Senate increases service fee to $33.50
Requests from departments for more money is the cause, vice president says
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iffieult to t:Jhe Texas A&M University student sen-
„ ex pectf(l;;|passcd a bill Wednesday to raise the
> bolur. Ment service fee to $33.50. This is a
‘ an athletesj.50 increase from the $28 fee students
fnericansareildlhis spring.
Wo events F me increase is necessary to compensate
• s competins higher budget requests from the Texas
if departments who receive funding
ough student service fees, George
na^ ick, vice president for finance, ex-
timed. Black presented the amounts re-
^ lOl'jesled. The total 1980-1981 recom-
Tplfcded figure is $2,123,799.
The other bills passed concerned elec
tion regulations, senate bylaws and Cham
ber of Commerce membership.
Vice president for rules and regulations
Paul Bettencourt made several corrections
in the proposed election regulations before
it passed. But the main controversy in the
bill that stirred a long, drawn-out debate
centered on the maximum amount a candi
date could spend in his campaign for office.
The original proposal said a maximum of
$250 may be spent by candidates for the
offices of student body president, senate
vice presidents, yell leaders, Resident Hall
Association president and Off-Campus
Aggies president.
But after consideration and reconsidera
tion, the senate amended the maximum
amount to $200.
The other amendment to the bill in
creased the number of polling places from
eight to nine.
The senate bylaws and the Chamber of
Commerce membership bills passed with
little debate.
Senator David Collins said, “As a mem
ber of the Chamber of Commerce, the sen
ate will have a closer working relationship
with the cities. I think our input to the
chamber will be invaluable and we ll be
nefit as well. ’’
In new business, the senate introduced
the preservation of one tradition and the
reinstitution of another.
Senator George Pappas suggested the
senate work to preserve the tradition of
senior boot line at half time during football
and basketball games.
“With the new third deck,” Pappas said,
“seniors must leave earlier and miss the
performance of the band and much confu
sion is generated.”
Pappas proposed that boot line be
formed preceding the introduction of the
football team prior to the game and remain
until after the playing of “The Spirit of
Aggieland. ”
And the senate wants to reinstitute the
tradition of free coffee refills in the Memo
rial Student Center cafeteria. Pappas said
the majority of the local restaurants serve
free coffee refills. He suggested the MSC
cafeteria return to the practice of giving
free refills at a comparable price to that
charged by eating establishments in the
area.
Other business included a report by
senator Mary Elizabeth Herring on the
ambulance controversy discussed in the
senate’s last meeting.
She read parts of a letter Dr. John Koldus
wrote to the College Station City Council.
Koldus’ proposed that the University
ambulance respond to all calls on campus
and the attendants will decide whether to
transport students to Beutel Health Center
or to Bryan hospitals. Off campus calls will
be transferred to College Station, but a
student’s ambulance bill may be forwarded
to Koldus’ office for payment.
The College Station city council
approved Koldus’ proposals.
See related editorial on page 2.
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The Battalion
Vol.,73 No. 106
24 Pages in 2 Sections
Thursday, February 21, 1980
College Station, Texas
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III I
ouse GOP seeks
expel Rep. Kelly
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ng
i:| United Press International
i;| IfHINGTON — The House Republi-
|| fiMership wants to expel Rep. Richard
:5| Kjfioin the congressional party organi-
■ I n and deny him re-election campaign
1 S'lslfbecause he accepted a $25,000
£:| ^suu bribe.
g:| .DP leader John Rhodes said the nine-
x | '\ber leadership group unanimously re-
■ ( nended disciplining Kelly,
(■recommendation will be put to the
i:|“ l^fcublican House members today for
- lfP' <)n * n a c ^ ose< l session of the House
:|| Vrblican Conference.
:g:| ^Ve took the action because the con-
$j:| has admitted he received funds,”
I. told reporters following a two-hour
Pif leadership meeting Wednesday.
||i Iflk, of Florida, was the only Republi-
III Hong the seven House members and a
gll^lor implicated in an FBI undercover
investigation code-named Abscam.
Jundercover agents posing as repre-
es of an Arab sheik seeking con-
nal favors secretly made a videotape
ly stuffing the $25,000 cash bribe in
Ikets during a meeting in a Washing-
iuse.
|elly admitted he took the bribe, since
viidto the FBI, but said he took it only as
of an investigation he was conducting
roup of “shady characters,
re has been ‘a confession and avoi-
” Rhodes said, using a legal term to
ie Kelly’s explanation. “We don’t
!| ■vhether the avoidance consitutes a
f,j|l defense or not
Eleven House Republicans who laun
ched the disciplinary move said Kelly’s ex
planation “challenges credibility and sug
gests Mr. Kelly acted in a manner unbe
coming a member of Congress.”
