Issues outlined... Election filing begins March 25
Issues expected to surface in the
upcoming spring elections include
female yell leaders, the student
pub, limited enrollment, liquor on
campus, optional fees, expanded
professor evaluation, continued
construction and increased student
input.
Filing begins March 25 for the
’75-’76 elections.
The positions of Student Gov
ernment President, Vice President
of Finance, Vice President of Rules
and Regulations, Vice President of
Academic Affairs, Vice President of
External Affairs and Vice President
of Student Services are open.
Also vacant are Resident Hall As
sociation president and each of the
class officers. Open for filing are the
Yell Leader positions and 70
Senator spots.
Of the senator openings are nine
on-campus civilian, 40 from the 10
colleges, four Corps of Cadets and
17 off-campus.
Filing for positions will end April
1, with elections being held April 8.
Should run-off elections be neces
sary, they will be April 15.
Senator candidates must have a
minimum GPR of 2.25 at the time of
election. Candidates for SC presi
dent must hold junior classification
during the term. Officers must have
a minimum GPR of 2.5, and
senators must have a 2.25 at the
time of election.
Students interested in filing for
the yell leader positions must be
undergraduates with a minimum
GPR of 2.25.
Students may not file for more
than one SG office or more than one
class office.
Those filing for senate seats must
have 15 signatures from their pros
pective constituents. Students seek
ing At-Large positions in the senate
must obtain 50 signatures.
Filing will take place in the Stu
dent Government office.
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Vol. 68 No. 88 College Station, Texas Thursday, March 13, 1975
Revision group
gets SG plans
for councilmen
By STEVE GRAY
Staff Writer
A student government represen
tative Wednesday asked the Col
lege Station City Charter Revision
Committee to consider a plan allow
ing city councilmen to be elected
both by wards and at large.
The committee was appointed in
early February to review the city
charter and suggest changes. Some
of the issues to be considered are
changing from an at-large system of
election to a ward system and hold
ing city elections on the same date
as school board elections. The
committee will report its findings to
the city council later this spring.
Jeff Dunn, SG vice president for
academic affairs, outlined three
plans, one which would establish a
ward including the campus to get a
student elected to the council.
The first plan would involve ex
panding the present council from
seven to ten members, including
the mayor. Five members would be
elected at large and four others by
wards. The mayor would be elected
at large, Dunn said.
“I think the advantages of this
plan are that it would allow coun
cilmen to keep in closer touch with
their constituents, yet insure that
the interests of the entire city are
kept in mind,” he said.
Dunn’s second proposal calls for
combining six of the city’s voting
precincts to create three wards and
allow four other councilmen to be
elected at large, thus adding
another member to the present
council.
This plan would combine voting
Precincts 20 and 21, which includes
the campus and the North Gate
area; Precincts 8 and 9, south of the
campus; and 10 and 24, im
mediately north of Texas Avenue.
A third plan would convert each
of the city’s six voting precincts into
a ward plus electing seven other
councilmen at large. This would
create a 14-member council, includ
ing the mayor.
Dunn told the 10-member com
mittee the proposed plans would at
least give students some represen
tation from a campus ward. But he
said students were not necessarily
interested in “takingover the city.”
He said Student Government had
registered nearly 8,000 students liv
ing on and off the campus.
“It should seem obvious that any
nominal percentage of that could
control city elections,” Dunn said,
“yet I feel that is not what students
really want. We want at least one
guaranteed councilman to project
our views when they are needed.”
Dunn said the necessity of getting
a student elected to the council has
become more important because of
increased enrollment at A&M.
He said students were interested
in creating more parks and recrea
tion facilities, establishing a public
transportation system and getting
more city building inspectors to
check commercial establishments,
including apartments.
Last year, student leaders pre
sented a proposal to establish a
campus ward, but later they were
told by council members that the
ward system would restrict the
number of students who could be
elected, eliminating the possibility
of students taking over the council.
Councilman Jim Gardner ap
peared before the committee, ask
ing them to consider holding city;
elections on the same day as school)
board elections.
The present city charter specifies
that city elections be held on the
first Tuesday in April. State law re
quires that school board elections
be held on the first Saturday in
April.
Gardner told the committee
there might be a better turnout if
the two elections were held on the
same date.
