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VPagei 26, W Texas A&M Basketball Arkansas slips one in on Aggies See page 11 °t bread, i 'hisgoldej ■nd usthtf nd of onj ‘ c b "HereJ you arej ing wort "g you >les, we i and wej rd. mddoast Women’s team edges out TSU See page 12 The Battalion Serving the University community 75 No. 83 USPS 045360 14 Pages College Station, Texas Wednesday, January 27, 1982 urn NO JTAL econd search Degins by Jane G. Brust Battalion Staff pexas A&M System officials will be- in their search immediately for a iew System chancellor and hope to ppmnt one by the end of summer. pDr. Frank W.R. Hubert’s notice of 'etirement from the chancellor’s Iff):. effective Aug. 31, was accepted >ythe Texas A&M University System ifard of Regents Tuesday. Hubert, )6, became cliancellor Oct. 1, 1979. de has been associated with the Uni- /ersity in various capacities for 23 /ears. ■ Regents Chairman H.R. “Bum” fright appointed an ad hoc commit- ee, headed by himself, to screen can- lidates and recommend a new chan- Board passes research park authorizadon See related editorial page 2 cellor to the full Board for its approv- jl|The committee includes Hubert, Joard Vice Chairman John Blocker ind Regent Clyde Wells. The same foursome recommended University President Frank Vandiver who was appointed by the Board Aug. 26. ipAfter the Board meeting Tuesday, Bjright said the search for a chancellor will be conducted in a fashion similar t(| that of the recent presidential Isearch. ^FWe will place an advertisement in e Higher Education Chronicle in System Chancellor Frank W.R. Hubert and Regents Chairman H.R. “Bum” Bright respond to an amusing remark made by regents during Tuesday’s meeting of the February,” Bright said. “We will re quest applications for the job and will evaluate those as they come in.” A cut off date for accepting applications has not been set. The chairman said the ad hoc com mittee will look for someone with ex perience as a chief executive officer, preferably with a multi-campus land- grant university of a comparable size to Texas A&M. It is possible, Bright said, that some of the presidential candidates will be in contention for the chancellor’s post. “We ran into a lot of good candi dates (in the presidential search),” he said. “They would have to reapply — qualifications and backgrounds would have to be examined in connec tion with this (the chancellor’s) posi tion.” Photo by Diana Sultenfuss Board of Regents. During that meeting Hubert announced his retirement from the chancellor’s office, effective Aug. 31. In March, Hubert discussed his re tirement plans with Bright and indi cated to the chairman that his announcement would be made be tween November 1981 and January 1982. Bright said he and Hubert agreed to announce Hubert’s retire ment in January, allowing ample time to search for his successor. During that search, Hubert said, he See HUBERT page 14 by Denise Richter Battalion Staff Texas A&M University will join the University of Houston, Rice Universi ty and Mitchell Energy and Develop ment Corp. in a multi-million dollar research park in a plan approved Tuesday by the Texas A&M Universi ty System Board of Regents. The Board authorized the Univer sity to participate in the Houston Area Research Center, a non-profit research group that will conduct animal and human research and urban planning. The Center, funded by Mitchell Energy, will be in the Woodlands, a development north of Houston estab lished by George P. Mitchell, Class of ‘40. Mitchell is both chairman of the board and president of Mitchell Energy. University President Frank E. Van diver will appoint four Texas A&M faculty members to serve on the Cen ter’s board of directors. In other action, regents approved Vandiver’s plan to reallocate $3 mil lion to buy laboratory and instruc tional equipment for University use. More than $2 million will come from an interest-earning account and an auxiliary account. The remainder of the funds, about $950,000, will come from funds accumulated as a result of Vandiver’s directive order ing all University departments to cut their operating expenses by 3 per cent. Regents also authorized Texas A&M to seek approval from the Coor dinating Board, Texas College and University System, for three new de gree programs: — a curriculum leading to a bache lor of business administration degree with a major in business analysis — a doctor of philosophy degree in applied psychology with options in in dustrial-organizational psychology and community clinical psychology — a bachelor of science degree in scientific nutrition. Regents also confirmed appoint ments of Valerie Nelson, former ex ecutive secretary to the secretary of the Board of Regents, as assistant sec retary to the Board of Regents; Dr. J. Malon Southerland, former assistant to Vandiver, as assistant vice presi dent for student services; and Nelda Green, former assistant to System Chancellor Frank W.R. Hubert, as assistant to Vandiver. Dr. Carlton Maxson, professor of mathematics, was named associate dean of the College of Science, and Dr. Davis A. Fahlquist was promoted from assistant dean to associate dean in the College of Geosciences. The Board also awarded 11 con tracts totaling $7.9 million, including a $2.9 million contract to Belco Con struction Co. of Waco for the expan sion of Texas A&M’s Cyclotron Insti tute. Reagan wants state supported programs New plan unveiled United Press International [WASHINGTON — President teagan today began trying to whip up support among governors, mayors and members of Congress for his •“New Federalism” — a revolutionary program to reduce the federal gov ernment. In his nationally broadcast State of the Union address to Congress Tues day, Reagan unveiled the proposal