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92 No. 76 (14 pages)
‘Serving Texas A&M Since 1893’
Wednesday, January 20,1993
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Stark instrumental in creating student
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J. Wayne Stark, director of the MSC for 33 years, died at age 77.
J. Wayne Stark, who served as
director of the Texas A&M Uni
versity Memorial Student Center
for 33 years, died Monday in
Bryan at the age of 77.
Stark was important to the
University in many different
ways, said University President
Dr. William H. Mobley.
"I considered him a valued
counsel, adviser and friend,"
Mobley said. "He is not replace
able, and A&M was fortunate to
have him for so long. His legacy
will be long-lasting."
Stark began work for A&M in
1947, overseeing the construction
of the MSC. He was instrumental
in the development of such stu
dent programs as the Opera and
Performing Arts Society (OPAS),
the Student Conference on Na
tional Affairs (SCONA), and the
Great Issues and Political Forum
programs, which have attracted
both world leaders and interna
tionally acclaimed performers to
A&M.
The MSC is now credited with
being the largest student activi
ties program of its type in the
world, MSC director James R.
Reynolds said in a press release.
Mobley said Stark was consid
ered one of the most influential
persons to ever serve A&M.
"I think Stark had as much of a
positive influence on the Univer
sity, students, and former stu
dents as any individual who has
ever served here," he said. "He
had a profound effect on many,
many students in terms of goals
and aspirations, and was a link to
many former students even after
his retirement."
Following Stark's retirement
from the MSC in 1980, he contin
ued to serve the University as
special assistant to Mobley.
Stark graduated from high
school in Winters, Texas and re
ceived a bachelor's degree in his
tory from A&M in 1939. He at
tended the University of Texas
Law School but withdrew be
cause of World War II, serving
with distinction in the European
Theater.
In addition to his service to
A&M, Stark was also involved
with various arts and civic activi
ties in Bryan-College Station and
across the state. He was a former
president of the Association of
College Unions-Intemational and
retired from the U.S. Army Re
serve as a lieutenant colonel.
Stark was awarded the Andy
Anderson Award by the Arts
Council of the Brazos Valley in
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Complex
Issues await
Clinton,
experts say
By STEPHANIE PATTILLO
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As President-elect Bill Clinton
spares to take the oath of office,
sis met with great uncertainty
ad expectation on issues such as
economy, health care and Sad-
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JtParty chairman, said. "Clinton
sbright; he likes policy, and he
ill be able to help the economy
.'cover across the board."
George Edwards III, director
for the Center for Presidential
indies at Texas A&M, said Amer-
ans will be substantially disap
pointed with Clinton's plan to im
prove the economy.
The things that need to be
ie are contradictory," he said.
Deficit reduction and fiscal stim-
is are not compatible."
Edwards said the biggest eco-
omic question for Clinton is
hether to employ short-term
Smulus to the economy or long-
?rm structural improvements.
"This (long-term) would mean
fflprovements in education, hu-
nan capital and fiscal infrastruc-
iure," he said.
Not only does the economy
leed a change, experts say health
ire is a major problem for most
Americans.
"With the election of Clinton,
people are expecting everyone to
’eceive health care but without the
tost," Rodger Lewis, Brazos
County Republican Party chair
man, said. "They are expecting
be government to provide this."
Health care is a nightmare,
ames said, and it is the one
promise that Clinton has to fulfill.
"People are dying because they
tan't afford health insurance," he
S5 id. "This is a social problem
that Clinton has to reform."
However, Edwards said Clin
ton has already begun breaking
Promises even before he takes of-
Bill could cause
deficit for A&M
By REAGON CLAMON
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Texas A&M may face a budget
deficit in 1995 if a state bill passes
without a university-approved 3
percent faculty pay raise, a uni
versity official told the Faculty
Senate Tuesday night.
Dr. E. Dean Gage, Texas A&M
provost and se-
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mor vice presi
dent, said the
current appro
priations bill al
lows for pas
sage of the Uni
versity budget
for the 1994 fis
cal year with
out cuts. How
ever, 1995 is a
different story.
"The bad news is . . . for some
reason, this 3 percent salary in
crease that you just got in Decem
ber was carried into '94 but was
not carried into 1995," Gage said.
Gage said the budget summary
explicitly allows for a carry over
from earlier budgets, and the uni
versity would discuss it with the
state senate finance committee.
Another alarming component
in the appropriations bill. Gage
said, is a resolution cutting the
state contribution to state employ-
ee's Optional Retirement Pro
gram. The program gives a return
on employee contributions of 8.5
percent, and the state currently
supplies the program with 7.31
percent.
Under the new bill, the state
would only contribute 6 percent.
Institutions have to make up the
remaining interest from their own
appropriations.
"That is the most alarming ele
ment of (the bill) that we currently
see," Gage said. "That is at the
top of our list of discussions in the
budget testimony we will be giv
ing.
The Senate committee began
hearings for state agencies last
Thursday. Texas A&M will get its
hearing this Friday.
Among other Faculty Senate
business, a proposal to raise the
current foreign language require
ment of the University core cur
riculum was defeated 35-24 after
some senators expressed concern
that the change would discrimi
nate against incoming freshmen
from small high schools.
The change would prohibit in
coming students from being ad
mitted until they had completed
the university's foreign language
requirement.