The Republicans had planned to give
each House member seeking re-election
this year $5,000 for the primary campaign
and $5,000 for the general election, Rhodes
said. Rhodes said $4,000 of it has already
been paid to each member.
Democrats in the House Judiciary Com
mittee gained solid Republican backing
earlier Wednesday ; n their move to block a
demand the FBI turn over a y\ j ts AD^cam
evidence to the House w^hout waiting tc-
indictments.
Chairman Peter W. Rodino, D-K J.,
said a resolution introduced by Rep. Peter
Peyser, D-N.Y., would jeopardize the
FBI’s criminal investigation by requiring
the Justice Department to turn over its
evidence to the House. The committee
then voted 27-0 to recommentT the House
not adopt the resolution.
But Rodino said there is no way to pre
vent Peyser’s resolution from being voted
on by the full House next week — possibly
with a different result.
House members implicated in the case
are Kelly; John Murphy, D-N.Y.; Frank
Thompson, D-N.J.; Michael Myers, D-
Pa.; Raymond Lederer, D-Pa.; John
Murtha, DPa., and John Jennrette, D-S.C.
The senator, who is being investigated
by the Senate Ethics Committee, is Harri
son Williams, D-N.J.
ssians ignore deadline
United Press International
SHINGTON — The United States
ycott the Summer Olympics in Mos-
ecause the Soviet Union ignored
dnesday’s deadline to withdraw its
ps from Afghanistan.
'resident Carter told the United States
pic Committee this weekend that
ican athletes should not participate in
Olympics if the Soviet troops were not
fawn. The committee said it would
by the president’s decision.
I gnite House Counsel Lloyd Cutler said,
. a |he president has made his decision —
the troops are not withdrawn, no U. S.
|should be sent to Moscow,
e re now waiting for the committee to
he formal steps.
jtler said some 50 governments are
.'porting Carter’s position or leaning to
lled it.
| said there is a possibility that the
fed States could hold some type of
|iate sports competitions,
e are not going to have a counter
Olympics at the same time, but we will try
to have sports competitions in other places
this summer, he said.
The Soviets have said they will send
athletes to the Olympics in Los Angeles in
1984 even though the United States is
boycotting the Moscow games. Cutler said.
U. S. officials indicated willingness to talk
with the Soviets about withdrawal of their
troops from Afghanistan, but stressed
Washington’s response to the Soviet inva
sion was not a short term “public relations
gimmick” composed of “BandAid action
and quick fixes.”
Officials said a European proposal to de
clare Afghanistan an internationally recog
nized neutral zone — once Soviet troops
pull out — could serve as a basis for talks
with Moscow on troop withdrawal.
State Department spokesman, Hodding
Carter, welcomed that proposal, endorsed
by a meeting of the nine foreign ministers
of the European Economic Community in
Rome Tuesday.
idget office suggests ways
reduce federal spending
Wascals get wabbit
I,
United Press International
WASHINGTON — The Congressional
get Office today suggested 75 ways the
iral government can save money
jmgh more efficient procedures,
^response to a request from the House
idget Committee in December, the
Vice prepared an analysis of possible ways
^federal government can cut its budget
peal years 1981 through 1985.
Ipposals to reduce federal spending are
ped in five major categories:
S Management efficiencies, which in-
>de improved program administration,
r end to duplication and ferreting out
•jud and abuse;
ppBetter targeting, where benefit pay-
l|nts and subsidies are aimed at the most
|®y and reduced or eliminated for
Ipets;
^-^Shifting responsbility for services that
hid be better performed at lower levels
p| ((State and local govenments such a park
highway managements;
Jllfchifting responsibility to private sec-
f/ li or * n< ^ ustr * es l on § subsidized or admi-
*■ Ytefed by the federal government such as
; maritime industry, postal service and
food inspection program;
—And, a revision of federal funding
priorities.
The office also suggested ways the gov
ernment can save money by reducing or
eliminating tax exemptions and credits and
by stepping up its auditing and collection
procedures.
The office noted in recent years the
budget has increased faster than the na
tion’s economy. Federal spending grew
from just under 18 percent of the Gross
National Product in the late 1950s to 22
percent of the GNP in the late 1970s.
The major reasons for the increase is the
number of older people receiving govern
ment retirement benefits, adjustments
made in federal program benefits and ser
vices to keep up with inflation, and initia
tion of new programs without ending older
ones.
The office, which traditionally outlines
policy alternatives but never recommends
specific proposals, cautioned “difficult
value judgments and explicit political
choices will be an unavoidable part of any
concerted budget reduction effort.”
Some students were surprised early this week to find
this giant rabbit sitting on top of a bulletin board on
the Texas A&M University campus. Some students
had lifted the rabbit from a nearby town, one stu
dent confessed. But he promised the rabbit would be
returned to its owners. The rabbit has since dis
appeared. That’s all, folks.
