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Reorganization planned
or system branches
By ANDY WILLIAMS
Staff Writer
proposal submitted to the Board of
gents by Chancellor W. R. Frank
k ibert would return direct eontrol of sev-
^ al agricultural and engineering offices to
The offices currently report to Hubert
ough University President Jarvis E.
iller.
[The proposal, submitted this week, sug-
jsts creating a deputy chancellorship for
[gineering and one for agriculture,
luliert and the executive committee of the
lard will hold a series of meetings next
lek to discuss the idea.
|The deputy chancellors would do the
ne jobs as the present University vice
idents for each division. The nominee
each new job would be the holder of the
present one, Hubert said Thursday.
Dr. Fred Benson is now vice president
for engineering, and was appointed when
the office was created in January, 1978.
Dr. Perry Adkisson was made vice presi
dent for agriculture when that post was
created in March, 1978.
Hubert said that it would be “prema
ture” to comment on the proposal
Thursday.
“In due course of time, I will be taking
action on this proposal after the regents
have discussed it,” he said.
He said rule changes that have been
made authorize the creation of a deputy
chancellor's position.
With the advent of the vice presidencies,
the offices under them began to report to
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o silence dissident factions
Miller. Previously, they had been directly
responsible to then-ChancelJor Jack K.
Williams.
The proposal would put the deputy chan
cellor for agriculture in charge of the Texas
Agricultural Experiment Station, of which
Miller is the former director.
The position would also control the Texas
Agricultural Extension Service, the Texas
Forest Service, the Rodent and Predatory
Animal Control Services, the Texas Veter
inary Medical Diagnostic Lab, the Sea
Grant Program, and the Texas Real Estate
Research Center.
The deputy chancellor for engineering
would control the Texas Engineering Ex
periment Station, the Texas Engineering
Extension Service, the Center for Energy
and Mineral Resources, and the Texas
Transportation Institute.
I
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By RICHARD OLIVER
Staff Writer
While most Americans are keeping an
eon the Persian Gulf and its problems,
other section of the world is drifting into
3 spotlight.
The island of Taiwan, historically a poli-
al hot spot, has once again erupted in
litical turmoil.
The Taiwan government, also known as
eKuomintang, has cracked down on anti-
vemment factions, resulting in numer-
s arrests on charges of sedition, and
mors of secret military trials and torture.
Hung Sin Ping, a Taiwanese Texas A&M
liversity student who recently came to
e United States to pursue his graduate
gree, said the political crackdowns in his
untry have spread fear throughout the
ipulation.
'"The opposition in my country wants to
op the martial rule there,” he said.
Taiwan is assumed to be democratic, but
erything is controlled. The people pro-
st the intervention, and I believe a big
isunderstanding is occurring.
The trouble primarily began in Decem-
ir, when anti-Kuomintang factions pro
sting the repression of Taiwanese people
:gan a riot which eventually resulted in
W policemen injured.
Since that riot, Kuomintang secret police
ive arrested over 70 opposition politi-
ans, and have reportedly harassed and
uncled up several Presbyterian minis-
rs.
Presbyterian organizations in Taiwan re-
mtly published a paper protesting the
mtral government’s persecution of the
iposition forces.
"They had kind of an announcement in
liwan that they feel Taiwan should be
dependent from the mainland,” said
ing. “They do not like the Communists,
(least, they feel, let the people of Taiwan
:cide their futures. ”
Ping said the government of Taiwan has a
large Congress, but only 15 percent of the'
governmental body is elected by the
Taiwanese people.
“Many of the congressmen have been
ther6 30 years,” he said. “They allow for
only a small percentage of the elections,
though. The reason they.don’t want a big
change in members is they always say
they’re going to hold another big election
when the Taiwanese take over Peking.
The problems in Taiwan have been rec
ognized here in the United States,
however.
Congressman Jim Leach of Iowa, in a
congressional address Dec. 20, pointed out
several of the problems.
“What has happened in Taiwas in the
past. . . days is worthy of careful attention
in the Congress,” he said. “Last March,
when the Congress passed the Taiwan Re
lations Act, it asserted in a provision that I
am proud to have proposed that The pre
servation and enhancement of the human
rights of all people on Taiwan, are hereby
reaffirmed as objectives in the United
States.’
“I regret to say that, unless there is a
fundamental change in favor of greater
popular political participation in Taiwan, it
may become increasingly difficult to main
tain the historically close relations which
the United States has had with Taiwan.
John Forbes, an aide to Leach who is
handling the Congressman’s research into
the matter, said the speech has initiated
some response in the U.S.
“You never expect miracles,” he said.
“There has been a varying weight of reac
tion in various quarters. Everyone here
would hope to see these people treated in
the fairest possible manner.
“The political prisoners are humans, and
we are hoping the pressure from us would
open a way for their release, or at the very
most, open civilian trails and charge
them. . . with disturbing the peace.”
