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Che Battalion Vol. 68 No. 65 College Station, Texas Wednesday, Jan. 28, 1976 Senate votes In NSL slate K| A&M’s Student Senate is to vote ht on a referendum of issues submit- iy the National Student Lobby. Bjobby represents students in the , Congress through member schools A&M. leferendum is sent out each January thrmine the interests of the students « e lobby plans for the year. I ve issues on the referendum involve I ost of education. Six, including cam- )r&>s rights and voter registration, in- Hiost students while the remaining / » smaller segments of students. In- M in that are airfare discounts, food K minority rights, and child day-care ;rs. leflobby, which normally runs with a I ime staff, is currently down to a hand- uopaid volunteers because of financial Jerns. The lobby’s activities have also jtte more compact. The referendum lelpthem direct their efforts according Bequests of students. B focus of the lobby is on funding B> the lobbying process, said Mark B currently on its board of directors. 1972, the lobby was instrumental in ■sage of the Basic Educational Op- an tv Grants (BEOG) bill, which pro- §Up to $1,400 to over 1 million stu- Bationally. Nearly 1,100 Aggies are expected to receive grants from the BEOG program this year. “I would like to thank the National Stu dent Lobby for getting through the Basic Grant concept, said Sen. Claiborne Pell, D-R.I. Pell is chairman of the Senate Commit tee on Education. Other funding bills that the lobby has worked for include bills providing funds and guidelines for the College Work Study Program, Guaranteed Student Loans, and Veterans Educational Benefits. The lobby also claims success in the area of student rights. They have successfully lobbied in favor of bills giving students the right to inspect their own records, and bills supporting students on university boards of trustees. The lobby is run entirely by students. The 18-member Board of Directors must be full-time students at the time of their election. The directors are elected at the working conference of the lobby each Spring. Two from each of the six regions of the United States and an additional six cho sen at large. These directors are responsible for act ing on the lobby’s issues and making field connections with member schools. The di rectors seI've one-year terms. Index ' THE HOUSE voted Tuesday to " Override Ford’s veto of a 45 billion labor, health, welfare program bill. Page 5 created by growth in athletic par ticipation. Page 8. SONNY PARKER was named the SWC Player of the Week. Page 6. ftTHE AP analyzes the recent mari- Buana bust of A&M athletes. Page 4 THE HOUSE voted to halt further J.S. aid tojfactions in Angola. Page 3 A&M CONSOLIDATED High § School coach discusses problems THE FORECAST for Wed nesday and Thursday is fair and mild. Southwesterly winds will he at 7 to 10 mph. The expected high for Wednesday is 64, to night’s low 36. Thursday’s high will be 68. What is it? This shrouded object, a recent addition to the University Center landscape, is a sculpture by Pat Foley of Houston. The gift will be unveiled Feb. 2 as part of A&M’s centennial celebration. Guess what the figure looks like and check your answer on page 2. Jim Hendickson Students’ What are rights they? By KATHY YOUNG Battalion Staff Writer With more than a week of the semester gone, many students may still not be aware of their rights in the classroom. You may know you can’t smoke, eat or drink in University class rooms. Hoever, did you know that your professor is required to an nounced what the final grade will e based on? This announcement must come in the first week of classes as stated in University Regulations. In addition to telling students the number of tests and their percentage of the final grade, your instructor is required to give adequate notice for major tests. An instructor may structure the course and grade any way he chooses as long as he notifies the class. The University Regulations state the student’s semester grade in a course should be based upon per formance in class, written exercises and tests, laboratory work and final examinations, as applicable to the course. If you have any question about a final grade, first check with the instructor and then with the head of the department. If it’s too early to think about grades, but you’ve started cutting classes, or are thinking about it, con sider the rules first. Attendance is not required, but it is viewed as the responsibility of the individual stu dent in the regulations. The student is also responsible for being present to complete assign ments and requesting make-ups of missed assignments. If a student knows he’s going to be absent, he should inform the instructor in ad vance according to the regulations. Before you miss class, consider that the instructor is responsible for deciding whether an absence is au thorized. Authorized absences in clude confinement because of ill ness, death in a student’s immediate family, participation in an authorized University activity or participation in legal proceedings. An authorized absence entitles the student to to make up missed work. Again, the instructor decides the manner in which make-up work is administered. Finally, the instructor may con sider an absence unauthorized and refuse to let a student make-up an assignment. A student may appeal such a decision. First, contact the head of the academic department of the instructor. Second, visit the dean of the instructor’s college and failing all else, appear before the Academic Appeals Panel. Final fee requests to be presented Final budget proposals by student ser vice organizations will be presented to the Student Fee Allocation Committee Thurs day evening. Over $1 million will be budgeted among 13 organizations. Tomorrow night organizations will make their final pleas to the committee before it submits recommendations to the Student Senate for first readings on Feb. 4. Final readings will be held on Feb. 11. “After Senate approval, the recom mendations will be handed to the executive vice-president of administration or vice- president of student services, then on to President Williams for final endorsement. In case of disagreement, the proposals will be sent to the Board of Regents for consent, but this rarely occurs,” said Flores. Flores said final approval is left up to the Student Senate, since all requisitions have gone unchanged after Senate approval in recent years. “Student service fees are calculated in the Fiscal office. Each year, students are charged $1.65 per semester hour up to a total of $19.80 for this allocation, Flores said. “This year’s projected $1,078 million budget shows a 14.8 per cent increase over last year’s funds. This is because of higher publication costs, hiring of new personnel and expanding programs,” said Flores. council advised to reject Aryan’s utility rate proposal he College Station Utility Rate Advi- 0 / Committee recommended last night I the City Council reject a utility con- t proposed hy the City of Bryan, lity Councilman Lorence Bravenec ;d the contract an “unconditional sur- ler to Bryan. He was referrring to a ' r ', iected 30 per cent, $582,000 increase in trical rates over the present interim s adopted last August, he proposed contract would also raise A new well in College Station will be able to supply up to 35 per cent of the city’s needs, in addition to water supplied by Texas A&M. Sewer rates to commercial customers would be increasd 11 percent, but all other sewage rates would remain the same under the proposed contract. The City Council will meet Feb. 5. er costs from 38.5 cents to 47 cents per ve( :K) "aliens, an increase of 22 per cent. Parking scarce 200 tickets issued daily he committee unanimously recom- ided that the council request a new util- contract from Bryan within 30 days. If , : els received by then, the committee gested that the council should begin ^Ifiotiating contracts with alternative piers. Ipllege Station has been offered a con- t by another supplier whose proposed thcfslre slightly lower than those presently rgedby Bryan. If contracted, City Man- r North Bardell said, the supplier could hsh the city with power in about three nths. j Jnder the proposed contract. College tion would be required to purchase at 180 per cent of its water from Bryan, ^vever, Bryan would not be obligated iupply more than that amount. With the fifth class day enrollment at 23,440 and some 200 traffic violations being issued daily. University officials think something should be done about the park ing situation. “There s 19,000 registered vehicles and another 2000 illegally operating cars on campus,” said John Koldus, vice-president of student services, Tuesday. He added that there aren’t nearly that many parking spaces and the 8,000 bicy cles, increasing numbers of motorcycles, increasing landscaping-project encroach ment enrollment on parking causes the problem to appear even worse. “Obviously, present control procedures are ineffective, Koldus said. “They will either be strengthened and driving privileges restricted or reinstatement fees increased.” He said that the University Police collected about $60,000 in traffic violation fines during fall semester ’75. In an unexpected discovery, the Univer sity became aware that the parking on the south side of University Drive is campus property. The parking extends along Northgate from the east side of the Post Office to Spence street. “Anyone with a University permit can park there except for night permit and spe cial option permit holders,” said Robert Melcher, administrative office of student services. Enforcement of parking regulations for tbis additional area will go into effect Monday. Practice makes . . . Douglas Winslii Robert Kenefick and Beverly Knight rehearse with the Bryan-College Station Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Charles Johnson. The orchestra will perform at the reception for Marcel Marceau Friday night in the Rudder Exhibition Center. Attendance is by invita tion. nquiring Battman What does the future hold for A&M ? >■ q;i!ll' V '111 •%/ Debbie Brogdon, Horticulture, Madisonville gE'he traditions will change or they’ll stop Svipg them at all. It will just be too big. r kM will be just like any other college; it )n t be unique anymore. Ruth Ann Schumacher, Economics, Gettysburg Blake Nutter, “W-l is really going to grow; we ll in- Industrial Distribution, Conroe crease every year. I don’t think there will “The number of girls will catch up with be Waggies in the band or the drill team, the number of guys. It will be better than Why should weP We have our own drill other schools but not as good as it is now. ” * ™ team. Bruce Basden, Civil Engineering, Burleson “It will be a good change— a nice- looking place instead of a bunch of build ings on a pasture. The Coips will have to change . . . stimulate more interest for the fish and not just harrass them all the time. ” Doug Wright, Recreation and Parks, Jal, New Mexico “They’d better limit the growth—it’s hard to say howdy to 30,000 people. The traditions will remain unchanged. Seventy per cent of the people come here for the traditions and the spirit anyway.” Brent Futrell, Agricultural Banking, Dumas “If the other classes are motivated to pre serve it, the Corps will be all right. I hate to think of Waggies in the band, but I’d be a fool to say they won’t be. A&M is gl owing too fast and that’s a shame but we’ve gained academically.”