. The
committee and spectators can then
ask questions. The recommenda
tion made by the committee will go
to Dr. John Koldus, vice president
of student services, and then to
President Williams.
Marsh said that Dr. Koldus “will
essentially approve, assuming the
recommendation is logical.”
This is the first time for student
input concerning reserve fee alloca
tion.
Marsh chairs the committee.
Senators on the committee are Tom
Dawsey, Davis-Gary-Moore-
Moses; Rajesh Kent, Law-
Puryear-Cain; David McCabe,
Utay-White; Joe Marcello,
graduate, science; Carol Moore,
off-campus, undergraduate; Bob
Shokes, off-campus, graduate;
David Stockard, graduate engineer
ing; Lisa Swanson, freshman
senator. Karla Mouritsen, record
ing secretary for the student gov
ernment, is also on the committee.
The committee’s recommenda
tion for reserve funds will not go to
Student Senate, as do allocation re
commendations. Marsh said he felt
more student input was not needed
and it will be faster not to go through
the senate.
Tharrr she blunders!
Photo by Jack Holm
Workmen unleashed
Tuesday evening near
this gusher
quitting time.
Raindrops kept falling on the heads of
passersby for over an hour and a half.
Shoes become casualties
of building programs
By JUDY BAGGETT
Staff Writer
Muddy shoes and long treks
around construction sites have be
come the norm on campus lately.
Ross Street is the main problem
area, said Chief Luther, Tuesday.
Six crosswalks have been installed
across the tom up street, after sev
eral girls complained to R. L.
Melcher, Administrative Officer,
about muddy shoes. Lateral board
walks were also installed along the
street because of sinking sidewalks
due to rain.
Houston Street is a problem, too.
Luther said that he had reports of
two or three persons slipping and
falling, but there were no injuries.
The University Hospital also had no
reported injuries due to construc
tion.
Some students and faculty have
accepted the inconvenience caused
by construction as part of life at
A&M.
“The toughest thing is just getting
from one place to another, espe
cially when it rains,” said Dr. Wil
liam Pride, marketing professor.
“I’m not complaining though. The
noise (of construction) is the worst
part.”
Several students said they had no
problem getting to class, but
pointed out that it took a bit longer.
Others are not complacent about
the hassle.
“Yesterday I tripped over an iron
pipe on the sidewalk and some of
the sidewalks have been slippery,”
said Gwen Gable, stenographer for
the English Department. “It is just
inconvenient.”
Another student commented on
the dust in the air on dry days near
construction areas.
“You get dirty because of the
heavy equipment stirring up the
dirt when you walk by, he said.
“I damn near fell flat on my nose,”
said Barbara West, junior, explain
ing that the crosswalk had a split
between the boards.
Melcher summed up the situa
tion as “just the general inconveni
ence of construction. ”
Throat dry?
No relief in sight
Photo by Kevin Fotorny
Elegance of Scarlatti
^y'ng pieces from Scarlatti and other Theater Tuesday night. He delighted
f 'assical composers, Minoru Nojima per- everyone there.
0rr ned magnificently in the Rudder
“One thing that I think people
have to get through their heads is
that the university is an autocratic
society,” said Dr. John Koldus, vice
president of student services.
“That’s right!” said Mark Rankin,
chairman of the MSC Great Issues
committee. Great Issues didn’t
sponsor this debate over liquor on
campus, the Student Y did; but
Rankin was walking toward the front
of the room for an after-program de
bate.
Koldus, representing the
administration’s view, stepped
backed to the chalkboard and began
diagramming a simple organiza
tional chart to illustrate his point.
“The governor appoints the
board, said Koldus, drawing the
first box at the top of the chart.
“The board appoints the presi
dent. The president appoints the
vice presidents. And so on,” con
tinued Koldus as he drew more
boxes and lines in his example chart.
Then he lowered his chalk to the
bottom of the chalkboard near the
chalkwell. “And the students are
way down here. He drew a
squiggly line.
“That s right,” said Rankin again
as he began explaining the legal
status of university organization.
“I don’t think this institution will
ever get to the point where it will be
totally democratic, ’ Koldus had said
earlier. “We will never take a vote
on every issue. Koldus was explain
ing why a student vote favoring a
pub would not be enough reason for
for campus
Bill Davis
changing the university policy
against liquor.
“Contrary to what The Battalion
says, the administration is receptive
to what students have to say,” said
Koldus. He said there may be a
misunderstanding on the meaning
of input: For instance, he said
when he has a staff meeting, he
takes a poll of his staff. But if the staff
votes for a policy which turns out to
be bad, he must change that policy.
“So what can students do to get a
pub on campus?” asked Keith Sing
leton, who was reading questions
submitted by the 60 students in the
room.
Right now the policy is set by the
board of directors. The board would
have to change that policy,” said
Koldus.
With that issue settled, the dis
cussion tumed a different direction.
The most telling discussion was
prompted with the following
question:
What effect does a pub have
on academic performance?
“Harvard has a high average
Grade Point Ratio, I understand,”
said MSC President Bill Davis. “A
pub is not fatal one way or the other.
Five years from now, there would
be no major effect on the school or
the happiness of the students. It
would just be a nice place for stu
dents to go and have a beer with
lunch or a place where students
could go at 5 o’clock for a beer or
two.”
“That could still be done off cam
pus,” said the remaining panel
member. Senior Class President
Louie Gohmert.
“But I’d like to see an academic
community that was comfortable.
Alcohol is part of our culture,” said
Davis. “It’s not necessary to get
Louis Gohmert
drunk. It’s a mixer . . . It’s part of
our society.”
“So is rape,” countered Gohmert.
“. . . I’d just like to see it served
as something for those who would
like to take advantage of it, ans-
(See PUB, p.3)