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Discontented Traffic Offenders: You Have One Last Hope
By WILL ANDERSON
Staff Writer
Drivers who receive tickets
from the University Police they
think are unjustified may have
them reviewed by the Traffic
Appeals Panel, reported Steve
Wakefield, chairman of the panel.
Drivers who want to appeal a
ticket should go to the campus
police office in the YMCA. There,
they will be given a form to give
a description of the circumstances
and why they think the ticket
unfair.
The form is then referred to
the ticket panel and the driver is
given a time to appear.
The panel convenes every Tues
day in Room 3D of the MSC.
Starting Apr. 10, a new room in
the MSC will be announced.
Wakefield explained that the
form is studied and the driver
tells his side. The panel requests
that no witnesses be brought and
stresses that the driver’s story is
enough.
A decision is then made. If the
panel decides the ticket was jus
tified, the ticket stands. A ticket
judged unfair is repealed, and the
panel handles all the paperwork
concerning the campus police.
Wakefield added that the panel
decides, and always include the
reasons for their decision.
Two other purposes are also
served by the panel.
“They tell how to avoid future
tickets,” he said. “For instance,
if ticketed while parked for 15
minutes in a no parking zone to
unload your car, the panel will
suggest a note be left on the
Cbe Battalion
windshield or the trunk left
open.”
A third use of the panel is to
improve the traffic situation on
campus, said Wakefield. Two
members of the appeals panel are
also on the University Traffic
Panel. If a ticket is issued be
cause a sign was violated that
was only half visible, the Traffic
Panel moves to have the sign re
paired.
The More
A Man Knows,
The More
He Forgives.
The appeals panel is sponsored
by Associate Dean Howard S.
Perry and is made up of staff
members and students.
The two staff members are
Larry Pollock and Warren
Faulkner.
The students are Jimmy Green,
Wayne DeVaughn, Gary Drake,
Wakefield, Nick Jiga, Ron Miori
and Geannie Guigo.
TUESDAY — Clear to partly
cloudy. Mild day & night. High
67, low 49.
WEDNESDAY — Considerable
cloudiness and mild with chance
of occasional light rain or driz
zle. Fog in morning. High of
69.
Vol. 67 No. 222
College Station, Texas
Tuesday, February 27, 1973
845-2226
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Four A&M students will leave
Wednesday for the Second An
nual Student Lobby Conference to
be held in Washington, D.C. Feb.
28-Mar. 2.
Rochelle Lindsey, Layne Kruse,
Mike Rice and Barbara Sears will
fly from Houston to the three-
day conference. Lindsey, Kruse
and Sears will be representing
the Student Government, while
Rice will represent Student Pub
lications.
The conference will allow stu
dents to lobby their Congressmen
and Senators on several issues
yertinent to youth.
The four will have a chance to
attend discussions on retaining
airline discount fares, minimum
wage legislation which provides
for students to receive only 80
per cent of the minimum wage,
economic conversion from a war
time to a peacetime economy,
newspersons’ rights, funding of
such student aid programs as
Basic Opportunity Grants, Na
tional Defense Loans and Work-
Study, women’s issues, foreign
affairs, the draft, and the envir
onment.
Thursday and Friday the con
ferees will spend most of their
time in actual lobbying with their
Congressmen and Senators. Oth
er events include a final briefing
on Capitol Hill by Congressmen
and their staffs, an address by a
conference keynote speaker, and
meeting of the regional National
Student Lobby delegates.
Low-Cost Housing For
Ag Coeds Approved;
Politics At A&M OK’d
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BUBBLE, BUBBLE, TOIL AND TROUBLE were the results of an Aggie prankster’s
tricks after he dumped some form of detergent into the fountain in front of the Zachry
Engineering Center late Sunday night. The sudsy mess eventually flowed down the south
steps of the Center.
Women attending A&M next
fall will now have a choice of
housing facilities after the Texas
A&M System Board of Directors
decided this morning to give the
Housing Office authority to use
the Fowler, Keathley and Hughes
dorm complex for women, if nec
essary.
Dean of Students James P.
Hannigan said that as a result of
this decision the Housing Office
will be able to “drastically liber
alize the day student permit pol
icy.”
“There will be enough people to
fill all the dorms we have,” said
Hannigan, “without forcing peo
ple to live on campus if they don’t
want to.”
Hannigan added that it was
particularly desirable for fresh
men women to be able to live on
Renovation Gives Dorms ‘New Look 9
Bulletin
HOUSTON — Mrs. Mary Kay
Bellard has been moved back into
the neuro intensive care unit at
Methodist Hospital here as a pre
cautionary measure, a hospital
spokesman reported at 10 a.m. to
day,
"Mrs. Emory Bellard had a
slight setback Monday night,” the
spokesman said. “She is stable.'
