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state Battalion/Pags February 1 Teachers pushing education spending Braniff s PSA link approved United Press International AUSTIN — The Texas Federation of Teachers Monday announced a legislative package that would raise teachers’ salar ies 40 percent over the next two years and increase total state spending on education by 65 percent. The group proposed increas ing the state oil and gas sever ance tax almost threefold to 12.5 percent to finance the recom- !mendations. ; John Cole, president of the ; 15,000-member organization, ■ said the total cost of the program would be $12.5 billion in state ; money, compared to the $9.3 ; billion recommended by the • Legislative Budget Board. The group’s proposal would represent a $5 billion increase in spending over the next two years. The proposal recommends a 54.7 percent increase in spend ing for textbooks and asks that "$51 million be earmarked for developing more modern teaching materials. The group also proposes that Bad air may cut funding United Press International WASH INGTON — Six Texas counties are not complying with federal Environmental Protec tion Agency clean air standards, according to a list released Monday. The list included areas across the country that showed high concentrations of ozone, carbon monoxide and particulate mat ter, and puts local governments on notice they face loss of feder al funding for highway and con struction projects. The list included Dallas and Tarrant counties for ozone, parts of Cameron County, Houston and Corpus Christi for particulates, and El Paso County for ozone, particulates and car bon monoxide. The agency has authority to impose the funding sanctions on any area that was not in com pliance with air quality regula tions by a deadline last Dec. 31, EPA Assistant Administrator Kathleen Barnett said. After a 45-day period for comments by state and other in terested organizations, the EPA will publish a final list for coun ties that have failed to meet re quirements of the law. At that time, “A construction moratorium automatically goes into effect on all major sources of the (air) pollutant in ques tion,” Bennett said. Bondsmen trickery charged United Press International DALLAS — A now defunct bail bonding firm used the promise of inherited riches to lure at least one bond jumper all the way from Florida to his arrest in Dallas. Unemployed construction worker Frank Faust, 26, admit- ed he skipped a $200 bond for a Irunk driving charge, but said he tactics of the bondsman, ^awyers Bail Bond Service, were infair. “I was in shock. It was a etup,” Faust said in a jail inter- uew. “I can’t believe that some- iody could put a man’s hopes up o high only to bring him so ow.” Faust said he was unem- iloyed and could not raise 11 he money to money to pay off lis debt to the bondsman. Faust said he was living in r ort Lauderdale, Fla., when he eceived a letter from Holmes nd Associates, Inc., a London- >ased heir locator company. On ailing the number given in the etter, Faust said he was told he ould expect “at least $ 150,000.” Faust made the trip to Dallas >n $500 in borrowed money, i >nly to be arrested by sheriffs leputies at the address listed in , he letter. That address was occupied by he offices of lawyers Don Izak 1 nd Joe Gregory, both part own- rs of Lawyers Bail Bond Ser vice, whose license was revoked ist November for bond forfei- i 'ires. a building improvement fund for poor school districts be en dowed with $ 1.8 billion and asks that equalization and compensa tory aid to poor districts be in creased by 100 percent. Cole said if the program were fully adopted, it would move Texas from 39th to 10th in the nation in per-pupil spending on education. The 40 percent increase in teacher salaries compares with a 24 percent hike urged by Cov. Mark White in his message to the Legislature last week. But Cole said he believes White will give his full support to the plan. “We are very encouraged that education remains Governor White’s top priority,” Cole said. Rep. Eddie Cavazos, D- Corpus Christi, joined Cole at a news conference to announce the funding proposal and pre dicted the public and the Legisl ature would accept the package. “What’s important to consid er here is this does notjust apply to teachers’ salaries,” Cavazos said. “It addresses the full scope of education.” Under the proposal, the cur rent 4.6 percent severance tax on oil and gas would be in creased to 12.5 percent, gener ating $5.7 billion in new revenue over the next two years. Cole said. United Press International FORT WORTH — Federal bankruptcy judge John