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Wednesday, January 25,1989
A&M dean says Texas is headed
for continuing economic recovery
By Alan Sembera
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Texas A&M’s dean of the College
of Business Administration expects a
steady recovery of the Texas econ
omy over the next few years, and
says the long-term economic outlook
for the state looks bright.
Dean A. Benton Cocanougher
said an emphasis on technology,
service industries, new business star
tups, and major corporate locations
to Texas will lead the state out of the
slump caused by its dependence on
the ailing energy industry.
“I think what we’ll see when we
emerge from that problem is a
strong, better-diversified economy,”
Cocanougher said. “I think we’ll see
a lot more emphasis on transferring
technology to the marketplace, on
the creation of new companies, and
on bringing ideas and research into
commercial application.”
abundance of available space, a sup
ply of relatively skilled labor, an at
tractive climate, a large energy base,
and suitable port and transportation
facilities.
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I think what we’ll see
when we emerge from that
problem is a strong, better-
diversified economy.”
— A. Benton
Cocanougher
Dean, business college
Cocanougher said Texas also will
recover economically because of its
active pursuit of what he thinks are
major growth areas — health tech
nology, biotechnology, computer
electronics and the information
field.
Some of the advantages Texas has
over other states, he said, are an
Continued support for higher ed
ucation is an important catalyst for.
stimulating the economy, Coca
nougher said. Universities serve as a
support as well as a stimulator of
new ideas, he said. •
Cocanougher said that states
as Massachusetts and Califoc
which have had considerable
in attracting new venture stan
and high-technology industries,
have excellent educational
dons.
“We’ll see an increasing nun
of businesses (in Texas) tlia
formed around the notion of
research from the universities
their basic premise,” he said.“I
see it in biotechnology, electrot
some aspects of energy, new mat
als and physics.”
The major obstacles that are
ing growth in Texas are the 4
aged real estate markets and fit
cial institutions, Cocanoughersas
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Children read to help themselves, other
By Holly Beeson
REPORTER
Children all over the world are reading to help
raise money to benefit people affected by mul
tiple sclerosis.
Bryan and College Station students are among
those helping out.
“The school districts in Bryan and College Sta
tion unfortunately have a non-fund-raising poli
cy,” said Pippa Wiley, MS READaTHON coordi
nator. Students are allowed to participate in the
program on an individual basis, however.
“The program really motivates the kids,” she
said. “They read an average of 14 books per
month.”
Every child who completes the READaTHON
receives a reward package, which contains cou
pons from sponsors including AstroWorld, Putt
Putt Golf Courses, Malibu Grand Prix and the
National Geographic Society.
The students who raise the most money in
each chapter receive scholarships to Junior Space
Camp in Florida for a week where they train to
be astronauts.
“It’s very genuine, and kids have a blast there,”
Wiley said.
The children who participated in the READ
aTHON last year raised $75,000 in the southeast
chapter, which covers 65 counties in southeast
and central Texas, including Brazos County.
This year’s fund raising goal is $130,000, Wi
ley said.
She emphasized that the READaTHON can
have a positive influence on the children who
participate.
“In this society we spend so much time telling
kids what not to do,” Wiley said. “It’s really neat
to be able to tell kids they can do good and have
fun at the same time.”
One READaTHON participant who says he
has had fun in the program for years is Andy
Roth, 10, of Houston.
“I love to read, and I like to give to charities,”
he said, “so I decided to try the READaTHON.”
Roth is a 4th grader at St. John’s and has
joined the READaTHON every year since he was
in the 1st grade.
“My father has MS, so that played a big part in
my participation,” he said.
Last year Roth was the top reader in the so®
east chapter.
“I read 300 books in about a month ant
half,” he said. “My parents had to stop me.
“I read before I went to bed, before I wen;
school, on the way to school, on the way hot
from school, and during any free time I had,
Roth said his favorite books are mysteries,fc
tasies and science fiction. The books he readsi
about 180 pages long, he said.
So far this year, Roth has read 35 books
though he is involved in other extracurricular
tivities and has less time to devote to the REA
aTHON this year, he said, he encourages oth
to read.
“If you really like to read and raise mones
a good cause, go ahead and try the REA1
aTHON,” Roth said. “Even if you only raiseS?
will help.”
It’s not too late to start reading, since thepr
gram does not start of ficially until next mom
The MS Society will send everything needed
join the READa THON to those who call 1-81
323-4873.
Group calls Leland, Gonzalez 4 heroes’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Reps.
Mickey Leland and Henry B. Gonza
lez were “liberal heroes” last year,
according to an advocacy group that
analzyed the voting records of mem
bers of Congress.
