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Student lees may be on the rise
Board of Regents to meet, choose chairman Monday
By Frank Smith
Senior Staff Writer
The Texas A&M University Sys
tem Board of Regents convenes in a
series of meetings Sunday and Mon
day, and by the time it adjourns stu
dents may find their fees on the way
up.
The Board also will deal with
many other agenda items and un
dergo its biennial reorganization.
Sunday’s Board committee meet
ings begin at 1:30 p.m. and last the
rest of the afternoon. Committee
meetings continue on Monday from
8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m., when the full
board will convene.
Regents on Monday will address
four proposals to hike students’ liv
ing costs. Recommendations sub
mitted by A&M President Frank
Vandiver call for:
• A 5-percent increase in the se
mester rental rate for all dormitory
rooms. In justifying the proposal,
Vandiver cites the debt incurred by
a May 1986 bond issue to be used to
partially fund renovations for the
Corps-style dormitories, as well as
the loss of revenue that will be com
ing into the housing system since
448 Corps-style rooms must remain
unoccupied during the renovations.
• A 3-percent hike in monthly
rental rates for all A&M student
family apartments. The increase is
said to be needed because of in
creased debt obligations.
• An increase in the campus’
five-day meal plan from $613 per
semester to $644 per semester; an
increase in the seven-day plan from
$658 to $691; and a hike in the
“any-12” meals plan from $595 to
$625. Vandiver’s proposal cites the
need for such increases in the wake
of rising food and supply costs.
• Concurrence with Student
Government’s recommendation to
raise student service fees from $61
per semester to $65 per semester to
be used to expand A.P. Beutel
Health Center services.
The increases, if approved,
would take effect in the fall.
The Board’s reorganization will
be the first item addressed at Mon
day afternoon’s full Board meeting.
At that time, the regents will choose
who among them will serve as chair-
Entrepreneurship and New Ven
ture Management would focus on
the development of knowledge of
entrepreneurship and manage
ment, “as well as the transmission of
this knowledge to students and
practicing entrepreneurs,” Van
diver said.
If created, the center would be
funded primarily through private
endowments, research grants and
President Frank Vandiver’s recommendations call for:
• A 5-percent increase in dorm rental rates
• A 3-percent increase in student apartment rental
rates
• An increase in meal plan prices
• An increase in student service fees from $61 to $65
per semester
GERG i esearch and support
grams. Within five years, Vanfc
said, the center is expected
achieve annual funding of m
than $ i 0 million.
The Board also will consider!
tahlishing the Schubot Center
Avian Health by the CollegeoIH
erinary Medicine. The centers
first focus on researching neio
diseases of birds and later studt
jects such as avian reprtxhitt
captive breeding and endanjc
species.
The avian health center
supported by the proceedsofas
dowment established byaSlmi
gift from Richard M. Schi
which subseauently was matditc
funds from the Available Unit
Fund.
man and vice chairman. Business
man David G. Eller is the current
Board chairman, and Joe Reynolds,
an attorney, serves as vice chairman.
Both are from Houston.
On Sunday, following a full af
ternoon of committee meetings,
new regents Douglas DeCluitt of
Waco and Wayne Showers of McAl
len, along with returning Board ap
pointee William McKenzie of Dallas,
will be sworn into office. DeCluitt is
stepping into the position formerly
occupied by Amarillo oilman Joe C.
Richardson Jr., while Showers is re
placing San Antonio Mayor Henry
Cisneros. Richardson’s and Cisne
ros’ terms expired Feb. 1.
In addition, the regents will con
sider establishing three new re
search centers on campus.
The proposed Center for
Woman, 36, dies
following surgery
to remove fat cells
HOUSTON (AP) — State and
county officials are investigating the
death of a woman who underwent
fat-removal surgery at a Pasadena
doctor’s clinic a few days before she
died.
Patricia Howell, a 39-year-old flo
rist living in Baytown, became ill a
day after she had a suction-assisted
lipectomy Friday at Dr. Hugo Ram
irez’s clinic near Houston, officials
said.
Howell died Monday night at St.
Luke’s Episcopal Hospital in Hous
ton where she had been transferred
earlier in the day, officials said. Au
topsy results on the woman were not
yet available Thursday.
Meanwhile, Patricia Rogers, 31, of
Pasadena, remained in critical condi
tion Thursday at St. Luke’s, hospital
spokeswoman Patti Jamison said.
Rogers also underwent the proce
dure, commonly called liposuction,
Friday at Ramirez’s office.
Rogers was brought to the hospi
tal Monday, suffering from exten
sive infection, and underwent emer
gency surgery Monday and
Wednesday to remove infected tis
sue, the hospital said in a prepared
statement Thursday.
