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What’s Up
Wednesday, August 5,
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Co-op education director suffered from tumor complications
By Robin Roach
The Battalion
Dr. Steven A. Yates, 48, died Monday due to com
plications with a brain tumor. Yates served as execu
tive director of Texas A&M University's Career Cen
ter since May 1991.
Yates was known as a national leader in coopera
tive education. He previously served as director of
Texas A&M's cooperative education program during
which time the program grew to be the third largest
cooperative education program in the nation.
Wayne Terrell assumed Yates' position as execu
tive director when he was diagnosed with the tumor.
Terrell had worked with Yates for 12 years.
"He was highly regarded nationally among his
colleagues in the co-op profession and his death
comes as a shock to all of us," Terrell said in a re
leased statement.
Yates is survived by his wife and three children.
Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday at the
A&M Church of Christ and graveside services will
follow.
Donations may be made to the Steve Yates Schol
arship Fund for Cooperative Education Students in
care of the Texas A&M University Development
Foundation, P.O. Box J7, College Station, 77844.
Panel recommends federal crime status
for parents failing to pay child support
WASHINGTON (AP) - Call
ing the nation's system of child
support enforcement “a dinosaur
mired in paper/' a federal panel
recommended Tuesday that Con
gress make it a federal crime for a
parent to willfully fail to pay sup
port.
The U.S. Commission on Inter
state Child Support also recom
mended making increased use of
the Internal Revenue Service to
enforce child-support orders.
It called for requiring new em
ployees to disclose on IRS W-4
withholding forms whether
they've been ordered to pay sup
port, and requiring employers to
withhold the support payments
from their pay checks. It said the
IRS “should be required to give
high priority" to requests for col
lection in delinquent child sup
port cases.
To target the £ elf-employed,
the commission would empower
states to suspend professional and
occupational licenses, such as a
law license or carpenter's permit,
for failure to make support pay
ments.
It also would encourage states
to revoke drivers' licenses and car
registrations in such cases.
“The child-support system is
broken," said Margaret Campbell
Haynes, a Washington lawyer and
chairman of the panel, created by
Congress in 1988 to study the sys
tem.
“Today, millions of children in
the United States fail to receive
the financial support they are
owed,"/he commission said in its
bulky report.
Panel members contended that
the recommendations represent a
middle ground in the debate over
increasing enforcement of child
support payments by divorced or
absent parents.
It stopped short of calling for
establishment of a new federal
child-support system.
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Fuel cleanup fund needs money
AUSTIN (AP) — A fund that pays for cleaning up
after leaking fuel storage tanks needs at least four
times as much money — or $240 million a year — to
address the problem, the Texas Water Commission
said Tuesday.
The program now receives about $60 million a
year, “but needs four to six times as much for any
hope of staying within the reach of the 12,000 or
more sites currently undergoing cleanup," according
to a statement from the commission.
Texas has about 161,000 registered storage tanks
above and below the ground.
“When this program was set up by the Legisla
ture in 1989, no one could have imagined the num
ber of storage tanks that leak and therefore require
cleanup," said Commission Chairman John Hall.
The program was established to protect ground
water from contamination caused by the tanks. The
legislation set out limits on the fee that pays for the
fund.
The fee is levied on the bulk delivery of petrole
um products.
The commission said industry spokesmen sav
they will ask the Legislature to increase the fee so the
program will have adequate funding.
Brooks Smith, president of the Texas Oil Mar
keters Association, said the fee now is at six-tenths of
a cent per gallon. He said his group supports an in
crease, although it has not determined the amount.
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port the program."
A nationwide search will begin
this fall for the permanent ag jour
nalism faculty member. During
the interim period, temporary in
structors will be used.
Some say the recent nebulous
state of ag journalism may have
negative repercussions for stu
dents.
Some ag journalism majors are
concerned they will be "lost in the
shuffle" when they return to the
journalism department, McDon
ald said. Some students felt they
received more individual atten
tion from the ag education depart
ment.
"After working out of the ag
education, students gained pride
in their major, a renewed vigor,"
McDonald said.
"Once they got to ag-ed, they
put down roots," she said. "They
felt closer to agriculture, and they
may feel uprooted."
Still, McDonald believes ag
journalism students will maintain
their new enthusiasm with the
journalism department.
