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7 or weary travelers,
here’s no room at the Inn
By LISA JUNOD
Battalion Staff Writer
|tudents living in College Station’s
est dorm next fall may get spoiled by
private maid service and piped-in
ic offered by the Aggieland Inn.
his August the Inn will open its doors to
^rning A&M students as a privately
ed dormitory, the only one of its kind
Allege Station. Mrs. Wilma J. Ander-
n Hjand her partner, Thomas Novak, both
^♦hlDallas, have recently purchased the Ag-
J>|l ;il 'd Inn and are now in the process of
“^averting to a residence hall.
W _ie dorm will be open to men and wo-
ier, and will accomodate 360 students on
double occupancy basis. Anderson said
il|B expects the dorm to be filled by the
■ ■■ning of the fall semester.
^Ve’ve contacted the housing office, Stu-
fl jit Information and the Association of
^jjjramer students, and we ve distributed
'’“■hures about the project at freshman
ntation conferences,’ Anderson said.
Ihe added that most parents are glad to
hear about the additional housing being
available close to the campus. Parents will
undoubtedly be glad to hear that students
living in Anderson’s “Aggie Hall” rtmst
abide by the same rules that students living
in university-owned housing are forced to
follow. Security guards will prowl the floors
from midnight to 6 a.m. just to make sure
that nothing unusual happens.
Following on-campus dormitory rules
means “no pets allowed” for residents of
Aggie Hall. Anderson said that students
may keep goldfish, but “nothing that
walks, ” in their carpeted, furnished rooms.
The rooms also feature private baths,
somewhat of a luxury for many college stu
dents. Each room will also contain a seven-
foot closet, optional television hookups and
private phones. The dorm will also offer
laundry facilities and study rooms on each
floor.
Any student armed with the required
$65 deposit can send in his application, pay
the first semester’s rent and reserve a room
for the fall semester. Students living at
Aggie Hall will pay $600 per semester, a
price which does not include access to
cooking facilities. Residents may either
purchase a university food services meal
ticket or fend for themselves in the com
munity. The Aggieland Inn will retain din
ing facilities for the general public, and will
offer an evening buffet and a sandwich bar
in the club under new management.
Gary Heiner, who has accumulated a
total of 20 years experience working with
dorms and hotels, will manage the new
dorm starting July 15, Anderson said.
Anderson is not new to the housing busi
ness, and has owned property in College
Station for several years, including the
Casa del Sol and University Terrace apart
ment complexes. She first got the idea for
converting the Aggieland Inn in early Feb
ruary and then began studying other
privately-owned dorms across the state.
She launched the project in earnest in Ap
ril, and since then has been working to
make the conversion as easy as possible.
Anderson said that she anticipates no prob
lems for the fall semester.
It takes imagination
Battalion photo by Steve Goble
Encouraged by unusually frequent summer
rains, numerous mushrooms have been spring
ing up around the campus, dotting the lawns
with flashes of white and arousing the interest
of curious students who would like to nibble
a few. But some of the mushrooms — like this
green-gilled Chlorophyllum molybdites — are
extremely poisonous. Others, like the lavender
mushrooms that grow near the Academic Build
ing, are harmless •
Top Aggies to retire
swtudents have rights too
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By SARAH WHITE
Battalion Staff Writer
Students of colleges and universities
ve legal rights protected by law, just as
ipany other individuals, said Kenneth
pjison, Texas A&M student legal ad-
Entrance into an institution of
er learning does not require that the
vidual leave behind his personal free-
. Any violation of a person’s rights, by
r students, the faculty, or the admin-
tion, leaves the offender open to law-
tudent freedom of expression has
reeman
feting as
Coresident
progressed from a whisper to a shout since
the Tinker vs. Des Moines decision, Robi
son said. The armband protest of the
Vietnam War was declared legal and con
stitutional because the protesters did not
substantially disturb the educational pro
cess. Today students may express varied
opinions in debate, demonstration, writ
ten articles and other creative outlets,
providing they do not disturb the
privilege of others to gain a peaceful educa
tion, he said.
Before a student can be punished for
disobedience to school officials he must be
treated according to due process of law, he
said. He cannot be expelled or suspended
on a single administrator’s say-so. The of
fender must be informed of the specific
charges against him and be given a hearing
where he has the right to counsel and an
opportunity to testify and cross-examine
witnesses. Deprivation of this process is
subject to legal action, Robison said.
As a consumer, the student should re
ceive what he pays for, Texas Atty. Gen.
