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The North Texas Daily
Friday, April 3, 1987
North Texas State University, Denton, Texas
70th Year No. 94
Clements' budget will hurt NT, Hurley says
By Paula A. McKay
Staff Writer
NT President Al Hurley told a
meeting of NT department heads that
Gov. Bill Clements’ proposed budget
could seriously harm NT if adopted.
“Governor Clements' budget, if it
were allowed to stand, would have a
profound effect on us.
“NT would lose $13.6 million over
two years. We would be unable to serve
2,000 full-time equivalent students. We
would lose more than 100 faculty and
100 of our staff,” Hurley said.
“What Governor Clements has made
is a recommendation on appropriations,
which focuses on a bottom line.”
Hurley said the bottom line was Clem-
ments’ belief that Texas could not
afford an increase in taxes.
“His appropriations would limit the
state to a situation where the available
revenue would be limited to whatever
could be generated by current taxes and
the extent of the taxes,” Hurley said.
In an “effort to tell the facts,”
Hurley has made "the region, the
people of the community, and the busi-
ness community in particular, alert to
what is going on down there (in Aus-
tin).”
Hurley emphasized that people should
not get too alarmed yet about events in
the Legislature, because legislation is
still in a period of transition. “This
is round one of a process we'll be very
much involved in until the end of the
session,” he said.
Besides Gov. Clements’ budget,
Hurley spoke on a number of other
pieces of legislation, including bills on
NT’s name change and the Texas
Academy of Math and Science.
Hurley reminded the faculty to “be
aware of the fact that there is always a
certain amount of rhetoric,” when
waiting for a piece of legislation to make
progress.
In this case, the name change may
not be voted on until a special session,
if there is one. “There are about 400
bills in the Legislature that affect higher
Hurley
education,” Hurley said.
The name change was introduced and
has been well-received in the House of
Representatives and has received no
opposition in the Senate as of this week.
The Texas Academy of Math and
Science that has also been proposed by
NT has been getting a lot of support,
Hurley said. "There are a lot of people
who want to get behind it.
"The North Texas Committee has
made this one of its projects. It has
stimulated business support and political
support. Money is the key point,"
Hurley said.
The North Texas Committee is a
representative group of chambers of
commerce in the North Texas region.
“They are helping us to become more
aggressive,” Hurley said, with projects
such as the academy and the super-
collider that Clements has been pres-
suring President Reagan to build in
Texas. The committee is lobbying
Clements to choose the North Texas
region as its home.
Hurley mentioned other pieces of
legislation that have entered either the
House or Senate. One is an effort to
designate NT as a national research
institution, which is part of an omnibus
bill that Speaker of the House Gib
Lewis, D-Fort Worth, has “put his
name on,” Hurley said.
Along with the omnibus bill are sug-
gestions that include a buffer for higher
education; a planning system; policy
International Week
shows NT students
foreign lifestyles
By Hai Van Hoang
Staff Writer
NT students will get a taste of many
different foods, cultures and politics
from all over the world during Inter-
national Week starting next Monday.
The celebration will kick off with NT
President Al Hurley, Denton Mayor Ray
Stephens and Pavitra Amin, president
of the International Student Association
at NT, proclaiming April 6 through April
11 the International Week.
Amin, Indian junior, said, “The
purpose of the International Week is to
have the international recognition. It’s
special for international students and the
university.”
At NT there are more than 1,900
students who are registered. Amin said,
“I think our school is ranked sixth in
terms of the total number of students."
However, Amin expressed his con-
cern of the number of students par-
ticipating in any international programs,
which are available at NT as well as
the programs from the university.
“But this time we have more in-
teresting events during the week,”
Amin said, “because several other
organizations in the campus will par-
ticipate.”
On Monday the faculty members and
students will attend the international fair,
where the foreign students will display
and sell items from their own nations.
"Along with the fair, we'll set up
some ballot boxes for an election for
the association," Amin said, "but only
the ISA members are allowed to vote.”
Amin said a reason for the members
to vote is “the way to find out a
number of international students who
are active in the programs."
He said all members of the ISA’s
board will serve for one year. To be a
member of the ISA, Amin said, a stu-
dent will pay $1 for registration and
receive a membership card. The election
will start Monday and end at 1 p.m.
Wednesday.
