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Che Battalion Vol. 67 No. 401 College Station, Texas Wednesday, June 26, 1974 Apartment developer fined $200 for zoning violation By GERALD OLIVIER Delays dominated the College Station City Council meeting Mon day night. Approval of the 74-75 budget was postponed until a special meeting to be held Thursday night at 5:00. The proposed budget represents a 14 percent increase over last year. Only amendments were sug gested to the budget as outlined by City Manager North Bardell. A $2500 increase in the amount budgeted for the Recreation Coun- Student lounge to open Off campus students now have a place to meet, eat and catch up on the week’s news on campus. Thursday there will be an unoffi cial opening of the “Brown Bag Room” near the bookstore in the MSC. The opening is unofficial since the official ceremonies will take place in the fall. Music will be sponsored by the Basement Committee in conjunc tion with the MSC Council and will feature students J. P. Jones, Ron Rainwater, Mike Alfort, Mike Sharp and others. Committee members said off campus students were encouraged to meet their friends, eat lunch and listen to the music. They say it is a place for off campus students to meet other students. In the fall, plans for the room include the addi tion of low-priced lockers and new furniture with a bulletin board for listings of everything happening on the university during the week. eil was proposed and the Retired Senior Volunteers Program asked for $1000 to be budgeted to them. MAR CAL INCORPORATED was fined the maximum of $200 for violation of the zoning ordinance. The fine was assessed for building on two lots in the Scandia apart ments complex. At the time construction was begun the lots were zoned for single family residences. Scandia was aware of this, as they applied for a zone change to apartment building. The city council approved the re quest, but not without voicing their displeasure. Councilman Jim Dozier said ‘‘I am in favor of the request, but I resent being put in the situation of having to pass it. ’ L. P. Dulaney, city utilities direc tor, told the council that the com pany (Mar Cal) had been sent a let ter on April 29, telling them to de lete the buildings from their con struction plans. When it was disco vered that construction had begun, the company was instructed on June 20 to cease all work on the sites in question. Dulaney said that Mar Cal complied with this request. IN MOVING that the maximum fine be levied, Dozier said, “Such an act cannot be condoned by the city, and the fine will remind other developers to follow the ordinances more closely.” The council also delayed approval of a group of rezoning requests on land at the intersection of FM 2818 and FM 60. Three separate but adjacent tracts of land were suggested for re zoning. Councilman Jim Gardner stressed that although the requests were presented separately, they would be part of the same de veloped area. House evidence to be made public In a 22-16 vote Tuesday, the House Judiciary committee voted to make public evidence they have been studying in private. Rep. Wayne Owens, D-Utah, motioned for the action which will reveal 7,200 pages of impeachment evidence early next week. Included is evidence examined by the Watergate Grand Jury that on March 1 named President Nixon an unindicted co-conspirator in the scandal’s coverup and top-secret material on the Cambodia bomb ings. According to a U PI report: House Democratic Leader Thomas P. O’Neill of Massachusetts said if the committee votes articles GARDNER SAID, “I think it would be desirable to see a com bined land use plan for the area in cluding a cost estimate for providing utilities to the development.” Councilmen Don Dale called de velopers “the people responsible for growth in College Station.” He urged the council to stop “retarding this growth” by rescinding zone- change requests. The council delayed decision on the cases for thirty days. They will be considered at the next regular meeting of the council. ALSO DELAYED was a request to rezone a two acre tract containing the Shiloh Club to general commer cial. The property is to be sold to a motel firm that owns the land sur rounding it. The Shiloh Club is re locating outside the city limits. This will allow them to have turkey shoots and similar events not per- missable in the city. The council approved rezoning of a tract in the Southwood Village Apartments to commercial. The lot is to be converted to a supper club by the owner. Councilman Larry Bravenec expressed concern that once the council had approved the change the owner was free to build whatever he wished. Two lots in Kapchinskie Subdivi sion owned by Mar Cal Incorpo rated were rezoned to apartment building from single family. The lots are part of the Scandia Apartment complex. They were omitted from the original zone change approved when Scandia was first proposed. mi Today DEAN RAYMOND D. REED of the college of Architecture and Environmental Design looks over the model and artist’s impres sion of the new facilities to be completed in 1976. Architecture adds $7 million building of impeachment by the week of July 22, the entire House could vote the third week of August. O’Neill said they tentatively planned 100 hours of debate on impeachment on the floor. Voting for release of the sub poenaed material were 16 Democ rats and 6 Republicans. Opposed were 11 Republicans and 5 Democ rats. The White House and Nixon’s impeachment lawyer, James D. St. Clair have been calling for weeks for release of the evidence, but it was believed Rodino was motivated chiefly by an attempt to stem the leaks which he felt were hurting the committee. Today in the Bait | Aggie defense The Grove ... Food review., .p. .p. •P 11 5 2 Weather Mostly clear and hot today •and tomorrow. High Wed nesday 86°. Low tonight 65°. Winds light and vari able. High Thursday 89°. The ever changing face of A&M will get a major overhaul with addi tion of a $7 million building for the College of Architecture and En vironmental Design. Dean Raymond D. Reed said