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1 Page 6 The Battalion Thursday, March 5, Minority enrollment decline results from lack of funding Student Senate scales down Countries Continued from Page 1 Continued from Page 1 others — Texas, North Texas and Texas Tech — all showed decreas- Chris Brown, associate director of admissions counseling, said A&M was not satisfied with cur rent minority enrollment, even though the University has re ceived favorable reports on its ef forts. "Underrepresented students face more barriers between them and college," Brown said. "Many are first generation students, and there is not a tradition of college in their family." Many nationwide factors are preventing minority students from attending college, making the recruiters' job even more diffi cult, Brown said. Budget cuts mandated by the state also have taken a toll on recruiting efforts. "The decline of minority enroll ment is a national phenomenon we're fighting, and the competi tion for those students has in creased," he said. "With the bud get constraints A&M is facing, we're reduced to trying to in crease the pool of minority stu dents with less aid available." When all of the factors are con sidered, A&M has an excellent record of minority recruitment that must be built upon in the fu ture, Dunlap said. "Our programs are successful," she said. "The numbers show our minority retention rate is the high est in the state, and that's a major accomplishment. "Texas A&M's goal is not sheer minority numbers," Dunlap said. "Our goal is to get the best stu dents in, and graduate them in four years." for finance and administration, that their findings on the issue were incorrect. The task force was also told they did not understand the operations of the Department of Business Services. "All we are asking for is some one impartial to review the situa tion," Clevenger said. Senator Rod Garrett, however, disagreed with the resolution. "I think it will do more harm than good," Garrett said. "It'll wind up pitting the students against the administration and putting them on the defensive." Marianne Oprisko, vice presi dent of the Graduate Students Council, commented that the GSC has had good cooperation from Business Services in having re pairs made at the University- owned apartments. Speaker David Brooks said he The Battalion Classified Ads Phone: 845-0569 / Office: Room 015 (basement) Reed McDonald Building AGGIE 1 WANT APS $10 for 20 words running 5 days, if your merchandise is priced $1000 or less (price must appear in ad). For private individuals, not businesses. Guaran teed results or you get an additional 5 days at no charge. If item doesn't sell, advertiser must call before 11 a.m. on the day the ad is schedule to end to qualify for the 5 additional insertions at no charge. 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"With this resolution, you don't have anything to hide," he said. "Let someone else do it. It's a viable alternative." The Senate also passed a bill re ducing the number of seats in the Senate from 69 to 53, and redis tributing them to reflect recent changes in enrollment. "We have been scaling down the size of the Senate in particular for the past two years," said Brooks. "The more competition there is for individual seats, the better the people we get." With the smaller number, it would be easier to get things done, as opposed to the larger group, said Senator Brad Britton. The question of the Corps of Cadets dominating representation of the south side of campus was raised during debate on the bill. "If residents of Southside are not willing to get out and repre sent the majority they hold, then the Corps will, by necessity, fill that gap," Senator David Stone said. Speaker Pro Tern Patty Warhol agreed, saying the Corps should not be penalized for getting out and supporting their own candi dates. "The south side needs to get up and put forth some candidates," Warhol said. In other action, the Senate: • approved a referendum al lowing graduate students to de cide how they want to be repre sented in the future. •approved a student referen dum on whether the student body supports the building of the pro posed special events center. •approved a resolution giving Senate approval of construction of the special events center. continue spy tactics Thursda Yeltsin monitor! U.S., FBI says Writer discusses Soviet life CHEAP! FBI/U.S. SEIZED: 89 MERCEDES...$200. 86VW ..$50. 87MERCEDES...$100. 65MUSTANG...$50. Choose from thousands starting $25. FREE 24 Hour Recording Reveals Details 801-379-2929 Copyright #TX 14KJC. COED AND SINGLES DATE LINE NOW HERE. TAMU and nationwide personals. 1-900-776-4003 ext. 11. $2.00/ pr/min. Adults only. Continued from Page 1 -mer Soviet Union. "I am very skeptical about Rus sia," Pejovich said. Pejovich said it is silly to as sume that a country could change its system so easily. "Only a fool from Harvard or U.T. could think that you could make a model from socialism to a market economy," he said. No human being can solve all the issues, he said, but the former communist countries do need pri vate ownership and a competitive market. Whatever the future holds for Eastern Europe, the strength and nationalism will effect the nature of the West's involvement, Pe jovich said. A member of the advisory boards of the Capital Research Center and the Washington Legal Foundation and an Adjunct Schol ar of the Heritage Foundation, Pe jovich has written numerous books including Life in the Soviet Union: A Report Card on Socialism and Osnovi Americkog Kapitalisma. In addition to his books, he has also written over 70 articles and has edited several volumes of work. The MSC Wiley Lecture Series entitled "New World, New Order, New Defense?" will have its next program on April 1, featuring ex perts in the field of defense. MSC Town Hall presents Texas A&M’s own / LYLE\ LOVETT MONDAY, MARCH 30 Rudder Auditorium Tickets go on sale Saturday, March 7 Rudder Box Office 9a.m. - 12 p.m. and Foley's at Post Oak Mall or call 1- 800-275-1000 reserved seating WASHINGTON (AP) - Ik Cold War's over, but its agent provocateurs have yet to come from the cold. The FBI says the Russians still spying on us. And theRui sians say Americans spy on thet just as much. At first, the FBI thought it wj simply a case of old habits dyiij hard. Now the agency thinksRus sian President Boris Yeltsin want to keep an eye on Washington "More and more we seetkl it's a formal intelligence operatin' directed from Moscow," sai Wayne R. Gilbert, the FBI's to; spy catcher, "We see no redut tion," said Gilbert, whose form title is Assistant Director ofthelt telligence Division. Two Russian agencies are tive here — the GRU military it telligence service and the Foreij Intelligence Service, the heiroftl dreaded Soviet KGB — hesaidi an interview. Gilbert predicted the Russian will increasingly turn theiresp onage to obtaining scientific an high-technology secrets, bot from civilian firms and fromth military. He said the FBI was also ing up for possible spyingb some of the former Soviet rt publics that are in the processt setting up their own intelligeno services with the help of forme KGB operatives. In Moscow, the spokeswoma: of the Foreign Intelligence Servic said the agency would reducei: network of spies in the Units States to a "reasonable" numbe She did not elaborate. Tatyana Samolis, quoted by th Interfax news agency, said Russi expects reciprocal reductions be does not believe the United State will cut down its spy operations given the economic and politica turmoil in the Commonwealth of Independent States. Recent comments by US.#j cials tiear out her prediction. Cl A Director Robert Gates said theJUnited States needs 1 "dramatically'' increase its I called human intelligence colli tion — in other words, spying. At a time of increasing bud; constraints, the United States It nonetheless decided to opener bassies in all but one of the form 15 Soviet republics, in part serve as listening posts to devt opments there. Somebody said get a life... so they did. Two of Hollywood’s hottes women rev it up and take it on the road! Thelma (Geena Davis) and her best friend Louise (Susan Sarandon) embark on a trip to escape the day-to-day grind. But a twist of fate finds them on the run from the law. Set against breathtakingly beautiful scenery, Thelma & Louise is a landmark film filled with truth, courage and honesty. THELMA & LOUISE ©1991 All fcjto Reset«4- . . 2$ *., *. 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