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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, FEB. 20, 1976
FRIDAY, FEB. 20, 1976 — —mm 1^
Tennis court location investigated Monei/is there—just ml*
The Student Campus Planning
Advisory Committee (SCPAC) has
completed an investigative report
concerning the proposed site of the
varsity tennis courts.
The proposed location of the eight
new courts is south of the Rudder
Center between the picnic area and
Houston Street. The site extends
into the grove of trees near the picnic
area.
The varsity tennis courts are one
segment of a plan that includes all
future athletic facilities. According
to the SCPAC committee’s research,
the location of the new courts was
studied and decided upon several
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years ago by an Athletic Facilities
Study Committee.
Dr. Charles Samson, chairman of
the Athletic Council and head of the
Civil Engineering Dept., was
chairman of the committee. Its
membership included eleven admin
istrators and six students.
Few members attended all of the
five meetings of the study committee
according to the SCPAC report. The
majority of the committee members
were also members of the Athletic
Council. The key students on the
committee have now graduated.
Students involved with the study
committee were considered voting
members of the committee and were
“allowed full voice in all dis
cussions”, according to the SCPAC
report.
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Its central location will guarantee
more spectators at tennis matches.
The low-lying area and surrounding
buildings will help block the wind.
However, the low area may also
cause a drainage problem. Because
of the size of the courts, many of the
trees in the area will be cut down.
The space required for the courts is
71,000 square feet; the Kyle Field
astroturf covers an area of approxi
mately 70,000 square feet. The loca
tion will also mean increased foot
traffic through the picnic area and
the areas near President Williams’
home.
Study Committee unanimously rec
ommended the proposed site of the
varsity tennis courts. President
Williams accepted the recommenda
tion.
The report states that Dr. Samson
has said several other sites for the
courts were thoroughly discussed.
Other former members of the com
mittee have said that the location of
the tennis courts was a “foregone
conclusion’’ and that no other site
was considered.
The SCPAC report included the
pros and cons of the study commit
tee’s decision on the site. The pro
posed location is close to existing
The SCPAC report concluded that
although the varsity tennis courts are
needed and desirable, perhaps
another site could be better utilized.
The major objection to the proposed
site is the aesthetic value of the area,
“one of the few remaining open
spaces on campus.”
The original Athletic Facilities
Although members say there is lit
tle chance that the site will be
changed, the SCPAC report states
that perhaps the student population
will be better represented in the
planning phase of the tennis com
plex. The report states: “The stu
dents who will serve in that capacity
will be ones concerned with design
and ecological impact rather than
students serving due to membership
on the Athletic Council. ”
The SCPAC is a standing commit
tee of the Student Government. Its
primary purpose is to voice student
concern with campus construction
and landscaping. SCPAC is respon
sible for providing the administra
tion with current student opinions
with regard to planning campus fa
cilities. — Susan Brown
The graduating Aggie who has a
job waiting but no money for the
move, the fellow who can’t afford a
senior ring and even the freshman
who needs five or ten bucks all have a
place to go for help.
The Student Financial Aid Office
at Texas A&M has a whole spectrum
of short-term loans to get students
over those rough financial spots,
even to the extent of helping pay for a
new baby or financing a pair of senior
boots.
The attitude of the loan adminis
trators is typified by Alvin Bormann
Jr. who says, “The loans are here to
aid students and if the funds aren’t
used we are penalizing the stu
dents.”
One of the largest of the loans is
available to second-semester stu
dents or better who are full time, not
on probation and can show evidence
of need.
The maximum loan is $750 repay
able within one year. The interest
rate is six per cent; however, loans
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LONDON — Iceland’s decision
to break off diplomatic relations with
Britain because of the cod war be-
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tween the two, raises a question over
one of the Western alliance’s major
observation posts.
