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Parking also is a widespread
problem, Lawshe said.
“We’ve got to find a short
term answer to a long-term
problem to help the students
out,” he said.
“We also have to find that
long-term answer.
“We know that’s a big prob
lem, and we need to find out
what work has been done and
put all that work together before
we make a stand.”
Another problem facing Stu
dent Government, Lawshe said,
is the call for a University-wide
Q-drop policy, but he said dis
agreement oetween colleges
would make it difficult to for
mulate such a policy.
“Whenever anyone says we
need a University-wide Q-drop
policy, I feel you’re kicking a
dead horse or spinning your
wheels — it’s just not feasible,”
he said.
The issue of night exams also
is complex, Lawshe said.
“Tnere’s so many positive
things about night exams,” he
said, "however, we need to clar
ify some policies concerning
them.”
Lawshe also said teaching and
research could possibly be hand
led through the same depart
ment.
“When a person teaches, he
gets paid by the University, and
when a person researches and
gets paid by corporations like
Exxon and Mobil, his emphasis
is going to be on research,” he
said.
Through reorganization, the
professor could work for the
same person — researching and
teaching, he said.
“The faculty who can’t relate
with students should be totally
off on research.” The people
who can teach well should teach,
he said.
“Texas A&M was designed as
a college of research,” he said,
“and without the students,
you’re not going to have the re
search.”
Lawshe said he wants Student
Government to accomplish
three things next year.
“If it takes til 3 a.m. to decide
on four or five bills that are
going to be important to all stu
dents — like extending the
hours of the library — do it,” he
said.”
“Secondly, 1 hope Student
Government will getai
parliamentary nit-pidi
they can <’
issues.”
Lawshe said he also*
promote pride by n
everyone dress up for
meetings.
“A lot of people haves
I’m running for studei
president for my own
advancement,” he said,
“Had I run forSenv
president, I would’ve*!
“When you get oi
business world, peoj
know the difference
senior class president
dent body president.
“They are both st
positions. If I had
myself, I would have l
title of senior class pi
Pearson
photo by Laura Hatch
Special people
Anyone can participate in a game
once he knows how to play, and
with sign language, Anne McGowan,
a Texas A&M physical education
and adaptive physical education
instructor, tells Van Amos, left, a
special education student from
Hearne, he’s on the orange team in
a parachute game as Billy Darnell
of Hearne looks on. The game was
one of the many activities set up
for a field day for special education
students from Hearne, Calvert and
Bremond. Company B-2 and Haas
Hall helped McGowan with the
activities.
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examine inefficient Uni
versity scheduling procedures.
The pending legislative battle
on tuition increases also must be
addressed by Student Govern
ment, Pearson said.
“I realize the importance of a
strong legislative lobby group,”
he said. “The cost of tuition has
not gone up since the ’50s, and
right now an increase is emi
nent.
“We need to convey the stu
dent’s financial prioorities, as
well as their limitations and ex
pectations, to these legislators to
enhance their ability to make a
sound, reasonable decision ab
out the cost of getting a good
Texas education.”
Pearson also said he wants to
increase crime awareness
through communication be
tween area police. Student Gov
ernment and other University
organizations and through strict
enforcement of the Aggie Code
of Honor.
“Students that are guilty of
breaking this code should not be
tolerated here at the Universi
ty,” he said.
Pearson also said available
funds should be used for the stu
dents.
“Student Government has a
lot of student service money
available to it, and one of the
problems with senators is that
they don’t realize this money is
available to them to help them
research legislation and help
their constituencies in various
ways,” Pearson said.
Pearson also said the Univer
sity needs an additional $45 mil
lion in computers, and Student
Government should deal with
this lack of facilities. They could
be made more readily available
by concentrating more money,
emphasis and legislation on the
problem, he said.
Student Government also
should focus its attention on
changing traditions, Pearson
said.
“We are moving away from
traditions, and we, as students,
have the responsibility to this
University and to the former
students and future Aggies to
start re-emphasizing traditions,
and if they’re going to change,
we must make the changes as
students,” he said.
“I intend to make a very
strong traditions council. Not
only are we going to start prom
oting traditions, but we’re going
to start bringing it back on an
individual basis.”
Pearson also said he wanted to
dispel the rumor that if elected,
he will appoint onej
strongest supporten
Hood, to a high exeaiiiJ
tion.
sakJ
Hood, a former
Board chairman and
was suspended fromtliei
sity following an ii
which he drew his
Southern Methodist Ui
football game last 1
“I intend to do
will be detrimental
rity of Student Govemi
the people who sene
son said.
to ik J
*y
“I do not intend to
appointment powers ai
age to the people
helped me get elected
“I intend to, in pan
my best to keep ex;
Student Government pq
Student Government."
Condos double
as shelters during
nuclear holocaust
United Press International
LA VERKIN, Utah — High
interest rates have crimped a de
veloper’s plans to sell fallout-
shelter condominiums costing
from $26,000 to $95,000 each,
but hard times haven’t dam
pened his enthusiasm for the
idea.
Lane Blackmore, head of
Survive Tomorrow Inc., said
company plans for a fallout-
shelter community near Zion
National Park have already been
expanded to include nationwide
marketing of “modular survival
shells.” He said the units would
be similar to condominium-type
storage sheds — but under
ground.
Prices for a two-person shell
would begin at $500, Blackmore
said, and a monthly fee would
guarantee 24-hour security,
food and water.
“We all love recreation and
we all have junk to store,” said
Blackmore. “Why not build faci
lities for recreation and storage
that could be used for survival in
case of nuclear war?”
Blackmore, a building con
tractor, got into the survival con
do business two years ago while
toying with an idea he calls “free
enterprise civil defense.” He is
convinced that nuclear war can
be survived — but it shouldn’t be
left to the government.
“The government can’t pro
vide personal security,” he said.
“It can only come up with a civil
defense plan for the average
person. It can’t take personal
differences into account, such as
the needs of a diabetic.”
“We’re trying to put civil de
fense into the hands of free en
terprise,” he said.
Blackmore and his partners
developed plans for a survival
community near the town of La
Verkin, located a few hours
drive from Grand Canyon,
Bryce Canyon, Lake Powell and
Lake Mead.
The idea was to combine a
vacation home and crisis shelter.
The group laid out a 240-unit
condominium cluster on eight
acres of land, calling the village
“Terrene Ark I.”
Model units in the under
ground complex range from
studio units costing $26,000 to
three-bedroom suites at
$95,000. All are equipped with
survival gear and enough food
for a year. When completed,
Blackmore said, the community
will have the latest in air filtra
tion equipment, an entertain
ment center, a jogging track, a
medical clinic and a militia-type
guard force composed of resi
dents.
Even though the units are far
from urban centers, Blackmore
said, buyers would have time to
evacuate their families to safety
because a nuclear exchange
would be preceded by buildup
of tensions, giving plenty of
warning before the holocaust
erupted.
“They’ve been selling well,”
said Blackmore. “We’ve got ear
nest money offers from 70 peo
ple, but we’re having a hard time
with interest rates. We’ve had to
put off construction, or raise the
price $7,000 to $8,000 a unit.”
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