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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1981)
Vice Presidents Vice President Academic Affairs JEFF BISSEY Jeff Bissey, a chemical en gineering major from Katy, is con cerned about the enforcement of the dead week guidelines. Although teachers have mate rials that need to be covered, test ing and the introduction of new material during dead week should not be allowed, Bissey says. Bissey proposes setting up a student academic council, made up of presidents of clubs in each college. The council could formulate proposals and present them to their respective department heads, deans and the members of the academic council, Bissey says. “Students views will be repre sented by people whom the acade mic council members are more familiar with, rather than depend ing on the student body president to make a single presentation,” Bissey said. Bissey, a sophomore, is the off- campus senator for Ward II, and has served as campus policies coordinator for the Student Services Committee. Vice President External Affairs SUE VITO Sue Vito, junior political scien ce major from Austin, says she has “the enthusiasm, interest, know ledge and experience necessary” to become vice president of exter nal affairs. Vito is now an off-campus sena tor and chairman of the business- consumer relations subcom mittee. University-city relations are strengthened students with ser vices such as Aggie Bucks and rep resentative positions with the Col lege Station city council, Cham ber of Commerce and GTE, Vito says. She anticipates “working with our city council through our city council liason to help provide an expedient solution to overcrowd ing at Northgate.” Vito wants an active lobbying effort to inform state legislators of students’ feelings on issues affect ing their education, such as “the possibility of a 100 percent in crease in tuition which could be detrimental to many students.” ■ Photo not available Vice President External Affairs SCOTT HALL Scott A. Hall, a sophomore pre medicine major from Fort Worth, says he “can coordinate student viewpoints into effective actions that will benefit both the Univer sity and its constituencies.” Hall was Director of Legislative Affairs for the External Affairs Committee and is currently a senator for Aston and Dunn Halls. He hopes “to achieve national and state recognition through bet ter student representation, furth er upgrade relationships between state schools, promote and maxi mize Texas A&M’s role in local government, and increase student interest in the area of legislative affairs.” Hall has lobbying experience and says “Texas A&M is looked upon by the other schools as a potential leader in school’s lob bying efforts.” Vice President Finance J. TERRY SMITH J. Terry Smith, a junior agricul ture economics major from Rose bud, says he believes students should have a say in matters dire ctly affecting them. Smith is a member of the fi nance committee and a former bank employee. Future student service fees will continue to reflect the high rate of inflation. Smith says. Fees could be limited by charging students only for the services they use, he says, but this would make services extremely expensive compared to their present cost. However, charging user fees instead of student service fees for Intramurals and the A.P Beutel Health Center is justified, Smith says. The entire student body shouldn’t have to pay for services that aren’t used by everyone, he says. “The user fee will be relatively small and allow the users of these services to pay more of the cost than the non-users,” he said. Vice President Academic Affairs KATHY BARTHOLOMEW Vice President External Affairs BLAINE D. EDWARDS Vice President External Affairs JOE JORDAN Vice President Finance RONALD PALOMARES Kathy Bartholomew, a sopho more animal science major from Amarillo, sees a need for students to have a voice in academic affairs. The student evaluations of teacher should be used by depart ment heads to determine a teacher’s proficiency and skill and by the students to determine pro fessors that fit their learning style, Bartholomew says. The Q-drop deadline should be extended beyond 25 days, Barth olomew says, so students have time to determine their class status. Bartholomew wants a hot line at Texas A&M for students to re port unfair practices of grading procedures in their classes. She proposes formation of a stu dent academic council, to operate through each college, with stu dents working with their deans and department heads. Students would have more influence in administrative policy-making, --‘it (V, * " ‘ Page 4 — Voter s Guide Blaine Edwards, sophomore business major from Borger run ning for vice president of external affairs, says “A&M is on the verge of being able to take the lead in student government matters in the Southwest.” He is on the External Affairs committee this year as sophomore senator for the College of Busi ness. Edwards wants to boost Stu dent Government’s credibility outside the University by advocat ing a larger COSGA (Conference on Student Government Associa tion) and through interaction with other schools on matters affecting Texas A&M. Student involvement in com munity government would make “the area could be more respon sive to students’ needs and wants,” Edwards says. In Austin, Texas A&M “should only lobby on those matters dire ctly affecting Texas A&M. As a two-year veteran on the External Affairs Committee, Joe Jordan says he has “developed a good understanding of the work ings of the committee, and the issues it will be concerned with next year.” The sophomore physics major from Beaumont is presently a Student Government aide. Jordan was programming chair man of the External Affairs Com mittee-sponsored Conference on Student Government Associations this February. Jordan hopes to better A&M’s reputation as a leader of state schools by working more closely with other schools, and by show ing concern for cooperation be tween students in Texas. Jordan hopes to learn what issues the students ofTexas A&M feel state legislators should deal with during the year, so the com mittee. can lobby in Austin next year in a professional manner. Ronald Palomares, a sopho more computer science major from California, has worked on the finance committee as a senator. “I feel that through these experi ences, I am fully qualified to fulfill the responsibilities the Vice Presi dent for Finance has,” he said. Palomares has also served on the Active Affairs Committee and the Student Services Committee. Palomares says the high in crease in student service fees approved this year will keep them from increasing drastically next year. He believes a low user fee should also be charged to Intra murals and the A.P. Beutel Health Center. “There should be a small user fee to help carry the burden of their costs,” he said. “But these should be small and not carry the full burden. ” Vice President Rules and Regulations RHONDA RHEA Rhonda Rhea says she feels her familiarity with the Rules and Regulations Committee qualifies her for the job. Rhea, a junior management major, says she has served actively on the Rules and Regulations Committee and the Internal Affairs Committee. Rhea says she would like to work on the Q-drop policy and the scholastic probation policy. Vice President Student Services CHRIS LANGFORD Chris Langford, a sophomore management major, was one of four coordinators for the Student Services Committee during the past year. He has worked on several pro jects for the Student Services Committee: a proposal to create an off-campus University park providing an outdoor recreation facility for students, working with aides for handicapped students, a campus beautification bill and a summer job program. ‘The jobs program is an out standing program initiated by this year’s committee allowing stu dents to seek summer employ ment from former students,” Langford says. “By putting more work into this program, the com mittee will be able to expand the summer jobs program, offering more opportunities for many diffe rent majors.”