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Th••e" •••• I volume 65, number 23 thursday, february 9, 1978 Tax hikeRic, committee eThreshe members asked at SA meetinr g by Steve Sullivan and not compatible with any $9.00. She explained that the tising is just PR." Again the Senate needed to start soon on the job of naming student After finding a quorum for broadcasting equipment current cost of publishing the Senate voted unanimously to currently in production. Most Campanile is just over ten put the question on the ballot. members to the various the first time since November of KTRU's budget over the last dollars. Advertising revenues University Standing Commit- 28, the SA Senate went on to two years has gone into cover salaries and costs of In other business, the tees. The deadline for hear requests from two repaying the $3500 debt to the production aside from the Senate quickly approved the applications to any of the organizations to have university the station incurred printing cost, but Mathre election dates set by executive committees is next Wednesday referenda placed on the ballot as a result of the flood two stated that the size of the book decree two weeks ago. General at noon. All members of the to increase their blanket tax years ago. After considerable would have to be decreased by elections will be held on Senate were assigned to allotments. discussion, the Senate voted 50 to 60 pages this year unless February 21. Also approved interview for at least one of the KTRU Station Manager unanimously to put the the Campanile found some without much debate was the committees. The committees Eric Sisson came to the Senate question on the ballot. more money. When asked if recognition of the Rice for which the Senate picks the first asking the Senate to Next Campanile Business she could cover the increased Materials Science Organi- undergraduate members are: approve a referendum to Manager Becky Mathre asked cost by selling more ads, zation as an SA affiliate the Committees on Admis- increase KTRU's blanket tax the Senate for a referendum to Mathre replied, "there is a organization. sions, Affirmative Action, to four dollars. It currently increase the Campanile's limit to advertising in the Vice-president Chris Campus Safety, Computers, stands at three dollars. Sisson blanket tax from $7.50 to Campanile because adver- Bounds also stated that the (continued or\ page 4) said the money was needed to finance major equipment purchases that the station would need to make sometime Attorneys discuss survival in seminars within the next four to five by Michelle Smith "Survival Seminars" designed lyn P. Wood '70 and Gary Amarillo to La Grange. "If you years. KTRU has not You don't have to have to help both current students Polland spoke in the Kyle think a lawyer is right for you. broadcast stereo since last "Racehorse" Haynes On and young alumni efficiently Morrow Room of Fondren it is a good idea to go in and spring when the station's retainer to solve your legal handle problems in law, Library about legal knowledge talk to him before you make a stereo generator broke down. problems as long as you have banking, credit, real estate, in everyday life and common final decision to let him take The purchase of a new stereo the Student-Alumni Liaison insurance and employment in lawsuits for the average your case," Wood said. Most generator would have to be Committee on your side, filling today's complex society. citizen. attorneys do charge for the accompanied by a simul- in the loopholes in the Rice Getting out of college and "The best way to choose a initial interview. taneous purchase of a stereo education. setting the world on fire isn't lawyer is to have a friend you Wood, a member of Ross, exciter, since the equipment Last night, the committee as easy as it used to be. highly respect recommend Banks, May, Cron and Cavin, now used at KTRU is obsolete presented the first in a series of Houston attorneys Sharo- someone to you," said Polland, deals primarily with civil and who practices criminal law commercial cases. She talked with the firm of Doherty, Vela, about all kinds of warranties Christie campaigns for Senate Poser and Collins. Polland is and contracts, involving the chairman of the Criminal everything from a new by David Butler previous Democratic challen- (nuclear plants) I would have Justice Committee of the washing machine from Sears gers to Tower, "whose only to be utterly convinced that Houston Young Lawyers to a shiny new ruby red U.S. Senate candidate Joe difference from him was that they're safe." Association. Thunderbird from Ford. Wood Christie brought his "pro- they were a foot taller." When the issue of a federal "Lawyers' fees can range emphasized the importance of consumer" campaign to the The candidate than pro- Consumer protection agency from $50- to $150 per hour, reading contracts before they Rice campus Wednesday ceeded to read a list of key was brought up, Christie, who varying with the experience are signed, especially where night. The former state votes by Krueger, all of which attacked Krueger's votes to and knowledge required for a employment contracts are insurance board chairman he classified as anti-consumer oppose creation of such an case and with the reputation of involved. "If you are an and state senator spoke at a positions on energy and agency, expressed his own the firm," said Wood. She engineer and you go to work gathering organized by the environmental legislation. reservations about a separate added that there is an for Dow Chemical and invent Rice and UH chapters of the Christie said, "(Krueger) federal consumer group: "1 excellent lawyer referral the most fantastic chemical, Texas Public Interest certainly can't run on this would prefer . to instil) each service in Houston that can you should know beforehand if Research Group (TexPIRG). record. He can't run on his agency with the philosophy recommend a lawyer for you in Dow will be able to patent it." Christie started the session promise to be a full-time (continued on page 4) any citv in Texa°—r rom sne explained. with a brief summary of his congressman—his attendance environmental and consumer record was the fourth worst in track records while in the state the Texas delegation. (The top senate: institution of a three were hospitalized at cigarette tax to finance park various times during the acquisitions, introduction of session). He must be running regulations for privately- on rhetoric." operated trade schools, and Christie then proceeded to declaration of the horned toad take questions from the as an endangered species. audience and outline his After his appointment to the stands on several other issues. insurance board by Gov. Despite his remarks about Dolph Briscoe, Christie Krueger as a "one-issue spearheaded efforts that cut candidate," Christie also proposed rate increases by supports Krueger's goal of over $500 million. deregulating federal pricing Chrisite said that he decided policy on natural gas. to enter the Senate contest However, Christie, who after examining the records of majored in geology at the the two men seeking the post— University of Texas, also incumbent Republican John stated his strong support for Tower and challenger U.S. conservation measures and Congressman Bob Krueger (D- development of alternate New Braunfels) and — energy sources, such as solar, concluding "that the choice geothermal, and fusion. He would've been between cold separated nuclear power from oatmeal and cold oatmeal, these sources, however, which wasn't a very palatable expressing "extreme concern" or exciting choice." He about the development of claimed that he will run a breeder reactor power plants. different campaign than "Before I would support The clowns came out Tuesday, hut the Horns had the last laugh thanks to some striped-suit bozos. (See p. 12) —tw cook editorial "University of Texas students to vote on proposal to wF-mmmmm 0A@ P/lAf ONE XfMQlE modify their Student Association or abolish it av/y ?>/&*£serh/esv *o4c/-/£S altogether." — news item, Daily Texan, Feb. 6, 1978. M/Cf /s rwr c/&y /Wough (Wa&nr. It's comforting to know some other university is wondering about the proper place of its student government, if only because of the natural affinity of the LP YOU EV£KN0TlC£ miserable. However, the plebiscite at Texas is a You# ftob MISSING,, chances ARE IT HAS recognition that student government has lost its CARTEO Au^Y Ry rmqies. effectiveness. Here it dissolves itself by default as over The Bones hsuau/fiy our fftwu/vbE# 7Hc COUCH UJH'I two thirds of the SA positions go unopposed or unfiled for. you/tfr JAra/fas ttk Rice politics has always been the amusement of only a DotJ'7 8.5., KS..8S. small minority. This year the number of people seeking to you //Vr /v Rs., 3.S.,£.S. serve the student body and/or their transcripts has fallen 'yVUMSErt. 3*?. to a new low. It won't be surprising if no one bothers to vote in the four races in which more than one person I T(//rt£ X bothered to run. Blame the apathy on the attitude that extracurricular activities harm your GPA and jeopardize your chances in a tight job market. Maybe the cause is a lack of a war or some other "great" national issue that directly impinges Of COC/Kl/V/A/6, Off- CJMPUS on college students. Local issues may be nothing more Dees f/a/f irs /ts CoMlNSf than midterms and the rising price of beer at the Pub.