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Page 4/The Battalion/Thursday, April 7, 1988
Study concludes
high drug usage
among inmates
Associated Press
Nearly 80 percent of the convicts
entering state prisons are involved
with drugs, according to an internal
study for the Texas Board of Par
dons and Paroles.
The study, which found the typ
ical inmate is an unemployed high
school dropout with a drug or alco
hol problem, concludes that crime in
Texas will get worse if the state
builds new prisons at the expense of
education and social programs.
“While we need to build more
prisons, dollars thrown after bricks
and mortar are not going to solve
the problem,” Sen. Bob McFarland,
R-Arlington, chairman of the Senate
Committee on Criminal Justice, said.
“Alcohol and substance abuse is
the most serious and significant
problem facing Texas today,” Mc
Farland told the Dallas Times
Herald Tuesday.
The senator said drugs are inex
tricably linked to school dropouts,
burgeoning prison admissions, over
crowded prisons and repeat of
fenses.
The study of 1,483 offenders ad
mitted to the Texas Department of
Corrections in one month late last
year found that four-fifths of them
— whether they were entering
prison as a result of a court sentence,
probation violation or parole revo
cation — had used drugs, were un
der the influence of drugs when
they were arrested or were convicted
of a drug-related offense.
Pablo Martinez, a parole board re
searcher, said the analysis “tends to
support beliefs that drugs are be
coming the pivotal point for criminal
behavior. The majority of people
that are presently being admitted to
prison have been touched by illegal
drugs in one way or another.”
Baby pageants lead
to arrests, charges
ODESSA (AP) — Law enforce
ment officials from several Texas cit
ies will meet to compare notes on in
vestigations on a string of baby
pageants allegedly functioning as il
legal lotteries.
Pageants investigated in Odessa,
Austin, Beaumont, Laredo and Cor
pus Christi have resulted in about a
dozen arrests on charges of illegal
lotteries based on ticket sales for
drawings for trips and other prizes,
police reports said.
No date has been set for the Aus
tin meeting, which officials said is
contingent upon law enforcement
authorities completing most of their
investigations.
In Odessa, police subpoenaed re
cords from various entities — in
cluding a Houston trophy shop —
and are attempting to verify pageant
expenses, Gilhs said.
“Then, when we meet in Austin,
we will see if there are any ties be
tween the people operating the pag
eants,” said Odessa police Lt. Bar
bara Gillis, who added that an
Odessa organizer’s name has been
found on records confiscated by po
lice in Laredo.
A Beaumont investigator has
linked Permian Basin pageant orga
nizers to a similar pageant last week
in Austin, investigators said.
Four organizers of the Permian
Basin contest were indicted by an Ec
tor County grand jury March 14 on
charges of gambling promotion.
Lawyers say finance system
not fair, but constitutional
AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas pub
lic school finance system is not per
fect, but it is constitutional, attorneys
seeking to preserve the system told a
state appeals court Wednesday.
The Texas Legislature has a “pat
tern of improving equity in school fi
nance,” said attorney Jim Turner, a
former lawmaker who is represent
ing 40 districts with average and
above-average property wealth. He
cited the 1984 public school reforms
that pumped more money into
school districts with low property
wealth.
State District Judge Harley Clark
last year ruled the school finance sys
tem violates the state constitution.
He said the system does not give
each district the same ability to ob
tain funds to educate students.
The state, joined by a number of
districts, appealed the ruling. The
appeals court could take months to
rule, attorneys said.
Attorneys for the state and its sup
porters, and for the districts that
sued over the finance system, indi
cated that an appeal to the Texas Su
preme Court is likely after the ap
peals court makes its decision.
Kevin O’Hanlon, assistant attor
ney general, said the state meets its
responsibility of providing access to
a basic education by giving additio
nal state aid to districts that are poor
and cannot raise as much money
through property taxes.
“The proper test should be, is
there enough money under the edu
cational finance system to provide
those things that are required under
state statute? The undisputed evi
dence in this case is yes, there was,”
O’Hanlon said after the hearing.
