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TUESDAY. APRIL 5. 1977
Student service fees discussed hy candidates
HENSARLING
Jeb Hensarling, 19, Sophomore,
Political Science, College Station.
What are your qualifications for
VP Student Services?
I have been an active member of
Student Government (SG) for two
years now; one year as an executive
aide and the other as an Off-campus
Undergraduate Senator. I am pres
ently a member of the SG Student
Services Committee where I have
done a large amount of work partic
ularly in the areas of the Student
Purchase Program and the upcom-
Jeb
Hensarling
ing Consumer Guide. Further
more, I have been involved in vari
ous research projects concerned
with Student Services. Also', I have
had leadership expedience in the'
MSC’s Political Forum Committee
and I served as the chairman of the
President Ford Committee on the
A&M campus. However, 1 do not
like to press the qualifications issue,
because what one plans to do with
an office is more important than
what he has done.
What do you consider to be the
most important issues facing you in
this office?
There are presently many impor
tant issues that SG needs to ad
dress. One of the major problems
we in SG have is a lack of adequate
publicity of our services and pro
jects. All too often SG embarks on a
new service and the students who
pay for it, through student service
fees, never hear about it. A project
is only half complete until the pub
licity goes out. SG particularly
needs to concentrate publicity ef
forts off-campus. Too many off-
campus students have been effec
tively ostracized from the university
due to their lack of knowledge of
university activities and services.
We in SG need to reach out to these
students and let them know of the
opportunities that await them. Fur
thermore, I believe that SG should
run more surveys to give the stu
dents an opportunity to suggest
projects for SG and evaluate our ac
tions. We must receive student
input to be effective. Also, SG
needs to upgrade the electoral pro
cess. We need to develop some type
of Voter Information Service so stu
dents can vote more intelligently.
Unfortunately, many students are
forced to vote for the candidates
with the “best outdoor signs” be
cause they know nothing else about
them. If we want to upgrade SG, we
must upgrade the electoral process.
Also, I believe SG needs to concen
trate more on obtaining increased
board options. Particularly, we
need to offer off-campus students a
lunch-only board plan to enable
them to eat on campus at a rate
comparable to on-campus students.
These are some of the most impor
tant issues I see facing SG.
To name just a few other ideas I
have, I believe the size and scope of
the Student Purchase Program
needs to be increased as well as
similar projects that save students
money. I believe we need to ac
quire low-cost property insurance
for students so they can protect such
items as stereos and bicycles. Also, I
believe we should institute a car-
care center on the campus. A car-
care center is a place where stu
dents, for a small service charge,
can use various and sundry tools
that SG has pruchased. For in
stance, the cost of many tools like
socket sets and timing lights is pro
hibitive, but there are many stu
dents who would like to use them to
fix their own cars. I believe that SG
should and can institute this serv
ice. The feasibility of such a project
was aptly shown at the University of
Indiana.
There are many other issues I
would like to address, but due to
lack of space, I am forced to refrain.
Should student service fees be
paid in one allotment or would you
be in favor of user fees?
I believe in a partial user fee/par
tial student service fee sudsidized
concept. Too many studems are
being forced to pay for services they
never use under the present system
where many organizations are to
tally financed by student service
fees. I believe many organizations
that receive student service fees
should and can go to this concept. A
good example of this concept is
Town Hall. This committee receives
some student service fees and re
ceives income in user fees from
ticket sales. Too often, under the
present system, student’s money is
needlessly wasted. I do not however
believe in a total user fee concept
because several student service fee
allocations go to projects or services
that tend to benefit the entire uni
versity community. Therefore, to
minimize waste and to maximize
benefits, I believe in the partial stu
dent service fee/partial user fee
concept.
Are there any services that
should receive more or less student
service fee allocations?
I believe there are many services
or organizations that should receive
less student service fee allocations.
There simply is too much “budget
padding” of those who receive stu
dent service fees. I believe student
services should spend more money
on those service that provide public
ity of campus services and activities.
I also believe too large of student
service fee allocations tend to go to
certain organizations that benefit a
minimal number of students. We
need to provide for the greatest
benefits at the least cost.
What improvements should be
made in the campus parking situa
tion?
The parking situation would not
be near as bad if more off-campus
students took the shuttle-bus. Un
fortunately, many students consider
the shuttle-bus to be mismanaged.
Therefore, I believe SG needs to
concentrate more time and effort in
improving the system, particularly
in getting the buses to stay on
schedule. Unfortunately, the prob
lem of parking is not an easy one to
solve. The costs of constructing high
rise parking lots is very prohibitive
and, unless the students are ready
to pay more in parking fees , I would
not see this as the answer. Also, I
think we all realize that there is only
so many parking places close to cen
tral campus, and they obviously
can’t be used by everybody at once.
