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VPage 2 -4, 1982 local Battalion/Page 3 March 24, 1982 I Prcsidental candidate loses appeal to Judicial Board by Cyndy Davis Ballaliun Staff An election commission rul ing against student body pres idential candidate Pat Pearson for campaign violations was upheld by the Texas A&M Judicial Board Tuesday night. The Judicial Board ruled in favor of Election Commis sioner George Growson’s de- :ision prohibiting Pearson from campaigning until 10 m. Thursday. The board ruled Pearson violated an election regulation prohibit ing election campaigning un til Sunday, March 21 at 10 p.m. Pearson spoke as a pres idential candidate at a Texas A&M Corps Staff meeting March 7, Crowson said. According to election reg ulations, the election commis sion is the sole judge of the definition of campaigning and has the authority to take action necessary to enforce regulations. Crowson ruled Pearson and his campaign managers, Greg Hood and Chris E. Cleveland, cannot speak for Pearson at any meetings or campaign for him any way until Thursday night. They also must cover the large wooden signs promot ing Pearson during this period, he said. In addition, no flyers or buttons may be passed out by Pearson, Hood, or Cleveland to campaign workers or stu dents, although flyers and buttons in the hands of other campaign workers may be dis tributed, Crowson said. Crowson originally repri manded Pearson by delaying the start of his campaign four days. Pearson appealed Crow- son’s decision, saying the in tent of his meeting with the Corps Staff was improperly interpreted. During the hearing, Hood — representing Pearson — called Cleveland, Off- Campus Aggies President Paul Bettencourt and Pearson to testify. He argued that the purpose of the meeting with Corps Staff was to get ideas for Pearson’s platform from Corps members. He said this is a common practice among candidates and should be en couraged. “To take this type of cam paigning away would be a gross injustice to the student body as a whole . . .and thus a massive joke,” Hood said. Lawshe narrowly misses endorsement of OCA by Larry Baggs Battalion Reporter Two votes prevented cadet Mike Lawshe from receiving en dorsement for the office of stu dent body president at a meet ing of Off-Campus Aggies Tuesday night. Lawshe received 13 of the necessary 15 votes and finished ahead of Jeff Bissey in the runoff vote. Two members at the OCA Executive Officers Committee meeting passed rather than choose between either candidate. “It takes a two-thirds majority vote before OCA can endorse a student candidate,” OCA Presi dent Paul Bettencourt said. An earlier vote eliminated Jeff Anthony and Pat Pearson from a chance at being endorsed for the office. All four candidates for stu dent body president spoke brief ly at the meeting before voting began. Other candidates were asked questions, but Lawshe asked the audience questions. “Can anyone name one thing Student Government has done this year?” he asked. No one could. In other votes, OCA en dorsed two students: Fred Bill ings for the office of vice presi dent of external affairs and Dale Whittaker for senior yell leader. The committee also discussed arrangements for three social events planned for this semester — a toga party, a banquet and a chili cook-off. OCA has reserved both Quonset huts for the toga party April 9. For the banquet, mem bers chose the Pelican’s Wharf in College Station. Awards for out standing contributions by OCA members during the past year will be given during the April 7 banquet, Bettencourt said. Texas Hall of Fame is re served on May 1 for the chili cook-off. Last meeting to be held tonight Senate to consider legislation by Cyndy Davis Battalion Staff Bills concerning night exams, Jjiiideiit representation on selec tion eommitees and noise con trol will be discussed by the Stu dent Senate tonight at 7:30 in p()4 Harrington. This is the final meeting of the 1981-82 Senate. Bills not acted on tonight will be automa tically killed, Jeff Anthony, speaker of the Senate said. If the new Senate wishes to act on a killed bill, it must be re introduced, he said. The following bills are ex pected to come out of com mittee: Night Examinations Bill — requests that Texas A&M admi nistrators ban department-wide night exams now being used in the business and engineering colleges. Common Final Exams Bill — asks the Senate to oppose om issuing 5 minutest te findings) :hool system, ing the Coni te indepenca 1 governnr tot prevaili t prevail ii ; are buildii# hip to pen|j re. 3 um pen si , might be it not for made. >m my own! nice overon| id, "1 ami 1 silence ot| not under iction. ention.’ rchaeology lecture to be held Wednesday law, he poij restrict the ig libel decii ae First Am lice searcher • possible') idment, nith will be! >aid what I It on the Cm dll be aslraf by Laura Williams Battalion Staff Dr. George F. Bass, Disting- ished Professor of Sociology nd Anthropology, will present a lecture entitled “Nautical Archaeology: An Interdisplin- ry Field” Wednesday at 8 p.m. The' 'University Lectures Committee'will sponsor the pre- entation in 201 Memorial Stu- lent Center. The committee ponsors three lectures each emester in coordination with Ihe various colleges on campus. Committee members repre- enting each college select a speaker who is involved in re search or teaching at another niversity. J’hree, speakers are ponsored a year. The commit tee also chooses one Texas A&M faculty member to lecture. “The purpose of the faculty lecture is to honor the faculty member and to let the public know what that faculty member is. working on,” Dr. Donald McDonald, professor of civil en gineering and chairman of the Lectures (Committee said. The dean of each college and various department heads nominate various faculty mem bers one year in advance. The committee then reviews the nominees and selects the speaker. The Lectures Committee has sponsored two presentations this year. The College of Veter inary Medicine sponsored Dr. James Steele’s lecture in Octo ber, and the College of Agricul ture sponsored Dr. John Zeiman in November. McDonald said a lecture will be sponsored in April by the College of Science. moves to have department-wide night exams for finals. Accord ing to the bill, some faculty and administration members are trying to give final exams at night, similar to the depart ment-wide night testing now being used. Student Representation on Selection Committees Bill — asks for student representation on selection committees for all new academic vice presidents and college deans. The bill also asks for student representation or input in the selection of all department heads. Noise Control Bill — re quests that a “minimal ampli tude public address system” be purchased by the University to be used by those wishing to speak near the Memorial Stu dent Center complex or Sbisa Dining Hall. A bill and a resolu tion will be introduced tonight: Campaign Signs Bill — asking that large wooden cam paign signs be disallowed in elec tions because they are “expen sive, unsightly, and produce a cluttered-looking effect on cam pus,” according to the bill. 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