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Wednesday, October 19,1988 The Battalion Page 9
Candidates call
for cooperation,
improved schools
By Sherri Roberts
Staff Writer
A cooperative relationship between
the local school boards and state board of
education are needed to improve the
quality education in Texas, Texas State
Board of Education candidates agree.
These issues were addressed in debate
sponsored Tuesday night by the MSC
Political Forum between Will Davis and
Dorothy Chandler, both District 10 can
didates for the Texas State Board of Edu
cation.
Court admits
DNA tests
as evidence
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — DNA finger
printing, which links convicted police
killer Michael Lee Lockhart to a Florida
murder victim, was allowed to be ad
mitted as evidence in his capital murder
trial Tuesday.
Lockhart, 27, was convicted earlier
this month in the slaying of Beaumont
patrolman Paul D. Hulsey Jr., 27, on
March 22.
Lockhart, accused of going on a na
tionwide killing spree that ended with his
arrest in Texas, also is charged with cap
ital murder in slayings in Indiana and
Florida.
He is charged with the October 1987
slaying of Windy Gallagher, 16, who
was found in the bedroom of her Grif
fith, Ind., home. She had been stabbed
21 times.
Lockhart also is charged with the slay
ing of Jennifer Colhouer, a 14-year-old
Land O’ Lakes, Fla., girl who was found
stabbed to death in her home on Jan. 20.
During the punishment phase of the
trial. Dr. Daniel Gamer, director of the
Cellmark Diagnostics Laboratory of Ger
mantown, Md., testified that blood sam
ples taken from Lockhart matched that of
the sperm taken from Colhouer’s body.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys had
argued about the admissibility of the test
with Lockhart’s attorney, Charles Car
ver, saying that the test had not been sci
entifically proven.
Davis said the student to teacher ratio
must be reduced to allow the creativity
and imagination of teachers to take
charge in the classroom.
“The great bulk of teachers are very
talented but they don’t have time to be
creative,” he said.
Chandler said the increased amount of
paperwork required of teachers in formu
lating lesson plans was driving many out
of the profession.
Chandler said the increased amount of
paperwork required was the major factor
causing her to leave her teaching career.
She said her 40 years of teaching ex
perience and her extensive studies of
comparative education were the factors
qualifying her for the board position.
Chandler said her visits to countries
including Austria, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia
and Hungary had alerted her to the need
for educational reforms in the United
States.
The near 100 percent literacy rate of
these countries can be attributed to the
compulsory education rules which are
strongly enforced by education officials,
she said.
Chandler said compulsory education
should be enforced in the primary grades
in the United States, as well.
Davis compared the state board of ed
ucation to a local school board, and said
it must take practical measures to be a
strong advocate of education.
Both candidates addressed the contro
versial teacher waiver issue, a privelege
which allows uncertified adults to teach
in the classroom because of the teacher
shortage.
Referring to the standards required to
obtain a teaching certificate, Chandler
said, “When you raise the criteria, you
will have fewer teachers and, therefore,
more waiver priveleges.”
The solution to this, she said, is to in
crease teacher salaries— a measure
which would attract a higher quality of
individuals to the profession.
Davis said that although many districts
depend heavily on waivers to attract tea
chers, certification of teachers in the
classroom must be vigorously enforced.
Davis said the partnership between the
state and local boards of education must
be carefully nurtured.
Chandler agreed with the difficulty of
the relationship, calling the state rules a
strait jacket on local boards which would
function better without the mandates.
She said the rules were necessary,
however, to maintain a certain standard
of quality on those school boards with a
weak educational system.
Absentee voting
opens in B-CS area
By Susan Stubing
Staff Writer
Absentee voting sites opened Wednes
day at the College Station Community
Center and the county courthouse, but
County Judge Dick Holmgreen did not
expect the Community Center polls to be
ready for voters until slightly after the
scheduled 8 a.m. opening.
In a news conference Tuesday, Holm-
green told reporters that he had originally
called the meeting to announce that the
Community Center site would not open
at all Tuesday because he had not yet re
ceived pre-clearance from the Justice De
partment. The site was approved shortly
before the conference began at 4:30 p.m.
by Assistant Attorney General Mark
Posner.
“We had not heard one way or the
other,” Holmgreen said, “and to set up a
box without pre-clearance is a direct vio
lation of federal law.”
The Community Center was desig
nated as a temporary absentee polling
site last week to provide a more accessi
ble location to College Station residents.
Although Holmgreen said that new ab
sentee voting regulations have been ex
tended too far, he also said the Commu
nity Center polling site will be
convenient.
“Because 50 percent of Brazos
County lives out in that area,” the judge
said, “this spot will make voting more
convenient.”
Absentee voting, originally estab
lished for voters who could not be in
their precinct on election day, is now a
system that allows anyone to vote absen
tee.
Absentee voters may cast their ballots
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Nov. 4.
Salutes
Faculty/Staff
Dr. Henry F. Taylor, A&M professor of electrical engineering,
has been named to the Irma Runyon Chair in Electrical Engi
neering. The Chair is one of the highest honors a professor or
scholar can receive because it affirms the recipient’s reputation
as a leader in his field. Taylor came to A&M in 1985 after serving
as head of the Optical Techniques Branch of the Naval Re
search Laboratory in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Harry T. Cralle; Dr. Frank M. Hons and Dr. James R. Wild,
professors of agriculture, have been awarded Association of
Former Students Teaching Excellence Awards.
Dr. John J. Burnett; Dr. Stanley H. Kratchman and Dr. Stuart
A. Youngblood, professors of business administration,
have been awarded Association of Former Students Teach
ing Excellence Awards.
Students
Michael E. Ondrusek of College Station and John R. Moisan
of Bideford, Maine have been awarded the Antarctica Service
Medal. Recipients of the award are determined by their contri
butions to exploration and scientific achievement under the U.S.
Antarctic Research Program.
Salutes is a community service provided by The Battalion to list students, faculty
and staff who have received honors and awards (such as scholarships, retire
ment, etc.). Space is limited and is provided on a first-come, first-served basis.
There is no guarantee that your submission will run. Submissions may be re
fused if they contain incomplete or incorrect information, if you have any ques
tions, please cal/The Battalion at 845-3315.
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