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HOUSTON (AP) — Vice Presi
dent George Bush came home Mon
day to formally enter the 1988 Re
publican presidential race and ask
Texans for their help in his quest to
become the nation’s leader.
Bush said Houston was the only
olace for him to make such an im-
ortant announcement.
“I had to come here, to my home,
to Texas,” Bush told cheering sup
porters who gathered at a downtown
| Houston hotel.
I Surrounded by his wife, Barbara,
Bind other family members, Bush
■old the crowd he returned to the
■tate where it all began.
“This is where Barbara and I be
an our life together,” he said.“This
where four of our children were
orn. This is where I’ve come to say
jhe most important words of my life.
“I am here today to announce my
landidacy for president of the
Hnited States.”
About 1,500 people crowded a
hotel ballroom to hear Bush’s an
nouncement, while hundreds more
watched him on television in the
lobby downstairs.
Bush was introduced by former
Sen. John Tower, R-Texas.
During his 20-minute speech,
Bush said the nation needs more ra
cial harmony.
After the speech, Bush went
downstairs to greet supporters and
was greeted by three local high
school bands that were playing “The
Yellow Rose of Texas,” and “Deep in
the Heart of Texas.”
“For Barbara and me, I just can’t
begin to describe how magnificent a
day this is,” he said.
“This is where Tve come to say the most important
words of my life. I am here today to announce my can
didacy for president of the United States. ”
— Vice President George Bush
“To those who have come to our
country, to the Hispanics who have
joined us, let me say: You are not
only welcome, but needed,” Bush
said. “For who knows about family
and faith better than you? We need
your leadership.”
Then, speaking in Spanish, he
said, “Our party is your party. We
are all family.”
Bush also asked the crowd for
their help as he seeks the Republican
presidential nomination.
“And I am confident that with
your help, I am going to have the
opportunity to lead America as pres
ident of the United States,” he said.
The vice president donned a
Houston Astros baseball cap and his
wife was presented a bouquet of yel
low roses.
Dozens of signs hung from rail
ings above the lobby and many sup
porters carried miniature American
and Texas flags.
Before his arrival in the lobby,
supporters ate hot dogs and some
sipped champagne and Bloody
Marys while country-western singer
Mickey Gilley sang.
Bush joined New York Rep. Jack
Kemp, former Delaware Gov. Pete
du Pont, former television evangelist
Pat Robertson and former Secretary
of State Alexander M. Haig Jr. as of
ficially declared candidates. Senate
Minority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas
is expected to announce his candi
dacy in a month.
In choosing his hometown of
Houston for the announcement,
Bush returned to the site of one of
his darkest political hours, where on
May 1980 he abandoned his cam
paign to wrest the GOP presidential
nomination from Reagan.
'ogan calls on A&M students to fight
urning dining area into faculty club
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By Doug Driskell
Staff Writer
The dining area in Rudder Tower could be a
faculty club on Feb. I if student leaders do not
|urtail Texas A&M University officials, the stu-
ent body president said at the MSC meeting
londay night.
The atmosphere is what we want to preserve
Bor the students and old Ags,” Mason Hogan,
student body president, said. “We are all for
them having a club. Unity among the faculty is
fine. But surely there are other locations. And if
hey are going to take that, what are they going to
jive the students in return?”
Money to convert the l Ith floor into a club is a
nain concern, Hogan said.
Our main concern is they are telling us it is
joing up in February, but where is the money
oming from?” he said. “All we hear is tight bud-
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gets, we don’t have enough money to pay people
and we can’t keep up with grounds maintenance
because we don’t have money. But they are will
ing to kick money in to put in new carpet and all
of that other stuff.”
A constitution and bylaws for the club has not
been submitted to Student Government, he said.
A survey will be given to faculty members to
ask them how they feel about the club and if they
really will use it once it is open, Hogan said.
One question in the survey will address the is
sue of alcohol on campus, he said.
“Are they supportive of having alochol on a
campus that has always been dry?” he asked.
“And if they are, do they think it is ethical to
drink alcohol on a work day?”
In other actions taken:
• Extensive promotion is planned for the
MBA-Law Symposium titled “The Secret of Your
Success” on Oct. 23 and 24, said Andrew Pendle
ton, chairman of the MBA-Law committee.
Twenty-one schools will be represented, includ
ing Harvard and other major schools from
around the nation.
Registration will take place in the MSC and
Zachry Engineering Center this week and the
MSC and Blocker next week, he said. It will cost
$5 this week and $7 next week.
• The chairman of the recently formed pag
eant committee, Lauri Pogreba, submitted the
first extensive budget for the Spring ’88 Miss
Texas A&M Scholarship Pageant since its cre
ation seven years ago.
This plan hopefully will yield better publicity
and management of finances directly related to
the pageant, said Linda Hartman, president of
the MSC Committee.
Faculty Senate OKs
report considering
academic freedom
By Cindy Milton
Staff Writer
The Faculty Senate Monday
approved a report on academic
freedom and responsibility that
spent nearly four hours and two
Senate meetings on the Senate
floor.
Gary E. Hart, chairman of the
Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Commit
tee on Tenure and Promotion,
said the report, submitted to the
Faculty Senate from the adminis
tration and the ad hoc committee,
brings together previous Univer
sity policies concerning academic
freedom, responsibility, tenure
and promotion.
After two hours of discussion
on the report at a Sept. 14 Senate
meeting, approval was postponed
due to Tack of time for discussion
of other subjects on the agenda.
Hart reintroduced the docu
ment last night by suggesting sev
eral small editorial changes.
These changes were quickly ap
proved by the members of the
Senate and additional proposals
were made.
Several proposed amendments
led to a two-hour debate on aca
demic freedom and responsibil
ity. None of the suggestions was
approved, however, because of
the broad interpretations that
might have been made if they had
been added to the document.
An amendment proposed by
Hart caused a majority of the sen
ate’s debate: “It is a responsibility
of all faculty members to ac
knowledge and respect civil liber
ties of their students, particularly
in areas concerning moral and
ethical beliefs and behavior. Pros
elytizing students in a classroom
or other academic relationships
regarding matters of conscience
is unprofessional conduct.”
Senators argued that the
amendment could be interpreted
broadly — especially in classes
like philosophy and ecology —
and that it could open up more
problems than it could solve.
Hart said that this proposal re
lates to religious beliefs or politics
or sexual behavior.
“Proselytize is a very strong
word,” he said. The proposal
would pose limitations on faculty
members from expressing certain
viewpoints in a classroom, he
said, and senators agreed that
making such a statement may re
strict too much of what the fac
ulty can do in an academic set
ting.
Sen. Manuel Davenport, pro
fessor of philosophy, said, “There
are definite language problems to
deal with here.”
Sen. Herman Saatcamp added
that the proposed language
might have a chilling effect, and it
might be too broad and raise too
many indirect issues. Senate
members agreed to leave any
amendments that could restrict
faculty members from academic
freedom to the administration.
They agreed that definitions on
professional conduct should be
established on individual bases.
The Senate amended the re
port, which will go to. A&M Presi
dent Frank E. Vandiver for fur-
ther approval before
implementation can take place.
Another Senate approval took
place after Sen. Peter Hugill in
troduced a report on academic
affairs that will stretch the Q-
drop policy for graduate stu
dents.
The report will allow graduate
students to Q-drop classes for up
to 10 weeks in the spring and fall
semesters, five weeks in long
summer sessions and three weeks
into the five-week summer ses
sions.
The reason for the extended
Q-drop period for graduate stu
dents, Hugill said, is to reduce the
amount of paperwork that occurs
when students drop a class after
the Q-drop period is closed.
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