ape not common in community;
fficials say ‘potential’s there’
THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1978
Page 3
Buildings get new roofs, lots blocked^
Jitor’s note: This is the final part
a story on various aspects con-
Jrning rape. This part concerns
hbw the Texas A&M University
^ministration deals with rape.
By KAYCE GLASSE
■What does the administration of
Texas A&M University have to say
about sexual assault on the campus?
■“There is danger,” said Director
■Student Services Charles Powell,
but he is “hard pressed to come up
gth one (rape) per year.”
(Rumors abound among students,
lie and female, about attacks, as-
|ilts, and rapes on campus, but
are rumors and the facts stop
ftre. The police will provide the
Battalion with statistics only, and
reports of offense the day after the
fcrime, but only when asked for.
Sgt. John R. McDonald of the
diversity Police said if there are
pes, the girls just don’t report
em. There have been no rapes re
tted on campus in the past year.
But said McDonald, “The poten
tial’s always there.”
Powell said there may be increas
ing foot patrol by the campus police
on campus. He said there are rela
tively few rapes in the Bryan-
College Station community and that
most assaults of students occur off-
campus.
“We do occasionally get weirdos.
If we have assaults, we just don’t
hear about it.” Powell said when
speaking about the on-campus situa
tion.
Last year there was one assault
reported in the Battalion, but others
have not been reported to the police
or have not been reported to the
Battalion through the police.
College Station Police reported
no rapes for 1977.
Bryan Police said between
January and February 1978, there
were two reported rapes. “As to
whether they are actual or not, this
hasn’t been decided,’’ said a
spokesman for the force. This means
rapes are still under investigation.
oes Bigfoot really exist?
hat’s the question Texas A&M
iversity’s Dr. Vaughn Bryant and
other scientists, sociologists and
lorists will be asking themselves
it the world’s first “Sasquatch and
Similar Phenomena Conference”
lich started Tuesday and goes
thjough Saturday at the University
afbritish Columbia.
■The Texas A&M anthropologist
11 present a paper at the Vancouver
[eting on research he’s done on
nples of alleged Bigfoot droppings
1 hair.
I’ve been interested in the crea-
e called Bigfoot for about the last
ade,” Bryant said. “I can’t yet
[iclusively say it exists or doesn’t
st, even after examining samples
lair and droppings..
I am, however, very open-
ided. I try to objectively examine
Be information sent me. And I’m in
Bies of someday seeing evidence
will either prove or disprove its
existence.”
^Bryant, who claims Bigfoot as his
hobby, has examined several hair
and fecal samples supposedly be
longing to the mammoth creature.
wOut of the three hair samples I’ve
received, two were bear and one was
iw,” he commented. “I haven’t
Ben able to completely decide what
made the fecal samples.
l“As a scientist I consider all the
pies sent me to be what they rep
ent until I can prove otherwise.”
■Proving otherwise is exactly what
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If rapes do occur more often than
the police say, they need to be re
ported to keep accurate records,
and perhaps provide better protec
tion.
Confidentiality is the key. The
University Police keep the victim’s
name confidential and counselors
use that policy too. The Battalion
does not seek to exploit victims, as
was exemplified in yesterday’s arti
cle on this subject. Women should
report the crime for the protection
and knowledge of others who may
face the problem of rape in the fu
ture.
By ANA QUINTANA
Many buildings on the Texas
A&M University Campus will re
ceive new roofs on Monday consist
ing of polyurethane foam and a uraf-
lex material.
. This roofing is sprayed in a liquid
form and can adhere to the surface
of cars and employees, students and
visitors of the campus will be
warned as to where to park their
cars during this time.
Buildings receiving the new roofs
are the Geosciences building, the
Animal Industry building, Har
rington Hall, Moore Hall, G. Rollie
White Coliseum and the laundry.
Warning signs will be posted and
placed around those parkipg
facilities that will be closed and to"
those areas where work is being
done.
igfoot: mystery,
yth—and hobby?
the Texas A&M scientist set out to do
in the beginnning of his study.
When I began my interest in the
creature 10 years ago I was trying to
prove he was a fake,” Bryant said.
“I’ve run across a mass of cir
cumstantial evidence during that
time. I’m not ready to say it (Bigfoot)
exists, but there is some kind of phe
nomenon apprearing primarily in
the Pacific Northwest.”
“There are people firmly con
vinced the creature exists. There are
others afraid of having the mystery
solved for fear of bringing the crea
ture harm in the process.
“Of course the minute there is
conclusive evidence one way or
another interest will wane,” Bryant
said. “Bigfoot is one of the three
great unknowns we have left today;
the other two are UFOs and the
Loch Ness Monster.
“The only way the mystery can be
“The only way the mystery can be
truly solved is through the discovery
of some hard physical evidence—not
fuzzy photos, blurry motion picture
film or tape recordings of the ani
mal’s supposed sounds.
“If we had in our possession one of
the creatures thought to be Bigfoot,
some bones or even a good hair or
blood sample, then we would have
the possibility of knowing the truth.
“I’m willing to listen to theories
and look at samples of hair and drop
pings,” Bryant said. “But, I don’t
want to end up looking at every cow
chip in the Pacific Northwest.”
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