Friday • October 27, 1995 Campus Page 7 • The Battalion Forum Continued from Page 1 The fee increase will provide money for faculty and staff pay raises and reduction of the school’s budget, Bowen said. “Incidentally, a $10 increase produces $11 million,” he said. Bowen warned students about impending actions to pay the remainder of the school’s deficits. “We will ask for another fee increase next year,” he said. “We’ve got similar problems to deal with next year.” The forum participants also addressed the proposed cul tures classes currently debated on campus. Cantrell said the Faculty Senate has no wish to increase the burden on students. “The goal is that it doesn’t increase the number of hours that you’re taking,” he said. Cantrell also stressed the Faculty Senate’s belief that students will need exposure to other cultures and peoples in order to participate more com pletely in the 21st century workplace to come. “We actually feel that stu dents will be at a disadvantage without some of this type of ma terial,” he said. Silloway supported Cantrel l’s comments, saying the Facul ty Senate bill is well-written. “I feel that one of the jobs of the fac.ulty is to set the curricu lum,” she said. Silloway also commented on the tabling of a bill to repeal support for cultures classes by the Student Senate. “I’ve heard a lot of com plaints from students: ‘Just do something. We don’t care what you do anymore,”’ Silloway said. “The senators don’t feel they have the full range of opin ions right now.” The panel and audience also discussed the construc tion of new buildings on cam pus, renovation of current structures and the addition of new parking facilities. Bowen said the George Bush Library is an extremely important addition to the facil ities of A&M. “In terms of accessibility, it will be just like the Evans Li brary,” he said. “It will be a stu dent resource.” The addition of the library will also bring greater recogni tion to A&M, more political fig ures will wish to speak here and President Bush himself will make the occasional teach ing appearance, Bowen said. Additional campus parking will be added to support the flow of people to the Bush Li brary, he said. Campus parking in general was a concern of the students and administrators at the fo rum. Students expressed con cerns about resident, commuter and game-day parking. Silloway said that students are getting a bad deal when it comes to parking, especially on game days when alumni of ten have reserved parking, and students are forced to move their cars and walk pretty long distances. “We’re the Twelfth Man,” she said, “and we’re walking twelve miles to get there.” Bowen outlined sever- bbb al parking construction projects students can ex pect in the relevant fu ture, including parking for the George Bush Li brary, a 2,000 to 3,000 space West Campus parking garage, and 500 spaces added in a Evans Library parking garage. Campus safety and lighting were also dis- cussed, and Bowen said that since the University had no money to add additional police resources, students should be aware of the dangers on cam pus. “The campus is misleading in that it seems safe,” he said. “I think anyone out there at night ought to be very careful, particularly women students.” Panelists dispelled rumors that A&M would try to acquire a law school in the recent fu ture and said studies to exam ine adding new dorm space to campus had begun. Students attending the fo rum had differing opinions about the purpose and effective ness of the event. Niels Beuer, a graduate com puter science student, said speaking to the administrators and leaders in person was a big plus of the event. “It was interesting to see both the president of the Uni versity and the speaker of the Faculty Senate in agreement,” Beuer said. "We will ask for another fee increase next year." — Dr. Ray Bowen president, Texas A&M Refik Sahin, a freshman civil engineering major, said the fo rum provided an educational op portunity for students who need grounding for their opinions. “I think this is a good outlet for them to form a more in formed opinion,” he said. ' The moderator of the discus sion, MSC Political Forum Campus Issue Director Clint Dupew, a junior political sci ence major, said the discussion went well, and the issues dis cussed were important. “Everyone had a lot of pru dent questions,” Dupew said. MSC: Anniversary recognizes students Continued from Page 1 of students, she said, which shows how the MSC has diversified with the student body. Jim Reynolds, MSC director, said many institutions come and go, but the MSC has shown it is still accommodating the needs of students by celebrating a 45th anniversary. Reynolds, who has worked with the MSC for 17 years, said the goals of the MSC have remained unchanged, but some philosophies have been rethought to encourage growth within the MSC organizations. “The MSC was losing vitality in the late 1970s,” he said. “The problem was that the organizational structure did not allow the MSC to incorporate new organizations and students. This changed in the early 1980s. “We have tripled the number of students [involved] and quadrupled the number of programs the MSC offers each year.” Reynolds said the MSC has improved the quality and magnitude of programs being produced. He said the students involved with the MSC are learning greater leader ship skills by working with world leaders. “There is a whole host of things we can do that we couldn’t do 15 years ago,” he said. “Bringing in speakers like Jimmy Carter, Colon Powell, Margaret Thatcher gives students an opportunity to produce world-class programs. “Students can ask questions and work closely with people who have created the environment of the last few decades of this century.” Reynolds said the MSC anniversary rec ognizes the students, past and present , who have made the MSC what it is today. Arts & Graft Market Oct. 27, 28, 29 Post Oak Mall Sponsored By Brazos Valley Art League Floppy Joe’5 and Cutting Edge 5oftware Technologies present NET WARS Command & Conquer, Doom II, Mortal Kombat 3, plus many more... Sunday, October 29th 1:00 - 9:00pm FREE Fun, Food, Prizes and Special Deals! 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