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BUSINESS IS BACK!
Italy Spring Semester 1996
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Students will select a minimum of 12 hours:
ECON 489/:
IBUS 489
Economics of the Eur. Union
Prof. Pier Luigi Sacco
LEAR 332/:
MGMT 489
Culture of Mgmt. in the Eur. Union
Prof. Pier Luigi Sacco
ARTS 350:
Arts and Civilization*
Prof. Paolo Barrucchieri
Interested?
ANTH 201:
Attend any one of
these informational
meetings in
154 Bizzell Hall West:
Introduction to Anthropology
Dr. Sylvia Grider
ANTH 205:
Peoples and Cultures of the World
Dr. Sylvia Grider
PSYC 405:
Psychology of Religion
Dr. David Rosen
Wed., June 21 10-11
Thurs., June 22 4-5
PSYC 306:
Abnormal Psychology
Dr. David Rosen
*Mandator.y for all students
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Monday • June 19,
ents Tenneco: searching for a settlement
Continued from Page 1
30-hour academic year.
“Texas A&M and the Uni
versity of Texas are really a
bargain” Bowen said. “I think
what students are upset about
is the change. We’ll still be
very competitive.”
House Bill 815 allows the re
gents of any university system
to set a general use fee as high
as the tuition rate.
The University of Texas is
also planning to increase its
general use fee to $22, Bowen
said. He said if both increases
are approved by the respective
boards, Texas A&M and UT’s
rates will be almost the same.
Continued from Page 1
that it was discontinuing negotiations to finish
the project. The Board of Regents endorsed the
decision a few weeks later and construction on
Phase II, which was the actual power plant,
was canceled.
“That breach of contract is why we are seek
ing a settlement,” Johnson said. “We have put
over $60 million into the project and want to
be compensated.”
Richard Lindsay, System vice chancellor for
finance and operations, said the System can
celed the project
Recycling
for legal and finan
cial reasons.
Ernst & Young,
a utilities consult
ing group, con
ducted an indepen
dent study of the
cogeneration pro
ject last spring.
permission to sue the state of Texas and th:
chancellor of the A&M System.
♦ The suit must be brought in Brazos County. \ .10
♦ If damages are awarded from a lawsu;:-——
the damages must be paid from money appro - * 11 ®
priated or otherwise available to the System.
* No court records, pleadings, motions or di>“^
coveries made as a result of a lawsuit mayh^L |
sealed from public inspection. "
• The total of all damages awarded may no
exceed $37 million. ^ ^
The cap at $37 million was set by theLegis^^
lature to limit liability, Thompson said. ijcld
Tenneco rep
"... we are seeking a settlement. We
have put over $60 million into the pro
ject and want to be compensated."
— Russell Johnson
Tenneco spokesman
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larly contribute^ Oi
money to the Un;
versity. Inl99i yves
Tenneco andTet^j^,
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can get enough people involved,”
she said.
Sanchez said he hopes to show
University officials the money
making value of the program.
“The administration hopes
the program works out,”
Sanchez said. “If it does, then
we can get some more support,
including financially.”
The summer program is fund
ed by a $3,500 grant from ACUS
funds, which are generated from
residence hall long-distance
phone service revenue.
DeLarios said the program
was modeled after those at sever
al other universities, including
the University of Texas, the Uni
versity of North Texas and South
west Texas State University. She
added that she wants the A&M
program to grow to be a bench
mark for other programs.
“We want to be a leader,” De
Larios said. “This program has
great potential. We think we can
get to that level.”
Sanchez said he would like to
eventually expand the recycling
operation to include glass and
plastic. He also mentioned improv
ing the equipment and facilities,
and possibly cooperating with
Bryan and College Station to use
the campus facilities as the central
recycling center for the area.
“We keep getting better and
bigger every year,” Sanchez said.
“As people become more aware of
how they can make a difference,
we keep growing.”
The University began recy
cling in campus buildings in 1990
in response to Texas Senate Bill
1051, which instructed schools to
recycle cardboard, paper and alu
minum. The current program
covers 158 buildings and was
named the best uni vers ity-run re
cycling program in Texas in 1991.
The study concluded that the University
should discontinue negotiations and conduct a
more detailed study of the University’s power
needs.
