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Vol. 76 No. 47 USPS 045360 22 Pages In 2 Sections
College Station, Texas
Thursday, November 4, 1982
Dow hits all-time high
in post-election rally
United Press International
NEW YORK — The Dow Jones av
erage climbed to an all-time high in a
post-election rally that pushed Wall
Street into a new era and set off
shouts of “God bless America” and
“Reaganomics works” on the floor of
the New York Stock Exchange.
Traders were bracing for another
possible historic trading session
today.
Wall Street entered a new genera
tion of high prices and heavy trading
Wednesday as the Reagan adminis
tration came out of the congressional
elections with mixed results that
should produce a period of political
compromise.
The Dow average of 30 bluechip
industrial stocks climbed a record
43.41 points Wednesday to 1,065.49,
an all-time high that might not last too
long. The previous peak was 1,051.70
set on Jan. 11, 1973.
The single-day gain Wednesday,
which erased the old mark of 38.81
points on Aug. 17 at the outset of this
bull market, is expected to launch a
frenzy of buying that could drive
prices to heretofore unknown
heights.
Wednesday’s volume of 137.01
million shares, up from the 104.77
million traded Tuesday, was the fifth
heaviest in history and not far from
the record 147 million traded Oct. 7.
“God bless America,” a broker
screamed across the trading room of
Kidder Peabody. “Things are going
to get better. We’re getting our act
together.”
“Reaganomics works,” several spe
cialists cried out on the computerized
floor of the New York Stock Ex
change as the market soared into the
highest grounds in its 190-year his
tory.
Through Wednesday, the Dow av
erage had climbed 288.57 points since
the rally began on Aug. 13 after fall
ing to 776.92. The closely watched
average soared a phenomenal 73.77
points in just three sessions.
“With the Dow hitting a new high,
the public is likely to swarm into this
market,” said Ralph Acampora, Kid
der Peabody vice president. “It’s the
most exciting time I’ve ever seen.”
A stampede developed in the final
hour as institutional investors bought
furiously to get in on the rally that
signaled Wall Street was convinced
the Federal Reserve would heed
Americans’ calls for lower interest
rates and a better economy.
The bond market also staged a rally
on investor belief that the election re
sults would not crush President
Reagan’s economic policies and
would prod the Fed to cut its discount
rate.
In the view of dozens of analysts,
Wall Street is betting on a better eco
nomy several months down the road.
But several others have pointed out
the market made a similar surge in
1932.
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Provisional program helps
students with low SAT
by David Johnson
Battalion Staff
Prospective students who do not
meei Texas A&M’s recently up-
led entrance requirements may
able to enter the University
though the summer provisional en
trance program.
The program is designed for stu
dents who do not make the minimum
Scholastic Aptitude Test score re
quired for admission, Bill Lay, dire
ctor of admissions, said.
The program was pioneered at
Texas A&M, but now major universi
ties across the nation have similar
■programs, Edwin H. Cooper, dean of
admissions and records, said.
Students in the provisional prog
ram must maintain a 2.0 grade point
fatio in such basic courses as math,
history and government. Educational
Psychology 101 and English 111 also
are required, but credit towards a de-
isn’t given for the two classes.
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Today’s forecast: Clear and cool
Nth a high of 65. Warming trend
Nth continued clear skies through
the weekend.
About 50 percent of the students in
the program are able to continue at
Texas A&M in the fall, Lay said. Last
summer, 81 out of 176 students in the
summer program met the minimum
requirements to stay at the Universi
ty. Cooper said he expects up to 300
students to enroll in the provisional
program next summer.
New students who have been out of
school for one or two years and have
not earned a college degree also are
eligible for the program, Lay said.
Transfer students are not eligible for
the program.
The admission standards were
raised in the fall semester this year to
help limit enrollment.
The standards for incoming fresh
men who graduated in the top quar
ter of their high school class is a mini
mum SAT score of 800. For students
in the second quarter, a minimum
SAT’ score of 950 is required and
third quarter students must score
1,100. Students in the fourth quarter
must have a 1,200 SA T score. Stu
dents who graduated in the top 10
percent of their high school class do
not have take the SAT.
Out-of-state students in the top
quarter of their class must score
1,000. Out-of-state students not in the
top quarter of their class are not
accepted.
Requirements for transfer stu
dents who are Texas residents vary
according to the number of hours the
student has completed at another in
stitution. Students with 30 hours or
less must meet admission require
ments for all entering freshmen and
have a 3.0 GPR overall during their
last two semesters. Students with 31 to
45 hours must have a 3.0 GPR overall
and during their last two semesters.
Students with 46 to 60 hours must
have a 2.5 GPR overall and in their
last two semesters.
by Rebeca Zimmermann
Battalion Staff
Texas A&M University has com
pleted the first stage of its self-study
program for accreditation and is well
into the second and third stages, the
program’s coordinator says.
The self-study is required every 10
years for accreditation by the South
ern Association of Colleges and
Schools, one of five regional accredi
tation bodies in the United States.
The first stage of the program
reports from each of the almost 90
departments at Texas A&M — is com
plete, Dr. R.J.Q. Adams said.
The second stage — reports from
each college — is almost complete, he
said.
After college reports are
approved, 12 University-wide com
mittees will issue reports in the third
stage of the study. Those reports are
being worked on and should be com
plete by the end of the year, Adams
said.
