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The Battalion
Serving the University community
Vol 78 No. 192 (JSPS 045360 26 pages
College Station, Texas
Friday, August 31,1984
Cadet death triggers
Wednesday for an upper respiratory
system infection. Goodrich was rou
tinely treated with erythromycin (an
antibiotic) and a decongestant anti
histamine, but the medication would
not have contributed to his tollapse,
Goswick said.
Members of Company F-l said
Goodrich was an excellent student
who was enthusiastic about his new
school and participation in the
Corps.
“The first thing that comes to my
mind on Bruce is that he was proba
bly the best Christian in the outfit,”
one cadet said. “He was excited
about being an Aggie. I think we all
saw him as the type of guy who could
better our class.”
A second cadet also commented
three investigations
on Goodrich’s enthusiasm.
“He came to the school for the en
gineering program,” he said. “He
had excellent grades. I had the feel
ing that he was going to make it and
be a real asset to our class.”
Other cadets said Goodrich joined
the Corps because of an interest in
the military. He was also interested
in the camaraderie of the Corps, the
cadets said.
“He was always cheerful and
friendly,” one cadet said. “I think I
speak for our whole class when I say
that I wish we’d known him better.”
The cadets agreed that though
they hadn’t known him for long,
Goodrich was well-liked by his class
mates.
“In my eyes, there wasn’t anything
about him I didn’t like,” a cadet said.
By DAINAH BULLARD
Staff Writer
A member of the Texas A&M
Corps of Cadets died Thursday af
ternoon at St. Joseph Hospital in
Bryan. Bruce Dean Goodrich col
lapsed after an off-hours exercise
session — commonly known as a
"crap out” — at 2:30 a.m. Thursday.
Goodrich, a 20-year-old sopho
more from Webster, N.Y., was a
transfer student beginning his first
semester at Texas A&M.
Goodrich and another sophomore
transfer student had participated in
a “motivational run” conducted by
three junior-level cadets in their
company, F-l
University spokesman Lane Ste
phenson reported in a news release
that the five cadets went on a run
through the campus. Both new ca
dets performed push-ups and sit-
ups in addition to running, he said.
Goodrich collapsed while running
back to the dormitory, Stephenson
said, but was encouraged to continue
running. In an attempt to revive
Goodrich, the other new cadet as
sisted him to the showers. When at
tempts to revive Goodrich failed,
University Police were called.
University Police arrived at the
students’ dormitory at 3:28 a.m. One
of the responding officers adminis
tered cardiopulmonary resuscitation
on the scene. Goodrich was admitted
to St. Joseph Hospital at 4 a.m.
Thursday.
Dr. Claude Goswick, director of
the A.P. Beutel Health Center, said
Goodrich was treated at the center
The cadets said the Corps held a
“silent chow” Thursday evening in
honor of Goodrich. Sophomore
members of the Corps held a private
Silver Taps on the Quadrangle for
Goodrich at 1 1 p.m. Thurday.
Goodrich was a 1983 graduate of
R.L. Thomas High School in
Webster. He attended Monroe Com
munity College in New York for one
year before transferring to Texas
A&M. His father, Ward Goodrich,
and his sister and brother-in-law
were at St. Joseph Hospital at the
time of Goodrich’s death.
Preliminary results of an autopsy
show that Goodrich died of heat
stroke. Final results will not be com
pleted for several days. An investiga
tion of the incident has been or
dered by commandant of the Corps
Bruce Dean Goodrich
of Cadets, Col. Donald Buton, vice
president for student services Dr.
John Koldus and Bob Wiatt, director
of University security and traffic.
Precision kick
Graduate student Craig Tipton, a purple belt in the Tae
Kwon Do club, throws a kick at Bret Peacock, a second de
gree black belt, in Wednesday night’s demonstrations aimed
at generating students for the club’s lessons.
Fall enrollment declines by 476
By KARI FLUEGEL
Staff Writer
Figures from the Registrar’s Of
fice reveal a slight decline in enroll
ment from last year.
As of the first class day last yeitr,
36,559 students were enrolled at
Texas A&M. At the same time this
year, 36,083 students were enrolled,
a drop of 476.
University officials projected be
tween 36,400 and 36,500 students to
be enrolled in the University, Don
Carter, associate registrar, said. Af
ter late registration ends and stu
dents are dropped for no shows,
Carter said the final enrollment
probably will be within the projected
range.
The decline in enrollment may be
attributed to several possible factors,
he said.
First, the number of students who
recently graduated in August is one
of the largest ever, and from indica
tions of students applying for grad-
Because of the new programs, Hues were shorter ami
ave co work past 5
v 20 about 30.000 students
p,m. or 6 p.m. As of .
uation, the number of students who
will graduate in December is also
large.
Also, higher admissions require
ments that were instituted about two
years ago may have influenced en
rollment figures.
Finally, according to projections
of the Texas Education Agency, the
number of high school graduates is
declining. High school graduates is
Texas A&M’s largest pool for incom
ing students. Carter said.
He also said that Texas A&M
planned on an enrollment decrease.
“The University has got to cap it
off somewhere, or else we’ll start
straining our facilities,” he said.
Throughout the enrollment pe
riod, the registrar’s office experi
enced no major problems, Carter
said. One minor problem resulted
when changes in course content
were not programed into the com
puter. Because of this, about 100 out
of the more than 2,600 class roles
were not printed.
Carter said the changes have been
programed into the system and that
rosters will be completed by this.
weekend.
The registrar’s office did adopt a
new program of an extended ad
d/drop period and delayed registra
tion.
Because of the new programs,
lines were shorter and registrar’s of
fice personnel did not have to work
past 5 p.m. or 6 p.m., he said. As of
Aug. 20 about 30,000 students were
registered and 8,000 students had
gone through add-drop.
