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Vol. 74 No. 69
Monday, December 8, 1980
College Station, Texas
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Phone 845-2611
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By LIZ NEWLIN
Battalion Staff
policy to promote minority enrollment at Texas A&M
£rsity was adopted Friday by regents for the Texas
University System.
l Department of Health, Education and Welfare —
ie Department of Education — has long been re-
ig desegregation in public universities in Texas and
er Southern states. No report has been issued for
but state officials have said in the past they do not
[t the report to be favorable.
Frank W.R. Hubert, chancellor of the System,
|Stmday evening the policy was adopted to manage
|on the minority recruiting program,
e re aware of the national scene and that HEW or
iepartment of Education is looking at a number of
lern states,” he said. “But we took this action volun-
ji to implement a plan to manage our own minority
^M$MjM^cnjjiting program.”
—-“is that mean that if the System doesn’t move to
ise minority enrollment, then the federal govern-
might?
lafs quite true, ” the chancellor said. He was enter
taining guests of the System and could not talk further.
Sources in Washington have gone so far as to say the
department is drafting a report that will order Gov. Bill
Clements to “desegregate” the state’s public colleges and
universities, under threat of losing all federal aid.
One goal of the System-wide policy is to cut by 50
percent the difference between the proportions of white
and minority (black and Hispanic) students who enter
Texas A&M, Tarleton State and Texas A&M at Galveston.
The policy aims to reach that goal within five years.
Under another objective, Prairie View A&M would
attract more white students.
Regents charged Hubert with preparing a detailed plan
to implement the policy.
In a prepared press release, Board Chairman Clyde H.
Wells said the plan does not lower or change the academic
standards of the System.
“All students of the Texas A&M University System
must be able to meet the existing standards for admission
to, retention in, and graduation from the academic prog
rams offered,” he said at the meeting, which was held at
the ranch he manages near Granbury. “This policy does
not establish quotas. It calls for a good faith effort to
expand equal educational opportunities.”
Wells said the effort at Prairie View would be a general
improvement, including the physical plant, the quality
and range of programs offered, the qualifications of the
faculty, student services and financial assistance.
Now Prairie View is in a major building program, total
ing more than $50 million for projects in progress or
completed within the past 10 years.
Texas A&M, for its part, began a minority recruiting
program last year. A preliminary plan also presented to
the regents includes stepped-up minority recuitment and
leasing WATS lines for no-cost calls to answer questions
about admissions and related topics.
Regents also authorized the establishment of an energy
affairs center at Prairie View and dicussed long-range
plans for the System’s academic institutions, including a
detailed review of the five-year master plan for Tarleton
State.
The Prairie View energy center is planned as a regional
facility for teaching, research and public service with
emphasis on the impact of energy on minorities.
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ISHINCTON — The lame duck 96th
|ess is still fighting over civil rights
but eager House members of the
[7th Congress already gathered today
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jffered less glamorous contests.
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limelight with a fight over proposed new
House rules that would make it more diffi
cult — if not impossible — for conservative
Republicans to ram their ideas through
Congress on such issues as busing and abor
tion.
House Republicans, who will be stron
ger in numbers but still a 243-192 minority
in the new Congress, were to chose be
tween Reps. Bob Michel oflllinois and Guy
Van Jagt of Michigan to replace the retiring
ish Camp chairman
pplications open
John Rhodes of Arizona as House minority
leader.
In the Democratic caucus Speaker Tho
mas “Tip” O’Neill of Massachusetts and
Majority Leader Jim Wright of Texas are
certain to retain their posts. Leading candi
date for the No. 3 leadership position —
majority whip, which is the same as assis
tant majority leader — is Rep. Tom Foley
of Washington.
The Democrats will save their fighting
for Tuesday when they consider several
housekeeping rules that would make it
more difficult to force issues out of commit
tee and onto the floor, and to pass riders
that are attached to House-passed bills by
the Senate. The Senate will be controlled
by Republicans 53-47 next year.
One of the proposed rule changes would
require a two-thirds majority to force a bill
out of committee and onto the floor by
means of a discharge petition.
Republicans already are assuming they
will use such a petition to force action on
constitutional amendments to ban abor
tions and school busing for racial integra
tion purposes because the Judiciary Com
mittee, which handles all constitutional
amendments, is headed by Rep. Peter
Rodino, Dem.-N.J., a foe of such amend
ments.
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Cowboys and clowns
Staff photo by Becky Swanson
“Cowboy the Clown” knew he was in Aggieland Saturday when he and
others from Shriner’s “Clown Jewels” group of Houston entertained the
crowd at the Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce Christmas
Parade. His large yellow-red hat was decorated with a sign: “This hat only
looks orange.”