Her condition is satisfactory and
all vital signs such as blood pres
sure, pulse and respiration are
good.”
The wife of TAMU Head Foot
ball Coach and Athletic Director
Emory Bellard was moved out of
the intensive care unit Monday
and had been visiting with mem
bers of the family.
Residence halls at A&M are
taking on a new look as the re
sult of a continuing extensive
program of renovation and im
provement.
The first phase of the pro
gram, begun last year at the
directive of President Jack K.
Williams to “make TAMU resi
dence halls as liveable and pre
sentable as possible,” has been
completed and phase two is
underway, announced Howard
Vestal, management services di
rector.
The $450,000 first phase
touched virtually all existing
dormitories on campus. Vestal
explained priorities in the reno
vation program were in response
to student input and the timing
of projects was suited as closely
as possible to their desires.
One major project that has
proven particularly popular with
the students has been carpeting
of hallways and ramp landings,
Vestal noted.
Along with the carpeting, all
hallways and doors in the 12-
dorm area were repainted, and
12-dorm area exterior doors were
replaced.
An electrical feeder to the Dun
can area was installed to boost
power to handle TV and refrig
erator requirements.
Walton Hall received a thor
ough going over. Included were
a new roof, exterior and interior
repair and paint, and a general
updating of the 42-year-old struc
ture.
The five new halls in the west
area received weather-stripping
for all exposed room doors.' An
electrical transformer and com
plete rewiring of Law and Pur-
year Halls brought their electri
cal supply up to meet current
demands.
Improvements common to all
residence halls included installa
tion of 52 new water fountains
and new obscure glass in shower
windows.
The $380,000-second phase of
the improvement program is well
underway, although most visible
evidence will not show up until
this summer, Vestal said. He ex
plained that most projects are
planned for the summer period
to provide least inconvenience for
students and workers.
As in the first phase, surveys
conducted by the Student Sen
ate, Civilian Student Council, and
Corps of Cadets determined the
priority of renovations.
All baths and showers in the
12-dorm area will be painted and
rooms in six of the twelve halls
will receive new paint. Vestal
said housing commitments during
the summer months allowed time
for painting only six halls at one
time.
Hart and Walton Halls will be
rewired and Hart, Walton and
Hotard Halls will receive fluor
escent lighting. Heat control ra
diator valves are now going into
Law, Puryear, Hart and Walton
Halls. Hart Hall lounge will be
air-conditioned.
New door locks will be installed
in Walton and a study is cur
rently being conducted in Utay
Hall on the feasibility of adding
a new door and lock in some of
the Duncan area halls.
Installation of wall-mounted
ash trays in all carpeted halls and
towel bars in nine halls will
round out the second phase pro
gram.
campus and increased, lower-cost
housing would make the maxi
mum number of people happy.
This move also means that on
ly men will occupy Dunn Hall
and women will be housed in Krue
ger Hall. Women living on north
side of the campus will be dining
in Sbisa Dining Hall.
Ed Cooper, Dean of Admis
sions, said his office expects the
university’s total enrollment to
increase by approximately 1,200
students, in part as a result of
the decision.
“We don’t know exactly how
many women will request hous
ing,” he said, “but this will give
us the flexibility to house approx
imately 529 more women.”
Also approved by the Board
was a recommendation by Presi
dent Jack K. Williams to allow
political speeches and meetings
on the TAMU System campuses.
These will be “subject to re
striction and conditions approved
by the Board of Directors which
will insure good order and lack
of interference with educational
processes.”
In other business, Clyde H.
Wells of Granbury and Dallas was
re-elected president of the Board
while S. B. Whittenburg of Ama
rillo was elected vice president.
Whittenburg succeeds the late Dr.
A. P. Beutel of Lake Jackson.
The nine-member board elects
officers every two years in con
junction with new appointments
by the governor. Tuesday’s meet
ing was the first for the board
since the appointment of three
new members, Richard A. Good-
son of Dallas, Joe H. Reynolds of
Houston and Mrs. Wilmer Smith
of Wilson.
Prairie View A&M College and
Tarleton State College were au
thorized by the board to seek
legislative approval for “univer
sity” designation. A change in the
name from “college” to “univer
sity” would be “more in keeping
with the role and scope” of both
institutions, the board noted.
Texas A&M University was au
thorized to request approval from
the Coordinating Board, Texas
College and University System, to
initiate the state’s first under
gradate degree program in marine
(See Directors, page 2)
Refrigerators
Distributed
This Week
Refrigerators will be distrib
uted this week for the campus,
said Steve Hill.
