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rejected by Reagan
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Associated Press
■ WASHINt i l ON — The Reagan
Biministration has notified the So-
? Bel Union that it rejects as “one-
■ded” a proposal by Mikhail S. Gor-
? Bchev to halt the deployment of So-
B el nut; i ear niissiles aimed at West-
JL | m ern Europe, ICS. of f icials said
lie M(,nda y-
■ ■ ■ I Earlier Monday the Soviet Union
Bews agency, l ass, said that the Rea-
ituuonal rightsoflBaii administration had dismissed its
stem to protectWiBnajor new peace initiative' in an ef-
ifort to diminish the plan's effect on
Borld public opinion,
tl Robert C. McFarlane, the White
Bouse national security adviser, said
the administration had told Moscow
■this is no basis for a balanced out-
flome."
B The presidential adviser told
HBC News that in responding to the
Boviet leader’s announced mora-
Birium “we have pointed out the
Broblems that we find with this kind
of one-sided proposal."
greed with thejitB Specifically, McFarlane said, the
Boviet Union has 1,200 nuclear war-
' corporation coutl heads already installed on interme-
)t to get policean(l| diate-range SS-20 missiles, an advan-
verturned. Butatf'tage of more than 8-to-l over the
lay voted along' NAIO allies.
napromotionquB As a result, he said, “we’re trying
to point put that this is no basis for a
lanced outcome.”
A I McFarlane and other administra-
1 tion officials dismissed the mora-
nt letters to ofiic
0 state and loci
jrams, asking tb
ederal courts to
a grams,
atements by stat
1 ministration will
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torium as a propaganda ploy aimed
at Western Europe. The State De
partment called it “a discredited pro
posal” and noted it was raised ini
tially by the Soviets three years ago.
At the same time, though, the ad
ministration took a more positive
stance than it had on Sunday to Gor
bachev’s statement that lie was pre
pared to hold a summit meeting with
President Reagan.
"We are pleased that Mr. Gorba
c hev noted the importance of find
ing joint ways for improving rela
tions between our two countries,
the State Department said in a
statement read by spokesman Ber
nard Kalb.
He reversed suggestions made
earlier by other U.S. officials that
Gorbachev had violated the secrecy
of the weapons-limitation talks in
Geneva, Switzerland, by calling for a
halt to research on space-based de
tense systems.
I he subject is on the agetida
there.
“In strict terms,” Kalb said, “the
confidentiality rules apply ter the ne
gotiators and the delegations in Ge
neva.”
The spokesman said a Reagan
Gorbachev summit meeting could
address a nuinhej of issues apart
from arms control. These'' include
the Soviet military occupation of Af
ghanistan and U.S. allegations that
Moscow is promoting turmoil in the
Caribbean.
Meanwhile a senior U.S. official
said in an interview that the Geneva
negotiations had not reached the
point where a Reagan Gorbachev
summit meeting could “give an im
petus to arms control.”
I he official, who demanded ano
nymity. said “we re not even near
there.”
Howevei he said the iwo leaders
could improve U.S.-Soviet relations
in a number of areas, including the
Middle Last, Africa, Central Amer
ica and Afghanistan
Gorbachev also proposed that the
two superpowers call a halt to the de
velopment research testing and de
ployment of space arms and that
they freeze theii strategic offensive
arms for the duration of the Geneva
talks
McFaifane, in an interview wnh
the Gable News Network described
Gorbachev's proposals in the aims
field as nothing more than “a guise,
a snare, a delusion.” He said he was
disappointed.
“We had hoped tor better,' Mi
Farlane said
The State Department said a
freeze on space weapons would
block Reagans Strategic Defense
Initiative which would strengthen
deiei rente and global stability.”
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Drug use
atA&M hard
to measure
Officials: cases
fluefuate yearly
By SARAH OATES
Staif Writer
Drug use is a common fact at
many college campuses, but stu
dent drug use at Texas A&M
University is a secret that’s well-
kept— at least from authorities,
say University officials.
“We have a very significant
number of cases of marijuana
selling and possession each year,”
said William Kibler, disciplinary
officer for the Department of
Student Affairs. “But it’s impossi
ble to measure whether that’s an
accurate reflection of usage be
cause it’s so random,” he said.
Most cases of possession are re
ferred to student affairs by the
University Police Department.
University police most frequently
discover drugs or paraphernalia
when inventorying students’ cars
before towing them.
“The way we get into it is when
we’re towing cars and we find
paraphernalia,” said Bob Wiatt,
University Police director of secu
rity and traffic. ‘‘There’s very-
little w'e can do. We can’t arrest
them for that. We can only refer
them to student affairs, but
there’s not much they can do, ei
ther.
"On the whole, there’s very
little drug use on campus. It’s in
finitesimally small, but people are
probably doing drugs off camp
us.”
From September 1984 to Feb
ruary 1985, University Police
made three arrests for drug pos
session on campus. During the
same months the previous year,
six arrests were made.
Wiatt agreed with Kibler that
randomness of discovery is the
main problem in determining if
drugs are being used on campus.
He said the fact that drugs most
often are found in students’ cars
also is a problem.
When questioned by police,
students usually say the drugs or
paraphernalia found in their cars
belong to someone else who rode
in the car, Wiatt said.
See DRUGS, page 8
Royall vindicated
by SG commission
By JERRY OSLIN
Staff Writer
A formal complaint accusing Sean
Royall, newly elected student body
president, of exceeding the limit for
campaign expenses has no merit and
will not keep Royall from assuming
office on Wednesday, the co-coiji-
missiofier of Student Government’s
election commission said Monday.
