Dale Foster
By ALAN KILUNGSWORTH
Staff Writer
When neither the Political Sci
ence Department nor the registrar’s
effice had any record of Dale Foster
being a student, people became
suspicious.
Foster, political science
graduate, was elected to the Stu
dent Senate last year to serve one
year in the postion of Graduate
senator from the College of Liberal
Arts. He is no longer a student and
continues to hold that position.
“We- knew he wasn’t in any
graduate classes this semester, ” said
Glen Brown, graduate student in
political science. “It seemed he’d
only shown up on days when the
Senate was having a meeting.”
According to several sources,
Foster is now employed with a firm
. . . your constituents want to see you
in Dallas working as a management
trainee. He commutes from Dallas
on the Wednesdays that there are
Senate meetings.
If this is true. Dale Foster is in
violation of two University Regula
tions, said Milton Nielsen, senior
political science major.
According to University Regula
tions, a senator must be a member
of his constituency. He must also be
a regular student to take part in the
programs offered on campus.
“I notified Steve Eberhard last
week of this possible illegality, ” re
marked Julie Reedy, off-campus
graduate senator. “We waited, but
nothing was done.
Eberhard said that he was looking
into the matter and was planning
action through the Executive
Committee. He wants to have Fos
ter as well as the plaintiffs on hand
for the meeting.
Eberhard said the Senate has
been looking into amendments that
would prevent this from happening.
After Mary Ellen Martin lost her
seat in the Senate, a resolution was
drawn up that would define the
status a senator should keep. It was
never passed.
“If we can prove that Dale is not a
member of his constituency, then
he should be removed,” Eberhard
said.
Foster claims that he is making up
some Incompletes and that he
should be entitled to keep his seat in
the Senate, Eberhard explained.
Presently, Foster is in Connec
ticut and unavailable for comment
on the proposed action.
Nielsen has drawn up a complaint
and has submitted it to the Student
Government Judicial Board. The
review of the matter is expected
Monday night.
“I couldn’t believe that the Se
nate hadn’t taken any action to re
move Foster, Nielsen said. “My
whole point is I’m not being rep
resented. If the Senate can’t find the
time or the need to remove him,
then I’m gonna get on my soap lx>x. ”
Thursday action
Jury finishes work; indicts 22
By STEVE GRAY
Staff Writer
Bie Brazos County Grand Jury
returned 22 indictments Thursday
on offenses ranging from burglary to
driving while intoxicated.
Five persons were indicted for
burglary. They are Michael Wayne
Graham of 1910 Orman in Bryan,
free on $250 cash bond; Scott Jeffrey
Brown of 1236 Tanglewood in
Cleburne, out on $5,000 bond;
Guadalupe Maldonado of 1606 N.
Sims in Bryan, held in county jail
under $2,500 bond; Dale B.
Claypoole of 405 Helena in Bryan,
free on $5,000 bond; and Ellery
Cornelius Oliver of 604 N. Polk in
Bryan, out on $5,000 bond.
Persons indicted for burglary
with intent to commit theft were
Larry Joe Starkey of 1004 Middle
St. in Bryan, free on $5,000 bond;
John Chappie of'810 N. Polk in
Bryan, held in county jail under
$50,000 bond; and Dexter Buggs of
1200 Ridgedale in Bryan, also being
held in county jail.
Two persons were indicted for
possession of a controlled sub
stance. Charles Harold Samson III
of 104 Dellwood, Apt. C, in Bryan is
free on $2,500 bond. Both he and
Joseph Naylor Daisa of 104 De
llwood, No. 2, in Bryan were origi
nally charged with possession ol
marijuana Feb. 4.
Two persons were indicted for
aggravated assault. Ronald Tilman
Hensley of2307 Morningside Dr. in
Bryan is free on $1,000 bond and
Merril T. Blake of 2001 Beck in
Bryan was re-indicted because of a
mistake in the original indictment
returned Jan. 30. Blake is free on
$5,000 bond.
Lois S. Goosby of 905 San Jacinto
Ave. in Bryan was indicted for carry
ing an unlawful weapon on licensed
premises. She is free on $1,000
bond.
Sammy Santos Cordero of 607 N.
Parker in Bryan was indicted for
burglary of a vehicle. He is free on
$5,000 bond.
Eight other persons were in
dicted for driving while intoxicated.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Do
you know what a pessimist is?
