Mor© Aggielands ^ ncter certain loan programs
arrive tomorrow
More Aggielands will arrive
Thursday.
Some 4,000 additional copies of
the 1974-75 yearbook will be deli
vered to the second floor of the Stu
dent Publications Office.
The first shipments of the books,
containing 1,430 copies, were gone
in six hours when distribution began
Monday.
To pick up the book, a student
needs his Texas A&M University
Identification card. Plastic covers
cost 40c. A student may pick up only
his book.
New law to affect borrowers
New ordinances
to affect students
By STEVE GRAY
City Editor
Off-campus students returning to College Station from summer
vacation, take note: Be prepared to pay more for your water, sewer
and electricity. And if you brought back a pet dog or cat to keep you
company, be sure to keep it on a leash when outside.
While students were away for the summer, the College Station
City Council passed ordinances hiking utility rates and regulating
the control of loose animals.
Th new utility rates, which took effect August 1, boosted local
water rates from 35 cents to 38.5 cents per 1,000 gallons, sewer
rates from $3 to $3.75 a month for single family residences and
multiple-dwelling units. Electricity rates were raised from $2 to
$2.25 per kilowatt hour during peak demand periods.
The rate increases were approved by the city after a compromise
was reached with the city of Bryan, which provides College Station
with its electricity, water and most of its sewer service.
Bryan had asked College Station to approve a water rate hike to
42 cents per 1,000 gallons before a compromise was reached.
The new rates, a little more than a month old, will expire on Dec.
31 as part of the interim agreement between both cities. Prior to
that date, College Station and Bryan will re-negotiate a new con
tract for city services that will take effect Jan. 1, 1976.
The new animal ordinance will require local residents to register
their cats and dogs, even though the ordinance does not require the
animal to wear a registration tag. Pets other than cats and dogs are
not required to be registered but must be under the physical
restraint of the owner.
The new ordinance, which went into effect Monday, is a consoli
dation of several previous animal control ordinances.
Licenses may be purchased for a $1 fee at the College Station
Police Dept, at 1207 S. Texas Ave. between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday.
By KARLA MOURITSEN
Campus Editor
The Federal Government has
changed the regulations regarding
student loans and part-time univer
sity employment.
Students receiving full financial
assistance in the form of a National
Direct Student Loan, Hinson-
Hazlewood Loan, or Supplemental
Educational Opportunity Loan will
no longer be able to hold a job on
campus or to participate in any uni
versity work-study program unless
they are willing to sacrifice part of
their loan funds.
Recent changes from the Office of
Health, Education, and Welfare
and the Office of Education have
caused the change in university pol
icy. The Federal Government con
siders any money received through
the Texas A&M University Payroll
Service to be financial aid. There
fore, students who are receiving full
assistance from any of the above
loans will not be eligible for on-
campus employment.
Students who have previously re
ceived any of these loans will not be
affected. Only those students who
have been granted a loan for the
upcoming academic year will need
to make any adjustments to be eligi
ble to on-campus employment.
The financial need of the student
is determined by either his parent’s
confidential statement (if he is
claimed as a dependent on their in
come tax statement) or by the stu
dent’s financial statement (if the
student is self-supporting). From
The population boom on campus is producing
hassles in parking and housing situations, as well as
24,000 expected
Enrollment jumps 14 per cent
analysis of the student’s monetary
resources versus his costs for the
academic year, the amount of his
loan is determined.
For the 1975-76 academic year,
running from September 1 to May
31, the University has determined
that the average student will need
$2600 to cover the cost of tuition,
books, room, board, and miscel
laneous expenses.
With the new regulations regard
ing student employment, part-time
on-campus employment or work-
study programs will be considered
as aid, just as a loan. So, the amount
that the job is expected to generate
will be subtracted from the stu
dent’s statement of need if he is bor
rowing under one of the three prog-
the usual difficulties experienced in registration
and add-drop lines. Flioto by Tom Knyser
rams. The rest of student’s financial
need can then be met through
loans.
Should the university grant a full
assistance loan to a student and also
give him a job on-campus, the Fed
eral Government could determine
that the university is oversubscrib
ing to the student’s need. As a re
sult, the Government could stop all
federal funding to the university.