Both operations were conducted
by Dr. William Redwine, the hospital
said. No other information was be
ing released about Rogers’ condition
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private support. The Office of Uni
versity Research already has com
mitted limited start-up funding for
the center of $20,000 a year for
each of the next two Fiscal years.
The proposed Geochemical and
Environmental Research Center
would focus on petroleum-related
geochemistry, environmental chem
istry and marine organic geochemis-
try.
In other business, theregentsi
consider allocating $3 millionto
right-of-way costs in exchange
construction by the State Dep
ment of Highways and Pin
Transportation of a four-lanefe
way for 7.2 miles from Texi
near the A&M Research Anna
FM 60 near its intersectionwtl
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Vandiver’s proposal for the cen
ter states that its establishment
would be a formal acknowledge
ment that the oceanography depart
ment’s Geochemical and Environ
mental Research Group has grown
into a self-supporting research cen
ter.
Support for the center would
come from the more than $3 million
in annual funding for ongoing
The Board also will:
• Award contracts on n
construction projects, including
expansion of the west campuses
plant, construction of the
parking garage and renovation
the Corps-style dormitories
• Consider appropmc
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for the north terminal area ail
terwood Airport.
• Consider adopting a
in memory of former Boardd
man Clyde H. Wells, who died
29.
at her family’s request, the hospital
said.
In liposuction, a small tube is at
tached to a vacuum pump and in
serted into the skin so fat cells can be
sucked out of the body.
Ramirez has been under investi
gation by state officials since March
5 when a complaint was filed against
him and investigators also are
looking into Howell’s death, said Dr.
G. V. Brindleyjr., executive director
of the Texas State Board of Medical
Examiners in Austin.
“We are actively investigating it in
a very careful and expeditious man
ner,” Brindley said Thursday.
Brindley said investigators have
subpoenaed Ramirez’s records, but
he did not know when the investiga
tion would be completed.
Harris County Health Depart
ment spokeswoman Linda Froys said
specimens have been taken from
Ramirez’s clinic and employees have
been interviewed, but reports won’t
be available until Friday.
Mark Howell, the victim’s hus
band, said his wife spent most of the
day Saturday lying down. But early
Sunday, the pain got so bad “she got
frantic, she knew she was real sick
then,” he said.
Patricia was 5-foot-1 and weighed
120 pounds. Relatives said she
wanted to lose a few pounds before a
summer vacation in Hawaii.
Barton to discuss drug testing Monday
By Curtis L. Culberson
Staff Writer
When should drug testing be
used, who should be tested, and
how accurate are drug tests? A
four-part program to be held
Monday in Rudder Tower on
these issues will feature U.S. Rep.
Joe Barton (R.-Ennis) and Chair
man of the NCAA Special Com
mittee on Drugs, John L. Toner.
The program, “Drug Testing:
What are the Limits?" sponsored
by the MSC Great Issues Commit
tee, will consider various aspects
of drug testing in three symposi
ums and a panel discussion.
Em undo Zarela, member of
the Great Issues Committee, said,
“There seems to be a lot of con
troversy surrounding drug test
ing, and we felt it would be good
for students to know more about
it and how it’s being used.”
Monday’s events are as follows:
• Barton will start the pro
gram at 9 a.m. in 301 Rudder
with an address titled, “The Role
of Government.” Barton grad
uated from 7'exas A&M with a
bachelor’s degree in industrial
engineering and received a mas
ter’s degreee in industrial admin
istration from Purdue University.
• Dr. Ray Adams, chief of
general chemistry and toxicology
at Scott & White Clinic in
Temple, will discuss the accuracy
and scientific aspects of drug test
ing at noon in 301 Rudder.
• “Testing in Business: What
Limits Will the Courts Impose?”
is the title of a presentation to
given by Dawn KinlaysonatJpj
in 301 Rudder. Fin! ayson, aiui
sociate with the law firm of Mi
thews & Branscomb in San Ait
nio, is certified in labor lawbyit
State Bar of Texas, and speai
regularly on lalwri-related issin
Finlayson, a former assistantst*
attorney general, graduatedta
St. Marv’s School of Law.
• Culminating Mondai
events. Toner will headaparc
discussion on drug testinginai
letics at 8 p.m in RudderTheat:
American Civil Liberties I'nic
Attorney Edward Chen and ft
John Laseter of Environir.c
Health Systems Inc. ofDallase
will participate in the
will l>e moderated by Dr. Slew
Picou, an A&M professor
ciology who has conducted it
search in the areas of sportsei
and drug testing.
Chen, a law graduate ofi!»
University of California at
ley, specializes in cases invote
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Northern California. Las®
serves on the U.S. Environmefi
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more than 20 American andfi
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• An open reception
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