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P.O. BOX 45436 DALLAS, TEX. 75233 Construction progress repo AAU't riMing prociub !■ <m sehMlttlc, ith wrvral major projocta to bo aar. (aaacor CbarUa Brunt aaid tho H otory occano- •rapk/ and mataorolofy building la 76 poreont complete and tho fire-floor chemistry annex la 90 portent romp!eta, both scheduled for occupancy this winter. Brunt noted tho projocta, part of tho 990 million building pro gram for the next four years, hare completion dates raiding from later summer to the spring of 1179. Ho gare tho following summary on each project: —Student Dormitory Complex. This $8.4 minion facility includes two four-story dormitories and a ing almost 1,000 students. Work Is on schedule and should be sees- plated before the start of classes on Aug. 18. —Oceanography and Meteor- and laboratories in 15 floors. Total cost is 97.6 million. Structural steel framework and ceskcrete floors art completed. Masonry work is 91 poreont com plete, mechanical work is 88 per cent ready, electrical work la 75 poreont complete, windows 60 per cent, plastering 50 percent and painting has started. Scheduled for completion this winter, the ore nail project is 75 pamant ready. —Chemistry Institute Annex. The $4 million addition includes a basement and firs floors of of fice and lab spacs. The exterior is completed, along with inside partitions, windows and elevators. Electrical and me chanical work is 90 percent com plete and lab furniture is 80 per cent ready. Overall the project is 90 per cent complete and scheduled for opening this winter. —Auditorium and Conference Complex. Construction consists of a building complex containing a 12-floor conference tower, a 2,500 seat auditorium, a 750-seat the ater and a 250 sent theater. Total coat is 910 million. The conference tower is 65 per cent complete. Structural steel, concrete floors, exterior precast panels and roofing are completed. Glass curtain walls are 90 per cent complete and mechanical- electrical work la at the mid-way point. The auditorium and theaters are 45 percent complete. Workers have finished concrete structure work for tho large basement, in cluding waterproofing, subsurface drainage and electrical-mechani cal layouts. Concrete columns, beams, trusses, multi-level con crete stairs and the largo concrete girders are completed. Exterior precast panel installa tion and roofing see 85 percent complete. The project Is 56 percent com- eve piste and scheduled for use by the winter of 1972. —Memorial Student Canter Ad- dltions-Modifications. This work consists of a basement and two- story addition with a renovation of the existing M3C Total coat is 98.5 million. Percentage work computed in cludes structural concrete, 96; masonry and face brick, 75; dry walla, 40, and roofing, 90. The ©▼•rail project Is 45 percent com plete and scheduled for use the summer of 1975. —8-Story Office and Classroom. The 93.6 million Phase I includes a basement and eight-story fa cility. Structural concrete is 98 percent complete, brick work is 90 percent, electrical-mechanical is 65 percent, windows are 75 per cent, plastering is 96 percent. The project is scheduled fer compietten this winter and cur rently Is 70 percent reedy. —Office and Classroom phase II. This 91>74 million facility is Battalion located on i of the eight-story Phase I and consists of a base ment and two-floor dasaroom building. It will contain taro 250- seat classrooms, two 160-eaat classrooms, two 74-esat class rooms end seven smaller class rooms. Primary use will be by the Col leges of Education and Liberal Arts. Currently the basement is being dug. —Utilities Expansion. Work includes installing s 3450-ton steam turbine drive centrifugal water chiller, one chilled water pump, one cooling tower and con struction of 2,000 feet of tunnel along Military Walk. The 92.6 million project is 70 percent com plete and on schedule for winter completion. —University Health Center. The 91-3 million center Is two percent complete. ’ Construction consists of s basement sad two- story reinforced concrete building with 36,000 square feet for doc- schedule tors' offices end hospital facUI- —Military Walk Mall. Werk has just started and should bo completed by December on this 9333,213 project. Included ate walkways, plsaas, s new storm drainage system and redevelop ment of the entire pedestrian area lighting. —Eastsrwood Airport Renova tion. Work to 76 percent complete on the 9800,000 program. Includ ed are 12,000 square yards of rein forced concrete slabs for parking aprons, 6,100 feet of fence and 36,000 tons of hot mix asphalt surfacing on runways. A rood around the lengthened runway to the Nuclear Science Center to 60 percent complete. —Easterwood Airport Hangar. Construction consists of a 997,000 metal building for airplane stor age, with approximately 9,500 square feet of area. The project to ow-quarter completed. • I THURSDAY A FRIDAY — Partly cloudy warm and hamid widely scattered thenderehew- ere, wind eastern 19 to IS w-ph. High 94, low 71. Vol. 67 No. 129 College Station, Texas Wednesday, June 28, 1972 840-2226 een changed By JOHN CURYLO Editor A solution to the first seesion registration problems, suggested by the Registrar’s Office after consultation with many of the parties involy d, was overruled Monday b> A V Academic Pr»- grin i ComitMtel. The committee, which consists of tbs academic deans, met with H. L. Heaton, dean of admissions end records, and several associate deans to discuss the proposal sug- geated by repre.sentativea