The change in this policy does not
affect the employment eligibility of
students receiving federally insured
loans from a private lender or the
Basic Educational Opportunity
Grants.
The final determination of the
student’s eligibility for on-campus
employment will be determined by
the Student Financial Aid Office.
Groups must register
Groups numbering 7-20 wishing seating for home football
games must register their group with Student Government by 5
p.m. this Friday.
For more information call the Student Government Office at
845-3051.
Students may also purchase tickets for their parents Monday
thru Friday from 8:30 till 4:00 at the ticket office on first floor G.
Rollie White Coliseum.
Tickets remain for all games except LSU and Texas Tech.
There are less than 500 tickets for the Baylor game and less than 800
for the Texas game. Baylor tickets are low end zone seats and Texas
tickets are in foldingchairs on the track and in the end zone. These
are $7.00 reserved seats.
There are 18,533 student tickets set aside for all home games.
Cepheid Variable meets
The science fiction and fantasy committee, Cepheid Variable
will hold an open meeting in room 510 of the Rudder Tower, 7:30
p.m. Wednesday.
By STEVE GRAY
City Editor
Students at Texas A&M Univer
sity are finding it easier to bump
into one another these days.
The reason? Enrollment.
R. A. Lacey, registrar at A&M,
said Tuesday that enrollment on the
main campus coidd reach 24,000
students by Friday, the final day to
register for classes. Overall enroll
ment, including schools at Galves
ton and Texarkana operated by the
A&M system, is expected to peak at
25,000.'
That figure reflects an overall in
crease of about 2,500 students or
about a 14 per cent jump from last
year’s enrollment of 21,400.
The influx of new students is forc
ing most students residing on cam
pus to park their cars a bit farther
from the dormitories. Off-campus
students are having a harder time
finding a place to live. Apartment
living, already a luxury, costs more
than ever.
But the parking and housing
problems that many students are
contending with should lessen soon,
Dr. John J. Koldus III, Vice-
President for Student Services, said
Tuesday.
“Things should settle down after a
few weeks,” Koldus said, “because
additional parking facilities have not
yet been completed. There are also
about 100 vacancies available on
campus.” Those vacancies are
mostly for women in Dorm 1, a re
novated dorm in the corp area.
Only 7,730 parking spaces are av
ailable on campus for students, ac
cording to University Police. About
650 additional spaces will be opened
soon. Two hundred of the new
spaces will be located behind the
new Mosher and Aston dormitories,
part of the Krueger-Dunn complex.
The rest of the spaces will be in
Lot 62, west of Kyle Field, and will
be available for day student use.
Koldus said he recognizes the
problem of limited off-campus hous
ing but said he doubts that he will
make any immediate recommenda
tions to construct additional student
housing on land owned by the Uni
versity.
“Right now, I feel that the busi
ness concerns in the community
should see to it that there is enough
housing available in the area, ’ Kol
dus said. “If we do construct some
more student housing, it will prob
ably be apartment-type structures
built off-campus on university-
owned land.
Koldus also pointed out that some
older structures on campus are
being torn down to make room for
new ones or possibly additional
parking facilities.
Koldus was asked if there was a
future possibility that enrollment
might be limited in order to avoid
overcrowding existing facilities.
Theoretically, enrollment could be
limited by tightening entrance re
quirements, r aising fees, or limiting
the number of foreign and out-of-
state students.
“I’m not sure whether we would
have to limit enrollment in the fu
ture,” he said. “That is something
that the coordinating board would
have to decide because I don’t think
the university can dictate that sort of
policy.”
Koldus was referring to the Texas
College and University Systems
Coordinating Board, a state legisla
tive body which, among other
things, approves budgets and de
gree programs for the state-
operated colleges and universities.
“I realize that a lot of students are
having trouble finding a place to
park their cars as well as finding a
place to live, Koldus said, “but I
think things will be a lot better once
registration is over and students get
back to work.
Bowlers organize
Organizational meetings for the Aggie all-stars bowling
leagues will be held Wednesday and Thursday in the Memorial
Student Center bowling lanes at 7:30 p.m.
For further information call Richard Nacewski, 845-3139.
‘Old Army’ showing set
“We’ve Never Been Licked”, the 1939 look of Texas A&M
University, will be shown in the Rudder Theater at 7:30 p.m.
