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1 rh la y (:1 <andstuffedli ( wn retaliate ' went crazy," S| ( 1 hardly keep ? onto the iat we The Battauon Serving the Texas A&M University community : COI asp Vol. 74 No. 103 12 Pages Monday, February 23, 1981 College Station, Texas USPS 045 360 Phone 845-2611 The Weather Yesterday Today High 65 High ....74 Low 44 Low ...40 Rain I 0.23inches Chance of rain. . none other started oj v ’hen he wasyoi Sputnik, theBi ' nickname.. ^ideh she said like it s more descrii ihiiitv. ommittee urges ervice fee hike H N n izza, eat 1. Gifbvi By BERNIE FETTE Battalion Staff The student service fee will be raised om $33.50 to $34.50 next year if the tudent Government Finance Comiit- :ee’s Saturday recommendations are fol lowed. The new fee would yield an esti- ated $2,622,000 in available funds, ox said. The committee has recom- ended $2,570,136 in allocations for ■1981-82. The remaining $51,864 would be deposited in the reserve fund if the committee’s recommendations are fol lowed. Tracy Cox, vice president for finance, said although the committee feels stu dent service fees will increase next year, its members hope to hold down the pre viously high amount of leftover funds. Cox said that in the past, unallocated oney left over from student service ees has gone into a reserve fund for [unexpected expenses. In recent years, left-over funds have sometimes been as igh as $400,000, from using a conserva tive estimate of total collected student service fees. “We thought it was too onservative,” Cox said. The amount of leftover funds needed to be lower, he said. This year’s $51,864 reserve recom mendation is 2,139 percent more than last year’s $2,316 allocation. | Of the ten services seeking increases in their student service fee amounts, the committee advised only one receive its full increase. | The ten users are Student Activities, Student Publications, MSC Council, A.P. Beutel Health Center, Student Government, Intramurals, Extramu rals, Shuttle Bus service, Students’ Leg al Adviser, and the Personal Counseling IService. v During the past two weeks, the com mittee heard requests from the different groups in hearings. Of ten student service fee users re questing funds for the 1981-82 school year, Student Publications was the only one recommended to receive its entire request. They requested $34,000, a $2,000 (6.2 percent) increase over last year. Student Activities would receive $154,769 which is $11,981 less than it requested, but still an 11.8 percent in crease over the amount allocated last year. Student Activities had originally planned to hire a clerk which would have created a new expense. Cox said the committee believed the clerk could still be hired without an increase in the budget. “That’s how we justified the cut,’’ he said. The MSC Council would receive $712,867, $10,831 less than requested but a 13.9 percent increase over last year’s figure. “We believed the Madrigal Dinners could get outside sources,” Cox said. “Also, we believed that Cepheid Vari able should remain self-sufficient,” he said. Cepheid Variable had received no funding in the past. The A.P. Beutel Health Center was allocated $562,000 for the upcoming year, $60,000 less than requested but an increase of 49.4 percent over last year’s allocation. The Health Center received the funds needed to finance the hiring of three new doctors but may not have enough to fund other planned prog rams. Student Government was allocated $32,500, $6,592 less than it requested, but 1.6 percent more than last year. Cox said the profits from refrigerator rentals left over from last year were not taken into account in the request and that Student Government didn’t even spend all the money it had last year. “They didn’t even need they money they got last year, was the impression we got,” he said. Intramurals would receive an alloca tion of $436,000, $138,461 less than re quested but an increase of 14.8 percent over last year. Cox said the committee’s justification for the cut was deleting funds for a re quested salary. Extramurals would be allocated $35,000 which is $5,000 less than re quested but a 14.4 percent increase over last year’s figure. The Shuttle Bus service would re ceive $140,000, $29,000 less than re quested, but only a 1 percent increase over last year. Cox said the difference will be made up by a higher fee to be charged for shuttle bus passes. Cox said it was the committee’s opin ion that the price of a pass should be raised $1 to $2. Passes now cost $38. Cox also said that Business Services, which handles the shuttle system, is operating in a deficit. “We did not want to support the deficit, ” Cox said. The Students’ Legal Adviser would be allocated $78,000 which is $1,667 less than was requested but a 14.1 per cent increase over last year’s figure. The Personal Counseling Service would receive $385,000, $2,470 less than requested but 26.4 percent more than last year. If approved by the student senate, the committee’s proposed allocations will go to Dr. John J. Koldus, vice presi dent for student services, Acting Presi dent Charles Samson and the Board of Regents for approval. Service fee recommendations These are the allocations recommended by the Student Government Finance Committee regarding next year’s stu dent service fee allocations. Listed are the 1980-81 alloca tion, 1981-82 request, 1981-82 recondmendation, increase from 1980-81 recommendation and percentage increase over 1980-81 recommendation. User 1980-81 Allocation 1981-82 Request 1981-82 Recommendation Increase over 1980-81 Percentage inc over 1980-81 Student Activities $133,359 $166,750 $154,769 16,310 11.8 Student Publications 32,000 34,000 34,000 2,000 6.2 Memorial Student Center 626,009 723,698 712,867 86,858 13.9 Health Center 376,000 622,000 562,000 186,000 49.4 Student Government 32,163 39,092 32,500 500 1.6 Intramurals 379,781 574,461 436,000 56,219 14.8 Extramurals 30,600 40,000 35,000 4,400 14.4 Shuttle Bus 138,559 169,000 140,000 1,441 1.0 Students’ Legal Advisor 68,375 79,667 78,000 9,625 14.1 Personal Counseling Service 304,637 387,470 385,000 86,363 26.4 Reserve 2,316 — 51,864 49,548 2,139.0 2,123,790 2,836,138 2,621,980 498,160 23.5 Oh, say can you see? Photo by Becky Swanson Matthew McGowen, age 3, points out an oncoming marching band to his father, John, in Saturday’s March for America parade on Texas Avenue in Bryan. Several military units from Texas A&M Uni versity participated in the parade, which was part of the observance of National Patriotism Week. Opinions sought on drinking hours The Texas A&M Student Government will be surveying students Monday through Wednesday trying to gain support to extend drinking hours in College Station. The survey will be taken in the Memorial Student Center. A petition for students in favor of the proposition will also be available. The petition and the results of the survey will be presented to the College Station City Council at its Thursday night meeting. A proposal before the city council calls for drinking hours to be extended to 2 a.m. every night. Current drinking hours are: 10 a.m.