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Special election section THE BATTALION Page 5 TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1978 f Candidates voice positions on issues Student body president age: 23 classification: junior major: agriculture education hometown: Mineola What do you feel to be the top pi'iorities of the office of student body president? The major areas that the student body president must be concerned with cover a large spectrum. He must oversee and improve where possible the ongoing programs and services of Student Government. He must concentrate on working with the Student Senate and the administration in promoting the student’s academic, financial, con sumer and social interests. As the chief officer of the executive branch he must work through public rela tions and other available programs to increase student interests, im prove the student’s voice in Univer sity affairs, and be able to promote (see TUCKER page 6) Hensarling age: 20 classification: junior major: Economics and Political Science hometown: College Station What do you feel to be the top priorities of the office of student body president? The top priority is effective com munication. We must let the stu dent body know about the different services that are available to them, especially since they are paying for these services. We must allow stu dents to have meaningful input into Student Government. Their ideas must be heard and their university- related problems solved. Further more, we must insure that students views are well represented in all facets of University operation, par ticularly in the area of academics. What are Your qualifications? I have been actively involved in Student Government for three years. I have served on all of its committees and presently chair the one that provides the Student Pur chase Program. In the last legisla tive session, I received the “Distin guished Senator” award. Further more, I have represented Texas A&M Student Government at state and national conferences and have received valuable knowledge from these experiences. I have lived in College Station almost all my life so I am familiar with Texas AixM. its (see HENSARLING page 7) Vice president for academic affairs post« ge: 19 ^ :lassification: junior najor: Geophysics and Geology non i t d p tiometown: Pecos What are your qualifications for ce president for academic affairs? gone ihufc MiC I have served in the Senate for two years, in the Academic Affairs Committee for two years, and as chairman of the Student Academic Programs Committee for one year. I have also been involved in several other organizations, including the Off-Campus Student Association, Geoscience Student Council, and Student “Y.” In view of my activity in extracurricular organizations, I feel I have the experience and ex pertise in working with people and the knowledge of scholastic prob lems at A&M to qualify for this posi tion. Define the role of your office. The vice president for academic affairs should strive to improve the academic environment for students (see SMITH, page 7) Colton age. 24 classification: senior major: Agricultural education hometown: Aledo What are your qualifications for Vice President for Academic Affairs? My department, agricultural edu cation, actually lies in both the Col leges of Education and Agriculture. Due to this circumstance, I have been fortunate to serve as co- chairman of the Student Agricul tural Council and vjce chairman of the College of Education Student Advisory Council. Hence, I am very familiar with various academic prob lems and administering the work it takes to solve them. In addition, I have been a member of the Academic Affairs Committee and involved in the University commit tee to study “Q” drop. Define the role of your office. It should be one of streamlining the system to speed the actual solu tion to a particular problem. All too (see COLTON, page 8) Wilson age: 20 classification: sophomore major: Electrical Engineering hometown: Arlington What are your qualifications for vice president of finance? I ve been in the student senate for a year as the senator-at-large from the College of Engineering and have been very active in the Academic Affairs Committee. Define the role of your office. The VP for academic affairs is re sponsible to insure that the student body’s opinion concerning academic quality and fairness is voiced. Would you be in favor of chang ing or modifying grading proce dures? How? It should be the professor s perogative to set his grading policy. However, since the student’s best interests must be kept in mind, I am in favor of having guidelines and re strictions on these policies, espe cially to prevent a professor from trying to thin out a class or from changing his grading policy in tin middle of the semester. What channels would you use t< change a current policy? I believe a resolution passed b\ the student senate, backed b\ adequate research and public hear ings, and directed to the president and Board of Regents would earn the most weight and would have the best chance of changing things. Are professor evaluations effec tive? How? These evaluations are most effec tive when they are used to provide the instructor with constructive criticism and when the instructor uses this information to improve his teaching techniques. Question naires which provide the students a (see WILSON, page 8) Vice president for finance Morrison