John Hill said in a recent speech in Austin.
College catalogues, brochures, and
guidebooks that describe courses and serv
ices rendered by the university must be
backed by responsible action from the in
stitution, or face charges of fraud.
A case of “academic fraud” can be com
piled when a student graduates with, a de
gree that should insure qualifications for
employment, but skill tests find the indi
vidual incapable of the work. If the skill
was advertised in a course description yet
never taught, the administration is re
sponsible, and can be sued for fraud. Hill
said.
Hill warned administrators assembled
at the University of Texas Conference of
School Administration to be cautious,
handling student affairs with care, or face
possible lawsuits from the dissatisfied.
Four top Texas A&M University System
officials — A. R. Luedecke, Tom D.
Cherry, John Hutchison and J. A. Amis, Jr.
— will be honored at a retirement dinner
here July 26 in the Memorial Student Cen
ter.
“We envision this dinner as a campus,
community and statewide event at which
the many friends and associates of all four
men will have the opportunity to join in
expressing appreciation for dedicated serv
ice and jobs well done,” Freeman said.
Several members of the Texas A&M
University System Board of Regents are
expected to join in the ceremonies recog
nizing the achievements and service of the
four men.
Howard Vestal, assistant vice president
for business affairs and chairman of the
campus-wide committee planning the
dinner, said tickets for the 7 p.m. dinner
are now on sale at numerous campus loca
tions, as well as at financial institutions
throughout College Station and Bryan.
Gen. Luedecke, executive vice presi
dent, is retiring after eight years as part of
the administration, including seven
months as acting president following the
death of Gen. Earl Rudder in 1970.
^Luedecke, a 1932 Texas A&M graduate,
was deputy director and general manager
of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Califor
nia Institute of Technology before joining
the staff of A&M. He retired from the Air
Force in 1958 after 25 years to serve as
general manager of the Atomic Energy
Commission for six years.
Cherry, vice president for business af
fairs, has compiled 20 years of service. He
rejoined the Texas A&M staffin 1962 after a
16-year career with Trans World Airlines.
He previously taught economics at Texas
A&M and later served as director of eco
nomic research for the Texas Engineering
Experiment Station. He earned a master’s
degree in marketing and finance from
Texas A&M in 1938 after receiving his un
dergraduate degree from Sam Houston
State University.
Dr. Hutchison served the Texas A&M
University System for 31 years, the last 18
as director of the Texas Agricultural Exten
sion Service. He joined the extension serv
ice as a county agent in 1945, was named
extension horticulturist four years later and
was promoted to the position of state ag
ricultural leader in 1954. He earned his
undergraduate degree from Texas A&M in
1936. He also holds two master’s degrees
from Texas A&M and a Ph.D. from the
University of Chicago.
Amis, a 1933 Texas A&M graduate, has
served as system attorney for the past 20
years. He previously served as assistant
attorney general of Texas. Earlier in his
career, he served as county attorney in
Rains County and as enforcement attorney
for the Office of Price Administration in
Fort Worth. He is a member of Texas
A&M’s Class of 1933 and earned his LLB
from Cumberland University Law School,
now the Law School of Samford University
in Birmingham, Ala.
Luedecke, Cherry and Amis will retire
Aug. 31. Dr. Hutchison retired Feb. 29.
Bryan district tax office
collects $51 thousand in June
illiam C. Freeman, executive vice
esident for administration at Texas
1, was authorized by the A&M Board
Regents to act in behalf of President Jack
Williams until the next board meeting
July 27.
The board also authorized Williams to
gnate a vice president to act for him in
si absence.
St*" Ihe board also sold to Continental II-
is National Bank and Trust Company of
jeago and Associates $8 million worth of
nanent University Fund bonds at an
tive interest rate of 5.07796 per cent.
System officials said revenue from the
d sale will pay a portion of the costs for a
)r addition to the library at Texas A&M
university, a fine arts complex at Tarleton
JO Me University and an engineering build-
jf/'ig at Prairie View University. The three
gects are expected to total some $20 mil-
The bonds will be repaid using inter-
t from the Permanent University Fund.
600 attend Journalism workshop
By LeANN ROBY
Battalion Staff Writer
Our quiet summer campus has once
again been invaded by the uproar and
clamour of high school students as the-
Texas A&M High School Journalism Work
shop progresses this week.
According to Gael L. Cooper, workshop
director, more than 600 high school stu
dents and some 50 advisers are attending
the workshop being held in coordination
with Taylor Publishing Company.
