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|0" Thursday, January 29, 1987/nfhe Battalion/Page 3 State and Local Official refuses to swear in VP appointees for Senate ater plant threatening Austin plant I AUSTIN (AP) — Comparing the situation to a monster movie, city officials say an exotic water plant called hydrilla is threaten ing one of Austin’s electric-gener- aung plant. I The hydriHa’s tendrils are ipaching continuously toward the water intake gates at the power ■lant in east Austin. I The hydrilla forms floating tnats that blot out the sunlight and bring death to other aquatic plants and some fish. It has cov- died up to 80 percent of the s|iore of Decker Lake, an artificial lake created to provide cooling Mater to the electric plant. I “We should call it ‘hydrilla Bieets Godzilla’ and charge for tickets,” quipped City Council Member John Trevino. “We could use the money.” I The council approved a propo- ■il that a herbicide approved for use only last year be sprayed into the water to rid a 20-acre arm of Decker Lake of the hydrilla. The n commendation also had been 0 approved by the Parks Board and the Environmental Board. I In addition to the chemical ■arfare, which will be repeated annually, the staff will continue to fflse a pontoon boat outfitted as a weed harvester to clear the plant B-om the lake. The cutting operation actually J (impounds the problem because ti e hydrilla plant, an import orig- irally thought to be from Central Africa, has the nightmarish abil- ily to reproduce itself from the smallest section cut loose from a ifiain tendril. I “Every time we cut it, we send hundreds of little buds off to set up a home further down the lake,” Jordan said. By Christi Daugherty Staff Writer In an unexpected development at the first spring Student Senate meet ing Wednesday night, the chairman of the judicial committee refused to swear in the student body presi dent’s appointees to the vice presi dential posts. Basing her decision on what she called a misinterpretation by Presi dent Mike Sims of the constitutional section dealing with presidential ap pointments, Jennifer Huang said she would wait at least one to two weeks to allow those who would like to object but feel intimidated by the Senate to come to her with their ob jections. The disputed section of the con stitution is in Article II, Section 3, and reads, “All executive offices and committees shall be open to all mem bers of the student body of Texas A&M University, providing they meet qualifications for serving in these capacities.” Huang said she felt proper notice of the vacant positions was not made public, thus effectively eliminating the possibility of students applying for the positions. Sims had tenta tively appointed two Senate mem bers, Jay Hutchens and Brian Ban ner, to the two vice presidential positions. When Huang came forward with her objections, there was confusion and debate among the senators, and protestations by Sims. “If there are those among you who feel I have acted inappropria tely, I am willing to go — I am will ing to face charges before the judi cial board,” Sims said. “The consideration that goes into appoint ing these positions is extensive. II I had conducted a widespread search. I would still have made the same se lection in the ertd.” In legislative action, the Senate unanimously approved a bill that changes the way senior football tick ets are distributed beginning with the 1987 football season. Instead of allocating second deck seats between the 20-yard lines on the first day, seats between the 35 yard lines will be distributed first, and only when that supply is de pleted will the rest of the seats be tween the 20-yard lines be allocated. The Senate also approved a bill making a section of bike racks lo cated between the Library and the L.F. Peterson Building into a moped rack, and a bill recommending that undergraduate teachers and courses be evaluated by their students at least once each academic year. The bill stipulates that evaluation results be made public. Dressed Denims! Jeans laundered at S 1.89 each, when you bring this coupon to our location just off I'niversity. _College Station Cleaners University bnve East College Station Cleaners offers the professional garment care you expect for your clothes. 505 University Drive East 846-4364 ^ ~ ONE HOUR SERVICE AVAILABLE) Station Gieanens 1 U.S. citizenship may be available only for those who can afford it WOMEN IN BUSINESS SYMPOSIUM LUNCHEON MONDAY FEBRUARY 2ND -12 NOON - AT THE HILTON GUEST SPEAKER: Pat Pearson Executive Women of Dallas “Success, Women, You Deserve It!” Local Business Women of the Bryan/College Station and Brazos Valley are invited to attend. Reservations by phone, Office of the Dean, College of Business Ad ministration, 845-4711. $10.75 Per Person. AUSTIN (AP) — U.S. citizenship may be available only to illegal aliens with money because immigration of ficials failed to seek enough funds to cover the paperwork costs for all who are eligible, a state lawmaker said Wednesday. Rep. A1 Luna, D-Houston, said Congress authorized $420 million a year for carrying out immigration reform legislation passed last year. But the Immigration and Natural ization Service has requested only $138 million for 1987 and $194 mil lion for 1988, he said. The budget requests may cover the costs of enforcing the new law, but won’t be enough to pay for the administrative process of granting legal status to aliens, Luna said. “The INS proposed instead to pass off the cost of legalization to the undocumented themselves” by charging them a citizen application fee of $150 or $200, Luna said. “The high fee added to the other legal fees that, are going to be in volved will limit legalization to only those eligible who can afford to pur chase legalization status,” he said. Under the immigration reform law passed by Congress, illegal aliens can gain legal status if they have been living in the United States con tinuously since 1982. The new law' also imposes penalties on businesses, which knowingly hire illegal aliens. Rick Swartz, president of the Na tional Immigration Forum in Wash ington D.C., said, “There’s quite a bit of concern expressed by some mem bers of Congress already that the Reagan administration may be in the process of starving the bill to death” by failing to provide sufficient money to implement it, Swartz said. / It out in The Battalion Classified •str-Ji n d in :.j luirttl land I isieaii| ind. | WHY “H ELGA” PBCQPO EX EAST GERMAN SWIMMER DRINKS MILLER LITE first Pi m* oft°! , r v ison 5 '; )\0f ithe igaf; “TO KEEP THE CRUSH FIGURE”