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College Station, inibcr:(40y)845-2MOW (.W/i'fe Station, TX ress ciunges to The W*' allege Sution, Texas W " Friday, April 26,1985AThe Battalion/Page 3 OTP A TTC- AMIN T A I Sn I /VIIH APlD City council rejects frat zoning request SWAMP group passes mock resolutions By SARAH OATES and JERRY OSLIN Siatl Writer Students claiming to have over thrown the Texas A&M Board of Regents and the Student Govern ment passed several mock resolu tions with the help of a crowd of stu dents Thursday afternoon. Hugh Stearns, a member of Stu dents Working Against Morons in Power, said the point of the mock takeover was to convince students that they need to question authority so they can have an impact on the decisions of the University adminis tration. The group, which met at Rudder Fountain, passed out fliers calling themselves “students working against morons in power.” Students should demand more power in deciding what goes on at A&M, Stearns said. “The point is that you (students) do have power,” he said. “If any thing, you have power in numbers.” Stearns said involvement in Stu dent Government is not a way to in fluence the administration. “Student Government is an exten sion of the administration,” Stearns said. “Student Government is a farce. They are a bunch of resume padders who appease the adminis tration.” He also criticized the administra tion and the regents for not allowing students to have input into decisions affecting the University. “Students are not consulted on things that affect the University,” Stearns said. “We live here. This is our home. We should have a say-so as to what goes on at the University.” Stearns proposed several resolu tions to about 50 people at Rudder Fountain, which Stearns claimed to rename Freedom Fountain. The regents should allow one per son from the Faculty Senate and one person from the Student Senate to have a voting position on the board, he said. He also said the Faculty Senate and the Student Senate acting as a joint group should be able to veto the decisions of the regents. The University should establish coed dormitories on campus, Stearns said. “Students should not be treated as adolescents,” he said. “We don’t need protection from the opposite sex.” Stearns called for a student- elected editor of The Battalion, which he referred to as “the lapdog of the administration.” “The Battalion should be the stu dents’, not the administration’s pa per,” he said. Stearns accused The Battalion of withholding news from the student body. The Battalion has not been run ning stories on South African apart heid because the administration doesn’t want students to know about it, Stearns said. U.S. businesses and universities should remove their investments John Schroeder, Hope Johnston, Jennifer Berry and Hugh Stearns (1 to r) met at Rud- Photo by FRANK IRWIN der Fountain Thursday and passed several mock resolutions concerning Texas A&M. from South Africa, he said. “We should not support a fascist and racist government,” he said. Stearns called for the establish ment of a women’s center that would provide gynecological services and counseling for rape victims. A.P. Beutel Health Center should provide birth control counseling, he said. The University should provide on-campus day care for students with children, Stearns said. “We have a large need for child care,” he said. “A lot of single par ents go to school here.” The University should provide an area on campus where beer can be sold to students, Stearns said. “The University of Texas funds their whole student union from the money they get from their bar,” he said. Stearns also called for a more equitable way of distributing the money donated to the University. People should not be allowed to donate money to one department or college, Stearns said. A&M cannot become a world university if it de pends on one department to attract students, he said. Senators debate on regulating shrimp fishing By MICHAEL CRAWFORD Stuff Writer The College Station City Council Thursday night rejected a request fora zone change which would have permitted the construction of a fra ternity house in the Northgate area. The request by A.P. Boyett, Jr. would have rezoned the properly at 502 Boyett St. from duplex zoning to medium density apartments. That request was denied by the planning and zoning commission 4-0 earlier this month. Before rejecting the change, the council listened to area resident Brian Johnson who said the location of the property in a residential neighborhood made it unacceptable for a fraternity house. Johnson said the lot was too small to provide ad equate parking and the additional traffic would worsen an already se vere pat king problem in the area. After saying that Northgate was “a unique part of College Station,” Johnson said that the building of a fraternity house would lower prop erty values and set a trend for rezon ing other parcels of land in North- gate. Those charges were disputed by the brother of the applicant, George Boyett, who said the area was largely apartments and the fraternity inter ested in using the property had al ready purchased another tract of land. Boyett argued that parking regulations in the area were not en forced and that some on-site parking would be available on the property. But Mayor Gary Halter said the zoning in the area was already poorly planned, highly congested and granting the request would com pound the problems. The council voted 5-1 to reject the request. Coun cilman James B. Bond cast the only dissenting vote. In other council business, the mayor received a petition signed by Southwood Valley residents asking the city to consider regulating satel lite dishes in neighborhoods. John Hogg presented the council with the petition. “If I were looking tor a residence and I went down a street and saw a satellite dish in a front yard,” Hogg said, “I’d turn around and head the other way.” Associated Press AUSTIN — A bill to regulate shrimp and oyster Fishing Boiled over in the Senate on Thursday with coastal senators threatening a Fil ibuster that eventually called a halt to the day’s proceedings. Apparently the filibuster was only delayed, however, as the Senate will resume debate on the regulation measure when it convenes Monday at 9 a.m. Sen. Tati Santiesteban, D-El Paso, said his bill would put shrimp and oyster fishing under regulation of the Texas Parks and Wildlife De partment. Sen. Carlos Truan, D-Corpus Christi, said, “You’re trying to put the gull shrimpers, who are behind your bill, above the bay shrimpers.” The bill, said Truan, “injects the Legislature into a hotly competitive and long-standing battle in the mar ketplace, and at the point of harvest, between two Fiercely competitive segments of the shrimp industry, be tween bay shrimpers, who are the little guys, and the gulf shrimpers, who are the big guys.” Truan and Sen. Carl Parker, D- Port Arthur, offered several amend ments that were defeated and held the floor for two hours before San tiesteban agreed at 12:30 p.m. to re cess until Monday. Told he had a reprieve, Truan smiled broadly. “1 don’t know how many shtimp you have in El Paso County but I dare say they are all in restaurants,” Truan said. Santiesteban responded, “This bill would put the control under the same enforcement agency that en forces our (game and fish) laws now. I believe that my bill will not hurt anybody.” Gulf shrimpers, according to a bill analysis, support the proposal, say ing the Parks and Wildlife Depart- met could develop a plan for manag ing shrimp resources that would account for market fluctuations and weather conditions. Bay shrimpers, the analysis says, claim the depart ment’s s priority is to maximize the gulf harvest at the expense of bay shrimpers. “Wouldn’t it be better to survey the situation and then come back with recommendations,” asked Sen. Chet Brooks, D-Pasadena. “This has been studied over and over,” replied Santiesteban. Parker said, “I know best what af fects shrimpers of the coast, and you’re doing them a disservice.” GIVE YOUR PARENTS SOMETHING NICE FOR GRADUATION. We’ll be open May 23rd. So if you’re graduating this August, make plans now for your parents, family and friends to stay at the new College Station Hilton and Conference Center, only minutes from the University. It’s plenty of hotel, including 300 rooms, two excellent restaurants, a club, pool, jacuzzi suites, and free transportation to and from the airport. So make your family doubly proud. Call now and reserve their rooms at the Hilton. x COLLEGE STATION HILTON and Conference Center 801 University Drive East, College Station, Texas 77840 409/693-7500 GALL 693-7500 NOW TO MAKE RESERVATIONS FOR AUGUST GRADUATION. €o<M. ARE YOU INTO... GETTO THE TREASURE FIRST! WIN A BIKE! WATCH FOR CLUES!