T he complaint, filed Thursday,
accused Royall of overspending d ar
ing the general election and during
the run-off election.
Under the rules of the election
commission, a candidate for student
body president may not spend more
than $300 for campaign materials
during the general election.
In the event of a run-off, a candh
date may spend an extra $50.
Jim Collins, the commission s co-
commissioner, said the complaint
was filed by the Student Govern
merit’s vice president for finance,
Mike Kelley
According to Collins, the com
plaint contained three separate
charges against Royall.
The first char ge accused Royall of
spending more than $^00 for-
printed campaign materials.
But Collins said he called Royall’s
printer and was told by the printer
how much Royall had spent.
Collins said he is Convinced that
Royall did nor exceed the $300 limit
in printing costs.
The second charge accused Royall
of failing to pay the University for
using its of ficial seal.
Royall used the University’s offi
cial seal in his campaign brochure
f he complaint .vud Royall would
exceed the limit if he was forced to
pay for the use of the seal.
See ROYALL, page 8
9,000 Pennies
That’s what the campus police told Jim
Thomas, a senior psychology major from
Houston, when he brought in a 35 pound
bag of pennies to pay his $90 parking ticket
fines, Thomas, who said the pennies wer e a
form of “passive resistance,” tried to pay the-
tickets Monday afternoon at the University
Police Department but was-told by officials
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there that he would have to have the pennies
counted by a bank or count them himself
while an officer watched. Pamela Walsh, the
station’s administrative supervisor, said that
the department would accept the pennies
since they are legal tender but the amount
would have to be certified by a bank or de
partment official
Wiatt defends University Police handgun policy
By KIRSTEN DIETZ
Staff Writer
Bob Wiatt, director of security
and traf fic, addressed the role of the
University Police Department, in
eluding the issue of officers carrying
handguns, at Monday’s Faculty Sen
ate meeting.
Charles Cargill, vice president for
operations, also spoke on the role of
his department.
Wiatt emphasized that the 41 of fi
cers who carry guns must be fully
certified. He said these officers must
undergo extensive training and pass
a state examination before certifica
tion. Texas requires all officers to
qualify for certification annually, he
said.
Wiatt said officers can fire theii
weapons only in self defense or to
protect an innocent bystander.
“You will never see an officer use
a firearm to get your attention,” he
said.
Wiatt also said there are certain
restrictions on when an officer can
draw his gun.
“Weapons are pulled to affect ar
rest only when the officer is threate
ned,” he said.
For example, Wiatt said, an offi
cer can draw his gun if led on a car
chase, confronted bv someone wav
ing a gun or if he must go through a
building alone
Also he said govemientai con
tracts awarded to the University re
quire an officer to draw his gun if he
is investigating an alarm at certain
locations,
“ The campus is rather pure from
violence now.'' Wiatt said But an
hour from now, who is to know.-.
Cargill also spoke at the meeting.
He addressed several areas Opera
lions oversees.
He said the quality of campus
maintenance will decrease next year
because of the proposed budget
cuts.
‘fi appears that we re going to be
biting the bullet next year.” he said.
Cat gill said that the lloral test gar
den on Houston Street will probably
be eliminated, and that there will be
less mowing and pruning. But on
the plus side, streets, lighting and
landscaping on the west campus will
continue to improve
He also reported on the status of
two projects put on hold at President
Frank E. Vandiver’s request because
of the budget problems: the reloca
tion of the physical plant and the
building of the proposed high rise
parking garage, which would be
built on the current site of the physi
cai plant.
“The parking garage plan is not
dead, it’s very much alive, just put on
hold temporarily.” he said “Ho
wever. all of us are aware about the
parking problems, particularly on
the northeast part of campus.”
Cargill also reported on suc cess of
the extended intracampus shuttle
bus system. He said it is utilizing
parking places that have previously
gone unused.
In other business, the Senate
moved to accept a report recom
mending that the Sterling C. Evans
Library gradually adopt a compute
rized card catalog and freeze the
current card catalog.
T lie Senate also approved the list
of May undergraduate and grad late
degree candidates, including two
posthumous undergraduate degrees
to Linda E. Bryan in accounting and
John Chase Wilson in agricultural
economics.
Murray Milford, Faculty Senate
speaker also announced that Col.
Donald L. Burton, Corps comma-
dam, is tentatively scheduled to
speak to the Senate m June on the
status of the Corps.
Faculty Senate accepts
library committee report
By KIRSTEN DIETZ
Staff Writer
The Sterling C. Evans Library
should move toward adopting a
computerized card catalog and
freezing the current card catalog,
hut should move slowly and cau
tiously, a report recommends.
The Faculty Senate moved to
accept t he report from an ad hoc
committee of the library council
at Monday s meeting. It will now
he sent to President Frank E.
Vandiver.
Dr. Irene Hoadley, director of
die library, said it probably will
; take 7 to 10 years tor the catalog
system to be completely automa
ted.
The ad hoc committee also rec
ommend* that the author/title
catalog shouldn't be fioz.en until
all problems have been elimi
nated,. The greatest concern of
polled faculty and students was
the length of down time, when
the computerized system would
be unusable. The committee de
cided microfiche be the easiest
and most inexpensive back-up
system to maintain.
Other possible problems cited
dealt with the number of com
puter terminals and microfiche
readers that would be available,
the inadequacies of existing
software, the expansion of hard
ware and how well the system
would hold up under peak use.
The report also recommends
that before the catalog system is
completely automated, an outside
reviewer should decide whether
enough progress has been made
to completely freeze the catalog
without adversely affecting its us
ers.
Also, the report says, libraries
of the same size with appmxi-
See Report, page 8