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Two more countries join Olympic boycott See pages 4 High court OKs sign removal See page 5 3 Aggie teams headed for NCAA tourneys See page 7 wmtmmm 'Wi Texas A&M — — TO tifa The Battalion Serving the University, community /oi 79 No. 151 USPS 0453110 8 Pages College Station, Texas Wednesday, May 16, 1984 iry! ienate otes for Inals By ROBIN BLACK 1 Senior Staf f Writer ■tudenis concerned that they will Kart of a new regulation requiring Hduatitig seniors to take final ex- ms can breathe a little easier, at least or now. ■he Faculty Senate decided Mon- ■ to recommend that the proposed ■cy change on final exam exemp- Wis for graduating seniors not be mplemented until the spring 1988 Inester. ■he Rules and Regulations com- lijtee, responsible for proposing a pilcrete recommendation to the elate, decided such a change would e best if made ef fective only in new ■ree plans and not those already in Be it Texas A&M. In a letter to John McDermott, laker of the Faculty Senate, com- iijtee Chairman Garland Bayliss lid the committee believed that in ■ity, presently enrolled students fijiild be permitted to graduated hller the current policy. len.Jon Bond said he feels the de- }ion to wait was made to show that e Faculty Senate does care about elstudents and considers their side tlie issue. Ilow that the Senate has approved ■ormal proposal for the new pol- /Jthe recommendation will be for- iiided University President Frank ahdiver and from there to the )ard of Regents for the final deci- I. If this recommendation is ap- jroved by the Regents, students who ■ered the University up to the fall 981 semester will be exempt from the rrftL,[ s f j lir j n g ^ ie semester they are to raduate. Students enrolling at leas A&M starting in the fall 1984 mester would be required to take ital exams during their last semes- Sample of unusual steak Photo by JOHN RYAN Secretary of Agriculture John R. Block and his wife sample pieces of reformed steak as Dr. James Keeton explains the process of shredding and reforming cheaper grades of meat into perfectly uniform steaks. Block visited the Texas A&M campus Sunday morning. He took tours of the Meat Technol ogy Building, the Fire Ant Research program and the Brucel losis Research Labs in the School of Veterinary Medicine, text May win Oregon too ;! Hart sweeps Nebrasksa race In other business, the Senate ap- Ived a recommendation for a new Iduate program in land manage- MTC ent. The degree program would be ‘ ^ Bra master of science in land devel- d each Bnient and would be under the su- 3StauranlS£ Irvision of the College of Architec- jeand Environmental Design. <as Avenue, taff, graphics lell and Mai* na MERE Close June Juneh June June June Junel» : : approved by the state Coordi- aung Board, the non-thesis pro- ram will emphasize the business and nance aspects of of land devel- jnent with other emphasis on the JVsical aspects of land planning and j^ject execution. he concept of such a program is irly n£w, and the only other exist- graduate program was estab- ed at the Massachusetts Institute Technology in 1983. United Press International Gary Hart, seeking a sweep of the final Democratic primaries to dis credit rival Walter Mondale, scored an easy win in the Nebraska presi dential primary Tuesday and ap peared likely to add Oregon to his col umn as well. Hart campaigned extensively in Nebraska and Oregon, while Mon dale and Jesse Jackson virtually ig nored both states. The senator from Colorado, riding the crest of upset wins last week in Ohio and Indiana, scored a solid vic tory in Nebraska and appeared headed to a good showing in Oregon. CBS said its exit polling in Oregon showed Hart doing “very well.” A to tal 67 delegates were at stake in both primaries. Far behind in the battle for the 1,967 delegates needed for the Demo cratic presidential nomination. Hart hoped to rattle the former vice presi dent by sweeping the remaining pres idential primaries. Hart was hoping to parlay victories in Nebraska and Oregon into a psy chological boost that would build mo mentum for the big California pri mary June 5 and the party’s San Francisco convention that opens a month after that. With 51 percent of the precincts re porting from Nebraska, Hart had 34,634 votes or 57 percent, while Mondale had 17,620 votes or 29 per cent and Jackson had 5,515 votes or 9 percent. The latest United Press Interna tional count, including some dele gates from Nebraska, shows Mondale with 1,538 convention delegates, while Hart has 903 and Jesse Jackson 290. Another 361 are uncommitted. Despite his latest wins, which gave Hart a measure of renewed hope, his chance of catching Mondale in the delegate battle is a long shot. After Oregon and Nebraska, there will be 712 more delegates chosen, in cluding 486 in five primaries June 5. About two dozen chosen in Texas and other earlier contests also remain to be counted. If Mondale falls short of the magic 1,967 number by the end of the primaries, the battle for the un- committeds will go all the way to the convention floor. Although the favorite in Nebraska, Hart took nothing for granted and ended his campaign in the state by walking down Lincoln’s Gentennial Mall with Gov. Bob Kerrey, one of the few Democratic governors backing his candidacy. He then returned home to Colo rado to join his son on a horseback riding outing and await the primary returns. Arriving in Denver, he told reporters no matter how many dele gates he has, Mondale cannot be a credible candidate if he is wiped out in the closing primaries. In Oregon, Hart’s campaign staff confidently predicted a victory and said it would send a message next door to California. Kidnapped Americans released United Press International COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Tamil separatist guerrillas released an American couple unharmed Tues day in the northern city of Jaffna af ter five days of captivity, the govern ment announced. National Security Minister Lalith Athalathmudali said Stanley B. alien, 36, and his wife Mary Elizabeth, 30, of Columbus, Ohio, were