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client,” she sj? One student leaves class exactly as
5 to Huntsvl: ehandsofthe clock strike a quarter
nst Sam Housttr. (° re hour- He misses an im-
and then rotor irtant f iart °f Hie lecture but he gets
lit date againjh l 1 ' 5 next c l ass on time.
11 G. Rollie W1-. Another student stays a few mi-
' ; |ites after the allotted class time of
minutes before the hour to hear
rest,of the professor’s lecture,
has to run to her next class which
across campus. She doesn’t make it
, time. The lecture has already
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This is a common problem on the
sasA&M University campus. Stu-
mtshave 10 minutes between clas-
to get across the main campus
_ , lich is almost a mile across in many
IT r
Although classes are arranged so
E at those of the same department
etogether, students taking courses
mi different departments must go
om building to building.
Edwin H. Cooper, dean of admis-
msand records, said this is a prob-
m that has existed on this campus
ace he was a freshman here in
H9. He said he thinks the students
ive adjusted remarkably well.
In an attempt to solve this prob-
the students have come to de-
nd on such vehicles as bicycles,
Bicycles, skates and skateboards.
Bicycles seem to be the most
opular and practical solution but
icy create another problem. They
re often involved in collisions be-
inse of the heavy sidewalk traffic
etween class periods.
Another method students have
sed to alleviate the problem is sche-
their classes so they are lo
lled close together and there is
lenty of time between each one.
his is how the problem is solved for
lose students in wheelchairs,
owever, this is not always possible
tcause of the limited number of
mes classes are offered.
Howaird Perry, associate vice
resident for student services, said
liversity has been studying this
iohlem for many years. “It is an
Spingthing that we are constantly
rare of,” he said.
In 1973 and 1977, he was chairman
a committee to study this prob-
He said they examined the
asihility of trams, bridges, people
rovers (moving sidewalks) and in-
a-campus shuttle buses. “We’ve
rking at shuttle buses forever
ad a day,” he said.
The intra-campus shuttle bus is
m used mainly to get students
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from the main campus to the west
campus. The shuttle bus and stag
gered classes for the west campus
have solved the problem of getting to
classes at the veterinary college and
the animal sciences building on
time.
The shuttle bus would not be a
practical solution for the main cam
pus because of the traffic, Perryn
said. “We found you could really get
there faster walking,” he said.
Perry said the tram system would
have been able to go into the mall
areas of the campus. However, it
would have cost more to operate
than the intra-campus shuttle bus
which operates at an expense of $10
an hour. The tram would only have
been equipped to move 72 people at
a time and there is no way it could
handle the amount of students now
enrolled, he said.
The over and under bridge system
has also been considered but Perry
said people are very reluctant to walk
over or under something. He cited
the Wellborn Road bridge as an ex
ample, saying people would rather
take a chance on getting killed than
walk over the bridge.
Perry said the only way to move
students faster than they could move
walking is with a people mover
system.
He said the moving sidewalks
would have to be a three sidewalk
arrangement. Adding a person
would start on a low moving side
walk, transfer to a faster moving side
walk and then step onto another
sidewalk going even faster. He said
the process would have to be re
versed to get off.
He said the system would cause a
tremendous loss of flexibility on the
campus. He also said the system
could not have kept up with campus
expansion.
Charles E. McCandless, director
of the master plan committee, said
the University’s main campus was
not going to expand and change
much more. He said the expansion in
the past was to catch up with the
ever-increasing enrollment. Since
enrollment is expected to level off
about 1981, he said the campus
would not be changed to a great ex
tent.
He said a monorail system has
never been considered at Texas
A&M. He said the federal govern
ment had put monorail systems on
other campuses but that it had not
worked.
McCandless agreed with Perry ab
out the inflexibility of the people
mover system:
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