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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 9, 1977)
THE BATTALION Page 5 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1977 ir y check] lately 46-4Ui a " an 9edt 0| 1 P6IS0I1, <j: ,rk 'Bene| s : Wdays, By LINDA NORMAN ie rapid increase in enrollment exas A&M University has ght a growing number of bi- ion campus. estimated 11,000 bikes will be ampus daily this fall, said Uni ty Police Chief O. L. Luther. 3,146 bicycles had been regis- with the university police as of day, but registration is still way. 1 bicycles operated or parked on ibinson. jj URSES ^ HIATRY "IWthasi Wtreqiidj Seivice, 8!). PM, Nalric '• Part-time enton. Mi >SES. Saii Inslruclor. i| Pi«! hi[\ on t let thieves eddle your bike :ampus at any time must be reg- ed with the university police, rding to the 1977-1978 Bicycle and Parking Regulations, registration fee is $1.50 for the olyear, and a $2 line is given to les found parked on campus out a registration sticker. liege Station does not have a requiring the registration of lies, but Dick Gulledge, Col- Station police detective re- e . , its that bikes be registered with . wlice department. This is espe- oensm purged for off-campus students, lorm students may also register bikes with the city, he said, ore bikes are stolen right before Jol starts and at the first of school ,vvvvvw *®atany other time in the school , he said. College Station has 10 reports of stolen bikes since start of the fall semester. The ersity police have had 12 re- since the first of August, low percentage of the bikes that eported stolen to the city police ecovered, Gulledge said. Sixty ) per cent of the time no serial berhas been recorded for a sto- Ijif like, leaving police with only a HI ie description to go on. Gul- said that bikes are usually out of the city and sold in mately 50 per cent of the bikes re ported stolen to the university police are returned to their owners, said Chief Luther. Nine out of 10 recovered are registered with the university police, where a permit and serial number are recorded. Most are found abandoned on cam pus, he said. The north dorm area of the cam pus is where most bicycles are re ported stolen, with the Commons as the second place, said Luther. Areas where there are apartment com plexes report more stolen bikes in College Station than other residen tial areas in the city, Gulledge said. “Bring your bike inside over night, because otherwise it’s going to get stolen,” Gulledge warned. Both Luther and Gulledge stressed the importance of locking bicycles in a rack with a heavy case-hardened chain and lock while in class. A stolen bicycle needs to be reported immediately to have a good chance of recovery, they said. “Per cent wise, it looks like it won’t be quite as bad this year,” said Lt. Jim Beamer of the College Sta tion Police. From January 1976 to July 1976 70 bicycles were reported stolen, and in the same time period for 1977 only 37 were reported. ■ss* TIP T0P ^ RECORDS ^ AND TAPES 1000 S. COULTER — BRYAN — 823-5745 Member Student Purchase Program &tdk Blank Tape Quantity Prices STEREO: SALES & SERVICE • MUSIC BOOKS • NEEDLES & ACCESSORIES COMPLETE SERVICE DEPARTMENT STORE HOURS: 9:00-6:30 MON.-SAT. TAMU TEXAS AVE UNIV. DR (A $ * COULTER TOP With an expected 11,000 bikes on campus this fall, theft can be expected. But by registering Battalion photo by Ken Herrera bicycles and keeping them chained, the chances of theft can be reduced. The university police also have hopes for less cases of stolen bicy cles, Sgt. J. D. Gossett said. Pa trolmen are cracking down on the problem, and more people than ever before are registering their bikes, Gossett said. Graduate students to meet ontrary to the few recoveries of n bikes by city police, approxi- The Graduate Student Council will hold its first meeting Monday and begin discussing projects for the year. The meeting will be in room 216 of the MSG. Health insurance for graduate students employed on campus, such as graduate assistants, is one project the council will look into this year. Graduate Student Council Presi dent Bill Griffin said. A seminar on how to interview for jobs also is planned. The Graduate Student Council is comprised of about 20 members, Griffin said. Each college is repre sented proportionately to the number of graduate students in the college, he said. Persons outside the council are al lowed to attend the informal meet ings and express their views, ideas and complaints, Griffin added. B’NAI B’RITH HILLEL FOUNDATION at Texas A&M University-800 Jersey St. announces High Holiday Services ROSH HASHONAH Mon., Sept. 12, 8:00 p.m. Reception following services ROSH HASHONAH services continued Tues., Sept. 13, 10:00 a.m. YOM KIPPUR services Wed., Sept. 21, 8:00 p.m. YOM KIPPUR services continue throughout the day beginning at 10:00 a.m. Sept. 22 AGGIE DESIGNS IN NEEDLEPOINT Complete kits are on sale at the following locations: Loupot’s Bookstore 325 University ITexas A&M Bookstore in the MSC • University Bookstore 409 University |The complete line of painted canvas including latch hook rugs< [and pillow are sold at The Owl 401 Dunn, Bryan Through September 17 Owners Wm. M. and Billy J. Booth MANAGER Andy Oelery PLAY IT (001. THIS VIA It! A CAT TRACK & SNAIL TRAIL RATES HP DAY TUESDAY, SEPT. 13 AVIS®' A/tisU WORLD FREESTYLE CHAMPION DEMONSTRATING at MT. AGGIE Sept. 9 at 10:00, 12:00, 2:00 & 4:00 FREESTYLE CLINIC Sept. 10, 8-12 a.m., Call 845-6841 to Register Ask for Debbie ■c TEXAS A&M BOOKSTORE In the Memorial Student Center 10:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M There will be a Hewlett-Packard representative in our store to demonstrate the full line of Hewlett-Packard pocket calculators. HEWLETT PACKARD Sales and service from 172 offices in 65 countries. Dept. 658G, 19310 Pruneridge Avenue. Cupertino, CA 95014- ooflCOsctuz s-<a.iu« Kuia.< —ocwQ