turned over at the residence of the bishop of Jaffna. “They were delivered to the bish op’s house and just now they are in the custody of the national police,” Athalathmaduli said. He said they would be flown to the capital of Colombo Wednesday and were expected to return soon to the United States. The Allens were kidnapped last Thursday by Tamil rebels fighting for an independent state in northern Sri Lanka. It was not immediately known who turned the Allens over to the bishop. The rebels charged they were CIA spies. Athalathmudali said the Allens, who were married in March, were “unharmed and were in good health.” House nixes access United Press International WASHINGTON — The House- killed legislation Tuesday that would have given student religious groups the same right to meet in high schools as glee clubs or cheerleaders — a measure critics said was a back- handed way of reviving the school prayer issue. The vote was 270-151 for the legis lation, but that was 11 votes short of the two-thirds needed for passage. “Don’t burden our high schools with the disagreements — indeed the passions — of the hundreds of faiths that exist in this country, many of whom devoutly believe that their reli gion is the only true one,” Rep. Don Edwards, D-Calif., pleaded before the vote. Opponents raised questions about the bill, claiming it would discrimi nate against religious minorities, al low exploitation by cults and cost tax payers money to pay for teacher supervision of Bible study and reli gious meetings. “Disregard this propaganda you have heard,” said Rep. Carl Perkins. D-Ky. students work to meet costs By KARI FLUEGEL Reporter i\s college costs increase, more and fibre students are finding them- ies in the position of working llinsi J e balancing a full academic load. ^ It is a tough road to follow — col- costs are now estimated at |721 a year — but Linda Gilbert, n administrator in the student fi- Itcial aid office, said about one pi of Texas A&M students are ■veiling that route. She said about I I I'P °l all college students work JUlVIfetime during their college ca- | July! According to the September 1981 ||j|\/jBnthly Labor Review, 40.3 percent u J (the 1981 high school graduates, were full tune college students, Je working at least part time. .Mlebbie Cade is one of those work- Jlj|y I [students. Cade, a junior account- ; | and marketing major, works |j but eight hours a week in the Corn- Ins branch of the MSC Bookstore (tile taking 13 hours of classes. fThere’s no conflict,” Cade said. I need to do is mention that I Julyl Julyli Julyfl need to study, and she’ll let me off.” Joey Palieri, a senior accounting major who works at Bennigan’s, has been working since the spring semes ter of his freshman year. Since a hurricane ripped through his father’s night club in Galveston last year, Palieri has been supporting himself. He works about 35 hours a week and carries a course load of 15 hours, but says it isn’t difficult to manage his study and work loads. “You’ve just got to allot your time,” Palieri said. “It balances out.” Clerking, waiting tables, errand running, delivering or retailing. The list of job opportunities in the local area is almost endless. “If a student wants to work he can find a job,” Gilbert said. Student need and employer de mand fluctuate throughout the year because of school schedules. Gilbert expects a few jobs to open up soon because of students graduating and going home for summer vacation. The student job outlook is very op timistic at this time, Gilbert said. Cur rently, the financial aid office is get ting 25 to 30 job openings a week, she said, and almost all positions fill fast, with only the unattractive work staying open long. A student is encouraged to have a 2.0 grade point average before he be gins to work, Gilbert said. The major problem in juggling a class load and a work load is the time crunch. “Schedule out a work and study routine,” Gilbert said. “You have to be mature and able to take the pres sure.” Dr. Samuel M. Gillespie, assistant dean in the College of Business Ad ministration, said he agrees that time allocation is the most important fac tor in being a successful student em ployee. “The student usually begins with a good feel for the amount of time needed to be devoted to’work and study,” Gillespie said. “Then some thing happens, like someone quits, and the student is asked to put more time in. Soon the student begins to forget his priorities.” Those working students who are weak academically are at a greater disadvantage attending a school like Texas A&M where the faculty has strong academic expectations, Gilles pie said. “We can sympathize, but we can’t give them any slack,” he said. The difficulties increase when the student also wants to participate in campus activities and have an active social life. “Most have got it in balance,” Gil lespie said. Many students work for the expe rience and contacts that can be made on a job. Gilbert worked while in school. Her job as a part-time coun selor in the financial aid office led to her position as an adminstrator. “Any employment is helpful,” she said. Besides gaining experience, the reasons that students work are nu merous. If a student from out-of- state works more than 20 hours a week in a field related to his field of study, his out-of-state tuition will be waived, but only for semesters which he works 20 hours. Many students work because they feel they have a moral obligation to help with the financing of their edu cation, Gillespie said. In Today’s Battalion Local • Cartoon strip SHOE joins The Battalion June 5. See story page 3. • Students from Texas A&M Systems schools will be able to use libraries on any of the four systems campuses. See story page 3. • Gigem press founder and part-owner publishes Ag gie joke books. See story page 5. State • Gov. White proposes tax hikes and educational re forms to the legislature. See story page 5. World • Soviet sports officials join meeting in Switzerland to discuss Olympics. See story page 4. • Mudslides in Utah kill two, flooding continues. See story page 6.