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1 senior > an OL ntation. gh (Ori- i willing it.” The Battalion raining 1Q2, No. 146 (6 paces) and the ^^^^^ an. lere are - r eryone, t not to ^ Serving Texas AdrM University Since 1893 Tuesday • June 11, 1996 ; up four already s to say, up over] we have acuity trade barbs over lossible reorganization . Roland Allen says the current structure is ineffective received isponse. I s been lid. “We January Heather R. Rosenfeld was the Battalion pen. Wei 'all. We parks are flying among Faculty signed.lite members over a proposed lion dol-qeinthe governance structure. ve annu- le proposal, made by Dr. Roland Ve’re go-^s,professor of physics, called for a ery year aping of the Faculty Senate into ip.” |he calls a “Faculty Council.” is an in- Then the Faculty Senate was first school, flished, we all had high hopes for "ogram,"sit might accomplish,” Allen said. ;ake full Our hopes were dashed, however, being atit became apparent that the I’m gladiteis absolutely impotent when it ;s me to s to practical action on truly im- Jant matters.” : a memo to Dr. Ray Bowen, Texas ! president, Allen called for the re- dzation. The memo cited several ®b for Allen’s proposal, including a general frustration with, "... a run away process of political correctness carried ... to outlandish extremes.” As a result of these complaints, Allen resigned his seat as a college of science senator. Dr. Larry Oliver, deputy speaker of the Faculty Senate, had objec tions to Allen’s methods of handling his grievances. “The Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate is nominated by other members in the Senate; anyone could have run against me for this posi tion,” Oliver said. “If Dr. Allen had problems with the way things were run in the Senate, he could of changed things internally.” Dr. Steven Oberhelman, speaker of the Faculty Senate, also disagreed with Allen’s approach. “I will use this analogy: A young boy who loses in a game of marbles,” Oberhelman said. “Not only does the boy go home, he takes the marbles with him and doesn’t want the other boys to have the opportunity to play the game either.” In the memo, Allen anticipated the personal attacks and responded in kind. “I have been told that I should not get into a hissing contest with a skunk,” Allen wrote. “But this is the problem with the Faculty Senate: If you do anything that is perceived as remotely challenging to the political extremists, you get hissed upon from all directions.” Some Faculty Senate members sim ply disagreed with being categorized as political extremists. “I categorically deny that the Faculty See Senate, Page 6 Police question three men about church fire 30 southern churches have been burned GREENVILLE (AP) — Federal offi cials following the pattern of black churches being set on fire across the South expected the trend would soon spread to Texas. Their fears were realized twice in a four-hour span late Sunday and early Monday when blazes broke out at two black churches about a mile apart in Greenville. Three men were being held and ques tioned today about the fires, although the second blaze was reported three hours af ter they were taken into custody. Local officials also were investigating two other racially tinged incidents. “The FBI and the ATF in Dallas called a meeting last week where we met with a number of community lead ers about the burnings that had taken place elsewhere,” said Paul Coggins, U.S. Attorney for Texas’ Northern Dis trict. “The FBI and ATF had devised a plan on how to deal with these — they had anticipated trouble here.” Coggins declined to elaborate about why authorities expected the church burnings in Texas. Coggins, who returned to Dallas from Washington, D.C. late Monday night, said he planned to meet with his staff and other Justice Department agencies early today about the Greenville fires. The first fire was reported around 11:30 p.m. Sunday at The New Light House of Prayer. The facility suffered extensive damage to a rear classroom and attic area and heavy smoke damage to the sanctuary. About a mile away, members of the Church of the Living God were trying to recover from a fire that charred exterior siding and an interior wall. The two incidents in this city of 32,000 about 40 miles northeast of Dallas bring the number of burned black churches in the South to more than 30 in the last year and a half. N es JS rel 31 lass teaches professional ob hunting, people skills I Stew Milne, The Battalion a ' - July 18 - Aug 15 onstudent - July 8 Aug 12 onstudent - July 10 ■ Aug 14 onstudent >g 1 - July 9 3 - Aug 13 instudent I 0 - July 8 9 - July 17 lonstudent II lonstudent lonstudent onstudent V 0 - July 8 5 - July 23 nonstudent aking nonstudent Dr. Howard Hesby is the "barbecue class" professor. The class teaches students professional skills to help them get jobs in the agriculture field after graduation. ielissa Nunnery Hattalion ®al Science (ANSC) 400, bet- Jiown as the ‘Ttarbecue class,” •fle-hour class teaching stu- how to get a position in the %ral field after graduation. -Howard Hesby, an animal ce professor, teaches the The class teaches students go after a job more profes- ly,” Hesby said. i class has been offered since About 300 students take it ■!’ear. 