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Wednesday, April 3, 1985/The Battalion/Page 3 QTATF ANn I Or^AI Cook, Royall agree Now is the time to establish your credit! vould it, wil lal cuckoo?' ine was: ■ protesters! en Thatcltt! i. A televi* )n to thepre zzled. ~ s. Why sh j’t belong i rank God s derives second par lent by coir sent fronu re little for er a succe 1 success it about da cles overnit the time a d begins® the pendi rearrange e, and the to be testei would new - to change ?ant combat >ther atlitm break Asip lecome I le only ce of deiw Leform ections. imnist foi ‘SG needs to improve’ By KAREN HELLER Reporter Mike Cook and Sean Royall both say Student Government can make a difference — if the right person is running it. But that stance is not surprising, since both men are in the run-off election for student body president. Royall and Cook spoke at Sully’s Symposium, sponsored by Lambda Sigma, Tuesday afternoon. Each candidate was given five minutes for an opening statement and two minutes for a closing statement. In between, the candidates were asked four questions prepared by Lambda Sigma and numerous ques tions by onlookers. Both candidates were asked how they had voted on the Gay Student Services recognition resolution and the women in the Aggie Band reso lution. Royall voted against both, and Cook voted for recognition of GSS but against women in the band. Royall said he voted against recog nition of the GSS because he doesn’t believe the student body was in favor of the GSS. “If they were in favor, I still would have voted against it because of . . . my moral convictions,” he said. Royall said that Texas A&M’s stance on the two issues hasn’t adver sely affected the University commu nity, but Cook disagreed. “If (adversely af fected) means it ■ longestco; embarassed us in the eyes of the 10 In If 5tate T exas ... it adversely af- 1 fected us a lot,” he said. In response to a question about :he relationship between Student Government and The Battalion, ilook said Student Government hadn’t been doing its job. “Student Government doesn’t like The Battalion right now, and The Battalion doesn’t like Student Gov ernment,” Cook said. “I’ll tell you why, though. I think the reason the relationship isn’t good is because I M don’t think Student Government is Jku JJI doing it’s job.” Royall added that Student Gov ernment needed to improve its com munication with the students. I think Student Government has failed in communication, letting stu dents know what Student Govern- ent is doing,” Royall said. “I think that Student Government needs to improve. We need to step out to The JBattalion, and try to improve our relationship there.” nee to beat der the h n the same tnse to the tellers, the ve peaceabt t the farmei ept the InJi _■ Indians Hi epees anp 1 Sean Royall Photo by FRANK IR WIN nor joum 'umnist [oil ion 60 iation Conference rial Board , Editor aging Editor l-ws Editor I Page Editor ty Editor ts Editor Judge voids election results for sheriff of Brazos County Associated Press State District Judge Arthur Les- I her ruled Tuesday that the result of the November election for sheriff of prazos County is void. Lesher’s ruling is a victory for Democrat Howard Hill, who brought charges against Republican Ronnie Miller when a recount of Ivotes from the election revealed that Miller won by 162 votes. Hill’s law suit questioned the validity of the election results because more than 470 county residents voted illegally. Miller’s representative, Bryan at torney Chris Kling, said Lesher or dered the county officials responsi ble for elections to arrange for a second election date. However, Kling said he is appeal ing Lesher’s decision. He notified the judge of the appeal after Lesher made his ruling, Kling said. “We disagree with the judge ment,” Kling said. The appeal will be made to the Court of Appeals for the 1st District in Houston, Kling said. The date of the second election is unknown, he said. staff rd, Kari Flucjd licit, Kay Male lharean William eigh-Eilen Clail ..Rebecca Aba! m, Matey Bask Brandon Bets , Ann Cerventl ford, MaryC® )ietz, Cindy , Trent Leop ates, Jerry Oil® g, TriciaParktt rybeth RohiS® Walter S»il Ty, Kelley Smill Karen Blob 1 Karla Mart! voy, Kevin Inda Loren Steffi Mikelaf! DaleSnid* ...Cathy Benin 8 . Katherine H 1111 Anthony Gasp® es, Frank liyi* rcha, Dean Sal® ipporling nemfif to Texas AStM ^ \liun arc those o(^ 'o not nccessuril) ^ (Iministraiots, ti$ ratory newspaper* photograph) cl# 6 at ions. ‘xceecl 300 word** he right to edit ^ cry e ffort to t be signed and ^ imber of the writer iday through 0 rs, except forholfy icriptions are at and $35 per^ request. 