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Page 2 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1974 PEEPLES QJ Ann e J-fa /T) /rW/'jf Your Man at Batt by Will Anderson Residents of Mclnnis Hall were given two day notice at the end of the summer session to vacate their rooms. Gary White was one of many students told to leave to allow housing for an agricultural economics conference. White is a junior aerospace engineering major and lives in Mclnnis Hall. Residents of Hughes, Keathley, Schumacher and Fowler Halls and the Krueger- Dunn Complex were also told to vacate. ‘I have several questions,” said White. “Why wasn’t there more consideration for the residents of Mclnnis. The notices were posted during finals on Wed nesday at 3 p.m. and students had to be out by 5 p.m. Friday. The posters had been given out two weeks ear lier but the Mclnnis counselor was on vacation. “I like to think of my room as home, ” White said. “After all, Tm there for the summer, fall and spring semesters. I don’t like having to haul everything out and then back again.” “Original estimate for attendance of the conference was 3,000 but the actual attendance was approximately 1,400. Why were all those extra rooms cleared?” Mclnnis Hall was not actually used for the confer ence and residents were allowed to leave their belong ings in their rooms for the two weeks between sessions, said White. A $22.50 charge was required. “I guess I was one of the lucky ones, ” White said. “There were many students in each dorm who are going to have the same rooms this fall. They had to move all their belongings out and two weeks later move it all back in again.” White asked why the conference could not have been held with these students allowed to remain in the dorms. “The thing I was upset most about was that the university could say who could stay on campus or not. Who has priority for rooms, students or people attending conferences?” The answers to White’s questions were supplied by Dr. Charles W. Powell, director of student affairs. “First, a dorm is like an apartment,” said Powell. “When the rent runs out the renter knows it’s time to move out; there is really no need for notices. The students’ rents had run out and the obligation was theirs to move, not ours to tell them to.” Powell said most conferences were planned years in advance. “Students could care less about conferences but they are part of an on-going university system. “We have a preregistration program but we don’t know how many people will show until they show. We also have to do maintenance work that we cannot do when there are students in the rooms.” Powell said, “TAMU is the only university I know of that allows students to leave equipment in their rooms. We don’t have to; we have been considerate and the rent is not very much for a two week period. “The property is an inconvenience to the mainte nance workers because they must work around it.” Housing must be coordinated for students and con ferences, said Powell. “When it’s possible for the stu dents to leave their belongings in their rooms, we allow it. When not possible, it can’t be helped. “Experience has taught us not to mix groups in dorms because one’s activities interfere with the other’s. We try to separate housing for students and people attending conferences.” Conferences are routed around rooms available, he said. This ag eco conference was scheduled for the period between terms when the students would be gone. “No student ever lost his room during the term,” Powell said. “A student has the priority by far in any conflict. ” 3 Miles N. On Tabor Road Saturday Night: Tony Douglas & The Shrimpers From 9-1 p.m. STAMPEDE Every Thursday Nite (ALL BRANDS BEER 35 cents) . . And in local news, naturalists from across the nation have converged on Brazos County in hopes of a glimpse of the migratory flight of the rare Texas condor, expected to pass over Bryan-College Station sometime today ...” p_.. . - - —— ■ ■ - Election changes reviewed TO ALL TAMU STUDENT! A&M CHURCH OF CHRIST 1001 West Loop South — College Station We want to invite YOU to join us for Bible study and worship. Ifynj need a ride to any of the services or classes or would likei information about our student program, call 846-6677. WORSHIP: Sunday Tuesday 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.** 9:30 p.m. (University student devotional) BIBLE STUDY: Sunday 9:00 a.m. (college class, "Lives of Early Christians: the book of Acts")** Wednesday 7:15 p.m. (college class, "Dealing with GuiD")" I Tuesday and Thursday 3:30-4:50 p.m. (Bible course for collegi | credit, “Life and Teachings of Jesus") DAILY: Opportunities for regular personal Bible Study **The entire congregation meets at these times. Our gang! THE SUPER DOG £H3 £C£22ST? ViL By RAY GRASSHOFF Unlimited expenditures in stu dent campaigns and a revamping of the election committee were urged by Tom Taylor, executive director, at the Rules and Regulations Com mittee meeting Wednesday night. Unlimited expenditures pro duced debate. Jerri Ward, Judicial Board chairman, favored the change and stressed that money involved was not the most important item. She said, “All things will never be equal (in an election). Some candi dates will always have more charisma than others.” “Campaign intensity will in crease,” added Curt Marsh, SC vice president of finance, “and so will corruption, I believe.” Many committee members ex pressed views that money tends to corrupt. However, Taylor pointed out that unlimited campaign expen ditures would makeTAMU elec tions more professional. Other proposals included lower ing the required GPR from 2.5 to 2.0 for all candidates and the crea tion of a position to handle campaign contributions. Under the re-creation of the elec tion committee, the committee would be given only a managerial role in elections. Differences between by-laws and rules were also discussed. It was pointed out that by-laws are more permanent than rules. By-laws were changed so a roll call vote must be called if requested by one-sixth, not 10%, of the Senate membership. Also, a motion of the previous question will now require All proposals will be voted on a two-thirds majority as opposed to next week by the Rules and Regula- the old three-fourths majority. tions Committee. YOUNG LIFE FRESHMEN MEETING SUNDAY, SEPT. 8 • R ■ > ■ Jf i, A -rif g ft § Jft i Call 846-5879 Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the editor or of the writer of the article and are not necessarily those of the university administration or the Board of Directors. The Battalion is a non-profit, self-supporting enterprise operated by students as a university and community newspaper. 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