By BARBARA LYNCH
Battalion Reporter
Student Y Fish Camp is set to ex-
I again for the Class of ’85, says Fish
Ip coordinator Venita McCellon.
lie camp, consisting of four sessions
ingfour days each, is held every August
e Lakeview Methodist Assembly in
jstine. It provides freshmen entering
i A&M University a chance to get ac
ted with Aggie traditions and with
other before fall classes begin,
lecamp features presentations on such
is as setting personal goals and de-
inggood study habits. It’s a combined
between students, faculty and admi-
itors to get the freshmen initiated into
ge life, McCellon said.
Cellon, a junior from Diana, said the
ier of freshmen who want to partici-
lin the fish camp is growing. Last fall
groups of freshmen traveled to the
P; this year the camp’s coordinators and
jtors are expecting to take four groups,
fe just hate to turn people away,”
ellon said. “But there are always more
|le who want to go than we can accom-
te.” Even with the addition of a fourth
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group, McCellon says there will still be
some freshmen who won’t get to go.
About 2,240 freshmen, 560 more than
last year, are expected to attend the 1981
camp, and additional counselors will be
needed. There will be 560 counselors next
year, picked from among upperclassmen
who apply for the positions. The counselors
work one-on-one with the freshmen, and
McCellon said there will be about four
freshmen to every upperclassman. Coun
selor applications open Jan. 25.
The 1977 Fish Camp was the first to
expand to two camp groups, and last year’s
camp pioneered the three-group trip.
There will be four individual camps with
in each camp group; each camp is headed
by a chairman and subchairman, and it con
tains about 150 freshmen and 35 counse
lors.
Applications for the 32 chairman- and
subchairmanships opened Dec. 1, and will
close Friday at noon. A list of those to be
interviewed for chairmen and subchairmen
will be posted on Tuesday, Dec. 16.
McCellon said anyone who has been to
Fish Camp as a counselor at least one year
is eligible.
Report could have additional benefits
Re-accreditation includes self-study
By ROBERT R. GREEN
Battalion Reporter
Texas A&M University is about to take a
long, hard look at itself as it prepares to face
re-accreditation.
Although Texas A&M expects to be re
accredited by the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools in 1983, the required
self-study before the accreditation team’s
visit is “a trmendous opportunity for us to
have an in-depth look at ourselves,” said
Dr. Charles McCandless, associate vice
president for academic affairs.
Accreditation means that “other institu
tions view your institution as one worthy of
membership” in their ranks, McCandless
said.
For the student, he said, attending an
accredited university like Texas A&M
means that “you don’t have to validate your
course work if you tansfer to another
school.”
Re-accreditation takes place every ten
years, with an SACS team visiting the cam
pus and investigating the programs,
courses and services it provides, as well as
other aspects like organization and re
search.
Texas A&M is required to perform a self-
study before the accreditation team’s visit,
McCandless said. The self-study commit
tee, which will be made up mostly of faculty
and staff members, will look at the same
areas as the accreditation team, he said.
McCandless said that while A&M is ex
pected to be re-accredited, the self-study is
still important as a way of examining the
University’s priorities and needs.
“If we’re going to go to the time and
effort and expense, then we really ought to
get as much out of it as we can,” he said.
The committee will give its report to the
re-accreditation team when it comes to the
campus, McCandless said. The SACS team
makes an evaluation of its own, and Texas
A&M responds to the evaluation, he said.
“We’re not obligated to make changes
that they recommend,” McCandless said,
but “we are obligated to respond why we
are not going to” if Texas A&M should de
cide not to follow SACS suggestions.
Several important changes followed the
last self-study and re-accreditation,
McCandless said.
“Our new library came about much more
rapidly” because of the process, he said.
The self-study helped show “how pressing
the need was,” he added.
The post of vice president for student
services was also created as a result of sug
gestions in the last self-study, McCandless
said.
The self-study committee is expected to
be named during the spring semester,
McCandless said. The study itself will be
gin in Fall 1981 and is to be completed by
the end of Spring 1982. The re
accreditation team is expected to make its
visit during 1983.
“We should really be ready to go in pret
ty high gear by the beginning of the fall
semester,” he said. The self-study will
probably follow “a very similar format” to
the one, with each college evaluating itself
and an overview of the entire University
being prepared as well, he said.
Quiz files offer glimpse of what future might hold
Corps, library are just two places where old exams are kept on file for reference
By SHERRY A. EVANS
Battalion Reporter
hen that next all-important test comes up, instead of depend-
olely on notetaking, textbooks and tutors, quiz files just might
he answer.
