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vacation and spring break, when
very few students use them."
For 1992, however, 10 percent
of the Bus Operations budget
will come from the Department
of Parking, Traffic and Transit.
"It's not a huge amount, but it
shows they realize our point of
view, and we're moving closer
together," he said.
The biggest cut in budget
funds came in the Health Center
budget, which was cut by 5.96
percent.
Brooks said any increase in the
$1.1 million budget was out of
the question, due to a pair of re
serve funds available to the cen
ter.
He also said an 11.3 percent
increase in the Student Govern
ment budget was justified, since
the organization will be forced to
pay several new expenses, in
cluding custodial services and
utilities.
"The increase might seem out
of line," Brooks said. "This is
made clear by factoring in the
new expenses. If not for them,
our budget would be in line with
the rest."
Elsewhere in the new budget,
a 5.21 percent increase in the
Recreational Sports budget was
attributed to the increase in the
minimum wage and repairs to
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the Penberty Athletic Field.
An 11.19 percent increase
brought the Student Counseling
Service budget to $975,988. The
addition of three positions to the
service necessitated the increase
and is intended to enable more
students to receive help.
The International Student
Services budget received a 14
percent increase, since funding
through last year's Student Serv
ices Fee failed to cover basic ex
penses. The budget committee,
nowever, endorses efforts to
fund the ISS in the future with
funds from alternate sources.
In other Senate action, a reso
lution endorsing Legislation rais
ing the cap on the Student Sen-
ices Fee to $150 was passed. The
fee is currently $81 a semester,
and the Student Senate
dieted it will soon surpass the
current $90 cap.
The Senate also passed a reso
lution supporting Texas House
Bill 879, an effort to clarify con
fusing voter registration cards,
The bill would change the cards
to ask where a student intended
to vote not where their perma
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the fat in a horse's
diet to 17 to 20 percent of its total
calories three weeks before an
event allows the animal to bum
fat during daily exercise and
save glycogen for the competi
tion.
The animals will use fat for
fuel as long as they are breathing
oxygen, he says. Racehorses,
however, generally become
breathless after exercising inten
sively for only half a mile, he ex
plains. Without oxygen, he says
the horses must burn glycogen.
Horses can function without
jen for a very short period
their glycogen supply runs
out and fatigue sets in. Potter
says.
With more glycogen in their
muscles, the horses are able to
exercise without oxygen and de
lay the onset of fatigue, he says.
They are able to work harder for
seconds longer in a sport where
seconds count.
Although he experimented
with quarter horses and thor
oughbreds, Potter says the fat-
supplemented diet will work for
any horse doing short-term in
tensive exercise.
Potter says he became inter
ested in equine nutrition because
people constantly are breaking
records for speed and endur
ance.
Despite genetic selection and
breeding, horses have run the
traditional mile-and-a-quarter in
about two minutes for more than
50 years.
He says he believes nutrition
is the answer because humans
have made many changes in
their diets, while horses' diets
have remained virtually un
changed.
"I always had this obsession
with finding the nutritional
needs of the highly-stressed
equine athlete," he says.
Before starting this research at
A&M in 1975, Potter studied ani
mal nutrition and biochemistry
at the University of Kentucky —
what he refers to as "horse coun
try."
In 1973, he participated in the
National Academy of Science
National Research Council Com
mittee on Horse Nutrition
write nutrition guidelines, but
little research was available, he
says.
Two years later. Potter and
about 30 A&M graduate stu
dents worked to determine the
nutritional needs of equine ath
letes, he says.
Besides working on finding
the optimum amount of fat in
the equine diet. Potter is work
ing on ways to nutritionally en
hance the rate of bone growth to
prevent orthopedic injuries.
"It's been fascinating," he
says.
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□ A review of significant de
velopments in the interplay be
tween various maritime and
compensation remedies.
□ An update of marine oil and
chemical spill control and clean
up technology and training.
0 Offshore personnel trans
fer, a review of policy and train
ing on transfer baskets and
swing ropes.
0 How proper claims hand
ling can eliminate expensive liti
gation in personal injury cases
while protecting employees.
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0 Proposed U.S. Coast Guard
OCS revisions.
0 New and proposed OSHA,
MMS and DOT requirements for
offshore operations.
Hightower says Sea Grant also
sponsors an annual 12-hour mar
itime safety course. The Gulf
Coast Fishing Vessel Safety Pro-
g ram is certified by the U.S.
oast Guard, and its 270-page
manual includes information on
navigation, safety, firefighting
and other topics.
He says crews frpm 382 ves
sels from every Gulf state at
tended last year's course.
Hightower says the need for
the course became apparent as
insurance premiums for fishing
vessels rose. He says a lack of
training can result in a higher ac
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higher premiums.
"Commercial fishing has been
listed as one of the most danger
ous occupations," Hightower
says.
The course not only increases
a crew's knowledge of safety
procedures but also has a more
tangible benefit. Hightower says
several insurance underwriter
companies have said they
lower their premiums for vessels
whose crews have taken the
course.
For more information on the
Gulf Coast Fishing Vessel Safe
Program, contact Dewayne Hoi
lin at 845-3857.
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Bush and Walesa signed a dec
laration proclaiming "a new era
of cooperation and partnership."
The statement said development
of a market economy is essential
to Poland's stability and secu
rity, and that the United States
strongly supports Warsaw's
"courageous program of eco
nomic reform."
Bush said Commerce Secretary
Robert Mosbacher would lead an
investment mission to Poland
this summer.
Bush also announced a trade-
enhancement initiative for Cen
tral and Eastern Europe.
A White House fact sheet said
this would involve a $182.4-mil
lion expansion of duty-free
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nese media to claim U.S. institu
tions are havens for rejects froit
Japanese universities, he said
Norris said the claim might Ik
true for some non-credible insti
tutions, but Koriyama A&M'
admission standards are as hijl
as A&M's flagship campus.
"A&M in Japan is harder to gf
into than other institutions,"
said. "There is a set of criterii
similar to the Texas main cantf
us.
Norris added that Koriyami
A&M is a two-year school, and
students finish their educational
A&M's main campus.
A&M's recruiting efforts
however, could suffer becausi
Japanese media attack U.S. i
tutions, even though criticism
has not been aimed at Koriyanu
A&M, he said.
Norris said some institutions
including A&M, are working!
create an international accredi
ing organization for U.S. schools
in Japan
The organization would &
force quality control and weed
out undesirable institutions
Norris said.
The U.S. Embassy in Japaf
also is pushing for an accreditins
agency, he said.
The Chronicle of Higher
cation recently quoted U.S. U
bassy officials as saying the;
"need help in a difficult time,
facing lawsuits, scandals, crit;
icism over lower standards an
cultural misunderstandings."
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antee students will graduate
and many Japanese do not tin
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makes American universities ap
pear inferior to Japanese instim
dele
tions, the Chronicle concluded
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