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| By Amy Collier and Wes Swift
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Student leaders and faculty members said
they are concerned about the proposed increase to
,he general use fee, yet support much of the moti-
ation behind it.
Some campus leaders said the increase of $14
er semester credit hour is too much. Others said
,hey feared the raise would force some students
out of school. But all agreed that a fee hike would
■astically affect everyone on campus.
Dr. Ray Bowen, Texas A&M president, pro
posed June 15 to increase the general use fee
I'rom the current $12 per semester credit hour to
S26 per semester credit hour for fiscal year 1995-
>6, which would add $210 to a 15-hour semester.
The increase would be followed by a $6 in
crease per semester credit hour in fiscal year
1996-97.
Earlier this summer, Bowen said the increase
was necessary because the Texas Legislature did
not appropriate as much money as A&M asked
for, creating a $6.7 million budget deficit.
Bowen said the fee increase is necessary to
maintain the University’s high standards.
“It’s a question of institutional quality,” Bowen
paid. “We need to retain the quality we have here
— the quality in the classroom and the quality of
the facility.”
See Groups, Page 2
Kevin Carreathers, director of the
Department of Multicultural Ser
vices
“I think that if we have a budget
deficit and have a way to meet it,
[the increase] may be fair.
“There still could be some stu
dents who may not be able to en-
□ The proposal, which would more than double the general
use fee, is receiving opposition from campus leaders.
roll in school. I think that’s unfortunate.
“For every student it has a negative impact on,
there may be enough financial aid to offset that.”
Pierce Cantrell, speaker of the Faculty Senate
“The faculty is very supportive
of the salary increases. It’s been
more than five years since we’ve
had any increase for the faculty
and staff. We’re at a very crucial
point.
“I think the faculty is sensitive
to the fact that it’s not much no
tice, but I think it will send a bad
message to the faculty if we’re not
able to get at least what the Uni
versity of Texas is getting.”
Cantrell
“We’re still a good buy. We just have to keep
reminding ourselves of that when we sign the
check.”
Jeff Prince, Conservative Coalition
vice president of liaisons
“Everyone knew funds would be
tight this year. It was general
knowledge that Texas A&M would
get only a modest increase [in
fees], if any.
“Saying that Texas A&M got its
budget cut is misleading. It was
n’t. Depending on how you look at
it, the Legislature helped A&M
see the money go to underpaid staff and faculty
who teach students instead of research-oriented
professors.”
Migali Hinojosa, Interna
tional Student Associa
tion president
“The majority of inter
national students will
hate it. Most of them are
on a tight budget, and by
the time they pay for
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Carl Baggett, Corps public rela
tions officer
“Believe me, I’m not happy
about it. But in relation to other
schools, we’re still a good buy. I
think if you look at other schools in
Texas, especially the University of
Texas, we re on par with them.
“It’s such a tough issue. I think
the administration works for us,
and if they could find a way around
it, I’m sure they would.”
Baggett
Carreathers
Suzanne Lyons, Residence Hall Asso
ciation president
“I’m not happy about it at all.
That’s a big burden. After 10 semes
ters, that’s another $2,000 for college.
out of a difficult situation/
Meredith Reaves, College Republi
cans acting president
“We as an organization feel
that it’s too much too quick. It
should be more gradual.
“It’s somewhat inappropriate to
put those things under student
fees. Student fees should be used for student
things.”
Patrick Conway, MSC Council
president
“I think there probably needs
to be an increase in the general
use fee, but I don’t think it needs
to be more than doubled in one
year. I think a lot of students feel
it’s too big of an increase, too fast.
“I think students would like to
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Toby Boenig, student body presi
dent
“The increase in the general
use fee definitely should not be as
drastic as $14.”
“My belief has been all along
that yes, students should share
some of this burden. But this in
crease is too much, too fast.”
Boenig
rent, electricity and everything else, they barely
have $100 for spending money for the rest of the
month.”
Chris Reed, Student Senate speaker pro tern
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ment
“We would agree that the facul
ty of Texas A&M University are
the best in the world and that the
University must be able to retain
our current faculty as well as re
cruit new faculty members.
“However, the administration’s
proposal to increase the general
use fee by $20 in a two-year period
is too severe and damaging to the
students that the University serves.”
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Students react to proposed changes
in teacher certification program
□ If passed, the propos
als would double the
length of time it takes
to receive secondary
education teacher cer
tification.