16 Reed Mdm College Station, : (409) 845-26311^ e Station, TX anges to Tkm Station, Texas 0 Judge permits failing students to attend show Associated Press SHERMAN — After parents complained that an agriculture show is part of school curriculum, a Grayson County judge ordered five schools not to prohibit about 100 students from attending the Texoma Junior Livestock Show this week in Denison. In accordance with Texas’ new “no-pass, no-play” rule, the Gray son County schools had barred the students from participating in the livestock show because they failed at least one subject during the past six weeks. Judge Joe Joiner signed the temporary restraining order Monday and has scheduled a hearing next week on wdiether to make the injunction permanent. The students’ parents claim that the agricultural and home making exhibits at the annual show aren’t extracurricular activ ities but are requirements of the courses themselves. They said that preventing stu dents from attending the show will force them to fail an agricul ture course because raising and showing an animal is part of the course’s requirement. The annual Texoma show got under way Tuesday afternoon, and exhibitions and judging are today and Thursday. The plaintiffs in the case say the six-week rule would stop the students from showing livestock until April 16. Credit card fee bill approved by Senate Associated Press AUSTIN — The Senate voted Tuesday to allow Texas banks to charge a “reasonable fee” each year for issuing credit cards. One oppo nent questioned whether it might be a tax bill in disguise. Sen. Ed Howard, D-Texarkana, said the fee, which would be paid by each cardholder, would be “some where between $ 18 and $25.” Howard said the fee would allow Texas banks to compete with other states that charge credit card fees and can offer more services. Sen. Carlos Truan, D-Corpus Christi, asked Howard, “Is this bill that you’re proposing in keeping with increasing the cost to the people of Texas while at the same time clis- uising that we’re not passing a tax ill?” “No, senator, it has nothing to do with that,” replied Howard. He said additional services of fered by out-of-state banks that charge a credit card fee include dis counts on travel insurance and auto rentals and other tourist discounts. “I don’t consider this a tax, sen ator,” said Howard. “There’s a dif ference in a tax and a fee, and if you don’t want it, you don’t have to use the card.” Truan responded by asking, “How much longer are we going to roll over and play dead to try to ac commodate these big businesses who are making millions of dollars?” Howard’s bill was sent to the House on a 24-6 vote. Senators also voted Tuesday to al low cities with a population of 50,000 or more and a mass transpor tation system to levy up to a 1 per cent sales tax to fund mass transit. Cities of over 230,000 already have the taxing authority, and Sen. Chet Brooks’ bill would extend that au thority to 13 smaller cities on a local option basis. The Senate also approved and sent to the House proposals that would: • Establish a $5 saltwater sport- fishing and freshwater trout sport- fishing stamp, which would be in ad dition to the regular fishing license. The stamp would bring in approxi mately $3.3 million to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department over the next year with that figure going up each year. • Make gang rape a first-degree felony punishable by up to life in prison. • Direct the Commission on Stan dards for the Teaching Profession and the State Board of Education to require student teachers to be trained to recognize signs of child abuse among puolic school students. • Require the Legislative Budget Board to say how any bill or resolu tion with a fiscal impact of $5 million or more would affect the state’s cash flow. • Exempt from Railroad Com mission regulation the transporta tion of goods by a subsidiary com pany for its parent corporation. • Fix at 12 percent the interest rate charged in judgments on delin quent taxes. • Create a water district to ac quire and distribute water in Bosque County. Make sure you don’t run short of cash this summer. Have plenty of credit! 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