A man who thinks everybody is
as nasty as himself, and hates
them for it — George Bernard
Shaw, British playwright,
1856-1950.
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College Station, Texas
Friday, February 21, 1975
This new sixteen-thousand dollar aviary rests
high atop the Nagle building. As a cage for
cowbirds, this domed structure is used for
research in the cost of feeding the birds.
Those who wish to visit the aviary must make
an appointment first, (see story p. 4)
Directors will study
new building plans
Landscaping, athletic facilities
and new construction will occupy
the Building Studies Committee
meeting, Monday.
Two bids on landscaping will be
considered at 9 a. m. in the Board of
Directors room of the University
Center. More money has been sug
gested for the perimeter and entr
ance development to continue the
work begun with the construction of
the North gate Wall. Landscaping in
the north dormitory area at a cost of
$530,000 from the University Avail
able Fund will be studied.
New Astro Turf for Kyle Field
and money for a new intramurals
complex will also be discussed. The
new turf will cost about $400,000.
Half of the money will come from
the Auxiliary Enterprises Administ
ration Reserve which is to be paid
back from the Athletic Facilities
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Revenue Fund. The latter fund will
foot $150,000 of the bill for the turf
and the final $50,000 will come from
interest on time deposits.
The Intramural Complex will be
considered for about $108,000. The
entire amount for those new
facilities will come from the Univer
sity Available Fund.
Bids for the new $8 million ar
chitecture building will be consid
ered. The money will come from
Unappropriated Plant Funds/Com
bined Fee Revenue Bonds.
Sbisa will see $1,150,000 in reno
vations from the Building
Studies Committee discussed. That
expense will come from a special
fund for Sbisa Phase I improve-
ments.
Bids for Phase IV of the campus
street renovation and lighting for
the new street system will also be
considered. The street renovations
will cost about $20,000 more than
the $1,700,000 already approp
riated. Those additional funds will
come from the University Available
Fund.
The committee will consider an
appropriation of $275,000 for a de
tailed building design. That amount
will supplement $68,500 already
appropriated for study into the new
classroom laboratory building. The
money will come from Unapprop
riated Plant Funds/Permanent
University Fund Bonds.
Other items under consideration
by the committee will include;
— electrical modifications for the
new West Campus
— bids for a new Soil and Crop
Sciences and Entomology Center
— Utilities relocation for the
West Campus
— approving money for a detailed
design of a new Motor Pool Facility
— appropriations for a detailed
design for renovation of the organic
chemistry laboratory fume hoods
— renovation of Building 509 for
University Police
— proposed additional parking
area for the U.S. Postal Service
facilities
‘On the road to recovery’
Directors meet Tuesday
to study tenure, building
The TAMU Board of Directors
will meet to consider construction
on campus, tenure recommenda
tions and academic matters on
Tuesday.
The Board will meet at 9 a.m. in
the Board room of the new Board
of Directors wing of the University
Center.
Landscaping, athletic facilities
and new buildings will be decided
based on the information from the
Building Studies Committee which
meets on Monday.
The Board will also consider
establishing a fee of $15 for admin
istration of each Departmental
Comprehensive Examination given
at A&M. That fee is being suggested
to help defray the expense of ad
ministering the test as well as pre
venting) the indiscriminate taking
of tests, ” according to the recom
mendation signed by Edwin H.
Cooper, dean of admissions and
records.
Those faculty members recom
mended for tenure to the Board
include:
Name Dept.
Barry, Peter J. AgEco
Brown, Kirk W. S&CS
Cheek, Neil H. R&P
Donovan, Gerard A. B&B
Grigsby, Ronald D. B&B
Herring, Donald R. AgEd
Magill, Clint W. p]Sc
McCree, Keith J. S&CS
McWilliams, Edward L. S&CS
Pace, Carlos N. B&B
Reddell, Donald L. AgEng
Schneider, Vernon E. AgEco
Scifres, Charles J. RaSc
Sporleder, Thomas L. AgEco
College of Architecture
Caporina, Anthony J. EnD
Cornish, Robert S. U&RP
Greer, John O. Arch
Hill, Rodney C. EnD
Maffei, Gerald EnD
Poniz, Dusan Arch
Schiffhauer, Robert EnD
Trost, Frederick J. BC
Watkins, E. Dudley Arch
College of Business
Administration
Etter, Wayne E. Fin
Smith, August W. Mgmt
Strawser, R. H. Acct
Wolfe, Arthur V. Mgmt
College of Education
Berridge, Robert I. EdAd
David, David W. EdC&l
Hurley, Robert S. H&PE
Janke, Delmar L. EdC&I
Limbacher, Philip C. EdC&I
Little, Mildred Jess H&PE
Seaman, Don F. EdAd
Shutes, Robert E. EdC&I
Tolson, Homer H&PE
College of Engineering
Anderson, Swiki A. ME
Blackwell, William R. CE
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Weather
Partly cloudy Friday with
southerly winds 10-20 mph.
