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JO >en to XI fith r )tfUt I UK se ft ea»r silD.T lieve iere,' I, beta into ssinji Around town The Big Event: All individual students and student organizations are encour aged to volunteer their services to “The Big Event" March 8. Appli cations at e available <>n the second floor of the MSC in the Student Programs Office and on the second floor of the Pavilion in the Stu dent Government office. Applications are due Friday. For more in formation call 845-8051. Phi Eta Sigma: I Nine $1,000 scholarships and 80 $500 scholarships will be awarded to graduating seniors who are planning to enter graduate or professional school, who are members of Phi Eta Sigma. For more information call Holly, 764-9450. College of Science Scholarship Applica- tions: Applications are currently available in the College of Science to undergraduate health science majors.'Fhe Julia Ball Lee Scholarship is a minimum of $400 to undergraduate biological science majors of high academic achievement and evidence of financial need. The H.R. Lewis Scholarship is a minimum of $400 to undergraduate health science majors of high academic achievement. The Howard L. Graven Scholarship is for undergraduate premed/predent majors of high academic achievement. Applications can be made by com pleting Academic Excellence application forms in the scholarship of fice, second floor of the Pavilion; Dean of Science, 313 Biological Sci ences West; or the Prehealth Advising Office, 101 Agronomy. The deadline is March 1. Pre-Low Society: Any student planning to attend Tulane Law School next year may apply for a scholarship in the amount of $4,500 per year. The award is based on academic merit. For more information contact Dr, Hillary Jessup in 101 Academic . Co-op Career Fair: Employers interested in hiring co-op students will have booths set up in the lobby of Zachry Engineering Center from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p m. Monday to visit with students about possible job opportu nities. See the large ad in The Battalion for a complete list of em ployers who will be participating. College of Science: Any junior or senior in the departments of biology, chemistry, mathematics or physics who entered his current major prior to cata log 107 and who has not previously taken the English Proficiency Examination should plan to do so this semester. Please see Marilyn Racike in 152 or 151 Blocker for details. i'eaifdl juslv I A&M comptroller: It’s useless fo speculate on budget cuts t. Hr- ball* 1 | (continued from page 1) mi question as to what the average ,,'{faculty salary increases will be, he sail 1 JAbout two-thirds of the A&M Ibudget constitutes salaries, Eaton sa'-d. and a quarter of the biennium is already over, so faculty positions ^■n’t be moved and those that are va- '“‘fBtcd can’t be filled. •jG^BThat means you’re down to 15 etenpjppthg when trying to turn back A million,” he said, “which comes a 1 ' 1 ytout to about a 21 percent hit (reduc- th f ration). i' lf we did nothing but preserve .. Balaev money and didn’t spend an- Blior nickel, then we could do what /a" 1 ! |tho governer has suggested, but of purse you can’t run a university that jwav.” I HA temporary freeze has been [placed on any hiring because of the of the executive order, Eaton Hd, but few University positions will be open next yeai anyway be cause of declining enrollment. “It’s possible we can escape with out a whole lot of damage to our re cruiting ability,” Eaton said. The reductions in general reve nue spending are necessary because of decreasing oil prices, Eaton said. “We can’t even promise to spend money when they indicate revenues are down,” he said, “because the price of crude oil has dropped so low. “It’s really a reflection of the very dangerous nature of basing an econ omy on a single commodity — we’re at the whim of volatility.” Eaton said A&M President Frank E. Vandiver already has convened a series of meetings to assess the im pact of White’s order. Vandiver will send recommendations to Hansen, who will propose recommendations for the whole system to White, Eaton said. all 11 ! FREE YAMAHA T-SHIRTS WITH THE PURCHASE OF ANY PACKAGE OF GUITAR STRINGS KEyboARd el Post Oak Mall Class of ’87 presents Come Aboard ISI Class Ball February 21,1986 9pm - lam Couples $10 MSC Ball Room Tickets now on sale at MSC, Sbisa, & the Quad! Thursday, February 20, 1986AThe Battalion/Page 13 Hussein to stop effort for peace with PLO Associated Press AMMAN, Jordan — Khig Hus sein said Wednesday he has ended a year-long effort to work jointly with Yasser Arafat toward peace with Is rael because the PLO did not meet its commitments. “We are unable to continue to coordinate politically with the PL.O leadership until such time as their word becomes their bond,” he said in a recorded television speech that lasted nearly 3'/-2 hours and included a detailed review of his efforts to make the plan work. It was the second time Hussein had tried to cooperate with the Pal estine Liberation Organization in a Middle East peace effort. He aban doned the previous effort in April 1983 for similar reasons. Although he is negating the agreement on a joint approach to peace that he and Arafat reached on Feb. 11, 1985, Hussein said, its “principles and tenets . . . will con