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Texas A&M Battalion Serving the University community I'fOl, 76 No. 165 USPS 045360 10 Pages College Station, Texas Thursday, June 23, 1983 ean named to White’s education committee by Joe Tindel Jr. Battalion Staff e idea that new requirements for Biers should match up with quality jcehtives will be a Texas A&M dean’s M~ibution to Gov. Mark White’s f t Committee on Public Educa- t Hj. Gov. Bill Hobby last week jpointed Dr. Dean Corrigan, dean |pe College of Education, to one of sitions on the committee, which stablished by the 68th Legisla- ire to study the financing of the late's public schools. Corrigan, the immediate past pres ident of the American Association of Colleges of Education, said he thinks the committee can attack the teacher shortage problem most successfully by mixing the new tougher require ments for teaching with advancement opportunities and salary increases. . “The state has moved along very well on the requirement side of the agenda,” Corrigan said, “but they ha ven’t done as well on the incentive side. The new requirements are essential, but not sufficient to solve the problem. “You’ve got to match the new re quirements with the incentives to attract people who can pass the re quirements and implement the new curriculum,” he said. Working with experts in the educa tion field to tackle the state’s public education problems will be financial experts, such as state comptroller Bob Bullock, and representatives from some of the state’s industries and pro fessions. Ross Perot of Dallas, presi dent of Electronic Data Systems, was named chairman of the committee by White. Some of the tougher requirements already existing or planned for pros pective teachers include pretesting in basic communication and mathematic skills, examination in their particular field of teaching and possession of a master’s degree in their field before being licensed. But Corrigan said the reqirements won’t solve the teacher shortage prob lem, because there is no incentive to fulfill the requirements. He said today’s teachers are dis couraged because there’s no room for advancement in the field. “One of the problems, with teaching is you can’t really move up,” Corrigan said. “The only way you can make a decent salary in education is to become an administrator.” He said the Master Teacher Plan, proposed by the commissioner of education, might add incentive. The proposal would allow for teachers to start at an apprentice level, then work their way up through levels called senior teacher, professional teacher and master teacher. Corrigan said the lack of incentive has caused several problems to occur simultaneously over the past few years. Those problems have gradual ly depleted the supply of teachers. On a national level, he said, enroll ment and teacher education prog rams have dropped by more than 50 percent in the last 10 years. The second problem is that there were 20,000 more children born in Texas last year than the year before. Corrigan said that translates into the need for 1,000 new first grade teachers by 1988. See CORRIGAN, page 10 eagan vows work toward oidget defeat United Press International WASHINGTON — Congressional idgc t leaders expect the House and Hte to agree on a $859 billion com- *Hiise for a 1984 federal budget ■week, despite a vow by President pgan to defeat it. Jhe president is not required to a congressional budget resolu- Rbut he can veto the spending and Kpills passed later that follow the mildinjjS K et s guidelines. Budget Director ] attoV S toc k- man warned GOP con cessional leaders Tuesday Reagan ™ eto any spending or tax bill he excessive, regardless of |her the numbers fall within the ts set by the compromise budget ‘jt’ll all be over with the stroke of a also at t in, 1 ’ Reagan said Tuesday, when B by reporters if he planned to ents shoulmge an all-out campaign against the it is virtuaiBtiated version of the budget. The rentiateteidgct, approved by the negotiators idthepotcowlay night, would raise taxes $73 erorhitctHn over three years, cut Reagan’s well dreswary build-up, spend $22 billion theyiw'P re than Reagan wants for non dangers, programs and produce a de- $179 billion. i/or even 1 „ T . . . . I simply must oppose it vigorous- " spokesman Larry Speakes quoted e bresident as telling Republican Egressional leaders during a meet- harm . gat the White House. “It doesn’t control spending,” ;an said, according to Speakes. —tises taxes as recovery gains force ,,tn ;T tdlit shortchanges our defense re- )' at , . Ip. Delbert Latta of Ohio, the :nmeb vl ™ t vehicle ot|„ indirect® senior Republican on the House Budget Committee, related Reagan said the budget was “totally unaccept able, and he’ll do everything he poss ibly can to defeat it.” Senate Republican Leader Howard Baker — believed to be a key to whether the budget plan is approved by the Senate — refused to take an immediate stand on the compromise. “Give it a chance to soak in a bit,” Baker said, adding he will first elicit the reaction of his committee chair men before deciding whether to sup port it. “I think that budget resolution can pass the Senate,” said Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domeni, R-N.M., who added the Senate prob ably would take it up early next week. “It will be difficult with the White House against it,” added Sen. Mark Andrews, R-N.D. House Democratic Leader Jim Wright of Texas and House Budget Committee Chairman Jim Jones, D- Okla., both said they expect the House to approve the budget, prob ably next week. “All our vibes are good,” Jones said. House Speaker Thomas O’Neill, D-Mass., said, “We want to get a budget right now. It would be a disas ter for the country without one. There’s no question the deficits would really