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The Student Senate, in their last
eeting of the year, approved a pol-
revision allowing the Internal Af-
>ic we can get a ns jj rs Committee to fill Senate vacan-
ies through interviews at their
iscretion.
Previously, the Senate absentee
iclicy prevented the Internal Af-
irs Committee from interviewing
•otential candidates to fill Senate va-
ancies. The revision stated that this
iclicy led to seats remaining unfilled
rhen they could have been filled by
lualified students.
Kevin Buchman, a senior speech
ommunications major and Speaker
f the Senate, said the bill will allow
he seats to be filled immediately in
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The absentee policy was sent to
the Rules and Regulations Commit
tee for further discussion.
Also in Monday’s meeting, it was
resolved that the name of the Stu
dent on the Board of Regents Ad
Hoc Committee be changed to the
Ad Hoc Committee Researching a
Student Liaison to the Board of Re
gents.
“It sounds like such a technical de
tail, but by just saying — ‘student on
the board of regents’ — caused
problems,” Ty Clevenger, a sopho
more genetics major and senator,
said.”
Bulldozer rips pipe,
xplosion burns driver
died to maloti be pipeline.
FRIENDSWOOD (AP) — A bull-
ozer driver was critically burned
londay afternoon after a propane
lipeline exploded when two bull-
lozers pulling grass movers cut into
Bulldozer driver Eddie Martinez,
15, of Alvin, was burned over 90
ercent of his body and listed in crit-
:al but stable condition at John
ealy Hospital in Galveston.
The other bulldozer driver wasn’t
turt.
About 47 homes within a one-mile
adius of the area were evacuated as
precautionary measure,
Friendswood Fire Chief Bill Wilcox
said.
As many as 200 firefighters from
five departments were called to bat
tle a series of pipeline explosions.
Officials said the bulldozers cut into
the eight-inch Phillips Petroleum
propane pipeline about 2 p.m. The
pipe began to leak and a spark trig
gered an explosion.
The pipeline was cut off seven
miles down the flow on one end and
three to four miles on the other end
while firefighters let the fire burn it
self out.
Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack
Junior Cathy Langford and freshmen Tiffany Uresti and Amy Andersen scoop up ashes from bonfire Monday afternoon for keepsakes.
Mandatory reporting requirements
aim to offset farm-worker shortage
In Advance
Indianapolis Ballet to put on ‘Nutcracker’
The Indianapolis Ballet will
perform “The Nutcracker” at 7
p.m. today in Rudder Audito
rium.
The event, sponsored by MSC
OPAS, also will be a canned food
drive for the Brazos Valley Food
Bank. Audience members who
wish to donate canned goods can
bring them to the performance.
Tickets are $12.50 for adults,
$10 for students and $7.50 for
children ages 3 to 12. They are
available at the MSC Box Office.
By Melanie Heldt
Reporter
Producers of perishable commo
dities now must report the hiring of
people who gained United States
residency status through the Sea
sonal Agricultural Worker program.
The mandatory reporting is sup
posed to determine whether there
will be a shortage of seasonal agricul
tural workers in the future, said Dr.
Dick Edwards, an economist with the
Texas Agricultural Extension Serv
ice.
Producers must file quarterly re
ports on Form ESA-92. The first re
port is due Jan. 16, 1989. Individu
als who were hired during the last
quarter of this year also must be re-1
ported.
Edwards said if no reportable
workers were hired, producers need
not file the form. However, failure
to file the proper report when such
workers are hired could result in
fines of up to $ 1,000 per violation.
The immigration law allows work
ers who became residents through
the SAW program to be employed in
non-agricultural jobs once they be
come legal American citizens.
The status report is necessary be
cause of the possibility that a large
number of SAW workers, once legal
ized, will no longer choose to be em
ployed in agricultural jobs, Edwards
said.
If information gathered through
the new reports finds a shortage of
SAW workers, a provision in the im
migration law will allow additional
workers into the country beginning
in 1990.
Edwards said the naturalization
process is much easier for aliens in
the SAW program.
To be eligible for citizenship,
aliens who are not in the SAW pro
gram are required to have lived in
the United States since Jan. 1, 1982.
Workers who were in the SAW pro
gram, however, only had to prove
they worked for 90 days in the har
vesting and producing of perishable
crops from May 1, 1985 through
May 1, 1986.
To become legal citizens through
the SAW program, workers must
document that they worked with
perishable crops, which are defined
as fruits, vegetables, wheat, corn,
rye, cotton and soy beans, and the
producer has to prove that the
worker was hired for at least 90 days.
Because some of the seasonal agri
cultural workers are likely to seek
new jobs once they become citizens,
Edwards predicted that harvesting
costs will increase.
“Prior to the law, there was a good
labor pool that could be used at min
imum wage,” Edwards said. “Now
we’ll see the cost of employing pro
ducers and harvesters go up.”
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