Gardner strongly urged the
committee to submit two changes in
the charter to the voters.
“I would like to see that all ordi- 1
nances proposed by the council be
given two readings before they are
passed,” Gardner said. “This would
give the people a chance to have
their say.”
Ordinances presently passed by
the council require only one read
ing, he said.
Gardner was quick to point out
that two readings on an ordinance
would require an additional regular
council meeting each month.
“The charter says that the council
must meet 'not less frequently than
once each month,’ ” Gardner said.
“I think we need to give the people
more of a chance to get involved.”
“Of 91 cities our size, 82 per cent
have two or more regular meetings a
month,” Gardner said.
The committee will meet again
Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the City
Council Chambers.
Fiddling around
Photo by Douglas Winship
In Sid Cox’s English class, students studying folk
lore and folk songs had a chance to hear the real thing
behind the Academic Building Wednesday. After
a few helpful pointers, Lanette Howell (with fiddle)
joined Faron Evens (lower center) in entertaining a
crowd of listeners.
Student Senate meets
Football paces quick session
Manning says
Overcrowded classrooms
create big CS problem
Overcrowded classrooms is the
most critical problem which exists
in the College Station schools, said
Kirwin A. Manning.
Manning, 1208 Marstellar, is
running for Position 6 on the A&M
Consolidated School District Board
of Trustees.
Manning, 53, said he believes
there is a critical need to improve
the crowded situations and to en
hance the total educational prog
ram.
Additional courses and programs
need to be available to the students
to fulfill their needs, he explained.
“After the critical situation of the
overcrowded classrooms is met and
additional funds are available, I
would like to see our vocational ag
ricultural program, home
economics and distributed educa
tion programs expanded, ” Manning
said.
“Other areas which could be ex
panded are the athletic program and
the intramural program to allow for
all students who desire to partici
pate,” he continued.
Manning has been a resident of
the school district for 29 years.
During the past 20 years he has
served in different positions with
youth and school organized prog
rams. He has been a member of the
College Station Recreational Coun
cil and has helped with the A&M
Consolidated Tiger’s Club.
A graduate ofTAMU, Manning is
(See CLASSROOMS, p. 5)
JERRY GEARY
Staff Writer
Possessed with vigor, enthusiasm
and nothing controversial to be
voted upon, the Student Senate
quickly did away with last night’s
agenda, stalling only to take a brief
look at the proposed budget and the
newly recommended football ticket
allocation program.
Student Vice President of Fi
nance Curt Marsh stole the show by
generally outlining next year’s
proposed budget before it is voted
on after spring break.
Evidently, last night was not a
time for too much discussion on the
subject since Marsh placed a
54-page report on the senators’ laps
five minutes before the meeting
commenced.
Perhaps realizing the senators’ di
lemma, Marsh directed everyone to
carefully read the resume before
voting on the budget next week.
Discussion resulting from the
proposed budget centered around
the Athletic Department’s allot
ment of $120,000. It seems that the
suggested money for the Depart
ment is around $150,000 — worth
deceiving.
March explained this discrepancy
saying, “We’re giving them
$120,000 straight out. Then each
student will have the option to buy a
season ticket pass (for football
games).”
Marsh said that 65 percent of the
student body now go to football
games. Under the new plan, he es
timated that 14,000 would attend
the games and that 10,000 of these
students would buy the “package
deal”.
Consequently, the Athletic De
partment would rake in another
$150,000 from these student ticket
receipts bringing the total to
$270,000 from student funds.
Explaining the scheme. Marsh
said that “going to football games
now will go above and beyond the
activity card.”
This all means that everyone will
have to pay the $19.80 Student Ser
vice Fee each semester. But every
student will have the option of pay
ing a $10 season ticket which will get
them into every home football
game. Those not paying for the sea
son ticket but still wanting to go to a
couple of games, can buy a game
ticket for $2.50.
Natowitz runs for school board place 7
Joseph B. Natowitz, candidate for
Position 7 on the A&M Consoli
dated School Board, said he is con
cerned that the current board has
concentrated too much on the
district’s business problems rather
than on improving educational op
portunities.
"It’s been an attitude of the board
that its main function is in business
support,” Natowitz said. “I think
that it should provide leadership for
achieving the community’s educa
tional goals — these goals are pretty
clear since this community takes
education seriously.
