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Thursday, April 16,1987/The Battalion/Page 5 ^Battalion columnist tells forum yisjiis columns ore just his opinion By Tammy Hedgpeth Reporter [fiattalion columnist Karl Pal- Irtiryer told a Fountain Forum audi- je|ce of about 50 Wednesday that his opinion has no effect on The Battal- |jo/i in general. ■“What I do is write my opinion,” said Pallmeyer, a 1980 Texas A&M lf|iinalism graduate. “I have no say Ber anything that goes into the pa- ; pei ■Most questions at the Lambda .J Sigma-sponsored forum centered on * pilmeyer’s past columns. ■Pallmeyer’s column on the quality of ainpus health care drew heated dl)ate. ■Pallmeyer said that female stu- |dents need gynecological services, Kii h the A.P. Beutel Health Cen- j tet at the time the column was writ- Iten did not provide. If a student ■s injured at bonfire site, he wrote, tht health center would treat him. Bui if a student needs gynecological Itreatment, it wasn’t offered. ■Two members of the Corps of Ca- |deb questioned the relationship be- ■ n bonfire and birth control. Pal- Imever said that although there is no pirn i relationship between the two, j the health center should provide full | Imedical services. ■)ne cadet said Pallmeyer writes columns he knows will upset the b Dmtro ft l )S - , • , ■Several stories have to shake peo- omSauAii'mle to make them read them,” Pal- nigteHaj, pcyersaid. “Would you have read it Biout the word ‘bonfire’ in it?” SHKHraditions at Texas A&M also Wrij^Bred up heal for Pallmeyer. jxSRpBTradiLions at A&M are part of aT^JBat makes the school different P"*™ other schools." Pallmeyer said, ■it I also think that, as at any pool education and knowledge ■uld remain supreme. wwwm M w l fil 1 'jk mI r Jm. HI ^ ■■ ■ ■■: . ... Photo by John Kaspar A member of the Corps of Cadets member questions Battalion columnist Karl Pallmeyer about a col umn he wrote on health care at A&M. Pallmeyer spoke at Fountain Forum Wednesday. “People should think about every thing instead of why we shouldn’t walk on the grass,” he said. “The problem with this school is that too much emphasis is placed on tradi tions. “I think traditions are fine, as such, but they need to be put into perspective. That’s something we’re poorly lacking here.” Some members of Lambda Sigma said they may not agree with his arti cles, but they understand Pallmey er’s side. John Mitchell, a junior marketing major from El Paso, did not under stand Pallmeyer’s side. “I think he’s biased,” Mitchell said. “The Battalion represents only a small part of the University. It doesn’t need to sell; it’s free. Pal lmeyer doesn’t shake people like he thinks.” locid Oil ets OK lor drilling for dm;:: i ini .ili"':::* thnvod:.: I has the if ■ ducthr-H DALLAS (AP) — Placid Oil 'i said B 0, (> ffi c * a l s art* preparing to drill ji the Cull of Mexico after a judge’s ruling clearing the way ^« l for the Green Canyon energy ex- C6u P ()rat * on project, a Hunt broth- Bsspokesman said Wednesday. I “Things are moving ahead in Reparation of all the steps that Rally are required at this point to get their project back onstream,” f|iid Keith Burton. T He said the drilling vessel is Ixmt 40 percent complete, and I rk started Wednesday to put | e equipment together for dril- k. I A $31 million financing plan lir the project was approved late luesday by U.S. Bankruptcy judge Harold C. Abramson. ■ Lamar Hunt, Nelson Bunker Hunt and William Herbert Hunt, ililf ivas hettr* mosexual e wascond* ality (in ^ pe,” he s® ; that will ^ ■ can relJl^ ;l I Grant of ^ r unity O® the mee®!' , espect ng it are SP Dsexualii)' een as > f ;h is sho* 1 ’ 1 (dom. id of po* 1 ^ 1 1 submit submiss iiethinf It, it’s se» earl.” hard to 1 ; Bong with Placid Oil, sought ap proval for the financing plan to continue developing the deep- Bater oil-production project they jaim would extract 73 million equivalent barrels of oil from the Gulf of Mexico. I However, creditor banks of the Hunts opposed the plan. Attor- eys for the banks, which are eking to collect more than $773 illion in debts from Placid in the iankruptcy proceedings, argued aat the project is not. economi- ally viable. Abramson Tuesday night ap- pioved the $31 million financing Ian that allowed development of ye Green Canyon project off the Wuisiana coast. 