MSC Council okays tentative budget request
Council officers, committee chairmen for 1975-76 chosen
By JUDY BAGGETT
Staff Writer
MSC Council approved a tenta
tive budget request for $106,105,
Monday night, at the MSC Council
and Directorate meeting.
The request goes to the Student
Service Fee Allocation Committee
Thursday night.
The Council also selected new
vice presidents and committee
chairmen for next year. They will
take office April 4.
Chosen for the new positions are:
Vice President of Adminis
tration—John Nelson, junior. Polit
ical Science
Vice President of Programs—Bob
Barbier, junior, Accounting
Vice President of Finance—Gary
Brown, sophomore, Accounting
Director of Operations—Carolyn
Johnson, sophomore, Marine Biol
ogy
Director of Public Relations-
—Doug Branch, sophomore.
Sociology
Director of Projects—Jesse Val
lejo, sophomore, Accounting
Aggie Cinema—Mike Riewe,
junior. Civil Engineering
Arts—David McKissack, junior,
Horticulture
Monday’s regularly sched
uled meeting of the College Sta
tion Planning and Zoning
Commission was canceled be
cause of a conflict with a spe
cial meeting of the City Council.
The Commission’s next meet
ing will be March 17.
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Battalion
Vol. 68 No. 83
College Station, Texas
Tuesday, March 4, 1975
Basement—Jeff Davis, junior,
Pre-med
Camera—Ben Klein, junior. Ac
counting
Black Awareness—Greg Martin,
freshman. Pre-pharmacy
Cepheid Variable—Jane Swat-
zell, sophomore. Biochemistry
C.A.M.A.—Dennis Medina,
sophomore, Psychology
Free University—Kyle Klemcke,
junior, Zoology
Great Issues—Lawrence
Schumann, junior. Accounting
Host and Fashion—Margaret
Schlater, freshman, EDCI
Outdoor Recreation—John Mor-
lock, sophomore, Recreation and
Parks
Political Forum—John Oef-
finger, senior, Anthropology
Radio—Ronald Hollas, sopho
more, Electrical Engineering
Recreation—Steve Wagner,
junior, Marketing
S.C.O.N.A.—Joe Carter,
sophomore, Accounting
Town Hall—Mark Probst, junior,
Environmental Design
Travel—Cheryl Hall, junior,
Floriculture
Also at the meeting, the council
considered combining Political
Forum and Great Issues to lower
expenses on speakers. Expenses
would be increased on other types
of entertainment.
The consolidation was tabled for
further consideration because of
opposition from some council
members.
“I consider it a major change in
the structure of this organization
and think that it deserves careful
study,” Dr. Tom Adair said. “I am
opposed.”
The proposal had not been
through the executive committee. If
the committees consolidate, the
goals of the two will be combined.
A request for $1,175 to update
Radio Committee equipment was
approved by the Council. The
equipment being used now was
bought 10 years ago and has been
used about 200 hours a month since
then.
Intramurals requests
increase of $100,000
By T. C. GALLUCCI
Staff Writer
Intramurals, shuttle bus, Student
Government and The Battalion are
asking for $345,141.89 from a com
mittee of ten students.
The Student Services Fee Alloca
tions Committee listened to budget
requests for 1975-76 Monday night.
The committee, headed by Curt
Marsh, student vice president of fi
nance, considers requests and
makes recommendations to the
Student Senate.
Dennis Corrington, intramurals
director, requested $172,281.89 cit
ing expansion as the primary justifi
cation. Intramurals is operating on
$70,000 this year.
When asked how he could do
such a good job with the money
from last year and still need
$172,000 this year, Corrington re
plied that an overworked staff and
much-needed expansion resulted in
the necessary increase.
The intramural’s budget break
down is as follows:
Salaries $57,850.00
Wages $73,972.00
Other expenses $38,159.89
Capital outlay $3,200.00
Representing The Battalion,
Lane Stephenson, associate direc
tor of student publications, re
quested the next highest allocation.
After asking for $81,900 last year
a nd receiving $65,000, Stephenson
Presented a proposed budget of|
$96,120 for 1975-76.
Three major reasons were cited
for the requested increase. The Bat
talion is now responsible for 65 per
ce nt of Student Publication ex-
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Aggie Forum p. 2
Accident p. 3
Elephant Bowl p. 6
penses, as opposed to 50 per cent
last year. Larger papers, expanded
coverage and higher commissions
resulting from increased advertising
are factors contributing to desired
salary and wage raises. Also cited
was inflationary prices including a
10 per cent increase in printing
charges.
