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he Battalion Vol. 74 No. 155 10 Pages Serving the Texas A&M University community Wednesday, May 27, 1981 College Station, Texas USPS 045 360 Phone 845-2611 The Weather Today Tomorrow High 95 High 96 Low 72 Low 74 Chance of rain 10% Chance of rain . . . . . . 10% V egents approve tudent fee raises 0 by Brain!, gainst 111 o. 1 spot By JANE G. BRUST Battalion Staff he cost of education in the Texas A&M University System isen further as the Board of Regents has approved still more student fee increases. Meeting Tuesday as a full board, the regents approved a (vice fee increase for Texas A&M students, from the max im fee of $33.50 to $39.50 per semester, an 18 percent (rease. Cost of student ID cards will increase from $3 to $5. Regents also approved an increase in the cost of diplomas graduates. That fee increase is from $11 to $15. Cost of lacement diplomas will increase from $15 to $20. its March meeting, the Board approved a 20 percent rease in dormitory room rent at Texas A&M along with an trease in the cost of board plans. The Board Tuesday proved fee increases for room and board at Prairie View |&M University and Tarleton State University as well. Jrhe regents also approved appropriations totalling $1,198,000 for the following items as recommended by the Planning and Building Committee: m— $525,000 from the University Available Fund for the (Wailed design of the horticulture/forest science building at Kxas A&M, supplementing previous appropriations ■—$150,000 from the UAF for the design and construction ■the Francis Hall renovation at Texas A&M ■— $150,000 from the UAF for the design and construction ijr the engineering building renovation at Texas A&M ■— $150,000 from tbe UAF for design and construction of the special services building renovation at Texas A&M ■—$110,000 from the UAF for the detailed design of the pavilion conversion at Texas A&M, supplementing previous appropriations ■—• $80,()()() from the UAF for the detailed design of the animal science pavilion at Texas A&M, supplementing pre- vjous appropriations ■— $25,()()() from the UAF for the detailed design of the University Press building at Texas A&M, supplementing pre vious appropriations ■—$8,000 from an account of unappropriated plant funds for thi detailed design of the physics teaching observatory at ffixas A&M, supplementing a previous appropriation. ■In other action, the Board approved the establishment of a Microcirculation Research Institute at Texas A&M’s College of Medicine as a part of the Department of Medical Physiolo gy In his proposal Dr. Charles Samson, acting University president, said this would give formal recogition to the col lege for its research in cardiovascular disease. He also said establishing the institute would provide an ideal structure for the acquisition of larger grants to continue research. Elbe regents also approved the following personnel appoint ments within the System: •— Dr. Gordon P. Eaton —— dean of the College of Geosci- pfees ■— Dr. Candida Lutes — associate dean for the College of liberal Arts t l— Dr. Arnold Vedlitz — associate dean for the College of Iberal Arts I—Dr. Samuel M. Gillespie — assistant dean of the College of Business Administration. ■ —James B. Hull Jr. associate director of the Texas forest Service H— Dr. Lamar Johanson — dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Tarleton State University 1 —Dr. Don M. Beach — dean of the School of Education at Tarleton State University. ■ In another announcement. Dr. Robert Walker, vice presi dent for development, said Regent John Blocker has created a prestigious academic chair with a donation of $500,000. Pro feeds from the gift will support a leading scholar to teach and jmduct research in the Department of Finance. Blocker, Class of ’45, is vice chairman of the Board of Regents and president of Blocker Energy Corporation in Houston. He has served on the Board since 1977. In other business. Board Chairman H.R. “Bum” Bright enthusiastically recommended approval of a project proposed by the Target 2000 Committee. That committee appointed by Bright, will help the Board set System goals for the areas of teaching, research and service before the year 2000. The project approved by the Board will involve three task forces comprising 222 private individuals who will study the following areas: the System’s four academic institutions, the agricultural agencies and services and the engineering agen cies and services. Estimated cost of the project is $317,000 which is to be raised by private donations. Blocker, who is chairman of the Target 2000 Committee, said nominations are now being taken for task force members. Tbe appointments will include individuals in various areas such as industry, education and agriculture, he said. He said 50-60 