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Your man at Batt
Suggestions offered
By WILL ANDERSON
Students returning to Aggieland
may find the following tips helpful
the next two weeks:
Add-drop, enrollment
Students may enroll or add clas
ses up to Jan. 24 and drop courses
until the 12th class day. A Q-drop
(withdrawal without penalty) may
be obtained up to the Friday before
mid-semester grades.
Students should go to their major
departments for their advisers’ writ
ten approval to add-drop. Those ap
proval forms and the students’ cur
rent schedules are then taken to the
add-drop center in the old Ex
change Store.
The new schedules will be ar
ranged that night and the revised
schedules will be available the fol
lowing morning.
Dorm/room changes
Students wishing to change
dorms should first go to the coor
dinator of the dorm they want to
move into. The coordinator will tell
students if there is room for them
and make arrangements. Students
then go to their current coordinator.
All moves will be handled by sirea
coordinators through head resi
dents.
Specific procedure for moves will
be posted on dorm bulletin boards
Thursday. The time allotted for
moves is Jan. 27, 28 and 29. Any
moves later this semester will be
considered on an individual basis.
Lease agreements
Student renters are reminded to
keep their copy of the lease agree
ment handy.
Bob Rutledge, former legal ad
viser for TAMU students reports
that after a semester of counseling
on campus, the number one prob
lem seems to be housing or ques
tions arising from rental agree
ments.
While students might contend
terms of the landlord s lease con
tradict their own, the argument is
severely hurt if no copy of the per
sonal copy of the lease is available.
Shuttlebus
(Shuttle bus and lease tips were
offered by University Informa
tion.)
Shuttle bus service resumed
Monday but riders on routes 3 and 4
take a slight detour through a park
ing lot.
Renovation for the 1976 TAMU
Centennial has blocked parts of
Ross and Ireland streets on campus,
but buses will circumvent the con
struction by going through Parking
Lot 7 in back of the W. T. Doherty
(petroleum engineering), Geosci
ences and Reed McDonald build
ings.
Routes 1 and 2 will remain the
same, at least for the time being, say
the route planners.
Another thing that remains the
same is the price — $15 per semes
ter for a student; $22.50 for a stu
dent and spouse; and $20 a semester
for a faculty or staff person.
Riders will be notified as they
board Monday of the revisions by a
memo from the office of student af
fairs on campus.
The changes in routes 3 and 4
mean only that the passengers dis-
Coasters and Co.jr B y RoJne y Hammack
‘Leave it to Coasters to come up with a way to get around campus
with all this construction going on ”
embark behind the buildings on
Ross instead of the two corners as
they previously did.
Route 3 serves French Quarter,
Casa del Sol, College Main Casa
Blanca, Triangle Terrace, Citadel,
Fairway, Evans Trailer, Mobil
Town and Timber Lake.
Route 4 runs to Boyett and First
streets, Norcrest Apartments and
Hensel in the married student hous
ing area.
Work on the Centennial is bound
to affect the other two routes in the
future, but planners will meet the
challenges as they arise.
Use of Lamar and Lubbock
streets on campus as a turnaround
for Route 1 will be eliminated for
the buses turning north onto Bizzell
off Jersey.
Route 1 serves Monaco, Univer
sity Terrace, Plantation Oaks,
Travis House, Tanglewood and Bar
celona.
On Route 2, resurfacing is plan
ned for both Houston and Throck
morton streets, which straddle
Parking Lot 60 by the Memorial
Student Center and G. Rollie White
Coliseum.
However, alternatives for both
routes will be drawn up as renova
tion dictates and riders given
notice.
Route 2 services Doux Chene,
Southwest Village, West Knoll
Town House, Holik and Scandia.
