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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1974)
\' >FILI COlT*». me 136 B •AS,"" N Vd OB No 4 l, Tl 6. 1974 oard to let contract on wall Powell says coeds wont replace men Mdr rewdents of Mdnnii Had Laurie Koenig, president of dmoat found themselves fated with KentWey and fourth fleor RA, said a female invmion that Powel has higher authority and As a result of miscalculations, the gMs will just have to wait until there we 14 girls living in dorm definite. Anal word is received rooms without a bed Although Dr The “thre«vto-*room~ situation Charles Powell. Arector of student hes caused a great deal <4 girls an dhrirs said the guvs will not and inconvenience, hut Powell said that cannot he forced So vacate their a solution will he worked out So ae- rooms. several girls plan on moving commodate everyone latimu SmBp. into Mclnnh this weekend No one. however, will he forced to vacate their rooms. Powell stressed. \Luedecke expects Northgate project to begin next month Gen. Luedoche said the i •v |IM PCTCRS Lnadeeke smd. depending oa the Crmati urtiiHi >m a wal along the Kale of the huildtogs behind the northern boundary oi campus will wall begin nest menth. according So Live oak trees and tvjr will be have the tame impact as the cur- Gen. AKia R Luedrcke. enecutive planted on either side of the wall rent plan. vice-president and sidewalks will he Uud along the "It didn't accomplish whet the The brick and hen structure, street Side landscape architects felt should be j termed the Northpate Perimeter The only openings in the waU will accomplished aesthetically,” 1 Development boundary Device he where a street cuts through No Luedecke said by university oAnalt will stretch wall will he erected in front of the along University Avenue from the Nortf^ate Peat OAce. since that is RORERT P. WHITE, former United States Department of Ag- federal property head of the university's landscape rirulture building to the Engineer Tongue-iu-check reports this architecture department, said he tagl Center summer of a taw rate block wall, felt the wall would be an asset to the A contract for the wall is eapectrd with broken glass strewn along the Northgate area, to be awarded Tueaday by the Uni- top, built up the image of the wall as “if immediately across the street varsity Board of Directors Con- a Berlin like barrier from the cnmpui there seas a nice struction bids ranged between THE QUESTION of “why a wall open park space—or even a cem- §400.000 and SMQ.000 at al“ wm miswered with a variety of mercinl area where there was some NT>R1 HGATB AREA mer- Timothy W kenemp. a designer need for such a plan.' White et chants. students md faculty mem with the TAAIU Farihttet Nanning freed bars have erttsrsaed the proposed and Construction Department, cal- Another complaint voiced was wall fed the waM a "dr* *-* far dehnsaOng the lack sf consultation by the ar- The Student Senate last spring campna Ifceits " Pe emphaalaed the chitects with an rusting advisory passed a measure taking**strong es- impnrtonen of the stvuatnre as a oommitte for long range campus oeptson to the lanversity't "negfoct "vimti showpiece far the univer- planning to allow for student input into the sity devrlepment of the master land Gun Luedeekr und the waU svill MEMBERS OP THE COM- scape plan ' The null is one of four take attention off of the parking lots Ml IT EE said they met once with protects included it. that plan and harks of the dormitories the planners to discuss preliminary Proponents of the wall say it srdl The Student Senate Campus plans for the wall Since that maet- cruato order in the‘rhaotir " North- . Planning Committee last spring saad ing last November the committee gate svuu Opponents argue just the they found the entire "wall concept had not been consulted to any aa- oppostte to be totalh obfertionahle. pact of the master landscape plan At any rate, it is rertun the wall Other projects included to the will hr built, with a scheduled com- IT RECOMMENDED a ~kv- landscape plan we a new plaza at the pfetton dote in fal . IV7S mg" waU consisting of low shrulv