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Editor’s note: “We asked and here’s
what you said” is a feature in which a
reporter and a photographer choose
10 people from around campus and
asked them a question chosen by the
editor. The responses do not nec
essarily reflect the opinions of the
B-^talion staff.
Do you support a state tax increase to finance public education reform?
Jeffery Willis
Junior — Accounting
Yorktown
Yes, because a state income tax
keeps more money inside the state,
instead of going to national (govern
ment), which would get divided
among all the 50 states.
Ruthann Gray
Junior — Education
College Station
Yes, I do because something has
to be done for more funds for edu
cation since there are not currently
enough to go around.
Kelly Jones
Freshman — Political Science
Houston
Yes, I do because schooling right
now is bad. You do need a state tax
because it’s the state’s responsibility
to educate the leaders of tomorrow.
Allen Rush
Junior— Psychology
Lufkin
Yes, I do because I don’t think
you can’t put a price tag on educa
tion. It’s far too important. Texas is
trying to become one of the movers
and shakers in the U.S. economy
and we need to be as well or better
educated than everyone else.
Sherri Williams
Senior — Psychology
Brady
Yes, I do. The world that we’re
living in is changing and we need to
have an understanding of why these
changes are occurring. That’s where
education steps in. If we can channel
funds into other areas, surely we can
invest in education.
David Caldwell
Junior — Industrial Distribution
Austin
I do support taxes for education,
but taxes for other things I don’t. I
think they can find the money in
other programs where they’re wast
ing money, like in the highway de
partment, for instance. They had a
big budget. They should switch
things like that.
Joyce Sylvester
Assistant lecturer of French
Yes, / do because I think educa
tion is very important. We should
use every means we can to make it
better and to bring up the average
SA T scores for high school students.
Hung Tran
Senior — Electrical Engineering
Houston
No, it’s not necessary because it’s
no guarantee students will study
harder or the number of students
who enroll in school will increase. It
all depends on how the lower levels
— high school and junior high —- are
funded.
Karyn McKee
Teaching assistant of public speak
ing
Yes, because I was a teacher for
two years, and I would definitely
support anything being done to help
education. I think every district
should raise taxes to support the tea
chers in their district. We didn’t get
paid very well and we’re the ones
that are teaching the future of
America.
Jim Zemanek
Teaching assistant of marketing
Yes, because I think it’s necessary.
I think we’ve gone through too
many budget cuts, and I have seen
some direct effects on the students
and the faculty, and if we can’t keep
good faculty, we’ll lose them to pri
vate institutions.
Mexicans try
to join Army
for citizenship
BROWNSVILLE (AP) — Mexi
cans looking for work and U.S. cit
izenship have been trying to enlist in
the U.S. Army since the war with
Iraq broke out, recruiters along the
border say.
At the Army recruiting office in
the border city of Brownsville, Staff
Sgt. Gilberto Velazquez said, “There
was a period of time there for a cou
ple of weeks where we were getting
five to 10 people (from Mexico) a
day.”
The number has started to dwin
dle but Mexicans continue to call the
office or stop by, trying to enlist, Ve
lazquez said Monday.
Tuesday at 7:30 a.m., two men
from Mexico were waiting outside
the Brownsville recruiting office
when Staff Sgt. Felix Anthony
Moreno opened for the day, Moreno
said.
“They wanted a job,” he said.
Recruiters say the would-be sol
diers often are disappointed to learn
that only U.S, citizens or legal resi
dents may serve in the military.
“They’re giving my recruiters re
ports that they have read it in some
Mexican newspapers that the U.S.
Army is accepting anybody,” said
Aaron Williams, spokesman for the
San Antonio Army Recruiting Bat
talion. The battalion covers the
southern tip of the state and
stretches northward into South Cen
tral Texas.
Most of the Mexicans say they
want to join the Army because they
believe it will bring a steady job or
eventual citizenship, Williams said.
High school graduates start at
$697 a month, above-average pay in
Mexico. Recruits also stand to obtain
up to $25,200 in college education
benefits.
But the Army does not offer cit
izenship or legal residency.
Capt. Brenda Smash, cornmander
of the Army’s El Paso Recruiting
Company, said Mexicans also began
visiting recruiting offices in El Paso
after the war broke out Jan. 16.
Capt. Smash said a television station
in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, appar
ently reported erroneously that “If
you wanted to become a U.S. citizen,
you could join the United States
Army and we would help them with
their citizenship.”
“The main reason they gave was
to obtain American citizenship,” she
said.
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