soar.” The president “may very well go the veto route,” Speakes said. The congressional leaders “recognize the president will veto. There is an understanding that it is not to every one’s liking.” Hijackers free hostages safely United Press International LARNACA, Cyprus (UPI) — Two Lebanese teenagers who hijacked a Libyan Boeing 707 over the Mediter ranean surrendered peacefully to day, freeing their 32 hostages uharmed but leaving a time bomb ticking in their luggage. Airport security found the bomb rigged inside a Polaroid type camera when they searched the hijackers’ lug gage hours after their surrender at the Larnaca airport. Experts success fully dismantled it. “It would have gone off any mi nute,” said a shaken bomb disposal unit officer. Police originally found only one pistol and a magazine on the two hi jackers. The hijacking of the Libyan Arab Airways jet, which began Wednesday morning shortly after the flight left Athens for Tripoli, ended some 20 hours later as the 21 passengers and 11 crewmen stepped off the Boeing 707 under a burning morning sun. The two hijackers, who had de manded to be flown to Tehran, step ped off the plane minutes later flashing the “V” for victory sign. They were arrested and whisked away in a police van. They were believed to be undergoing questioning at Nicosia prison. A police source identified the hi jackers as Radja Aref Akmed, 19, and Hasan Mahti Saadoun Hajj, 17, both Lebanese passport holders. The passengers, mostly Egyptians, were put up at a Larnaca hotel until a flight out could be arranged. Officials gave permission to land on the Mediterranean island because the pilot radioed he was running low on fuel. Cyprus, along with Lebanon and Turkey, earlier refused to let the four-engine Libyan Arab Airways flight touch down. The plane was hijacked Wednes day, then took off on a four-hour Mediterranean odyssey before land ing in Cyprus. The hiackers then de manded to be taken to Iran. The plane landed at 7:19 p.m. Wednesday CDT, was refueled and remained grounded in Larnaca. One of the hijackers carried a small bag he claimed held a bomb, author ities said. The Rome airport, where the diverted flight stopped over, was closed to all other traffic and the plane circled overhead for an hour while 400 riot-equipped police rushed to the scene. staff photo by Brenda Davidson Wait a minute! Stephanie Syptak of Bryan wasn’t quite ready to jump Wednesday during a cheerleading session at Jackie Sherrill’s All Sports Camp, a two-week summer camp for youth. The camp, sponsored by the Texas A&M athletic department, features 13 activities including golf, horseback riding and football. Special legislative session under way ; „n» muttle members use robot arm hiking ° ri « — state or of a rid (l ■d by or in [ Satellite snatched out of orbit ihei^ United Press International CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Chal- ttger’s astronauts flew a spectacular ■ised formation flight twice round the world Wednesday with iffirst reusable satellite and then Id in from 1,000 feet away and ched it out of orbit with a robot The unprecedented space chase- Blcatch operation proved the shut- an grab satellites from space for ue, repair and re-use. was a sort of four-hour orbital It, performed 185 miles high at :than 17,000 mph. Robert Crip- Frederick Hauck, Sally Ride, Fabian and Norman Thagard 8n the show by using the 50-foot mechanical arm to hoist the boxy Ger man instrument platform called SPAS out of Challenger’s cargo bay. After a quick release and recap ture of the one and a half-ton, instru ment-loaded contraption, the shuttle moved below and ahead of the satel lite until 1,000 feet of space separated the 122-foot long Challenger and its 15-foot long companion. The astronauts’ rendezvous with the satellite was most dramatic. The shuttle, moving in and out of dark ness and daylight, closed in slowly with its tail pointed toward Earth and its gaping cargo bay open to receive the satellite. Crippen, who flew on the first shut tle flight two years ago, used the re ndezvous radar and procedures for the space meeting that he will follow when he directs the rescue of a crip pled sun-watching satellite next April. “We’ve got the SPAS on the arm,” Fabian reported at 8 a.m. Crippen said 11 minutes later the satellite, which the shuttle will take back to Earth Friday, was firmly attached to the end of the arm. The astronauts then were told to turn off the SPAS systems while the crew ate lunch. This was to cool down the satel lite’s data processing system. It was overheating and came just short of being too hot to start Wednesday’s operation. Television on and off from both spacecraft, when they were separated, provided a brilliant show for viewers in mission control. One view over California showed the sun’s rays rising from be neath the shuttle’s left wing as the ship was 350 feet from the satellite. Officials were concerned about bad weather that has socked in the land ing site for the last two days. “Prognosis yet?” Crippen asked. “No firm prognosis at this time,” came the answer from mission con trol. Challenger cannot land in heavy clouds, rain or strong winds and is equipped to stay aloft two extra days if necessary to wait for better weather. United Press International AUSTIN —The Texas Legislature raced through the opening day of a special session Wednesday with House and Senate committees approving bills to control brucellosis and continue the operation of the Texas Employment Commission. The House could act on the brucel losis and TEC measures today. The Senate, however, was restricted to considering only the TEC bill today after a parliamentary rule blocked a committee debate on a brucellosis proposal. Gov. Mark White limited the ses sion agenda Wednesday to TEC, brucellosis