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Well, under current law, they get criminal records, and that’s the way I think it should be.” “That’s why I feel very strongly that we need a series of debates across the state, each one focused on a specific topic,” Luce continued. “We need a debate on drugs, educa tion and jobs, because the voters are entitled to know how we are really going to deal with these problems.” Luce, who helped shape reform of the Texas public education system in 1983 by seiving on the Texas Se lect Committee on Public Education, said he would fund his education im provement proposals by focusing on two things. First, he said he would prioritize budget spending in the state — which made $9.1 billion in revenue last year alone — to educa tion, the drug war and helping the creation of jobs in Texas, in that or der. Secondly, he said he would fo cus on line-by-line budget cuts, in stead of across the board cuts, because “you’ve got to cut the fat, not the muscle” in state spending. Luce responded to a question about the Texas Supreme Court rul ing in Edgewood v. Kirby, whereby all school districts in the state will now, by court order, equally distrib ute funding that is presently re ceived from property taxes levied in districts. “It’s either going to turn out to be a golden opportunity or an absolute disaster, (depending) on how we handle it,” Luce said. “If we follow the normal pattern in Austin, and we meet and we tinker with the exist ing system, and we throw more money at the existing system, it’ll be a disaster (because) we’ll equalize down to mediocrity.” “What we need to do is to equalize up to excellence,” Luce continued. “I think the way you do that is by what I call the ABC’s of Texas edu cation.” Luce’s ‘ABC’ plan is as follows: • A = Adopt a 10-year plan on what state leaders are going to do with respect to our public schools. • B = Block grant financing, whereby the present school finance system is “scrapped” and money starts being delivered from the state to the local school districts with “no strings attached.” Luce said this would allow local districts to be crea tive and flexible in their education programs. • C = Changes in the classroom. Luce said this means “reform from the bottom up,” starting in the class room, and not in Austin, whereby lo ll be cal teachers and principals will given more power to change what happens in the classroom, instead of being dictated to by the Texas Edu cation Agency. “I think (Edgewood v. Kirby) can be a golden opportunity because it gives us the chance to really change what’s happening in the classroom, if we take advantage of it,” Luce AIDS (Continued from page 1) Hastings We’re Entertainment! Collesc Station - Culpepper Plaza Bryan • Manor East the influence of alcohol and other drugs in situations where AIDS might be contracted, Keeling said. “Alcohol is involved in a large number of risky sexual situations,” he said. “Those who have sex while under the influence often ignore safe practices.” Drugs and treatments have been developed that can make the lives of AIDS patients considerably longer and more comfortable, Keeling said. “We have developed methods that at least preserve the immunilogical functions and can delay the onset of AIDS,” he said. “The life expectancy after AIDS is getting longer and longer and we are developing a com plex set of treatments to help those with AIDS,” he said. Rhonda Rivera, a professor in the college of law at Ohio State, said ad ministrators need to set specific cam pus-wide policies for dealing with AIDS-related crises and patients. She also said administrators should form committees to deal with AIDS patients on a case-to-case basis. U.S. courts have ruled that AIDS patients are in effect handicapped and must be treated as such, Rivera said. This means employers cannot discriminate against those with AIDS and must provide them with work as long as they are able. Universities cannot deny AIDS oatients housiner or anything else. Rivera said, and instead of accomo dating those who fear AIDS pa tients, schools should try to educate those who are fearful out of igno rance. Patricia Kearney, M.A., the direc tor of housing at the University of California-Davis, focused on the problem of disseminating informa tion. Studies have shown people who are more ignorant about AIDS have more negative reactions to AIDS pa tients, she said. The importance of peer groups in counseling as well as disseminating information should not be underes timated, Kearney said. Students lis ten to their peers much better than those in older groups, she said. The panel featured one guest who is a very personal expert on AIDS, David Kamens, who was diagnosed as having AIDS two years ago. “I remember sitting in class listen ing to a lecture on AIDS,” he said, “and it all went over my head. I thought I knew everything, but I put myself in risky situations over and over again.” After the conclusion of the tele conference, a local panel of experts opened themselves to questions from the audience. Tyler said since AIDS testing be gan at Texas A&M began nine years ago, only 10 to 12 students have tested positive for the virus. How ever, site cautioned the audience from gaining confidence in this sta tistic because she said many students are tested by health departments and clinics in other towns. Dr. Kerry Hope, the associate di rector of student counseling serv ices, agreed that the statistics can be misleading. “The numbers of heterosexuals with AIDS are very, very underre presented,” she said. Also misleading is the amount of education most people receive about AIDS, Kamens said. “There is a lot of paranoia and stigma out there because we are not educated,” he said. “It affects all of us and we need to understand the roles we plav in helping people with AIDS.” Dr. Barbara Tyler, M.D., a physi cian at A.P. Beutel Health Center, said the center offers confidential testing for AIDS and counseling to explain the tests. The test results are recorded on a seperate file and locked un she said The live teleconference was spon sored by Ohio State University and the National University Teleconfer ence Network and featured a panel of experts on the issue of AIDS on college campuses. Each of the panelists were allowed to speak on their area of expertise and was questioned by callers from the nearly 300 colleges that were re ceiving the broadcast. 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Luce responded positively question on if he would vetoot into law, legislation that would t a non-voting student liaison tOK on the board of regents ol alli universities. “I would sign it,” Luce said sponding immediately. "I j found it (a student liaison on governing hoard of a school) lo useful component of servingoj; board. I served on theboardofy (Southern Methodist Univeti and we have a student repre* live, and I found it tobeven ful.” Luce, 49, described himst: “conservative by philosophy,Rn lican by conviction and indepeis by upbringing.” In 1973, founded Hughes and Luce.api! nent law firm in the slate. Hq uated from Highland Park; School and received his B.B.A, law degree from SMU. Luce first became involvedi publican politics as chaiim SMU Students for Tower in and was active in the ‘George! for Senate’ campaign. Luce is best known as RossPi attorney, whereby he repreie Perot’s former company, Eletc Data Systems, in recovenngi from Iran by the Khomeini res SAA (Continued from page 3) campus. Eric Beatty, a senior engim technology major who is nota ber of SAA. .it 11 ibuies Ion membership to a lack of publia “Ma\he all of us aren't aware the positive things that theSl doing," Beatty said. “But Idefii disagree with the notion than jathetic. Everyone is apathetic. Everyone is aware tragic thing exists in South. The shack is getting attention a plus.” Zachee Ngoko, a graduates! from Cameroon, Africa, andij member, said he believes than heid in South Africa is everyb problem. / ||| “I think SAA is not reallya lem of only blacks, it isablacko try under white domination,"N| said. “That should effect even 1 . Blacks here‘should be offende: should have more support." 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