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Disgruntled employees offended
that the college district does not al-
low time off to vote on Election Day
can just keep complaining as far as
the chancellor is concerned.
"Absentee balloting was available
for 2 1/2 weeks," Dr. Ivory Nelson
said Tuesday in an interview.
"Absentee balloting was available
on Saturday and Sunday, so why
should I let anyone have time off to
go vote?
"Where were they on Saturday
when they weren't working?" he
said.
After noting the polls were open
from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, the
chancellor indulged in a little wish-
ful thinking along the lines of "If I
were king..."
"If I were doing it, I'd make Elec-
tion Day on the weekend like they
do in other countries," he said.
Making Election Day a national
holiday is not an option he would
choose unless substantial evidence
showed it would increase voter
participation.
The chancellor also commented
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Community colleges also contrib-
leges as well as make a pitch for the ute greatly to minority education, spell Chaucer,'
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As soon as I finished Advanced
Training, the Guard gave me a cash
bonus of $2,000. Then, under the New
GI Bill, I’m getting another $5,000 for
tuition and books.
Not to mention my monthly Army
Guard paychecks. They’ll add up to
more than $11,000 over the six years
I’m in the Guard.
And if I take out a college loan, the
Guard will help me pay it back-up to
$1,500 a year, plus interest.
It all adds up to $18,000—or more
—for college for just a little of my time.
And that’s a heck of a better deal than
any car wash will give you.
THE GUARD CAN HELP PUT
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SEE YOUR LOCAL RECRUITER
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jobs to pay for college.
They ended up in car washes and
hamburger joints, putting in long hours
for little pay.
Not me. My job takes just one
weekend a month and two weeks a year.
Yet, I’m earning $18,000 for college.
Because I joined my local Army
National Guard.
They’re the people who help our
state during emergencies like hurri-
canes and floods. They’re also an
important part of our country’s military
defense.
So, since I’m helping them do such
an important job, they’re helping me
make it through school.
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Once his plane landed at Khe Sanh
Air Base, Alexander and the other
troops were rushed to a bunker.
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An example presented to Nelson terson Air Force Base in Ohio dur- through the airport and and then
... v. L . L IT- u- .. “ ,. x. - , 1 an Engbsh teacher who ing the October 1962 Cuban missile they kept us in a bunker. The South
general and specifically this district. Higher Education Coordinating would rather teach Chaucer than < ' ‘ ”• ...
how to construct a simple sentence, the crisis.
"The students we're getting can't
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sponse.
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percent in reading, 43 percent in
writing and 54 percent in math.
The chancellor said test scores
have shown the rates to be double
for the San Antonio area.
Calling the district the "stepchild With the Texas Academic Skills
in the city," the chancellor has em- Program test starting fall 1989, sev-
barked on a public relations cam- eral departments within the district's North Texas to call on the wife of a
his official position at election paign to raise the profile of commu- f " " ;
nity colleges in anticipation of the workloads to teach more remedial
"I don't get involved in election 71st Texas Legislature to convene in
politicsbecauseinmypositionlhave January. His first presentation was
to carry out the mission of the com- to the legislative committee of the
munity college and will have to work Greater San Antonio Chamber of
with whoever gets elected," he said. ~
The chancellor, however, has not
waited for elections to end to start
his legislative lobbying for the dis-
trict.
He has prepared a slide presenta-
tion which he will present to legisla-
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aimed at Khe Sanh and at major
Retired Master Sgt. George Burton,
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his return from Vietnam in Novem-
ber 1968. His flight was attempting
to land at McChord Air Force Base
in Seattle.
"It was the way we were treated
when we came back. It wasn't like a
The thing that makes my stom- John Wayne movie with cheering
nedy was killed. There was a lot of
r as to what would hap- ing in the runway."
His 20 years in the Air Force also
had upbeat assignments. In 1984 and
1985 he served as a guard on presi-
Burton met presidents Jimmy
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Carter was very personable.
"If there were generals standing
around, he would shake hands with
the privates," he recalled. "The
Reagans were upper-crust, Alamo
Heights."
Although different views exist
"We saw bodies stacked at Tan
were in
body bags and made a big stink."