High today 75. Cloudy
Saturday with a high of 69.
20 per cent chance of rain
tonight with a low of 59.
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Chevalier, Howard L.
Coppinger, J. Tim
DeMichele, Don W.
Jones, Harry L.
McDonald, Donald
Messer, Carroll J.
Pooch, Udo W.
Raczkowski, George
Rice, Don A.
Stone, Jack L.
Williams, Glen N.
College of Geosciences
Bright, Thomas J.
Driscoll, Dennis M.
Jeffrey, Lela M.
College of Liberal Arts
Battalio, Raymond C.
Bernstein, Robert A.
Berthold, Dennis A.
Bryant, Vaughn M.
DeVany, Arthur S.
Dixon, Warren A.
Halter, Gary M.
Kagel, John H.
McCann, Hugh J.
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Twelve faculty members from
Tarleton State are being considered
for tenure.
Other items to be considered by
the Board are:
—Authorization of a doctor of
philosophy and doctor of education
degree option in agricultural educa
tion
—authorization of a new Bach
elor of Science degree program in
Marine Biology
—recommendation to get new
rate quotations for employee dis
ability insurance coverage
County, SG
will register
voters now
Student Government will regis-
tervoters until 5p.m. Friday, in the
lobby of the MSC.
Students unable to register by
then may file through Feb. 28 at the
Brazos County Tax Assessor-
Collector’s Office and still be able to
vote in the April election.
Student Government asks stu
dents to put their local box number
or apartment number rather than
their hometown mailing address or
dorm and room on the registration
form. The form must also be signed
before returning it.
The expected number of regis
tered voters is two thousand, but
the present count is only 1,500.
People who have voted in the last
three years need not register again.
The annual change to Daylight Savings Time is
here again to confound the public. At 2 a.m., Sunday
most states will convert to the new summer hours.
Clocks should be turned forward one hour.
The reason for the early start this year is an effort to
ease the energy crisis and give farmers an extra hour
of sunshine.
Housing industry improves
By LOUISE COOK
AP Writer
The ailing housing industry may
be on the road to recovery.
An Associated Press survey on
Thursday showed that interest rates
are down, mortgages are easier to
get and builders in some areas are
offering trading stamps and other
bonuses to potential home buyers.
Realtors report business has picked
up considerably in recent weeks.
“We are finally getting some posi
tive momentum going,” said buil
der Kyle Altman of Memphis,
Tenn. The Benj. Franklin Federal
Savings and Loan Association in
Portlant, Ore., reported housing
demand and sales have increased
significantly in the last 30 days.
The picture isn’t completely
bright. There are regional excep
tions to the general trend. Bankers
say people in some areas are still too
worried about the economic situa
tion and the possibility of unemp
loyment to think about buying a
house.
There also is a backlog of houses
that must be sold before the con
struction industry picks up. The en
thusiasm of consumers is too recent
to show up in the statistics. There is
a lag between the time a buyer tells
a realtor he wants to purchase a
house and the date the transaction is
completed and recorded.
The Commerce Department said
Wednesday that the number of
housing starts in January increased
for the first time in four months but
added that the level was well below
the 1974 figure. In addition, the
number of permits issued for build
ing new homes was at a record low
last month.
Realtors and bankers say, how
ever, that people seem more willing
to buy and borrow, mainly because
of lower interest rates and greater
availability of mortgage money.
The Department of Housing and
Urban Development added $3 bill
ion to the pool of money available
for mortgages by the Federal Hous
ing and Veterans Administrations.
Savings and loan associations say
their deposits have increased, giv
ing them more money for mort
gages.
Tiles fall in place —t -k.,
Renovation of Corps dorm area includes to complete this part of the construction,
a sidewalk made of tiles. Workers are about and will go with arches and cement walks.