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The Battalion
Vol. 88 No. 117 USPS 045360 16 pages College Station, Texas
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Senior mechanical engineering major Mike
Walker of San Antonio and sophomore mete-
Photo by Fredrick D. Joe
rology major Michael Giles of Longview run in
Spence Park Wednesday.
Senate waives tuition
for teachers’ children
AUSTIN (AP) — The children of
public school teachers would receive
free college tuition, and local school
districts would have to notify parents
of students who are taught by uncer
tified teachers under bills passed
Wednesday by the Senate.
Sen. Chet Edwards said free tu
ition for teachers' children would
provide an incentive for instructors
to continue teaching and help solve
the statewide teachers shortage.
Under the bill, tuition grants
could be provided to children of tea
chers who have taught in the state’s
public schools for at least eight years.
The teacher would have to continue
teaching while the child is in college
in order to continue receiving the
grant.
“I think this is the type of new
idea we have to try,” Edwards, D-
Duncanville, said.
Other lawmakers questioned the
proposal, which would cost about
$5.8 million per year.
“Where do we draw the line?,”
said Sen. John Montford, D-Lub-
bock. “I just wonder if we’re not
opening the door here,” to other
groups who would want free tuition
for their children, he said.
Sen. John Leedom, R-Dallas, said
the proposal was unfair because a
teacher’s child who may not be pre
pared for college would get free tu-
“T
I here are a lot of
groups out there who need
some frills and fringes. If
we’re going to load it up,
let’s do it right.”
— Sen. John Montford
ition, while many academically able
students cannot enter college be
cause of economic problems.
But Edwards said teachers de
serve free college tuition for their
children because they are low paid
and have few benefits. And, Ed
wards said, the program would help
the state by ensuring experienced
teachers remain in the system.
Presidential hopefuls set different priorities
By Alan Sembera
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
The main difference in the
stances of the two candidates for
Texas A&M student body president
at a debate Wednesday evening
wasn’t about issues but was about
priorities.
both candidates strongly sup
ported increasing campus safety, but
on other issues, Kevin Buchrnan
stressed better communication with
the administration while Michael
Kelley placed emphasis on increas
ing involvement in Student Govern
ment and other student organiza
tions.
The candidates answered ques
tions put to them by leaders ot seve
ral student organizations.
When asked what his top three
priorities as student body president
would be, Kelley, speaker pro-tern-
pore of the Student Senate, said they
would be safety, getting students in
volved in campus organizations, and
getting them involved in the Student
Government election process.
Buchman, speaker of the Senate,
said he wants safety, effective com
munication with the administration,
and a better quality of teaching at
A&M.
Both candidates gave their views
Battalion file photo
Michael Kelley
on how to strengthen the students’
voice to the administration.
Kelley said he would meet regu
larly with student leaders to present
a unified voice to the administration.
Buchman promised to begin mak
ing use of channels to the adminis
tration that are not being suf ficiently
used. He said he would use the
Chancellor’s Student Advisory
Board as a conduit to the regents.
When asked where he would
spend an extra $100,000 in student
service fees if he had it, Buchman
said he would lower the fee, and give
more “office help” to student orga
nizations.
Kelley said he would spend the
extra money to increase campus
safety and advertise campus activ
ities.
When asked how he would mini-
‘mi/cf problems with construction
areas, Kelley said he would try to in
form students of safety problems in
construction areas.
Buchman said increased patrols
are needed in these areas.
Buchman also said he would make
an effort to protect green space
from being lost to construction. He
said trees and grass quickly are giv
ing way to concrete.
Both candidates agreed that at
tracting endowments from alumni is
the best way to keep student service
fees down. They said if former stu
dents give more money to student
organizations, students would pay
less.
Buchman also said he would keep
a closer watch on the spending of
student service fee allocations by
campus organizations.
Kelley said he would try to attract
more money from the state Legis
lature.
Both candidates promised to
lobby the Legislature. They said they
would lobby for more financial-aid
funds and would use lobbying to
make campus safety a budget prior
ity in order to get more money for
the University Police Department.
Buchman said he would try to
give students a voice in the way UPD
funds are spent. He said the depart
ment recently bought a new fleet of
cars when they should haver - hired
more patrol officers.
Both candidates said they would
increase involvement in Student
Government — Buchman through a
bi-weekly grievances committee, and
Kelley through publicity and adver
tising of Student Government
events.
When asked if A&M has the
proper focus on athletics, Buchman
said there were problems in the past,
but the current status of A&M ath
letics is fine.
Kelley disagreed, saying there is a
problem because athletes with fail
ing grades are allowed to stay in
school.
