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Battalion '®r Vol. 71 No. 124 14 Pages Wednesday, March 29, 1978 College Station, Texas News Dept. 845-2611 Business Dept. 845-2611 Inside Wednesday Food service takes the test, p. 3. Battalion election section, p. 5. Paul Arnett: Coaches say the darndest things, p. 13. egents approve higher dorm costs layi By LEE ROY LESCHPER JR. Battalion Staff Jxas A&M University has a new vice jiclent and its students have new higher and hoard expenses. Dr Perry L. Adkisson was appointed xar A&M's first vice president for ag- ulture and renewable resources during iJday’s meeting of the University Sys- m Board of Regents. The post was ■edby the hoard in January as part of a Bynization of University administra- lAcik gr j ur ES Adkisson, head of Texas A&M’s nology department since 1967, is a ;ar member of the University’s ag- ture faculty. le higher room and board fees, which loard increased by 12 and 13 percent, kSA director predicts respectively, will go into effect this fall. University business officials had cited ris ing utility costs and federal and state- ordered wage increases when recommend ing the increases. Rooms in Hotard Hall, the least expen sive dormitory on campus, will cost $165 per semester this fall. Those rooms now cost $147 per semester. The Krueger-Dunn-Mosher-Aston dor mitory complex will get a $50 per semester increase, with room fees going from $418 to $468 per semester. Rent for married stu dent apartments will rise $7 to $41 per month, depending on the apartment unit. Board fees will increase from $360 to $407 per semester for the 5-day board plan and from $403 to $455 per semester for the 7-day board plan. Space energy? By LAURA HENDERSON Man can now obtain electrical energy from space, said Chris Kraft, director of he Johnson Space Center in Houston. Kraft’s speech was presented by the Texas A&M Great Issues Committee Tues- lay night. He spoke on the National Aeronautics and Space Association’s goal in :pace, and discussed the newly-proposed ideas of a space shuttle and a solar power ilant. Kraft graduated from Virginia Tech in 1944 with a bachelor of science degree in lerospace engineering. Since 1945 he has been a member of NASA and has been nvolved with several projects in the fields of aerospace and aircraft design. In 1972 he assumed his present position as director of the Johnson Space Center. Kraft said that the space shuttle has created an opportunity for the industrializa- ion of space. He said in the zero-gravity environment of space many new prod- icts not manufacturable on Earth could be made. The cost of the space solar power plant would be about $85 billion for the first ilant, said Kraft. The second would cost about one half of that amount and iubsequent plants would cost even less. Kraft also made the point that the plant would completely pay for itself and start to make a profit within a year after being finished. “It is not a question of whether we can do these things, but is a question of when, ’ said Kraft. He also said the demand of a solution to the energy problem will make the attention towards the solar energy power concept more acute. Kraft said that engineers worked toward making a reusable aircraft while the process of developing the space shuttle. They came up with a totally reusable shuttle which is now being tested. NASA makes the price more reasonable to start people thinking about the zero gravity environment of space, said Kraft. Kraft also said the concept of the space solar plant is totally feasible. “It doesn’t depend on some great technical advancement we aren’t sure will happen. It can be done now,’ he said. Kraft said there is more energy from the sun scattered and destroyed every day on the Earth than has ever been used. He said that through the space shuttle and ultimately the solar plants this energy can be captured and used. Kraft predicted that by the year 2000, solar plants could be supplying the world’s energy needs. The regents also formalized the Univer sity system’s policy on investment of sys tem capital funds. In the past the president of each of the system’s universities had in formal authority to set up such invest ments, with final approval of the invest ment coming from the system chancellor. The new policy, developed after invest ment irregularities were discovered re cently at the University of Houston, gives the chancellor authority over all invest ment transactions for the system. The pol icy replaces all earlier procedures for han dling investments. System administrators had recom mended to the board Monday that the old system giving each president authority over his own investments simply be given formal approval. Board members initially seemed to favor that recommendation, but late Monday night decided on the policy approved Tuesday. Authorities from a number of agencies have studied the system’s investment policies in recent months and have never found anything wrong with any system in vestment, Chancellor Jack K. Williams told the regents Monday. The board also awarded several con struction contracts Tuesday, including: • incinerator facilities for the veterinary medicine complex costing $168,200. • renovation of the Texas A&M feed mill, at a cost of $230,650. • sewage treatment facilities at the Texas A&M Research and Extension Cen ter in Bryan, for $104,950. • construction of a main entrance at Prairie View A&M University, which will cost $111,748. The regents appropriated $345,000 for the detailed design work on a veterinary medicine clinical sciences building to be constructed west of the present vet medicine center. The new building is ex pected to cost $10.5 million. Other appropriations include: • $400,000 for equipment for the labora tory animal resources and research facility. • $20,000 for preliminary work on reno vation of the biological sciences building’s east wing. • $25,000 for development of a campus master plan. The proposed