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Page 2C THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1976 Student legal aid available An advisory service is available to students involved in hassles con cerning the law. The service, initiated in Oct. 1974, is funded by the activity fee paid by all students upon registra tion. Ken Robison, a Texas A&M and South Texas School of Law graduate, has staffed the office since March 1975. Chris Kling, an A&M and Baylor Law School graduate, joined the of fice August 1 to help implement new services and decrease the backload of appointments which sometimes resulted in a two-week wait for stu dents last year. Robison says their advice is espe cially helpful in the areas of con sumer protection and small claims where a student may not be able to pay a lawyer. An average of 200 students a month visit the office, seeking advice on everything from landlord-tenant problems to domestic relations to criminal proceedings. T do counsel students on prob lems with the University — mostly informing them of the rules and reg ulations and showing them they have a recourse through proper channel- s,” said Robison. Kling said the office is going to provide more educational services this year such as speeches to foreign students, transfer students and groups of students at local apart ments. The lawyers also draw up room mate and sub-lease contracts and ad vise student organizations wanting to enter contracts. Robison last year helped develop a contract between Student Government Radio and a local cable company. Other matters commonly brought to the legal advisors’ attention in clude employe rights, auto acci dents, traffic tickets, taxation and in surance. “The bulk of the workload has been of a civil nature,” Robison said. “Most of the time I can satisfy a stu dent by a question-and-answer ses sion, but sometimes we have to do research to get an answer. ” The lawyers also provide a referral service. “Divorce cases or some thing that needs to go to court, I will refer to a local lawyer, if warranted,” said Robison. Robison pointed out that he can’t go to court with a student, but he said, “I don’t advise students to go to any court other than a small claims court without a lawyer.” The office is now located in The City of College Station oper ates under a council-manager form of government. The six-man council and a mayor make up the legislative branch of the city. The council meets on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month in sessions usually lasting several hours. Occasional special sessions are called to handle any pressing matters. Many hours are required to be come informed on matters pre- Memorial Student Center 221a but will be moved to YMCA 306 in mid- September. The office is open 8 to 5 weekdays and the phone number will be the same at both locations. An appointment is required. Stu dents with problems of an emergency nature can get priority. sented before the council, but coun- cilmen are not paid for their ser vices. This is to allow University employes to serve without giving up their salaries from the state. Most councilmen also say they feel that the job is not so time-consuming so as to require monetary compensa tion. Councilmen are elected to two- year terms. Half are elected every year to provide for greater stability. A short profile of the mayor and councilmen follows to enable new residents to become familiar with their city government. Lorence Bravenec, 40, is a profes sor of accounting with the University and a lawyer and has served as mayor since last April. Prior to that he served a two-year term as a council man. In addition to the same duties rquired of a councilman, the mayor is responsible for keeping order and following parliamentary procedure at council meetings. The mayor’s signature is required on all official city documents. James Dozier, 53, is serving his fourth term as a councilman. He is an associate professor of finance at A&M and is also a lawyer. Dozier served as College Station city attor ney in 1972 and 1973. James Gardner, 55, is an A&M professor of urban regional planning. He is serving his second year on the council and was previously city planning director. Gary Halter, 34, is an assistant professor of political science with the University and has served on the council since April 1974. Dr. Halter teaches courses in city management, city finance and law. His specialty is municipal management and ad ministration, and he advises other Texas cities on management and technology application. Anne Hazen, 44, is a part-time nurse in the child development program at A&M Consolidated Schools and a member of the League of Women Voters. She is serving her first term on the council and was elected last April. Larry Ringer, 38, is an A&M statistics professor and researcher. He is serving his first term on the council and was elected last April. Lane Stephenson, 40, is associate director of the Texas A&M Univer sity News Service. He was also elected to his first term as council man last April. North Bardell, 46, became city manager in January 1974. Bardell previously worked for the cities of Waco and Bryan and served as assis tant city engineer of College Station. The city manager is selected by the mayor and council and is present at all council meetings. The manager receives a salary from the city. ?ARM ROADSIDE MARKET 3519 S. 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This unlucky soul must have done Police urge vehicle registr Student vehicles will be on cam pus in record numbers this fall and A&M University police are en couraging students to register their vehicles early. The University police will be re gistering motor vehicles and bicycles and issuing shuttle bus passes Aug. 23 to Sept. 1, 8 a.m.5 p. m. each day. Registration will be at G. Rollie White Coliseum and the new Uni versity police station, on the corner of Jersey and Houston streets. The University police station will also be open Saturday, Aug. 28, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. for issuing vehicle per mits and shuttle bus passes. Student motor vehicle permits are $36 for an annual permit, $27 for a two semester permit and $15 for a single semester permit. “Special op tion” and night only permits are also available at lower prices. Shuttle bus passes are $15 per semester. The only real changes in Univer sity vehicle regulations will involve parking lots. University Police Chief O. L. Luther said. Parking lot 48, behind G. Rollie White Coliseum, is now predomi nately day student parking with some upperclassman parking at its north end. That lot had been all dorm student and staff parking. Lot 7, behind the Reed McDonald Building, will be expanded joining lot 8. Lot 7 isastaffpaii lot and lot 8 is for day students “We’re anticipating 18-18,1 motor vehicles for this fall,” Lnl said. “We’d sure appreciate it ill dents will register their vet* | early. That way they can avoid long lines the first weekofsck Luther said 5,000 bicycles* registered last year and he eip( more this fall. “Bicycle registration permits still $1.50,” he said, “but thefinf an unregistered bike has incre from $1 to $2 and bicycle mos violation fines have gone from? $4.” l tea NOW OPEN Joe Faulk Auto Parts No. 2 3200 Texas Axe. 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