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The Battalion Editorial Board
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The Battalion
Vol. 91 No. 101
College Station, Texas
‘Serving Texas A&M since 1893’
8 Pages
Wednesday, February 26, 1992
A&M political parties say Bush
will win Republican nomination
By Becky Blum
The Battalion
Despite Patrick Buchanan's
success in New Hampshire, Presi
dent Bush will win the Republican
presidential race hands down, stu
dent political party leaders said.
"The Republican candidate will
definitely be Bush," said Joseph
Trimble, president of Texas A&M
College Republicans.
Michael Castillo, vice president
of Aggie Democrats, said although
Bush should win-the Republican
nomination, Buchanan's success
will weaken the president's
chances for re-election.
"Votes for Buchanan indicate a
dissatisfaction with the Presi
dent," Castillo said. "I think Bush
made promises to that constituen
cy, and Mr. Buchanan is pointing
out that the president did not keep
those promises."
Trimble said there is specula
tion that Buchanan's success is
nothing but signals to Bush.
"The philosophy is vote for
Buchanan to make a better Bush,
to encourage him to come back to
the right," he said.
Castillo said the only chance
Buchanan has of beating Bush is to
win a primary with at least 51 per
cent of the votes.
"Until he does that, Buchanan
doesn't have a chance," he said.
Trimble said he thinks
Buchanan will not win more than
40 percent of the votes in the up
coming primary elections, and
Bush will sweep the 10-state pri
maries on March 10.
"Bush will win all the rest of
the primaries," he said.
Dr. James Dyer, associate pro
fessor of political science, said
there is no doubt that Bush will
win the Republican nomination,
even though Buchanan did well in
the New Hampshire primary.
"I don't think anybody at this
point doubts that Bush will be the
Republican candidate," Dyer said.
"Even by pointing out that
Buchanan did extremely well in a
state that's been horribly hurt by
the recession, still. Bush got what
in a general election would be con
sidered a landslide vote."
The Democratic race is wide
open. Dyer said, because the can
didates are not well-known.
"I think the Democratic thing is
way up in the air," he said. "No
body knows about these candi
dates, so who gets to be better-
known in the next. . . short period
See Republicans/Page 8
Bleak Future
Hobby blames educational
problems on poor economy
By Gary Carroll
and Melody Dunne
The Battalion
KARL STOLLEIS/The Battalion
Former Texas Lt. Gov. William
Hobby says the failing national
economy is to blame for the
education problems in Texas.
Former Lt. Gov. William
Hobby said Tuesday during a
visit to Texas A&M that the
state's education problems are
tied to the national economy.
Speaking with journalism
professors, Hobby blamed the
state's difficulties on a failing
national economy which Presi
dent Bush has finally recog
nized.
The recession has created un
favorable economic conditions
for luring outside investors.
Hobby said. Big businesses
don't come to Texas because of
the various taxes.
"There's city tax districts,
county tax districts and who
knows, there may even be some
underground water tax dis
tricts," he said. "The current
system is hostile to investors."
The recession has spurred
lawmakers into "hasty" mea
sures that haven't worked, he
said. The current education
funding bill which is in effect —
but is unconstitutional — is evi
dence of this, he said.
Texas and the Southwest are
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By John Lose
The Battalion
The Texas A&M Student Senate
last night rejected an amendment
requiring student body presiden
tial candidates to have prior expe-
[ rience in student government.
The senate instead approved a
compromise amendment which
calls for publishing the candidates'
qualifications.
The replacement amendment
instead requires all potential can
didates to fill out an application
listing any leadership experience -
in student government or in any
other organization. All of the ap
plications would then be made
available to the student body prior
to the election.
"This is a good compromise,"
Senator Cody Burke said. "This is
not saying that you have to have
student government experience. If
people think it's important, then
they will vote for that. If not, then
they will vote for the other candi
date."
Two students attending the
meeting voiced their opinions of
the issue of the candidacy restric
tions of the previous amendment.
Jana Terry said the entire issue
has overtones of "pre-election
elitism."
"I agree with the idea of mak
ing leadership positions impor
tant," she said, "but I think it is
condescending to say that the vot
ers need help in making a deci
sion, and I resent their saying
that."
Sarah Peebles demanded the
senate stop serving their own in
terests and instead consider the in
terests of their constituents.
