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by Steve Thomas
. . L..I Battalion Staff
/ 063 1 The Environmental Protec-
|on Agency is on its way back,
Hugh Kaufman, the EPA’s
former chief investigator for
y fczardous waste sites, said
Tuesday
But the credit for progress
esn’t go to the Ann Gorsuch
ministration.
“Mrs. Gorsuch and her cro-
:s," Kaufman said, “are lob-
ists — hired guns,” and not
[conscientious technical ex-
yourpat erts, he added.
rkinewii "^ nc * l * ie s h ow art ' sts —
ie hired guns — are the ones
n * ju have to watch out for,” he
; Ever P iid.
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ehcatesti j e MSC Great Issues commit-
tdies. hfef, Kaufman charged that ev-
y Reagan appointee to the
|PA was interested in lessen-
g industrial toxic waste reg-
|lation for one reason or
olher.
Reagan put foxes in
barge of the chicken coop,”
atin f>H iaufman said. His list of
[foxes” included Ann Gor-
ch, Jim Sanderson, and Rita
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Kaufman said the Reagan
administration is trying to
make Lavelle the scapegoat
for the entire EPA scandal.
“Now, Rita’s no saint,” he
said, adding that she admitted
she came to Washington to get
her company off the hook.
But Kaufman emphasized
that she could in no way take
all the blame.
Kaufman said Congress has
begun working with William
Ruckelshaus, the new
EPAIadministrator, to clean
up toxic waste legislation. He
predicts congress will have
phased out all toxic waste
landfills by the turn of the cen
tury.
“Ruckelshaus is doing a
good job,” Kaufman said.
In confronting some of the
problems of toxic landfills,
Kaufman added a few pessi
mistic comments.
The many waste dumps
around the country never will
be totally cleaned up, he said.
His only suggestion for safely
handling them was to lock
them up for a couple of hun
dred years and put up a
monument that says:
“This is a monument to the
stupidity of the United States
between 1940 and 1980.
Graduating from A&M big asset,
founder of AGC says Tuesday
by Chris Cox
Battalion Reporter
Graduating from Texas A&M
is one of the biggest assets any
one can have, Robert Page,
founder of the Associated Gen
eral Contractors at Texas A&M,
said Tuesday night.
Speaking to the AGC, Page,
Class of ’49, said, “There is one
thing I think that I got out of this
school and it makes me proud to
say it to even a bunch of teasip-
pers. The finest thing that ever
happened to me in my life was to
be able to come to this school.”
Currently Page is president
and chief executive of Kellogg
Rust Inc., the largest construc
tion company in the United
States and second in the world.
He was the first to start the AGC
chapter at Texas A&M, which
also became the first in the na
tion.
Page said this school can give
someone more than any other
college or university if one just
accepts it. Notjust academics, he
said, but the right to go out and
work in a business. Academics
only will take someone so far, he
said.
“Texas A&M has got disci-
E line,” Page said. “Students
:arn how to work with people
here. If one can’t succeed in
working with people, no matter
how good they are, they will fail.
Today it is a people world.”
When students get to the out
side world, they are going to be
judged not only by their bosses
but by their peers, Page said. He
said Texas A&M students are
going to do things they never
thought they could do just by
what they are learning here.
Page said he feels contractors
are involved in one of most chal
lenging professions.
“Ask a lawyer, doctor, or a vet
if he is able to stand back and
look at the reap of his progress,”
he said. “One is always able to
look back and see what he has
done and that includes mis- very well equipped,” he said. “I
takes.” haven’t seen an Aggie yet who
“As students take what Texas couldn’t beat the hell out of his
A&M gives them, they should be competition.”
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by Christine Mallon
. . K Battalion Staff
■°P in 7J The president of the Carnegie
re 7 “loundation for the Advance-
the > Itient of Teaching will be the
majorili fteynote speaker for the Texas
h the platft&M University System Sympo-
layersdowum Thursday at 10 a.m. in
ve that a e‘Rudder Theater,
din two* Dr Ernest L. Boyer, former
mre TmB'^ commissioner of education
j .i| ic Eidchancellor of the Stale Uni-
11 jT*rshy of New York, holds hon-
0 , an , ( orary degrees from 47 Amer-
man colleges and universities
tut the jid recently was selected by his
ers as the leading educator in
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as the first in a series of annual
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cully and administrators
throughout the system to discuss
significant issues in higher edu
cation.
Boyer’s presentation will be
in response to the report of the
National Commission on Excell
ence in Education.
Following the presentation, a
panel of educators wi% respond
to Boyer’s remarks.
Panel members are Dr. Gor
don P. Eaton, Texas A&M pro
vost and vice president for
academic affairs; Dr. Thomas
Cleaver, acting executive vice
president for academic affairs at
Prairie View A&M University;
Dr. Jack Holcomb, director of
educational administration at
Tarleton State University; and
Dr. William Clayton •
by Shawn Behlen
Battalion Reporter
Students interested in a career
in government can apply for the
Harry S. Truman Scholarship
— a competitive award pre
sented to 105 students national
ly. Each scholarship provides up
to $5,000 annually to cover tui
tion, books, room and board for
as many as four years.
Monday is the deadline for
applying for this scholarship.
Dr. Hillary Jessup, a counse
lor for academic services, says
this is the fourth year Texas
A&M will send nominees to the
national competition. She says,
however, that she sees only ab
out six interested students each
year.
“That’s not very good,” Jes
sup says. “In fact, it’s dis
appointing.”
To be eligible, a student must
attend the University full time,
have completed no more than
45 hours by Sept. 1, have above a
B average, be a United States
citizen and be in an undergradu
ate field bf Study that would per
mit admission into a graduate
program that can lead to a
career in government.
Texas A&M is allowed to
nominate one Texas resident
and one out-of-state student for
the competition.
Jessup says the Texas A&M
nominees will be chosen by a fa
culty committee composed of a
representative from each appli
cant’s department.
She says the committee will
evaluate the applicants on their
academic performance, their
potential for leadership in gov
ernment and a 600 word essay
on a public policy issue chosen
by the applicant.
Jessup says the major emph
asis will be put on the essay and
the amount of public service
work done by the applicant.
“We need someone who has
registered voters, worked in a
campaign, worked with Boy’s
Club or done something along
those lines,” she says.
Jessup says she would be glad
to help freshmen who might be
interested in applying for the
scholarship next year.
“If they know the require
ments in advance, they can be
more prepared and we can help
groom and counsel them,” she
says.
Anyone interested in ap
plying or who would like more
information should contact Jes
sup in academic services at 100
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