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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1975)
Page 8 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1975 WELCOME BACK AGGIES Mr. and Mrs. J. Cedillo are operating the Mexican food side at Fontana’s Restaurant. Dr. and Mrs. J. Fontana the Italian side. Yes, two restaurants in one. For unlimited dining. Open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Check with us for lunch specials. 1037 S. Texas Avenue Don’t Give Her A Broken Heart Give Her A Valentine from Embrey’s Jewelry Several styles of Aggie Sweetheart Rings North Gate College Station 9 - 5:30 Mon. - Sat. Asks for $170,000 Intramural Department requests 75-76 budget First part of a three part series on the intramural budget By TONY GALLUCCI Staff Sports Writer The Intramural Department is asking for a $100,000 increase in the department budget for 1975-76. Ac cording to the budget request and the accompanying justification, such a request is not uncalled for. The department, according to the figures released, is operating on a budget of $70,000 for the current year. Two other Southwest confer ence affiliated, state-supported schools are operating on much higher budgets. A&M operates its intramural program at an average cost of $3.33 per person for an enrollment of 21,000 people. This is opposed to the $9.75 per person budgeted for the University of Texas. UT’s 40,000 enrollment benefit from a budget of $390,000. A&M compares most favorably with Texas Tech in enrollment fig ures but the budgets differ greatly. Tech operates on a budget of $142,000 for 22,000 an expenditure of $6.45 per person. Tech spends a little less than twice as much per person than A&M. Total participation figures are not available for all schools but a sampl ing of the four major team sports reveals some interesting figures. A&M plays 1640 games with 685 teams in the four major sports as compared to 807 games and 341 teams for Texas Tech. UT plays 1910 games comprising 990 teams. A&M offers one additional division of competition for ROTC but eligibil ity figures are not changed. A major difference in present budgets is money allotted for recre ational areas supervision. A&M and Texas provide recreational hours from 4-10 p.m. daily, while Tech allows two hours longer per day. Of the wages allowed for supervi sion, Tech provides $44,200 or about $2.01 per person. Texas allots $65,000 or about $1.38 per person. TAMU provides $6,500 or about 31c per person for supervision. The cur rent request asks for an additional $32,785 for supervision of recrea tional activities. There are currently three profes sional members of the A&M in tramural staff. Their salaries take up the bulk of the current budget. Texas employs 14 professionals compared to 10 for Tech. Of Texas Tech’s current $142,000 budget about $93,500 is used for salaries. That leaves approximately $4,300 for other expenses. The current budget request asks for salaries of $58,500 for an in creased professional staff of six. Wages account for $71,998.50 of which $39,285 is for facility supervi sion and $15,681 is for officiating and event supervision. $17,072 of that is for office help and other staff. Other expenses will draw $36,236.40 of the proposed budget Beware of DeWare. The goblins are out and the careless pay the price. A rash of thefts in DeWare Fiel- dhouse has given light to several ex planations. Most of the explanations show that the carelessness of the victim is usually responsible for the theft. Combination locks of two types are used to protect personal belong ings. One is the Dudley and the other is the Master which comes in V-ll and V-12 varieties. The lock is supposed to fasten through a hole at the bottom of the locker handle. However, carelessness in prop erly locking the locker has been one “goblin” leading to theft. Some people put the lock around the handle instead or fail to make sure the lock is shut tight. Or people fail to spin the dial, keeping the lock set on the number which opens it. Dennis Corrington, intramural director, inspected the locker rooms at DeWare and by pulling on several of the locks was able to open one, showing the failure to properly set the lock. Other losses occur when students playing racketball or handball set their wallets down and forget to pick them up. Others do the same thing in the locker room, leaving articles which includes insurance, office ex penses and sports equipment. Sports equipment accounts for over $18,000. Travel expenses will re quire approximately $1432. The final category in the request was capital outlay. The $3500 for a pickup, $500 for a lineing machine and $150 for a lawn mower bring the total proposed budget to $170,884.90. Succeeding parts of this series will highlight discussions with In tramural Director Dennis Corring ton and other university officials concerned with the budget. on the bench and forgetting about them. The idea that coathangers could be used to “jimmy” the locks was discounted by Emil Mamaliga, an associate professor in the physical education department. He said there was no way possible that any one could get into a locker unless by force or by removing the lock. Mamaliga is in charge of supervis ing the four pass keys used hy the PE department. Two of the keys are for the Dudley locks and two are for the Master s. Rumors have circu lated that someone with a pass key is responsible for the thefts. Mamaliga says this is not possible since he keeps the pass keys under lock and key and only gives them to those he trusts. Carelessness on the part of the students seems to be the cause for the loss of personal articles. While hurrying to class or having some thing else on their minds, many students have returned to their loc kers to find to their amazement that they have been burglarized. Because students do not take the extra moment to insure the safety of their belongings they often have to learn a hard lesson. As the saying goes, haste makes waste. But it’s some waste when it happens to be a billfold containing all the ready money a hasty student has. DeWare thefts due to lock carelessness By PAUL McGRATH Staff Sports Writer FA CASUALTY INSURANCE AGENCY WE CAN SOLVE ALL YOUR INSURANCE NEEDS- LOWEST RATES — MONTHLY PAYMENTS - AUTO, APARTMENT RENTERS — MOBILE HOMES — MOTOR. CYCLES — BOAT — LIFE — HEALTH. DROP BY 303 COLLEGE MAIN OR CALL 846-8791 ANY STUDENT: WANT TO MAKEAi EASY BUCK??????? Aid us to contact a school class, club, association or individut in your HOMETOWN. AIM: Raise funds or earn money. We are now in production with a brand new novelty withwis appeal to the youth market. 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Frii I of the I remar 1 them 1 freee some, are al land \ trol o hie la cen t count has b entei “V pres< What would the world be like today if there had been no United Nations formed in 1945? If there had been no UN, it would mean . . . that Central Africa would be under the leadership of pro- Western, Christian, anti-Communist Moise Tshombe, instead of the cutthroats, killers, cannibals, and Communists who now dominate that region. that the Berlin Wall would never have been erected, and that streams of refugees would have continued to remind the world that Communism is imposed, not chosen. that the United States, free of UN controls, would have sought speedy and honorable victory in Korea — thereby precluding any possibility of the Vietnam horror of the past thirteen years. that the United States would have continued to deserve the respect of the rest of the world, instead of being viewed as a spineless weakling because our leaders continually grovel before petty tyrants, Communist butchers, and so-called “world opinion.” that throughout the world, socialism and Communism would have retreated, to be re placed by free enterprise, personal initiative, and more freedom than most persons have ever known. Give Peace a chance. Get US out of the UN. Ron Wright used to act in plays promoting the United Nations. Now he produces and broadcasts his own radio program in L. A. and gives lectures about how we should get out of the U. N. “One Nation Under God, Not the United Nations” 8:00 Monday night, February 17 MSC Room 225 tickets a dollar at Rudder Center Boxoffice or at the door STUDENTS FOR RESPONSIBLE EXPRESSION BOX 8103 AGGIELAND