Iceland’s only contribution to
NATO is its Keflavik air base, from
which the U.S. Air Force monitors
the movements of Soviet forces in
the Atlantic corridor. Eighteen
months ago. Prime Minister Geir
Hallgrimsson’s government called
off the plans of the previous leftist
cabinet to close the base. Foreign
Minister Einar Agustsson said the
break with Britain would cause no
change in Iceland’s ties with NATO
“in the near future. ” But the dispute
was certain to give the Icelandic
Communists new arguments to use
against membership in NATO.
NATO already is crippled by the
conflict between Greece and Turkey
over Cyprus; the continuing eco
nomic, political and military up
heaval in Portugal; and the prospect
of more Communist gains in Italy.
The Icelanders claim they are pro
tecting their only resource since fish
accounts for 83 per cent of their ex
ports. Britain maintains its fisher
men have traditional rights in the
fishing grounds
repaid within 90 days have a
minimum charge of $1 on amounts
less than $100. Over that, the
minimum service charge is $2.
In addition to the educational
loan, there is a group of non-
educational loans.
The Bertha Pratt Loan Fund can
furnish up to $200 to students who
are candidates for graduation to help
them meet moving and first month
expenses. This includes graduate
and professional students. The loan
is payable within one year from the
date of receipt, and carries a service
charge of $5 per $100 loaned.
Co-op students can also be consid
ered for loans to $300 to get them to
their assignments, pay tuition, re
quired fees and meet living expenses
until the first pay check.
The Financial Aid Office also of
fers loans designed to help students
stay in school and assist with non-
educational expenses that could lead
to withdrawal.
The office is authorized to make
loans to eligible married students
with expensive hospital bills due to
illness in their immediate families or
for extra costs arising from
childbirth. A one-year-loan can be
made for as much as $500 with a
six-month extension granted for
undue financial hardship.
A $250 one-year loan is available to
pay State Board Examination or
Graduate Record Examination fees.
It can even be used to buy senior
boots, boot pants, saber, senior ring
and such graduation necessities as
cap, gown and invitations.
The smallest but not the least im
portant loan is the Little Loan Pro
gram that lets full-time students bor
row from $5 to $20 for 30 days with
only a 25 cent service charge,
loans are available at the “Little]
Window” of the Student Fin
Aid Office which is open 9-12
and 1-4 p.m. weekdays.
“There is no lengthy applj
procedure involved,” Bormann
“Upon presentation of a currej
slip and ID card, students fill,
loan application with a minim
required information, and tlie,
issued their loans.”
A student doesn’t have to
why he needs a loan, GPRis (
criterion for the loan so even
semester students are eligible!)
have a clear conduct record.
“Si nee 1968 t he p rogram basi
approximately 32,000 loans
about $565,000, Bormann
“Texas A&M was one of the fasti
versities to come up with thisti]
program. Many donorscontriln
the fund like A&M clubs
Mothers Clubs, and memoriil
honor of deceased loved ones
vide funds for the Little Loan
f/
gram.
Any of these short-term loansl
be applied for at the StudentFiJ
cial Aid Office, room Sffiontlieif
floor of the YMCA Building,
Today in hi
Today’s highlight in history:
On this date in 1962, Johnft]
became the* first American ton
the earth. After being launched It
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in the Atlantic.
In 1792, President GeorgeIfJ
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Nevy safety and efficiency mea
sures for the Nuclear Science Center
and the nuclear reactor in Zachry
Engineering Center are now being
observed.
New emergency equipment in
cluding showers for decontamination
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make them radioactive— appi mscovi
so there would he no
whether an experiment fitsintoi]
of the areas that has been apprei*
“The board previously approved
broad areas for experimentation,”
Dr. R.G. Cochran, head of the nu
clear engineering department, ex
plained. “I felt it would be better to
have actual experiments — ranging
from learning to start up and operate
the reactor to measuring the effect of
materials put into the reactor to
The reactor safety boar(|
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to review, evaluate, and ap
safety standards for the tworei
on the Texas A&M University
pus.
Gen. A.R. Luedecke, exeraf
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The story told of three engineers
who said they quit their jobs to warn
of nuclear safety defects.
Dale G. Bridenbaugh, Richard B.
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