The purpose of this workshop, which is
the largest of its kind in America this year,
is two -fold, Cooper said. “First, to rein
force the things the students have already
learned, especially the ones who are ex
perienced high school journalists. Second,
the workshop is designed to teach the be
ginners and to give them a start on the right
foot. This will also assist their journalism
teachers, who are here as advisers.”
The workshops are divided into begin
ner and advanced sessions. Cooper said the
beginner sessions are the largest.
Nearly 20 separate workshops are held
each day in newspaper, yearbook,
magazine and photographic production.
There are approximately 110 students in
the photography section, 150 in the news
paper and magazine section, and 350 stu
dents are here to study yearbook make-up,
Cooper said.
The students get the basic ideas of the
different fields in general sessions in small
groups during the day, he continued. Then
they have a series of optional sessions
where they learn the meat of the business
and details of specialized fields such as
sports writing and copy editing.
Thursday is the last day for the learning
programs. Friday is an evaluation day.
Cooper said. The students are expected to
critique the workshop and make any
suggestions as to how it could be improved
for next year.
The workshop will be highlighted by an
awards assembly in Rudder Auditorium at
11:00 a.m. on Friday. The work the stu
dents have done during this week will be
graded and awards will be given for the
most outstanding production in each indi
vidual field. Students will also be awarded
on the basis of group spirit and group coop
eration, “something which is very hard for
most high school students to achieve,”
Cooper said, “especially if they are begin
ners. ’
Social events for the young journalists
began Sunday night with a watermelon
feed on the grassy area west of the Keath-
ley, Fowler and Hughes dorm area where
they are staying this week. Monday night
Sigma Delta Chi, society for professional
journalists, sponsored a dance for the stu
dents and last night they were oriented to
the A&M campus when taken to see
“We’ve Never Been Licked” and “Viva
Max!” at the Grove.
Tonight they will attend a hot dog supper
and tomorrow they will finish off the week’s
learning programs with another dance in
the Memorial Student Center.
Two of the students, Darla McClendon
and Jackie Lyles from Central High School
in Central, Texas, who are attending the
photography sessions, said they are
thoroughly enjoying the workshop even
though they are “being worked to death. ”
They said they wouldn’t change anything
for future workshops except the cafeteria
hours. Lyles complained that not enough
time was left for all of the students to eat,
and some of them have had to go off-
campus for their meals.
AUSTIN — Comptroller of Public Ac
counts Bob Bullock said the enforcement
officers of his Bryan district office revealed
through audits $79,192 in additional taxes
owed the state and collected another
$51,041 in taxes during the month of June.
Bullock said the office conducted 39 au
dits during June, yielding an average
$208.95 in additional taxes owed per audit
hour.
Of the $51,041 collected by the office
during the month, the comptroller noted,
$39,278 had become delinquent.
Statewide field collections by the com
ptroller’s 36 district offices totaled $4.6 mil-
Changes made
in curriculum
The Academic Council approved the
addition of 119 new courses and the with
drawal of 6 courses last Thursday. Most of
the new courses will be offered beginning
in the Fall 1977 semester.
The council also changed the hours of
theory, practice and credit for 16 courses,
approved title changes for 19 courses and
approved cross-listing of 4 courses.
Changes in curricula were approved for
Agricultural Journalism, Engineering, En
vironmental Design, Food Science and
Technology, and Marketing. An Industry
Option will be offered in Food Science and
Technology.
Reappointments to the various commit
tees of the council were approved for 22
persons. Twenty-nine people were re
placed on the committees.
The council approved candidates for the
undergraduate and graduate degrees to be
awarded on August 13, and for the degree
of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine to be
awarded August 6.
lion during June, including $2.3 million in
delinquent taxes, Bullock said. The com
bined audit efforts of the field offices
turned up a total $3.6 million in additional
revenue owed the state, he said.
Bullock also announced that the Bryan
office will be open from 7a.m. to 5 p. m. for
the convenience of taxpayers.
Williams
undergoes
operation
Dr. Jack K. Williams, president of
Texas A&M University, underwent
cardiac surgery last night at the
Methodist Hospital in Houston.
A spokesman at the hospital said the
operation was performed because of the
persistence of the irregular beating of
Williams heart.
Dr. Williams is currently in an inten
sive care unit at the hospital and is rest
ing reasonably well, according to the
spokesman. His condition is serious,
but the attending physicians are “cau
tiously optimistic.”