individuals from the four academic campuses will serve as a resource group for the task force members. Appointments will be confirmed by the Target 2000 Com mittee by July 28, Blocker said. He said the task force mem bers will make recommendations to the Board bv December 1982. “We want to learn the expected size of the schools, the type of professors needed, the financial needs, the building needs,” Blocker said. “This will then be coordinated with the Texas 2000 study. ” Bright said this will be a major project to provide a 20-year view of where the System is going. After the Board meeting. Bright said the committee orga nized to determine how a study of the System’s organizational structure would be conducted will melt into a work group within one of the Target 2000 task forces in the next 4-6 weeks. However, Bright said the work group woidd be making a long-term recommendation concerning any possible System reorganization. The controversial organizational structure implemented a year ago removed the extension services and experiment stations from the control of the University president and transferred that authority to the System chancellor. The Texas A&M president now controls the University alone. Bright said the committee’s work will not affect the selec tion of a new University president. “We’re looking for a president to work in the System we have,” he said. “We operate under the System we’ve got —— nothing is being done now to change that.” Bright said the presidential search is not progressing as fast as he would like, but he said he still anticipates the selection by Sept. 1. The Bryan Eagle is still waiting on an attorney general’s decision regarding the Board’s list of presidential candidates. If the attorney general deems the list a public record, it will thus become available for publication. The Board has refused to release any names of individuals under consideration for the position. However, several names have surfaced within the last few months. The following persons are known to be under con sideration for the presidency: Dr. Jack E. Freeman, senior vice chancellor for administration at the University of Pitt sburgh; Dr. Steven B. Sample, executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln; Dr. Arthur Hansen, president of Purdue University at Lafayette, Ind.; and Dr. James D. McComas, president of Mississippi State University. In a copyrighted story, The Eagle Sunday named Dr. Lawrence E. Fouraker, former dean of the Harvard graduate school of business and a distinguished alumnus of Texas A&M, as another presidential candidate. However, the Eagle reported that Fouraker has refused to accept the position. Don’t let it drip! Photo by Janet Joyce Chemistry graduate students (left to right) John Joyce, Ken Fredeen, Paul Filpus and Ed Prack take time out from work to enjoy ice cream from the Creamery. With the high afternoon temper atures, the soft stuff melted almost faster than they could eat it. Classes to start June 2 A two-week vacation period for Texas A&M University students will end next week for those who will attend summer school classes. Registration day is Monday for stu dents attending the first summer ses sion at Texas A&M. Classes start June 2. Students should pick up registration card packets in DeWare Field House according to the following schedule: — L through R — 7-8:15 a. m. — S through Z — 8:15-9:30 a.m. — A through D — 9:30-10:45 a.m. — E through K — 10:45 a.m.-12 p.m. Students should then report to the appropriate department head or desig nated representative for approval of courses and class cards, in G. Rollie White Coliseum. Deans will also be stationed in G. Rollie White to approve schedules. Students who plan to live on-campus must report to the housing manager, also in the coliseum. Students should then visit the fee assessors in MSC 212 and 214. Card packets should be turned in at the regis trar’s station in the same rooms, no later than 2 p in. Those who don’t complete registration by 2 p.m., who pay fees after the first day of classes or who go through late registration must pay a fee of $10. Classes will begin the following day, June 2. Students can then pay all fees at the cashier’s desk in C. Rollie White. Late registration will also be held June 2. July 3 will be a class hoiiday in observ ance of Independence Day. Final examinations will be given July 7-8, and students can register for the second summer session July 9. Texas growth skyrockets If Texas continues to grow at its pre sent pace through the next decade, its population may surpass New York’s by NACURH draws 1,300 delegates Staff photo h\ Becky Swanson Debbie Baker, a marketing senior from Oklahoma State University and Gene Zdziarski, a management-marketing junior also from OSU, post their contest entries in Rudder Exhibit Hall during NACURAH, the