master plan is expected to identify sites for all major buildings to be constructed at Texas A&M in the near fu- By TERESA HUDDLESTON /alter Joe Coleman Tuesday pleaded ocent in the 85 District Court murder 1 of Lawrence T. Baugh. The trial began 1:30 p. m. Joleman, 19, is charged with murder in ?Jan. 12, 1977, shooting death of Baugh, e victim was a lecturer in the English nguage Institute at Texas A&M Univer- ly and a graduate student in the English partment. Testifying Tuesday were Officer Conrad ■ Pauling and Lt. Leland Freeman, both the Bryan Police Department. They told ir stories before a six-man, six-woman J- iPauling told the court he was flagged pwn by a man on the corner of Villa Maria and Cavitt Streets on the night of Jan. 13, 1977. He said the man admitted knowing someone who had confessed to killing Baugh and dumping him in a river. Pauling said he and St. Freeman were directed to Coleman’s apartment at 105 Davis St., Bryan, where they found Cole man and two other men. According to Pauling’s testimony, Cole man told police that the last time he saw Baugh was when Baugh gave him a ride home that afternoon. The officers then went to Baugh’s resi dence at 902-B Montclair St., College Sta tion, Pauling said. He added that the lights were on but no one was home. The officers returned to Coleman’s apartment. Pauling testified that Coleman said he ' Malley, Tyson selected Publications editors named By MICHELLE SCUDDER Kim Tyson and Pat O’Malley were fleeted as Student Publications editors for 578 by the Student Publications Board of (exas A&M University Tuesday night. Tyson, Battalion campus editor, re- eived the majority four votes and was ap- jointed Battalion editor for summer and |ill J978. O’Malley, Aggieland photo editor was Inanimously elected Aggieland editor for 1978. These appointments are subjected to ap proval by Texas A&M President Jarvis Mil- Tyson, a junior journalism major from ouston, was selected from three candi- ates. The two other candidates were: usty Cawley, junior journalism major [rom Bryan and former Battalion city ditor, and Karen Rogers, Battalion city editor, and junior journalism major from fouston. “The board was pleased with all the can didates; everyone said it was a difficult de- ision,” Bob Rogers, student publications >ard chairman said. O’Malley, a sophomore industrial distri- ution major from Houston said, “My ex- rience here at Texas A&M has strictly oeen photography.’ He was selected as Aggieland outstanding photographer 1976-77. Janice Weber, a freshman biology major from San Antonio also applied for Aggie land editor. “I will try to produce a book that ^ everyone will enjoy and one that will please KIM TYSON everybody,” O’Malley said. Tyson worked at the Houston Post last summer assisting editors and was in charge of the Focus page in the Battalion this year. She said, “I hope to see the creation of an entertainment and feature section in the Battalion.” She said she would also like to see the sports’ section cater to minor sports ture. The regents delayed action on prelimi nary design work for the Agriculture Ad ministration Building, to be built on the west campus. Board members could not agree on whether moving the site of the Ag Administration building would interfere with the master plan and with other con struction planned for the west campus. Action on the building will be delayed until the board’s next meeting June 8. The master plan approved Tuesday should be completed by late May and the regents will use that plan in deciding on a location for the new building. Coleman submits ‘innocent^plea; estimony continues today and Baugh fought over some money, and that Baugh had made a homosexual ad vance toward Coleman. Coleman then said he hit Baugh in the neck and left him un conscious, Pauling said. Pauling said Coleman accompanied him to look for Baugh’s car. After an unsuc- cessful search, Pauling said, he dropped Coleman off in the Skaggs-Albertson’s parking lot where Coleman met some Col lege Station policemen. Pauling said that was the last time he saw Coleman that night. Freeman gave a similar account of the night’s happenings. Testimony was scheduled to begin at 9 a. m. today in district court. Judge John M. Barron Sr. presiding. Black dots on the above map denote polling places in Bryan-College Station for county elections. PRECINCT NO. 4 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 POLLING PLACE Carver School South Knoll Elementary School A6cM Consolidated Special Services Bldg. 1300 Jersey St., Board Rm. College Station Fire Station Crockett Elementary School Sul Ross Elementary School Henderson Elementary School Ben Milan Elementary School Fannin Elementary School Bowie Elementary School PRECINCT NO. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 31 POLLING PLACE Travis Elementary School Bryan Central Fire Station Bonham Elementary School Texas A&M University Center College Station Municipal Building, 101 N. Church Ave. Army Reserve Center, Carson Street LBJ Elementary School College Hills Elementary School American Legion Hall Bryan High School A&M Consolidated High A special election guide to College Station City Council and School Board elections starts inside on page 5. Candidate profiles appear in the Battalion in order chosen by random selection. Position 6 Hecox — p. 5, 9 Roheck — p. 11 A. Jones — p. 11 Position 7 Brown — p. 5 Wasson — p. 5 Hardin — p. 5 Mayor Crawley — p. 5, 8 Bravenec — p. 5 City Council Place 2 Pugh — p. 10 Adams — p. 7 Place 4 T. Jones — p. 9 Boughton — p. 7, 8 Place 6 Dozier — p. 5 J\(Y\ TDo-zder LnrrV J I , ^ I tUlLu, TS-Rvce "ROBecK PAT O’MALLEY with a specialized column. “We have a problem because we have a large number of our editors graduating and we Mali need to fill these places with good people,” Tyson said. Editors were selected by the six voting members of the Board on the basis of appli cations and interview. CraWley 1 r\ o > i J-lcCoy 13 r *" > '