During the week the political science
department, Student Association
Housing Programming Office and Union
Programs Council will sponsor a sym-
posium Tuesday on peacemaking in the
Middle East. “There will be more
chances for questions and answers for
students,” Amin said.
Many students will have the oppor-
tunities to taste some different inter-
national foods at the international food
fair Thursday, Amin said.
Friday the city of Denton, the Inter-
national Student Office and the ISA will
co-sponsor a talent show, which will
start at. 8 p.m. in the Auditorium
Building.
“In this show, the admission fees
are $2 for adults, $1 for children under
12 and students with an NT ID," Amin
said.
“And, we will have a dance party
Saturday at the Rock Bottom Lounge
from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.,” he said.
“Last year we had many students
coming to the dance. And I’m sure that
more and more students will come to
the show this time.”
Amin said students should make sure
they pick up a list of events available
at the International Student Office,
“Because some of the events will be
reserved for invitation only.”
structure development such as personnel
matters; a higher education insurance
system; and physical plant policy
development.
Other bills introduced to the Legis-
lature include a bill to reorganize some
college and university systems, Hurley
said. “The Watkins bill has NT
grouped with Texas Tech, Texas College
of Osteopathic Medicine and Texas
Woman’s University.
“That bill does not appear to have
much support,” Hurley said. Rep.
Wilhelmina Delco, D-Austin, chairman
of the higher education committee, has
introduced two separate bills that would
create two separate university systems,
one in the south and one in the north.
In response to Clements’ budget pro-
posals for higher education, Dr. Frank
Connors, president of the North Texas
United Faculty, said the organization
will have a letter writing party on
Tuesday to write legislators and request
their support on issues relating to higher
education.
Connors said Gov. Clements’ budget
would do serious damage to higher
education in Texas.
Connors said the letter writing party
will be held 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in the
Dean of Arts and Science Conference
room on the third floor of the General
Academic Building. He said the party
was open to all faculty.
White named to athletic director
spotr plans to "tell our story"
Photo by VANCE OLIVER
FRIGID FLORA—Rick Erwin, of the greenhouse staff, gives the flowers
a cool shower outside of the Willis Library on Thursday. An early morning
freeze is forecast for today, with temperatures rising to the mid-60s by
afternoon. Temperatures will be in the upper 70s this weekend
Police void tickets
for blood donors
By Hai Van Hoang
Staff Writer
NT students will receive surprise gifts
from the NT Police Department when they
participate in the campus blood drive
which starts Monday and ends Thursday.
NT Police Chief Eric Jackson said,
"Any student who is going to donate
blood during the campaign will receive a
certificate. That student will bring his or
her certificate to the police department,
and we will clear his or her parking
ticket.”
Jackson said the police will clear only
one parking ticket for each donor "Each
parking violation ticket will be charged
about $10 to $15," Jackson said, “So,
we want to help the students and the blood
drive.”
However. Jackson said. If a student
who donates blood has not had a parking
ticket, he or she will receive a free parking
pass for parking in the garage "
Jackson said the idea was to motivate
NT students to give blood.
“It's my idea to help Dr Spalding
(faculty adviser and director for the NT
Gift of Life Spring Blood Drive) achieve
his goal,” Jackson said
The blood drive will be from 10 a m
to 6 p m Monday through Thursday next
week. Donors may go to Kendall Hall
parking lot Monday and to the University
Union Silver Eagle Suite and Kendall Hall
parking lot Tuesday through Thursday.
By Michele Longoria
Staff Writer
NT President Al Hurley officially
announced Thursday that Jim White,
now director of sports promotion and
marketing at the University of Iowa,
has been named the new athletic director
of NT.
Hurley announced the decision at a
10 a m. press conference.
White, who will join the staff in the
summer, said that among his first pri-
orities is to get the alumni and com-
munity involved in NT athletics. He said
he wants to tell NT’s story and get out
the news about the good athletic pro-
gram.
“This is a great day for me and my
family,” White said at the press con-
ference. “It is a privilege and an honor.
I know we will all look back and say
we did the right thing.”
Hurley said: “His (White’s) cre-
dentials in marketing and promotions
at the University of Miami and at Iowa
are what have made Iowa one of the
outstanding umversitites in the nation.”
Hurley said White and his family will
be an asset to the university, the region
and the state.
