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Thursday, April 12, 1984 AThe Battalion/Page 3 m irst senate meeting is orientation session ByED ALANIS Staff Writer The newly elected 1984- |985 Student Senate held its Jirsl meeting Wednesday light. But the meeting linly served as an orienta- session, no business was ansacted. Next year’s Student Body sident David Alders ad- Iressed the group and en raged each senator to to make a positive igein the environment of (exas A&M. Alders also announced that :would be appointing a spe- studenl btxly president dvisory council. The council consist of 10 members, are involved in various anizations throughout the npus, he said. “these students will not necessarily share my opin ions,” Alders said, “but rather they will serve to hold me ac countable for the goals I have set out to accomplish.” Alders also will appoint a special assistant to the student body president. One of the first tasks of the new senators will be to choose a Student Government com mittee to serve on. Also, at the April 25 Student Senate meeting, the senators will elect the speaker of the senate and the speaker pro tern. Vice President for Aca demic Affairs Tom Urban said the main goal of his com mittee next year will be to fight to preserve the senior fi nal exam exemption policy. The committee also will work to increase library hours and computer said. lab hours, Urban The main goal of the Stu dent Senate Finance Commit tee next year will be to work at increasing student input into the allocation of the Uni versity Center fees. Mike Kel ley, the new vice president of that committee, said it will work in particular on the ad ministration of the newly es tablished University Center Reserve Fund. The Student Services Com mittee will continue its work to establish outdoor study areas around the campus and to have large maps of the campus placed in some of the main buildings. Michael Mul- cahy is the vice president of that committee. School prayer debate clouded by confusion y — the mard i) and West! r martial nit! er we a computei orms of teck loyment ones in M\ armer criticizes Kubiak r refusing TV debate ly KATHLEEN WEST Reporter iixth congressional district pdate Hugh Parmer, dnesday, said he will carry empty chair with “Dan ?” men on the back for the next ee weeks prior to the Demo tic party’s May 5 primary, said the chair will represent ponent Dan Kubiak’s refusal lebate him. 'This empty chair has to rep ent my opponent Dan Ku- k because I can’t gel him to or solo, ptii etme in a televised debate of that are of impor- ce to the people of the sixth gressional district,” Parmer le said he wanted a chance compare his own record as a te senator to Kubiak’s record aslate representative, western pitfarmer criticized Kubiak’s musical inS isumer voting record calling “When you put my record against Kubiak’s record,” Parmer said, “you have a case where I have supported the public interest and Kubiak voted with the special interests.” Parmer said debates serve a public interest because they let people see the candidates and hear their stands on issues. He said Kubiak’s refusal to debate is serving his own political inter ests, not the public interest. “On a face to face basis it’s hard to fool a TV camera. If you’ve got three or four hours and you have all your press peo ple writing your response you_ can come up with some pretty clever ideas,’’Parmer said. “I have no intention of par ticipating in deversionary tactics in order to seek media atten tion,” Kubiak said. By JILL GOLDEN Reporter Confusion was the key ingre dient in the final debate of the semester sponsored by the Texas A&M Debate Team Wednesday night. The confusion was the diffi culty both sides had in defining organized school prayer. As a result, by the end of the debate most people in the over crowded room agreed with each other. The pro side headed by Tim othy Riehf, a junior business analysis major from Los An geles, defined organized prayer as the right of a group to volun tarily gather in school, specif ically during a break or lunch, to pray together. The con side headed by Da vid Dick, a sophomore finance and accounting major from San Antonio, defined organized prayer as a specific prayer time set aside when all must partici pate. Dick was hissed at for saying organized prayer was a prayer of the tongue, not the heart. Dick counter attacked saying meaningless repetition would not be hear d by Cod and added that was what organized prayer would be. Riehl said the right to prayer is constitutionally protected. He added that public schools are models of society and should in clude prayer to develop chil dren morally and spiritually. “When you’re face to then I think the truth c through,” he said. face. c Kremlin's! ? of i llewo ' I f 1,1 lhe , his D lDr >' the Texas House ot Rep- entatives. Kubiak, in an earlier press re lease, said Parmer is trailing far behind in the polls. Gather up all of your broken baubles and bangles and bring them in to DOUGLAS JEWELRY Culpepper Plaza 693-0677 and save 50% on most of your jewelry repairs (watch repairs and stone setting excluded) Good thru April 30,1984 This coupon good at Culpepper Plaza location only. No charge cards accepted on this offer. Must bring this coupon in when leaving repairs. Riehl’s final point in favor of organized school prayer was that a person’s commitment to religion should not be denied in any area of life — including school. Dick said organized prayer was not voluntary and could re sult in brainwashing. When the debate was opened to the audience, a con audience member clarified the somewhat subdued debate by saying the cons agreed with the pros that individuals should be allowed to voluntarily gather at school to pray. Both sides cheered. The voice vote at the end was close but the counted vote pushed the pros ahead by a large margin. 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