"I am insulted, I am outraged
and I am pissed off with what is
going on," she said. "I have not
been able to contact any of the sen-
See Student/Page 8
Vote brings
Bryan bars
step closer
City council OKs first reading
on plan to extend drinking hours
RANDALL NICHOLS/The Battalion
Behind the scenes
Cynthia Brenam puts the finishing touches on be performed by the Aggie Players. The play
a gargoyle for the set of “The Devils,” a play to opens Feb. 27 at Rudder Theater.
By Jayme Blaschke
The Battalion
Last call for alcohol in Bryan
night clubs and bar$ is a step clos
er to being one hour later.
The Bryan City Council in a
5-2 vote approved the plan Tues
day night.
The proposal must pass anoth
er majority council vote on its
second reading to become an ordi
nance. The vote is expected to be
in early March.
The plan, which would extend
bar operating hours to 1 a.m. sev
en days a week, means Bryan es
tablishments would conduct busi
ness under identical hours as
those in College Station.
Bryan Councilman Ed Aycox
said he voted in favor of the pro
posal because the current policy
was putting Bryan establishments
at a competitive disadvantage.
"Businesses should not be pe
nalized just because they happen
to be located in Bryan," Aycox
said. "They should have the same
opportunity to sell alcohol as their
next-door neighbor."
Councilman Larry Catlin, how
ever, said while Bryan businesses
shouldn't be penalized, changing
Bryan's drinking laws to conform
with College Station's is unwise.
"If . . . College Station goes to 2
a.m., do we go to 2 a.m. also?"
Catlin said.
Kirk Brown of College Station
asked what effect longer hours
would have on public safety.
"A study done at a major night
club here showed that there were
20 drunk arrests per year, but for
every drunk arrested, there are
1,000 that get away," Brown said.
"Do we really want to extend
hours and dump 40,000 drunks a
year onto Bryan streets?"
Councilman Lonnie Stabler vot
ed in favor of the measure because
Bryan residents who wanted to
drink until 1 a.m. would do so
anyway, he said.
"People go across the road to
College Station every night to
drink, then come back to Bryan,"
Stabler said. "How is Bryan hav
ing an earlier closing time going
keep these people off the road?
Extending our hours to 1 a.m only
gives Bryan businesses the chance
at equal competition."
Rev. Dick Maples of the First
Baptist Church said something is
wrong when business concerns
begin taking precedence over pub
lic safety.
"All studies show the highest
number of accidents involving al
cohol happen between midnight
and 3 a.m.," Maples said. "The
chance of a sober person having
an accident with a drunk driver is
50 times greater during that time."
The strain on Bryan police is
something that must be consid
ered before anything, Catlin said.
"From a police point of view,
this measure should not pass, but
from a business standpoint it
should," he said. "Right now it
looks like business is going to win,
and that's the wrong approach."
Gji Professional School Advising Office opens to assist students
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By Tanya Sasser
The Battalion
Texas A&M students interested in at
tending a medical or law school after
graduation now have their own office to
go to for advising.
The counselors -in the Professional
School Advising Office are prepared to
work with high school students interested
in attending A&M who are already plan
ning to attend a professional school, as
well as currently enrolled students who
need to know which basic courses they
need for medical school.
The new office is performing a service
that has been needed at A&M for a long
time, said Dr. Dale Knobel, director of
A&M's Office of Honors Programs and
Academic Scholarships.
"These kinds of pre-professional goals
for students have different kinds of advis
ing needs than students who intend to go
to graduate school in the same discipline
they've been an undergraduate in," he
said. "These services have been available
on our campus but they've been dis
persed and often hard to find."
The new office, located in the Academ
ic Building, room 203, will officially be
dedicated to the University on Thursday.
Knobel said the dedication gives him a
chance to show gratitude to the people
who made the office a reality.
"The Association of Former Students is
what has really gotten this office off the
ground," he said. "They . . . offered to
supply a major part of the support. This
open house will provide the opportunity
for us to officially thank them."
Knobel said most of the departmental
advisors were not prepared to counsel
students concerning information about
professional schools.
"It seemed important to have a facility
available that wasn't hidden away in a
department or college, but was in a cen
tralized University office," he said.
The counselors are also able to talk to
students who need help directing their
thinking about what kind of professional
school to attend.
Bonne Sandars, a counselor at the pro
fessional advising office, said most of the
students who come in are interested in at
tending medical school.
"At this point, we have been focusing
on students who have been applying to
medical schools and different health ca
reers," she said. "We keep track of how
many students we advise and in one
week we had 117 people through the of
fice."
The main function of the office is to
provide any type of advising service to
students, she said.
"The office in in its early stage but
we've been doing a lot of work in order to
make it a success," Knobel said.