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j|ivubiak to try again
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by Robin Black
Battalion Staff
If at First you don’t succeed,
*», try again. Democrat Dan
[ibiak obviously believes this
adage — he is taking his
jond shot at the 6th Con-
bsional District seat in the
House of Representa-
j Kubiak was defeated last
bruary by Republican Phil
amm in a special election
the seat, but announced
candidacy Wednesday in
liege Station to run again in
1984 state primary.
[College Station was
Ibiak’s first stop in a one-
1 tour of seven cities in the
Itrict. The announcement
[icially kicked off his cam-
|g n -
IThe other cities he visited
tdnesday were: Cleburne,
Inroe, Corsicana, Fort
Worth, Hillsboro, and Waco.
There will be no incum
bent in the race because
Gramm, who now holds the
6th district office, is pursuing
the U.S. Senate seat that will
be vacated by John Tower.
Kubiak said this will “make
all the difference in the world”
in the election.
The most important issue
in the campaign right now is
experience, Kubiak said, be
cause it is essential in fully rep
resenting the people of the
6th district.
One specific issue he
addressed, was that of higher
education. He said that it is
important that higher educa
tion receive the same support
on a national level that it is
receiving on the state level.
Kubiak is a strong suppor
ter of the Permanent Univer
sity Fund, a state constitution-
Dan Kubiak
al endowment of money gen
erated by the mineral rights to
2.1 million acres of West
Texas land. The money is in
vested to produce revenues
for the Texas A&M and the
University of Texas systems.
Kubiak, who has only re
cently moved to Brazos Coun
ty, said he will take a stand on
specific issues after he has bet
ter established his campaign.
A graduate of the Universi
ty of Texas, he served as a
state representative from
1968 to 1982 and has been
named to a number of com
mittees on agriculture and
education. He is also a busi
nessman and farmer.
Before becoming a legisla
tor, Kubiak was a teacher and
coach at Cypress Fairbanks
High School in Houston and
Vernon High School in
Vernon.
Mid-term report bill
passes Student Senate
buttle fixed in flight
stronauts researching
by Stephanie M. Ross
Battalion Staff
A bill recommending that
mid-term grade reports be eli
minated for all students except
freshman was passed to the
academic affairs committee for
research at the Student Govern-
ment Senate meeting
Wednesday.
The bill recommends that fall
mid-term grade reports con
tinue being sent to freshmen.
Senator Ronald Palomares
introduced the Mid-Term
Grade Policy Bill. He said that
after much research his commit
tee has found that the grade re
ports are a waste of faculty time
and university funds. He said
students can easily find what
their grades will be from their
professors, and in some cases
professors give “blanket” grades
at mid-term.
In talking to 15 different uni
versities concerning their poli
cies on mid-term grade reports,
Palomares learned that only one
of the universities, Tarleton
State University, has a’ policy
similar to the one here. Tarleton
is part of the Texas A&M Uni
versity System.
Some universities contacted
that did not have mid-term
grade reports were the Universi
ty of Texas, Baylor University,
Southern Methodist Universtiy,
Cornell and Stanford.
While researching the bill,
Palomares said he talked to
many associate deans at A&M
who agreed in part with the sug
gested bill. Palomares said that
grade reports are used primarily
to advise students, and many
colleges are too large to use the
grade reports adequately for in
dividual advising.
Palomares also said that the
university would save $9,000
each semester if mid-term grade
reports were eliminated.
After some questions from
different Senators, Senate
Speaker David Alders passed
the bill to the academic affairs
committee for further study.
In other business, the Senate
the
bill re
commending that a traffic light
be placed at the intersection of
Anderson and Southwest Park
way. The recommendation will
now be given to the College Sta
tion City Council.
The Anderson-Southwest
Parkway Bill was introduced by
the external affairs committee
which has studied the traffic
problem at the intersection.
Donna Banfield introduced
the bill and said that she has
talked to the head of traffic con
trol in College Station, who said
that the problem at the intersec
tion has also been looked into by
the city.
Wednesday’s meeting was the
last meeting of the semester.
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