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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1979 s Thefts on A&M campus a problem; common items: bicycles, purses ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ I By KUSTY MCDONALD Battalion Reporter ■University police said there have Jen 282 reports of theft on the ifxas A&M University campus Sept. 1, and most have re lied from inattention and failure lithe owners to protect their prop- “These thefts do not include burglaries of buildings,” University Police Chief Russ McDonald said, “just purses and bicycles and things like that. McDonald said these thefts are occurring all over campus, with purse thefts being most common in the library at night. “Most of the time it’s a girl or sec retary who goes off and leaves her purse unattended. When she comes back, the purse is missing or the wallet has been taken out,” McDonald said. “We had two thefts Feb. 5. One Iryan teachers request salary increase for pay they say is $570 below average ies By REGINA MOEHLMAN Battalion Reporter iSchool teachers are notoriously paid. And Bryan teachers are no |ception, according to John P. president of the Classroom feathers Association. Rouse presented a request for chers pay raises at the Bryan In- pendent School Board meeting inday. According to the 1977-78 Texas tie Teachers Association bulletin, yan is one of only five districts in xas who pay the state minimum ge for beginning teachers. Rouse d. This puts BISD in the bottom percent of the pay scale for lools it’s size, he said. But Buddy McGown, director personnel for BISD, contradicted information in the survey in a phone interview Monday night. iGown said that starting teachers ceive >100 above the $8,460 pc-guaranteed salary. Rouse said that even if he was in- rrect about the starting salary, ll is, ac- nday. '5, for ept o( in the d the y was re la" cipat- ruled e first '£ State ■scape vehf lis car ting at irities rom a 'uptnamba Eddie Dominguez 66 Joe Arciniega '74 Jim ou want the real g, not frozen or ned ... We call It BXlcan Food iroma.” las location: 11 Northwest Hwy t-8570 :ial h® ies is pr°' rbiti 11 ? rein imff't' i spa ce ie fir 5 * utherr ■d ; sub- Sort ifWffltfWWWOTtf0 o DIAMOND BROKERS Diamond Importers & Wholesalers VALENTINES DAY y BISD still paid $570 less than the state average. Rouse told the BISD trustees that low pay makes it very difficult for teachers with families, especially men, to remain in the profession. “We would like to have returning staff in order to keep the highest quality program. We want to make it the best we can,” Rouse said. In other business, the board ap proved the April 7 election date for Look Into Your Future Thousands of career opportunities are listed daily in the nation’s largest CLASSIFIED ad section. Keep abreast of the changing job market with The Houston Chronicle, Texas’ largest newspaper. 1/2 price for students, faculty and staff. Entire semester for $6.35 (Feb. 12-May 11). Call 693-2323 or 846-0763 to start HOME or DORM DELIVERY immediately. Houston Chronicle News you can use. two school board positions. James Stegall and Travis B. Bryan pres ently hold those positions. Both men said they intend to run for the positions again. The board also approved payment of $35,000 for the renovation work on Bryan High School’s athletic facilities and choir room. purse was taken from the library and one from Bolton Hall. We recov ered the purse that was taken from the library about 10 minutes after it was stolen,” McDonald said. “We found it in the men’s restroom in the trash can. “The money was missing, but a pocket calculator was still there. McDonald said he has three in vestigators working on theft cases. “We can patrol the campus at night and we can check buildings, but we can’t watch every office and every room all the time,” he said. “We have talked about putting up signs in the library, and probably will, but we re not sure just what the signs will say,” McDonald said. “The best thing is for the owners to be more careful about leaving their belongings. ’ Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Majors San Francisco Bay Area Computer and Computerized Telephone Equipment Manufacturer seeks talented individuals interested in: • Telephony > Realtime Software Systems • Microprocessor Applications in Telephony • Digital and Analog Design • Data Base Management • CPU and Memory Design • System Programming Languages ROLM, located in Santa Clara, California, currently has 1600 employees and has grown 50% to 100% each year since 1969. ROLM’s Telecommunications Division is the leading independent supplier of computerized PBX’s (CBX) and microprocessor controlled telephones. ROLM’s Mil Spec Computer Division offers a complete line of rugged general pur pose minicomputers. Included in ROLM’s outstanding benefits package is a three month paid sabbatical after six years (and every seven years thereafter). Company paid tuition and time off for Graduate Study at Stanford, and flexible working hours. On Campus Interviews FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23 Meet with working Engineers Gibson Anderson (Hard ware) and Carl Strickland (Software) and discuss career opportunities with ROLM. See ROLM literature in the Placement Center. 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