Susan Arrigo, whose brother-in-law is
currently being held on charges of sedition
in Taiwan, said there are reports from
“underground sources in the country of
further arrests and persecutions.
Arrigo, speaking from her home in San
Diego, Calif., said fear is widespread in
Taiwan.
“Apparently, many more people are
being arrested,” she said. “Presbyterian
ministers and church officials are among
them. They’ve (Kuomintang) allowed no
visitors. . . there are reports of tortures,
but by brother-in-law is reportedly still
alive.”
Arrigo’s brother-in-law, Shih Ming-teh,
has made national headlines jn the U.S.
Shih, 39, despite recently altering his
face by plastic surgery, was arrested and
convicted of sedition after an island-wide
man-hunt in Taiwan. Shih is the manager of
Formosa Magazine, an opposition publica
tion which demands include the right to
form a new political party to oppose the
Kuomintang, an end to martial law and
freedom of expression and assembly.
Ping said Shih is sort of a hero to many
Taiwan people.
“Shih is very popular,” he said. “He’s
graduated from military school, and after
that he was put in jail for 15 years for being
against the government.’’
Now, Shih is in jail once again, and his
relatives fear he will be executed soon.
Arrigo said the time in Taiwan is critical,
and time is limited.
“More and more are being arrested, ” she
said. “We may not be able to directly free
my brother and all the others, but we can at
least make known the injustices to the in
ternational community. Some will be tried
for sedition, and that carries a charge of
execution or life imprisonment. That’s not
fair. It’s all totally unfair.”
U
adet grade averages
ise again, Corps says
By MICHELLE MORREY
Campus Reporter
While grades of some students are fall-
ng, grades of the Corps of Cadets at Texas
m re rising.
“The Corps average for this past fall was
round a 2.38,” Corps Scholastic Officer
like Formby said.
The average for the university was 2.41.
n the spring of 1979, the Corps average
vas also, higher than the University’s,
Wmby said.
| For the past five consecutive years, the
Corps’average has risen. One of the main
easons it rose so much last fall, compared
othe fall of 1978 when it was a 2.23, is the
fenfire Scholastic Policy, Formby said.
Formby started the Bonfire Scholastic
'olicy which allowed no freshmen to work
m bonfire at night, giving them more study
ime.
“The policy made a lot of people in the
orps feel like we were killing an old tradi-
ion,” Formby said. “We’re hoping we can
let more civilians involved in bonfire and
ewer cadets.
Formby said the grades in the spring are
ilways higher than during the fall semester
lecause of bonfire and football games.
All freshmen and sophomores with a
Srade point ratio below a 3.2 are required
o study every night, Monday through
[hursday during Call to Quarters. CQ lasts
fom two and a half to three hours. Corps
Staff sets a standard CQ policy for the en-
ire Corps but allowes minor differences
"ithin the outfits, Formby said.
‘We allow the outfits to make CQ longer
tat not shorter,” he said.
During CQ, the outfits have periodic un
announced inspections to check that fresh
men and sophomores are studying.
For any violation of CQ policy, such as
lights on in the halls or freshmen not at
their desks, the outfit receives a cut. Each
cut decreases the chance of receiving a ma
jor award on Parent’s Day, Formby said.
John Garcia, Scholastic Officer for the
First Wing which consists of 13 outfits, said
grades are higher because of the enforce
ment of CQ policies.
Garcia requires the freshmen and sopho
mores in his wing to report their major test
grades each month to scholastic personnel
in the outfit. The personnel compile the
grades and give them to Garcia.
Each outfit also has a military adviser.
Captain Fred May, adviser for two Air
Force outfits, said grades are better than in
the past because cadets are setting their
priorities toward school.
Lt. Dan Thigpen, Navy ROTC adviser,
said there is a greater emphasis on grades
and the cadets are stressing it more them
selves.
Squadron 12 has had the highest grade
point ratio in the Corps for the past eight
years. It is a pre-professional outfit. Their
average for last fall was 2.74.
Almanac
United Press International
Today is Friday, Feb. 1, the 32nd day
of 1980 with 334 to follow.
The moon is full.
The morning stars are Mars, Jupiter
and Saturn.
The evening stars are Mercury and
Venus.
Those born on the date are under the
sign of Aquarius.
American composer Victor Herbert
was born Feb. 1, 1859.
On this date in history:
In 1970, the United States Supreme
Court convened in New York City for its
first session.
In 1899, the first insurance policy
covering an automobile driver was
issued to Dr. Truman Martin of Buffalo,
N.Y.
In 1970, two trains collided near
Buenos Aires, killing 141 people.
In 1979, Ayatollah Ruhollah
Khomeini, symbol of Iranian revolu
tion, returned to his homeland and
urged expulsion of all foreigners.
