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Warped
by Scott McCullar
; Caperton fighting cuts
‘A&M needs full funding’
By JERRY OSLIN
Stuff Writer
■State Senator Kent Caperton, D-
Bryan, said Friday a 5 percent cut in
"fexas A&M’s budget is too much
and that he will work to bring the
University’s budget up to lull Fund-
ing.
■Speaking at a breakfast given by
the Bryan-College Station Chamber
off Commerce, Caperton said he ac
cepts a proposal by Lt. Governor Bill
Hobby as an alternative to the "dra
conian” 25 percent cuts proposed by
the Legislative Budget Board.
■ But Caperton said the Hobby pro
posal still needs improvement. This
plan calls for a 5 percent cut in
Texas A&M’s budget.
■“I think we have to work now to
improve the Hobby proposal to get
us oack to full funding, he said.”
■Caperton said the state could keep
higher education at full funding
without raising taxes.
■Texas needs to take $36 million
from the park fund and put it into
higher education, he said.
■“We found $30 million in the gen
eral fund that was still going to high
ways and we are going to direct it to
higher education,” he said.
Caperton said he also supports
raising tuition as long as state finan
cial aid is increased.
“ft is our responsibility that we
couple any tuition increase with a
promise to the young people of
Texas that if you are in financial
need you will have a fulcrum avail
able to you to insure that an oppor
tunity for higher education will not
be denied because of a lack of finan
cial opportunity,” he said.
Caperton said he especially sup
ports a tuition increase for non-resi
dent students.
“Right now people can come in
from out of state and go to school
cheaper here than it would be in
their own state and that’s not fair to
the taxpayers of Texas,” he said.
Caperton also crticized Gov. Mark
White for ignoring his advice on the
appointment of new members to the
Texas A&M Board of Regents.
“It’s the governor’s decision and
not the senator’s decision,” he said.
“But I was appalled that the gover
nor chose to ignore the advice and
then make his decision without con
sultation with the senator who rep
resents Texas A&M.”
Caperton also said he was angry
because White chose to ignore the
appointment process outlined by the
Texas State Constitution.
“The State Constitution says that
the Senate shall be the subject of ad
vice and consent and that doesn’t
mean being told as an afterthought,”
he said.
Caperton said he has tried to
avoid “confrontational politics” but
that he will not back down when
Brazos County is involved.
“I will never be petty or overly
personal about the way that I dis
charge my responsibilities,” he said.
“But I won’t roll over and play dead
for this governor or any other gover
nor when I think that the issue of
Brazos County and the 5th Senato
rial District is at stake.”
Variety show
accepting
applications
By HOLLY A. KELT
Reporter
Put on those old vagabond shoes,
don your top hat and tails and shine
Up your act for the MSC Variety
Show.
Students interested in auditioning
for the the annual show must sign
up for an audition time before Feb.
22. Auditions will be held Feb. 25-
27, beginning at 6 p.m. in Rudder
Auditorium. Twelve acts will be se
lected for the show.
“It will be a good release for them
(the show participants),” said Suzy
Day, student chairman for the vari
ety show. “We’ve put a lot of hard
work into it and it will be really fun.”
In previous shows, acts such as
singers, dancers, twirlers and come
dians have shown their stuff.
The committee doesn’t know how
many students will audition for the
show, Day said, because most usually
wait until the last minute to enter.
The master of ceremonies will be
comedian Jim Buchholz. Buchholz,
who won first place in the 1983 vari
ety show, was chosen after he gave
an encore performance at last year’s
program. Buchholz’s partner, Dave
Frame, will fly in from Indiana Uni
versity for a special performance.
Kim Walters, the 1984 Miss Texas
A&M, will perform the opening
number.
Judges for the competition in
clude Mel Chase, former head writer
for the Steve Allen Show and a for
mer writer for The Tonight Show
and for Bob Hope.
First, second, and third place win
ners will be chosen. Trophies and
cash prizes of $75, $50 and $30 w ill
be awarded, respectively.
The MSC Variety Show will be
April 12 in Rudder Auditorium.
Tickets will be available March 18
and will cost is $3.50 for students
and $4 for adults.
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Associated Press
H HOUS TON — Seasoned prosti
tutes regularly visit nightclubs and
other businesses near Texas military
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military wives into leaving their hus
bands for “well-paying jobs,” said
Detective Neal Leonard, a Houston
police vice officer.
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