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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1976
Medical education
to begin at A&M
A&M gays organize. • . Group asks
for sanction
The Coordinating Board of Texas
College and University System, has
given Texas A&M University author
ity to implement its $17 million grant
from the Veterans Administration to
establish a new medical education
program.
Texas A&M also received Coor
dinating Board approval to form a
separate department for horticul
tural sciences within its College of
Agriculture. Teaching and research
programs in horticulture have been
conducted through the soil and crop
sciences department.
The new medical program is being
established in cooperation with
Baylor College of Medicine, Scott
and White Hospital and VA hospital
in Temple, Marlin and Waco under
provisions of a bill co-authored by
Rep. OlinE. (Tiger)Teague, D-Tex.
Dr. Jack K. Williams, Texas A&M
president, previously announced
the target date is January for begin
ning clashes for the university’s first
medical students, with 32 students
— twice as large as originally plan
ned.
The VA announced plans in 1974
to grant $9.6 million to Texas A&M
and recently increased the award to
$17,071,609, provided it received its
letter of reasonable assurance as part
of an overall project stemming from
the Teague-Cranston Bill, (Veterans
Administration Medical School As
sistance and Health Manpower
Training Act of 1972). The act pro
vides for a program to utilize the VA
medical system in training both
physicians and allied health person
nel, to help relieve the acute shor
tage in general, and particularly
within the VA system.
The overall Texas A&M grant in
cludes funds for facility modifica
tions and improvements at the Tem
ple VA Center. The remainder of the
funds will be applied to faculty
salaries over a seven-year period.
Award of the grant followed an
nouncement that Texas A&M has re
ceived the essential document, for
mally termed a “letter of reasonable
assurance, ” for its new program. The
document was issued by the Liaison
Committee on Medical Education,
an accrediting body representing the
American Medical Association and
the Association of American Medical
Colleges.
Dr. James A. Knight, Texas
A&M’s dean of medicine, said the
letter allows the university to move
forward with its programs and is es
sential in gaining the next step, cal
led “provisional accreditation,”
which includes permission to admit
students. The final step, full accredi
tation, is expected shortly before the
first students are scheduled to
graduate, the dean added.
Gay Student Services Organiza
tion (G. S.S.O.), a group of about
20-25 Texas A&M students, has ap
plied for recognition as an A&M stu
dent organization and is now await
ing a decision of acceptance or rejec
tion by University officials.
The group submitted a statement
of purpose and application for recog
nition on April 5 to Dr. Carolyn
Adair, director of student activities,
as required by University Rules and
Regulations. Mike, a spokesman for
the gay group who was advised by an
attorney not to use his last name
until the group has become recog
nized, said that the organization re
gards the administration’s tardiness
with a reply as a delay tactic and the
group anticipates rejection of the
application.
The group’s lawyer, Ms. Bobbie
Nelson, an Austin attorney who rep-
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resented a gay group in a similar case
at the University of Texas in 1974,
said the group will file suit if the
university rejects their application.
She said, “We don’t know what
we’re going to do until we hear from
the administration.”
Nelson said that the administra
tion’s behavior did not surprise her.
She said that she has encountered
this type of delay maneuver in other
situations.
“Administrations do what they
damn well please— hoping the stu
dents will eventually leave or drop
the matter,” Nelson said.
Nelson said that although she filed
against the University of Texas’ ad
ministration and a court date was set,
the administration decided to recog
nize the group as a valid university
organization by the time the suit was
presented in court. The state
Attorney-General did hand down a
decision though, said Nelson, and
that decision declared that the gay
group should be recognized.
Mike said that the group ap
proached Dr. John Koldus, vice
president of student services, on
April 1 to request permission to dis
tribute information and literature
concerning the organization on cam
pus but that Koldus denied the re
quest. The group then decided to
apply for formal recognition by the
university Mike said.
Mike said that the group’s applica
tion conformed with the policies of
the Texas A&M University Regula-
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tions 1975-76 for the most part, but
that there were two statements
within the provisions the group may
be weak in representing.
The first sentence of the Student
Organizations section states:
“Student organizations may be of
ficially recognized when formed for
purposes which are consistent with
the philosophy and goals that have
been developed for the creation and
existence of Texas A&M Universi
ty”
Mike said that he feels that this
sentence is as ambiguous as part 1(e)
of this same section which states:
Student organizations must
“Conduct the activities of the or
ganization in a manner which truly
reflects the highest ideals of the Uni
versity which it represents.”
Mike said he thinks the legal pre
cedent set in the Austin case will
help the gay group overcome the
ambiguities in the regulations and
allow the group to become a recog
nized Texas A&M service organiza
tion.
Koldus said yesterday that he has
talked with Texas A&M President
Jack K. Williams and with the ad
ministration’s attorneys and that he
is presently under advisement.
Mike said that Koldus told him
that the gay group was a special case
and that the application was not to
appear before the Student Organiza
tions Board, a group that normally
reviews all applications.
Tom Dawsey, student member of
the board, confirmed that the appli
cation did not appear before the
board but said it was probably be
cause the board has not met since the
application was submitted. Dawsey
said that there is no set schedule for
the board to meet and that meetings
are called by Adair when it does as
semble. He said it is possible for
Adair to delay a board meeting until
school is out hut he was not sure how
she usually programs the schedule.
Adair said this morning that she
programs the board meetings ac
cording to the number of organiza
tions that have applied for recogni
tion. She said that the board has met
since the gay group applied for rec
ognition but that it was not submit
ted to the committee because, “I was
requested to bring this application
straight to Dr. Koldus.”
A Gay Student Services Organiza
tion press release from April 26
stated that the organization’s major
purpose would be to serve the uni
versity community. 1 he release exp
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referral service for professional
counseling. The organization also
plans to provide information con
cerning gay life through a speakers
bureau, staffed by its members.
Mike said that outside speakers,
films and a provision for a “forum for
the exchange of ideas, were in
cluded in the statement of purpose
and application for recognition to
Adair.
Mike said that he did not feel con
fident of University acceptance.
“I feel confident that it will be
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taken to court,” he said.
M ike said that Koldus tol
that the group’s application
probably be rejected but tb
still had their legal recourse.!!
said he and the group are optic
but realize it may notbeaneas:
to become recognized on the
campus. “We are mentallypre|
to take the challenge,” Mike a
Speculating on who would\n
case if it were taken to court,!l
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