“We have heard nothing but com
pliments,” Carter said.
Today is the final day to enroll in
the University, as well as the final
day to add new courses. The last day
for dropping courses with no record
is Sept. 11. The last day to drop
classes with no penalty (Q-drop) is
Sept. 28.
The last day to apply for degrees
awarded in December is Sept. 7.
Commencement will be Dec. 7 and
8.
New financial aid policies outlined
By ROBIN BLACK
Senior Staff Writer
Several changes were made in fi
nancial aid procedures, while stu
dents were away this summer, con
cerning such areas as scholarships,
loan disbursements, student employ
ment pay rates, and academic re
quirements. To help make students
aware of the changes, the financial
aid department has distributed in
formation sheets at various locations
on campus.
“I feel that anytime you change
things that are going to affect stu
dents,” Benson said, “you should
communicate with the students to
make sure they know what’s going
on.”
Taft Benson, director of student
financial aid, said the changes were
made for two reasons: a desire to
provide more efficient and complete
services to students, and a need to
comply with regulations and poli
cies.
The changes are:
• Little loan disbursements: In
the past, “little loans” — short-term
loans up to $50 — were handled ex
clusively through the financial aid
office, including disbursement of
the money. However, a system-wide
audit earlier this year determined
that the process of handling the
loans from start to finish in one of
fice was “poor accounting.” As a re
sult, the financial aid office changed
the procedure and students now
must apply for the loan at the finan
cial aid office in the Pavilion, but the
students will have to pick up the
money at the fiscal office in the Coke
Building.
Benson said he didn’t think stu
dents would be too happy with the
new procedure, mostly because of
the inconvenience of having to walk
across campus to pick up the loan.
“I don’t think it’s too big a prob
lem, though,” he said. “This is A&M
— after two years it’ll become a tra
dition anyway and you won’t hear
anybody griping about it.”
The little loan office usually is
busiest on Fridays, Benson said,
which he attributes to students need
ing money for the weekend. Since
the process of getting one of the
small loans is longer now, he recom
mended that students apply on
Thursdays if they’re going to need
money for the weekend.
• Satisfactory academic progress:
Until last July 1, the only academic
requirement for a student to receive
financial aid was maintaining a 2.0
or higher grade-point ratio. Under
the new guidelines, students must
still maintain the minimum GPR and
have a minimum cumulation of
hours that varies depending on the
students’ classification. Freshmen,
sophomores and juniors must have a
mmumum of 24 hours per academic
year and seniors and fifth-year se
niors must have a minimum of 30
hours during the academic year.
Students who fail to meet the re
quirements will be given one semes
ter of financial aid probation before
the aid is cut off. A student can re
gain eligibility by meeting the re
quirements again.
Exceptions to the policy will be
made only under extenuating cir
cumstances on a case-by-case basis,
Benson said. Benson or a designee
will review the appeals.
• The Spring Awards Program
that awards scholarships every year
has been renamed the Academic Ex
cellence Awards.
See FINANCE page 5
Doggett rebuts Gramm’s attack
By JAMES WALKER
Staff Writer
State Sen. Lloyd Doggett, the
Democratic candidate for U.S. Sen
ate made a scheduled campaign stop
Thursday night in Bryan, appearing
before a captive audience at the Bra
zos County Democratic headquar
ters, to educate the electorate on the
main thrust of his campaign and an
swer questions about allegations
made by his opponent Republican
Phil Gramm.
Doggett emphasized his desire to
meet the concerns of Texans by fo
cusing less on foreign affairs and re
directing attention to the state level.
He expressed disappointment that
Gramm could support $248 million
in aid to Cyprus yet be against reve
nue sharing that would benefit
counties and cities.
“We don’t get enough of our tax
money back here in Texas that we
send up to the federal government
and I think the revenue sharing pro
gram ... is a reasonable way to
supplement local tax sources, which
I believe there is broad bipartisan
support for,” Doggett said.
While affirming his desire to help
farmers and small businesses, Dog
gett said that he considered Gramm
to have an “anti-small business, anti
family farmer/rancher attitude.”
Doggett further cited Gramm’s op
position to both a program to aid
drought stricken farmers in 1983
and the idea of a small business ad
ministration direct loan program.
The senator reiterated his com
mitments to oil and gas deregu
lation, right-to-work legislation, as
well as a “pay as you go” spending
program to control the federal defi
cit.
In regard to a potential debate be
tween himself and Gramm, Doggett
objected to Gramm’s demand that
certain “ground rules” be observed.
“I want to go at it and get to the is
sues and answer any questions that
reporters or the forum that is put
ting on the debate might have,
whether it’s in Brazos County or up
at Amarillo,” Doggett said.
While Gramm has requested a de
bate to be in Dallas, Doggett would
prefer to debat in a smaller city. He
said he would be willing to have a de
bate in College Station as early as the
last week in September.
Gramm’s campaign has left Dog
gett on the defensive on his bid for
the U.S. Senate scat. His first attack
condemned Doggett in a radio blitz
for accepting a contribution from a
homosexual group in San Antonio.
The donation was later returned to
the contributors after Gramm’s in
quiry.
Since then Gramm has created a
controversy over Doggett’s support
for right- to-work laws by pointing
out discrepancies in his voting re
cord. Doggett explained that his lack
of support for certain right-to-work
provisions was due to technical prob
lems inherent in the proposed legis
lation itself.
“In 1974 ... I didn’t feel that a pro
vision labor law belonged in the
Texas Constitution ... And when it
looked like we would lose the entire
constitution over keeping that issue
out, I voted to put it in,” Doggett
said.
Doggett contends that he has been
mislabeled as being too far to the left
and considers himself to be a mains
tream candidate.
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