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Friday, June 27, 1986rThe Battalion/Page 3 State and Local is MSC Council discusses plans for endowment ByJeanneIsenberg Senior Stull Writer A $1 million endowment will come another step closer to im plementation when the MSC Council meets at 1 p.m. Saturday to hear several recommendations and summer updates about the endowment and other programs. The Leland 1. and Jessie Jor dan Institute for International Awareness has been formally in the works since MSC Director Jim Reynolds laid out the first propo sal in October, 1984. Jordan was a former Texas A&M student, and his widow has been working with the A&M De velopment Foundation as well as the MSC to decide exactly how the endowment will work. The goals established in the original proposal say the institute would be used to expose students to international cultures; to pro vide them with the knowledge, skills and resources they need to experience international cul tures; and to interest the students in internationally-related careers. The proposal says these goals would be carried out through five main elements: international travel, arts programs, lecture se ries, conferences and symposia and special seminars. Specific criteria are now being developed for the implementa tion of the program’s elements and goals. Recommendations oil some of these criteria will come before the council for approval Saturday. But Reynolds esti mated it will probably be about a year before the institute will be operational. Along with the SI million cash endowment for the institute, a number of valuable art pieces and furniture which the Jordans col let ted during their travels have been donated for display in the MSC, Reynolds said. He said the old west television room of the Browsing Library will be converted to house the ex hibition and the institute’s office will be in what is currently the Browsing Library’s game room. County begins hot check crackdown By Sondra Pickard Senior Stull Writer The Brazos County Attorney’s Office, in association with Crime Stoppers, announced on Wednesday plans to crack down on local “hot check” writers by launching a new program that includes publication of their names. This specil ic action is the first of a four-phase program recently ini tiated by Brazos County Attorney Jim Kuboviak. Beginning immediately, a list of hot check defendants will be made available to local TV stations and newspapers on a weekly basis, and individuals knowing the wherea bouts of these people are urged to report them to Crime Stoppers. Brazos Valley Crime Stoppers is offering a $50 per person reward for information leading to the arrest of these individuals. Other phases of the program in clude; • preventing people from writing hot checks. • getting more accurate informa tion on the person after the check has been written. • shortening the time between when the check is written and the time of arrest. Kuboviak emphasized that the ob jects of the search are not those who write bad checks and do so unkno wingly, but rather individuals who deliberately defraud merchants through the use of bad checks. According to Kuboviak, the ma jority of the people who write hot checks write them within the $20 to $200 range, which is considered a Class B misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail. Writing a bad check for $200 to $750 is a Class A misdemeanor with a penalty of up to one year in jail, while an outstanding check written for $750 or more is a felony offense in the district attorney’s jurisdiction. Last year, the county inherited 4,500 outstanding hot check war rants. Although there are some Texas A&M students on the list, Kuboviak said they comprise the smallest group per capita of hot check writ ers. ‘Fifth of July’ presented through Saturday By Mary Frances Scott Stuff Writer Eight Texas A&M students who make up P.S. Theater will present “The Filth of July,” by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson tonight through Saturday at 4110 College Main (formerly Dr. CPs). Peck Phillips, a theater arts major who is the play’s director, describes P.S. Theater as “a group of people who really enjoy theater.” And their enthusiasm has brought them through a month of rehearsal and set design without the luxury of a budget. They’ve relied on the generosity of the theater arts department for various props and equipment and on Patsy Graham for use of the building at no charge. Other needed materials have come from their own funds and labor. The play, set in the late 70s, con cerns the Talley family’s Fourth of July gathering at their farmhouse in Lebanon, Missouri. The cast of eight portray what Phillips called “very extreme charac ters,” among them a gay Vietnam veteran who lost both his legs in the war and a racy ex—Berkeley radical who once firebombed her own com pany during a protest. The show runs through Saturday. Tickets are $3 for students and $4 for non-students. Alcohol will not be served but can be brought in. Provisional program eases adjustment ps rsial inves By Kathryn Greenwade Reporter While many high school grad uates were packing for the beach or starting summer jobs, hundreds were enrolling in summer school at Texas A&M as part of a provisional freshmen program. Gale Wood, associate director of admissions, said there are approxi mately 450 provisional students en rolled in the University this summer. The number is up from the last few years when the provisional program averaged between 375 and 380 stu dents, he said. W bod said the University offers this program to give students a chance to prove themselves and be cause it's good public relations. Alicia Thompson, a provisional student from Houston, said she de cided to enter the program because she didn't want to go to a smaller school that was academically easier. "I was willing to face the challenge and see if 1 could make it.” she said. Wood explained that a student must be a T exas resident and meet all admission requirements except for the SAT score to qualify for this program. The students go through the nor mal application procedure. But if their SAT score is deficient the Uni- versity sends them a letter outlining the provisional program, he said. If a student decides to choose the provisional program instead of re taking the SAT', they sign an agreement, return it to the admis sions office, and are admitted for the summer in general studies, he said. “We require them to take nine hours of content classes and main tain a ‘C’ average with no failing gra des,” Wood said. The content classes consist of En glish, history, political science, math, and psychology classes. Over the last three summers an average of over 65 percent of provi sional freshmen have met the re quirements and enrolled in the fall, Wood said, but the retention rate through the sophomore year for provisional students was not as high as that of a freshman class in gen eral. Wood said the only weakness in the program is its short duration. “I’m not sure nine hours is nec essarily enough hours,” he said. The biggest pressure facing the students is the fact that they might not be at A&M in the fall. “My biggest fear was not passing,” Thompson said. “I was afraid 1 might not make it.” Wood added that students having trouble studying or coping with col lege pressures can find help in the general studies program. Wood said that provisional fresh men who enroll in the fall do have an advantage over incoming fresh man. They can take fewer hours in the fail since they have nine hours out of the way and they are familiar with classes and the campus, he said. Texas man charged in fraud case SAN ANTONIO (AP) — After a statewide manhunt of more than a year, authorities have ar rested a Bible-quoting man sought in connection with $800 million in investment frauds. District attorney’s investigators in Bexar County said they ar rested Donald Scott, 54, Wednes day on a tip from Dallas authori ties. 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