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Jeparate views
Ley to race,
:andidate says
I by Brigid Brockman
Battalion Staff
ob A. Mosbacherjr., a Republican
ning against Phil Gramm for the
Benate, said here Thursday that
plain issues distinguish him from
iolher candidates.
“i I elieve strongly in reducing the
Bid the cost of government and I
owant to re-build our national de-
K program,” Mosbacher said.
Hosbacher formally announced
■ndidacy for the U.S. Senate on
it. 14. He is a Houston business-
nand a former legislative assistant
U.S. Senate Republican Leader
I d H. Baker.
ter candidates tell you why we
o anything but I’m telling you
/e can do,” he said,
eral resources are diminishing,
cher said, and the main prob-
Irying to work out government
:ms without aggravating the
t deficit.
im committed to finding crea-
ternative ways of addressing
ocial and economic problems in
mmunity,” he said,
sbacher hopes to find creative
ns by popularizing the Private
Initiative Program.
: program is an attempt to get
ss, civic groups, religious lead-
eighbornood associates and
lets to work together to solve com-
nity problems.
Mosbacher is a leading member of
■dent Reagan’s Task Force on Pri-
Ipector Initiatives.
‘I am convinced that problems are
re manageable and solutions more
•ctive and less expensive at the loc-
|M than they are at the national
el, Mosbacher said, “especially
p a partnership of public and pri-
fenterprise is marshalled for the
He said that the program in Hous
ton is aimed at training and em
ploying welfare workers and re
vitalizing housing projects and neigh
borhoods.
One major company in Houston
offered to donate equipment and in
structors to train individuals to use
word processers, he said, if the private
sector could find a location to do the
training.
“There is no government involved
in this thing,” he said. “Through this
program we are getting people off of
welfare.”
Mosbacher said he also wants to re
build the national defense program.
He said citizens should be outraged at
how much money government
spends on military parts to repair de
fense equipment.
“We should assess criminal penal
ties to the offenders but the problem
is they aren’t breaking any laws,” he
said.
Mosbacher said he knows he will
have a difficult time competing with
Phil Gramm, but he said once his
name becomes well known in this
area, he will be well on his way.
“I understand the institution and
rules better than anyone in this place
because I spent six years working with
Howard Bakerj” he said. “I’ve also
been in the business world and no
other candidate has that perspective.”
The 32-year-old candidate was
voted one of 20 rising stars of Texas in
1982 by Texas Business magazine. He
is vice president of Mosbacher Pro
duction Co., an oil and gas drilling,
exploration and production firm and
president of RAM Drilling Co.
Mosbacher has traveled extensively
throughout the state since he first
announced his candidacy, but Thurs
day was his first campaign visit to Col
lege Station and Bryan.
Serving the University community
College Station, Texas
Friday, October 7, 1983
Almost anything goes!
staff photo by Guy Chandler Hood
Members of Neeley and Hart halls perform a peculiar
relay race which only an Aggie could dream up. The
race was held at the Almost Anything Goes contest on
the main drill field Thursday afternoon. More than sixty
teams from all over campus participated in this fund
raiser for the United Way.
Student-athlete roles discussed
by Christine Mallon
Battalion Staff
Recruiting policies and exploitation
of student-athletes are the biggest
problems American universities face
in trying to merge athletics with edu
cation, the president of Yale Universi
ty said here Thursday.
A. Bartlett Giamatti, president of
Yale and a member of the National
Commission on Excellence in Educa
tion, told a group of about 50 faculty
and students that involvement in
athletics is an important part of edu
cation at all levels, except college.
“Participation in athletics is impor
tant for youths because it teaches les
sons, encourages comraderie and
strengthens human spirit,” Giamatti
said. “But at the college level it tends
to become over-emphasized.”
The main fault in many college
athletic programs, he said, is the
lengths at which recruiters will go to
see that a potential student-athlete
signs with that school.
“An athlete who has been recruited
to a college is set apart from the rest of
the student body before he ever walks
into the classroom. Studies have
shown that students who are given
athletic scholarships have many more
adjustment problems than others,” he
said.
Athletes should not be given priv-
leges other students don’t have, he
said.
Another major problem with col
lege-level athletics, he said, occurs
when students are commercially ex
ploited for the sake of the institution.
“The won-loss rec ord of the foot
ball team does not make or break a
university’s academic reputation,”
Giamatti said. “If such were the case
The University of Chicago would be
considered worthless while The Uni
versity of Nebraska would be named
the finest institution of higher
learning.”
Financial aid, through scholar
ships, should not be given on any basis
besides that of financial need,
Giamatti said.