Doyce Elliot, president of Agri
cultural Communicators of To
morrow (ACT) and senior ag jour
nalism major, said she enjoys "the
best of both worlds" because she
is getting training in agriculture
and journalism. But, she won't
feel displaced by returning to the
journalism department.
"It's not really a problem," she
said. "Maybe for some people that
were just here one semester before
the change. It (working out of ag
education) helped* us create some
new friendships and bonds."
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Dr. Jerry Gaston, said the College
of Agriculture cannot provide the
journalism content of the pro
gram. That is why the program is
shared between journalism and
agriculture.
Still, Gaston said the College of
Agriculture does provide the im
portant agricultural aspects to the
program. An ag journalism de
gree comes from the College of
Agriculture.
"But the authority for the de
gree is within the College of Lib
eral Arts," Gaston said. "It's a
unique program in that it involves
two colleges."
Self believes the worst is be
hind for ag journalism at A&M.
"I expect this program to not
only survive, but thrive and
grow," he said. " Ag journalism is
an example of how journalism has
specialized. It can become a mod
el for specializing programs in
journalism in the future."
The program is safe for now,
but until state higher education
funding improves, he will not
promise permanent security, Gas
ton said.
"It (ag journalism) is consid
ered important for the Universi
ty," he said. "Everyone cannot be
a top priority, but if we didn't
consider ag journalism important,
we wouldn't have helped the two
colleges keep the program."
Ag journalism's roots at A&M
are older than the journalism de
partment itself. It began in 1918
with a rural sociology class that
prepared agriculture students
with skills to work with rural
publics. The Department of Jour
nalism was formally established
in 1948.
"Ag journalism is a program
that has a great history and fu
ture," Self said, "and Tbelieve the
future of journalism is this type of
specialization."
Court upholds 1991 convictions
of white supremacist vandals
DALLAS (AP) - A federal
appeals court has upheld the
convictions of five white su
premacists who vandalized a
Dallas synagogue and Jewish
community center in 1988.
The 14 judges in the 5th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals in
New Orleans were evenly di
vided over whether jury selec
tion in the case was fair and the
convictions should be reversed.
The tie means that a 1991 deci
sion affirming the convictions
will stand.
Defense attorneys argued
that they should have been al
lowed to question jurors about
racial bias and to determine
whether or not they were Jew
ish, Hispanic or black. It was
unclear whether any Jewish ju
rors served on the all-white
panel.
In the nine-page opinion
handed down Monday, the
judges who voted to uphold the
convictions said jury selection
was proper and that U.S. Dis
trict Judge Barefoot Sanders ad
equately questioned prospec
tive jurors to uncover biases.
Defendants Sean Christian
Tarrant, Jon Lance Jordan,
Christopher Barry Greer,
Michael Lewis Lawrence and
Daniel Alvis Wood are sewing
prison sentences ranging from
43/4 years to 91 /2 years.
A&M veterans report for two-a-days
From Staff and Wire Reports
Texas A&M head football
coach R.C. Slocum will welcome
the entire Aggie football team to
two-a-day workouts today. The
first practice was held this morn
ing at 7:30 and the afternoon
workout will begin at 4:15 p.m.
The members of the 1991
Southwest Conference Champi
onship squad will be joining the
incoming freshmen and walk-on
players who reported to practice
last week and have been practic
ing since Thursday.
Slocum said the freshmen have
been looking good, and that he
was looking forward to having
his veterans back to work with
the youngsters.
"We're anxious to get started,"
Slocum said. "We will hit it early
each morning to avoid conflicts
with some of our players' class
schedules. We're still in the sec
ond summer session of classes."
The freshmen only worked out
once on Tuesday, and Slocum
gave the class the afternoon off as
the veterans were fitted with
equipment and underwent physi
cals.
The squad will work out three
days in shorts and helmets before
putting on the pads for the first
time this Saturday.
All practices are closed to the
public.
The Aggies were given permis
sion from the NCAA to begin
practices earlier than usual be
cause they will be competing in
the Disneyland Pigskin Classic,
the opening game of the college
football season, on Aug. 26.
A&M will take on Stanford
University and new head coach
Bill Walsh in that season opener,
the first meeting in the history of
the two schools.