Admission is $1.
Charlie Brown plays
You re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” will be performed
Wednesday through Saturday in the Rudder Forum. Curtain time
is 8 p.m. Tickets start at $1.50for students and $2 for non-students.
Wheelmen meet
Park subcommittee
To reconvene Monday
By PAULA GEYER
StafT Writer
After hearing three hours of input
from builders Tuesday night con
cerning park land dedication, the
College Station City Council park
land dedication subcommittee de
cided to reconvene Monday at 3
p.m. at City Hall.
The subcommittee met to discuss
a proposal requiring developers to
dedicate one acre of land for
neighborhood parks per 100 dwel
ling units instead of one acre per 200
dwelling units as specified in the
present ordinance.
Bill Fitch, a local developer, said
if the proposal were passed apart
ment builders would be forced to
dedicate as much as 30 per cent of
the land required to build one com
plex.
Another developer, Steve Arden,
told the subcommittee that this
would add $4,600 additional cost
per acre of land.
Committee chairman Larry
Bravenec asked developer Ronny
Cruse what effect this cost increase
would have on apartment construc
tion.
“You cannot build apartment
Complexes if you can’t make them
break even,” Cruse replied.
Bravenec said he was concerned
that possibly no parks would be
built because of the high developing
costs: He said he was also concerned
about the types of parks that would
be in College Station in 10 to 20
years.
“Two acres is a large piece of
land,” developer Richard Smith
said. “One acre can make a sizeable
park.”
Smith recommended that if the
land dedicated did not meet the
park commission’s present re
quirements, an alternate plot of
land could be agreed on.
Bravenec said that too many per
sonalities and city commissions
would be involved. He recom
mended that inferior land, located
in flood plains or near gullies, count
either one-fourth or one-half of land
representative of the entire plat.
Marines explain program
A Marine Corps officer selection team will be on campus
Wednesday and Thursday to explain the Corps Platoon Leaders
Class (PLC) and Officer Candidate Class (OCC) programs to in
terested students.
The Houston-based team headed by Capt. E. F. Wright will
operate an information booth in the Memorial Student Center both
days.
The PLC program is open to freshmen, sophomores and
juniors and involves military training only in the summer.
Freshmen and sophomores attend two six-week training courses
during separate summers at Quantico, Va. Juniors participate in
one 10-week course. Upon completion of their first summer train
ing period, PLC participants are eligible for $100-per-month
stipends during the school year.
The OCC program offers an opportunity to earn a Marine
Corps commission after graduation.
Gays organize
The newly formed gay community organization, Alternative,
will meet Sept. 9 at 8 p.m. For details call 846-1213.
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appealing
Watergate
conviction
Japan
ousting
Krishnas
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improve Commission
didn't check
FBI agents
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Scientists
denounce
astfologet's
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Hoff a’s
trail found
in car trunk
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Women
infiltrate
corps dorm
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The campus bicycle club, A&M Wheelmen, will meet for an
informal social-recreational ride at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the
Rudder Complex Fountain.
Dorm reps meet
All resident hall representatives will meet in room 204 of the
Harrington Education Center at 7 p.m. Thursday. Dorm im
provements, ice machines, and dorm activities will be the order of
business.
Women discuss health care
Health care services available to students will be the topic of
the first Women’s Awareness meeting to be held at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday in room 301 of the Rudder Tower.
Special speakers include Dr. Sara Jones from student counsel
ing, Dr. Joyce O’Rearfrom personal counseling, Elaine Taylor from
Planned Parenthood, and a representative from the student health
center.
For further information on the meeting or Women’s Aware
ness call Patrice Ash, 846-4489.
Pakistanis meet
The Pakistan student organization will meet at 7 p. m. Friday in
room 402 of the Rudder Tower.
Orientation set for grads
A graduate student orientation will be held at 3 p. m. Thursday
in room 226 of the Memorial Student Center.
The socio-economic aspect of graduate living will be discussed.
There will also be instruction on how to fulfill graduate degree
requirements.
Refreshments will be served after the meeting.
Rosh Hashonah set
Rosh Hashonah services will be held at the Beth Shalom and
A&M Hillel Foundation at 8 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday.