University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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TSP Board of Operating Trustees 1 . Mary Elizabeth Walsh 2 Patricia Rose Kilday 3 David H. McCllntock . 4 James C Gresham . . . . 5. William H. Cunningham 6 Donald Glen Martin 7. Steven Robert Dunn 8. Martin L. Gibson 9. Margaret A. Wehmeyer 10. Judith M. Spaldmg . . 1 1 Marjone Dolores Moore 12. S. Gritfin Singer 1 3 L . Loyd Edmonds 1 4. Robert Gnsham Martin 15. Barbara Ann Linch ... 16. Juliet Ada George . 17. William James Ott .... 18. James C. Hurst 19 William John Chriss Daily Texan Editor Daily Texan Managing Editor . Dean of Students Office Professional Journalist Business Faculty Journalism Student Student-At-Large Journalism Faculty Journalism Student Journalism Student Secretary Journalism Faculty General Manager CACTUS Editor . Peregrinus Editor Maverick Editor Journalism Student Dean of Students Student-At-Large During the 1976-1977 school year, the Texas Stu- dent Publications Board of Operating Trustees reviewed The Daily Texan advertising policy. Critically examining several advertisements which appeared in the Texan, TSP Board members voted to discontinue ads which were racially and sexually objectionable. Members also approved a new monthly supplement called Blackprint which appeared with The Daily Texan. Designed to increase campus awareness of Black culture, staff positions were open to all students. TSP published Ranger, a publication designed to poke fun at University administrators, faculty members and policies. Published once in April on a trial basis, the magazine had originally been distributed monthly dur- ing the 1 960s. The TSP Board appointed Gene Crick as editor. In other action, the TSP Board appointed a record number of ad hoc committees to study various areas of TSP ' s operations The Student Compensation Commit- tee worked for eight months and recommended a com- prehensive pay plan which limits the number of hours Texan staff members may work. Increases in pay were also recommended for Texan staffers only. The Tex- an ' s advertising revenue passed the million dollar mark for the first time this year, as more advertising supple- ments than ever before appeared. TSP Board 249

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STUDENT PUBLICATIONS ) Texas Student Publications corralled an unbranded yearling, put its TSP stamp on it and produced Maver- ick. As a new magazine which replaced four-year-old Pearl, Maverick was designed to use more spot color, new type styles and graphic innovations. Besides bear- ing the Western-type name in the tradition of other TSP publications, the magazine, under the editorship of Juliet George, carried Western life-style features and short stories. The changes were designed to attract a more diverse readership, adding a variety of human interest and sports features. The name itself was borrowed indi- rectly from Samuel A. Maverick Sr a Texas rancher who neglected to brand his cattle. Maverick then came to denote any unbranded yearling which strayed from the herd. TS of I 1 . Carolyn Fitzgerald 2. Kathryn Jean Boccella 3. Michael Sheann Guarino 4. Mary Catherine Hurter 5. James Anthony Black 6. Juliet Ada George, editor 7. Dwight L. Silverman 8. Robert David Grosvenor 9. Christopher Charles Child 10. Meredith Ann McAtee 1 1 . Ronna Janice Walker 12. Stephanie Lee Megna 248 Maverick

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT In the Student Government elections of 1976, a bunch of absurdists grouped together and drafted an Arts and Sausages platform for their Absurdist Party. By election time of the following year the party was somewhat divided, almost nonexistent. On Feb. 11, 1977, President Jay Adkins in his last meeting with the Board of Regents, diverted from his normal, comical behavior and reflected on the year with a serious note. Adkins admitted seeing things in a different perspective. Trying to run any kind of government as a come- dian is like tap dancing in the mud. It would be wonder- ful if you could do it, but you have a tendency to sink in, Adkins commented. Absurdist party members publicly disavowed Adkins ' remarks, and explained that they felt that the address had invalidated a lot of the things which Arts and Sau- sages represented. In December, after completion of one semester under the new administration, the Student Government members formed a committee to internally study the representative body. With the goal of reorganization and restructuring, the committee wanted to effect com- petent representation for students. The Senate, Senior Cabinet and members of various college councils com- prised the Students ' Association Restructuring Com- mittee. While the committee continued to gather information throughout the spring semester, no definite changes resulted. During the spring semester, Senator David Haug initi- ated the Bank Act which proposed that Student Gov- ernment withdraw their funds from the University account and become an independent agency. No con- crete action was taken due to the Senate ' s failure on three separate occasions to Jach the required quo- rum.