Williams suffered a cardiac arrest
while at his home in College Station
Friday afternoon and was taken to St.
Joseph’s Hospital in Bryan. He was later
transfered by helicopter to Methodist
Hospital.
He had been recovering at home
from a heart attack he suffered in early
June. He was released June 18 from his
initial stay in the hospital.
City council approves filing fees
Wicked rock
Battalion photo by Steve Coble
An Austin band, “Rex Liberty,” played for the dance Thursday
night at the Grove. AJthough the crowd was small, the bands
men were feeling fine and put on a good show. After all, they
were paid in advance.
By JERRY NEEDHAM
Battalion Staff Writer
Applicants who file for zone changes or
conditional use permits in the city of Col
lege Station will now have to pay a $25
filing fee plus $2 for every property owner
within 200 feet of the affected land, accord
ing to a zoning ordinance amendment
passed last week by the City Council.
The $2 per property owner will be used
to notify those property owners that an ap
plication for a zone change or a conditional
use permit by certified mail has been
made.
George Ford, director of public works
for College Station, said yesterday that the
fees will not totally offset the administra
tive costs of pursuing a zone change, but
they will help in covering the costs.
The administrative costs are primarily
those of preparing maps and ordinances
pertaining to the affected property.
The amendment also stipulates that the
applicant will repay all the fees if any hear
ings (at the Planning and Zoning Commis
sion or the City Council) are postponed
because due to action of the applicant.
The amendment was proposed because
several councilmembers felt that it was un
fair for the taxpayers of College Station to
absorb the costs when the actions were
benefitting only the applicants.
The council also established a trust fond
to receive donations for city parks.
The fond was primarily established to
allow the A&M Consolidated School Dis
trict to sell Lincoln Center to the city with
out taking bids on the property, said Mayor
Lorence Bravenec.
The Lincoln Center property totals
about five acres, with the city already own
ing a portion of it.
The trust will also allow those who do
nate land or money to claim tax exemptions
for their donations, said Bravenec.
City councilmen serve as trustees of the
fond known as the College Stations Parks
and Recreation Foundation.
The Council also approved on the third
and final reading an ordinance granting
Midwest Video a franchise to operate in
College Station.
The franchise renewal is effective for a
period of ten years. Midwest pays the city
two per cent of its gross revenue plus $1.50
for every city utility pole which it uses to
string cable. The $1.50 per pole is not in
cluded in the franchise but is under a sepa
rate agreement.
The Council approved the sale of $8.84
million in bonds. Mayor Lorence
Bravenec, City Manager North Bardell,
and Councilman Jim Dozier are now in
New York City making arrangements with
a bond rating agency to sell the bonds. The
sale is expected to take place in late August
with the money reaching the city in Sep
tember.
The $8.84 million is part of a $12.8 mil
lion bonds election which was passed June
29 by College Station voters.
The remaining $3,525 million worth of
bonds will be sold between 12 and 18
months from now. The city’s bond consult
ants recommended holding off on these
bonds until the money can be used in order
to avoid paying interest rates in the inter
im.
A new zoning category entitled
administrative-professional was estab
lished by the Council. This category is de
signed to accommodate selected commer
cial businesses which provide services
rather than sell products. Less traffic gen
eration would be expected from the busi
nesses included in this category.
After a closed session at the end of last
week’s meeting Bravenec announced that
the city would proceed with setting up
ward boundaries in order to implement the
ward system of electing councilmen.
The city, on behalf of a group of citizens
who protested the April 3 election which
instated the ward system in College Sta
tion, is also proceeding with a lawsuit to
have that portion of the election invali
dated.
The group of 700 citizens signed a peti
tion protesting the ward system, which was
approved by a majority of less than one per
cent of the voters in the April election.
Their protest was based on the grounds
that the wording on the ballot was unclear
and the instructions on the ballot did not
adequately direct the voter to that item.
The Council was also strongly influenced
by the results of a non-binding straw vote
taken during the June 29 bond elections.
Less than 32 per cent of the voters at that
time favored the ward system.
The ward system as approved calls for
the city to be divided into six wards, each oi
which would elect one of the six city coun
cilmen. The mayor would be elected from
the city at-large.
The suit will be filed in 85th District
Court in Bryan. A spokesman in the Dis
trict Clerk’s office reported yesterday that a
date for the contention has not yet been
set.
Councilman Jim Gardner has remained
opposed to the city’s seeking to invalidate
the election. He voted against conducting
the straw vote and against pursuing the
matter in court.