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by Daniel Puckett
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(System Chancellor-elect Arthur G.
. first question! Hansen said Tuesday that he and
ie subjects gave T exa , s A&M regents engaged in a
But when a di; yeu-'ong courtship which led to his
jpeared on the> sele « lon for the top System post,
r^rr^m .n.rwtS Hansen made the remarks at a
of makingaiier# ess . co, L fere " ce after . the r ^ en ‘ s
>ercent of the s I | eeUn 8 1 nesday morning when he
. I, was formally named successor to pre-
' .sent Chancellor Frank W.R. Huden.
inuine tobetoiffi, , , , .,
■ips a !MP ansen ' w ho has served as president
ol Indiana s Purdue University since
w ih take office July 1.
gS During the conference, Hansen
Kis flanked by his wife, Nancy, and
■gents Chairman H.R. “Bum”
Bright of Dallas, who took an active
role in the conference. The method
and history of Hansen’s selection was
one of the first topics.
■ “I was contacted 11 months ago ab
out the (Texas A&M) presidency,”
Hansen said. “But after 13 years as a
■liege president, I decided that’s
Rough. My wife and I would like to
be separated from that kind of com-
Imitment — it’s a lot of hard work and
up too much of your time.
“After 1 first talked to Mr. Bright,
we developed a strong rapport ... It
Bas a long courtship. I had an interest
in it since I first talked to him ... I
decided to take the job in December
i or November.”
I Hansen said he had considered
going into the corporate world but
then higher education began to look
{“awfully seductive.”
I He said: “Mr. Bright is a persuasive
and tenacious individual.”
At the time when the chancellor
search committee, including Bright
and Hubert, approached Hansen,
Hubert had already decided to resign
in spring 1981. Bright said: “I knew
where things were going at the time.
He (Hansen) didn’t.”
However, Hansen said he was con
sulted about presidential candidates
which included Vandiver.
Bright said one other candidate
was interviewed for the chancellor
ship, but refused to say who it was.
Although Hansen has no contract,
Bright explained, he will be paid
$135,000 a year and will be given a
car, a car allowance, paid insurance
and a house.
“A chancellor’s house will be fur
nished to Dr. Hansen in lieu of a
housing allowance,” Bright said. “We
don’t know yet if the house will be on
or off campus; we haven’t started the
planning on that yet.”
Hansen then explained his concep
tion of the chancellor’s role in System
administration.
“The chancellor is the chief execu
tive officer of the System and the per
son through whom the regents work,”
he said. “His job is to interpret board
policies to the System as a whole ... 1
strongly believe in a decentralized
management approach.”
Hansen said, however, that he does
not place great importance on the
System’s structure.
“I see no magic at all in an organiza
tional structure,” he said. “If some
thing is working well, you don’t
System Chancellor-elect Arthur G. Hansen speaks at a press
conference shortly after his confirmation as successor to Chan
cellor Frank W. R. Hubert. From left to right, University Presi-
staff photo by Diana Sultenfuss
dent Frank E. Vandiver, Hubert and regents Chairman H. R.
“Bum” Bright of Dallas listen as Hansen, right, discusses his
plans.
change it.”
He said the University must guard
against trying to excel in too many
areas.
“A land-grant college rests on a
triumvirate: science, agriculture and
engineering. You can have other in
terests, of course — the business
school here is very large and very
good.
“But the odds are against (Texas
A&M) achieving pre-eminence in the
humanities or fine arts. You can try
too much and spread yourself too
thin.”
And Hansen praised the important
role athletics can play at a university.
“Athletics ... have side effects more
sensed than defined. A winning team
offers a sense of pride; it’s a focal
point for a campus. And it helps with
day-to-day governance because hap
py students mean fewer problems.
“And happy students become con
tributing alumni.”
Before the press conference,
Hubert had high praise for his suc
cessor.
“I’m eminently pleased with the
appointment,” Hubert said. “I’ve en
dorsed it from the start. He’s the top
man in the nation, no question about
that.”
Hubert said Hansen w'ould be tak
ing office July 1, not on Aug. 31 as
originally reported. He explained
that although his letter of resignation
stated that he would step down by
Aug. 31, it also said that he would be
willing to hand over his office sooner
if a new chancellor were found.
Bright also praised Hansen, saying
he felt a sense of pride and accom
plishment in bringing Hansen to
Texas A&M. Although Bright called
Hansen’s appointment the main busi
ness at the regents meeting, the board
took other action as well.
Regents accepted the resignation,
effective June 1, of Prairie View A&M
President Alvin I. Thomas for
reasons of health, age, family and
“other factors.” Dr. Ivory V. Nelson
was appointed as acting president to
serve until a permanent president is
found.
The board also gave final approval
to an 8 percent rate increase in dorm
lees for Fall 1982, and approved
$566.3 million System budget for fis
cal 1983. The budget includes an av
erage 8.7 percent pay increase for
University faculty.
