Wtc Volume 71, Number 19
"Reporting Mldweotem State Unlvenlty News Sin ce 1922''
University BOR meetings may get student representation By G. Patrick Fortner 11 Steff Writer Student• may soon hava a voice in Soard ol Regents meelings at universities ecroS&
!he slale. Jim Turner, slale senalor from district five, hes introduced leg15lalion that woold aeete an advisory student regent poll• hon Under Senate Bill 254, each university system would c.ubmit nominees from tis student gov• ernment, and lhe go vernor would make lhe' selection of !he
non-voling student regent. The student regent would receive no money from lhe slale. Studen1 s.ervlce lees al each univers4y would pay costs incuned by the student 'Un,versrty students can be a valuable .source of mformalion and Ideas !or l he1r respective The universities of regents this Slale 8XISI for the benefit of our sludenls, end input •• essen11a t to t he decision-making p,ocess, • Turner said. Senalor Gonzalo Barrienlos ol Ausiin sponsored sunilar leg-
1alalk>n in the 72nd L egislative Seslion, and is co-sponsoring Senate Bill 25" ol Ho us e lhe In Repte$8nlalives, Represenl a• live Shem Greenberg al Aushn and Represental1ve Si e v e Ogden of Bryan are co• sponsoring the bdl as House Bill
95 . '"We are lrying lo make g,,Jery par1 of stale government more responsive to lhe people . Tlus b~I aimJ>'y applies Iha! ph1loSO· phy lo hi gher educa tion ," Turner saKt.
Japan's Consul General visits MSU By Loree M. ArriDIU)D
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Traslc ta-"'•··· Memorial QuJlt were duplayed latt we-ek in the Clark Student Cent.er
Shojiro lmamshi, Consul General d Japan, Houston !old students galhered in the Clark Student Center Theater on Feb 25 that the key to economic recovery was cooperatton be• tween lhe United States and Japan. The consul genefal was optim istic abou ~ng wilh !he Clinton admmstmllon . · Mr. Chnton has been say• ing Japanese and U S. relations are the mo~ mpof1anl bilateral relatl0n5 for the Un~ed States. h
has been lhis way lor Japan.
Local panel, af' the AIDS Japanese percepsame the said we havealso _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ . Nowlmenishi Atrium. , tion," lmanishi said
Lady Indians qualify for Nationals :t,·~:·:.:.~;::::-~~~ Dorm b1·ds ing
By Debbie Mafftaa Sport, Staff
The MSU Lady Indians bHketb1II team be gin fir&I round play todaiy in the NAIA Division I N11tk>n1I Toumament unseeded the agiinat
"'5 first month tn offace.
The Lady Indians receNed
ever lnp to nationals. carrying
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an at-large berth l o lhe lournament on Friday loMowing Wednel<My's loss to Wayland Baptist in rhe Oistricr 8 pfayotts ll'l Levelland. Midwestern !raveled l o
with t hem the number 13 seeding and a 2 1· 7 record !he e nters R oc khursr tournament with a J0.1, overall season record and champions of Districi 16
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dehc11 and l h&I instead of blam• mg someone else Americans are finally trying to !ix 1he problems themselves.
A betler underslandlng ol lhe relianc e both countries economies have on each other would strengthen the political lies between the counlt1es, lmamsh, said. He caulioned, howe ver, lhal special in1e,est groups lfl both counlnas foster a prOlection,st senllmenl !hal is harmful lo bolh eoonorries He said the true trade bal· ances of lhe United Slates and Japan he between the mIscon• ceplion of ·open' markel and 'closed" marttets as underS1ood by each nation He referred to studies thal incbcale lhe markets are about equal C urrently. Japan and Germany are suffering reces• sions as much as lhe United
States. lmanishl said lhe Uniled States ind Japan'$ tac:o\leries are tied cloHly together, lhus !here la a need lo work togethe, lo reeotve trade differences. Dr. Yoshi Fukasawa, prolesaor of economics al MSU, agreed and a.aid Iha! coopera• lion between Japan a nd lhe United Stales la necesS1111ry tor economic recovery lo r bolh countries. A.-eady, half ol the r(!JC(Nery from this r9C8$6Klfl is due lo ex• panak>n in exports lrom lhe Unified Stales, lmani.shi said Fukasawa said thal Japan and Germany entered ,ec es• -.ona belween she and nine monlha aflet" lhe Unrted Slalos, but have not yel tell the reoov• ery Iha! lhe United S ta tes has u:perienc:ed in the past three to six monl hs.
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By Thoma• Brien Hos
Reporter Many sludenls who hve on campus are wondenng what kn:I ol changes are going to OC· cur once 1he new housing facil • rty is buiH. The new dormitory (McCullough-Trigg) will be lo· caled behind KillingsW0t1h Hall and across 1he street from
Marchrren Ted Aedlaczyk, director of housing and residence life, said, "Bid openings wi! begm in less than lwo weeks and assummg lhal we get bids within our budget. lhe ground b!'eaking cere• mony WII be sometmfJ ., early 1o mid-March. Conslruct1on w,11 begin shof11y afle, thal and there will be approx,matety 13 months of bu1ld1ng. The dorm should be comp4eted by May or June ol
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U.S/Japane8" cooperation. .. Sbojiro lmaniahi,J apa.n'5Coo.tu.l Gene.cal, addreued a cmwd in the Clark Student Ctnter on Feb. 25.