committee drafts new registration policy
l|the current proposal drafted by the Acade-
cl)perations Committee's (AOC) Subcom-
ttet on Early Registration is approved, all eur-
itTexas A&M student workers will to be able
iregister early.
“With the new proposal, everyone who regis-
as a student worker this semester will main-
the privilege to register early until they grad-
:e,’ said Leana Divine, vice president for
idemic affairs in the Student Government As-
biation (SGA) and a senior international stud
ies and history major. “However, in order to con
tinue to register as a student worker, the student
must register each semester as a student worker.
If the student fails to register as a student worker
for just one semester, they will lose that privilege
permanently.”
The AOC subcommittee was established to re
view the registration process at A&M as more stu
dent groups demand early registration privileges.
The subcommittee found that the system creates
an unfairness, is abused by students and is not es
sential to student workers in order for them to bal
ance work and academic demands.
With the new pro
posal, everyone who
registered as a stu
dent worker this se
mester will main
tain the privilege ”
— Leana Divine
VP for academic affairs in the SGA
“When the student worker registration sys
tem was implemented six years ago, it did not
put student workers at an advantage over other
students, as it does now. It merely allowed stu
dent workers to get the times they needed for
work,” Divine said.
The subcommittee originally planned to
eliminate student worker early registration en
tirely. After discussing the issue, the subcom
mittee decided to grandfather current student
workers into the plan.
“The AOC decided that allowing current stu
dent workers to maintain their early registration
status would make the change less drastic,” said
Brent Spencer, Student Senate chair of academic
affairs and a senior microbiology major. “They
hope that in phasing student worker registration
out slowly |il| will create less problems.”
The proposal of the AOC subcommittee will
be considered by the AOC in their April 19
meeting. If approved, the Faculty Senate will
consider the proposal and make a recommenda
tion. Texas A&M President Dr. Ray M. Bowen
will make the final decision, which would affect
the student worker registration process begin
ning in Fall 2000.
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The Battalion
Texas A&M employees in the Custodi-
Services, Landscape Maintenance and
>od Service Departments can look for
ward to a pay increase in September 2000.
Tledical transcriptors can expect to re
ive an average raise of $1.06 per hour,
istodial workers will receive an average
See related article on page 11
lise of 67 cents per hour and food service
wkers will receive an average raise of 58
ents per hour, according to Texas A&M’s
(unian Resource Web page.
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Pay Inceases
Medical Transcriptors:
Medical Transcriptionists: $8.03 to $9.18
Senior Medical Transcriptionists: $8.58 to $9.81
Custodial Services: HR
Custodial Worker!: $5.58 to $8.15
Custodial Worker II: $6.15 to $6.79
Custodial Worker III: $6.79 to $7.51
Asst. Custodial Leader: $6.36 to $7.02
Custodial Leader: $6.79 to $7.51
Food Services 1
Food Service Worker: $5.56 to $6.15
Lead Food Service Worker: $5.75 to $6.36
An average ot 58 cents is going to be added
to most food service workers pay.
STUART VILLANUEVA AND BRANDON HENDERSON/TTik Battalion
^todial worker Mittie Davis mops the stairs outside the Stu-
: Recreation Center. Davis will be affected by the pay increase.
$6.79 per hour at Texas A&M, while they
receive $7.31 per hour at UT.
The pay that groundskeepers receive at
UT is not sufficient to meet the cost of liv
ing in Austin, said Jerry Harrison, manag
er of Landscape Services for UT.
“The people that are making [$7.31 per
hour] can’t even live on it,” Harrison said.
“If they have a family, they have two or
three jobs.”
Texas A&M’s gardeners currently re
ceive $7.26 per hour while UT’s gardeners
receive $7.75 per hour. Irrigation operators,
who maintain the sprinkler systems, are
paid $8.58 at A&M and $8.76 at UT.
The Landscape Maintenance Depart
ment is not the only area where UT’s wages
are higher than A&M’s.
Food preparation workers who serve
food in the cafeteria lines get paid $7.32 per
hour at UT, while people who perform the
same jobs at A&M — known as food ser
vice workers — will receive $6.15 per hour.
Cooks and bakers make $7.90 at UT,
while A&M cooks will make $6.36.
Food service workers
at A&M who were asked
to comment on the dif
ference in pay refused to
comment without first
obtaining consent of
their managers.
Both universities
provide a chance for
workers to receive rais
es throughout the year,
but when the state of
Texas issues a pay in
crease, it usually be
comes effective in the
fall semester.
Merit adjustments
are looked at every six
months and are tied to
performance evalua
tions, said Murray Sto-
pherd, associate director
for food services at UT.
“Normally, raises are
effective in September
and the last few years
[the raises] have been
from 4 to 6 percent aver
age,” Harrison said.
“But, it isn’t a guaran
teed thing.”
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Cain Cavett, a food science and technology graduate student, feeds turkeys at the Poultry Science Center Monday.
Faculty Senate reduces KTNE hours
BY BRANDIE LIFFICK
The Battalion
The Faculty Senate passed a proposition Monday
to reduce the kinesiology and health and fitness re
quirements from four to two credit hours.
Originally, the Core Curriculum Review Com
mittee (CCRC) proposed in their annual curriculum
report that the kinesiology requirement be dropped
from four credits to one credit of health and fitness.
