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THE BATTALION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1979 Page 7 Zoning commission OKs College Station permits By RICHARD OLIVER Battalion StafF The College Station Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) has granted the Astraptes night club a permit to add additional parking to its facilities on Wellborn Drive. The 90-minute meeting also in cluded the granting of a conditional use permit to the First Baptist Church for the construction of two parking lots to be located at 305 and 309 College Main. Reverend David R. Rowland, as sociate pastor of the church, cited a need for more parking spaces due to the crowded curb parking situation around the church during church services. The commission also unanimously granted two site plan permits for construction of residential projects locally. The first, submitted by Spear man, Sears & Murphy, Inc., was passed unanimously by the council. The project will be constructed on Village Drive in Parkway Plaza. The second application was sub mitted by John Mayfield, and was also passed unanimously by the council. The complex will be located on the north side of Highway 30 and between Rhett Butler Drive, Uni versity Oaks Drive and Munson Av enue. This application caused some problems, as it was submitted under the name of Timber Ridge Apart ments. Commission member Anne Hazen pointed out that another apartment complex in College Sta tion was under the same name, so the permit was passed under the agreement that Mayfield would make an appropriate name change if needed. Ef.CkicO' RESTAURANT 3109 Texas Avenue Bryan, Texas 77801 presents Happy Hoiir 4-6 (7 days a week) 2 for 1 per person 10% discount for all A&M students with current I.D. Mon.-Thurs. only. Consumerism hitting profession Competency crisis faces vets Will Worley, Texas A&M University associate professor of electrical engineering, portrays Col. J.C. Kinkaid in Stage- Center’s production of “The Last Meeting of the Knights of the | White Magnolia.” Performances will be today and Saturday at 8 p.m. at StageCenter, 204 W. Villa Maria Rd., Bryan. Veterinarians are starting to feel the crunch of consumerism, with more emphasis on proof of compe tency. At the same time several studies suggest continued education in medicine has minimal effects, speakers at a national conference at Texas A&M University said Wed nesday. Dr. William Jackson, president of the American Veterinary Medical Association, told an audience that pressure for proof of competency may be backing the profession into a corner. “Who is qualified to tell me I’m qualified?’ asked Jackson, who said even existing systems of exam inations and licensing boards dis- Build a mousetrap^ prof tells students ■, work' - shoes aal -es to pii) beverage he r site ami sack: 1 be do® liis year y will If jff treci United Press International GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In a var- ation of the age-old quest to build a etter mousetrap, Dr. George Piot- towski asked his University of Florida mechanical engineering Students to build a device powered by a mousetrap. Piotrowski set the students’ ob- ective: the device would have to Jiirib a plywood ramp covered with creen and set at a 50-degree angle, n addition to the mousetrap, the tudents could only use materials osting $5 or less. Although most of the entries ailed to make it up the ramp, some if the contraptions made valiant ef- orts. The “Flying Banana," owned by lenior Frank Woodbery, climbed 34 nches up the 8-foot structure to win he contest. LAST CHANCE to join the MSC CAMERA COMMITTEE on Oct. 19. * Members are asked to pay dues at this meeting ^or in cubicle. No dues will be taken after the end . *of the month. ^ * * ¥ * Members who'd like a locker near the dark rooms, please sign up in cubicle. !*★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★* 3i the cut’ Egreemeut “owerAn- . nd beiii! nt waive! ly for in here "I ^ to take Dites. raf cuttint southeasi nigh Ts s the oil! ■versitifi t accord- the Nf Universe ’gifts fo> the® 1 ' lories be -ersity 0 ^ assaebu- WUR Hftjft? imm e* 3801 e.29* 846-2940 town & country ry, in n- = t receid exped 3ver ^ Presi- Robed sd by s A&b 1 supp ort ■ni0 n ' ■ih ni g'^ TJnivee id MI 1 i Texas = top 3i noi>' Friday night means F99TBALL in Bryan-College Station Tonight’s Games: Killeen at BRYAN Huntsville at CONSOLIDATED (Homecoming) ALLEN at Northwest Academy (Houston) a public service message from the fans at Anco criminate in some cases against vet erinarians who would make per fectly competent hospital adminis trators. Meanwhile, said Connie Larson of the Minnesota Department of Health, the image the general pub lic has of licensing boards as special interest lobby groups increases the pressure for them to be accountable to their clients. Larson added that a third reason for increased consumer advocacy in veterinary health is getting the run-around from specialized groups that on the surface would seem to have the same function. Jackson said evidence from studies in human medicine begin ning to show that continuing educa tion may be having only a minimal effect. For example, he said, 94 percent of all errors in treatment come not from lack of knowledge, but from failure to apply what is known. A study in problem-solving given to seniors at one medical school re vealed that four years later, they had not improved on their skills de spite attending continuing educa tion conferences. TACOS ... AND MUCH MORE! DELICIOUS, SPICY AND FAST FRIENDLY SERVICE. 3312 S. 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