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LOOK, IF YOU'RE GOING To LET "DALLAS" BRING BACK BOBBY EWING IN THE SHOWER, THEN YOU CAN GO ALONG WITH THIS STUPID PLOT TOO! \ • Because of the low rate of par ticipation in student elections, it’s wrong for a student lobby to claim it represents the student body. • Those voting in student elec tions make their decisions on the ba sis of candidates’ stances on campus, rather than state or federal, issues. Munisteri said student lobbies aren’t the only resource students have in communicating with legis lators. “Students have their freedom right now,” he said. “And nothing prevents any student from being able to voice his opinion at the Capi tol, to organize, to represent a politi cal group. “All we’re saying is, ‘If you want to be politically involved in the Capitol — fine. But don’t use mandatory student service-fee money. You are forcing every student in this univer sity to pay for a handful of students’ own political involvement and that’s wrong.’ ” Although an A&M branch of the YCT is reorganizing after a few years’ absence from campus, the or ganization as a whole has made its presence known here. In a February letter sent to LSG Director Alan Moore and A&M President Frank Vandiver, an Aus tin attorney representing the YCT warned that legal action might be taken against LSG if it refused to cease its lobbying activities. The YCT’s attorney, Howard A. Hickman, wrote that LSG actions were in violation of state law and his clients’ constitutional rights of free dom of association. He also cited a November 1985 lawsuit filed by the YCT and Munisteri against Attorney General Jim Mattox, UT President William Cunningham and UT Stu dents’ Association President Scott Scarborough. The plaintiffs in that case con tended the UT Students’ Association used student service fees to buy ad vertising space for political endorse ments in UT’s campus newspaper, the Daily Texan. The matter was set tled out of court in January, after which time the court concurred with YCT’s contentions. In the wake of the attorney’s let ter, Moore said he’s concerned that the way in which LSG operates may be misconstrued. He said LSG is a privately funded, diverse, non-partisan organization that exists to “identify and research issues in higher education and for mulate a position that we feel is in the best interests of the students of A&M — contingent upon ad of the Student Senate.” Since receiving Hickman! Moore said, LSG has rein) Student Government for all cm red that might be tiedtosn service fees. Student Govenl also has been reimbursed foi the LSG incurred this semestt; to Hickman’s letter, Mooresaii In a letter distributed toFi Committee members on Ti Moore outlined LSG’s suppc-ttL the Caperton amendment,! the proposal “would allowj governments to continue top these services to their studem cacy groups without the threai:^ gallon.” LSG distributed the first(J of its newsletter to legislators,! organizations and universitya[| istrators after receiving H r |y,\SHir letter. But Moore said alltvp«M| wea lth , , \s <• i c |>.ud with privatefcEjj, e y to a Although the group isn'tsJL vec j Lt was ever m violation of any|j^B ro i|i ri g said, LSG, through its if pc^docu ments, has made theexine: ® ensure its name is beyondrtprMs “1 think if you look aroua® Qjll difficult to find an organ that's more squeaky-clean tkBL LS(Moore said. ffl dr Park (Continued from page 1) said. “We’re going after a fairly narrow market, that is those that have some legitimate reason for being here. So that’s a limitation in itself.” All prospective tenants must be approved as to qualifications for occupancy by the Facilities Re view and Advisory Board. As part of the criteria for occu pancy, consideration will be given to a firm with a logical tie to the University, including whether it will hire students, and whether it will contribute Financially or otherwise to the University. With the added criteria, A&M hopes to create jobs for students, opportunities for faculty in con sulting and research, and a chance for students to get jobs af ter graduation. Money said. Compared to other facilities, however, the park is on or ahead of schedule. Stanford, North Car olina, and the University of Utah represent the successful univer sity-related research parks. The first two have been in business over 30 years and Utah began 18 years ago. “Even though we have started at a fairly modest pace, we are ac tually at about the same rate as Stanford and ahead of the rate of Carolina,” Money said. “It took them seven years before they got their second building started.” Research parks have to get started on the right foot and then people are attracted to them by the publicity they get and it feeds on itself, he said. “I see us moving slowly up to a critical mass of three to five build- ings, will go quicker from there.’ Currently only one-third of the land planned for the park — 120 acres out of 430 — has been de veloped. At this time the park houses the Ocean Drilling Program, an international partnership of sci entists and governments that have joined together to explore the structure and history of the earth beneath the ocean basins. the private sector and subse quently leased by them so the tax payers’ money will not be used, Money said. -y« renewal, the building and land will revert back to the University to be included either in the aca demic program or as a research facility. The building for the Ocean Drilling Program is a University building paid for with funds from the Available University Fund. A new building under con struction is on land leased to a private firm by A&M. Upon com pletion, it will be leased to an ap proved firm. Most structures will be built by Money said the University stands to gain much from the project. Deaver pleads innoceni to federal perjury charge of a By Ci “We hope to gain prestige and the interest of other research- oriented entities like the ocean drilling project,” he said. “I hope ible to h< our own industry from the re search of Texas A&M. That will be the true test of success.” WASHINGTON (AP) — Former White House aide Michael K. Deaver pleaded innocent Thursday to charges he lied to a congressional committee and a grand jury that in vestigated his lobbying business for possible ethical violations. Deaver entered his not-guilty plea during a brief appearance before U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfleld Jackson, who set a trial date of June 8. Asked if he waived a reading of the five-count indictment, Deaver said: “I do, and I’m not guilty, your honor.” “Very well,” said Jackson, who asked il Deaver wanted a jury trial. “We certainly do,” replied defense attorney Herbert J. Miller. Jackson, who scheduled the trial for June 8, released Deaver, Presi dent Reagan’s former deputy chief of staf f, on his own recognize Deaver, who professd in cence after his March 18indc declined to make any comm he left the U.S. Courthouse The former White House charged with twocounuofp before Congress and thretcoo making false declarations lo; eral grand jury impaneled Is ney North Seymour Jr., tlx pendent counsel appoint investigate Deaver’s lobbsu; ities. Deaver is accused of lyinglis during sworn testimony Iasi 1 fore the House Energy jk merer oversight subcommiiw The indictment chargts Deaver lied by denying hepo ally contacted former Reap ministration colleagues onW a number of his lobbying diet ‘B'hree 1 ^■were ch ^■nen stu PDliie offic Rdent th ■March 1 ■ ust ice < ■n said 5 plaints wen ■nen anc ■inst sen ■l Flowc biick Lafays otnore half! 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