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Monday, March 4, 1985AThe Battalion/Page 3 i AND LOCAL Water plan negotiations Legislature to confer Associated Press AUSTIN — Senate conferees are expected to be named today so House-Senate negotiations can be gin on the different versions of a statewide water plan passed by the two houses. The House on Friday refused to accept the Senate-passed version and named its Five representatives who will sit on the 10-member con ference committee. The House conferees are Reps. Tom Craddick, R-Midland; Gerald Geistweidt, R-Mason; Herry Clark, D-Buna; J.W. Buchanan, D-Dumas, and Chip Staniswallis, R-Amarillo. The Senate bill from Sen. John Montford, D-Lubbock that calls for $1.2 million in water bonds passed 29-1 on Wednesday. Craadick’s House bill calling for $800 million in water development bonds plus $250 million in loan guarantees passed about two weeks ago. The Senate version includes $400 million in bonds for state partici pation in local projects; $200 million for water supply projects; $200 mil lion for water quality projects, $200 million for flood control, and $200 million for agriculture conservation loans. i The House bill has $400 million for water supply projects, $200 mil lion for water quality projects and $200 million for flood control. The Senate bill would require 41 new state employees at an annual cost of $2.1 million while the House bill would require 53 new employees at an annual cost of 2.4 million. Corps development board adds 40 members to council n [J :e fcj ) no! be J [jiarl 4 ralt r Go For the Gusto Photo by PETER ROCHA Residents of Dunn Hall concluded a week of athletic competition this weekend with a football tournament. The floor that collected the most competition points won the “brag ging rights” to the dorm. The first floor won the contest for the fourth year in a row. Faculty Senate will meet today By KIRSTEN DIETZ Stuff Writer Procedures for department head selection, evaluation and retention will be discussed by the Faculty Sen ate today at 3:15 p.m. in Lecture Hall I of the Medical Sciences Build- ing. Also, the academic affairs com mittee will read a resolution to estab lish a subcommittee to study a stan dardized course and instructor evaluation policy, as requested by the Student Senate. The Faculty Senate will hear rec ommendations for the approval of changes in the geology curriculum, new undergraduate and graduate courses and course withdrawals. Murray Milford, Faculty Senate speaker, says no action will be taken on the department head procedures proposal. The proposal would stan dardize the methods of selecting, evaluating and retaining depart ment heads. Milford says a recent poll showed 25 percent ot the faculty had no idea how department heads were selected in their colleges. He says selection procedures currently are up to each dean’s discretion. The subcommittee to study the standardized course and instructor evaluation, form could be established without formal action of the Senate, Milford says, but the academic af fairs committee felt the resolution should be passed to formally en dorse the subcommittee. The University Curriculum Com mittee has submitted a proposal to add two hours to the Bachelor of Sci ence curriculum in geology. The proposal suggests adding 12 hours and deleting 10 hours. The Senate also will hear a propo sal to revise six computer science courses and add two new computer science courses. The Curriculum Committee also recommends approval of eight new courses in seven departments and the withdrawal of seven industrial, vocadonal and technical education By DAINAH BULLARD Staff Writer When the Corps of Cadets Devel opment Council meets in fall 1985, it will be about 40 members stronger. The Council’s 15-member Board of Directors decided at its Saturday meeting to approve the nominations to the council before the fall meeting. Saturday’s gathering was the third meeting of tlie Council, which was or ganized about a year ago to oversee scholarship funding, publicity, re cruiting and other elements of the Corps. Tne Council is the youngest of 12 development committees organized under the Texas A&M University Development Foundation. The Council has six committees dealing with Corps membership, recruiting, leadership development, scholarship, public relations and development and cadet life. Permanent members of the'board of directors include the Corps com mandant, the Corps commander and the president-elect of the Associaton of Former Students. The remaining 12 board members were appointed to One, two or three-year terms by a steering committee in fall 1983. W. Harold Sellers, chairman of the board, said the jobs of the committee range from developing the Sul Ross Scholarship program to emphasizing civic awareness and responsibility among cadets. “I want to do everything possible to enhance the Corps of Cadets, not only for the people here now, but for those who come later,” said Sellers, Class of’56. Under the direction of the com mittee, the number of Sul Ross Schol arships has swelled from about 30 in 1983, to 111 in 1985. The schol arships are granted to high school se niors with outstanding scholastic and athletic or extracurricular back ground who demonstrate Financial need. Recipients, limited to freshman and sophomore cadets, receive $2,400 over four semesters. There is no obligation to the military other than membership in the Corps. Sellers said the board is excited about the growing number of Sul Ross Scholarships “It’s very gratifying,” Sellers said. “We can’t take all the credit, but I think we had a hand in it.” During its meeting, the board heard a report on recruiting pro grams from Albert Muller, public re lations ofFieer for the Corps, and Yori Escalante, public relations ser geant. In his presentation, Muller re ported on the effectiveness of the Corps’ four recruiting programs: the Replacement Badge program, the Christmas recruiting program, the Aggie for a Day program and the Spend the Night with the Corps pro gram. Muller said the most effective pro gram is the Spend the Night with the Corps program in which nigh school and college students interested in the Corps visit the campus and spend the night with cadets. About 95 percent of the people who participate in the program join the Corps, Muller said. “There’s one heck of a lot of moti vation that’s flowing,” he said. “It just grabs them. This, right now, is our best recruiting program.” Col. Donald L. Burton, Corps commandant, also praised the Spend the Night with the Corps program. “The program is good,” he said. “It’s more than just spending the night with the Corps. They go to school events, they go to classes, they go to labs, and they see more than just the dorms and the quadrangle.” Muller also thanked the board members on behalf of the Corps for their help and encouragement. “The Corps Development Council means so much to us as cadets, and we never get to say enough,” he said. THANKS FROM TO CITY OF BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION KAMU-TV AND Aston Hall Haas Hall Legett Hall Puryear Hall Delta Tau Delta Tau Kappa Hillel Club Mesquite Hometown Club National Society of Black Engineers Mechanized Ag. 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