the building “is designed for Texas. ” “It has reduced energy require ments and shielded windows. A series of skylights will provide natural lighting for the interior of the building.” The curriculum will also get a shot in the arm from the new facilities. Reed chronicled some of the new areas, including “studios for sculpture, ceramics and print making. The facilities will allow us to offer a full fledged art program.” Innovative measures encompass “wood, metal and plastic shops which will make possible research in new building materials and con struction methods,’’ Reed said. “This will give the students a chance to work with the material rather than just reading about them. There will also be research labs for acous tics, heating and cooling. “It will give us, when completed, good facilities for 1,600 students, our five departments and our de veloping program in art,” he said. In addition to natural lighting, the building will feature outdoor exhibit plazas. Proposed open air and enclosed catwalks will provide connection between the present structure and the new building. The TAMU board of directors has approved preliminary architectural working drawings for the expanded facilities. Construction is scheduled to begin in December with occu pancy planned for the summer of 1976. The plans were drawn by the Dallas-based firm of Harwood K. Smith and the designer was Jack R. Yardley, 1958 TAMU graduate. Women’s athletic director asks for $45,000 budget Coeds want to play ball as they seek more funds for women’s sports. (Drawing by Nancy Fry). By KATHY YOUNG Citing a lack of support for the women’s sports program, Kay Don, women’s athletic director, has proposed a $44,925 budget for the Women’s Sports Association. The proposal was submitted to Dr. Charles Samson, head of the Athletic Council. THE BUDGET REQUEST is broken down into two parts; the operating fund and the sports budget. The operating fund in cludes dues, medical expenses, sponsorship of tournaments, offi cials fees, operating costs, the salaries for the Athletic Director and part-time secretary and the cost for coaching. The amount requested to cover all of this is $15,222. The requested budget will be split among ten sports: badminton, basketball, bowling, golf, gymnas tics, softball, swimming, tennis, Holidays affect MSC schedule University Center operations will close early July 3 and observe Inde pendence Day. July 4 will be a student, faculty and staff holiday. Classes will resume Friday, July 5, and the University Center re turns to its regular operating schedule. Most offices and areas in the Center will close at 5 p.m. July 3, announced UC Manager Charles Cargill. The Aggieland Station post office lobby stays open to 11 p.m. July 3 and 4. Entry will be by the south entrance on Joe Routt Blvd., across from G. Rollie White Col iseum. Affected by the holiday in the Memorial Student Center and Rudder Tower buildings are the service center, snack bar, books tore, student finance center, bowling-games area, browsing lib rary, student program and director’s offices. Also closing for the 4th are the Association of Former Students of fices and Braley Travel Service. track and field and volleyball. The women feel that $29,703.23 will cover uniforms, travel, food and lodging and equipment. In ’72, the year the Women’s Sports Association was formed, in tercollegiate sports received only $1,796.22 with which to operate nine teams with 85 girls participat ing. This money was a combination of $200 from the Exchange Store, $350 donated from the Association of Former Students, $350 from the Reserve Fund for National Meets, and $396 was earned by the girls in money making projects. IN ’73-’74 as in ’72, the girls re ceived little financial support as they bought their own uniforms, and spent money on food and travel from their own pockets. Again $200 was donated from the Exchange Store, $400 was given by Dr. John Koldus, vice president for student services, from a special reserve fund. President Jack K. Williams donated $2,000 from the Special Commissions Account, and $1,500 was given by the Association of Former Students. All this money aided in getting five girls to the Na tional Swim Meet. Kay Don visualizes a program in which “women students on campus that are interested in sports can con tinue their activities more than just as a recreation.” She feels that women should have an opportunity to develop their skills in sports on the college level. Don said, “Scholarships should not be the main emphasis but that ♦financial support should be given. ” A COMMITTEE appointed by Williams consisting of Dr. Carl W. Landiss, head of Health and Physi cal Education Department; Toby M . Rives, Dean of Women; Connie Karcher, president of the Women’s Sports Association; Ellen Bucha nan, incoming president of the Women’s Sports Association; and Koldus is studying women’s inter collegiate athletics and the prob lems involved. Samson has been studying the women’s situation and is making a report comparing TAMU with other schools across the nation at the re quest of Williams. Samson says he has presented to President Williams several items re lated to women’s sports but he has not yet made any firm recommenda tions. Samson added that Williams is examining a different possibility for support. SAMSON STRESSED the li mited capability of the financial program and added that other inter collegiate sports such as soccer, water polo, wrestling and rugby have needs for more money. “There is not a lack of interest in the Athletic Department toward women’s intercollegiate athletics but a lack of resources, ” he said. “Football is the only sport that pays its way, in addition to support ing the other sports,” Samson said. Football made $820,000 last year while all of the other sports com bined grossed $45,000. According to Samson football is estimated to make $917,000 in ’74-’75 season. MISSY BOLT, Joy Sloan, Jule Tatom, Linda Miller and Jennifer Holmes of the Panther Pride drill team from Lufkin high school are five of the 300 half-time entertainers here for training this week.