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By Drew Leder
Staff Writer
I Texas must expedite oil and gas
drilling to create more jobs for Tex
ans, a candidate for the Texas Rail
road Commission said at a press con
ference Friday.
■ State Rep. Clint Hackney, a 1974
Texas A&M graduate seeking elec
tion to the commission in 1988,
stopped at the College Station Ra-
mada Inn during a 28-city campaign
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■ “The more people we have dril
ling, the more Texans have jobs,”
Hackney, D-Houston, said. “Drilling
etjuals jobs.”
I The 35-year-old senator an
nounced Aug. 17 that he would run
for the commission seat vacated
when Chairman Mack Wallace re
signed recently. Wallace’s seat,
which would have expired in 1990,
currently is held by former U.S.
Rep. Kent Hance, who was ap
pointed by Gov. Bill Clements after
Wallace resigned.
I Hackney said he had planned to
run against Democrat Jim Nugent,
whose term expires in 1988, but
Vyallace’s resignation gave him the
portunity to seek election without
mpeting against another Demo
at.
“I would much rather spend my
time and my efforts campaigning
fcainst and unseating a Bill Clem
ents appointee than I would running
jggainst a fellow Democrat,” he said.
Hackney has served on the House
Transportation Committee and is
Chairman of the Energy Committee,
which passes legislation affecting the
Railroad Commission.
I Hackney said the state could in
crease oil and gas production by sim
plifying and quickening the drilling
application process.
I “One way to expedite drilling and
producing in Texas is to cut red ta
pe,” he said.
I The Railroad Commission is the
state agency that regulates oil and
gas production and transportation.
It considers applications for any oil
and gas drilling that is done in the
Rate.
I Hackney said the amount of time
the commission takes to approve
permit applications is hurting the in
dustry.
Housing Center starts program
SHARE provides assistance to students living off campus
State Rep. Clink Hackney
Hackney, citing low oil prices and
the Financial risks involved with dril
ling as reasons for decreasing oil
production in Texas, said the situa
tion called for increased tax incen
tives for drillers.
“With proper incentives from the
Railroad Commission and the tax
structure, you don’t have to have the
price of oil at $30 a barrel (to in
crease drilling),” he said.
Hackney used model trains, com
paring a steam engine to a high-
technology model, to demonstrate
where he would like to see the Rail
road Commission go, with him
aboard, in the future. He proposed
that intensive research be done in
the field of superconductivity in or
der to develop a safe and efficient
high-speed railway system.
“I pledge to bring private industry
into a partnership with university re
searchers to see if we can use the lat
est technology (superconductors) in
practical ways,” he said.
According to a press release,
Hackney expects to have a supercon
ductive train system in Texas by the
year 2000.
Hackney also said he would work
to control environmental pollution
resulting from oil and gas drilling.
There now is a dangerous problem
with toxic chemicals being left be
hind at drilling sites at well stops, he
said.
By Jill Radenbaugh
Reporter
Help for students living off
campus will be just a few doors
down, thanks to a new program
being introduced by the Off-
Campus Housing Center.
Students Helping Aggies Ev
erywhere, or SHARE, will pro
vide assistance for off-campus
Aggies that is close to home and
available when the Off-Campus
Center is closed.
“The
is a major out-
: program
reach effort on the part of the
Off-Campus Housing Center,”
said Nancy Thompson, off-cam-
pus adviser. “The goal of the pro
gram is simply to make life off
campus better for Texas A&M
University students.”
The program’s success is
achieved by having trained volun
teers available to answer ques
tions, provide information or
refer students to on-campus of
fices, Thompson said.
The volunteers can refer these
students directly from the apart
ment complexes where the stu
dents are living, she said.
The SHARE staff will be avail
able to students 24 hours a day,
she said. Each of their phone
numbers will be posted at the off-
campus center and at various
places around campus.
SHARE started this fall with
seven members and is expected to
grow in the future, she said.
The group started with charter
members Don Harvey, John Bur
nett, Pam Polk, Carolyn Whitten,
Chris Masi, Rob Liles and Eddie
Saucedo, who are all campus
leaders.
Campus leaders were chosen as
staff members to ensure that the
program would start out in the
right direction, Thompson said.
Members started their training
in August and will continue their
training throughout the semes
ter, she said.
Training consists of several
workshops, meetings and volun
teer time each week in the off-
campus center, she said.
Each member is required to
work in the off-campus center
one hour a week to give them ex
perience dealing with the stu
dents on a face-to-face basis, she
said.
The purpose of SHARE is to
become a resource for the stu
dents living off campus, she said.
However, their primary concern
this semester is to get the word
out that the program exists.
“We’re the arms and legs of the
Off-Campus Housing Center,”
said John Burnett, a SHARE staff
member.
SHARE was founded by Kris
tin Sayre, Off-Campus Housing
Center coordinator, and Jay
Lemons, north area coordinator.
Challenge between A&M and Baylor
to help boost Red Cross blood drive
By Kimberly House
Reporter
The American Red Cross blood
drive at Texas A&M has a new twist
this year.
A challenge between Texas A&M
and Baylor University to get 4.5 per
cent of each school’s students to do
nate blood will help supply 36 hospi
tals in Texas with blood products.
Alpha Phi Omega is sponsoring the
blood drive Sept. 15, 16 and 17.
The APO chapter of each school
reaching this goal will receive a
“challenge trophy” during halftime
of the Oct. 17 A&M-Baylor football
game in Waco, said APO Drive
Chairman Susanne Thaler.
“We’re challenging students to
give blood,” Thaler said. “The rea
son we’re doing this is to help save
lives.”
Students may donate blood from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the second floor
lobby of the Blocker Building and in
a mobile unit near Rudder Fountain.
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Texas Red Cross Blood Center in
Waco said about 4.5 percent of the
population donates blood for the
whole nation, so this should be a
good goal for the campuses. About
1,755 students would need to donate
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The Waco center serves Brazos
County and 27 others. All donations
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diseases.
“Brazos County hospitals use
4,000 units of blood or more in a
year,” Faulkenbery said. She said a
community should put back into the
system what it uses. There are no
losers, only winners in giving some
one another chance to live, she said.
A&M organizations including Ag
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