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THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1979 Page 5 king {'Texas A&M University Police Patrolman Bill 30 p.m. licli writes out a ticket for an unfortunate tiident who parked illegeally north of Zachry ■m, mam Engineering Center. Tickets and driving Pets, "iildM pet canary [ • f' r insurance reform records would replace age and sex as factors in insurance rates in a proposed bill before the state legislature. Battalion photo by Colin Crombie dies, . $75.00 Students’ rates might drop By CRAIG ROGERS Battalion Reporter records examined during a three- year “experience period.” The driver’s record during that period would he used to determine a standard rate that he would pay for insurance. Gyger says this should help col lege students since most of them have already been driving for longer than the three-year period. Local insurance agent Ray Cris well, representing Interstate Insur ance and Investments, says the idea behind the bill is “you start off with a clean record and the lowest possible rates and then progressively increase as you show your driving habits.” “I m personally in favor of it, be cause I feel just because somebody is young and single that they should not be penalized for their other peers” Criswell said. H e also felt that the insurance agents organizations would be neu tral but that insurance companies would oppose the bill. In fact, insurance companies do oppose the bill, and they' feel that the bill would lead to higher rates for most people, Gyger said. The Insurance Information Insti tute estimates that 10.5 percent of the rates would go down while 85.7 percent of the rates would increase under the new system. Gyger doubts that. “We tend to challenge the for mulas and the board’s approach to rates anyway and I don’t think we are fully convinced the rates are as low as they could be. Evatt, of the Insurance Informa tion Institute, says that while the in surance industry has supported the present classification system, it is not necessarily against the bill. Nor might they necessarily support it, she said. Local agent Criswell doubts that there is enough pro lobbying to overcome the opposition and get the bill passed. “I think it has a lot of merit, he will pass.” aid. “I just don t think it STEREO CLEARANCE HOUSE HAS LOWEST STEREO PRICES. HHP Pioneer SX780 Receiver $249. Technics SL3300 Turntable $125. Akai CS702D Cassette $125. Our Free Catalog has many more oeais on major brands, even lower prices on our monthly specials sheet. Send now and find out how to buy current $7.98 list Ip's for $3.69. Stereo Clearance House Dept ED38 1029 Jacoby St., Johnstown, Pa. 15902. Phone Quotes 814-536-1611 loaded, ffl ondition College students may pay lower mobile insurance rates if a bill nd padi ^ considered by the insurance imittee of the state legislature tale Representative Gene jen, D-Houston, introduced a bill ns, sioo teh would base automobile insur- ____Hates on three characteristics: of pr^ Jug experience, vehicle use, and ide characteristics. 7 Currently rates are based on 18 erent characteristics, including 845-1897 tand sex. TTTTBiicw s\stein Would eliminate [ cl scrim i nat ion against both nc and old drivers. Men and i would also receive the same Under the Texas Equal Rights Tndment and, I beleive, the U.S. itution, sex and maritial status ot be justified as criteria, Betsy I, Green s administrative assis- — ^ /W-yUlr y are wrong about that, said f iBsvatt, a representative for the \ .nance Information Institute in itiu. Federal District Judge Wayne Justice has held that ' a legal discrimination because it itised on sound statistical evi ct'. Jnder the present system the Board of insurance is responsi- for developing the guicllines for irance companies. Over the years -,-yfahave developed the system so iVvl a young male pays more than an “Lclriver and someone in a large l^jUPpolitan area pays more than ”^^'ieone in a smaller area. !lien’s bill would allow the State id of Insurance to maintain the ^ 0^01^1 difference- Instead ofbas- J the rates on age, however, the proposes to base them on driving Dimterience. Gyger explained that all wevs would have their driving STILL CARRYING THE HOLIDAYS WITH YOU? A lot of folks are still carrying leftovers around from the holidays. ISOS Total Fitness Center has the solution. We can dissolve leftovers, trim tummies, and firm muscles. All this in only minutes a day. Our program (Isokinetics) is used by NASA Astronauts, Olympic swimmers, professional football teams (including the Dallas Cowboys!) and 45 of 48 NCAA Basketball teams. It works. 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The Amdahl 470 V-6, or "the computer,” as it’s known to the students and faculty, is used for all kinds of data processing on campus, not just grade reports and class schedules, says Elliott Bray, manager for data-based systems for the Registrar’s Office. The computer can run up to ten programs at a time, Bray said. Last week, when approximately 15,000 students were going through add/drop lines, the computer was also handling about 8,000 students who did not pre-register, he said. Although 74.4 percent of the courses were filled as requested, many students went through add/drop because their class schedules were not convenient or because overlapping class times had been printed. These conflicts were not caused by computer error, he said, but only by human error or command. “The computer does exactly what it’s told to do and it’s been doing this (scheduling) for such a long time that it won t make mistakes, but we do,” Bray said. A backward or upside-down card in a card packet will cause a schedule to be rejected or incorrect key punching will result in a wrong time or section being scheduled, Bray said. But the major source of conflict for most class schedules is caused when a student “forces” a schedule, leaving the computer no flexibility in changing a class time or section if the requested one is full. The result will be that classes are scheduled at overlapping times, he said. “When this happens, the computer has no choice hut to print an error, because it was told to do so,” said Bray. AGGIE BACK TO SCHOOL SPECIAL $20 95 REG. 25.95 THE LAMP LITE PUTS THE LIGHT WHERE YOU Model CS-4/M WANT IT TWISTS • TURNS • RAISES • LOWERS ... TO PUT THE LIGHT JUST WHERE YOU WANT IT. DECORATOR COLORS: WHITE, YELLOW, RED, BROWN, AND GREEN. HOURS: MON.-SAT. 9:30-5:30 846-3329 PREPARE FOR: EyoUTT) 14ist r /year/ MCAT* DAT * LSAT* GMAT PCATGREOCATNLESAT NIMBI. II. 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