Buying textbooks
The four major places to buy text
books are Loupot’s, Texas Aggie
Book Store and University Book
Store, Inc., all at Northgate, and the
Student Center Book Store in the
basement of the Memorial Student
Center. Since personnel at all stores
said they charged prices suggested
by the publishers, new books cost
Cutting
(Continued from P. 1)
are two large globes of reddish,
brownish, pinkish, whitish color,
surrounded by 24 flags, 16 of which
have ROTC printed across them.
The other globe is identical, but is of
blueish, greenish, purplish, brow
nish color. This must be a military
school.
It is time to break away for a sta
tion bread, but this colorful account
of the ribbon-cutting ceremonies
will return momentarily.
For purposes of publication, pre
tend a moment has now passed.
It is now five minutes after the
breathtaking event of the opening of
the student lounge — remember
you heard it here first. Not a great
deal has happened but, folks, re
member the significance of this
event. The atmosphere is charged
with emotion. With which emo
tions, this reporter is not at liberty
to say.
Folks, this concludes the grand
opening of A&M’s elegant student
lounge, but please stay tuned for
more questionable happenings on
the A&M campus.
Cbe Battalion
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TAMU Town Hall
Young Artists Series
presents
Minoru Nojima
Japan’s great pianist
Tuesday, Jan. 28, 8:00 pm
Rudder Center Theater
A&M Student FREE
Non A&M Student Date $1.00
General Public $2.50
Season Tickets Honored
No Reserve Seats
In Addition, there will be a lecture demonstration, 8:00 pm Jan. 27 in the Rudder Center
Theater with no admission charge.
to students
about the same at all four. Students
who wish to sell their old books can
expect about 40 per cent to 50 per
cent of the retail price. The price
will vary with how much the book is
needed and when it will be used
again.
Loupot’s offers an extra advan
tage to students trading in books,
said employee Dennis Bother. Stu
dents are given a coupon with two
prices for their books. One is the
cash value; the amount students will
be given in cash for their books. The
other is 20 per cent greater than the
cash value. Students are given cre
dit for that amount to purchase any
merchandise in Loupot’s, including
books.
Used books in all four stores sell
to students for about 75 per cent of
the retail price.
All books for graduate courses are
available at the University and Stu
dent Center book stores. Loupot’s
carries all books needed for veteri
nary and biomedical courses.
All four stores were crowded
when I was there but the students
appeared to be checked out fastest
at the University (Northgate) and
Texas Aggie bookstores. The time
suggested to avoid the crowds is be
fore 9 a.m. or after 4 p.m.
If a student will not need a book
he bought this semester, he may
return it for the full purchase price
to the store where he purchased it.
The full-price refund deadline is
Jan. 25 at the Texas Aggie and Uni
versity book stores. Loupot’s refund
period lasts until Jan. 27 and the
Student Center Book Store refund
period ends Feb. 3.
The Student Government Book
Mart will remain open from 9 a.m.
to 4 p. m. until Friday in the Student
Programs Office. This service buys
books for 40 to 50 per cent of the
retail value and sells them for 60 per
cent, taking less profit than the book
stores.
Some students who sold their
books to the Book Mart before
Christmas are reminded to pick up
their checks.
Your man at Batt is a column
which investigates student prob
lems and questions. Students are
encouraged to use this column and
may enter their complaints at the
Batt office. The number of the Batt
is 845-2611 and if I am not at the
office, a secretary will take your
message or tell you where to get in
touch with me.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1975
We Want You To Meet
Someone!
Howdy Party — Jan. 24
7:30 p.m.
Noon Bible Studies
M-W-F 12:00
(great food!)
Sandwich Bible Studies
T-Th 11:00
Baptist Student Center
College Main at Church St.
Students who want to add long distance calling privileges to
their room telephone should sign up at our desk in the Lobby
of the Memorial Student Center, Wednesday, January 22
through Friday, January 24 from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.
You should check with our desk if:
You want long distance service and did not sign
up last semester.
You are moving from a room where you had long
distance service and have not notified our business
office.
You have any question regarding long distance
service.
Students who signed up for toll service last semester will con
tinue to have long distance privileges.
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