-midnight Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m.-l a.m. Friday and Saturday, and noon until midnight Sunday. It was originally presented by Robert Todd, a representa tive of Culpepper Properties. “The students are the people who are in favor of extending the hours,” said Sue Vito, who is in charge of the survey. Vito said she hopes to get 1,000 signatures on the petition. yman wins Miss A&M pageant, scholarship \Sophomore to represent University in Miss Texas NO By FRANK L. CHR1STLIEB Battalion Reporter Sheri Ryman, a 19-year-old industrial distribution sophomore from Texas City, is the new 1981-82 Miss Texas A&M. Ryman received her crown from out going queen Kelly McElroy Saturday night at the conclusion of 21/2 hours of excitement. The other winners and their prizes: — Cindy Green, first runner-up, $400 scholarship. — Gina Geiger, second runner-up, $300 scholarship; — Dana Beasley, third runner-up, $200 scholarship; — Laura Hendrix, fourth runner-up, $100 scholarship. At evening's end, the audience approvingly applauded Ryman’s victory, as she sat upon her throne. It seemed a fitting end to an evening which gave an audience of about 1,500 as much ele gance, beauty and entertainment as it could want. Saturday was the final night of the second annual Miss Texas A&M Univer sity Scholarship Pageant. The night’s events included swimsuit and gown competition, as well as a variety of musical entertainment, both vocal and instrumental. “Scrapple, ” a jazz combo made up of five Texas A&M students, set a relaxing tone for the evening with tunes like Night and Day” and ‘‘Don’t Get Around Much Anymore.” At 7 p.m. the lights dimmed and the band struck up "Feels So Good” as the 19 contestants were introduced to the audience. Wearing gowns which shimmered and shone, and wearing smiles which did the same, each contestant made her way to the center of the stage. Master of Ceremonies Danny For- dyce sang “Once in a Lifetime.” After about 25 minutes of musical entertain- ment, the swimsuit competition started. While “Scrapple” kept playing back ground music, the contestants were again introduced one by one. As they walked to the front of the stage for audi ence inspection, some seemed nervous ly aware of the judges seated in the fifth row. However, other contestants calmly and alluringly walked across the stage, seemingly unaffected by the stares of the judges and other audience mem bers. After a 15-minute intermission, the audience filed back to its seats awaiting the next step in the pageant—the even ing gown competition. When the curtains were closed, one could almost hear 19 relieved sighs as the contestants realized they had finally completed the last step in the two-night competition. Ryman receives a $1,000 scholarship and a $1,000 wardrobe allowance for the Miss Texas pageant, at which she will now represent Texas A&M. Preparation for pageant: Contestants lose by gaining Sheri queen in the Staff photo by Brian Tate Ryman is crowned the 1981-82 Miss Texas A&M University by outgoing Kelly McElroy. Ryman won a $1,000 scholarship and the right to compete Miss Texas pageant later this year. By KATHY O’CONNELL Battalion Staff I arrived backstage feeling just a little apprehensive about what to expect. Af ter all, how often does one get to observe behind-the-scenes preparation for a beauty pageant? Now, I know it’s not supposed to be a “beauty” pageant — it’s a scholarship pageant. At least that’s what the prog ram said. But beauty was pretty far from my mind with the massive amounts of makeup, hot rollers, hairspray, perfume and adhesive tape that cluttered the room. Adhesive tape? I wondered why these girls would want to use adhesive tape. Surely there weren’t any wounds to bandage. Curiosity was enough to prompt me to ask why one contestant was wrapping her chest with tape. “Why, to give me cleavage,” she answered. “What else?” Of course, cleavage. How clever. I’ve heard of several uses for adhesive tape, but this was too much. Maybe the mak ers of adhesive tape can start a new mar keting program to promote their pro duct. Speaking of marketing, one girl, who was laboriously applying mascara, said she was in the business of marketing herself to the judges. She seemed to have a lot of personality, so I asked why she entered the pageant. “Well, I’ve never been in one before and I thought it would be fun,” she answered. “One good thing, is that it’s given me incentive to lose weight. I’ve really gained a lot from being in the pageant. No, I mean I’ve lost, but I’ve gained — if you know what I mean?” As I made my way around the room, I listened to the chatter of the 19 contes tants — “When are we getting our pic tures taken?” ... “Does anyone have a brown eyebrow pencil?” ... “Mom, do I have enough blush on?” ... “No, put on a little more.” What in the world for? She already had on enough rouge to keep Revlon out of the red for years. I couldn’t believe it when one girl undressed slowly in front of the mirror, as though no one else was in the room. It wasn’t the nudity that bothered me, it was the narcissistic manner in which she undressed. Over the intercom, a voice warned the girls they had 15 minutes to go. There was so much confusion you’d have thought someone yelled “fire.” “Quick, zip up my dress.” ... “My shoes, where are my shoes?”... “Oh my gosh, I’m so nervous.” The last touches of makeup were made, as if they really needed it. Hairs pray and more hairspray was applied. 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