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By KAREN ATTAWAY
Reporter
Student support during sporting
events really does boost the athletes’
morale, four basketball players said
during Sully’s Symposium Wednes
day afternoon.
Lisa Langston and Janet Duck-
ham of the women’s basketball team
and Gary Lewis and Mike Clifford of
the men’s basketball team discussed
their views on the University’s bas
ketball programs.
All four players said student body
support at tne games was important.
“We’re exciting to watch,” Duck-
ham said.
“There are only three more home
games for us, ancl it’s hard to get up
for a game when there’s a small
crowd.”
Lewis thanked those people who
have attended the games, and he
said he encouraged everyone to con
tinue to support the team.
“We play hard, and people appre
ciate that,” Lewis said.
Langston said the teams represent
the student body, and because of this
they try to give a good impression of
Texas A&M.
“We like to show people what class
is all about,” she said.
Duckham said, however, students
should not to expect too much from
the women’s team right away. The
team just received a new coach, and
it will take three or four years to
build the program, she said.
“You can’t expect miracles; it
takes time,” she said.
Duckham also said the recruiting
for the women’s basketball team
looks promising, but it will be hard
to recruit players when the program
isn’t established.
“If our coach gets good players
like I know she can, we will be na
tionally ranked in three or four
years,” Duckham said.
Langston said the National Colle
giate Athletic Association ruled each
athlete must take a urine test to de
tect drug use.
On the first offense, the player
must get counseling, and on tne sec
ond offense the player must find
somewhere else to play.
Speaking on benalf of the men’s
basketball team, Clifford said the
scholarship athletes are sometimes at
a disadvantage.
“Some professors will help us out,
but others think we’re nothing speci
al,” he said.
Lewis said he is optimistic about
next year’s team.
Photo by ANTHONY S. CASPER
Basketball team forwards Janet Duckham (L) and Lisa Langston talk at Sully’s Symposium
“We have plenty of guards, Lewis
said.
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Each of the athletes said that play
ing basketball for fun is important.
Langston said there are always hdrd
times, but there has never been a
moment when she wanted to auk.
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Panel endorses $800 million Texas water plan
Associated Press
AUSTIN — A House committee
Wednesday unanimously endorsed
an $800 million statewide water pro
gram which the panel’s chairman
said should appeal to most Texans.
“It’s a comprehensive plan that
has a little bit in it for every area of
the state,” said Rep. Tom Craddick,
R-Midland, chairman of the House
Natural Resources Committee.
Craddick predicted the bill,
scheduled for floor debate in the
House on Tuesday, has a good
chance of becoming law.
“We haven’t heard of Any substan
tial opposition,” he said. “Normally,
that would have surfaced by now. I
think that most people realize there
needs to be a water plan, and I think
we’ll see a plan passed this session of
the LegislAture.”
The committee voted 9-0 to send
a water bill and companion constitu
tional amendment to the House.
The plan would establish a bond
program to raise funds for a variety
of water development and conserva
tion projects. The constitutional
amendment portion of the package
would be placed before voters in No
vember.
The plan calls for $200 million in
water supply projects, $200 million
for sewage treatment projects, $200
million for buying and developing
sites for reservoir projects and $200
million for flood control projects.
The measure also includes a $250
million bond insurance program to
help cities or agencies thAt want to
get better credit ratings for their wa
ter projects.
Craddick noted lawmakers tried
hard to give all mAjor interests some
thing.
“It was put together not just by
this committee hut over a two-year
period,” he said.
While the House committee was
approving its version of the plan, the
Senate Natural Resources Commit
tee began water legislation hearings
and Sen. John Montford, D-Luh-
bock, said he will offer his own $1
billion plan.
Among other differences from
the House legislation, Montford’s
plAn would create an additional
$200 million agriculturAl water con
servation fund.
Testifying before senators, Agri
culture Commissioner Jim High
tower said the idea would
water and save money.
conserve
“Sen. Montford, with my support,
is proposing legislation to do just
that, by creating an Agricultural
Conservation Fund to be used for
smAll water conservation cost-shAre
grants and by authorizing a program
of low-interest water conservation
loans,” Hightower said.
State land
office fires
12 workers
Associated Press
AUSTIN — The state’s General
Land Office has fired a dozen peo
ple in a continuing effort to shift the
agency’s emphasis to revenue-pro
ducing operations, officials said
Wednesday.
Michael Connolly, spokesman for
Land Commissioner Garry Mauro,
said the 12 people “were let go” on
Tuesday as part of an on-going re
view of the Agency’s work. Another
nine employees have resigned, he
said.
“We’re trying to work as leanly
and efficiently as we can,” Connolly
said.
As the state government’s finan
cial problems have worsened, Comp
troller Bob Bullock last mouth fired
127 people from his agency. Bullock
also ordered that only one of four
vacancies due to resignations be
filled.
Connolly said some of the 21 land
office vacancies would be filled, but
in different divisions than those
from which people were fired.
“It’s part of an on-going re-eval
uation program we began last sum
mer,” Connolly said. “We’re taking a
look at all employees.”
The land office now is reviewing
its employment every six months, he
said, and this week’s firings followed
such a review.
“The idea is, we’re trying to shift
our weight from nonrevenue-pro-
ducing areas to revenue-producing
areas,” he said.
The General Land Office man
ages 22 million acres of state-owned
lands. Money is generated from that
land through oil and gas royalties,
fees from the mineral industry,
money paid for grazing rights and
other uses.
The proceeds go to a variety of
state funds, including the perma
nent and available school funds, and
the state’s general revenue fund.
Connolly said the land office col
lected $406 million last year.
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