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THE BATTALION Page 3 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1978 ,? en k Ln n m >,ei ' ts oft| ( °D Sq > 1 u ean(| «!jram S p w al r esea4 in elected re cent rea' Vplicafiom January \\ ,0l 't specif JH60S-D1 »e, N.W Attention: All Freshman and Transfer Students MSC Town Hall will be accepting applications I for membership to the committee on September 11 through September 15 with interviews the following week. Information and applications available in Room 216, Memorial Student Center. se flier motor "ill mean I the state, ris County e, keeping niumsuf niumswi es are «■ s in Bnai ause of an ijected to dent told i liar last ;ed them and tried on’t hurt mcemed Plenty of desks Joe Austin (left) and John Herrmann sleep as well as study in Aston Hall carrel 373. Twenty-two men are living in Commons study carrels because of an overassignment to dorm rooms. Battalion photo by George Rowe. Carrels have dual purpose Some Texas A&M University en have been cramming already stfcy living in residenee halls. Twenty-two men were rooming in Rtudy carrels of the Commons Mitories Wednesday, said Glenn fcrris, area coordinator for the Rnons. This is due to an over Rnnent of men to rooms. David Bruce is a resident of gear dormitory and has two ates. Bruce says that having I people in a room designed for [makes it difficult to study. One Hem is that there are only two fit's pretty rough," Bruce said, ■not so bad for me because the guy usually studies on top of led, but he’s not too thrilled that.” nen Bruce wants a quiet place ^udy he said he goes to his iend’s house. He noted this more space for his room- jesides the lack of desks, there is y closet space for two. This forces (person to leave his clothes out, k/uVh makes it difficult to move and the room, Bruce added. Bruce said having three people in Ijroom is a hassle, and said he be- |es the university should have a pe for students after accepting their housing applications. “1 think that they should be pre pared for something like this,” Bruce said. Ron Sasse, associate director of Student Affairs, said that three fac tors caused the overcrowding in men’s residence halls: more return ing men, fewer men cancelling dorm reservations, and more freshmen signing up for residence halls. “We re trying to get everybody out of a three-to-a-room situation,’ Sasse said. He added that having two men living in a study carrel is preferable to having three in a room. Sasse said that the only carrels being used as places of residence are located in Aston. “We re using 13 out of the 20 in Aston for assignments until we can get regular room spaces,” Sasse said. Joe Austin and John Merrmann are residents of Aston carrel 373. The carrel comes complete with a dresser, hunk-beds, and brown paper covering the windows to the hall. Austin said that carrel 373 is an improvement over Lounge B, lo cated near Crocker, where he was housed before moving into the Commons. In the lounge, there were 15 to 20 men in the same room, and the carrel only has two. “You couldn’t get any studying done,” Austin added. He said that there was always someone coming or going. Herrmann said that the carrel doesn’t have any closet space, but it does have plenty of desks. “Moving! out of the Commons would be a mistake, Herrmann said. He prefers the carrel to mov ing to a lounge of a residence hall, or a residence hall outside the Com mons. Both Austin and Herrmann find the carrel a good place to study be cause it has carpeting on the walls, which deadens sound. They both said that the lighting in the carrel was better than other rooms in As ton. 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