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University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository 1984 The aiD ly Lobo 1981 - 1985 3-30-1984 New Mexico Daily Lobo, Volume 088, No 125, 3/ 30/1984 University of New Mexico Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/daily_lobo_1984 Recommended Citation University of New Mexico. "New Mexico Daily Lobo, Volume 088, No 125, 3/30/1984." 88, 125 (1984). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/daily_lobo_1984/51 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the The aiD ly Lobo 1981 - 1985 at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in 1984 by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. (. NEW MEXICO i .:; f i Vol. 88 No. 126 Friday, March 30, 1984 Order Given Election May Be Delayed By Eric Keszler budget) in the ninth week of the budget is not ready by then, he said a semester," he said. special election could be held to vote There is a possibility the Associ­ ASUNM President Dan Serrano 0n the budget referendum. ated Students of the University of said in a meeting Thursday morning, New Mexico elections will be post­ "Johnson was hostile to the situa­ "A special election would cost poned if the budget for next year is tion concerning the budget and elec­ $100 to $200, and some people not complete by Monday. tion. would haveio volunteer their time,'' ASUNM Election Chairman Ken Serrano said. "He used intimidation tactics to Patterson said the election will be Johnson said another election try and force me to sign the budget," postponed if the commission does would cost $3,200. "The money Serrano said. "Johnson said if I not have a final ASUNM budget by could be better used by student orga­ didn't sign the budget, he would nizations," he said. noon Monday. He said the post­ cancel the election. ponement order came from UNM "I'm not going to succumb to his Serrano can put off signing or Vice President of Student Affairs tactics. It's not fair for Swede to vetoing the budget until midnight Marvin "Swede" Johnson. cancel the election because he's not Tuesday. Johnson said a budget Johnson said he called the possi­ getting what he wants. compromise still would have been ble postponement because student possible if Serrano would have government "was not prepared to "We're taking care of our own vetoed the budget Thursday and the run the election as it is normally run. matters. There's no reason for him senate was able to meet today. They have abused the election pro­ to get involved," Serrano said. Johnson said the postponed elec­ cess from start to finish. They Serrano wants to have the election tion may be held whenever the should have been finished (with the on Wednesday, as planned. If the budget process is resolved. ~Humanization' of High Tech Starting By Steve Shoup He outlined the changes in Amer­ and cannot think of multiple op­ ican society from the 1860s to the tions. A liberal arts education can ln a time when science and tech­ present and the change from "brawn train people to think more imagina­ nology seem ascendant, riding the to brain" cultures. Smoke stack in­ tively. wave of innovation, there is not only dustries that rose in the 19th century Businesses are action oriented, room for humanities in a university are giving way to information indus­ while universities should center on curriculum, but the importance of a tries, he said. contemplative and intellectual pro- liberal arts education is increasing. In the 1960s, • 'universities aban­ Father Alfred McBride, Universi­ doned liberal arts - not complete- . ty of Albuquerque president, stres­ ly, but universities became centers 'Part-time student and full-time "hamburger king" Steve Halli­ sed this theme in the keynote address for specialization," he said. Thursday at a conference on high But ''the wheel of history has day flips over his job: cooking hamburgers at the portable technology and the qufdhy of life. turned again," he said, .and a food stands on campus. In three years ofshort-order cooking, "The potential for the flowering "humanization" of education in this Halliday figures he's served up at least 10,000 hamburgers. of the humanities in a high-tech cul­ high-tech culture is beginning. Move over, McDonald's. ture is greater than it has been for Many business people today have four centuries," McBride said. "either-or" mentalities, he said, New Budget Falls Short of Anaya's Goals SANTA FE (UPI)- Gov. The budget provides for the trans­ and spending levels- was Research and Development Insti­ Father Alfred McBride Toney Anaya signed a state budget fer of surplus and reserve funds, but "coincidence." tute. Thursday $100 million short of what opponents to the arrangement argue Gonzales pushed for funding for a Three of Anaya's vetoes deleted cesses, he said. This is one area he hoped to get from legislators. that