General overthrows Far
Eastern leader in coup
United Press International
NEW DELHI, India — A disgrun
tled army general ousted the elected
president of Bangladesh in a pre
dawn coup today, saying corruption
and a government power struggle
have made the people miserable.
Lt. Gen. H.M. Ershad personally
led the early-morning coup against
President Abdus Sattar, dismissed the
parliament and declared martial law,
naming himself chief administrator,
news reports said.
In a speech broadcast over Radio
Bangladesh from Dacca, the nation’s
capital, Ershad said “corruption has
become a part of the country’s social
life and is making the people’s life
miserable.”
He said Sat tar’s ruling Bangladesh
National Party had endangered na
tional security by paying too much
attention to the struggle for power,
resulting in a deterioration in law and
order in the nation of 90 million
people.
“In the greater interest of the peo
ple and the security of the country,”
Ershad said, “imposition of martial
law has become necessary and the re
sponsibility of administering the peo
ple and the country has been turned
over to the armed forces.”
As martial-law administrator, he
said, he reserved the right to nomin
ate a new president.
In Calcutta, the Press Trust of In
dia quoted passengers arriving from
Dacca aboard an Indian Airlines
flight as saying the army patrolled the
streets of the capital, but the city was
calm.
Slip slidin’ away
staff photo by Rose Delano
Rainy weather and faulty brakes were
the
— cause of a collision that occurred
Tuesday afternoon around 3 at the
intersection of Jersey and Coke Street,
said the bus driver, August Skopik, a
junior marketing major from Rosenberg.
A shuttle bus collided with a car driven
by Elizabeth Salizar, a senior physical
education major from San Antonio. The
rear of Salizar’s car was crushed and a
piece of her windshield with her
parking sticker landed on the hood of
the bus. Campus and College Station
police were at the scene.
Americans get break
United Press International
Americans should have a bit more
buying power this frionlh — especially
when it comes to gasoline, new cars
and homes — with inflation easing
toward a possible stall and real earn
ings on the rise.
The Labor Department’s Consum
er Price Index for February, issued
Tuesday, went up only 0.2 percent —
reflecting an annual rate of 3 percent
—- largely because of lower costs for
mortgages, automobiles, and gaso
line.
Eixperts forecast continued im
provement in March, and some
analysts said Tuesday the next
monthly report could show no infla
tion at all.
A report today by an industry pub
lication, Oil Daily, showed declines in
gasoline prices leveling off but still
under way. The publication reported
major brands of fuel down 1.4 cents
this past week alone.
The extent of the drop in gasoline
prices was illustrated by the publica
tion’s survey of 50 cities, which found
the average price at the pump — ex
cluding taxes — was $1.05, down 14
cents a gallon from a year ago.
Trip offers culture to student leaders
by Jennifer Carr
p , . Battalion Staff
faduating student leaders will
ln to g e ther for a cultural experi-
ce m a three-day trip to Houston
this weekend.
s P r ing leadership trip, an
n,aa * MSC Council project spon-
rea through donations from for-
er students, provides a cultural ex-
perience students might not receive
e rwise, said Denise Campbell,
^airman of the trip.
^ The trip is to provide a cultural
experience or cultural exposure the
students probably wouldn’t gain on
their own,” Campbell said, “and
hopefully to spark some interest in
cultural events and to develop an
appreciation of the arts.
“It’s sponsored by private dona
tions from sponsors who usually
sponsor it year after year — mostly
old Ags who have participated in the
trip before.”
This weekend’s trip includes a stay
at the Woodlands, where students will
hear a speaker forum on such topics
as international business. Then they
will be off to Houston where they will
tour the Houston Museum of Fine
Arts exhibition of works by Leonardo
da Vinci.
Students also will attend the Hous
ton Symphony Orchestra and the
American premiere of the British
play “Way Up Stream” at the Alley
Theatre.
“Basically it is a fun weekend,”
Campbell said, “but the primary pur
pose is to provide this cultural expo
sure, not to provide an entertaining
weekend for the delagates —
although we hope it will be enter
taining.”
Delegates for the trip are selected
by the deans of the various colleges
and by the presidents of various cam
pus organizations, Campbell said.
There is an allocation scheme that is
roughly based on the enrollment of
the college or the number of people
involved in the organization, and
each group selects a certain number
of delegates and alternates.
Campbell said, former students
sponsoring the trip often join stu
dents on the trip.
“Usually a lot of the former stu
dents who sponsor the trip will parti
cipate in an event with us, so we can
get the interaction between former
students and delegates,” she said.
The trip was started in 1963 under
the direction of Lt. Col. James Ray,
then president of the Memorial Stu
dent Center. Campbell said the prog
ram has come a long way, but some
things haven’t changed.
“The purpose of the trip has re
mained the same throughout,” she
said. “It’s to provide that cultural ex
perience and to bring together a com-
glomeration of student leaders
throughout the campus.”
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