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Page 8/The Battalion/Tuesday, January 24, 1984 ' : Board (continued from page 1) “Tarleton State University nas few services and A&M has many,” Billings said. ‘‘The Texas Coordinating Board has recommended that the interna tional student service fees be state-appropriated. That’s the policy we’d like to see adopted.” “What this is is just a step where the proposals voted on would be agreed upon by the students,” he said. The University’s Legislative Study Group report on interna tional student services funding recommends that funding be provided by the administration. “That is in agreement with the policies set by the Texas Coordinating Board,” Billings said. The Student Government Fi nance Committee recommends that the administration provide 50 percent of the funding and that student service fees provide 50 percent. “We think it’s a fair com promise,” said Mike Cook, vice- president of the Student Gov ernment finance committee. He explained that many interna tional student services currently funded with student service fees are administrative-type services, such as checking a student’s visa and maintaining records on academic standing. Cook said that if the proposal is passed, projected student ser vice fees will only be raised by $3 for this year. Last year student service fees were raised by $8. The board voted in favor of generating student awareness and support of House Joint Re solution 19, which if passed, would provide for a $100 mil lion annual allocation from the General Revenue fund for an endowment to state universities not supported by the PUF. The endowment would support building construction and re lated activities. The bill would effect a change in the PUF by allowing all branches of the Texas A&M and the University of Texas sys tems to benefit from bonds issued under the PUF for con struction and related activities. “Students have no idea of the significance of this bill in furth ering education at A&M,” Bill ings said. “The position of the CSAB is to solicit student bodies and other related organizations to vote in favor of this bill,” he said. “We’re trying to secure the growth of Texas A&M and the A&M system. We’re also trying to establish support for the sepa rate endowment for all non- PUF universities.” MSC Cephcid Variable New Members Meeting 7:30 Tuesday, January 24 301 Rudder ■ > t WINNER! 1981 PULITZER PRIZE N.Y. DRAMA CRITICS' CIRCLE AWARD 8&V CRI CRIMES OF THE HEART Presented by MSC Town Hall/Broadway Texas A&M University Rudder Auditorium February 2 8:00p.m. Tickets $13.00, $12.50, $11.50 MSC Box Office Visa&Mastercard Call 845-1234 G^V 1 Session I Registration: Feb. 7-8 If you want to be a part of MSC After Hours, fill out an application in Room 216 MSC before January 27. Inspectors have hope for sunken ship's crew United Press International HOUSTON — Federal in vestigators trying to explain the sinking of an American oil drilling ship east of Vietnam three months ago said Mon day they still hold out hope for survivors among the 81 crew members. The Glomar Java Sea, own ed by Houston-based Global Marine Inc. and hired by ARCO China Ltd., was drill ing a well approved by the Chinese National Oil Co. when it sank during Typhoon Lex in the South China Sea Oct. 25. “It’s very possible the crew is alive in Vietnam some place,” said Coast Guard Capt. Walter McDougall of Washington, chairman of the five-member National Trans portation Safety Board-Coast Guard panel. McDougall, who reconvened the panel for testimony Mon day, told reporters at a news conference attended by fami ly members of the missing crew that no sign of the crew had been found and Vietnam said it had no evidence of sur vivors. Left unsaid is the apparent suspicion the Vietnamese gov ernment’s information may not be correct. The ship sank in 300 feet of water south of Hainan Island, but only after all lifeboats were lowered. Officials have said there are many possibili ties but the likeliest destina tion of survivors was Viet nam’s coast, 90 miles west. McDougall and Global Marine spokesman Joe Cheavan said divers inspected the vessel for a few days two weeks after it sank, but visibil ity was poor and currents strong and the survey incom plete. No bodies were found. Cheavan said Global Marine is in the process of hir ing a larger vessel to resume diving in March. The board opened in Houston in November and then immediately adjourned to Hong Kong, where it held hearings in December. Offi cials say separate final reports by the Coast Guard and NTSB are still months away. Whitten said the board has come up with no evidence of problems on the vessel except the storm, which he said the ship and crew were capable of riding out. He said the exact t cause of the sinking remains a mystery. “This is not a normal acci dent,” Whitten said. “They had been through worse than this. It could have been a freak wave, but that’s strictly specu lation.” A seaman who previously served as the Glomar Sea’s captain testified the ship was in good condition, although it had been rammed by a supply boat two months before it sank. But, said Joel Lester, of Alabama, he was told repairs could be made the next time the ship was in dry dock. McDougall said he thought the repairs had already been made before the CilomarSfi sank. Lester said the shiptlailyre ceived for weather transmit sions and noted a few months before it sank, he orderedt partial evacuation of the Glo mar Sea because of heavt weather. But l.ester stopped short of criticizing the deri sion of the ship’s captain,who did not order an evacutioii while Typhoon Lexheadedio the direction of the ship. Les ter said Captain Gustave Swanson might have thought it would have been just asdaa gerous to evacuate. “My opinion was the man (Swanson) was a very capable very competent seaman," Les ter said. Meanwhile, Global Marine spokesman Dick Ver meer said the company is sti seeking information, through official and unofficial chan nels, on possible survivors. Bill Hanagan of Houston brother of missing crew men her JerardJ. Hanagan, saidhf was satisfied with efforts te find survivors, although ht said the hick of relations be tween the United States and Vietnam makes it difficult. Other relatives, including attorney Douglas Fierce#! Austin, father of crewma: John Pierce, are less satisfed and have filed a total of $3! million in suits against tht company. UNDERGROUND DELI AND STORE THE DIET PLACE OPEN BREAKFAST 7:30am - 10:30am LUNCH 10:30am - 3:30pm Mon— Friday QUALITY FIRST” Princess helping Olympia United Press International HOUSTON — Britai: Princess Anne was to begii four-day private visit to H#i ton, C ialveston and New Grid Monday on behalf of the Bns Olympic Association, if Petite s&cademp of nee Teenager and Adult A spokeswoman for theft ish Consulate in Housiom the princess is presidentofi association, a non-profit volt , teer organization raising fa ' for British competitors ini Olympics. • Ballet-Tap »Jazz • Pointe Jan Jones Owner Instructor Carolyn Rawls Instructor Princess Anne was schedd Tuesday to visit the Texas H Institute and meet Dr, Den Cooley, tour the Port of H# ton and take a boat ridedd the 1 louston Ship Channel,tl appear at a reception dinner. New classes starting 823-8626 3406 S. College Ave. Bryan On Wednesday, shewil Galveston and tour the hisU mansion, Ashton Villa, and: refurbished sailing ship, Els L— Princess Anne wastotravd |' New Orleans Thursday M returning to Britain. /T 12th Man Kickoff Team Persons interested in trying out for the 1984 12th Man Kickoff Team should report to the Kyle Field Dressing Room on Monday, Janu ary 30th at 5:30 pm for General Meeting. No prior experience is re quired. 1 A1