But attorney A1 Kaufman of the
Mexican-American Legal Defense
and Educational Fund said the state
has not done enough to provide an
equal educational opportunity to all
students.
“The state denies equal protection
for children,” Kaufman said. “Large
numbers of children in poor districts
are treated differently than large
numbers of children in rich dis
tricts.” Records show most of the stu
dents in the low-wealth districts are
poor and minorities, he said.
What’s Up
Thursday
B)
JUNGIAN SOCIETY OF THE BRAZOS VALLEY: Dr. James A Hallwills[*ai
about “Jungian Dream Analysis” at 7:30 p.m. in 701 Rudder.
ATHEIST, AGNOSTIC AND FREETHINKERS SOCIETY: will sponsors^
cussion exploring existentialism and trancendentalism at 7 p.m. in 502 Ruddei
PLANT BIOLOGY MINI-SYMPOSIUM: Dr. Stanley J. Peloquin will speakaij
p.m., Dr. Jeffrey D. Palmer will speak at 3 p.m. and Dr. W.J. Peacock will si®'
at 4 p.m., all in 601 Rudder. For lecture subjects contact the biology departs
at 845-7747.
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FORUM: will have officer electionsanii
preview of the upcoming special program “India's Silent Revolution for Peat;
The Swadhyaya Movement" at 7 p.m. in 302 Rudder.
CORPUS CHRISTI-AREA HOMETOWN CLUB: will go bowling at7p.rn.att*
MSC. All Corpus Christi-area Aggies are welcome.
MEXICAN-AMERICAN ENGINEERING SOCIETY: will have officerelecioas;
7 p.m. in Rudder Tower. Check the monitor screen for the room number.
GREEK WEEK 1988: will have an awards reception at 7 p.m. attheAggieii
Inn.
LEBANESE STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet to discuss Muster plans; fc 0 re
7:30 p.m. in 604 Rudder. . w |
TAMECT: will meet at 7 p.m. in 301 Rudder.
Friday
MANAGEMENT 481: John H. Adderbury III, vice president of Soulhwesir
Bell, will speak about various management topics at 10 a.m. in 114 Blocker
RETHINK: Diethart Jaehnig will present an introduction and invitation to‘Si
think — A Non-political World Peace Movement” at 8 p.m. in Room 106olt*
College Station Community Center. There also will be a lecture about “Thai
to Peace: Power of the Thinking Heart."
BIOLOGY FRONTIERS PROGRAM: will present a lecture at 2 p.m. in26?
Sterling C. Evans. For information on the lecture subject contact the biologyj
partment at 845-7747.
CENTURY SINGERS: will present its spring concert titled “A Pan-Americarj;
bilee" at 8 p.m. in Rudder Theater.
PEER ORIENTATION PROGRAM: Applications for orientation leaders?;
available in 108 YMCA through today.
GREEK WEEK 1988: will sponsor a golf tournament at noon at theBryanfe
ipal Golf Course. For more information contact Dean Brady at 696-6089,
UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRIES: will have a Bible study at 6:30 p.m.atM
Presbyterian Church.
CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 108 Harrington
LATTER-DAY SAINTS STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have a sandwich
nar at noon at the Institute Building. There will be an LDSSA councilmeetircs
3 p.m. in the same building.
PHI THETA KAPPA ALUMNI: will have a Founder s Day party at 6:30p-
the clubhouse of the trailer park on Krenek Tap Street across from Central Pan
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Sunset Today: 7:47p.m.
Sunrise Friday: 7:05 a.m.
Map Discussion: The double-barreled high pressure system over the soutlir
states will produce fair and mild weather through Thursday, with increasing
cloudiness Friday and a threat of rain for the weekend. The intense low press
and front off the Virginia coast will move into the atlantic while the nextpacife
moves into the Rockies today and tomorrow, and into Texas Saturday.
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today to 59 Friday morning. Winds east at seven to 12 mph.
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