that would shift the burden of 40 so cial programs from federal to state and local governments. »■ Additionally, the president announced he would not raise taxes this year, maintaining his economic program would reduce the federal budget deficit and restore prosperity. “Raising taxes won’t balance the budget,” Reagan said. “So I will not ask you to try to balance the budget on the backs of the American taxpayers.” And, said Reagan, who got record budget and tax cuts through the first session of the 97th Congress: “I report to you tonight that in the near future the state of the U nion and the economy will be better — much better — if we summon the strength to continue the course we have charted.” Reagan deplored big government and said, “let us by a single, bold stroke — return the some $47 billion in federal programs to state and local government, together with the means to finance them and a transition period of nearly 10 years to avoid un necessary disruption.” Included among them would be food stamps and Aid to Families with Dependent Children, the basic wel fare system for the poor. In what he called a “swap,” Reagan suggested the federal government take over full funding of Medicaid. Soviet says U.S. stalling United Press International GENEVA, Switzerland — Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko accused the United States today of stalling negotiations on limiting trategic nuclear arms and interfer ing with Poland’s internal affairs. In a statement at Geneva airport shortly before flying to East Berlin, Gromyko said the United States was following a policy aimed at blocking the solution of this problem (begin ning talks on limiting strategic nuc lear arms) by insisting on linking the talks to the situation in Poland. “The entire responsibility of the consequences of this policy rests with the U.S. administration,” Gromyko told reporters at the airport. “And that is a responsibility which it cannot escape.” Gromyko and Secretary of State Alexander Haig met for nearly eight hours Tuesday, nearly twice as long as they had planned. But Haig told a news conference, “Poland cast a long, dark shadow over all discussions of East-West relations.” In his comments to reporters, Gromyko insisted Poland was a pure ly internal affair and called on the United States to stop interfering in that country. Basketball fever s “" pho “ byD “ vMF1 * h " Lines for tickets stretched around the game with Arkansas that night. Texas front of G. Rollie to Kyle Field A&M was defeated 64-63 at the buzzer. Tuesday afternoon in anticipation of the See related story page 11. Committee studies options for senate If The Br* Cent* 1 Staff photo by Sumanesh Agrawal Claude D. Davis by Daniel Puckett Battalion Staff The faculty senate steering com mittee may not submit a constitution al proposal before fall because of the number of options it wishes to consid er, Committee Chairman Claude Davis said Monday. University President Frank E. Vandiver created the steering com mittee after members of the faculty expressed a desire for a faculty senate last semester. The committee he appointed, comprising 11 faculty members, in cludes two non-tenured faculty mem bers, one department head and a for mer dean, forming what Davis calls a good cross-section of the faculty. Davis is an associate professor of building construction. Committee members have met four times since their appointment. They have collected a number of con stitutions from similar groups at other universities, Davis said, and are studying them to learn from others’ experience. In addition, they are soli citing opinions from all members of the University community to ensure that their proposal corresponds to fa culty wishes. However, Davis said, this approach is extremely time-consuming, and the committee is still studying general questions in the following areas. — Representation: Should the sen ate represent the Texas A&M faculty, the faculty and staff or the entire Texas A&M University System? — Powers: What kinds of questions should the senate consider? Should it discuss proposals for new courses? The content of those courses? Gra duation standards? After considering them, what action should it be able to take? — Structure: How should the sen ate be structured? Should it be un icameral or bicameral? Davis said the decision on this question depends on the kind of relationship the senate will have to other institutions, such as the Academic Council. Once these questions have been settled, he said, the committee can move on to more specific items, such as terms of office for senators and specific constituencies for them. Davis said his committee is trying to complete its report by the fall, but hopes it can be finished earlier. Several more months of study may seem a long time, but the group will have finished its work more quickly than expected if it meets its fall dead line, said Dr. Thomas J. Kozik, pro fessor of mechanical engineering. Kozik was a co-chairman of the Oct. 15 faculty meeting which led to the establishment of the steering com mittee. “I’m surprised it’s going as fast as it is,” Kozik said. “When they started, I thought it would take them at least a year (to complete the proposal), so if they get it out by fall, they’re consider ably ahead of schedule.” Kozik is not a member of the steer ing committee and says he has with drawn from the active planning of the senate. inside Classified page 10 Local . page 3 National • P a g e7 Opinions . page 2 State/National . paged Sports page 11 What’s Up page 10 forecast Today’s forecast: cloudy skies with the beginning of a warming trend. High in the mid-60s; low in the up- per 40s. Thursday’s forecast also includes cloudy skies, with the high in the upper 60s and low ir upper 40s.