and construction funding for Texas Southern University. The special session, convened less than a month after the 140-day regular ses sion ended May 30, was expected to last a week. White said he would consider allowing lawmkers to debate addi tional items that could be resolved with minimal floor fights once they dealed with the three main issues. “If there can be consensus on other measures then we would visit with the lieutenant governor and the speaker (of the House) and, with their con currence, see to swift passage of other measures that might be presented to us,” White said at a news conference. Legislators have requested permis sion to consider proposals for a hu man rights commission, injury insur ance for farm workers, a statewide water plan, teacher pay raises and 42 other items. The House Agriculture Commit tee voted 7-2 in favor of a brucellosis bill that would expand the Animal Health Commission from nine to 12 members and empower the body to impose regulations to control the cat tle disease. The U.S. Department of Agriculture threatened to quarantine Texas cattle unless the state adopts a brucellosis control program by July 27. House and Senate committees approved bills to extend the life of the TEC, which is scheduled to be phased out under the state’s “sunset” provi sions on Sept. 1. The primary stumb ling block to a TEC bill comes from supporters of an amendment that would place a human rights commis sion within the agency — a proposal that killed the measure during the regular session. Legislative committees Wednesday also approved bills to fund an $ 11 million gymnasium and $4 million lib rary addition at Texas Southern to help the state comply with a federal desegregation order. ounseling Center deals with range of problems o. Editor’s note: This is the final story in a three-part series on the Texas '\&:M Student Counseling Center. by Robert McGlohon _ Battalion Staff ■ The college environment is a tough one. The combination of clas ses, work, new relationships and Qew responsibilities can lead to diffi- fult situations for students far from pome — situations that may require Bmnseling, says Dr. Judy McCon- »ell, a psychologist for the Texas ■&M Student Counseling Service. I McConnell said students go to the Student Counseling Service for ihany reasons — shyness, family poubles, eating disorders, depress ion, and more. I “We deal with all kind of prob- ' l|ms,” she said. However, while the problems are [ide-ranging, many times they overlap and can be inseparable, McConnell said. “A lot of the areas are pretty in terrelated,” she said. McConnell said the methods of helping troubled students, no mat ter what the problem, usually are similar. It’s all a function of helping students cope with their environ ment, she said. “We are here to help students ex plore their problems, to look at dif ferent alternatives,” she said. “We are someone they can talk to con fidentially.” Unfortunately, McConnell said, it isn’t always that easy to see a counse lor. While the summer isn’t that busy, she said, the regular school year is a different matter. “In the fall and the spring we go on a waiting list,” she said. In addition to the waiting lists, because of the small size of the ser vice and the large size of Texas A&M, students are limited to 10 visits. If they need more help, which isn’t often, she said, they are refer red to other psycologists. “For this size university, we’re understaffed,” McConnell said. “That’s why we developed the cli nics.” The clinics are group counseling sessions. The subjects they cover are varied: assertiveness, eating be havior, personal growth, stress, alternative life styles, women in transition and pre-parenting prepa ration, among others. Usually, McConnell said, stu dents, who range in standing from freshmen to graduate students, are referred to group sessions only after a private meeting with a counselor. Those meetings are by appointment only, except in emergencies, she added. For emergencies, a counse lor is available in the YMCA offices during working hours, except dur ing lunch. After hours, students with an emergency should go to th^ emergency entrance of the A.P. Beutel Health Clinic. However, even with a waiting list, she said the counselors try to see students within a week of their re quests. The problem, she said, is getting students to make that initial request in time. Many students are afraid or too shy to see a counselor, she said, and often wait until it’s almost too late. “A lot of times they think, ‘If I can’t do it on my own, then there must be something wrong with me,”’ she said. “And that’s not the case. It’s not an admission that you can’t handle things or are a weak person. Most people we see are healthy, functioning people. They just have a problem they need help with.” The Student Counseling Service is a combination of the old Acade mic Counseling Service and the old Personal Counseling Service. While they’ve been one organization for almost a year, their offices are still separate. The academic/career sec tion of the service is located on the first floor of the Academic Building, and the personal section is in the basement of the YMCA Building. All 14 counselors for both sec tions handle career, academic and personal counseling. However, most personal counseling is done in the YMCA basement. The two offices will be combined physically as well as organizationally in Octo ber and will be moved to the third floor of the YMCA Building. inside Classified 6 Local 3 Opinions 2 Sports 7 State 4 National 9 forecast , Partly cloudy today with a 30 per cent chance of thundershowers and a high of 89. A 20 percent chance of showers tonight with a low near 71. Partly sunny Friday with a 20 percent chance of thun dershowers and a high of 90.