Also on this date in 1979, Patricia
Hearst was released from prison five
years after she was kidnapped from her
apartment. She had served 22 months of
seven-year bank robbery sentence,
months of seven-year bank robbery
sentence.
A thought for the day: French man of
letters Victor Hugo said, “Greater than
the tread of mighty armies is an idea
whose time has come.’’
Beauty from the beast
Cold, wet weather settled into the Bryan-College though such weather makes life miserable for pedes-
Station area this week, and forecasts indicate that it trians, it occasionally creates a work of art.
plans to stay at least through the weekend. But, even Staff photo by Lee Roy Leschper Jr.
Textbooks treat minorities
shallowly, professor claims
By CAROL THOMAS
Campus Reporter
High school history books may be print
ing more material about hispanics and
white ethnic groups, but they could do a
much better job, says a Texas A&M Uni
versity professor.
Dr. Jesus Garcia, associate professor of
the department of educational curriculum
and instruction, has been reviewing high
school American history books for seven or
eight years. Garcia who recently reviewed
20 high textbooks says there’s more mate
rial about the hispanics and white ethnic
groups and more treatment of the concept
of the American ethnic experience.
“However, treatment is still incomplete,
shallow, and at times, stereotypic,’’ he
says.
Most textbooks seem to key on one
minority leader who might not be repre
sentative of the whole group, says Garcia.
One example of this, he says, is in the
book “The American Way,” where Cesar
Chavez, leader of the National Farm Work
ers Association is one of the few Mexican
Americans listed. “The author suggests the
Mexican American population is rural
when in reality about 80 percent is urban,”
says Garcia.
Another example, Garcia says, is the tex
tbooks shallow representation of the
American Indian. “The authors don’t really
spend as much time as they should on the
urban Indian, the changing Indian,” says
Garcia.
Garcia also says that between 1890 and
the 1960s the Indian disappears from
American history and doesn’t reappear un
til the civil rights movement during the late
1960s.
Garcia says the reason that white and
non-white ethnic groups are not treated
properly in the textbooks is that the authors
are working from a chronological model of
history. “Most history books still present
history from a chronological point of view
and it’s difficult to include a social history
when you follow that model, ” says Garcia.
* Garcia says most history books follow an
east to west approach to American history,
from colonization to westward expansion.
“When you start looking at the experiences
of Mexican Americans, ” says Garcia, “that’s
really a south to north experience.”
With authors writing history chronolo
gically, says Garcia, only political and eco
nomic events are emphasized, and charac
ters are described only in relation to those
events.
Garcia’s solution to the problem would
be for the authors to put forth a new text
book on the social history of America. “I
think it would make history more interest
ing to students and more readily absorbed
by the students, Garcia said.
Texas to gain 2 House seats
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Florida, California,
and Texas will be the big winners and New
York, Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania will
be the major losers in the next reapportion
ment of congressional seats, preliminary
Census Bureau data shows.
Overall, 14 congressional seats will be
shifted from northern and central states to
the South and West after the 1980 popula
tion count, the bureau projected Tuesday.
The bureau predicted New York will lose
four of its seats; Illinois, Ohio and Pennsyl
vania will lose two seats each; and Mas
sachusetts, michigan, New Jersey and
South Dakota one seat each.
The West would gain eight of the seats
and the South six under the bureau’s pro
jections.
The states that would benefit if the esti
mates hold up are Florida three additional
seats; California and Texas two; Arizona,
Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, Tennes
see, Utah and Washington one each.
The Census Bureau based its projections
on 1979 state population estimates and the
bureau cautioned that the actual reappor
tionment will be based on official state
populations determined by the 1980
census.
California has the largest state delegation
with 43 representatives of the 435 who
serve in Congress. Under the projections
New York’s delegation would remain
second in size with 35 members even after
losing four.
The Texas delegation would grow from
24 to 26 members and become third largest
displacing the Pennsylvania delegation,
which would drop from 25 to 23.
The census will be taken April, and the
new apportionment totals must be sent to
President Carter by next January.
State legislatures will then reapportion
districts under their control so there are
about 500,000 citizens in each district.
Reapportionment is done every 10 years
after each national census.
U.S. House may ignore draft issue
United Press International
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Tho
mas O’Neill D-Mass. said Thursday the
House would not vote to register women
for the draft and that he had urged the
White House not to ask for it.
“As I read the Congress, I would think
the registration of women wouldn’t go,” he
told reporters.
It would be “anathema around here,” he
added.
O’Neill said he had conveyed his wishes
to the White House when the administra
tion asked for his opinion.
President Carter would be “better off
not even asking for the authority to register
women, O’Neill said.
Asked who at the White House had
asked his opinion he said, “You may be
assured the president knows my opinion.”
However, O’Neill indicated that reg
istration of men would easily pass the
House.
“There is a strong feeling as far as the
registration of men is concerned,” he said.