Friday, May 8, 1987/The Battalion/Page 5
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ed deaiMuSTIN (AP) — Gov. Bill Clem-
•i men's °V declined to comment Thursday
lg. Ana on reports ’hat Army officials are
were debating whether to withhold an
>uions award issued annually in his name
HHause of Clements’ role in the
'N SO.iSouthern Methodist University foot
ball scandal.
laryevlBrhe announcement of the award
like i p at West Point “is tied up just with the
■point V | discomfiture about SMU,” Maj..
‘ lepon Bruce Bell, a spokesman for the De
fied p r , pat mien t of the Army in Washing-
nt viol, ton, told the Dallas Times Herald.
>ort beq^Klements’ press secretary Reggie
scoop,Mhttr said the governor wouldn’t
items comment and declined to discuss the
ooler |] ; matter.
Is were lip be award, financed by Dallas bil-
ill-si! lionaire H. Ross Perot, is designed to
1 in reward teaching excellence at all
nvels three military academies,
jyees' |» () rne officials at the U.S. Military
prep,. Academy at W'est Point said that
were Clements’ acknowledged role in pay-
oi min, offs to SMU athletes violates the
Honrs school’s revered “Code of Honor.”
| s and, MiLmbke West Point of ficials, lead-
tt | c | ej ers at the Naval Academy and the
Ait Force Academy have decided to
award the Clements prize this year,
''it. sir asfscheduled.
f opera,JBllements served as a deputy sec-
or kf retary of defense in the Ford admin-
istiation. The Clements award has
‘imiii. been given to faculty members at the
‘wm< three military academies annually
I'ineikl silce 1977.
fe/romJH^l'he governor has admitted that
he knew about payments to athletes
alSMU, a violation of NCiAA rules.
iuranilj^B 3 erot said he hoped any decision
Idiner readied by the Army would be con-
dp silered carefully and not be “just a
ids, Mee-jerk reaction . . . based on what
tam buy may have read” about the SMU
!i„ scandal.
■Perot said he had not been in
volved in the debate about the
mm awarding of the Clements prize at
We st Point.
■“That's something they’ll have to
| Hade,” he said.
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illegal aliens
■ HOUSTON (AP) — Bogus agen
cies that pirey on illegal aliens anx
iously seeking help in getting am
nesty are cropping up across the city,
federal officials said.
■ The U.S. Immigration and Natu-
r§lization Service is investigating sev-
elabcases where people or organiza-
l|ms represented themselves as
experts on the new law granting am
nesty to illegal aliens who have lived
in the United States since 1981, As
sistant District Director Mike McMa
hon said.
H “We have a lot of agencies that
have sprung up overnight,” McMa-
hpn said. “Anytime we receive com-
pl,lints on those kinds of people, we
open up an investigation. Unfortu
nately, we find that after the fees are
cpllected, the agency closes down
ajid sets up somewhere else and
siirts all over again.”
■ Tuesday was the first day of the
nationwide amnesty program, and
many illegal aliens are still seeking
information and completing forms.
■ The INS provides a list of ap-
prdved agencies, which generally
charge $60 to $150 for assistance in
the application process.
Friday
UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRY: will host a peanut-butter
fellowship at 1 1:30 a.m. at Rudder Fountain and a Bible
Study at 6:30 p.m. in A&M Presbyterian Church.
CHI ALPHA CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: will meet for an
alumni picnic at 5 p.m. in 156 Blocker.
Items for What’s Up should be submitted to The Battalion,
216 Reed McDonald, no less than three working days be
fore desired publication date.
Dean receives
surprise honor
at faculty event
By Clark Miller
Staff Writer
When Dr. Clinton A. Phillips, as
sociate provost and dean of faculties
at Texas A&M, said the Faculty Dis
tinguished Achievement Awards
ceremony would “honor our finest,”
he didn’t realize he was including
himself.
After what Phillips thought was
the conclusion of the ceremony,
A&M President Frank E. Vandiver
asked to make a final statement.
Vandiver then called upon John
McDermott, distinguished professor
of philosophy, to take the stage and
McDermott announced Phillips as
the winner of one of the 19 awards
that were distributed.
Phillips, master of ceremonies at
the event Thursday in Rudder The
ater, was responsible for announcing
the winners of the Association of
Former Students distinguished fac
ulty awards.
In other developments, Dr. Sam
Black, speaker of the Faculty Senate,
announced that a faculty club is ex
pected to open in early 1988 on the
lop two floors of Rudder Tower.
Black said that a faculty club in
terim board has analyzed the results
of a questionnaire that faculty mem
bers were asked to fill out.
The response was overwhelm
ingly in support of the club, using
the Rudder Tower facilities rather
than moving off campus.
Black’s announcement brought
applause from the more than 250
people at the program.
Vandiver also had encouraging
words about the level of government
funds he expects the Texas Legis
lature to provide.
“If someone would have asked last
week what are the chances of getting
more money from the Legislature,”
Vandiver told the audience, “my an
swer would have been very pessimis
tic.
“But with the rally of support (a
pro-education rally in Austin on
Tuesday) and the increased involve
ment of Ross Perot, an impact has
been made.”
Dr. Donald McDonald, provost
and vice president of academic af
fairs, addressed the problem of the
expected increase in enrollment at
A&M.
McDonald called it a “high-class
problem,” because attracting a
greater number of new students
speaks well for the University, while
at the same time it creates a strain on
A&M faculty and facilities.
“We’re working on several alter
native plans,” McDonald said in re
gard to the predicted student pop
ulation problem.
McDonald said that with current
increases in enrollment, the student
population of A&M would reach
50,000 by 1997.
He also said that kind of growth
may not be in the best interest of the
quality of education at A&M.
Another surprised winner at the
ceremony was Mary Helen Bowers,
who works for the education infor
mation services and received one of
the distinguished staff awards.
Bowers wrote the biographies of
the award recipients that were read
by Phillips as the winners picked up
their prizes. Phillips confessed to
telling a “white lie” to keep Bowers
from becoming suspicious.
Six awards were given for teach
ing, six for research, two for student
relations, two for continuing educa
tion/extension, and three for staff/
administration.
The awards came with a $4,000
check from the Association of For
mer Students to the winners.
Black said that 28 of the 86 Fac
ulty Senators have been winners of
the faculty awards.
Black also said that a membership
drive for the faculty club would be
gin this fall.
The club, which will offer dining
facilities and a bar, will receive no
subsidy from A&M, although the
subsidies are the only way faculty
clubs at some universities, such as
Rice University and the University
of Texas, get by.
Dr. David Chapman, an assistant
professor of history and a member
on the faculty club interim board,
said that the idea of a faculty club
has been around for several years
but has really been pushed in the last
year and a half.
Chapman said that the 11 th and
12th floors of Rudder Tower, where
the club will be located, were origi
nally built to house a faculty club
that was never f inished.
Chapman said that the kitchen
and bar areas need to be revamped,
but there is a good starting point.
He also said that it is important
for the club to succeed, because if it
fails it is unlikely that another one
would ever be started.
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