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Page 2B THE BATTALION TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1980 Shuttle bus system offers alternative transportation By PAT DAVIDSON Battalion Staff If you are an off-campus student who wants to avoid the hassles of finding a parking place or dodging pedestrians and automobiles with your bike, there is an alternative transportation system available to serve you. Texas A&M University offers a shuttle bus system which serves stu dents and faculty who live at major off-campus housing areas. The cost is $38 per semester for students or $55 per semester for a student and spouse. Faculty and staff passes are $50 per semester. In addition, one-ride coupons may be purchased at a cost of $5 per 10- coupon book. Service on all routes begins at 7 a.m., at which time there are usually plenty of seats available. Due to traf fic density, traffic controls and con gestions both on and off campus and to the time lengths of routes, stu dents should plan to board a bus by 7:30 a.m. to make an 8 a.m. class on time. The last bus leaves campus at 10 p.m. All schedules are subject to change. In addition to daily bus service, shuttle bus passholders receive a free night permit which allows them to park their cars on the main campus from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. daily and all day on weekends and staff holi days. The service will include three routes. The numbers refer to the The Morning Chronicle at 1/2 Off map. The north route will have seven off-campus stops, including Villa Maria at Wellborn Road (1), Fairway Apartments (2), Tri-State Sporting Goods (3), Triangle Bowling Alley (4), Country Place (5), Casa Blanca (6) and College Main (7) apartments. The east route will be served by three buses. One bus will stop at Plantation Oaks (14) and Briarwood (15) apartments. Another bus will transport riders to and from Sausalito (12) and Sundance (13). The third bus will serve Tanglewood (8), Lex- inton and Village Green (9), Travis House (10) and Barcelona(ll). The south route is also divided into three groups. One bus will serve University Terrace (16), Monaco (17), Viking (18), Sevilla (19), Scandia I (20) and Taos (21). Bus two will stop at Doux Chene (28), Pepper Tree (29), Longmire (30) and Oak Forest (31). A third bus will serve Cheyene (22), Bandera (23), Parkway (24), Southwest Village (25), West Knoll (26) and Willowick (27). Half-price for morning delivery of The Houston Chronicle for all Texas A&M students, faculty and staff. Get the largest paper in Brazos County delivered to your door each morning whether you live in a dorm, apartment or home. Cost for daily and Sunday delivery for the fall semester is: September 1 through December 19 - $11.50 September 1 through December 31 - $12.50 We guarantee delivery too. Just call 693-2323 or 846-0763 to start delivery. 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This has linked 20 Boston-area companies or agencies to 19 high schools. Some samples of happenings noted in the report: — A bank sponsored a career awareness day for senior high students and enlisted help of 100 business firms. — An insurance company helped a new high school with security, office operations and management. — Another bank includes teachers in its summer training program for executives. — Dallas has eight task forces in the community, with the business one assigned to the education committee of the chamber of commerce. Seven magnet schools each specialize in a career area. There is an advisory tee of business and professional people for each The chamber also has a full-time adopt-a-school nator — The Dallas plan permits selected studentsti one school quarter or more working with a hi sponsor in the community. 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