He said more tutors should be
provided by A&M for athletes as
well as for other students.
In closing, Buchman said he
would create a unified voice for the
Kevin Buchman
Battalion file photo
student body to help influence the
administration and Legislature, and
promised to be accesible to students.
Kellev said safety would be his
number-one priority, arid that he
would create a unified voice for the
student body by increasing involve
ment in Student Government and
other student organizations.
“'There are a lot of groups out
there who need some frills and
fringes,” said Montford. He asked
Edwards if he could amend the bill
to include free tuition for children
of all state employees. “If we’re
going to load it up, let’s do it right,”
Montford said.
But Edwards said his bill was de
signed to only “address the shortage
of teachers in the classroom.” The
Senate passed the bill 23-5 and it was
forwarded to the House.
Sen. Carl Parker, D-Port Arthur,
said his bill requiring local school dis
tricts to notify parents if their chil
dren are being taught by an uncerti
fied teacher would get parents more
involved in the education system.
But Sen. Bill Sims, D-San Angelo,
said the bill would punish many ru
ral school districts t hat cannot attract
or afford certified teachers in all
subjects.
The notification would cause par
ents to descend on the school board,
Sims said.
“I certainly hope so,” Parker said.
Senate confirms
three regents
to A&M Board
A US I IN (AP) — The Senate
on Wednesday confirmed three
regent appointments by Gov. Bill
Clements to the Texas A&M Uni-
versity System, but not before
several state senators called on
Clements to name more blacks
and women to university govern
ing boards.
The nominees to the Board —
former House Speaker Billy Clay
ton of Springlake; Raul Fernan
dez of San Antonio; and Ross
Margraves Jr. of Houston —were
approved by the Senate 25-3.
Sens. Craig Washington, D-
Houston and Eddie Bernice
Johnson, D-Dallas, both of whom
are black, and Hugh Parmer, D-
Fort Worth, voted against the ap
pointments.
Other senators, although vot
ing f or the nominees, told Clem
ents he should appoint more
blacks and women to university
governing boards.
Sen. Chet Edwards, chairman
of the Nominations Committee,
which recommended the Senate
approve the appointees, noted
there are no women, nor blacks
on the A&M Board.
Official: Supercollider
needs foreign backing
WASHINGTON (AP) — For
eign contributors to the super col
lider must sign on the dotted line
with specific amounts before
Congress agrees to build the $4.6
billion atom smasher, the influen
tial chairman of a House appro
priations committee warned
Wednesday.
But Energy Secretary James D.
Watkins said foreign countries
are waiting for Congress to signal
its commitment to building the
high-energy physics project in
Texas before they chip in.
Watkins complained it’s a
“chicken and egg situation this
year” and testified that everyone
“is looking for the next person to
make the next commitment.”
Rep. Tom Bevill, the chairman
of the House Appropriations sub
committee on energy and water
development, countered there
won’t be much incentive for other
countries to participate once the
United States takes on the fund
ing.
W ? hen Congress agreed to
spend $100 million on the super
collider last year, “that’s getting
pretty serious, that’s pretty com
mitted,” Bevill, D-Ala., told Wat
kins, admonishing the depart
ment for always underestimating
the final costs of its major pro
jects.
Bevill said Congress will insist
on knowing how much foreign
countries are committed to
spending on the collider before
authorizing construction.
“They are going to have to put
their name on the line,” Bevill
said. “We like to talk in specific
terms and Congress likes to hear
specific figures. I don’t like to be
vague about it.”
Bevill lias vowed not to put the
super collider “on the credit
card” and not to sacrifice all other
important energy research to pay
for it. ,
The mood of the country and
the mood of Congress “is not too
keen on undertaking a project of
this size,” Bevill said, if Congress
has to foot the whole bill.
Asking Congress to approve
the project w'ithout knowing ex
actly how much is coming from
non-federal sources is “asking for
trouble,” Bevill said.
Bevill said Congress agrees
with the concept of the super col
lider and the need for building a
scientific instrument with the po
tential for putting the country at
the forefront in high-energy
physics, but he must have “a good
solid case” for construction when
he takes the appropriations bill to
his colleagues.
“I’d like to be able to say this
country has agreed to do this, and
that county has agreed to do that.
I think we would have a good case
and I think Congress would ac
cept it,” Bevill said.
The Energy Department is
proposing $1.8 billion toward the
cost come from non-federal
sources, including $1 billion from
the state of Texas.
But even Texas is not willing to
begin* spending its share if Con
gress is not committed to con
struction, and wants a refund
clause in case the federal govern
ment backs out.
