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al Texas A&M i strong watches i r efleaic Serving the University communily singupa 76 No. 145 USPS 045360 34 Pages In 2 Sections College Station, Texas Friday, April 29, 1983 •so show cufflinks wearing entional and Da id neck men are not, he 'obablyjusi 1 unit'and jewelry ii orway ’prepared to destroy’ sub United Press International ANGER, Norway — Norway tened to destroy an intruding rn submarine and stepped up B'ch today for the craft believed •ig 30 miles south of the coun- naval defense center, finals speculated the submarine iSpatched by the Soviet Union, m-ee frigates, two submarines, allance aircraft and an unspeci fied number of warships searched Hardangerfjord with sonar and other sophisticated listening devices in search of the vessel. The Naval Operations Center in Stavanger said a Tern-type, anti submarine homing missile was deton ated Thursday after sonar contact was established with the vessel. The bid to force the submarine to surface was unsuccessful. One naval source described the missile as a mini-Exocet — referring to the French-built rocket used by Argentina during last year’s Falkland Islands war with Britain. “We are prepared to destroy the submarine if it refuses to surface,” Defense Minister Anders Sjaastad said. Warships were diverted to the bay outside the village of Leirvik on the island Stord in the mouth of the Har dangerfjord -— nearly 7 miles wide and ranging in depth from 330 to 1,300 feet. Rear Adm. Haakon Bjarne Elling- 3en of the Defense Staff would not disclose the exact number of warships joining the fleet from the Haakons- vern naval base at Bergen, 30 miles north of the mouth of the fjord. Ellingsen said the chances of find- holders nical, co tnd i and TV a ten, up2r an to attend ower fundraiser red nursf est prosp ty nospit trades aifl h£l HINGTON — President “TJJgB, continuing his focus on fund Cent f° r Republican senators who e and re-election next year, will „Houston today to aid the cam- nes, up-mfloyalist Sen. John Tower of , I is ’ analysts,ii* ce November elections, Bi has been keeping in touch naiian\ (r>p senators who face the ballot ■ 1984. Keeping a Republican y in the Senate is crucial to the tnt if he wants to run for a term. 'er, a Republican senator since nd current chairman of the Armed Services Committee m a key White House ally for teases in defense spending and Jgb stance on arms control. ^ ( l . ojyer has not officially t an etei announced whether he will seek re- election in 1984, but a dinner in Houston tonight is being held to raise money for his next campaign. Senate GOP Leader Howard Baker of Tennessee also was flying in to attend the event which costs from $200 to $1,000 per person. Before leaving the White House, Reagan planned a series of staff meet ings and a talk with non-career gov ernment executives. He planed to re main overnight in Houston and re turn to Washington Saturday after noon. His schedule in Houston also called for a trip to the Cenikor Found ation, a non-profit drug and alcohol rehabilitation center. On another topic, the White House appeared to be generally satisfied with the reaction to Reagan’s nation ally broadcast address on Central America Wednesday night although he did not get the complete bipartisan green light he had sought. Following the address to a joint ses sion of Congress, the official Demo cratic response was given by Sen. Christopher Dodd of Conn, who cal led Reagan’s formula for holding the line against the leftist rebels a failure. “Yes, I was quite aware of that and not surprised by it either,” Reagan said. “But I guess that’s what this busi ness is all about is having differences of opinion. And, very frankly I didn’t find any substance in what he had to say.” As expected Reagan tapped for mer Sen. Richard Stone of Florida to be his special envoy to Central Amer ica and to seek a political solution to the strife in El Salvador. \aculty Senate takes U»l , 7 . , duties next week by Robert McGlohon Battalion Staff newly elected Faculty Senate egin to assume the duties and „, _(Jponsibilities of the Academic luiicil during its first meeting on sdaesday. I 11 Br l ie Academic Council, as we iow it now, will be abolished,” said Davis, chairman of the Facul- Senate steering committee. “And y of its functions will simply be hsferred under the aegis of the Fa- Senate.” lut it’s likely to be a slow process, pivis said the Senate has a number Ureas to deal with during its first ting. It needs to elect a speaker (1 a parliamentarian, appoint