'Jdents have the option of - ^ to eat barbecue each week I y class, hence the name “bar- " 1 class.” Mng the first week, students %e goals. They search for ^labilities by writing letters ! lluiry to companies. Then, | »rite a multi-page resume Single-page resume. Students in the class learn in terviewing techniques through a practice interview with a video tape and a live interview with an outside professional. Hesby also teaches his students to dress professionally for interviews. The class includes a seven- course meal at the Faculty Club where students learn etiquette for business dinners. Joe Garcia, a senior agricultural development major, took the class. “I learned a lot of professional manners and people skills,” Garcia said. “It was a class worth taking.” Hesby brings in role-model speakers to motivate students. “The speakers are professionals who tell students how they got a job and how to make it after grad uation,” Hesby said. Dr. Joe Townsend, Associate Dean for Student Development in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, said, “We added the class because big businesses came to us and said A&M graduates have great technical skills, but no people skills.” Townsend said some people have five careers in their lives. Classes like ANSC 400 prepare them for these career changes. He said the purpose of the class is not to replace technical skills, but to enhance people skills. “Students are our product and we’re trying to make them more mar ketable to big companies,” he said. Hesby said most students who took the class were successful in their job search after graduation. He said they knew how to answer interview questions, how to react in different situations and how to dress for interviews. Luke Park, a senior agricultur al development major, said, “It was one of the most valuable classes I’ve ever taken because it teaches real world skills.” Pat James, The Batt alion GETTIN' FRESH | Junior Ami Macchi sorts through the fresh produce while working at the Farm Patch in Bryan Monday afternoon. L roposal may affect tuition rates ■passed, state schools will set their own tuitions 'nn Marie Hauser I Battalion R $as public colleges and universities may be able to set their own tuition rates 8 to a proposal by Texas lawmakers. Urently, tuition rates are set by the Texas k Subcommittee on Higher Education, btion for Texas residents is $30 per credit ■ but in the fall it will be $32 per credit hour, the proposal is passed next year, each 'ersity will set its own tuition rates, spokesperson from the Senate Education ittee said this policy is common nation- Normally, college tuition is not man- ■•by the legislature. ■ft Ashlock, executive director of Univer- Helations at Texas A&M, said the Uni ty will track the proposal with interest. “We would like to have some flexibility in setting tuition because we are close to the sit uation,” Ashlock said. “But this proposal is long from being a reality.” State Rep. Steve Ogden (R-Bryan) said he is cautious with the issue of raising tuition until everything has been carefully considered. “We might be on the verge of pricing too many people out of an education,” Ogden said. The Senate Education Committee spokesperson said the proposal would be ben eficial because, if passed, it would generate money for financial aid. Also, tuition costs would differ at each institution. “We don’t want to arbitrarily raise tu ition,” Ashlock said, “but we want the best education for the student.” When asked about the short-term effects on students, Ashlock said, “Nothing is imminent.” PTTS explains budget, revenue sources pet $2- ^ $,v 6 c ^ atXO ° CA 0 M\s\^ By Brandon Hausenfluck The Battalion The money collected from the little yellow envelopes may seem like enough to pay the national debt, but the Department of Park ing Transit and Traffic Services says it just ain’t so. Only $1.5 million of the PTTS an nual budget of $5.5 million is pro duced by parking citation revenue. Although this figure may seem high, officials claim this revenue is not a significant source of income for their department. “We (PTTS) don’t write parking tickets to produce income,” explained Tom Williams, director of FTTS. “The majority of our revenue comes from the sale of parking permits and temporary visitor parking.” The income produced from park ing citations is placed into the rev enue stream. From this stream of money, the department pays its 32 parking service officers, who earn a starting wage of $6.53 an hour, and maintains its parking areas and equipment. The department is also obligated to pay debts in curred by the construction of park ing lots and garages. “Two-and-a-half million dollars a year goes toward money bor rowed to build parking garages,” Williams said. “And this doesn’t in clude the estimated cost of $30 million for building the parking garage by the (Evans) library or the one going in on West Campus.” Mary Helen Bowers, deputy di rector of University Relations, said the department is concerned with See PTTS, Page 6 sre rt ;o- ab- Jt n Ud m ill ly n, it Id is t. 17 or