State Rep. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, voted against
the legislative resolution allowing the suit.
Ogden proposed adding an amendment to
the bill that would have mandated an investi
gation by the House General Investigating
Committee before a lawsuit was allowed. The
amendment failed.
The Legislative resolution states the following:
* Tenneco Power Generation Co. is granted
neco Gas, pare:
companies to Ter. p r ]
neco Power Gent: w
a t i o n Co., coc t<
tributed $45,50' to rz
In 1994, donations totaled $42,500, and tty ) Jju
projected contribution for 1995 is $85,500. At a
Their contributions primarily benefit the C: fcM E
lege of Business, College of Engineering andtiirsity
College of Geosciences and Maritime Studies, ddithi
Johnson said there is no plan to reduce cor.
tributions to the University because of negolit
tions with the System.
“Most of that money goes to help individu
students and student programs,” Johnson sa:
“The students should not be penalized becatir^® 0 '”
of our problems.”
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Former Lt. Governor Hobby readies fo
challenges as UH System chancellor
□ Hobby has served on
the governing boards
of UH, Rice University
and St. Edwards.
HOUSTON (AP) — Some ob
servers were puzzled when for
mer Texas Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby
accepted the task of leading
the troubled University of
Houston System.
After all, the revered politician
could have simply rested on his
achievements. But Hobby said he
looks at the challenge as a way of
capping his career.
“I can think of few ways
where I could make a better
contribution to the city and
state,” said Hobby, named last
week by the UH Board of Re
gents as its only candidate to
become system chancellor.
“And it would be a tremen
dous honor for people to say at
the end of my term that I
helped make the UH System
better —p or at least that I did
n’t make it any worse.”
Hobby’s new job won’t be easy.
The 63-year-old will be the point
man as the system seeks to find
an organizational structure that
results in better cooperation
among its four schools.
Intersystem tension played a
role in the recent exodus of sev
eral top leaders, including
Chancellor Alex Schilt and UH
President James Pickering.
The board’s appointment of
Hobby has been hailed as a stroke
of genius, largely because of his
statewide stature and status as a
member of a legendary Texas po
litical family.
Hobby also is seen as the an
swer to UH problems because
of his reputation as an intellect
and public servant above per
sonal ambition. He took the job
as chancellor for an annual
“Unlike some politicia:>^r^-j
salary of $1.
He is no stranger to academia.
A key advocate of higher educa
tion as lieutenant governor, he
has served on the governing
boards of UH, Rice University
and St. Edwards in Austin.
He has taught not only at
Rice, his alma mater, but also
at the University of Texas’ LBJ
School of Public Affairs.
turned-academics, Gov. Hok f ▼
is an intellectual,” said Sarai:
Tiede, project coordinatori!| Th<
UT’s LBJ School. “Evenir
heated debate, for exampTISn
he’ll take the historical|ji
philosophical view.”
Hobby> who has a bachel iBfltl
degree in history but no ma :
ter’s or doctorate, shrugs wiy Kat
asked why he never wentt H eB>
to school to pick up ana:
vanced degree. Fac
“He describes working hang
way from assistant professo ance
full professor to deanship, ;s Jui
to lose a vote because some® The
didn’t get a parking span ate t
because he didn’t vote forAqilkig
cause a meeting ago,” Hobhhthdi
quoted as saying in Sunday® class
tions of the Houston Chronicer of
“I think I have some expertoint
with that kind of thing.” 2c f th
Hobby’s political skills sho- Dr.
be invaluable. p4 er
The UH System has btices,
marked over the past yearb r p^ !
power struggle between then 1 '' :
campus and satellite schoolsl; s1 ^ a 1
Downtown, UH-Clear Lako^j^®
UH-Victoria.
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Health Tips
V<7ithdrawal not reliable contraceptive
By Stephanie Perez
Special to The Battalion
A recent Texas A&M health
behavior survey showed that
withdrawal was the third high
est choice of pregnancy preven
tion of A&M students surveyed.
Withdrawal, or coitus inter-
ruptus, is a very unreliable form
of pregnancy prevention. Eigh
teen out of 100 women who use
this method will get pregnant.
A more reliable method of
contraception is the oral con
traceptive and the condom used
in combination.
