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By FRANK SMITH
Staff Writer
■ The Student Senate Wednes
day night will hear the first read
ing of a bill recommending that
candidates for student body pres
ident and executive vice presi
dent campaign together on the
Mine ticket.
For its provisions to he en-
orial Sli acted, the bill first must be passed
b\ the senate and approved by
neckktdhe student body as a constilu-
>earl an(H' onal nmendment in the April 2
itial ivjtli student elections. If that hap-
• I »ns, the bill will become ef fec-
c ^ the for the 1987-88 school year.
M Under the current system, the
t thejewf student body president appoints
olice Dtpijhh executive vice president after
he takes of fice.
■ The senate also is scheduled to
hear the first readings of four
other bills and lake action on six
others.
Another bill to be introduced
recommends that the executive
vice president be solely responsi
ble for formulating the annual
Student Government budget.
Current senate bylaws dictate that
he work with the senate finance
committee in working out the
budget.
However, Laurie Johnson,
speaker of the senate, said the
bill’s sponsors are concerned that
since the finance committee pro
poses student service fee alloca
tions, its members might have a
conflict of interest if they worked
on developing the budget.
The senate meeting will begin
at 7:30 p.m. in 204 Harrington
Classroom Building.
Faculty Senate assured
no layoffs to be made
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By SONDRA PICKARD
Staff Writer
Dr. Gordon Eaton, provost for
academic affairs, assured the Faculty
Senate Monday at their meeting that
Texas A&M doesn’t plan to lay off
any faculty or staff members cur
rently employed by the University.
However, Eaton said, hiring has
been frozen and vacant positions will
be filled only under special circum
stances.
The Senate also passed an amend
ment to the core curriculum propo
sal that will broaden its science re
quirement by including several more
course choices.
Eaton, an ex-officio member of
the Senate, gave a brief summary of
the spending reductions recently
drawn up by A&M in response to
Gov. Mark White’s order to cut the
budget by 13 percent.
Besides the hiring freeze, cuts af
fecting faculty members include
travel limitations and possible re
strictions on the summer school pro
gram. —
Although Eaton said the Univer
sity probably won’t touch the sum
mer teaching program this year,
suggestions for future savings in
clude covering summer classes with
junior faculty members, overloading
classes and limiting summer school
to one session only.
Eaton also confirmed that staff
personnel will receive a mandated 3
percent salary increase, but faculty
raises are considered merit increases
and not part of the mandated in
crease included in the appropria
tions bill for the current biennium.
In other business, the Senate con
tinued amending the core curric
ulum proposal, replacing the origi
nal science requirement with an
amendment proposed by Sen. Gary
Hart, professor of soil and crop sci
ences.
Hart’s amendment will broaden
the existing requirements in the doc
ument by adding several courses in
science, two of which must deal with
fundamental principles and use crit
ical evaluation and analysis of data
and processes. A minimum of one
course must include a laboratory.
Additional courses were added in bi
ology, genetics, geography and me
teorology.
The Senate also passed a section
of the proposal which will require all
students to take six hours of math
ematical/logical reasoning, three of
which must be in mathematics, se
lected from: Math 166, any calculus
or more advanced level mathematics
course, or Phil 240, 341,342.
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A&M seeking to recruit, retain minorities
By DAVID CARTER
Reporter
gWith the establishment of the
IS P° ssll *Bkident’s Advisory Council on Mi-
tlC, botli ’i 0r i[y Conditions, Texas A&M has
AngloS'-tiade a determined commitment to
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ion, tnefilminority faculty, staff and stu-
lents, says Dr. John Koldus, vice
. jresident of student services,
at, onei»| ie counc j| was established in
! '’td 1 ' 1 january by President Frank Van-
Jthers mijiver to make recommendations re-
ons on isjarding policies and programs that
tion or afcp enhance the quality of lif e for
minorities at A&M.
phe council will advise Vandiver
integrated envi-
vre andtf lhe counal wlU a
- , attaining a fully i
0 a c h ar ‘i fonment at A&M.
SiStency,t| Koldus calls the council a broad-
Medcommittee that is composed of
Rpple who have a sincere interest in
improving the University as it relates
to minority students, faculty and
staff.
“I think that the council can be
most helpful in finding out where
the problems are and second as re
sources for people in regard to re
cruitment and retention,” Koldus
says.
Koldus feels the problem with
many committees is they have a ten
dency to jump right into finding so
lutions before they fully understand
the problems that need solving, he
says.
Koldus also says even though the
council is intent upon bringing in
more minorities, there is no guar
antee more minorities will be inter
ested in coming to A&M.
The first problem Koldus sees is
one of perception, he says.
“If you give a presidential
scholarship to the bright
est youngster in each high
school, chances are that
since that student is going
to A&M another bright
youngster will. ...”
— Dr. John Koldus, vice
president of student serv
ices.
“A lot of people perceive A&M
and the University community as be
ing a red neck community,” Koldus
says. “Therefore, minority students,
staff members or faculty won’t feel
comfortable in our University com
munity either.”
The best way to recruit under
graduate minorities is through
scholarships, Koldus says.
“If you give a presidential schol
arship to the brightest youngster in
each high school, chances are that
since that student is going to A&M
another bright youngster will want
to go to A&M,” Koldus says.
The chairperson of the Memorial
Student Center’s Black Awareness
Committee and student member of
the president’s council, Kimberly
James, says a major factor in initial
recruitment will be funding.
“With the state of the economy
like it is, it’s going to take some crea
tive minds to come up with ways to
attract minority students to our Uni
versity,’’James says.
James says she was happy about
being selected to the council and says
she feels that there should be stu
dent involvement in the group.
Jose Acosta, chairman of the
MSC’s Committee on Mexican-
American Culture, is the other stu
dent member serving on the council.
Acosta says there is a need for a
counseling group made up of mi
nority faculty members. These fac
ulty members would be available to
listen to minority students who are
having problems with discrimina
tion, he says.
“When you are faced with a case
of discrimination you feel intimida
ted,” Acosta says. “You don’t know
where to turn and even if you voice
your complaint, you wonder if it
won’t get lost in all the shuffle.”
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FACT
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