only ongoing revenues should Mora Valley clinic, under investiga­ language in the bill that would have where education and business com­ "The bill faJis far short of meet­ be used for ongoing expenses. tion because of audit discrepancies, cut funding for the health and human plement each other, he said. ing the goals we set out early in my The governor partially vetoed 12 and for conifer tree farming promo­ services departments if federal fund­ ''No action ultimately means any· administration," he said. "The Sen­ sections, mostly deleting language tion. ing increased. thing or goes anywhere unless it is ate coalition (that killed governor-. Anaya said the Economic De­ that would have required state agen­ The governor said that require­ rooted in the contemplative life,'' he backed spending levels) ... was velopment and Tourism Department cies to fund special programs within ment would have placed the state iri said. more concerned with political assesses promotion and already has their base budgets. violation of federal regulations and Development of values is impor­ haymaking." .. The current, and increasing taken tree farming under considera­ could have cost the programs federal tant, too, he added. The $1.3 billion budget for the practice, tends to undern1ine the in­ tion. ..Don't be ashamed of values- aid. fiscal year starting in July cuts $74 tegrity of the budget process, from Alternative funding for the Mora the high-tech society is going to million from the governor's request both the Legislative and Executive clinic, he said, will be found if it is "Such restrictions to receiving need values," McBride said. "We for education, with most of the cut perspective,'' he said. cleared of any wrongdoing. federal funds for program's intended live between Los Alamos and the reflected in public school funding, Anaya said the deletion of fund­ Anaya also deleted restrictive lan­ primarily to assist our poorer day.ofTrinity here, my friends. We $18 million from the governor's re­ ing for two programs promoted by guage that would have prevented citizens is irresponsible," he said in must have values." quest for health and human services Taos Democrat Francisco El Com­ funding of the Solar Energy Re­ his veto message. The conference continues through programs and about $7 million from anche Gonzales - one of three search Institute at New Mexico State He also vetoed language requiring today at the University of Albuquer­ the Corrections Department. Democrats who gave Senate Repub­ University. Anaya's veto will allow certain departments to review cer­ que with workshops and lectures on Anaya said the budget represents licans the voting edge needed to de­ money to be transferred from tain spending practices. He said the the role of high technology in a 3 percent decrease for aU state feat governor-backed tax proposals another division within the Energy language was redundant. society. agencies except the Corrections De­ partment, which will see a 6 percent increase mostly because of addition­ al staff needed at new prisons in Grants and Las Cruces. Tornadoes Blast Carolinas, Kilt 64, Injure 600 For education, cut back in 1983- BENNETTSVILLE, S.C. have ever se~n in my life.'' About 600 were injured, 425 Carolina since a tornado kiUed 67 84, the bill represents about a 10 1 (tJPI) - Rescue crews. with There were 51 dead in 13 diffe· in Notth Carolina. About 500 in 1924. percent gain over last year s fund­ bulldot.ers, cbainsaws heli· rent locations in North Carolina, people spent the night in 1 S South Carolina Gov. .Dick ing, while the budget overaJI reflects and copters searched Thursday for and 13 were killed in three South emergency shelters in North Riley declared a state of an increase of about 7 percent. more victims of tmnadoes that Carolina towns by 24 tornadoes Carolina. said M. Russ Edmon­ emergency, and Hunt said he Anaya said the bill sets an ''unfor­ roared out of a sickly bluegreen that blasted along a SO-mile wide ston, spokesman for the North would ask President Reagan to tunate precedent'' in that it appropri­ killing at least 64 people and swath from central South Caroli­ Carolina Department of Crime declare the stricken sections of ates more than the state expects to sky, injuring 600 more on a 300-mile mt to the upper North Carolina Control and Public Safety, North Carolina a disaster area. earn next year. sweep through the Carolinas. coast Wednesday night. Nearly. 700 National Guard "For the first time in the state's .. We apparently have had the Earlier, officials said as many It was the worst plague of tor­ troops were called out in the two history, we are operating on a de­ worstdisasterin tOO years~" said as 76 people died in the two nadoes since 350 people died on states to aid in the rescue opera­ ficit," he said.

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