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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.
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A&M comptroller: It’s useless
fo speculate on budget cuts
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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.
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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.
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