1987-88 Student Senate meeting opens with goals for next year By Christi Daugherty Staff Writer Mason Hogan, Texas A&M stu dent body president-elect, opened the first meeting of the 1987-88 Stu dent Senate Wednesday evening and then led the session, which consisted mainly of introductions and job ex planations. Committee chairmen outlined the goals of each committee for the new senators. Tom Black, Academic Affairs chairman, said his committee would continue to fight the senior finals is sue. He predicted the proposed fi nals plan would be put into effect once and then quickly tabled. “We’ll be there with advice after the first attempt falls on its face,” Black assured the senators. Kevin Buchman was introduced as the new student liason to College Station city government. Buchman, who was a freshman senator during the spring semester, replaces Mike Hachtman as liason. Hachtman served in that position for more than two years. “I really enjoy Senate meetings, and I know how important student representation is in local govern ment,” Buchman said. He said his main job is representing the students in local government. He said he will attend Council meetings with Hachtman this semes ter to get a feel for the job, and take over completely in the fall. Guy Diedrich spoke for the Fi nance Committee and vowed the group would fight legislation cur rently pending in Austin which he felt would “. . . drastically alter stu dent service fee amounts, and dic tate in detail how the fees would be allocated.” Currently, the Student Finance Committee makes the initial deci sions about student service fee amounts and disbursements. But Diedrich said the legislation would take away the students’ voice in the process. The Committee will work on the issue next fall, he said. Hogan announced that the exec utive structure of student govern ment will be slightly altered again next fall by eliminating the position of administrative vice president. In stead, he said, there will be two exec utive vice presidents, with applica tions due Friday. Lawyers: Pregnant inmate should be freed BROWNSVILLE (AP) — Attorneys for Stacey Lynn Merkt said Wednesday they have asked a federal judge to release the pregnant sanctuary worker because of fears she could lose the baby if she remains imprisoned. Merkt’s attorney, Lisa Brodyaga, said the U.S. attor ney who prosecuted the former volunteer has agreed she should be released from a federal correctional cen ter where she had been sentenced to 179 days. “Her pregnancy has become more and more trouble some,” Brodyaga said. “Rather than wait until she loses the baby, everyone agrees she should be at least moved and hopefully set free.” U.S. District Judge Filemon Vela, who sentenced Merkt on a conviction of conspiring to transport illegal aliens, must hear the petition filed Tuesday. Merkt, named a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International after entering prison in January, is due to give birth before her sentence is up at the end of July, Brodyaga said. A doctor who examined Merkt recommended very strongly she be released and suggested a community service program, she said. Brodyaga said she hopes Merkt can be set free, or at least be put in a community service program or sen tenced to a halfway house. Merkt’s. husband, John Blatz, said recently that his wife was malnourished when she entered prison, due in part to a miscarriage suffered just before she got preg nant, and because of stress and tension. In prison, she has not gained weight properly and has suffered from “morning, noon and night sickness,” said Blatz, who like Brodyaga is an attorney for Proyecto Libertad, an organization that helps refugees from Central America. Merkt was convicted on 1984 charges alleging she conspired to transport five Salvadoran illegal aliens from San Benito to McAllen, and putting them on a bus for Houston. STUDY in BRITAIN 1987-88 I N F O R M A T I O N A L Friday, April 17 10:00 a.m. 251 Bizzell West M E E T I N G Study Abroad Office • 161 Bizzell West • 845-0544 BIG MEAL DIAL Get a 1 /3 lb. Hamburger with French fries, large soft drink and a Super Sundae with your choice of toppings. 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