A final, overall report, which goes
to the association, probably will be
completed and adopted by a nine-
member steering committee in Feb
ruary or March.
Then, 25 to 30 people from the
association will visit the University in
April to judge the accuracy of the fin
al report. The group will make sug
gestions and recommend whether or
not Texas A&M should receive accre
ditation.
Owner says seeing eye
dog takes care of her
by Dawson Clark
Battalion Reporter
Ziti is no fetch-tne-stick and lie
around dog. She’s a highly trained
seeing eye dog that helps Belinda
Johnson find her way around
campus.
Johnson, a junior Spanish major
from San Antonio, for two years used
a cane to help get around campus
Now Ziti has taken over for the cane.
“There are advantages to using
both a dog and a cane,” Johnson said.
“The dog is fun to play with, but you
don’t have to take a cane outside four
times a day to go to the bathroom.”
Johnson bought Ziti from The
Seeing Eye Inc. in Morristown, N.J.
She spent four weeks, all expense
paid, at the school learning how to
care for and work with Ziti. Johnson
said she has heard estimates that ab
out $8,000 is spent to train a guide
dog and match it with a master. The
cost to the blind person is $150.
Johnson said she doesn’t have
many problems getting around the
campus. Some of the ramps confuse
Ziti because she was trained to stop at
curbs. When there is a street, but no
curb, Ziti doesn’t know what to do, she
said.
“The main thing that I have to
remember is that she’s just a dog,”
Johnson said. “She’s going to make
mistakes. Last week she led me right
into this guy. I was so startled that I
didn’t know what to say to the guy.
All-in-all she does a great job
though.”
Ziti is 19 months old and some
times Johnson said she has a little
trouble getting the animal to act like a
mature guide dog.
“When I put her harness on she
knows it’s time to grow up and go to
work, but she still gets distracted by
other dogSiand the squirrels on cam
pus,” Johnson said.
Johnson doesn’t allow anyone to
pet Ziti when she is in her harness.
When in harness, Ziti’s only job is to
lead Johnson around any obstacles
that might endanger her.
Having a dog in the dorm caused a
little confusion at first, but now that
all of the workers in the Commons
have been alerted, Johnson doesn’t
have any trouble.
“The first time that we went down
stairs to the cafeteria, they wouldn’t
let us in until the manager came out
and told the ladies who were checking
I.D.’s that it was OK,” she said. “Guide
dogs cannot be restricted from any
restaurant, hotel, theater or other
public place.”
Johnson says her roommate and
the other women in Krueger Hall love
Ziti.
“People always come up to me and
tell me that Ziti reminds them of their
dog back home,” she said. “Or they
tell me all about their dog and how
much they miss it. Basically, I spend a
lot of time talking about dogs.”
The only real problem in the dorm
is that Ziti sometimes seems to feel too
confined in the small room, Johnson
said.
Johnson and Ziti go everywhere
together.
“I take her to all of my classes,” she
said. “Ziti is just like many of the stu
dents in class. She makes herself com
fortable and goes to sleep.”
Ziti is not only Johnson’s guide, but
she is becoming more and more of a
protector.
“She usually barks when someone
comes to the door,” Johnson said. “A
couple of weeks ago, as we were walk
ing into the Commons, a bicycle fell
over in front of us. It scared her, and
she raised the hair on her back and
growled. She takes good care of me.”
Accreditation is important to stu
dents, Adams said, because a student
who graduates from an unaccredited
university may not be accepted into
an accredited graduate school. A de
gree from an accredited university
also means the institution offers qual
ity programs.
Adams said he didn’t anticipate any
surprises. Withholding of accredita
tion usually means the association be
lieves an institution isn’t qualified to
offer the programs it has.
“I don’t think there’s much chance
we’ll be denied accreditation,” he
said.
Dr. R. William Barzak, editor for
the self-study program, said the visit
ing team will make some recommen
dations that the University must re
spond to immediately.
“They could say a part of the prog
ram is weak and could post a warning
and expect some response,” Barzak
said.
A follow-up progress report will be
submitted to the association in 1983,
he said.
Adams called the study a “state of
the university” document that pools
opinions and suggestions about the
University’s strong points and prob
lems from the viewpoint of faculty,
staff and students.
The association says an institution’s
self-study must be produced by facul
ty, staff and students — not the admi
nistration or a consulting firm, he
said.
“We’ve got all kinds of different
viewpoints,” Adams said.
He estimated that more than 400
faculty, staff and students will partici
pate in the study by the time it is
finished.
Accreditation is an “academic seal
of good housekeeping,” Adams said,
and is awarded by association mem
bers on the visiting team from other
accredited universities.
“It is in fact an evaluation by your
peers who give it this seal of approv
al,” he said.
Experts in various fields will review
the University’s report.
“It (the report) is produced to jus
tify reaccreditation,” Adams said.
“However, we want it to he benefi
cial.”
Already, corroboration for some
frequently voiced complaints at
Texas A&M has emerged from the
department reports, he said.
“It’s patently clear inflation is eat
ing up departments on a day-to-day
basis,” Adams said.
The cost of postage, paper, tele
phone hills and other office supplies
have gone up, and departments need
relief, he said.
Another common perception is the
losing battle for student-faculty ratio,
Adams said.
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Belinda Johnson crosses the street with the aid of her
seeing eye dog Ziti.