"Kennedy and Khrushchev were He completed his one-year tour in
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The chancellor also wants the city as a fighter pilot flying F-86s for four close to another conflict. Finally the ~ —
and the Legislature to become aware years. Russians backed down."
that each time the state Legislature In any type of flying assignment, L<u ry vvycorr, accounting major
cuts funding to higher education, you're going to have friends who and retired Army master sergeant,
had been stationed in Germany
was assassinated inNovember 1963.
and the Legislature to become aware
that each time the state Legislature
local taxes rise. Figures provided by die," Thomas said.
"I was in an accident in Taiwan
that almost ended my flying career.
I was appointed to investigate an
cent. been two people killed.
Nelson's aim in accumulating , "I was headed up the side of a
community support in legislative road in a truck driven by a Chinese,
lobbying comes partly from a need He had swerved to avoid hitting a
to provide remedial training at twice Taiwanese on a bicycle. The truck
the state rate. we were i' ”
The percentage of students pro- rolled down 75 feet into a dry river-
; bed."
found by a 1986-87 Texas Public Thomas spent two months recov- ous time. There was a lot of confu-
Community Colleges survey, are 40 ering. sion. Nobody knew what had hap- dential flights.
"They said I would never walk pened or who was responsible." — —•. ‘
again. But my wife says I'm stub- However nervous the peak of the Carter and Ronald Reagan. He said
bom as a mule." Cold War, the tumultuous mid- to- '
Charles Tuck, management chair- late-1960s became a time of raging
man and retired Air Force major, anti-military sentiment. More than
served 23 years. He remembers a 8 million servicemen and women
solemn one-hour drive through served during the Vietnam War era
, . . ; of 1964-1975.
threecolleges^ will have shifts^ in downed Air Force pilot. Alexander said when he arrived
----------------------------"I had to tell her that her husband in late 1966, the war was escalating, toward the military, Veterans Day
was missing in action and offer con- He saw action before his plane brings attention to the veterans who
i dolences. That was one of the hard- landed in Saigon. fought to preserve their country's
r est duties." "One of the guys was looking out liberty.
Commerce last week. eome“to need" ' • ^windowandsaid/The/reweld-
T ... . .. x &01ngto neecl- m 1953, the United States entered a ing down there. The pilot said
The chancellor soon will have to peacetimewhichwouldlastthrough 'Welding, my ass. They're shooting
editorial board of The Ranger, Nel- address faculty complaints of being the 1950s. The early 1960s, however, 8
son presented some surprising facts forced to teach sections of remedial became the height of the Cold War
about community colleges courseworkinsteadoftheadvanced and veterans remembered two infa-
Seventy-three percent of all fresh- work they cherished while they were mous incidents.
men and 74 percent of all first-time in college. Tuck was stationed at Wright-Pat-
r. “ I, . n ,. , m An example presented to Nelson terson Air Force Base in Ohio dur- through the airport and and then
profiling community colleges in colleges according to the Texas specified an English teacher who ing the October 1962 Cuban missile they kept us in a bunker. The South
general and specifically this district. Higher Education Coordinating would rather teach Chaucer than crisis. His unit was on alert during Vietnamesewentthroughourbunks
The presentation continues to out- Board. how to construct a simple sentence, the crisis. and looked for bombs® he said,
line the needs of community col- Community colleges also contrib- "The students we're getting can't "The Department of Defense has After his arrival in Saigon, Alex-
an alert system. It's the degree of ander saw large numbers of casual-
readiness. You go from a start-down ties.
professor and 1954 graduate of the to a state of increasing readiness.
U.S. Military Academy at WestPoint, We were very high on the get-ready Son Nhut Air Base. They
is a retired Air Force lieutenant colo- scale. I ’ ’ ’ - - 7
JV°U!zdNT tihaVe a^y minority educa’ neL Thomas said his fondestmemo- "Kennedy and Khrushchev were Hecompleted his one-year tour in
tion, Nelson said. ries came early in his 21-year career eyeball to eyeball. We ’ ’ ---- - -
Tet Offensive, a two-pronged attack
Larry Wycoff, accounting major South Vietnamese cities.
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the coordinating board show that a I was in an accident in Taiwan W 1---------—J ~ ’• - --
6 percent decrease in state appro- that almost ended my flying career, when President John F. Kennedy
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an increase in local taxes of 125 per- aircraft accident in which there had Being halfway around the world
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sassination were sketchy.
ach crawl is the day President Ken- crowds. We couldn't land because
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nding m flipped over and uncertainty
"I guess you could call it a nerv-
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