By Tara Wilkinson
The Battalion
Texas A&M students have
mixed reactions to proposed
changes in the teacher certifica
tion program for secondary educa
tion. The proposals would in
crease field experience and add
three credit hours to the program.
The redesigned certification pro
gram is the product of three years
of collaboration between the faculty
and administrators of several A&M
departments and Bryan-College
Station public schools.
The program was recommend
ed by the Faculty Senate July 10,
and was approved by the Texas
Commission on Teaching Stan
dards last Thursday.
Proposals now must be re
viewed by Dr. Ray Bowen, Texas
A&M president, and if approved
will go to the Texas Higher Edu
cation Coordinating Board and
the Texas Education Agency for
final review.
A&M’s education department
is confident the proposals will
survive the state approval process
and will clear all hurdles by the
end of the fall semester.
John C. Stansell, professor of
educational curriculum and in
struction, said many of the lec
ture-based courses of the exist 1
ing program would be replaced
with classroom experiences.
“The students will be learning
the things they need to know and
seeing those things at work in
schools at the same time,”
Stansell said.
Abbey Beasley, a senior journal
ism major, said students need
more practical experience provided
by interaction in public schools.
“It would be better to get into
the classrooms earlier because.
See Certification, Page 2
Two professors receive grants
□ Dr. Gerry Keim and Dr. Clarissa
Kimber were awarded Fulbright
grants to work abroad.
By Wes Swift
The Battalion
Two Texas A&M professors will join a select
group of University faculty who received Fulbright
grants and will work abroad.
Dr. Gerry Keim, management professor, and Dr.
Clarissa Kimber, geography professor, received re
search and teaching grants to teach abroad during
the 1995-1996 school year.
Kimber will travel to Taipei, Taiwan in Septem
ber to conduct geography related research, and Keim
will begin teaching at the University of Linz in Linz,
Austria.
Keim taught in Austria in 1990 with a previous
Fulbright grant. Keim described his earlier stint in
Austria as “a treat” and said he is anxious to return.
“I’m extremely excited,” he said. “It’s really an
honor. It’s a great opportunity. It basically changes
your life.”
Keim will teach a course comparing the business
es in Europe and the United States. He said stu
dents in Austria often are quite interested in the
American style of teaching.
“A lot of the teaching [in Austria] is one-way,”
Keim said. “Professors come in and lecture, and the
students listen.
“At the Western institutions, teaching is more in
teractive. Students like that because they get to par
ticipate more.”
Dr. Richard Woodman, head of the Department
of Management, said the experience Keim gains
from his trip will help the A&M business school
tremendously.
“We’ve got a definite international thrust in our
business school,” Woodman said. “The knowledge
he’ll get from this experience can only help his teach
ing. It can only enhance what he has already done
and improve his credibility, especially when teaching
international business classes.”
Keim, who has taught at Texas A&M since
1974, will also research the differences between
political and social institutions in the Western
world and in Eastern Europe. He will stay in Aus
tria until June 1996.
Kimber and Keim join a group of 75-80 Fulbright
scholars who teach at A&M.
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Researchers study effects of alcohol on fetuses
□ The research, performed at
the College of Medicine, has
found that minimal alcohol
consumption can damage an
unborn child.
By Javier Hinojosa
The Battalion
Research performed at Texas A&M’s
College of Medicine has shown that
small amounts of alcohol can have seri
ous effects on the unborn child in preg
nant women.
Dr. James West, medicine professor
and head of the College of Medicine, said
Binge drinking is one of several factors
that worsen the effects of alcohol.
“We have found in animals that expo
sure to less alcohol can have more dam
age, provided that it is consumed in a
manner that produces higher blood- alco
hol levels,” West said.
Humans can become drunk on less alco
hol if they drink it faster, because the liver
does not have a chance to metabolize.
When this happens, the blood-alcohol
level is higher. West said, and that level is
a good indicator of the effects alcohol can
have on a fetus.
“We have found that one exposure to
high blood alcohol level can produce great
damage,” West said. “This was an inter
esting and important finding. Based on
that evidence, we can say that if a woman
drinks until she is intoxicated, she is
putting herself at great risk.”
West’s research, which he began at
the University of Iowa in 1978, shows
there are some genetic factors that influ
ence a child’s development of fetal alco
hol syndrome.
“Some women can get drunk on alcohol
faster than others,” he said. “For them,
the safe level of alcohol consumption
would be a lot less.”
Fetal alcohol syndrome can result in
low birth weights and heights, abnormal
See Fetus, Page 6