ad nd standing committees, hire a Jetary and buy a word processor — the little things an organization has d< when it’s starting out. esident Frank E. Vandiver, at the 22 meeting of the Academic ncil, told the assembled deans, rtment heads and other Univer- administrators that it probably be fall by the time the Faculty te completely assumes its duties, [though some of you may have d this was the last meeting of this dl, this is an outfit you have not bed out of yet,” Vandiver said, ne Senate will have a variety of i broadly stated duties. Those duties, according, to the Senate constitution, are to review University-wide policies on matters of curricula and instruc tion, academic standards, scholar ships and other forms of student dis tinction, and the hiring, firing and promotion policies pertaining to academic personnel. Or, as Davis puts it, the Senate will be required to review “those kinds of things that the faculty is best qualified to deal with.” He stressed, however, that the Senate will not be dealing with college or department policies — only University-wide policies. The Academic Council, on the other hand, will be renamed and assigned duties dealing with adminis trators’ concerns, Davis said. Its new name will be the Academic Adminis trative Council. Both bodies will report on their separate concerns to the president of the University. It will not be a two- house system, Davis said. The duties will be divided clearly. Vandiver indicated at the January meeting of the Academic Council, however, that the duties of the two bodies will overlap at times. “I see the Academic Administrative Council as a body in the role of the house of lords,” Vandiver said. “When I get a recommendation that lit S! . 0] 3%; No blinders here o»" o»1 0°° ,.l °"!o‘ c r 0 0 0 a } “I Suzan Lytle, head of the learning resources iepartment at the Sterling C. Evans Library, iemonstrates the Kurzweil Reading Machine b doctorial student George Richard Thurs- iay. The new machine enables visually impaired students and faculty to read books. It was purchased for just under $30,000. The machine is available on the sixth floor of the library. ing the submarine were relatively good but only after a new contact has been established will rockets again be fired. Prime Minister Kaare Willoch said the search was given highest priority and all available means would be used to force the submarine to surface. Ellingsen said the submarine defi nitely was not from NATO or any other Western European country. “Personally I am quite certain of its nationality,” he said, apparently re ferring to the Soviet Union. The intruding submarine was spot ted by two civilian divers Wednesday morning. For 30 minutes the divers watched the conning tower reaching out of the water and moving across the fjord. On the road again staff photo by David Fisher requires University-wide attention, I intend to get administrative opinions on decisions.” But that road runs both ways. The Faculty Senate constitution states that the Senate may advise the president on administrative matters, while it is required to advise the presi dent on faculty matters. The whole idea behind the Faculty Senate, Davis said, is to give the facul ty more say in University policies dealing with academic matters — something that was lacking in the Academic Council. “Many of the things a university does — like faculty standards, curri culum matters, graduation matters — are functions of the faculty,” Davis said. “They are more properly know ledgeable of them; they deal with them daily. “There’s a general feeling that a university is really based upon its fa culty. As someone said when they had a strike here a while back with profes sional football players: ‘You found out you couldn’t have a football game without football players.’ “Well, the faculty stays on; they are the ones who do the teaching and re search. And there is a belief then that, in many of the functions of the Uni versity, they should help make the de cisions.” Joan Jett, right, smiles at her fans as her bus departs from G. Rollie White Coliseum after her concert Thursday night. With Jett are Blackhearts Gary Ryan, bass, and Ricky Byrd, guitar, from left. Jett’s next concert is in Fayetteville, Ark. (see story page 3). Class of ’83 gift stalled by Connie Edelmon Battalion Staff The Class of ’83 gift — the Aggie Eternal Flame — is having its share of problems getting ignited. The monument, designed by seniors Dan Kardell and Ian Seaton along with former student Jim Van- denberg, was to have been dedicated