The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, April 15, 1982, Image 4

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    Senators get orientation
at first Senate meeting
by Cyndy Davis
Battalion Staff
Communication will be
portant for a successful year Stu
dent Body President Pat Pear
son told student senators in an
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WOMEN
STUDENTS
ORGANIZATION
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April 19, 1982
Sharon Smith
to speak on
Women and World War I
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orientation session Wednesday
night.
“We’ve got to communicate
with each other,” Pearson said.
The attitude of the Senate is
changing, Pearson said,
vj Paul Bettencourt, former
^ Judicial Board Chairman, en-
couraged senators to communi
cate with each other and to take
matters to the Judicial Board
only as a last resort.
He also challenged senators
not to stereotype each other.
“Don’t judge somebody by
what they wear,” Bettencourt
said, “listen to what they have to
say.”
ChrisE Cleveland, executive
vice president-appointee,
announced applications are
being accepted for executive
positions and positions on Texas
A&M committees. Applications
are due at 5 p.m. Friday.
Student Government will be
working on two new projects
next year — the University
administration’s Five Year Mas
ter Plan and safety awareness,
Cleveland said.
The Legislative Study Group
and the Conference on Student
Government Affairs, formerly
under the External Affairs
Committee, will have their own
committees next year, Cleveland
said.
Past Speaker of the Senate
Jeff Anthony explained par
liamentary procedure to the
senators and demostrated a
mock motion with Senators Jim
Harris, Keith Carmichael and
others.
Anthony outlined the respon
sibilities of the speaker and
speaker pro-tempore, the assis
tant speaker and then declared
these positions open. The Sen
ate will elect members to these
positions at its meeting
The five vice presif
explained their committees.
Working to get competing
airlines at Easterwood Airport
and working to move the entr
ances of Northgate businesses to
Patricia Street are two upcoming
projects of the external affairs
committee, Vice President Jay
Holland said.
Gathering student opinion on
night exams and team teaching
is the immediate goal of the
academic affairs committee,
Vice President Jolie Mailhos
said.
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Body President Pat Pearson
on as new senators participate
in their first
Wednesday night.
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Today’s Almanac
United Press International
Today is Thursday, April 15,
the 105th day of 1982 with 260
to follow.
The moon is approaching its
last
juarter.
Tne morning stars are Venus
and Jupiter.
The evening stars are Mer
cury, Mars and Saturn.
by Lezlee
ALPHA
LAMBDA
DELTA
Senior Members:
If you are graduating in May or
August, go by the S.P.O. in the
MSC to talk to Tricia Barber
about a special award to be pre
sented May 23.
1 hose born on thisoi T 1 |
under the sign of Aries. 1 * ■*- ^ *** •
Italian painter Leonai4|
Vinci was Ixrrn April 13,ii
On this date in histon i
In 1861, President At „ „
Linc oln sent Congressama p| ans p ()r t j 1(
recognizing a state of mi M fest chili C
the South and calling for nearing completio
tin reported at the
Aggie meeting
volunteer soldiers.
In 1865, Presided!I
died from an assassin’sf
and AndrewJohnsonwasn
in as chief executive.
In 1912, the luxnn
“Titanic” sank off Newi
land. Of the 2,227 pa:
aboard, 1,522 were lost.
In 1975, the war in Cam!
neared an end as commui
surgents closed in on
Penh, the capital, fromall
A thought for the day:J
lean author Mark
(Samuel Clemens) said,"
are several good protec
against temptations,
surest is cowardice.”
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