National Association of College and University Residence Halls confer ence held at Texas A&M last week. More than 1,300 student delegates from across the nation attended the conference. By KATHY O’CONNELL Battalion Staff Approximately 1,300 student de legates from universities across the nation met at Texas A&M University last week to discuss problems and program ideas for residence halls. The conference, sponsored by the National Association of College and University Residence Halls (NACURH), was held May 21-24. Mark Christian, sub-chairman for the conference, said the turnout from Texas universities was some what lower than expected. He said this is probably because tbe Texas schools would rather send more de legates to a convention out of state. For instance, he said, Texas Tech University sent 15 delegates to Texas A&M’s convention, whereas last year they sent approximately 18 de legates. Last year’s conference was held at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Tom Murray, north area coordi nator, said the theme for the' confer ence was — “Burning Desire: Fire up your residence halls. The 1,300 delegates stayed in the Commons dormitories. Both men and women staved on the same floors but were not in the same suites, he said. As part of the conference activi ties, the delegates were randomly placed in groups of 10-12 where each member assumed tbe role of a resi dence hall officer, he said. Murray said, these mock officers attended the various activities plan ned for the conference. The confer ence activities included planning “a semester’s worth of programs for their mock dorm, he said. Murray said the Texas A&M Residence Hall Association officers devised this sys tem of breaking the delegates into small groups because of the prob lems involved with using large groups in obtaining personal experi ence. In addition to the conference acti vities, Christian said the delegates attended a catered barbeque at the Texas Hall of Fame and a street dance behind Northgate. Christian said most of the dele gates were impressed with the facili ties at Texas A&M. He said they were particularly impressed with the Commons dormitories and the foot ball stadium. One delegate from the state of Washington even made plans to transfer to Texas A&M next vear. 1990, an analysis of new census data shows. “Texas can now be compared to a giant magnet drawing increasingly more people from other regions and states," concludes a report by two Tex as A&M Uniyersity sociologists. Dr. R. L. Skrabanek and Dr. Steven Murdock have found that more people moved to Texas between 1970 and 1980 than in any other previous census de cade in the state’s history. The Census Bureau set Texas’ population for April 1, 1980 at 14,228,383 compared to 11,196,730 for April 1, 1970 — an in crease of more than 3 million people. Skrabanek, a sociology professor and demographer with the Texas Real Estate Research Center, and Murdock, head of the Texas Agricultural Experi ment Station’s Department of Rural Sociology, said between 1970 and 1980 Texas had a 27 percent increase in peo ple as compared to the national increase of 11 percent. Texas numerically gained 3 million people, exceeded only by California which increased by 3.7 million, the re searchers found. Ranked third was Flor ida, which grew by 2.9 million. At the other extreme. New York and Rhode Island lost in population, as did the District of Columbia. The analysis of the 1980 census data is being conducted for the Texas 2000 Agency of the governor’s office. According to the report, Texas rank ed sixth in total number of people in 1960 and moved ahead of Ohio and Illi nois by 1970, and into the third spot ahead of Pennsylvania by 1973. Califor nia’s 23.7 million and New York’s 17.6 million exceeded Texas’ 14.2 million by fairly wide margins in 1980. But, if New York and Texas growth patterns con tinue at the same pace, (New York de clined by almost 700,000), Texas’ popu lation will surpass the Big Apple state. Student dies as result of motorcycle accident A private funeral mass was held Saturday for Texas A&M University student Stephen Courtney Kleck who died Thursday afternoon. Kleck, 22, a junior finance major, was injured in a motorcycle-automobile accident Mav 20 on 29th Street in Bryan. He was taken to Herman Hos pital in Houston. He resided at 230 Rockhill in San Antonio. Silver Taps will be held next fall on the Texas A&M campus in honor of Kleck. Battalion to publish 3 times a week in summer The regular summer publication schedule for The Battalion will begin June 2, with papers coming out every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday throughout the summer. Today is the last issue of The Batta lion published before the beginning of the first summer session. Registration for the first summer ses sion will begin June 1.