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By DILLARD STONE
Battalion Reporter
JL.dent Body President Bobby
Iker vetoed the proposed 1978-
9 indent government budget
Idnesday night, forcing the se-
L, (o set a special session tor next
I Hi
■With passage of the budget,
rlker said, "we establish our
Irities to the student body and
dniinistration.
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isappointed
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fter collid-
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ioRT LAUDERDALE, Fla. —
as the Gulf Stream, not the
packs, poisonous jellyfish, the
or fatigue that finally whipped
a Taylor, the "Swimming Nun. "
i was almost in sight of reali/-
her dream to swim from the
mas to Florida Tuesday, but
to (piit.
fer 51 hours in the water and
[4Imiles, handlers convinced the
ar-old marathon swimmer she
■d the strength to free herself
Din the northward pull of the Guli
Jam. She didn’t want to quit.
^ j found out 1 had to go five miles
lour for five hours to get there,
j I stopped," Miss Taylor told re-
lers in a hoarse whisper. I
It really want to stop, but I
lv I had to. The currents were
st too fast. 1 am disappointed. !
orb'd very hard for this.
1 was nonetheless a record fbi
jipen’s endurance swimming,
> nine hours short of the men's
Jrd.
lie paid a painful price. A robust
oinan, she hobbled ashore
in ed over and was barely able to
Her face and tongue were
len, lips bloodred from chap-
B. Scabs surrounded her mouth.
|p wrinkles showed in her bands
long exposure to water,
it she refused a trip to the hos-
and medical treatment. “I’m
in*-to go home and go to sleep for
ng time, she said.
Besides the physical punishment
p the elements and stings from
erotts jellyfish. Miss Taylor
ired a psychological pounding
fatigue-induced hallucinations
the ever-present threat of
She swam without a shark
It’s my feeling the priorities in
dicated by this budget are wrong,”
he said in announcing the veto.
Tucker based his objections to
budget on two major concerns: large
cuts in Muster and Parents’ Day
funds and increased expenditures
for Texas A&M’s membership in na
tional and state student organiza
tions.
This budget will not meet the
needs of Parents’ Day and Muster
committees,” Tucker said. Under
the proposed budget. Muster funds
were cut from $1,500 last year to
$1,100 this year, a 37 percent de
crease. Parents’ Day finances were
decreased from $1,175 to $670, or
by 49 percent.
Tucker’s other main objection was
that travel expenses for Texas
A&M’s membership in two student
organizations were given too much
priority.
"I question spending so much
money on the Texas Student Associ
ation and the American Student
Federation in such a tight year,” he
said.
When confronted by' such a tight
budget as student government faces
this year, he said, “we should look at
things that can benefit the most stu
dents. ’’
Although Tucker acknowledged
the important roles that individual
Texas A&M students are filling in
these organizations, he said that
more important projects could be
carried out on campus with student
money.
After considerable discussion, the
senate tabled the budget, sending it
back to the finance committee. The
committee will reconsider the
budget at a special meeting on
Monday, and make another recom
mendation to the senate’s special
Wednesday session. Wayne
Morrison, vice president for fi
nance, said the committee will dis
cuss only the proposed Parents’ Day
and Muster budgets.
In other action, the senate passed
a resolution calling for a student
government information handbook
containing information on mem
bers.
Also approved was a poll to de
termine the consensus of the senate
in establishing legislative lobbying
priorities for the coming year.
Senators Teresa Beshara and
Scott Farthing introduced a resolu
tion asking the University adminis
tration to consider expansion of
Memorial Student Center facilities
to accomodate an increasing
number of students.
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nlrd Iter throughout the swim to
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