“I love being a liberal hero be
cause my roots have always been in
progressive politics ... the civil rights
movement, the anti-war movement,”
Leland, a Houston Democrat and
chairman of the House Select Com
mittee on Hunger, said Tuesday.
In ranking members of Congress,
Americans for Democratic Action
gave Leland and Gonzalez, a San
Antonio Democrat, scores of 100
percent. They were among 24
House Democrats and two senators
with 100 percent ratings that earned
them an ADA designation of “liberal
heroes in 1988.”
ADA ranked the members of
Congress based on a set of 20 floor
votes on bills and amendments that
the organization believes most
clearly reflect liberal-conservative
differences. Issues include civil
rights, labor issues, women’s rights,
foreign and military policy.
The next-higest scoring Texan in
the House was Rep. John Bryant,
with an 85 percent ranking. The
state’s lowest scoring Democrats
were Reps. Ralph Hall of Rockwall
and Marvin Leath of Waco, with 15
percent each, and Rep. Charles
Stenholm of Stamford, at 20 per
cent. House Speaker Jim Wright of
Fort Worth was not ranked because
the speaker rarely votes.
Texas Republicans earned no
more than a 10 percent ranking,
with seven of them coming in at
zero.
Despite George Bush’s liberal
bashing during the summer cam
paign, Leland said he’s proud to be a
liberal because it means “doing
what’s right by humanity” — caring
about the environment and the
poor, the desperate, the homeless,
“those who have very little in so
ciety.”
“Some of us are not afraid to be
called liberal and progressive and to
continue to fight for our place in the
sun, and eventually, we’ll get there,”
Leland said.
“These issues don’t have a lot of
advocates or high-paid lobbyists, like
children’s issues, the hungry, the
homeless,” Leland said. “We advo
cate ’the government has a responsi
bility to take care of those with the
least amongst us. Government has a
responsbility and we’re not afraid to
say that.”
Gonzalez, chairman of the House
Banking Committee, was conducting
a hearing Tuesday and could not be
reached for comment. But he has in
the past said he is proud to be a lib
eral. A spokeswoman said the con
gressman votes his conscience and
would not be surprised by the rank
ing.
The ADA showed the House of
Representatives had a “liberal quo
tient” of 52 percent last year, the
highest figure since ADA began rat
ing voting records in 1947. In the
Senate, the average score was 48
percent.
Of the 25 House members, all Re
publicans, who had scores of zero,
six were from Texas. Sen. Phil
Gramm, R-Texas, was one of 11
Senate Republicans scoring zero.
Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, a Democrat and
the state’s senior senator, scored a 40
percent.
Here’s how Texas House m
hers fared in the ADA survey:
Democrats — Mike Andn
Houston, 75; Jake Brooks, Be
mont, 75; John Bryant, Dalla:
Albert Bustamante, San Ant®
70; Jim Chapman, Sulphur Sprii
50; Ron Coleman, El Paso,
de la Garza, Mission, 50; Mai
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Rockwall, 15; Marvin LeatM
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to help STOP poverty
By Sharon Maberry
STAFF WRITER
Nominations open for Parents of Year
Applications for Parents of the
Year are due Feb. 10 and are
available in the Student Govern
ment Office, Student Programs
Office, Sterling C. Evans Library
and the guardroom.
The criteria for selection in
cludes an evaluation of the par
ents’ service to their family, com
munity and the University.
Clay Whitaker, Parents Week
end Public Relations spokesman,,
said winners will be announced
April 9 at the Parents Weekend
awards ceremony in Rudder. For
more informaton call 260-2250.
Texas A&M students helped
bring holiday cheer to 67 Bryan-Col-
lege Station families this Christmas
through a program called STOP —
Students Together Opposing Pov
erty.
STOP is an organization founded
this year by Dan Hockaday, a junior
accounting major, and Craig Head-
ley, family services administrator at
Twin City Mission. Hockaday and
Headley organized a drive to raise
donations of money, food, clothing
and toys to distribute to needy fami
lies.
“Students provided the funding
and labor,” Headley said. “The Resi
dence Hall Association was a major
sponsor of the project. The majority
of the dorms were involved in rais
ing money. Twin City Mission pro
vided the names of families in des
perate need at Christmastime.”
STOP received support from
many area businesses, including
more than 400 meals in gift certifi
cates from McDonald’s and bulk
rates on heaters Irom fun®
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which enabled us to reach lar[
numbers of needy families," He
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ilies had an average of five \i
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and RHA, we were able to giveti
child two toys instead of only one
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worth of goods, he said. 11 tookfo
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cries. Headley said he was pleas
with the results of the drive becas
it served 28 more f amilies thanoiii
nally were intended.
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