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Friday, February 24, 1984/The Battalion/Page 3 , 3 a m 1,” in hi have dis| nation i! he WhiJ lat in a] eaks thal ind therl : did nJ very few nt has ail s. little thal Vmericai says. ndjame] ;ecretar in Eisenl ;d by thl ne press empt ol eakesin) e Hou durinj :ing. inquire e in ac d an uij rages J mond tV; jpinio at tos nasi uinti Mosbej ikeLej vinto&4 iltyaf] aphr&l ts. 3iFn^ forH ions iq [535^ rst ■ tDoo? jon- 5I»^ 1 zrd** 1 Watch your silver, gold and goodies By PATRICIA FLINT Reporter “I could probably walk around these dorms, espe cially around class or dinner time and take $1,200 in goods, not including jewelry and calculators and stereos, without having anybody ques tion me,” says University Po lice officer Don Pauler. Pauler has founded a crime prevention program on campus, “but that’s really in name only,” he says. “The purpose is to pro mote an information flow be tween our department and the students on campus,” he said. “We hope to expand to the off-campus students and the faculty, but that’s in the future.” Pauler believes that misin formation and a lack of infor mation have created prob lems in the past — problems like students not reporting minor crimes because they don’t see the necessity. If a crime is not reported, no mat ter how small, Pauler says, the police have no way of getting involved. In the program, a police officer is assigned to a group of dorms to talk to the stu dents. The officer and the students design programs to meet the needs of the resi dents and resident advisers, covering subjects from rape prevention to parking tickets. “We want to show the stu dents that we are going to help and we are going to give the students the information they want,” Pauler says. Pauler says he also hopes the program will dispell the negative image the campus police have acquired. “We want to let the stu dents know that we’re more than just a bunch of guys that wear uniforms, write tickets and tow cars,” he says. “We’re here to serve the university community. “That’s why we started this program with the dorm stu dents. They are the nucleus of the community. We deal with them on a 24-hour-a-day basis. Hopefully we can get more interest and apply the program to others.” Mark Shomaker, the head resident of Crocker, says: “I think it’s beneficial be cause the students primarily see the police as ticket writers and disciplinarians. This way the students see the police as working for their welfare. “Because they’re seen in plain clothes at the meetings, the students see them as hu mans. The students are see ing a more personal side of the officer. “If the response from the students is good, I think it’s worthwhile. I think the guy is doing an excellent job as far as reaching out to the stu dents.” But the head resident of Haas, Kathy Bartholomew, says that dorm’s officer is uti lized differently. “She’s available to present programs to the residents,” Bartholomew says, “but we don’t see that as a need in Haas. We don’t have enough students attending educatio nal programs that we see it as being worth her while to come out.” Bartholomew says that she and her resident advisers meet with their assigned offi cer and present their prob lems to her and then relate the information to their resi dents. Pauler says that he has re cently presented some new ideas concerning security to some RA’s. He’s not releasing it now because he wants it to be a surprise, but he says when he told the RA’s, they thought it would show the students “in a real strong way just how vul nerable their possessions are and what they can do as far as securing their own personal items.” Minority administrators on A&M ‘get’ list By SARAH OATES Senior Staff Writer Texas A&M University has had few black administrators in its 100-plus years, and now has only two. However, several black administrators within the system say the situation is im proving. “I think the situation war rants much improvement,” said Dr. John Coleman, the only black member of the Texas A&M System Board of Regents, “but I think A&M is willing to do so.” Coleman, who has been a board member for seven years, said he is proud of Texas A&M’s leadership in the Texas Equal Educational Opportunity Plan for Higher Education. He said that although the number of black administrators today is small, Texas A&M took leadership in an aggressive plan. Mark White, then secretary of state, submitted the Texas Plan in June 1981, it was amended in May 1983, and it was approved by the federal Of fice of Civil Rights in June 1983. Texas A&M put the plan into action last fall and submitted its Tnn mnm i uiinun One of the finest tequilas . from Mexico. Made by the I traditional time honored J method. Torada Tequila ’ White and Reposado, Truly 1 Mexico’s Best Shot. goals to the state Coordinating Board. The board is the gover nor’s liaison to the federal civil rights office. The plan calls for the Univer sity to have 12 black administra tors by the 1987-88 academic year. Sheran Riley, assistant to the president, explained that since the national pool of outstanding minority administrators is small, if the goals are not met, the board will expect the Uni versity to have demonstrated a good faith effort in filling open administrative positions with minorities. She said Texas A&M Presi dent Frank Vandiver has al ready requested University vice presidents to consider minori ties for available administrative positions. 1983 statistics from the Sys tem Affirmative Action office list two black administrators the Texas A&M University System and one administrator at the University itself. Prairie View A&M, a pre dominantly black _ university, has 24 black administrators. Tarleton State University and Texas A&M University at Gal veston have none. Coleman said last year’s hir ing of Dr. Ivory Nelson as exec utive assistant to the chancellor is a good example of the Uni versity’s efforts to recruit out standing black administrators. “It’s really hard to increase the number of minority admin istrators in one fell swoop be cause the number of top-flight administrators is limited, he said. “Even though we hope to increase the numbers in both areas (administration and stu dent body), the schools that have been doing it for years have a competitive edge . . . they have a leg up on us.” Coleman added that top mi nority adminstrators are being “solicited like blue-chip ath letes.” He said schools with larger numbers of minorities than Texas A&M have greater chances of successful recruit ment. “We started off at such a low point,” he said. “There’s been a great change over the years, but if you only have 1 percent and you double it, that’s only 2 per cent.” He said increased adminis trative recruitment is certainly do-able, but there’s not a larg pool. “I believe A&M and the syi tern are sincere in their effortl to increase the numbers of qua! ified black administrators,” hu said. 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