of the (8m related editorial, page 2.) AFTERMATH OF THE FLOOD in Pennsylvania includes state employes cleaning the executive mansion in Harrisburg. Cleanup crews had to wait for water to recede be fore sweeping the mud from the governor’s mansion. The flood left mud and water logged furniture in its wake. (AP Wirephoto) Will serve all sports r. student body, ths Fiscal Office, the Registrar’s Office and the Preaident’s Office. * Instead of accepting the plan to double the time allotted for registration, the Academic Pro grams Committee derided on re vamping of . the registration proc ess. The procedure which will take place July 13 consists of holding registration in two buildings, Duncan Dining Hall and G. Rol- lie White Coliseum. There will be no extension of time, with the originally scheduled and already proven inadequate four hours allotted. This way, we keep all the lines inside,’’ explained Dr. Has kell Monroe, a representative of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. John C. Calhoun. “Sure, the students will have to do some walking, but there is more walking than that involved in p re registration. This means that the students will ha vs to park their automo biles near where they start or where they finish,” hs said. “Al so, if it rains, everyone will be feisids.” Yhv *1 calls for the card packets to be distributed in one wing of Duncan and the actual academic regis tration to take part in the other wing. The fee assessors, cash iers, housing personnel, scholar ship representatives and the uni versity Police will be in G. Rollic White. “What we wanted to do was put the students first,’’ Monroe said. “We don’t think that’s al ways been done, because they keep getting the worst of it. Then, we put the faculty second. The other people, such as myself, are last. “It’s time the tail stopped wagging the dog,” he explained. Other possible innovations will be marking the students* cards to denote residence and other factors involved in fee assessment, start ing registration full speed, with the faculty requested to report promptly at 7:80 a.m., and early relearn of the academic repre sentatives from registration. “This way, the working people who are through can leave,” Monroe said. “If the part that goes on in G. Rollie White takes longer, then only those people will Athletic dorm consolidates facilities “We hope the students, faculty and staff will get’ together with us on this thing. It’ll be a facil ity all of Texas AAM can be proud of.” The subject is the 93,938,790 athletic dormitory planned for construction and approved last week by the Board of Directors. Ths speaker to Dr. Charles H. Samson, chairman of ths AAM Athletic Council sad head of the Chril Engineering,'*t>epartment. Located weal of the present Memorial Student Center, the new dorm will incorporate the present living facilities of Hen derson and Fowler Halls, ths dining facilities of Sbisa, ths training room of Kyle Field and the film and meeting rooms im provised in various locations, putting these widespread activi ties all under one roof. “I think anyone who looks at tbs situation will find this justi fied,” Samson explained. “We’re not going to have gold-plated water faucets and shower beads or any unreasonable things Hke that. “What this structure does is replace and modernise what to no# In five or so different areas,” he added. “This new dorm will last s long time. In addition, Henderson and Fowler will be used by the university as additional housing. So, the non-athlete students will benefit directly." Samson pointed out that the dorm will house approximately 200, which will easily accommo date all of AAM’s athletes in the seven Southwest Conference sports. Henderson Hall, which was built in 1958, bolds 96, all of whom are football players. “Henderson Hall was a fine dorm when it was built,” Sam son said, “but it to out of date now. Ths re art still community showers and toilets, the closet space to insufficient, the walls are bare brick, and the carpeting to in poor shape. “One of the things Emory Bol lard to working toward aa ath letic director is equality among athletes of all sports," hs con tinued. This dorm will help him realise that go*L This will be a first class facility.” Another advantage to students i is the location of the new dorm, Samson said. With the living, sating, training and meeting as pects of the athletes' livss next to the MSC and the coaching function being moved to the new part of the complex, the non athlete students will be in closer contact and thus more involved with the athletic department. Each pair of rooms in the dorm will be joined by a bath-’ room. The individual rooms will have lavatories and large closets, with the total width being 18 feet. Samson explained that the large rooms were necessary in this particular caae. “Many athletes are much larg er than the average AAM stu dent,” he said. “As a result, we need to furnish the rooms with beds seven feet long and wider than the beds in the other dorms.” The idee behind having a sep arate cafeteria in the dorm to based on convenience for the athletes and the employes of Food Services. This way, ths workout and training schedules of tho various teams will not be dictated by the meal serving schedule of Sbisa Hall. In the past, practice schedules had to adhere to the working hours of personnel serving all the stu dents, not athletes exclusively. The training room will be- in the basement of the new dorm. The present facility, located in Kyle Field, forces an injured athlete to go there for