The Aug. 26 date is the earliest
start in school history. The Ag
gies started on Aug. 27 in 1988 as
they took on the University of Ne
braska in the Kickoff Classic at
the Meadowlands, NJ.
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great job, but it just wasn't
enough to keep us above water,"
O'Brien said. "With the budget
cuts in the state of California, our
situation just got progressively
worse over the last three or four
years. The university's funds
have been cut by $35 million over
three years and are supposed to
be cut by $15 million more this
coming year."
O'Brien said he felt if the
economy didn't get any better,
other schools were going to even
tually have to follow Long Beach
State's lead.
"I think other schools are go
ing to have to take a look at their
program, and some of the small
institutions are going to have to
face reality and see that they
can't continue to play Division I-
A anymore, and some may see
that they will have to drop their
program completely."
Rick Purdy, Associate Athletic
Director at the University of Cali-
fornia-Los Angeles said small
colleges and universities are not
the only ones with fiscal prob
lems in their athletic depart
ments.
"I don't think there are many
schools in the nation who aren't
being forced to handle budget
cuts in their department," Purdy
said. "The cost of running an
athletic department has begun to
exceed revenue sources for al
most all of us. That is not only
because of budget cuts from the
state, but also because television
income has at best remained con
stant over the past few years, and
in many cases has dropped."
Purdy also said the reduction
in funds has forced all parts of
his university to raise fees.
"Here at UCLA, the mandato
ry fees have gone up 84 percent
over the past few years, and
when fees go up, it is reflected in
scholarship prices as well," he
said. This is a big problem, and I
don't think there is an easy an
swer to this.
"And, if we do find an an
swer, I'm sure it will be quite a
while."
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coach.
And, this year's team gets to play
Stanford in crispy California, not
drabby New Jersey.
A&M started that season with
three consecutive losses to Ne
braska, LSU, and Oklahoma
State. The team never recovered,
was rocked by a recruiting scan
dal, and Sherrill fled College Sta
tion in a cloud of dust.
But this year will be different
for several reasons. First, the
present coaching staff has much
better control of the team. The
team is disciplined and a testa
ment to that is the summer work-
out program.
Head coach R.C. Slocum
should be congratulated. He has
not let the inmates run the asy
lum as rumors dictated Sherrill
did during his tenure at A&M.
Secondly, the youth of this
team will be a very important
characteristic. In 1988, the A&M
team was dominated by seniors.
After starting 0-3, they appeared
to throw in the towel for any na
tional recognition. This is not to
say they were quitters but the en
thusiasm seemed to wane.
The 1992 A&M squad is hun
gry and energetic. They want re
spect; a chance to prove last sea
son was no fluke. So if they do,
heaven forbid, start the season
with a loss or two, do not discard
this team as a tragedy.
The talent is there for a banner
season. The coaching staff is ex
cellent. There are no dominant
egos from any section that will
try to hog the glory.
Now that the enthusiasm has
been dashed down and ebbed up
again, it is time to ponder what
could happen between the goal
posts.
Texas A&M, in all likelihood,
will have an awesome season.
Can the team go undefeated,
though? Yes and no.
Yes, because of the over
whelming talent that will be put
on the field. No, because of the
National Football League. What
does the NFL have to do with the
A&M's success this year? The
heart and soul of last year's team
is now playing for pay. Kevin
Smith has Dallas as his mailing
address, Quentin Coryatt, Indi
anapolis his, and Bucky Richard
son has relocated just a hop and
a skip away in Houston.
Players of their caliber are not
replaced overnight. Linebackers
Reggie Graham, Jesse Cox, and
Larry Jackson will form a tag
team to try and overcome the
loss of Coryatt. A trio is also
competing for Smith's vacant
cornerback position.
The toughest spot to fill might
be Richardson's empty quarter
back position. The names Jeff
Granger, Matt Miller, Tommy
Preston, and more recently Corey
Pullig, have been bantered
around as possible replacements.
Decisions, decisions.
Enough of the fretting. It is
time to turn free safety Patrick
Bates loose on unsuspecting
wide receivers. Running backs
Greg Hill and Rodney Thomas
are ready to roam opposition's
defensive backfields. Marcus
Buckley is ready to terrorize
quarterbacks into submission.
The opportunity is there for
A&M to garner some much de
served national respect.
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