age: 20 classification: junior major: Accounting hometown: Houston What are your qualifications vice president for Academic Affairs? Although I was not in the student senate last year, I was very active in the finance committee, learning its strengths and weaknesses. Because my major is accounting I feel that I will be . able to .correct some of .the. committee’s inefficiencies and pre- pare more accurate financial reports -■VllLtiJ.SUlI and budget requests. Because of my extensive dealings with people, 1 feel that I will be able to evaluate fairly any situation. What do you consider to be your top priorities? One problem encountered this past year with the allocation of stu dent service fee allocations was a lack of a adequate records on the (see MORRISON, page 7) age: 20 classification: junior Major: Finance and Accounting Hometown: Houston What are your qualifications for vice president for Finance I am a junior finance and account ing major and am currently serv ing as tbe senator from Walton- Schu m ache r- Hqtar d - Mcl n n is-Cain. In the past. I was also honored to serve as the city council liaison to the City of College Station and as an external affairs sub-committee chairman of the External Affairs Committee of Stu dent Government. I have also had banking experience in Houston. Wbat do you consider to be your top priorities? The top priority of my tenure as vice president of finance would be to justify all expenditures of student service fees through the use of a highly successful method of budget ing called zero based budgeting. (The present method used by the existing Finance Committee does not justify expenditures for students’ money.) I feel it is of paramount importance to start accounting for the monies that students pay through their student service fees. (see KNUDSON, page 6) Law (Candidate has withdrawn from race) Vice president for student services age: 19 classification: sophomore major: secondary education hometown: Baytown What are your qualifications for vice president of student services? I have served on the student serv ices committee this past year, and I understand how the committee works. I am also familiar with the overall student government struc ture and feel that familiarity and understanding of these structures is essential to a well run committee. I am also well aware of the fact that students want more services, and I will try to provide these if it is at all possible. How does student services in student government fall short of the needs of students (if it does)? Every committee will usually fall a little short of providing everything it is believed to be able to do. The (see RIPPEL, page 9) Patterson age: 21 classification: junior major: Management — Pre-Law hometown: Colorado Springs Wbat are your qualifications for VP Student Services? As a transfer student to A&M I feel I can add new energy, enthusiasm, and ideas to the job. Since my arrival at A&M I have had the chance to participate in various campus activities including SCONA 23. Before coming to A&M I worked as student body president and served a year as an intern in the State Senate. How does student services in Student Government fall short of the needs of students (if it does)? I feel although the groundwork and scope of student services has been greatly expanded under Vicki Young and William Altman, stu dents aren’t aware of all the various programs they can use. An example would be the campus chest, that al lows a student to receive a $100 interest-free loan and have 60 days to pay it back. W'e have the pro grams, we just need to increase the communications between students and their student government. Are there any services that should receive more or less student service fee allocations? Why? In my opinion, I feel we could give additional funding to the in- (see PATTERSON, page 9) ice president ~ . 1 /Y* * Ma ys external ajjairs RHA president ^ age: 21 I classification: junior .-04 major. Electrical engineering and U political science hat 2 hometown: Tyler aral What are your qualifications for y .(vice president for external affairs? >ke. >rkw{ Age 1 I have been a senator for two years, as well as serving in the of fices of parliamentarian and speaker pro-tem, and have served two years on both business and consumer rela tions (student purchase program) and legislative affairs. I was a repre sentative to the Texas (State) Stu dent Association, chairing the TSA Rules Committee which wrote TSA’s newly adopted constitution and by bylaws. Next year I will be serving as President of the TSA. Should liquor hours in bars be extended to the state maximum, 2 a.m.? Would you work for it? The external affairs committee conducted a poll of students this (see BEALL, page 8) age: 20 classification: junior major: marketing hometown: Houston What are your qualifications for this job? Keathley president 1977-78; Fish Camp chairman 1978; Class of 1979 secretary 1975-78; Texas A&M Uni versity’s Cotton Bowl representa tive; a lot of enthusiasm. What changes, if any, would you work for in visitation hours? In a recent visitation hour survey, it was quite clear that longer visita tion hours are desired by a majority of on-campus students. There are a great many pros and cons on the issue — thus my feelings are mixed. But a president fights for the major ity so I would be swayed to go for what the majority wants — namely longer hours. With the conservative A&M