Facing an estimated income of
$252,120, they project anticipated
salaries and wages to be $80,120.
Mechanical, advertising, editorial,
circulation and administrative costs
are expected to reach $172,000.
Michael Goeken, management
services, proposed a budget of
$55,320 for shuttle bus. Assisted by :
Roger Miller, Goeken spoke of an
estimated 576 additional riders
which would necessitate another
bus at 10 hours a day and at $8.35
per hour.
Planned expansion included the
addition of dispatch radios for the
buses, four on-campus shelters, a
$1,500 contingency fund and gen
eral expansion of services. Operat
ing on $52,000 of student services
fees in 1974-75, the shuttlebus sys
tem will receive a $3,320 increase if
the request is approved.
Elaborating on the necessity of
the increase, Goeken said, “You can
not deny a person service because
you have no money, not when he’s
already paid his fee.”
Steve Eberhard, student gov
ernment president, requested
$21,420 from the panel of senators.
Assisted by Marsh in explaining the
necessity of the $3,820 increase,
Eberhard listed the following
Executive Branch
general administration
$3,000
$10,000
reserve $1,020
The committee will hear more
budget requests tonight and Thurs
day night, deciding the final re
commendations on Tuesday night.
Cavalry shows colors
Photo by David McCarroll
Parson’s Mounted Cavalry forms the color
guard in a review Saturday as a part of Mili
tary Weekend. The remainder of the cavalry
did not participate due to sick horses.
Street cost hike
may come soon
reasons:
Academic Affairs
External Affairs
$3,150
$3,850
By STEVE GRAY
Staff Writer
The College Station City Council
Monday voted to consider at its
March 24 meeting an ordinance
raising the street paving assess
ments for property owners.
Photo by Kevin Fotorny
Curt Marsh (L), Carol Moore, David Stockard, and David McCabe (R) at fee allocation committee
meeting.
Under the present ordinance
property owners are assessed $4 per
linear foot for a 28-foot wide street
with curbs. The city pays the re
mainder of the cost.
Councilmen noted the old ordi
nance is becoming obsolete because
of rising construction costs.
George Ford, assistant director of
public works, told the council the
city recently paid two-thirds of the
cost of paving a 476-foot stretch of
Thomas Street between Hereford
and Dexter Drives.
“The total cost of that project was
$24 per linear foot, ’ Ford said, “and
the city had to pay $16 of it. That’s
getting abnormally high.”
Citizens are allowed to petition
the city asking streets to be paved
by their property. The city has
paved 85 streets with $1.5 million
since the petitioning program began
in 1957, Ford said. The city pays for
intersections and any underground
drainage. The city paid more than
$7,600 on the Thomas Street pro
ject, which cost $11,424.
The council met for an hour and a
half in an executive session discus
sing a proposed ordinance that
would amend certain sections of the
city’s personnel manual. The coun
cil decided to delay action on the
matter until its next regular meet
ing.
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Overcast and cool with in
termittent rain Tuesday.
N E winds 10-15 mph. High
today 53; low tonite 42. Be-
eoming partly cloudy and
Warmer Wednesday after-
n oon with a high of 67.
Ever been mellow?
Olivia Newton-John sang before a sell-out crowd
in G. Rollie White Coliseum Friday night. After
the usual yells for more, Newton-John did an en-
Photo by Jack Holm
core.
For education
$1,500 tax return
to be sought
Tradition marches on
The Fighting Texas Aggie Band marched Saturday
at the drill field during Military Weekend. As partici
pants in the Military Review, the band passed of
ficials and spectators at 1:30 p.m.
By ALAN KILLINGS WORTH
Staff Writer
Representative Bob Casey of
Houston will propose legislation to
the U.S. Congress for a $1,500 tax
return to families with children in
college. It is not known when the
bill will be submitted.
“In these times of inflation and
tight money,” Casey said, “many
deserving people are being denied a
college education.”
Casey has been considering this
legislation for some time and has
now seen the need even more
urgent. More and more people are
being turned away from college be
cause of lack of funds, Casey said.
The deduction must be based on
money spent only in the university
proper. This would mean that the
student could not use the money for
rent in off-campus facilities. If the
student was to live on campus then
the money could be spent toward
room and board. Tuition could be
included for all students.
Rep. Casey explained his bill this
way: “Many families are suffering
economic hardships as they try to
put their children through school.
My bill would allow the taxpayers to
, deduct $1,500 a year for each col
lege student he has. This would at
least return some of the expenses
and relieve some of the financial
burden. This would also be an in
centive to education and an invest
ment in the future of our nation.”