I believe a correct avenue of ap
proach is the improvement of the
shuttle bus system. After all, it costs
less to ride it than it does to take a
car.
Should the University continue
its present laundry service?
If there is sufficient demand for it
at the price the university charges
to keep them in the black. I do not
believe that a large amount of
money should be spent to keep the
service afloat if only a small minority
wishes to use it. However, if the
people who use the service do not
mind paying the costs involved in
keeping the enterprise out of the
red, there is no need to shut it
down. I actually believe that there
are more important problems than
this that SG faces.
WARREN
Harry L. Warren, 20, Sopho
more, Biology, Houston.
What are your qualifications for
VP Student Services?
A desire to do the job, a concern
with the issues related to it, experi-
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an ability to work with other people.
What do you consider to be the
most important issues facing you in
this office?
Allocation of the Student Service
Fee for student services. This
means that money is paid by stu
dents for services which they are to
receive. The appropriation of
Harry
Warren
$42,000 for a day care center which
will benefit only 30 people is a gross
violation of the trust which we have
placed in our elected officials.
Should student service fees be
paid in one allotment or would you
be in favor of user fees?
Student Service Fees which ben
efit the student body in general
should be paid as they are present
ly. Fees which benefit only a small
segment of the student population
should be supported by user fees.
This will ensure that students will
not pay for services which they can
not possibly use.
Are there any services that
should receive more or less student
service fee allocations?
This year 5.2 per cent of the stu
dent service fees were spent on
Student Activities. At the same
time, nearly 5 per cent of student
fees were used to subsidize a day
care center which will benefit one-
tenth of one per cent of the student
population. This hardly seems to be
a fair distribution of student money.
The $42,000 wasted on this baby
sitting service would be more ap
propriately spent on bona-fide stu
dent organizations which warrant
spending of student funds. Also, a
provision should he made for more
student input into fee allocation in
order to allow students to deter
mine the best use of their money, in
terms of their needs and priorities.
What improvements should be
made in the campus parking situa
tion?
More parking spaces should be
given to underclassmen and day
students. Expansion of present
facilities is absolutely necessary in
order to do this.
Should the University continue
its present laundry service?
As long as students are willing to
pay the price of the laundry service
on their own, it should be retained.
However, laundry machines should
be placed in those on-campus living
areas which do not have them pres
ently in order to provide an alterna
tive for the vast majority of students
who prefer not to pay the presently
exhorbitant rates-
YOUNG
Vicki Young, 19, Sophomore,
Zoology, Groves.
What are youi* qualifications for
VP Student Services?
Off-campus undergraduate
senator, fall ’76. Haved worked to
establish a shopping guide to assist
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Young
my off-campus constituents (particu
larly freshmen) who are new to the
household requirements of apart
ment living. Another area in which I
have concentrated my attentions
this spring is the development of a
short course (part of continuing
education) to serve the needs of
students preparing for graduate or
professional school.
What do you consider to be the
most important issues facing you in
this office?
1. Communication between stu
dents and the student services
committee concerning the alloca
tion of their fees. I would advocate
monthly reports of student service
activities—new program ideas—to
be posted and available to students.
2. Participation of each of the
members of the student services
committee in one specific service
project of particular benefit to their
constituency.
3. Extended membership of the
committee to include many more
nonsenators.
Should student service fees be
paid in one allotment or would you
be in favor of user fees?
I do not favor user fees as an al
ternative to one allotment fee.
Payment of the student service fee
by all students at preregistration
time allows the budgeting of many
good programs built on a solid fi
nancial framework. It is the job of
V.P. Student Services to initiate
programs which will be attractive to
the diverse interests of students and
worthy of the expense.
Are there any services that
should receive more or less student
service fee allocations?
Increased allocation to intramur
als is in order to meet the needs of
this growing program. The large al
location to the day care center re
quires some commitment from the
College of Education to eventually
assume part of the operating ex
penses in return for the benefit de
rived by student teachers.
What improvements should be
made in the campus parkin^—.
tion? ill J
The campus parking area lk
expanded on the west sidi Phil Sutto
pus to meet the needs wheampasas.
from the expanded conslr »hat are
This should relieve some of lip. Externa
tral campus parking P ast
where there is limited enior Sena
space. I would suggest rpsiness. I
parking fees for students waeffiber oi
park in a special lot on the ommittee.
of campus. The Traffic Patijiuee assi
continue to periodically re;auor horn
existing parking lots to meeijebourse <
ing needs. Bstabhsh
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