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Tien: Thursday, October 20 Where: Spence Hall Time: 4:00 - 5:00 pm Sponsored by Residence Hall Association, Red Lobster, Bennigan’s and w55i/[Choices of a new feneration National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week October 17-21,1988 For more information, call the Center for Drug Prevention and Education 845-0280 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. 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