“There are over 40,(XX) alumni in
the region,” Hurley said. “This is a
move to move our athletic program
onwards and upwards.”
White has been with the University
of Iowa since 1981 He is in charge of
developing and negotiating television
packages and contracts for all sports.
He also is involved in raising money,
ticket sales, and promotions for special
events.
The 40-year-old White earned a
bachelor’s degree in economics and a
master's of business administration from
the University of Pittsburgh. He and
his wife, Harriet, have two sons: Jay,
15, and Ryan. 9. White said he found
out he had been chosen to fill the job
at 10:10 p.m. Tuesday.
White said his goal is to make the
quality of NT athletics consistent with
the academic quality.
When questioned about recent scan-
dals in athletics. White said, “College
athletics has lost some of its innocence.
Daylight-saving leaps ahead
Photo by SHANNON DRAWE
White
So much of the negatives and so little
of the positives have been discussed.
“I do not despise small beginnings.
I stand for absolute integrity,” he said.
“We want the alumni to participate.
We want their physical and moral sup-
port.”
White said it is important to “tell
our story." He said the top priority is
to get the news about athletics to the
alumni and the community and actively
solicit their support.
He said a quantum leap forward
would be an irresponsible decision,
adding that financially, it can't be done.
“We need to be walking before we
start running,” he said.
White said he was excited about the
athletic program here He referred to
the top college baseball team in the
country, Oklahoma State University,
which has a record of 20 wins and one
loss. That one loss was to the NT
baseball team.
“That is somedung to be proud of,”
he said.
“Nothing will rally our athletic
program like community support,”
White said, "but, it’s not a one-year
program or a 90-day quick fix. it is
going to take time.”
By Bob Borgwat
Daily Reporter
Don’t be surprised if you wake up
Sunday morning and find yourself an hour
behind schedule. Daylight-saving time
will go into effect about three weeks earlier
this year.
Legislation signed into law last July by
President Reagan moved up the start of
daylight-saving to the first Sunday in
April instead of the last
According to the 1987 World Almanac,
the U.S. Department of Transportation
estimates there will be a savings of $28
million in traffic accident costs nationwide,
as well as the prevention of 1,500 injuries
and 20 deaths attributed to the scheduling
of the "jump" earlier in the month.
However, Gene Scroggins, building and
utilities maintenance manager in the
physical plant, said energy consumption
will hardly be affected by the extra hour
of daylight
"It (saving) would be negligible,”
Scroggins said. "It might impact the air
conditioning slightly ” He estimated about
a 1 percent increase in the energy con-
sumption because of the longer day.
The history behind daylight-saving is
that under the Uniform Time Act of 1967,
Congress authorized all states to move time
ahead on the last Sunday in April until
the last Sunday in October Time changes
officially take place at 2 a m of the
prescribed day.
In 1974, Congress passed legislation
that put the whole country on daylight-
saving time year round for a period of
two years This was enacted in the midst
of a national energy crisis, and was de-
signed to reduce energy consumption.
Standard time was restored on Oct. 26,
1975.
Daylight-saving time is common
throughout the world. In Western Europe,
it is observed from the last Sunday in
March until the last Sunday in September
The Dominican Republic, Ireland and
Paraguay adjust their time in winter.
Police test alarm
For one minute today at noon NT’s
weather alarm system will be tested by
the NT Police Department. This is only
a test. It will be followed by a verbal
public address announcement as an all
clear signal.
The system is an electronic device
containing rotating sirens and a public
address system in three main tower loca-
tions around campus, said Lt. Robert
Hooper of the NT Police Department.
It was installed last spnng and is usually
tested at the beginning of the severe
weather season in late March, he said.
But due to a lack of publicity, last week’s
testing was cancelled.
If there is bad weather today, the testing
will be postponed. Hooper said.
During the test, "we’re picking a
representative sample of people in different
buildings all over campus and contacting
them by phone,” Hooper said.
These people will be asked whether or
not they can clearly hear the siren. Hooper
said.
However, in the event of an actual
emergency, there will be a three-minute
steady alarm. Hooper said “An actual
alert occurs with a confirmed sighting of
a tornado within five miles of campus.”
If there is an emergency. Hooper said
those within hearing range of the alarm
should contact KNTU radio station for
further weather information
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