Rent for this semester is $15
and the refrigerators may be
picked up at the Refrigerator
Office, located behind the Uni
versity Hospital. The office
hours are Tuesday and Thursday,
3:30-5:30 p.m. and Wednesday,
3-5 p.m. The office number is
845-6342.
March 5 Is Deadline
Filing Continues For Student Posts
Filing for the spring general
elections continues through
March 5.
All Student Government exec
utive committee and Residence
Hall Association executive com
mittee candidates must have a
2.5 grade point ratio. Student
senators ani yell leader candi
dates must hold a 2.25 GPR while
class officers must have a 2.0
GPR.
8 Aggies Arrested Thursday
For Possession Of Marijuana
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NO IT’S NOT “PALMOLIVE” dishwashing liquid he’s
soaking in but this Aggie Polo Club horse is getting a good
manicure of his nails from his owners on what turned out
to be a beautiful Sunday afternoon for doing everything
irom playing football to golfing.
Eight A&M students, including
Wendell Harris, the former local
operations manager for Transpor
tation Enterprises, Inc., which
provides A&M’s shuttle bus sys
tem, were arrested Thursday in
what resulted as one of the Uni
versity Police’s largest marijuana
“busts” this year.
Harris and his roommate Steve
McCollough, of 407 Day St. in
Bryan, were charged by the
Bryan Police Department Thurs
day for unlawful possession of
marijuana in Brazos County Dis
trict Court and released on $2,500
bond apiece.
The two still are subject to
action by the Brazos County
grand jury. University Police of
ficers assisted in the arrest and
investigation.
Early Thursday morning Uni
versity Police officers Frank La-
sater and Tom Robertson appre
hended three sophomores smok
ing the “reefer madness” in a
car on the Beef Center Road.
The officers confiscated a small
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
Adv.
container of marjuana and a pipe
from Harold C. Herrick IV of
Midland, Barry Evan Klinke and
James Polk Richards Jr., both of
Houston. The three are residents
of Dorm 2.
Additional investigation reveal
ed the names of two more stu
dents having marijuana in their
Dorm 2 rooms. Robert Lynn Graf
ton and Jeffrey A. Ross, both of
Houston, voluntarily turned over
the drug to Lasater and Robert
son.
Also, investigation unveiled the
name of third year A&M student
David Hardy Crook as having
marijuana in his possession. The
Lake Jackson educational psychol
ogy major was found to have 15
lids or ounces in his Dorm 2 room.
After further investigation,
Crook informed officers that they
could dig up a can of marijuana
on his grandparents’ farm located
in Burleson County. Officers went
to the home to uncover the con
tainer.
University Police Chief O. L.
Luther said no charges have been
filed against the six cadets and
disciplinary action would be up to
university officials.
Candidates that have filed for
Student Government president
are T. Mark Blakemore, Randy
Ross and John “Doc” Shroff. Fil
ing for vice president are Shariq
Yosufzai, Randy Stephen and
Mark Fitte. David White and
Sheryl Caronia have filed for
treasurer, and Steve Eberhard
has filed for Academic Affairs
Committee chairman. Barb Sears
has filed for chairman of the Ex
ternal Affairs committee and
Curt Marsh has filed for chair
man of the Rules and Regulations
committee. Steve Wakefield has
filed for chairman of the Student
Services committee.
As of Monday, only 72 stu
dents has filed for the more than
80 student senator positions.
Candidates for RHA posts are
president, Randy Gillespie; vice
president for student life, Robert
Youngblood; and secretary, Kar
en Wilwerding. No candidate has
filed for the post of vice presi
dent for programs.
Juniors filing for yell leaders
are Dale O’Reilly and John Beth-
ancourt. Sophomores are Ron
Plackemeir, Joe Hughes, Bob
Olmstead, Steve Sykes, John
Tyler and Byron Compton.
At the present, Student Gov
ernment President Layne Kruse
reports there are nine vacancies
on the Student Senate.
Resignations because of grades
and removals due to absences
from Senate meetings were re
sponsible for the vacancies.
Representative positions open
to Seniors are for the Corps and
Liberal Arts .and at-large posi
tions are Liberal Arts, Science
and Agriculture.
Other representative positions
that are also open are for Gradu
ates, Engineering, for Juniors,
Science, and for Sophomores, Ed
ucation.
There is also a need for a cor
responding secretary.
Applications for these posi
tions may be obtained at the Stu
dent Government office in the
MSC.
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IT’S RAINING RIFLES or so it looks as the Fish Drill Team did its routine for the
Military Review of the Corps of Cadets. The team performed in no-drop fashion and the
nine-member Golden Knights group made standup landings at the Saturday affair.