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Thursday, February 21,1991 The Battalion Page 9 *y 19th c; ilson mat cks. )sgood-syr-. ecausehej of race ini: rterbacks;: 'las as quai' is less qua- than Bud o play a It: blamed fol nted. Ever| pie facttkl t. Montan; like Moor loesn'tma: hing staff r| ou mentio; vould reip ; judged or herwise y. Our con- ay the be : racism it Rep. Bartlett enters Dallas mayoral race WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Steve Bartlett is trading a successful career in Congress for a chance to become mayor of Dallas. It’s a chancy proposition, but if he wins and succeeds in getting Dallas back on track, Bartlett may have also won something else — a larger base and wider name recognition for that “something bigger down the road,” congressional scholar Norman Ornstein says. Bartlett, a five-term Republican who has faced only minor opposition in recent elections, says he’s running for mayor of the nation’s eighth- largest city to bring leadership to Dallas City Hall. “He really wants to bring back a sense of unity to the city,” fellow Re publican Rep. Lamar Smith of San Antonio says. “I think that’s his sin cere motive — to help the city through some difficult times, to be a unifying force, to bring some bal ance to the political arena.” And if he does a good job as mayor, Smith says, “he ought to be rewarded. Oftentimes you have to sacrifice the present for a better fu ture.” Another fellow Texas Republican, Sen. Phil Gramm, says Bartlett is sac rificing his own political future to help solve Dallas’ problems. “He has such a great future here in Congress, this represents a real sacrifice to run for mayor,” Gramm says, describing Bartlett as one of the most effective members of the House. 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And while those urban centers grew rapidly in the 1980s, more peo ple preferred the suburbs to the core cities. “It’s not flight” from the cities, said William Frey, a research scien tist at the University of Michigan Population Studies Center. “It’s a natural evolutionary process.” Among the biggest gainers in the period was Austin, which got of its 46 percent growth, to almost 466,000, in the first half of the ’80s, when oil and high-tech industries were booming. Dallas grew by 32.6 percent in the period to 3.9 million, and Houston, hit hard by the oil boom and bust of the 1980s, still showed growth of 19.7 percent to 3.7 million. San An tonio grew by 21.5 percent to 1.3 million. America’s migration to the me tropolis has gathered speed over a century. Still, in 1950, fewer than 30 percent of Americans lived in urban areas of 1 million or more. By 1980, that figure had grown to 45.9 percent. And in 1990, the cen sus found 124.8 million people liv ing in metro areas. That’s 50.2 per cent of the total population of 248.7 million people. The bureau will re port later in the year regarding the breakdown of the rest of the pop ulace —those in smaller cities and on farms. The big urban areas expanded in E art because service industries — usinesses that don’t manufacture anything — played a bigger role in the economy, Tom Kingsley, of the Urban Institute, said. Service industries “have always been more concentrated in larger cities, so when the structure of the economy expands, it’s not surprising the larger cities would grow more,” Kingsley said. Scuba & Snow Ski Over Stocked Sale All bags & B.C.’s 10-50% off Ski Clearance up to 50% Off Dive computers: Oceanic Datamax Sport $310.00 All prices good on in-stock items only, while supplies last. 693-0104 ID ■] BE3 817 S. Texas D MSC Political Forum See What We’re About Lootcino THZOUGH HIS T£LES<COPE, IAeK-SGICT Discovers WHY TH£Y CALL n THE' &EEK CLUSTER. Funding Continued from page 1 ?d from pas ! th the minority student and fac- ilty representation in math and sci ences until it reflects the state’s ireakdown of minorities. I Last year, Texas’ population was 61 percent white, 12 percent black and 26 percent Hispanic. Students in the A&M System were 87 percent hite, 3 percent black, 8 percent ispanic and 2 percent Asian and other minorities. The faculty was 83 xcent white, about 1 percent black md about 4 percent Hispanic and 6 ircent Asian. “Once fully developed, this model ill ensure that when African-Amer- :ans and Hispanics in Texas come to represent the numerical majority of our population early in the next century, they will have full partici- E ation in engineering and science- ased disciplines,” Hiler said. “While it is first and most immedi ately a model for Texas, it can be come over time a national model,” he said. A&M’s “Commitment to Educa tion” program created by Mobley last year will be a main component of the coalition. A&M’s designation as the leader in a statewide effort for $10 million for programs to reform science edu cation at all levels also will play a role. Hiler said A&M consistently pro duces more Hispanic engineers than any other university in the United States, followed closely by Texas A&I University, a predominately Hispanic institution and a new mem ber of the system. Prairie View A&M University, which has the largest percentage of black students, is a na tional leader in producing black en gineers. Laredo State University, with its strong emphasis on international trade, has the state’s highest propor tion of Hispanics in relation to total student body. The coalition also includes Tarle- ton State University, an undergrad uate institution; Texas A&M Uni versity at Galveston; Corpus Christi State University, which focuses on the final two years of college and f raduate studies; and West Texas tate University. Hiler said the coalition is seeking matching funds from various fed eral agencies, including the National Science Foundation and depart ments of Energy, Education, Health and Human Services and Interior. The projects will require the uni versities to work closely with public schools, community colleges and the federal government. One coalition project, led by the Texas Engineering Experiment Sta tion, will involve 31 two-year colleges in the Lone Star State, 67 corporate partners and 12 national laborato ries, Hiler said. 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