UT student still missing from Mexico
By Alan Sembera
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Authorities still are searching for a University
of Texas student who disappeared from a
crowded street in Matamoros, Mexico, during
Spring Break.
The student, 21-year-old Mark Kilroy, disap
peared after leaving the Matamoros Hard Rock
Cafe with three friends about 1:30 a.in. Tuesday,
March I T
Kilroy and his friends were spending Spring
Break at South Padre Island.
One of the friends, Bradley Moore, a Texas
A&M sophomore electrical engineering major,
said thev were walking toward the Gateway In
ternational Bridge across the Rio Grande when
thev noticed Kilroy was gone.
He said they had gotten separated into pairs
because of the mass of American students on
Spring Break who were going toward the border.
Kilroy was with Bill Huddleston, an A&M at
Galveston student, when he disappeared. Hud
dleston went in search of a restroom, and when
he returned, Kilroy was missing.
Moore said that when they realized Kilroy was
not with them, they waited and then returned to
their car hoping he would be there.
He wasn't there, he said, so they went to their
hotel room to see if Kilroy was there, but there
was no sign of him.
Moore said Kilroy is not the type of person to
slip away without contacting them. Kilroy and his
friends went to high school together in Santa Fe,
near Galveston.
When Kilroy did not .return to the hotel by
morning, thev reported his dissapearance to the
authorities.
Investigators put Huddleston under hypnosis
Thursday, and he remembered seeing a man
with a fresh round scar on his left cheek leaning
against a stone wall in the shadow's.
He said he remembered the man, who was
wearing a blue plaid shirt, motioning to Kilroy
saving in English, “Hey, don’t I know you from
somewhere?”
Three crimes occured in the same area of Mat
amoros within four days of Kilroy’s dissapear
ance.
A Mexican truck driver was killed two nights
later less than three blocks from where Kilroy
was last seen.
The same night, an American college student
was abducted and sexually assaulted. Another
student was beaten and robbed Friday morning
in the same area.
Kilroy’s friends and father handed out thou
sands of fliers on South Padre Island last week
end in an ef fort to locate him, but no clues have
been found.
A $15,000 reward has been offered for infor
mation that w ill help locate Kilroy.
Kilroy’s friends are trying to find college stu
dents who were in Matamoros at the time of his
dissapearance who might have seen him or the
man who motioned to him.
Kilroy is 6-foot-2, w-eighs 170 pounds, and has
dark blond hair.
Corps door-lock policy will not change
By Stephen Masters
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Despite the attack of two female
cadets Monday, the Texas A&M
Corps’ housing policy of not locking
outer doors to residence halls is not
likelv to change soon, the Corps
housing director said Tuesdav.
George S. Thomas, Corps area
coordinator, said the four recentlv
renovated Corps stvle halls have
locks on the outer doors that are not
used because of the cost of issuing
ke\ s to the 2.200 residents.
Thomas said monev is also the
reason locking doors have not been
put on the remaining eight halls in
the ( orps quadrangle.
A door costs $2,300,” Thomas
said. “ There's four doors per dorm
and eight dorms. That doesn’t even
include kevs, so that gives you a feel
f or the immediate cost, and it’s going
to be done over the next two years
am way.
“ The question is, realizing any in-
c idem is major. Do we overreact be
cause of this one incident?’ That’s
what we’re going to trv to answer
over the next few days.”
Without kevs, 32 new locking
doors would cost an estimated
$73,600.
Doors to all civilian residence halls
are locked at 7 p.m. and guests of
the opposite sex are required to be
escorted in dorm after that time. A
proposal planned for the fall will re
quire outer doors of all civilian resi
dence halls to be locked 24 hours a
dav. Thomas said he doesn’t know if
the proposal would apply to the
Corps.
Meetings on the subject came a
dav after a student carried two rifles
and a hunting knife to the fourth
floor of Dorm 2 in attempt to hold
his former girlfriend and her room
mate, both members of Squadron
1 4. hostage.
The women’s room was appar-
entlv unlocked, but they told police
they thought they had locked it.
Thomas said the Corps does have
a tradition in which locking dorm
rooms is a privilege reserved for se
niors, but that it is on an outfit-to-
outfit basis.
The tradition was never a Corps
wide practice, or condoned by the
University, he said.
Todd Reichert, Corps com
mander, said the policy is not in ef
fect for any outfit that he knows of,
but said it could be involved as an
“Old Army” tradition in some out
fits.
Naomi Williams, commanding of
ficer of Squadron 14, the outfit in
w hich the two vidims are members,
said the outfit does not follow the
tradition of only seniors locking
doors. Squadron 14 is on the fourth
floor of Dorm 2.