Giamatti’s lecture Thursday con
cluded a three-day series of public
policy addresses he presented here as
part of the annual Miller Lecture
Series.
[uilding
named
locker
by Ray Walker
Battalion Reporter
n’t be surprised when you see
s on the Academic and Agency
gilding reading John R. Blocker
Gding.
A dedication ceremony will be held
lurday to rename the building in
nor of John R. Blocker.
Blocker, Class of‘45, served on the
exas A&M Board of Regents for six
. He was vice chairman when his
expired in January of this year.
lane Stephenson, director of pub-
information, said Blocker has re
ived Texas A&M’s highest award
tareer achievement—the Disting-
shed Alumnus Award.
Blocker has donated more than $ 1
lillion to establish two chairs in the
pUege of Business Administration,
tephenson said.
||chair is money donated to a uni-
lity to aid a college in program
irovement.
e also has endowed two scholar-
the President’s Scholarship
the Twelfth Man Scholarship,
tephenson said. Blocker also don-
nd flag poles at the south end of
le Field in dedication of his brother
o was killed in World War II,
henson said.
an of the College of Business
inistration Dr. William Mobley
he is delighted to be one of the
ants of the John R. Blocker
B, ‘"S'
“He is a fine friend of this U niversi-
and this college,” Mobley said.
The ceremony will be held at 10:30
Saturday in Room 165 of the
:ker Building, he said.
Mary Helen Bowers, director of
ication information services and
of Saturday’s festivities, said Dr.
ur G. Hansen, Texas A&M Sys-
®i chancellor, and Joe Reynolds,
tetnber of the Board of Regents, will
leak on behalf of Blocker and the
diversity at the ceremony.
Jerry Fabin and Marianne
pminguez then will present Blocker
•th a water color painting of the
wlding on behalf of the Business
dministration Student Council,
owers said.
H.R. “Bum” Bright, chairman of
fe Board of Regents, will present the
|iilding to the University, she said,
Kl President Frank E. Vandiver will
teept the presentation.
•taff photo by Guy Chandler Hood
Ranger from the sky
Like spiders coming down a web, the
Rudder’s Rangers descend more than 50
feet down a rappeling tower at the
Firemen’s Training School Thursday.
The Rangers received instructions, then
applied what they learned. The drill was
overseen by Ranger Cmdr. Larry
McVay and members of the U.S. Army.
Tellers arrive,
not working
Texas A&M should have opera
tional automatic tellers within three
weeks, University Controller Robert
Smith says.
“The machines are here,” Smith
said. “After they’re installed and
tested, I believe we’ll have a grand
opening within three weeks.”
The machines will be located
underneath the stairwell between the
Memorial Student Center and Rud
der Tower.
Construction began on the two
MPACT and two Pulse machines this
summer to avoid the traffic going
through the MSC.
However, a late shipment of wire
cages caused a delay in construction
of three weeks. The cages will sepa
rate the two types of machines for
security purposes.
The tellers were proposed in
efforts to reduce the long check
cashing lines in Rudder Tower, the
MSC and the Coke Building, Smith
said.
Much of the traffic should be re
duced in the Coke Building, Smith
said, but the biggest change will be
seen in Rudder Tower.
It’s possible that the check cashing
center in Rudder Tower could be
closed with the addition of the tellers,
he said.
“That’s the first place we expect re
lief will show up,” Smith said.
The tellers are sponsored by sever
al local banks.
RepublicBank A&M, First Bank &
Trust of Bryan and College Station
Bank will handle the MPACT
machines.
Ags to play Coogs
in Kyle Saturday
All hope is not yet lost for the
Texas Aggie football team, but pre
season expectations of a winning sea
son are fading fast.
And when Texas A&M hosts the
University of Houston Saturday at 2
p.m. in Kyle Field, the Aggies hope to
get back on the winning track. On the
other hand, Houston will also be look
ing for a win after two consecutive
losses. Houston owns a 2-3 record for
the year and Texas A&M stands at
1-3.
The largest Kyle Field crowd of the
year so far is expected when the
Cougars come to town although no
exact estimate has been released. The
last time Houston was in town, in
1981, the Aggies defeated the
Cougars 7-6 in front of more than
63,000 fans.
No national nor regional television
is expected, but the game will be tele
vised to subscribers of Home Sports
Entertainment in Houston and Dallas
on a delayed basis. The Southwest
Conference Football Radio Network
will also broadcast the Aggie-Cougar
game.
After not seeing action last week
while the varsity team traveled to Lub
bock to play Texas Tech, the Twelfth
Man Kickoff Team will once again
take to the field Saturday. The team
has proved to be a valuable asset for
the Aggies giving up only an average
of 9.2 yards per return.
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