Withdrawal is when a man
removes his penis from a wom
an’s vagina before ejaculation. It
provides absolutely no protection
against contracting a sexually
transmitted disease.
Many college students are un
aware that before ejaculation, the
man releases pre-ejaculatory flu
id, which contains enough sperm
to cause pregnancy. Because
there is no barrier, sperm and/or
an STD can be transmitted
through contact, pre-ejaculatory
fluid and vaginal secretions.
The only true barrier to any
fluid exchange is to use a condom.
If used correctly, the condom
can be a reliable method of preg
nancy and STD prevention. By
using a condom, the responsibili
ty of the man to withdraw is al
leviated as well as the anxiety
that may accompany both part
ners when using coitus interrup-
tus as a form of birth control.
For further information about
pregnancy prevention and STDs,
students can contact the Health
Education Center, Room 16,
Beutel Health Center.
Tuition proposal would
let Texans prepay college
□ Parents will be able to
pay their children's fu
ture tuition and fees at
close to today's prices.
Italy Spring ‘96 for
Future Teachers!
Study with TAMU in Castiglion Fiorentino at
the TAMU Study Abroad Center in Europe!
Your international experience could be your
students’ first look at the world!
Interested? Please come to an informational
meeting in 154 Bizzell Hall West on:
Wednesday, June 21
Thursday, June 22
3-4
10 - 11
For more information, contact:
Prof. John Hoyle
203 HECC
845-2748
Prof. Lynn Burlbaw
330 HECC
845-6195
Study Abroad Programs • 161 Bizzell Hall West • 845-0544
DALLAS (AP) — Texans will
be able to prepay college tuition
under a new state law, but
some officials and experts still
wonder what the ramifications
of the bill will be.
Under a bill signed by Gov.
George W. Bush on Saturday,
Texans will be able to prepay
their children’s future college
tuition and fees at close to to
day’s prices.
But some experts wonder
whether the day is approaching
when college admissions officers
take a student’s “fundability”
into account, as well as his or
her admissibility.
“When you’re an admissions
officer, looking at 10,000 stu
dents with prepaid contracts and
another 10,000 who don’t have
prepaid tuition plans, and
they’re equally admittable, who
are you going to admit?” said
University of Houston law pro
fessor Michael Olivas.
Olivas, author of “Prepaid Col
lege Tuition Programs: Promises
and Problems,’’ believes that
needier students who are acade
mically qualified would lose out.
State Comptroller John Sharp,
whose office will head the pro
gram, said the prepaid-tuition
plan is meant to “lock in” tuition
and fees at current prices “from
the point the child is bom.”
“If they double, triple,
quadruple over an 18-year peri
od of time, you’re covered,” said
Sharp. “It’s paid for.”
But Olivas said he believes
state legislatures may also even
tually view prepaid tuition con
tracts as university assets, mak-
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The
raws
ing higher education more'-J-dro
nerable to a budget ax. T> r
Colleges would then siin;t uc i e]
raise tuition, he said. h. e co
“With higher ed, public ro “Th
and public schools coming to; a g|
all asking for more money,
going to get cut first?” Olivas s
The Dallas Morning News for re f a
Sunday editions. “Schools' Lan gj
have to jack up tuition.” p a -
Dallas financial plannerE^] £
Perryman said the prog r; o r |Vt
could be a good investment,^
suming that tuition and f®-—
continue to rise as they havi
recent years and the purcha®
is shielded from tax liability.
E x p ef
If
Gov. Bush
also quest'
whether t
state m$
have to bs ;
out the fur
with taxpay
money.
The legi®-
tion alio*
people to b-
two- or foii :
year contra®
from the st
to prepay ®
lege tuition and fees for childri’
under the age of 18.
The buyers must be Tes-
residents or the children
Texas residents.
When the child enrolls in a 1 *
of Texas’ public colleges or#
versifies, the comptroller tra®
fers the cash value of the c
tract to the school. The stud®
would be guaranteed thatI s
ition and fees would be covere®
Many of the details haver
to be worked out, but officii
say the plan will pay for itself
Legislators expect the ini®
est that will accrue on the c/
tracts will be more than eno#
to operate the program.
The program goes into efk
Sept. 1, and the state will bq.
selling contracts after Jan. 1.