)uiz files are located in Dorm 2, the reserve section of the
ling C. Evans Library, the basement of Heldenfels, A-l
:ge and the Commons area.
he Texas A&M University’s Corps of Cadets has a quiz file
ted in the guardroom in Dorm 2 which is open 24 hours a day,
:n days a week.
om Langford,, Corps scholastic officer, said each outfit in the
ps works 72 hours a semester at the quiz file. A senior, junior,
wmore and freshman are on duty at all times, he said,
his quiz file contains tests primarily for courses below the 300
and are donated by students,
ach outfit is specialized, Langford said, and has its own quiz
However, Langford said, someone looking for a particular
could hopefully find what he wants in the main quiz file in
m 2.
angford said the Corps quiz file is available to any student,
lents must leave their I. D. cards when they take a test out and
keep the test as long as they like.
Not any quiz file is totally complete,” Langford said, but “we
to maintain a constant flow of tests into the file.”
nlike the Corps quiz file, which contains tests turned in by
ients, the quiz file in the reserve section of the Sterling C.
ins Library accepts only texts that are turned in by Texas A&M
hers and professors.
If (professors) want to have their quizzes available, we’ll put
n on file for whatever sections they want,” said Paul White,
H supervisor. “We don’t decide what goes on file.”
he file contains quizzes for about 50 courses with about 30
hers contributing. Some, but not all, of the quizzes have the
^ers and there are several solutions for regular class home-
k, Some teachers have made their class notes available
augh the quiz file.
)r. David H. Stewart, head of the English department, said he
s not feel students receive any kind of special advantage in
ag the quiz file tests to determine how a teacher will test,
wart said he feels it is a teacher’s responsibility to let a student
w what he will be tested on.
)r. Huey L. Perry, assistant professor in the political science
aartment, said he feels quiz files are “quite useful.” Perry said
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Roger Drew, a freshman aerospace engineering ma
jor, checks through the Corps quiz file in Dorm 2 for an
there are often sections of the course material that a teacher does
not lecture over, so students should be able to get “some idea as to
what aspect (of the material) the professor is likely to emphasize. ”
The library reserve file is operated by student employees as
well as full-time library personnel and the file is open during the
library’s regular hours.
Staff photo by Greg Gammon
old chemistry test. The Corps maintains an active file of
old tests for many classes offered on campus.
A student must turn in his I. D. card when taking out a quiz. The
time limit is two hours and the quizzes may be taken anywhere in
the library.
The Learning Resource Center (LRC), located in the basement
of Heldenfels, operates much like the library reserve quiz file in
that it does not keep on file quizzes turned in by students.
“All the material we have is given to us through the depart
ments and supplied by the professors,” said Ginny Moreno, an
T RC emnlovee.
The LRC contains old exams, quiz answers, selt-paeed prog
rams, tutorial material, 8-mm films, reference textbooks and lec
ture notes, Moreno said. The LRC also has some items for sale,
such as staff reviews, problem solutions and professors’ notes.
Dr. Rod O’Connor, head of Texas A&M ’s first-year chemistry
program, said he is in favor of students using the quiz files,
although that depends on how similar the old tests are to the ones
the students are taking currently.
About 2,500 students use the LRC’s facilities during a week and
Moreno said anyone is invited to come in just to study.
The LRC is open from 7:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Monday through
Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. on Friday and 3:30-6:30 p.m. on
Sunday. Material can be checked out for two hours with an I.D.
card or driver’s license.
The A-l lounge quiz file on the north side of the Texas A&M
campus is presently being operated by five women’s dormitories:
Hobby Hall, McFadden Hall, Fowler Hall, Keathley Hall and
Hughes Hall.
On a rotation basis, the halls keep the quiz file open from 8 p.m.
to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, with each hall taking a
different night.
Debbie Trumble, Fowler scholastic chairman, said anyone is
invited to use the file, but it is mainly for north area students who
make use of the quiz file.
Usually only students contribute old tests to this quiz file, but
Trumble said, “I haven’t had anybody turn (tests) in at all this
semester.”
Peggy Yamasaki, another A-l lounge quiz file worker, said the
file is “time-consuming to organize, but I feel it should be up
dated. Yamasaki has found tests in the file dated back to 1969.
Trumble said the file contains the most material in the science
area, but that there’s “usually something for everybody.”
Students may check out material with an I.D. card and must
bring the material back before the quiz file closes at 10 p.m.
The Commons area also has a quiz file that is operated in
cooperation between Krueger, Mosher, Dunn and Aston halls.
Although “not very complete, John Klepper, Dunn scholastic
chairman, said this quiz file gets “plenty of use. ”
The file contains mostly lower level courses, Klepper said, and
especially those in the areas of physics, math, chemistry, biology
and history.