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Time: 7:30 p.m. Place: M.S.C. TAMU Room 201 FREE ADMISSION Saudi Students Club April 1 is DAVE DAY Everyone named Dave is required to present themselves at the near est DoubleDave's Pizza restaurant for a Free Peproni Roll tm. Cele brate with us what a great pleasure it is to be Dave. Limit One Coupon Per Dave Cplxzaworksy 211 University Ave Carter Creek Shopping Center 326 Jersey SL Page 4/The Battalion/Tuesday, March 31,1987 Commissioner called to testify in school case AUSTIN (AP) — Education Com missioner William Kirby was called Monday to testify for the defense in the complex challenge of the state public school financing system, but ended up just a spectator. Attorneys said he would take the stand today. The trial, which began Jan. 20, re sumed Monday after a two-week re cess. Attorneys have estimated it will In al least two weeks before the non- jury trial goes to State District Judge Harley Clark for a decision. Clark is expected to study the trial record, along with additional legal briefs, for about a month. Cross-examination was completed Monday in the testimony of Victoria Bergin, a TEA deputy commis sioner. Bergin, a native of Monterrey, Mexico, who did not learn English until after entering the third grade, said she agreed with previous wit nesses that the amount of money s|)eiu on schools did not guarantee a high level of learning. She cited two low-wealth school systems, at Ysleta and Presidio, which she said had a high commit ment to quality education. The suit was filed by (>7 property- poor school districts who claim the financing formula decreed by the 1984 school reform act discriminates between poor and rich districts. In Advance Stroke forces Rusk to cancel lecture By Olivier Uyttebrouck Senior Stull Writer Dean Rusk, a former secretary of state slated to participate in the Memorial Student Center Wiley I-ecture Series on Wednesday, has suffered a mild stroke and will not take part in the event, a lecture series spokesman said. The other three participants. Sen. Edmund S. Muskie, Dr. Jeane Kirkpatrick and Howard K. Smith will appear as sched uled, Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Rudder Auditorium. Liz Hudson, Wiley Lecture Se ries public relations of ficer, said she received word last Tuesday that Rusk was hospitalized and would not attend the event. Rusk has not lost any motor skills, nor is his condition life-threatening, she said. Rusk, 78, was secretary of state under presidents John K. Ken nedy and Lyndon Johnson from 1961 to 1969, during the greater part of the Vietnam War. Rusk, whose particular area of expertise is the Ear East and Indochina, was an assistant secretary of state under President Harry Truman and influenced U.S. |>olicy to ward Vietnam perhaps as much as any American official during the 1950s and 1960s. Muskie, 78, has iK-en a promi nent news figure in recent months as a member of the three- man Tower Commission — the lx>ard appointed hy the president to investigate the Iran-Contn fair. Muskie served as U.S. sei of Maine from 195H to li) served three terms in the of Representatives and twoii as governor of Maine priorto election to the Senate. In li® was the Democratic nominee vice president. He also was sidnt jimmy Carter’s smetan state during the latter partofl (airier administration, Kirkpatrick, 61, is most for her work as U.S. ambasajj to the United Nations from I! to 1985 and as a memberof dent Ronald Reagan's She currently works as a praj soi at Ceorgetown Universin Washington D.C. and holdspi ical s< ience degrees from ’ ('.ollege and Ceorgetown. 1 Smith, 78, began liisrareen ie|x>rter in New Orleansandl woi ked loi United PressInitn tional and the New York Ta During World War II, Smiili a w,u < oi res|x>n(lenl lorCBSi authored a l»esi-sellinj[ “I-isi Train From Berlin,"In on his wartime experiences In 1946 Edward R. Mum np|>oifited Smith to succctdlj i as CBS* < hicf European nni s|»o!idetit, and his ex|>eri(n((ij that |x>.st inspired his IxKik, “The State of Europe.' transferred to Washingtuu i 1957, and in 1962 Ix-ganhis ye.u carrel with ABU News School officials: Enrollment expected to strain facilities •irefigh 3-day s< rinin \&M By Darren Allen Reporter Skyrocketing enrollment at Texas A&M is expected to stress the school’s facilities, but school officials say they are committed to keeping academic standards high. A&M’s enrollment has increased from 36,561 students last fall to an estimated 37,700 students this fall and is projected to be more than 42,000 students hy 1990, according to a report from the Office of Plan ning and Institutional Analysis. An increase of 900 students last fall from the previous year gave the University the largest increase in stu dent population of all Texas univer sities, the Texas College and LJniver- sity System Coordinating Board reported. But keeping up with the increas ing student population is an ongoing problem, says Dr. John Koldus, vice president of student services. “We are a public institution,” Kol dus says. “And with a public institu tion, it they (students) meet the ad mission standards, they’re in.” Although A&M’s resources are stressed, he says, the University will try to meet the demands more stu dents place on it. “A&M is a public institution and a land-grant university,” he remarks. “If our only goal was to limit enroll ment, then we could do it artificial ly” Expansion plans for the school ex ist, hut Koldus emphasizes that the Legislature controls the money al lotted for such projects and has the final say. want to continue their eduaj careers at Texas A&M. “But the projet ted influx > dents will strain our resnuire;| time when we are alreuriisini list ally and physically. B) . , with u public institu tion, if they (students) meet the admission stan dards, they’re in. ” — Dr. John Koldus, Stu dent Services vice presi dent Dr. Frank E. Vandiver, president of A&M, says in a press release that meeting the new financial resj>on.si- hilities that a higher student |x>pula- tion brings will be a challenge. “We are obviously pleased that so many young men and women,” Van diver says, “well-qualified young men anti women, I hasten to add — When i __ . . Texas, the 1 'v mind ,s ih ls Tusux. Bui < >1 f .u it *i s, suv s (.lenn IW: ;. . . , (i ,lH 1 * ^ 1 *' "I I' 1,11 ■ agi m ult m e Institutional Analysis. ° . A large numl>er ol Tm , V, ' . , s . . , hasin m<>\ sthool graduates ‘"'d-i >« Tf |; n !,he dire 1 " c,. lllf | ll: "|j 0lll islI| , M Im « ^ , . , ve. says D VM.,-m .he e< oliomx I'M-. S0<|au . ( ,s now .m,l v...mK|^l)bo an(1 parks, mid |ol»s, many o! thosepeopff i u I e to go to s< hoot, he says. B But in D In 1986, there was analiiicj|| s 1 ),<) P < , , room tax I large mimlx'i ol hiidi-schMff . o i cent to n.i nates m I exas, Dowlinesays • ' About 3.85 jXM'ten, Hi PI™" 1 i i i i i i , tion t.enle I ex.is high schtKil ^ranualt! rolletl at A&M last tall as coup to the normal enrollment off 3.45 jjercent. “Quantitatively, we ]tts( tft inc rease in T exas high schoolf nates,” he says. Speed Reading Free one hour lesson! We will double your speed. Money back guarantee course will: • increase comprehension •improve retention teach study skills Get assigned read ing done in less than half the time. Ramada Inn College Station Tues. March 31 or Wed. April 1 4, 6, and 8 p.m. Power Reading 713-320-9671 ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦ ♦ Problem Pregnancy? we listen, we care, we help Free pregnancy tests concerned counselors Brazos Valley Crisis Pregnancy Service We’re local! 1301 Memorial Dr. 24 hr. Hotline 823-CARE fe. 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