administration, though, it would be a tough battle. What changes in the board plans would you like to see? More flexibility!!! With the newly installed computers that check IDs, it seems various other board plans could be offered, possibly a lunch plan to help off-campus students, or a plan offering a set number of meals a week that a student could eat at his selection. There is definitely a need for more versatility. What changes, if any, should be made in the University liquor pol icy? I believe that the majority of stu dents would like to see a less restric tive liquor policy, but the adminis tration holds the strings and I doubt if they would be willing to see any thing more liberal than the present policy. There is always the hope that if a realistic policy were presented concerning liquor on campus, the administration might listen. If stu dent input shows a want in this area, RHA, Student Government, and OCSA should band together and see what can be worked out. Should the University build more dormitories to alleviate the housing shortage? Yes, although A&M’s enrollment is supposed to peak and level off in a few years, there will always be those who desire to live on campus for any number of reasons. There is espe cially a need for female housing, and (see MAYS, page 8) Andrus age: 21 classification: junior major: biology hometown: Houston, Texas What are your qualifications for this job? I have worked with RHA since my freshman year, I have attended four state and regional RHA conven tions and am currently A&M’s na tional representative in RHA. I served as a dorm president my sophomore year and am this year’s vice-president of RHA. My other leadership experiences include Fish Camp Chairman last year and the overall director of the 1978 Student Y’ Fish Camp. I want to be elected RHA presi dent so that I can initiate programs that I feel should be in effect already to benefit dorm students. What changes, if any, would you work for in visitation hours? RHA now has a proposal extend ing visitation hours from 10 a.m. to midnight Sunday through Thurs day, and 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday. I strongly back this proposal if it includes the option that each resident hall must conduct a dorm wide vote to set their own visitation and quiet hours. After putting this extension through, RHA must continue working on other visitation options by finding (see ANDRUS, page 8) Vice president for rules and regulations OCSA president DuBois age: 24 classification: graduate major: Educational Curriculum and Instruction hometown: Waco What are your qualifications for the job? Senator to Student Government 1977-78; served on Rules and Regu lations Committee of the Student Senate 1977-78; served on Univer sity Rules and Regulations Commit tee 1977-78; served on University disciplinary appeals panel 1975-76; Parliamentarian for Dunn Hall dorm council 1973-74; member Kappa Delta Pi, Mu Chi chapter, TAMU; member Phi Delta Kappa, ^^Berthelsen (Candidate has withdrawn from race) College Station chapter, TAMU; member graduate student associa tion, TAMU; and graduated Magna Cum Laude, Texas A&M Univer sity, 1976. What changes, if any would you recommend in student election procedures? During research for student se nate reappointment, I found that re form in electing off-campus senators is needed. Because the student se nate did not take formative action, this problem is still at hand and should be attended to. I also feel that student government must reach out to involve the off-campus stu- (see STERLING, page 9) age: 19 classification: sophomore major: political science hometown: San Antonio What are your qualifications for this office? I have a strong desire to forward the interests of off-campus students. I am currently serving as an OCSA representative and have chaired several committees within the or ganization. I am an editor of the Political Science Society Newslet ter, and I was recently appointed to an off-campus undergraduate senator position. Define your role. I see the duties of the OCSA pres ident as establishing and maintain ing relations with University, com munity and student groups that have a bearing on off-campus life. The president should provide direc tion and continuity to the actions of the executive committee and the representative body of the OCSA. The president should also insure the orderly conduct of the business of the OCSA. The OCSA president should at all times represent the in terests of off-campus students. (see DuBOIS, page 9) Hall age: 20 classification: junior major: economics hometown: De Bidder, Louisiana What are your qualifications for this office? I have been a representative from Zone II for OCSA and have served on various standing committees within the organization besides holding offices in many other stu dent organizations in the Memorial Student Center such as Political Forum and the Pre-Law Society. I have also attended a leadership seminar to acquaint me with the internal organization of Texas A&M. If elected, I will work hard to get the off-campus student s voice heard on campus. Define your role. As president, my role will be to coordinate the executive officers and representatives and to imple ment a program which will enable off-campus students to receive a re duced rate on lunches eaten on campus. Thus, instead of buying a five-day meal plan, one would have the option of eating lunches only on (see HALL, page 9)
