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PLAY THE GAME
THE BATTALION
Freshmen
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Candidates for both the Class of
’04 Council and the freshmen Stu
dent Senate seats were required to at
tend a mandatory campaign meeting
before the election process began.
At the meeting, candidates were
informed of election regulations,
which are the same for both coun
cil and senate candidates. Viola
tions of these regulations can result
in a fine, depending on the act. Of
fenses can include tampering with
other candidates’ campaign mater
ial; covering up other candidate's
flyers; campaigning in the Men
rial Student Center (MSC), t
Rudder Theater Complex,
John J. Koldus Building orai
classroom.
The SGA’s seven election boot
around campus will be openuniii
p.m., or students can vote online:
http://vote.tamu.edu.
UT-Dallas receives
$32 million donation
News in Brief
Wednesday, Septer
Desegregation
ordinance meets
local opposition
DALLAS (AP) — Educators at
The University of Texas-Dallas plan
to use a $32 million donation — the
largest ever received by the school —
to build a scholarship program in
hopes of rivaling other well-known
national academic awards.
The donation to the university by
Margaret McDermott, widow of one
of the school’s founders, is ear
marked to give full-ride scholarships
to 20 students a year.
Officials hope the $64,000, four-
year scholarships will give the uni
versity a higher profile and eventual
ly attain the prominence of Morehead
Scholars.
The program at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill pro
vides $53,000 scholarships for four
years of undergraduate study and has
been reported to have lured students
away from Ivy League schools.
“Many students will turn down
Harvard, Yale and a host of private
and public institutions just to be a
Morehead Scholar because of all
the perks. It literally takes care of
you,” UTD president Franklyn
Jenifer told The Dallas Morning
News Tuesday.
“At least, we’re seeing now that
the community is saying, ‘UTD,
you’ve made it, and we’re behind
you,’’’Jenifer said.
For the 20 annual Eugene Mc
Dermott scholars, requirements in
clude being in the top 10 percent of
their high school classes and scoring
no lower than 1400 on Scholastic Ap
titude Tests.
Eugene McDermott was a co
founder of Texas Instruments, Inc.
and also help found the Southwest
Center for Advanced Studies, from
which UTD was created in 1969.
McDermott also served on the
boards of Southern Methodist Uni
versity in Dallas and the Massachu
setts Institute of Technology. He
died in 1973.
Among other contributions, Mc
Dermott and two other TI founders,
Cecil H. Green and John Erik Jonsson,
created the Excellence in Education
Foundation. It gave $30 million to The
University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center at Dallas in 1991.
PORT ARTHUR (AP)—Justii
Department officials are visitii
Port Arthur schools this weektc
determine whether the distric:
has complied with a federal de
segregation order that has beer
in effect since 1970.
Many residents at a forum cor*
tended schools remain segregatec
and the federal court order shoulc
stay in place although Port Arttiif
Independent School District off»
cials have requested it be lifted,
The Rev. Raymond Scott, pree
ident of the local chapter of tlie
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People
said integration is not complete
and a proposed school consol
dation plan could make segrege
tion worse.
“The scenarios seem to ind*
cate that if this order is lifted, w
are geared to go back to the ole
days, because they want to close
the black schools in the blac-
community and open white
schools in the white community,'
Scott said.
Two years ago, John Sharp,
then the Texas state comptrollei,
reviewed the district and recom
mended re-evaluating whethe:
the order still was needed.
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basement will begin. Plans for the
basement include additional meeting
rooms, a DVD theater and replacing
Hullabaloo Food Court with nation
ally franchised fast-food restaurants.
Dining seating would be expanded to
include more lounging area and an
addition of a cyber cafe area, which
would have ethernet ports for laptop
computers. The basement renova
tions are designed to expand the fa
cility for more student service space.
The San Antonio design firm
Ford, Powell and Carson has been
commissioned to present the prelim
inary designs. Student focus groups
will help the firm generate ideas.
For now, the focus is only on im
proving current facilities. After this
project is accomplished, the MSC
hopes to expand to accommodate
A&M’s ever-growing student body.
“More meeting rooms are need
ed,” Bowers said. “It’s really tough
for groups to schedule rooms for
normal meetings, but nothing can
be done without student involve
ment and approval.”
The second part of the referendum
deals with the student fee cap increase
from $40 to $100. Increasing the cap
will not result in an immediate fee in
crease. The fee cap increase would
ease the process of approving future
raises to the Student Center Fee by
not having to go to the Texas Legis
lature each time an increase is need
ed. Each increase would pend student
and University approval.
In Texas, each public university
has a Student Center Fee cap designe
specifically for that university. Ta
Tech’s fee cap is $ 100, the Universi;
of Texas-Austin’s fee cap is $50 an
A&M’s current fee cap is $40.
If the referendum obtains studeJ
approval, the referendum will golf
Ellyn Perrone, the vice president Iff
governmental affairs, who will tbJ
work with Texas legislators Re
Fred Brown, Rep. Charles Jonesa»
Sen. Steve Ogden to proposeabillh
the Texas Legislature to increase tte
cap. The bill would be introducedi
January 2001, when the Legislate
has its biannual meeting.
“The Texas Legislature convene*
in January 2001,” said MSC Direc
tor Jim Reynolds. “If the legislate
to increase the cap is not introducee
in this session, consideration will lx
delayed until 2003.”
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