tinue to embody the foundations governing relations between the Jor danian and Palestinian peoples with regard to equality of rights and obli gations in facing our joint destiny.” He also said that, on Jan. 29, he rejected a U.S. proposal to deal with Israel in cooperation with Palestin ians not connected with the PLO. Hussein repeated his acceptance of the 1974 Arab summit conference designation of the PLO as the sole le gitimate representative of the Pales tinian people. Millionaire teaching at A&M (continued from page 1) Along with the gas royalties, Wil liams says he set himself up as gas supplier to the little town nearby. But he didn’t hire someone to do the dirty work lor him. He built the gas line himself, literally. He says he worked from morning until well af ter dark fitting pipe and meters. Williams admits, almost regret- tf ully, to being a workaholic. He says his working has chased off a few friends, and he doesn’t recommend doing business with someone you want to keep as a f riend. But there is one thing worse than doing business with friends, he says. “Be careful of kinfolk always, and friends most of the time,” he says. “Once your dealing with kinfolk you can’t do it businesslike.” One thing Williams likes to do is fight with the big boys. When he built his pipeline he went up against a monopoly that had ruled the gas supply business in West Texas for ages. Williams says his philosophy is simple. “The number one thing is to al ways he a straight shooter,” he says. “Outfits that are slickers or cheaters, you can beat hell out of them when you catch ’em.” Williams credits his parents for his integrity. His parents were hard working honest people who re spected others, he says. Since his start in 1957, Williams has organized 21 major entities in oil and gas, production and transporta tion, real estate, cattle and ranching, banking, and oil field services. His latest venture, this time telecommu nications, is a shot at the Competitive long distance market. Claydesta Communications, named for his wife Modesta, was started in 1984. It is Williams at his best, taking advantage of an oppor tunity —the break-up of AT&T. Today Clayesta has facilities to provide service to most of Texas, in cluding Bryan-College Station. By the end of 1986 Claydesta will have facilities throughout Oklahoma and Louisiana too. And if by some chance Claydesta falls through, which seems doubtful, Williams can fall back on another of his assets; his sense of humor. He urges students to remember that a sense of humor can get you over the rough spots. “When things get difficult, when you bust your ass, it helps to have a sense of humor,” he says. White’s skills questioned (continued from page 1) Clements also questioned White’s support of the tuition increase for students at state-supported universi ties. He said this represents one of many promises While has broken. “I have a very good memory,” Clements said. “And 1 have a vivid recollection of being on the same platform with him in a debate where this question was raised. And I can hear him today saying, ‘Under no circumstances would I ever increase the tuition for our university and college students in the state of Texas because that would be a severe pen alty to them.’ “Well, you and I both know that, he violated that promise, and the tu ition here at A&M is up 300 per cent.” In the speech which followed his press conference Clements took a markedly less partisan stance and fo cused his remarks on Texas as it ap proaches the 21st century. “You as students here at this won derful school will be right in the middle of your careers and your family responsibilities at that time,” he said. “And so what we do in Texas and how we approach our vi sion for Texas and the kind of Texas that we have as we enter the 21st century becomes terribly, terribly important to us.” Clements then briefly traced the state’s economic history, saying that after World War I Texas switched from being primarily an agricultural society and became a petroleum or energy-based society. “After we got through that tran sition, we stayed there until today,” he said. “And now we’re going through another transition.” He cited the problems currently being felt by both the state’s agricul ture and petroleum industries. He said those two industries and three others — real estate, financial institutions and high technology — are all fundamental building blocks of the state’s economy and added that all are experiencing difficulties. Clements also quoted Census Bu reau figures that place Texas second behind Florida in rate of population growth among states. Such growth causes problems that reinforce and complement the state’s economic troubles, he said. However, Clements emphasized that he is an optimist and that he be lieves solutions can be found to all these problems. “We must prevail and pass on to future generations the same kind of environment that we have been blessed with,” he said. “We must have the right kind of climate that is conducive to these opportunities. THE LATE NIGHT PLACE TO BE. High Tech Video Lights Music COLLEGE STATION HILTON and Conference Center 801 University Drive East • 693-7500 Battalion Classified 845-2611 off Perms (with Becky) j«ie« &> Products 3400 A. S. 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