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Koldus also is responsible for FACT, the First Aggie Contact Team, in which students are con tacted six weeks into the semester to make sure they are adjusting to campus life. "It is one other way to reach out," he said. Koldus came to Texas A&M in August 1973 after working at East Texas State University for 10 years in several different capacities. When he arrived at Texas A&M, enrollment was 18,000. Since his arrival at A&M, Koldus has overseen the division of student services which consists of nine student departments rang ing from the Corps of Cadets to Student Health Services to the Memorial Student Center. The departments deal with students outside of the classroom. James R. Reynolds, director of the MSC, said Koldus has shown genuine support for the students in the MSC. "The students in the MSC have a tremendous amount of authority in dealing with its programs," Reynolds said. "John Koldus has always asked the right questions and has been very supportive and courageous in his support of the students." Koldus does not limit his con tact to students at Texas A&M. "I also write to youngsters (usually 7th, 8th and 9th graders) I meet and keep up a correspon dence with them to try to interest them in going to school," Koldus said. Koldus also attends Mother's Clubs meetings in order to meet the parents of A&M students. "Not a day has gone by at A&M where a parent has not called," he said. As Koldus has been reaching out to help the students, the stu dents have reciprocated his feel ings, he said. "The students in turn stay in touch with me when they leave," he said. "I follow their careers, and they come by the house and write letters. The announcement of my retirement has just brought in a stream of calls and notes. That's been the fun part." Koldus and his family have lived in Texas for 32 years. He will continue to live in Bryan-Col- lege Station after his retirement. "We love A&M," Koldus said. "It is a great place to live. Plus, the kids surround us." His four children live in Fort Worth, Dallas, Lake Jackson and Houston. Koldus has lived on campus in the white, two-story house next to the parking garage on the south- side of campus. A basketball goal sits in the drive. His wife, Mary Dell, even had a spotlight installed with a switch outside so students can play whenever they want. Koldus and his wife raised all four of their children on campus. Three grad uated from A&M. "The reality is John's wife, Mary Dell, and the four Koldus children have all made a great im pact on the campus," Reynolds said. "They have lived in the middle of the campus. Their fam ily values have illustrated and in fluenced the Aggie spirit." Upon his retirement, Koldus plans to write, research, travel, play a little golf and update his computer skills as well as spend more time with his wife and chil dren. "I plan to be in more control of my time," he said. "I've enjoyed my job immensely. I've been a vice president for 25 years. It's not like I'm retiring at an early age. I'm not retiring from life, just from this position." Those who have worked close ly with Koldus hate to see him leave. "It has been an absolute privi lege and joy to work with John and to work on the same goals and priorities on providing the best education we can," Gage said. "He will leave big shoes that I would hate to fill. He has done a superb job in providing an overall supportive atmosphere for stu dents to achieve in the classroom and in their personal develop ment." Reynolds said, "John Koldus has never been too busy to help an individual student. This is one of the reasons the Aggie spirit is still alive. This is his legacy." Koldus said, "The central theme to my life has been people. I enjoy being in service with oth ers. It has been both very fulfill ing and rewarding to have this opportunity." As for the future of A&M, Koldus sees the quality of acade mic and student life only getting better. Senate Continued from Page 1 there are over 148 pages of lawyers," Zaeske said. "That is entirely too many lawyers and that causes a problem in the med ical field because they are always looking for a place to sue." Besides federally funded medi cine, the candidates said, another issue confronting Texans is gov ernment-supported abortions. Most of the candidates agreed that while abortions could be con sidered murder and should not be used as a birth control method, it is still a woman's choice. "This is the biggest bill in front of Congress in probably its histo ry," Republican candidate Thom as Spink said. "Pro-life is the way but the decision belongs to the woman." Republican Stephen Hopkins, who recently began running anti abortion advertisements, said shock treatment is the only way to inform the public about abortions. "Four thousand and four hun dred innocent human beings are being ripped apart in their moth er's womb everyday," Hopkins said. "This is no laughing matter and one that I want to change." The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) be tween Canada, Mexico and the United States drew mixed re sponses from the panel of candi dates. Some said they supported the agreement as it stood, others wanted to make changes, while others wanted to do away with it totally. "This is a great opportunity for America to expand into Canada and Mexico," Democratic candi date Sonny Payne said. "But we need to make sure we have sensi ble people to look at and make sure it is fair to both countries. Partisan politics need to be purged." Independent candidate Louis Davis had a simple answer. "I am an isolationist and I would hate to see American com panies go out of business," Davis said. "This needs to be forgotten.*'' Draheim said NAFTA should be left as it is, with no changes. "It is a good idea that will in crease returns to high skilled workers," Draheim said. "We will be able to forge partnerships with our close neighbors." The Texas A&M student chap ter of United We Stand, America and MSC Political Forum served as hosts for the debate. 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