Photo by Brian Mylar
GSS suit
decision
overturned
United Press International
NEW ORLEANS — A suit filed against
Texas A&M for denying official status to a
gay student group will be returned to dis
trict court for a hearing.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Wednesday overturned a decision by Dis
trict Judge Ross N. Sterling, who dismissed
the suit by the Gay Students Services orga
nization.
The group sought recognition from Texas
A&M on April 5, 1976, and the application
was rejected more than seven months later.
University official John Koldus wrote a
letter denying official recognition to the
group on the grounds homosexual conduct
was illegal in Texas and Gay Students Ser
vices was likely to promote and incite illeu-
cd dots ^
“(The group is) not consistent with the
philosophy and goals that have been de
veloped for tfie creafioTj, ir-VYdus wrote.
Texas A&M niversto, decision
The group ^X^mpus, increasing its
capUt to meet oft camp ^ ^ Um iting»ts
dents SftfU« ten s ai d hosti Hty to Gay Stu-
tncted the hie. ^ er organizations, p ^
classes and seminars ability to spcaK » ^
mation; and reinforced “traaipjat in £ .>
about sexuality. s
The group sought an injunction allowing
it university recognition, damages for the
lack of recognition, and court costs and
attorneys’ fees.
Stauhach
\ may retire
United Press International
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Roger Staubach
says he may retire as quarterback of the
Dallas Cowboys because of physicial prob
lems.
Staubach told the Intermountain Oil
Marketers Association convention
Wednesday night there is a “50-50 chance”
he would retire from football. He has play
ed with the Cowboys since 1969.
The athlete, who has a real estate busi
ness in Texas, said he would make a final
decision in another month on his future in
football.
Theater arts
to present
‘Red Ryder’
What’s your favorite dream?
By ANGELIQUE COPELAND
Campus Stall
If you spend your time day-dreaming
about relaxing on endless white sands next
to your favorite sex-symbol, you’re not
alone. Dreams of sunggling up to people
like Nick Nolte, Bo Derek, Paul Newman
and Linda Ronstadt were common reading
on the “Favorite Day-Dream” lists in the
main hall of the Memorial Student Center.
The lists were posted by the MSC Tow-
nhall Committee as a promotion for today’s
Anne Murray concert, the idea taken from
her popular single “Daydream Believer.”
Passers by were tree to write about the sub
jects of their daytime fantasies.
Not everyone’s favorite daydream was
about super-stars. Other popular dreams
inpluded graduating with honors and re-
cieving a 4.0 next semester. Others
dreamed of just graduating “before the year
2000,” while those with more immediate
concerns fantasized about “surviving Pet E
310,” and “just passing.”
Underclassmen dreamed of seeing piss-
head, sergebutt, zip and elephant. Of
course, the pervasive goal of wealth is im
portant enough to occupy many students
wishfull thoughts. One student wanted
more wealth than he could spend in seven
lifetimes and another wanted to be carried
off by a rich oil sheik. One student would
have been content to just have enough
money to fill his car up all the way.
Two students had the real fantasies of 25
cent-a-gallon gasoline.
There were the true-to-your-school
dreams of victory for the basketball, foot
ball and track teams along with visions of
five and even seven day weekends.
One girl dreamed of finding Prince
Charles in her footlocker, and Mr. Perfect
and Mr. Right were the subjects of many
girls’ idle thoughts.
Unique dreams included having a good
Monday, getting the Ayatollah Khomeini
in rifle cross-hairs, having peace of mind,
and simply reading through the entire lists
of dreams.
There were messages of lovers questing
for both reunion and renunciation with the
message to one girl to “quit playing
games,” because “you know we know.”
One platonic fellow wanted all female
Aggies to kiss him on the cheek, because
“They’re all so beautiful. ”
Texas A&M University’s theater arts
program, a division of the English depart
ment, will present what one of its students
calls “a psychological drama” beginning
tonight.
The play, “When You Cornin’ Back, Red
Ryder?” will run Feb. 21-23 and Feb. 28-
March 1. It will be produced in the Rudder
Forum and will start at 8 p.m.
The play concerns a young man who
works the graveyard shift at a diner in the
New Mexico desert, says Vickie Martinez,
a student involved with the production.
The young man’s name is Stephen Ryd
er, but he is called “Red” because of the
color of his hair when he was a boy.
The conflict involves him and a man
named Teddy, who comes into the diner
and begins to pick on Red Ryder about his
name, which is the same as the hero of a
radio show which was set in the Old West.
Teddy is a psychotic who tries to shatter
the ego of everyone he encounters. "He
really is frightening,” Martinez says.
Martinez said the play was an off*
Broadway hit and ran for 350 perform
ances. It was written by Mark Medoff, a
professor at New Mexico State University.