“These classes are the best way we have to in
fluence our students to learn health and fitness now.
To eliminate these [kinesiology] credits is the
wrong thing to do. But two credits are better than
one,” said Leonard Ponder, professor in the health
and kinesiology department. “Overall, I am very
disappointed in the vote.”
Brian Minyard, speaker of the Student Senate and
political science and microbiology major, spoke on
behalf of the student body in opposition of the cut in
kinesiology classes.
“When this was addressed in the Student Senate,
most of our members were confused as to why this
was being brought up. Many didn’t even see why get
ting rid of [kinesiology] credits was even an issue,”
said Minyard. “According to surveys done at our re
quest, students think the kinesiology credits should
be left alone.”
Students under the 2001 -2002 catalog will be re
quired to take a health and fitness course and a KINE
199 course of their choice, for pass or fail only.
“By requiring that the 199 course be pass or fail,
we are making sure that the students’ academic
standing is not being affected by a physical fitness
class,” said Dr. Richard Stadelmann, a faculty sena
tor and an associate professor of philosophy.
In other business, the Faculty Senate passed a mo
tion proposed by psychology department head Dr.
Paul Wellman to award a posthumous degree to Je
remy Frampton.
Frampton, a senior psychology major, was killed
in the 1999 Aggie Bonfire Collapse.
“1 request that the case of Jeremy Frampton ... be
submitted through University channels so that his
parents might receive this posthumous B.A. degree
in the summer graduation.”
Frampton would have graduated in August.
GA to create
tudent group
oversee fees
BY
JEANETTE SIMPSON
The Battalion
In Fall 2000, the Student Government Association (SGA) will
eate an informal committee to serve as a liaison between stu-
Bents and administrators concerning student fees.
I “The purpose of the Student Fee Committee (SFC) is to for-
nalize the acquisition of fee information and to structure the stu-
!ent input process,” said Caton Brown, vice-president for student
srvices and a senior civil engineering major.
Brown said the committee will have four roles in serving
Itudents.
It will provide student-to-administrator input [and] student-
to-student input. It will also take a holistic review of fees, and will
; in charge of maintaining records concerning fee issues.”
The SFC, to be created within SGA, will provide a forum for
dministrators and students to gather input from the student body
|o that student concerns about fees can be heard before the Board
of Regents considers a fee increase.
Along with working to improve two-way communication be-
veen administrators and students, the SFC will collect input from
tudent organizations regarding fees in an organized manner.
■ “In collecting information this way, the SFC will ensure that
all concerns of the entire student body are collected,” Brown said.
See SGA on Page 2.
Wood appointed head yell leader
INSIDE
BY MAUREEN KANE
The Battalion
Aggie fans will see two fa
miliar faces leading the crowd
next year.
Bubba Moser and Ricky
Wood will be returning to don -
the white, starched uniforms for
the 2000-2001 academic year,
this time as senior yell leaders.
Wood, a junior theater arts
major, was named head yell
leader Monday.
“It is an absolute honor to be
chosen for this position,” he said.
“I’m pretty much speechless
right now.
“I love Texas A&M Univer
sity. The position of yell leader
is something that 1 believe in,”
Wood said. “It’s an amazing
honor, and one of the most
amazing things I’ve ever had the
opportunity to do. It’s some
thing I definitely wanted to do
again this year.”
The head yell leader is cho
sen by the Head Yell Leader Se
lection Board, composed of
GUY ROGERS/The Battalion
(Lto R): Ben Cholick, a junior construction science major, Ricky Wood, a ju
nior theater arts major, and Bubba Moser, a junior agricultural economics
major, are the new senior yell leaders. Wood was named head yell leader.
eight students and eight faculty
members. The board nominates
the candidate and then sends it to
Vice President of Student Affairs
Dr. J. Malon Southerland.
“Being a yell leader is im
portant to me because I love
Texas A&M University, and I
want to give back some of what
it’s given me and my family,”
said Moser, a junior agricultural
economics major. “Through the
years, it’s been a part of my life.
This is the best opportunity I’ve
ever been given to serve, and I’m
very thankful to
have the opportuni
ty again.”
Both Wood and
Moser served as ju
nior yell leaders this
year, and say that
there was no ques
tion about jumping
at the chance to
serve a second time.
The returning
yell leaders will be
joined by senior yell
leader elect, Ben
Cholick, a junior
construction science
major. Cholick won
the position after a
hard-fought run-off
election with John
McFate, a junior
biomedical engineering major.
“Anyone in a run-off finds it
more stressful. You have to find
it within yourself to keep going.
You go an extra week of cam
paigning. You have to dig down
deep to find the motivation to
continue campaigning,” Cholick
said. “This is something I’ve al
ways dreamed of doing — it’s
such an influential position.”
For Moser, one of the advan
tages of running for re-election
was being familiar with the cam
paign process.
“I knew the routine, the
schedule of days, speaking
events. Last year was a blur, but
this year I had time to think
about what was going on,” he
said. “This year I could breathe
easier.”
Wood expressed the same
feeling about being re-elected.
“Last year [campaigning]
was about breaking through, get
ting my name known. I was for
tunate enough to have a little
name recognition this year,”
Wood said. “I could focus on
more personal relationships, and
be more focused on making a
positive impact. Last year we did
that too, but this year we didn’t
have to start from ground zero
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