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Thursday, March 6, 1 QSGTThe Battalion Page 3 State and Local hjBriscoe says citizens tired of professional politicians > at the natos. Kepler I 'Id studer By CRAIG RENFRO Staff Writer Andrew Briscoe III, a 1986-87 Democratic gubernatorial candidate, stneceiftj Wednesday night at Texas AcV-M that he believes he will win be- *! Buse citizens are tired of profes- u pleac'sional politicians. BBriscoe, A&M Class of ’74, said Bople are tired of “form politicians” f t, want someone w ho is honest, lfie and open to public input. Biglp He said Gov. Mark White can be , all 12 defeated in the May 3 primary be- to the cause he will not have the education them or agriculture vote. 2 /BBriscoe said he agrees with some df White’s proposed budget cuts, but nncintr i i o I 5l| e proposed 13 percent reductions ' tryiUtlfo 1 the A&M System would not be things Aeded if such areas as administra- ice all 1; dve costs were cutback. ■ “I haven’t heard of any budget ■ts in the governor’s office, and Bat's where some should be made," he said. ■ He said new sources of revenue ne (1 to be encouraged to bring the Bite out of its’ economic woes. The iiost efficient way to raise revenues is to increase the state sales tax, he said. BBriscoe said he encourages the nkede firmation of a Southwest stock ex- Bange to bring in state revenues • JM ass ' st agriculture. He said this 1 pi ^ram would require state invest- fheBt Bent at first but could eventually op- er.ite without state funds. B Briscoe said W’hite’s administra tion has discouraged business in the Mite. Financial institutions and the Bl industry have been hurt the most, lie said. ■ “White imposed a 800 percent in- fiease in drilling fees,” he said. ranzK, Theyi clCCOUQ monyn ?ssors, ghestd avingl class«. Photo by DEAN SAITO Andrew Briscoe III, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate, speaks to students in 510 Rudder before his speech. “This has certainly discouraged oil exploration.” “We need to go to the oil industry and ask them what we can do to help them raise revenues, because for many years they supported this state,” he said. Education is another area in need of reform, he said. Disciplinary problems and teacher competency are areas that must be addressed. He said if elected, he would call a sum mit for all education association groups to look at the problems and find solutions. Briscoe, the second cousin to for mer Gov. Dolph Briscoe, said pollsters have indicated that he may receive 40 percent of the vote be cause of his name. &M psychologist studies ale-female roles in groups By MELANIE PERKINS Reporter B Women in work groups are ini- ,*tiailv perceived as being less compe- lavvsuilMent than their male counterparts, t ofthtM a Texas A&M psychologist in S ^ ferences and interaction uter re-Vperforming groups. B Dr. Wendy Wood said, “People , i Lpse gender if they don’t have a more ’ , Halid measure of competence.” entsW'B she said this is especially true in n space newly formed groups where the only rtmeti! thing the members have to go on are ^sumptions. People don’t have the nme initial expectations of female is prec- group members as they do of male group members, she said. I “If you don’t know anything else F gbout members of a group (besides gender), you naturally assume that pen are more competent than fomen — both men and women do is,” Wood said. She attributes this to the fact that lien typically fill roles perceived to ;equire competence, such as man- jgerial roles. Wood said the team sports theory says males generally have a higher whose research focuses on sex dif- styles isaster. storiei hepa* 1 ^ can be itatus in the work force because of can -. team sports. This theory says that because women don’t tend to play team sports — at least not as often or ng Science of tbe tion is estab- irteda pport, as regularly as males — they are missing out on the skills and abilities gained from working on a team. However, Wood said she thinks a woman’s interaction style facilitates task performance. Her research shows these precon ceived gender notions break down in the face of other indications of com petence, such as work experience and education level. Wood said in many employment situations the perception of compe tence rests solely on the job title and other relevant factors. “If you provide people with direct information on competence as well as on gender, then interaction style is not likely to be influenced by gen der,” she said. Wood said differences in compe tence will override gender differ ences. If everyone is of the same sex, sex differences will come into play, she said. She said initial differences in the behavior of men and women in newly formed groups have been ob served in laboratory experiments. Female groups show more posi tive interpersonal behavior than male groups and female members take the time to get to know each other. “Women’s behavior clearly facili tates performance of certain kinds of tasks, such as those tasks involving negotiation and compromise,” Wood said. She said male groups don’t bother to get to know each other. Though there is less clear evidence, indica tions are males may do better at tasks requiring a high level of task behav ior, such as brainstorming, she said. And, she said, males are good at bouncing ideas off each other. Wood said interaction between males and females does affect group productivity. She said women in group situa tions tend to think they have to prove themselves to the group. “One way of convincing other people of concern is to act friendly a lot, agree with other people a lot, and just engage in positive behavior in order to convince others of con cern for the group,” Wood said. “Then people will listen to you.” Men in groups make more sug gestions and freely give their opin ions, she said. She said group mem bers who are perceived as competent can solicit opinions and other group members will pay more attention to them. Gender will not be a percep tion factor when men and women are distributed equally in social roles, Wood said. 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