Election controversy Spiker search over A&M students subpoenaed to testify Condon lands four '85 Aggie recruits Page 4 Page 12 —l£xasA &M Q -- 1# 1 tie Battalion Vol. 80Mo. 107 CJSPS 045360 14 pages College Station, Texas Friday, March 1, 1985 Senate confirms A&M regent appointment From staff and wire reports AUSTIN — 1 he Senate on Thursday confirmed without com ment the appointment ol Austin businessman John Mobley as a re gent at Texas A&M University. Mobley’s appointment became controversial when Sen. Kent Caper- ton, D-Bryan, complained in a sen ate speech that he had not been con suited by Gov. Mark White before the appointment w as made. Caperton represents the A&M area, and he said he would have pre ferred that White name Caperton’s lot iner law partner, Don Mauro, as an A&M regent. On Wednesday, however, Caper- ton said he had met with the gover nor, and added, “I think the point has !>een made. The governor has indicated that he’s serious about im proving relations with the Senate. I think from now on there will he con sultations with senators involved.” White recently hired Houston lawyer John Odam, 41. as special counsel to the governor. Odam’s main responsibility will be to act as a liaison between the governor’s office and the Senate. Royce Wisenbaker, Tyler, also was confirmed by the Senate for a sec- ond term as an A&M regent. Mobley said Wednesday that he has “no special agenda,” for his term as a regent. “1 want to be a good regent and help build A&M into an even better University,” he said. “I want to be a team player.” Mobley said he would support a tuition increase along the lines pro posed by Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby, who has recommended an increase from $4 to $8 per semester hour next year and an increase to $ 12 the next year. “State sources are limited,” Mob ley said. “But with a lew exceptions, our out-of-state tuition is extremely low compared to other states. Right now, students can come here and get _ , Photo by DEAN SAITO Bird Harvest The farmer who owns this field outside Pattison is going to however, are only taking a rest stop. They are probably mi- have a hard time harvesting this crop. These migrating birds, grating north as the winter season ends. Software program copying Copyrights don’t stop By KIRSTEN DIETZ I Staff Writer In his accounting business, George (not his real name) regularly uses seven computer software pro grams which retail from $200 to 5500 each. But, he got them free John (not his real name), a fresh man computer science major, keeps a computer in his dorm room. He has an extensive library of software with more than 25 computer pro grams averaging about $150 each. All he paid was the price of the dis kettes the programs were copied onto. George and John both violated the U.S. copyright law, which for bids the copying of a copyrighted software program. Because this is il legal. the names of those interviewed who have copied programs have been changed upon request. Hal Hall, head of the special for mats division in the Sterling C. Evans Library, says a simplified ver sion of the copyright law is posted by every computer and copy machine in the library’s Learning Resource Department. He says the depart ment is basically unsupervised and depends on the ethics and honesty of the people using the computers to obey the law. “My job is not to go out there and say ‘thou shalt not copy’ and make them stop,!’ he says. Hall says if someone is caught copying, the person is informed he is breaking the law and asked to stop. He says most people don’t realize they’re doing anything illegal, de spite the written warnings near the computers. thefts Larry Bowles, manager of the Academic Computing Center, says there are no signs posted in the ACC, but all copyrighted programs clearly state that it is illegal to copy them. “A lot of those precautions are only going to keep honest people honest,” Bowles says. “A sign or a warning is not going to prevent any one from copying.” Bob Strader, manager of the Ea gle Lab in Zachry Engineering Cen- See COPYRIGHTS, page 10 an education for less than they could in their own states.” Other appointees confirmed on a 27-0 vote Thursday include: State Auditor— Lawrence Alwin, Harris County. Texas Water Development Board — Stuart Coleman, Brown; Glen Ro ney, Hidalgo. Texas 1986 Sesquicentenntal Commission -— Beverly Cummings, Harris. Texas County and District Retire ment System Board of Trustees — John Gayle Jr., Brazoria; Jack Treadway, Harris. Texas Public Building Authority — Gerald Goff, Travis; Glen Hefner, Harris; Marilyn Jones, Bexar. Texas National Guard Armory Board — V.C. Eissler, Harris. Texas Board of Licensure for Nursing Home Administrators — Jean Trebert, Dallas. Polygraph Examiners Board — James Hood Ill. Dallas. Proposed raises in tuition causing students to worry Ihis is the second article in a two- part series on proposed increases in college tuition. By JERRY OSLIN Staff Writer Tuition for Texas colleges and universities is expected to go up and this has some students at Texas A&M worried. “II non-resident tuition w'ere to double, then I would have to get a >art-time job,” said Tim Young, a reshman mechanical engineering major from Boise, Idaho. “If it were to triple, then I would have to work full time and go to school part time.” The House Higher Education Committee is currently considering two tuition-raising bills. A bill sponsored by Rep. Gary Thompson, D-Abilene, would raise non-resident tuition from the cur rent $40 per semester hour to $80 per hour for 1985-86 and to $92 per hour for 1986-87. In the fall of 1987, non-resident students would start paying 75 percent of their edu cation costs as tuition. A bill sponsored by Rep. Wilhel- mina Delco D-Austin would raise non-resident tuition to $120 per hour for 1985-86 and to $180 per hour for 1986-87. Young said he also is being af fected by the cutback in federal stu dent aid. “My parents make too much money for me to get federal aid,” he said. “I don’t think they should have to pay for my school.” Brian Hay, a graduate agriculture student from Scotland, said raising non-resident tuition would hurt the University’s graduate programs. “Low tuition helps to attract top- quality graduate students,” Hay said. “If Texas raised its out-of-state tu ition, graduate students would start thinking twice about going to school here.” Hay said raising tuition is espe cially unfair for international stu dents. -St 4«r i i ^-*11 , International stu