“The school board has done a
reasonable job in facing the district’s
problems, but our schools haven’t
realized their full potential,”
Natowitz said. “Our emphasis
should be on the individual child
developing his talents and I think
the administration has already
begun working in this direction.”
Educational programs which
allow the student to learn at his own
pace and a varied curriculum help to
develop individual talents, he said.
“There is a mini-course system in
the elementary schools in which
they (students) devote an hour a
week for six weeks on learning any
thing from candy making to photo-
Joseph B. Natowitz
graphy,” Natowitz said. “I would
like to see programs like this which
encourage enthusiasm about learn
ing to be expanded throughout our
schools.”
Natowitz, an associate professor
of chemistry and a research group
leader at the A&M Cyclotron Insti
tute, said his major concerns for the
district are achieving low student-
teacher ratios, setting up specific
educational goals and unifying the
school system.
“What we’ve had has not been a
school system at all — we’ve had
four autonomous schools and we
need some unity,” he said.
“I’d like to see more citizen com
munication with the board. I think it
would be a good idea to appoint citi
zens with expertise in a particular
field to board committees. The
board would still have the final say
but the citizen input would be use
ful.”
Natowitz lists as his qualifications
for the position his experience as
vice president of the College Hills
Parent-Teacher Association, man
ager of research funds at the Cyclot
ron and teacher.
“Tve been involved in teaching
for nine or 10 years now and I’ve
seen the products of the school sys
tem,” he said.
Today.
Inside
Picture page p. 3
Poetry reading p. 4
Basketball poll p. 7
Weather
Mostly cloudy, cold and
windy Thursday. High
today 52; low tonight 41.
Partly cloudy Friday with a
high of 64.
J
Bob Shokes
“Anybody with $2.50 and an ac
tivity card can get a ticket,” Marsh
explained.
The problem of guaranteeing a
seat for a season ticket holder was
raised.
“If you buy this user packet, will
you be guaranteed of a seat?” Troie
Ann Pruett (College of Agriculture)
asked.
“Yes,” Marsh replied.
The next item that raised the
senators’ eyebrows was the football
ticket allocation program. Debate
centered on whether the students
want this change or the Administra
tion.
Student Body President Steve
Eberhard began the discussion say
ing, “There have been rumblings
since December wondering if there
wasn’t a better way to do it. Then I
received this letter from Dr. Koldus
In the letter from Dr. John Kol
dus, vice president of student ser
vices, Koldus expressed the need to
minimize student problems on
campus and he decided that it was
time to take a good look at the man
ner in which students obtained
football tickets.
“The weekend lines are unattrac
tive, can lead and have led to other
problems and are wasteful in terms
of students’ time,” the letter said.
Finally, he expressed the desire
for a recommendation on the matter
from the Senate.
“Is this part of the beautification
of the campus? I just want to know
what the problem is,” Suzanne
Quinlan (off campus, under
graduate) asked.
Pruett volunteered that the other
problems referred to in Koldus’ let
ter might be “the trash and beer
drinking in the lines.”
Bob Shokes (off campus graduate)
who presented the resolution to the
senate was asked by Sandy Hood,
(off-campus, undergraduate) “Did
any students happen to come in and
make any input?”
“Not really,” was Shokes reply.
Then he was asked if the study
was an outgrowth of administration
plans.
“The administration is pushing it,
but not pushing it,” was his reply.
Duane Thompson, from the Col
lege of Science, referred to the six
ticket maximum and random draw-
ing.
“Do you know the effects this will
have on the Corps outfits sitting to
gether?” he asked Shokes.
Yes, replied Shokes, the commit
tee did know the effects.
He explained that the rationale
behind the six ticket maximum was
Curt Marsh
to “suppress a black market for tick
ets.”
In other Student Government
business;
Funding $350 from the re
frigerator account for the purpose of
establishing a recycling center for
paper and cans at Hensel Park was
approved.
The Senate endorsed the
Tuition Tax Exemption plan to de
duct $1,500 for room, board and tui
tion from their income tax.
The Academic Program Evalu
ation proposal was funded $1,500
for evaluating the various academic
programs offered at TAMU.
The Senate approved the Ven
ding Machine Reform resolution
(See FOOTBALL, p. 4)