Dr. Karen Kubena, associate
professor of animal sciences,
spoke in opposition of the propos
al.
"Individuals who graduate
from A, AA, and even AAA high
schools in the state of Texas . . .
may not have the opportunity to
take a foreign language as a high
school student," Kubena said.
"These individuals would be re
quired to take two courses of for
eign language prior to admission
and have to be admitted to A&M
as transfer students and meet
transfer requirements.
"It really is a question of dis
crimination."
Kubena said she would sup
port a modified motion that
would give special consideration
to students that did not have the
opportunity to take a foreign lan
guage in high school.
Schedule change
Tentative plans on drawing table for
change in / 93- / 94 academic calendar
By JASON COX
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The spring semester began mid-week in order to have the same
number of days as the fall semester, but following a tentative revision
in the academic calendar, both semesters of the '93-'94 school year will
begin on a Monday, said Texas A&M registrar Don Carter.
Some faculty had concerns about starting the semester mid-week.
Carter said, and he speculated that starting on a Monday may offer
more flexibility in scheduling lessons.
Carter also said when a semester starts mid-week, students may feel
compelled to skip classes and begin school on the next full week.
Student Body President Steve Beller said he feels that starting class
on Wednesday would encourage student attendance.
"You can look at it two ways — starting class at the beginning of the
week is psychological," Beller said. "It's a fresh start, but starting class
on Wednesday gives students an opportunity to get moved in and get
everything taken care of on Monday and Tuesday."
Dr. Ron Kaiser, chairman of the Academic Affairs Committee, said
that the Faculty Senate is in the process of reviewing the present calen
dar but "hasn't worked out the details" in balancing the dates and
hopes to add an extra reading day in future semesters.
Work on the academic calendar begins one-and-a-half to two years
in advance and is initiated by the registrar.
After the registrar's office forms a tentative calendar, it is submitted
for review to the Academic Operations Committee and the Graduate
Operations Committee which are made up of assistant and associate
deans and other administrators who deal with student life.
If approved, the schedule is sent to the Academic Program Commit
tee. Comprised of full deans, vice presidents and associate provosts,
the committee has the opportunity for input before sending it to the
Faculty Senate, which ultimately recommends approval to the president.
Bryan man seeks to fill
vacancy in U.S. Senate
By JEFF GOSMANO
JOHN BARTRAM/Thc Battalion
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Workers shovel mud at Wolf Pen Creek in a
attempt to dry the ground enough to continue
construction. Due to the recent inclement
weather , completion of the park has been
delayed. According to a parks and recreation
official, the opening date of April 2 will be
postponed until May if necessary. See related
story on Page 2.
Campus march, rally to honor MLK
lice.
"There is no way that the
deficit will be cut by 1997, and the
middle class tax cut will not hap
pen," he said.
Lewis agreed, adding that the
0 nly promise the new president
"'ill keep is a tax increase on the
nch.
But Clinton spoke of other is
A march to celebrate the legacy
of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., will
begin today at the Fish Pond on
campus at 4 p.m. and conclude at
the Rudder Fountain for a rally.
The "March For The Equality of
All People" is sponsored by the
Martin Luther King Jr. Student
Coordinating Committee of Texas
A&M University.
said Joseph Thomas, chairman of
the MLK Student Coordinating
Committee. "He always marched
for a cause he was working for.
We thought this march is a fitting
(tribute)."
See Swarming Issues/Page 6
"We are trying to follow in the
legacy of Martin Luther King,"
Featured speakers will include
Dr. John Koldus, vice president
for student services, and student
leaders from various organiza
tions on campus, including Stu
dent Body President Steve Beller.
All faculty and students are in
vited to participate in the celebra
tion.
"Our goal is to spread Dr.
King's philosophy of nonviolence
as a way of life here at Texas
A&M," Thomas said. "We want
to show that you can come togeth
er peacefully to make a strong
statement for a common cause
and to encourage students to
work together to eliminate cultur
al insensitivity."
Lou Zaeske, Bryan resident
and Perot petition drive
organizer, announced Tuesday he
will enter the U.S. Senate special
election as an Independent to fill
the seat vacated by Secretary of
Treasury-designate Lloyd
Bentsen.
"I am running for the U.S.
Senate to give Texans an
opportunity to vote for someone
who is not a career government
officeholder or a narrow special
interest candidate," Zaeske said.
Zaeske said because he is the
only non-partisan candidate, he
will not be accountable to special
interest groups if elected.
"I am the only candidate in this
race," he said, "who wants to help
grassroots Americans take back
their government from the party
machines, career politicians,
lobbyists and special interest
groups that have put our
government in the mess it is in."
Zaeske's wife, Joann, said the
election of President-elect Clinton
shows that voters want change.
"Too many people are tired of
status quo in government," Joann
Zaeske said. "They are tired of
self-serving politicians."
Rodger Lewis, chairman of the
Brazos County Republican Party,
said Zaeske's campaigns are run
similar to Ross Perot's
presidential campaign. Zaeske
ran in the 1990 Texas Senate race
as an Independent.
"When he (Zaeske) ran in 1990
he tried to be like a Perot but
didn't have the money," Lewis
said. "He is committed to his
causes, but his chances (of
election) are zero."
Zaeske, a graduate of Texas
A&M University, is a self-
employed Bryan businessman.
The Associated Press contributed
to this report.
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