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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1981
^Target 2000 Committee to direct A&M system growth
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By RANDY CLEMENTS
Battalion Staff
The Target 2000 Committee,
designed to set goals of growth for
the Texas A&M University Sys
tem, was outlined by the Chair
man of the Board of Regents H. R.
“Bum” Bright Monday night.
Speaking to about 200 mem
bers and guests of the Brazos
County A&M Club, Bright said
the purpose of the committee is to
determine a direction for the
Texas A&M System.
The Board of Regents, Bright
said, is hopeful the plans, goals
and objectives of the system will
be formulated.
“Everyone, however, has to
know Texas A&M University is
the crown jewel of the system,”
Bright said.
He said the mission and scope
for the year 2000 is unknown, so a
“road map to follow” is necessary.
The committee will map out
who and how to educate, and
whether or not Texas A&M will be
in a position to attract or limit stu
dent enrollment in the next twen
ty years.
Bright said the other members
of the Texas A&M System (Tarle-
ton State University, Prairie View
A&M University and Texas A&M
University at Galveston) have not
had a surge in growth like Texas
A&M.
A problem, Bright said, is to
control growth at Texas A&M
while trying to promote growth at
the other three schools.
Regent George Mitchell of
Houston is the Target 2000 Com
mittee chairman.
The committee has three major
components: agricultural service
agencies, academic institutions
and engineering service and agen
cies.
Each component is divided into
four work groups: the mission and
scope of each component for indi
vidual agencies, how to deal with
students being served (whether it
should be mostly graduate or
undergraduate students), re
sources for the faculty and physic
al facilities, and organization,
management and interrelations
between the components.
“Organizations are fluid and
need to change as the missions
change,” Bright said.
He said Texas A&M is compet
ing with other institutions for
funding and for the next ten years
the university president has to sell
the public, state administrators
and state legislators.
The committee is to be funded
by donations from foundations,
corporations and individuals.
Bright said the committee has
$150,000 from donations mostly
from foundations,
$500,000.
but needs
Bright said he hopes the com
mittee will have the “road map”
for Texas A&M developed by De
cember 1982 and that future pride
in Texas A&M will equal that of
the past.
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TUESDAY NIGHT
SPECIAL!!
Staff photo by Greg Gammon
SC Free University
Iffers classes in 31 flavors
j By NANCY FLOECK
Battalion Staff
hether your interest is Hatha
or country-western dance,
C Free University probably
[a class for you.
Tiis semester MSC Free U,
h isn’t actually free — fees
;efrom $2 to $15 — is offering
asses. In addition to the regu-
such as beginning guitar, so-
nd recreational dance, begin-
mechanics and human sex-
Free U is offering some
courses.
iWe’ve got an astrology class, a
Jtography class which the
iSC) Camera Committee is
g to teach ... a juggling class
and the campus police are
g to teach a class on dorm and
tment security,” Ann Barrier,
jC Free U chairman, said.
And we’ve got a new thing:
'eer Choice Seminar. We’re di-
ing it at freshmen, but it’s for
[one who doesn’t know what’s
gon,” she said,
epresentatives from various
Ifiversity colleges will speak at
e Career Choice Seminar, and
try to acquaint students with va
rious academic and career op
tions.
Barrier and Karen Fitzgerald,
MSC Free U adviser, stressed
that this course is for anyone who
has questions about career choice
and planning.
Registration for MSC Free U
begins Wednesday, at 10 a.m. in
224 MSC. But lines usually begin
forming around 9 a.m.. Barrier
said, and the most popular classes,
like country-western dance and
guitar, are usually filled by noon.
Most people get the classes they
want, she said.
Barrier said Free U is expecting
between 1,500 and 2,000 people
to register.
MSC Free U is open to the pub
lic, and the only requirements for
student registration are an I.D.
number and full payment of fees at
registration. I.D. numbers are
needed in case of refunds, Barrier
said, and student I.D., social
security and driver’s license num
bers are all acceptable.
The length of the 31 classes
varies. Apartment and dorm
security classes last one week;
Vechi Ryu karate and social and
recreational dance classes last 10
weeks.
And like the classes they teach,
the instructors are a unique lot.
Barrier said.
“Some are students, some are
people who work around campus
— we’ve got a man who works out
in the golf shop who’s going to
teach a mechanics class,” she said.
“Some have taught with Com
munity Education.”
This year. Barrier said, MSC
Free U found a new source of in
structors — a faculty interest and
hobby newsletter. The newsletter
is available through the Student
Activities Office.
She said the committee is al
ways looking for new instructors
and courses, and anyone in
terested should contact the com
mittee. Also, Barrier said, the
committee welcomes new mem
bers, who are needed to run and
organize the semester event.
For more information on MSC
Free U classes call 845-1515.
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