Page 6 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1978 Senate approves budge By ANDY WILLIAMS Battalion Campus Editor Debate over money proposed to fund awards and a reception for stu dent senators highlighted the spe cial meeting at which Texas A&M University’s student government budget for 1978-79 was approved Wednesday night. In other action, Bill Jentsch was appointed chairman of the election commission by student body presi dent Bobby Tucker. As approved, the new budget to tals $27,546.58. Aggie Muster and participation by Texas A&M stu dents in the American Student Fed eration will be paid for from this money, as will numerous othei programs and $13,122 of administra tive costs of student government. The budget proposals were pre sented to the senate Monday. They were amended by senators that night, then by a committee headed by Wayne Morrison, vice president for finance, during the next three days. The budget, as revised by the committee, contained many cuts in funds. The only increase over a sum proposed by the senate was one of $150 added to the origin*! suggested $700 to pay for aw and a reception for the senate's J members. The figure was eventnj reduced to $675. "It seems to me the duty oti senate is not to reward itselfforj well done,” said senator Mark’ll in proposing that the $850figiirtJ reduced. Dinner presented to honor senator No copies of the budget wert* leased before the meeting Wed^ day. Morrison said that motpi»|,. made “partly to protect outsekj It In a budget, any time you mat cut, someone is going to be Iny. We wanted a chance to explaini ( ly fore people could criticize us simi" for making cuts. State Sen. Bill Moore promised at a dinner held in his honor Tuesday to support the Soil and Water Con servation Districts. The districts’ goals include lower property taxes and freedom from government regu lation. 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Key in your problem left-to-right, just as you would read or write it in standard mathematical terms. tend to do,’ Moore said. nsna SHUGART COUPONs Thursday, Friday & Saturday September 28, 29 & 30 Gibson Discount Center 1420 Texas Avenue College Station, Texas 9 WALLET SIZE COLOR PORTRAITS 994 Extra charge for GROUPS “1 would strongly question w l one who would question lljB'J* budget,” Morrison said. He said that at the beginning(■”’ the school year, the senate $1,055 in outstanding bills dial* 11 could not pay. These have sinM* 1 been covered by money made fjF, refrigerators rented to students* . the student government, he said* 1 ' Much of the debate dealt i f n spending approximately SUOOir projects connected with the ne«H R organized American StudentFedi®| l( ation, of which Texas A6t.M studf:®'* Jcb Hensarling is president. The! sociation is a national lobbyii group for students. J.C. Colton, vice president( academic aflairs, and Austin Sle ling, vice president for rules an regulations, said they preferred! see money spent on tradition) Aggie functions. "What I’m saying is, whend time to cut, let’s don’t start »j| Aggie traditions,” Colton saidimd erence to a reduction of S-fn funds for Aggie Muster made bit committee from the $1,500 a« nally designated by the senate, lieu Hensarling said the senatebBrag previously passed legislation vliidlt C stated that it will support thefedm [ to tion. “Put your money where mouth is, Hensarling sard. “Ifyoi want the influence, it’s going to lain Jtn some money.” The senate eventually voted accept the committee’s proposal $1,1(X) for Muster. Iriic j dec 25c BEER BUST lisa BEAT THE HELL OUTA MEMPHIS STATE happ AGGIES “MEET ME AT DANVER S’ Let s put a stop to home 201 DOMINIK DR. burglaries in Bryan- College Station. FRIDAY NIGHT 7 P.M. 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