Page 2 • Wednesday, January 20, 1999 Campus e 3 • Wednesday, UPD Continued from Page 1 Clinton’s address focuses things we worked on during the school, crowd control techniques.” Bob Wiatt, director of UPD, said the mounted force was estab lished two years ago, when UPD officers approached him with the idea. He said mounted patrol offi cers serve on the force under their own enlistment and provide their own horses; UPD is not permitted to purchase horses for the force. Wiatt said the conference was effective in training the officers, and he will appoint them to serve at University-related events • in which they would excel over ve hicle and bike patrol officers. “There are numerous reasons that a [university] would benefit from a mounted patrol,” he said. “I’m not hesitant to use them wherever I think they can be of value.” Sechelski said the force has served at events, including the George Bush Presidential Library dedication and annual Aggie Bon fires, and the officers are looking forward to becoming more in volved in safety preservation. “There are so many people [at A&M] in positions of power who don’t understand horses,” Sechel ski said. “Our horses are very well trained. We know their capabili ties; we know their shortcom- on new-programs spending WASHINGTON (AP) — Before a Congress torn over impeach ment, President Clinton offered a surprise plan CLINTON Tuesday to pro tect the Social Security and Medicare pro grams with mas sive budget sur pluses that Republicans are eyeing for tax cuts. On a day of high drama that shifted from his trial in the Senate to his State of the Union address, Clinton urged spending billions of dollars for new programs in child care, education, crime-fighting, the environment and the Pentagon. He proposed $4.2 billion — a 70 percent increase — to reduce the threat from Russia’s nuclear arsenal and redirect the work of Russian scientists from weapons research to civilian fields. T\vo special guests were invited to Sit in the House chamber with first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton for the president’s speech: civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks and base ball slugger Sammy Sosa. Clinton’s Social Security pro posal sets up a monumental fight over the how to protect the giant pension program and deal with GOP tax-cutting ambitions against a background of $4 trillion in pro jected surpluses over 15 years. The president’s proposal — which came under swift attack by Republicans — would create new 401(k)-style retirement accounts for workers and invest some of Social Security’s cash reserves in the stock market for the first time. Moving from last year’s call to “save Social Security first,” Clin ton proposed transferring 62 per cent of expected budget surplus es over the next 15 years — $2.7 trillion — to the Social Security account to keep the program sol vent until 2055. 'Rventy-five percent of that money would be invested by the government in the stock market in hopes of achieving higher returns. Clinton’s plan also would re serve 15 percent of the surplus — $650 billion over 15 years — for the ailing Medicare system. An additional 11 percent of the sur plus — $500 billion — would be devoted to new government-sub sidized retirement accounts, with the Treasury matching the savings of lower-income people. Simel & Lewis UCUJ at reed areha.. k; f I THINK UHY is fcvERVBoDY^ rr has THROWING 3TUFF , to DO AT US? } WfTH YOUR BY JAC ineteen altogetl Polls in et feudiences vet Meanwhile Higing the ; ersi stent (as alfecandal up qre. tened tel uality. Yet, C c Impeachment mgs.” Sechelski said the plans for the conference originated from the of ficers’ desire to acquire additional training, which would enable them to execute their duties more safely. “We felt that we needed train ing,” he said. “We’re accom plished horse patrol and accom plished peace officers. We just weren’t sure how to put those two together. ” Research Continued from Page l Continued from Page 1 held this past Wednesday, January 13, at the Capitol in Austin. The Roadshow gave Texas A&M students and their faculty advisers an opportunity to present 18 research projects to members of the Texas Legislature. “The exciting part of the experience was how the research projects in corporate both the faculty and student interests into one event,” said Reinemeyer. “Also, the Texas Legislature had the opportunity to meet with some of its constituents and see what the University is doing.” countable to the same standards as other U.S. citizens. “1 think he should step down from the office, just as Nixon did,” Knocke said. 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