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WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 1. 1978
Vandalism decreases on campus
By BETH DZIKOVVSKI
Police say vandalism on the Texas
&M University campus has de
feased over 50 percent over the
ast four years.
Texas A&M police figures show
lat in the 1973-74 fiscal year 88
ises of vandalism were reported,
awever, in 1976-77, only 41 cases
ere reported, said University
lief of Police O.L. Luther.
Luther said the decrease in the
amount of reported incidents comes
from a zoning system on campus.
Uniformed men are assigned to pa
trol these zones. Vandals are not
necessarily apprehended but many
acts are discouraged from just the
officers’ presence, he said.
Most vandalism involves damages
to cars consisting of deflated tires,
broken radio and CB antennas,
scratched paint and broken head
lights, Luther said. Such incidents
outhwestern to offer
ptional med coverage
By CHRIS CAIN
Optional medical insurance cov-
ge is being arranged for Texas
M University faculty and staff
mbers who are working as con-
tants outside the University sys-
m Presently they are not cov-
jd.
Texas A&M and Southwestern
e Insurance Co. are arranging
erage for those who desire it.
ifter some insurance claims were
lied, H. Ray Smith, director of
sonnel, issued a memorandum
ifying the faculty and staff of the
ission of coverage. Many had
;n unaware of the provision.
Dr. Don Hellriegel, management
lartment head, said he had no
iwledge of the omission of cover-
until he received that
morandum.
What if I really got injured while
nsulting and had need for $50,000
rth of coverage?’ he said. “From
own personal standpoint, it’s
id of scary.'
Dr. Douglas Stone Jr., professor
management, also said he did not
aw of the provision before receiv-
the memorandum. He served on
Texas A&M University Systems
rsonnel Policy and Employee
nefits Committee in 1970 when
Is for an insurance contract were
ng considered.
The committee drew up a list of
cifications and insurance com
ities across the nation made bids
the contract. Southwestern Life
mrance Co. was awarded the
nip medical insurance in Sep-
nber 1970.
The committee was not con
ned witli that provision at the
ae; they were concerned with
ler specifications, he said.
Smith said the omission of cover-
3 for personnel involved in work
(side the University is a standard
feature of group medical insurance.
Sam Byer, a salesman with Anco
Insurance, a general insurance
agency representing Southwestern,
said the omission of medical cover
age was a provision in the contract
from the very beginning.
The faculty members were
encouraged to consult the insurance
company said it would not cover
them while doing work which is ap
proved by the university, Hellriegel
said.
The faculty-staff handbook says
“Outside professional services or
consulting by professional personnel
of the University is encouraged
when such activity promises benefit
to the University, the state of Texas
or to the nation, as well as to the
employee. It is discouraged when it
appears to be only a means of in
creasing the employee s income.”
Stone, who also has done consult
ing work, said he wasn t too happy
with the knowledge that he was not
covered when consulting.
Personnel doing consulting work
are not the only people who are not
covered. Maintenance staff working
for someone besides the University
also are not covered with medical
insurance.
However, these persons are still
covered by life, accidental death
and dismemberment, and long-term
disability insurance while working
outside the University system.
Smith said the Texas A&M Uni
versity Systems Personnel Policy
and Employee Benefits Committee
met Friday to consider the issue of
getting medical coverage for per
sonnel employed outside the sys
tem. He said that all parts of the
system are represented on this
committee.
“Were working in a continuing
effort to get this kind of coverage for
our people,’’ said Smith.
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occur more at the beginning of each
fall and spring semesters, he added.
There was no estimate of the
amount of damages sustained by
private individuals, Luther said.
Vandalism costs the University
money also. The damage to build
ings, windows and vending
machines costs Texas A&M an esti
mated $2 - $3,000 per month, said
Edward Kozlowski, assistant man
ager for Facilities Department
maintanence.
“The heaviest damage occurs dur
ing exams,” Kozlowski said. “I guess
students are exasperated and just
take it out on campus property. ”
A typical example is putting soap
suds in the various fountains around
campus. Bill Hummel, in charge of
grounds maintenance for area II,
said such acts are a nuisance, but
sometimes they occur when the
fountains are to be cleaned of moss
and thus present no problem.
Hummel said that the depart
ment has a preparation to kill the
soap suds which makes draining
easy. He said sudsing the fountains
occur more often during football
season when games are played at
home.
Vandalism in the dorms has signif
icantly declined over the past four
years, said Larry D. Pollock, assis
tant residence area coordinator for
Krueger-Dunn dorms. Such dam
age is minimal, he said.
The only report this year is the
destruction of ceiling tile in the
men’s restroom of the Commons
lounge area and damage to one of
the hallways of Mosher, he said.
“There really isn’t a problem of van
dalism in the dorms,” said Pollock.
Sandy Hood, assistant residence
area coordinator for the northside
dorms, also said vandalism is not a
problem. Usually the guilty student
is found and fined for such acts.
Plowever, when the vandal is not
found, the school must absorb the
cost, she said.
Hood said recent damage oc
curred in Legett Hall, where a resi
dent adviser’s door was glued shut
and in another part of the dorm a
door was nailed shut. She said that a
possible reason for these incidents is
that Legett is about to be renovated
and students take the attitude that it
is going to be remodeled anyway.
Concerning damage to furniture,
walls, and windows, both area coor
dinators report that damages are
very small. However, the windows
in the northside dorms see more
breakage because of water balloon
fights that occur during warm
weather. But these breakages do not
fall under th category of vandalism.
Both area coordinators com
mented that facilities are damaged
more during football seasons espe
cially at home games.
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