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ore ■'spare I Unip Trying out the yells for the new year a mile Texas 1 iy 6. isle drr, ndofa, Carles 1 i ■ ' J nblic S I y Wed fce ^ ir, wliid !s said. Yell leaders for 1978-79 lead about 8,000 stu dents in a yell Monday night in G. Rollie White Coliseum. The school-wide pep rally is a chance for new and old students to get into the spirit of football season. Coach Emory Bellard introduced the team, coaches and led a few yells himself. Battalion photo by Paige Beasley seph Hi »' Jane ifWedj msbur} e in Bra apacity crowd at All University Night Saint .11 V equests, lea m eld 4 1 fficern story tn to the: 201 in the at hi vis, ol Hind Ik By MICHELLE SCUDDER Battalion Staff Campus notables welcomed a acity crowd of students to Texas M University at All University it in G. Rollie White Coliseum iday night. Many Corps of Cadets outfits and irmitories attended as units. Out- and dorm “hump its" resounded friendly competition throughout Rollie before the program even fgan. The colliseum was filled to capac- of8,000 as Texas A&M President rvis Miller addressed the student body for the first time in the new school year. The 1978 Texas Aggie Band and Aggie Yell Leaders made their debut in front of the student body, and new student leaders were in troduced. I was really impressed with the turnout,’ said Brian Hill, junior yell leader. "If student body support for the Universtiy keeps up like it was tonight then it will really be a great year for Texas A&M, ’ Hill said. Texas A&M Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Emory Bel lard was introduced to the student body amid enthusiastic yells. “There will be a helluva lot of fun on this campus this year,” he said. He introduced the players and coaches and then led a yell practice. “I wanted to go to All University Night to learn the Texas A&M cheers,” said Diana Luschen, sophomore transfer student from Southwest Texas State University. “I came to All Unvierstiy Night because the upperclassmen in my outfit made me, but I’m really glad they did, so I could see a little bit more of Texas A&M,” one freshman cadet said. r oup says shortage leveled more student apartments built 8 /ITH CHASf qyPAIfi )OTS0« I0ES. UTB001 CHiSE continuing boom in the con- uction of apartment complexes duplexes has made off-campus wing relatively easy to find this ar, said Linda Kocman, secretary [itli the Off-Campus Student As- ation. This is the best I ’ve seen it in the st few years, said Brenda Rees, CSA assistant student develop- lent coordinator. “There's not an overabundance of using, but there is enough. This is the second year that have been good for students okingfor places to stay off campus, tree and four years ago, the situa- m was tight,” she said. The 1977 Bryan-College Station one book lists 46 numbers under mished apartments in the yellow iges, compared to 35 in the 1974 ■ok. There are 51 listings for un- rnished apartments in the 1977 >ok, but only 33 in the 1974 edi- “The thing we re working on har dest now is finding a roommate for everyone,” Rees said. “Were not really concerned with the number of vacancies; we re just worried about getting everyone settled.” Rees said she hasn’t noticed a de cline in rent prices and she isn’t sure whether there will be one in the next few years. OCSA has a list of complexes with vacant units and a list of students seeking roommates. OCSA is lo cated in the Puryear lounge. s Thousands stranded in European airports Rees declined to estimate the umber of vacant units, but said, [here will be some left over once 'erybody is settled. ” She said it is difficult to tell how any apartments will be empty, rtly because several complexes e still under construction. Kocman said, “In a lot of cases, epeople who have the apartments nted are still looking for room- ates.” She said that as these people get gether, more units will be left va- PARIS — Thousands of stranded passengers jammed European air ports, their flights delayed as much as 26 hours by a slowdown strike of French control tower operators. Hardest hit were London’s Gat- wick airport and Spain’s Palma de Majorca. Palma closed three times Sunday and today it reported delays running up to 19 hours. One group had been waiting 26 hours at Gatwick to fly to Spain. Tie-ups lengthened when the operators, who had been observing the work-to-rule strike only spottily, heeded union instructions to handle no more than eight planes at a time on their radar screens compared to the normal 15 or more. French Transport Minister Joel Le Theule repeated today that there can be no negotiations while a strike is on. The current go-slow is scheduled to continue until noon Monday, Sept. 4, the fifth such strike this summer. The operators are demanding higher pay, shorter hours and better equipment. Worst hit were passengers head ing home from southern Spain, Spain’s Balearic islands and North Africa. Most flights between these areas and the rest of Europe fly over southern France where the French go-slow is being most effecively enforced. An estimated 6,000 stranded tourists were overflowing the Palma de Majorca airfield this morning with 61 planes waiting for takeoff. 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