all treat ments. The new one will enable them to go downstairs from where they live to have injuries attended to. Another aspect of the dorm is the academic counselor's living quarters and offices. The ath letic department’s scholastic su pervisor. Max Bumgsrdner. livss in an apartment in Henderson Hall and has an office in G. Rollie White Coliseum. His du ties include being in charge of study conditions and the ath lete’s academic life, in addition to performing many of the tasks of a resident advisor. The new dorm will have a two- bedroom apartment for the aca demic counselor, in addition to separate office space In the dorm. Also included will be study rooms and areas set aside for tutoring and group sessions. “Ws cant apologise for the . be iavelved.” No compensation was made for late registration that day. On rsgistration day the first session, some 600 late registrants crowded the lobby of the Richard Coke Building. The proposed plan for an sight-hour registration period eve eliminated tibia, prab Also, Monroe was asked why no students were consulted during the decision-making proc ess for the final plan. “The Academic Program Com mittee consists of academic deans and others invited,” he answered. “Students are not usually re pre sented there. We had no idea of excluding the students.” Monroe said that the possibility was being explored of aUw fees while waiting hi Una a having the workers from i Fiscal Office check the asae ment before the fees are paid. mLm Hannigan suffers • fibrillation of heart Date of Students James P. Hannigan is in the Community Hospital in South Broward, Florida, after suffering what doctors described as a fibrillation of the heart Monday afternoon. Hannigan was in Rorida on vacation. The former U.S. Army brigadier general had what was termed as a “good day” Tuesday. Hannigan is in his 13th year at AAM, having joined the staff August 7, 1959, foflowing 30 years in the Army. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., in 1929. Bizzell Street is now closed. to through traffic, Perry says academic facilities in ths dorm,” Samson said. “Athletes are sto- depte, too. They have a hard time because of practice and traveling to games, so many of them need help In their studies.” Among the other feetures of the dorm wiU be the film room, complete with auditorium-type chairs, blackboards and movie screens, television and recreation rooms and two lounges. One of the lounges will be a public area. This will b# for guests, with ths kiss that it serve as a greeting area for dates, parents and friends. The other lounge will be more casual, an area for informal gatherings and relaxation. Included in the move 9o the new MSC complex will be the football, basketball, baseball and track coaches and the associate athletic director. This will leave only the business office and the sports information office in G. Rollie White Coliseum. What to now the main coaches’ office will become the sports In formation office end press con ference room, with the physical education department taking over the offices which are now occu pied by the coaching staff. AAM permanently dosed portion of Bissell Street at mid night Tuesday to reduce un necessary safety hasards and improve campus traffic, Howard S. Perry, associate dean of stu dents, announced. * The street directly behind the » i '4 f Worker dies f at MSC site A construction worker was killed and another escaped injury Wednesday whan scaffolding broke loose on,the 12th floor of the Continuing Education Tower under construction at AAM. University Police Chief O. L. Lather identified the dead worker aa Aden Leon McKinley, 39, of 1529 E. Admiral Place, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Hs was employed by Sta-Drl Co. of Dallas, a water proof caulking material firm. Mc Kinley and bis wife were living at the State Motel while be work ed on the AAM job. Jessie J. Koontx of Rt. 4, Box 296, Bryan, was with McKinley on the southeast corner when the scaffolding gave way at 9:55 son. Koonts’ leg eras caught in the cable, and be pulled himself to safety. McKinley fell and hit the sec ond floor patio before bitting the ground. He was dead at the scene. Services are pending at Cal laway Jonas Funeral Home. Construction Co. to general contractor on the tower- theater faciUty. System Administration Building will be closed between Roberts and Hubbard Streets, with street parking modified between Ross and Lamar Streets. Perry said no parking will be allowed where parallel parking is presently permitted. All angle . perking will be converted to “b*ad-in” 90 degree perking. The 90 degree parking will be on the west side of Bissell be tween Hubbard end Lamar Stre«ta and the eest side ef Bissell between Roberts and Ross Streets. Persons using Parking Arts 16, on the south aide of the Sys tem Building, will enter Bissell from the south. Drivers using Parking Area 16 must enter from the north end of Bissell. AH persona currently using ■Lreet parking on Bissell are ad vised to plan ahead to avoid con flict with the closing plans. , Pery reported Roberts Street will continue as a one-way street between Bissell end Spence Streets. Individual assistance, patience and understanding in the imple mentation of thto improvement to requested, Perry said. Closing Bissell Street to through traffic will benefit the univeratiy. it# employes and its student*, Perry said. The changes in the ‘ street system are considered essential * for the overall traffic operatien sad development of the central campus mall, Perry added.