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Vol. 74 No. 155
10 Pages
Serving the Texas A&M University community
Wednesday, May 27, 1981
College Station, Texas
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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.