entrance to the Corp of Cadets srea. About one third of the nearly bery. broken up by gretchci of a fountain and plaza west id the ).000-foot-loeg structure will he a three foot high brick andh. At tins Che mil try Budding, a new focal Mick wal. heohen^hyatoutohaaaf haMM the wall could be aaed as point hutnaen the System and Ag- iron fencewuri The fence will re seats for pedestoians. thecommit* semhie the iron hamer to the north suggested to the Shtan-North of k vie Field . Ttotproposal was rejected by the design Arms con tear ted In the uni design at the main entrance on HEIGHT OP THE WALL wiA sersity as being af the *roag MaAwsv 6 vary between »<>«» and sis fret. ft ' ‘ 4 SCALE MODEL shows a portion of the Northgate wall to be built month. One-third of the wall will bo constructed of tan brkhs looks south Inward the College Station Pott Office (Photo By Doug Winship > the south side of University Drive beginning neat This view h Dormitory area to the landscape MORTHGATE .AREA., • , • l UuDu^sf^ New 1 Shuttle Bus Committee discusses problems, routes The Shuttle Be* Committee met m it tee was not furnished by There svere Anancinl troubles last Thursday morning to discuss pn»K Treehouae Apartments This and yaar but now shuttfe bus Anances lams, route changes and acsfUasat other problewss caused the proposal are in the hlark- new members to be set aside for Kirther invrtiga The committee plana to use avail The committee of frcuRy and stu- turn able aaoney to get as many buses dergs agreed to revise Route tA to The committee agw od to remove possible on routes and running toctudr a stop at Ptokwav Apart- eztra bus dop signs near Travis smoothly There are plana to wv- monti Hons* Apartments oa FM-30 to rraoar rider information and inatal The modification of-routes to to- consolidate riders to that area benches at soane bus stops ckudr stops at Treehouse Apart- Riders on shuttfe roots three are Dr Charios Powell, chairman af toedts and Oak Forest Mobile adv ised that a bus stop doser to the committee, asks that riders have Hosne Park was Aacuaaed home cm stwnetones hr found on puttenor and cooperate far the Arst A h<t of residents wanting shuttfe route 4 This can he determined by few weeks until problems are re- USDA / r LOCATION OP WALL is depicted by Drive. i Today^ Students cull convention u waste Services fees spent on NS A ‘flop’ r Weather miU Friday. Wind, from the east-nnrthoaat 7-It mph High Friday tonight high S4*. There had been contusion at the convention. Hansel admitted, but By MART RUSSO ing and m ngmui hood with the problem of student salaries After spendlfto over Bt90 in stu- University <4Texas SC President services to a rad way since SC at The convention fell dent fees to send a ihhiglr to tha Frank Fleming agreed "The dale Austin is now on optional funding tmnaf battle to the end wttk the she sad that this could be due to eon- fates were more Interested to petty To generate its budget. ITT must North and Eaat fighting the West having the convention in a hotel, dent fights than to getting anything m. meet student wants or face the con- and South At least there was some alkiwing «m>king or drinking and had oomph shed' said Fleming. The sequencer coalition on the outset." Hansel 300 people descending on one glace ey. nufor Issue at the tun ten tom was said at one time Ivy. Bndtogout whether the NSAstafta Other nagattve report, wore gen- “ wa, wtihag to - ersgad about th* oanuentina by Bob . karU Mourtwon. BC was BSWt | Sue related Mary. pagTl Wa poae of finding out dbout NSA'i var ! with brand THE GENERAL MEETINGS »e sad. woro poorly run with rows of ■ I (foracoupkr days, hut! that wore—nr student services. It wi to And other SCadm porter (sec comment on page t). A STUDENT LEADER from another Southwest Conference school found the convention benefi itu> T found the convoutton ' Institute appointed in closed session M ITT, pretZLl. I, wVir*. Medical services evaluated for grant S ARM the >’s SC tT del Institute ef Mnntod last Volley De- (BVDC) to ■ ■ F ■■rul fr Hi in L Valley Arts I fi3 «>• A i to ho hudt to Robertson County T ATTENDED naf studeo The stud CoL of tha sr.