during Parents’ Weekend, April 16, but the monument was not ready. The six-foot monument will be a pyramid of black granite surrounded by a twelve-point pond structure that symbolizes.the 12th Man tradition. A bronze bowl will sit atop the pyramid and hold a 12- to 16-inch flame, which will use an electronic ignition system to keep from being extinguished. The monument will be con structed next to the Reveille grave- sites at the north end of Kyle Field. The flame will be used to light torches for bonfire and yell practices and ceremonial candles for Aggie Mus ters. The gift’s cost to the senior class is an estimated $17,000, Kardell said. Vandenberg, who was enrolled in the University in the fall semester, drew up the plans for the project over the Christmas holidays, but didn’t re turn for the spring semester. Kardell and Seaton never got the completed plans from Vandenberg. They now are using the original sketches they drew for the project to tell contractors what to do. The contractor presents another problem. Originally, the seniors asked the University Physical Plant to build the monument, but they were too busy and couldn’t take on the job, Kardell said. The class then turned to off- campus contractors. To save money, Kardell said, he chose the least expen sive contractor. In turn, the contrac tor is not bonded, meaning the class has no guaranteed completion date for the project. “They’ve (the contractor) put us on the back burner,” Kardell said. The contractor would have gotten to them earlier, he said, but rain delayed the completion of another job. Kardell said the senior project is next on the contractor’s schedule. In addition, the granite to be used for the base of the monument hasn’t arrived from Italy. Kardell said the bowl and plaque are ready, and work orders have been placed with the Uni versity for the plumbing and gas con nections. The project should be completed sometime during the summer, Kar dell said, and the dedication will be held during one of the first football weekends next fall. President to visit drug rehab center United Press International ’* HOUSTON — President Reagan chose to tour a controversial Cenikor alcohol and drug rehabilitation cen ter because of the non-profit organi zation’s success in funding much of its own operations, an official said. “The president saw us as some thing that works in a rehabilitation mode with absolutely no government funds,” said Ken Barum, president and board chairman of Cenikor Foundation Inc. “We had invited the president on many occasions. Just out of the blue, the White House called me and said they were sending in an advance team. They saw the facility and viewed what we do here, and decided this was an excellent site for the presi dent to visit,” Barum said Thursday. Controversy surrounding the firm’s “real world” treatment of pa tients at three facilities apparently did not bother Reagan, Barum said. “We don’t believe in coddling peo ple. We get a little bit of heat over that. We try to make their lives as it will be in the real world. When our residents get out, they are going to be fighting odds that are twice as high as a person who hasn’t had this problem,” he said. Barum said Cenikor, with 400 pa tients in three facilities ‘— including Fort Worth and Denver, receives 52 percent of its funds from its own work projects and 48 percent from contri butions. The average stay of a person trying to overcome a drug addiction or alco holism in Cenikor is 2'A years, Barum said. Reagan was to tour the Houston facility today before attending an evening fundraising dinner for U.S. Sen. John Tower, R-Texas. While at Cenikor, Reagan is to see displays representing some of the businesses in which the 155 local Cenikor residents work. The facility also houses 14 children. “Making money is not our primary goal,” Barum said. “We are teaching them how to function in society.” For one thing, Cenikor residents maintain the Astrodome for the Houston Sports Association Inc. — maintenance, engineering, painting. Barum described the organiza tion’s “glamorous” business as mar keting and distributing heavy-duty sports equipment designed by Byron Donzis, the originator of the quarter back “flak jacket.” inside Classified 8 Local 3 Opinions 2 Sports 15 State 5 National 8 Police Beat 4 What’s up 14 forecast Partly cloudy skies today with a high of 84 and a 20 percent chance of showers. Winds from the south at 10 to 15 mph. Mostly cloudy tonight with a low near 67. Cloudy Saturday morning, partly clear in the afternoon with a high near 86.