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Wednesday, March 7, 1984/The Battalion/Page 3 --Dining at Duncan won’t be changed despite high costs v I i like a i of Dv who ha By MELINDA HANSEN Reporter It may cost more to run hiiran Dining Hall than the tliei student cafeterias, but hot lorps of Cadets is in no anger of losing its family- yle meals. The question of costs at )utLan surfaced when Col, toroid L. Burton, Corps ^nmiandant, reported to the icel president for student hvices that costs in the :or{>' dining hall have been Ixtut nine percent higher iaii those in Sbisa and the Hmons over the past seve- al vrars. The highet costs stem om the family-style dining H followed by the Corps, adets march in formation to tei| meals and are served bv ail^rs after they are all •<tie<i, rather than serving etnsdves as studetUs do in etklter dining halls. Ik's also high because of Haste of food," said Don- Hu, Powell, director of i&iess set vic es. “Cadets do Ktave the selection of food lat students have in the het campus dining areas.” Cm Fred VV. Dollar, direc- Hf food services, said the dels were served their food cafeteria style last year for one week. Even though it was done only on a trial basis, the cafeteria plan worked quite well, Dollar said, but neither the cadets not the t mversm wanted to use the cafeteria system permanently. “L’nlil the Corps expresses a desire to change their meal system, we will give them what they want,” Dollar said. Some other mass dining systems that ate commonly used are die accordion, the scramble and accelerated (fast food). The accordion system — used in the Com mons — consists of several sections of hoi food items, or duplicates, as they are called. In Sbisa Dining Hall, a combi nation of accordion and fast food systems is used. The Me morial Student Center uses a cafeteria sysTem. The scram ble, although it is not used on campus, consists of sections that serve different foods. The scramble is also called tiie shopping center concept. Dollar said the Corps’ main requirement for a mass din ing system is to have a good meal as rapidly as possible, but served so that all the ca dets can sit together. It doesn’t matter, he said, whether this is achieved by a conventional menu or by the fast food system. But Democrats have gooc[ chance Carter: Reagan would win today United Press International WASHINGTON — Jimmy Carter said Tuesday President Reagan would win if the 1984 election were held today but the Democrats “have a good chance” in November if they can overcome his charm, dram atize the issues and unite for the first lime in 20 years. “Today, I think President Reagan would win,” the former president told wire service re porters at a breakfast meeting. He said the 73-year-old Re publican has been “highly suc cessful in not taking responsibil ity” for failures during his administration and in project ing a positive image of himself and the country’s f uture. But in November, Carter said, “I think the Democrats have a good chance provided we can delineate the issues and overcome this personal attrac tiveness of President Reagan and provided we have a unified Democratic Party.” The hour-long meeting with Carter focused on politics, but he had some observations on foreign and domestic issues as well, saying: • He opposed sending U.S. 7 think the Democrats have a good chance provided we can delin eate the issues and overcome this per sonal attractiveness of President Reagan and provided we have a unified Democratic Party.'— former Presi dent Jimmy Carter Marines to Lebanon “from the very beginning,” because “em bracing” President Amin Gem- ayel was “a political kiss of death” to chances for a Leb anese solution.-The same kind of problem was present in sup- g ort of the government in El alvador, he said. • He did not expect any pro gress in the Middle East unless the president or secretary of state got personally involved. Garter said the United Stales “defaulted on a major responsi bility” to push for peace there and called developments in Lebanon “a real blow to both us and Israel.” • “It is a mistake to underes timate” new Soviet leader Konstantin Gherneriko, who he observed as an associate of Leo nid Brezhnev at strategic nu clear arms negotiations and be lieves to be a competent person. He said Chernenko, like Brezh nev, would be obsessed with keeping the Soviet Union out of war, as older leaders who expe rienced the hardships of World War II. • The absence of the presi dent as “the champion” of civil rights is “the most dramatic change” brought about by the Reagan administration. Carter conceded he felt some resentment about Reagan’s re peated attacks on his adminis tration. Most presidents do not give in to the temptation to blame their predecessors for Ameri ca’s troubles, hut “President Reagan has not found it possi ble to resist that temptation,” he said. “President Reagan himself is quite popular, but his policies are not very popular” and “the most significant” factor in a Democratic campaign would be to get the voters to focus on the policies instead of on the presi dent’s personal likeability,” Car ter said. “Second, we might have the first unified Democratic Party since 1964,” he said. “It is my gueSs” that both for mer Vice President Walter Mondale and Sen. Gary Hart of Colorado would support who ever won the nomination “with full enthusiasm, without any reticence,” and that black activ ist Jesse Jackson would “remain a loyal Democrat,” he added. He noted that in the hot race for the Democratic presidential nomination, “My own prefer ence is Vice President Mondale” Services today or A&M student it pn achitti Glenn w 101 H;i is Jay Harlan, a fresh- Hchemical engineering ma- rai Texas A&M, will be hur- ij-. Hxlay in Cathedral in the e fies Cemetery in Tyler. Har- [ ,18, was killed Sunday night >. Heswn his car collided with an so big atoning vehicle on U.S High- fbr Gleif 9 outside of Oakwood, be- Y een Buffalo and Palestine. Betiy Null Copeland, a pas- ,n T' igerin the oncoming car, also was killed. Her husband and daughter were taken to St. Jo seph Hospital in Bryan where they were listed in satisfactory condition Tuesday afternoon. Funeral services for Harris are this afternoon at 3:30 at the First Christian Church in Tyler. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Harris Jay Harlan, also of Tyler. Silver taps for Harris will he held April 3. 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Democratic leadership has provided the climate that makes this state such a good place to live, to do business, to raise your children. I think you’ll find that with Neeley Lewis’ help, you’re going to see that type of progress continue. Let me assure you that Neeley is going to be a very effective representative and will do a good job for this district.” Texas Land Commissioner, Garry Mauro “I’ve come home to Brazos County and Bryan, Texas to endorse my friend, Neeley Lewis,for State Representative. I’ve known the Lewis family all my life...he’s our best hope in Austin to represent Brazos County. What happens in Austin is important to Texas A&M and Brazos County and I can tell you from someone who sits on the Permanent University Fund Board and most education boards that having Neeley Lewis in the House of Representatives will be an asset to Brazos County. It would be a real asset, not only to Brazos County, not only to A&M but also to the State of Texas to have Neeley Lewis in Austin.” Neeley Lewis on the issues... Q: Do you have to be an Aggie to represent us, as one candidate states? A: I am an Aggie. There’s a difference between a former student and an Aggie. Many faculty members at A&M did not earn their degrees here. Aren’t they Aggies? Wasn’t Sul Ross an Aggie? And what about all the women who formed mothers’ clubs to support A&M? Aren’t they Aggiestoo? Q: Do you think the Permanent University Fund should be main tained in its present form? A: To protect the quality of Texas A&M we must preserve the Permanent University Fund. The proposed constitutional amendment preserves the Permanent University Fund and provides support for the other schools. I will go anywhere or do any thing necessary to help get this amendment passed. Q: Do you support a teacher pay raise? A: I do support a significant pay raise for teachers. But I think the issue of merit pay should be left to the individual school districts. Why add another layer of state bureaucracy? Q: How will you halt increase in crime? A: The swiftness of justice and the certainty of punishment are the strongest deterrents to crime. We must be guided by these two principles. We need to explore options to maximum security prisons. Not everyone who is sick has to go to the hospital. Not every one who breaks the law needs to be in a maximum security prison. Paid for by the Neeley Lewis Campaign, Stuart F. Lewis, Treasurer 4500 Carter Creek Parkway, Bryan