Flowers approved a proposed joint ven ture between bankrupt Braniff International and California- based Pacific Southwest Airlines Monday. Under the proposal, PSA would lease aircraft and other equipment from Braniff and hire up to 1,500 laid-off Braniff employees to operate a new divi sion. Flowers said the arrange ment was the best deal possible for idle Braniff employees and unpaid creditors. “I am convinced this is the best that can be achieved under the circumstances,” Flowers said. He also ruled that he has au thority to assii held by Braniff to PSA new operation. The Federal Aviation)* Un mst ration had earliersaiciK. ; WAf sole authority over the il convict; Flowers contended tklLf the could be assigned to any ^aupu "successor” and Flowenc ** ,v PSA as a successor unde regulation wl an attai and a w week. The new money would allow funding of all the federation’s proposals and still leave more than $723 million for other pur poses. “‘I imagine there will be some opposition out there, primarily from the oil and gas industry,” Cavazos said. “But everyone campaigned on making educa tion a priority and the accounta bility has to be this session.” Cole noted that the Louisiana severance tax on oil and gas is 12.5 percent and predicted opposition from the oil and gas industry to the tax increase could be overcome. “What they have is a few peo ple with a lot of money,” he said. “What we have is more people with a little money. 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The outlook is bright for students with interests in the areas of busi ness computer programming and systems applications. But the still new BANA major is more than a business computer field. It also offers opportunities in business statistical methods, oper ations management and physical distribution management. Although the Business Analysis Department has been around for many years and has offered mas ter's and doctoral degrees since 1969, the new undergraduate de gree plan (BBA) was not formally approved until April 1982. BANA courses have been available for students throughout the years as “support courses” for other busi ness disciplines. However, now that the BANA major curriculum has been approved, students can get an undergraduate degree in the field, says Dr. John J. Dinkel, Head of the Department of Busi ness Analysis and Research. Dinkel also says that job oppor tunities are good for BANA ma jors. “Reports from placement offices of major universities typically show the salary outlooks for com puter and quantitatively, oriented graduates to be among the highest of all graduates,” he commented. The BANA program offers four areas, or elective tracks, that help students specialize in the area they wish. The four tracks are: Manage ment Information Systems, Pro duction/Operations Management, Management Science, and Physic al Distribution Management. Each of these involve the use of compu ters, with the various concentra tions and utilizations applicable. All of these types of specializa tions are currently being recruited by government, and large and small businesses. Dinkel says that although the re cession has slowed recruitment of business majors, there are still plenty of good opportunities. Only two out of 100 companies have not come to this campus to recruit this year, Dinkel says. He says that there are basically three types of companies that seek BANA majors: major oil com panies that have large computers. accounting firms and other organi zations that run large information processing shops. Dinkel says that in the 1982 fall semester there were 47 BANA ma jors. Spring pre-registration shows an additional 100 students entering the field. Some 200 students were ex pected to be enrolled in the depart ment by 1986, but the department has already come close to meeting that goal. Students Study Abroad with CBA by Carole Craft The College of Business Admi nistration, in cooperation with the Texas A&M University Study Abroad Office, will be sponsoring several study abroad trips in the summer of 1983. The trips will be taught by Texas A&M faculty and will follow the same procedures and calendar as a regular on- campus summer course, but with the added advantage of offering students the chance to see a little of Europe at the same time. Three trips are planned for the first session of the summer. Stu- Commerce Bank Charles Beall announced the gift to the Finance Department at the Reception held last fall at the Briarcrest Country Club. A reason sighted for the selection of A&M as the recipient were the outstand ing graduates. dents in Marketing 485 (Problems in Marketing) and Marketing 401 (International Marketing) will take simultaneous tours of Europe May 14-June 10 under the direction of Dr. Charles S. Madden and Dr. William M. Pride. These tours will take students through Belgium, Germany, France, Switzerland and Italy. Eighteen business orga nizations will be visited, including the Porsche factory in Stuttgart, the DuPont plant in Geneva, and the Societe des Bains de Mer in Monte Carlo. “We have planned some special sightseeing trips for our free time, including a harbor cruise on the Riviera, a gondola ride in Chamo nix (the French Alps), and a side trip to Bruge, Belgium (the center of the lace industry)," said Dr. Madden. “We will probably visit the Vatican while we're in Rome, and we have tentative plans for some other stops,too." Management 424 (Organiza tional Theory) students will take a trip to Italy. This tour will be under the direction of Dr. George H. Rice. Students will be based at La Poggerina, a monastery and school located outside Florence, where they will stay and attend classes. Field trips to Rome, Pom peii, Venice, and the Dolomites (the Italian Alps) are scheduled. Students will also visit local Italian businesses. Three trips are proposed for the second summer session, July 7- August 12. Dr. Arvind Mahajan will take Finance 445 (Funding In ternational Business) students on a trip to England. Another trip to England is planned for Finance 475 (Real Estate Investment) students and will be under the direction of Dr. Wayne E. Etter. Students on both trips will be staying at the Imperial College in London, and will also attend class there. Field trips for the finance group will include visits to the Bank of England, foreign investment groups, foreign banks with bran ches in London, the London stock exchange and the gold exhange. The real estate class will also visit real estate developments in and near London and meet with groups interested in investing in U.S. real estate. “Students may actually put in a few more classroom hours while in England than if they were in a reg ular summer school course," Dr. Etter said. “We'll have class Mon- day-Wednesday, Thursdays are reserved for field trips, and Friday- Sunday is set aside for sight seeing." A trip to Scotland, Ireland and England is proposed for Manage ment 466 (Management Policy) students and will be under the di rection of Dr. Howard E. Cham berlain. Students will be staying about a week in Dublin, four weeks in Scotland, and about a week in London. The University of Stirling in Scotland will be their base for much of the trip. Details on specific companies that will be visited are being firmed up now.The cost of this trip and that of Dr. Rice's (Mgmt. 424) will be approximately $2700. Texas Commerce Bank Donates $100,000 to Finance Department A $100,000 gift to the College of Business Administration Depart ment of Finance at Texas A&M University was announced recent ly by Charles C. Beall, President of Texas Commerce Bank-Houston. Beall made the announcement at a reception hosted by the Texas Commerce Bancshares Corpora tion at the Briarcrest Country Club during the Fall 1982 semester. Other Texas Commerce execu tives who also spoke to the group of faculty and students were Marc Shapiro, Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, and John Town- ley, Vice Chairman-Energy. The gift will go to the Depart ment of Finance Development Fund, which supports the re search and teaching activities of the department. “This gift is very valuable in terms of our ability to attract quali ty professors to Texas A&M," said Dr. S. Kerry Cooper, Professor of Finance. In his presentation, Beall re marked on the quality of Texas A&M graduates and in particular, the outstanding finance gradu ates. “We in the business community appreciate and eagerly seek out graduates with your credentials, as evidenced by the 68 employees at Texas Commerce Bank who are Texas? A&M alumni/' Beall said. “We sincerely appreciate Texas Commerce Bankshare's confi dence in our programs," said Dr. Malcolm Richards, Head of the Department of Finance. “Corpo rate and professional support such as their's does a great deal to in crease the effectiveness of our efforts to give students a quality education while serving the busi ness community with quality re search and professional prog rams." HAPPY HOUR 5-7 Mon.-Thurs. 4:30-6:30 Fri. Sat. 11-5 Mon.-Sat. OPEN 11-11 Mon.-Thurs. 11-12 Fri.-Sat. 11-2:30 Sunday Brunch 5-10 Sunday 10-Closing INTERURBAN MONDAY—Sorority Night! Bring in your greek letters and drink all night for half-price!!! WEDNESDAY—Ladies Night! 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