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3n sidedj wer hon en thecij psychol ness di and thet iof caves aliquot han B.j, e years, ! m mean:,, said his |l| )ercentiiij ly’s in Hi eal to said, aaj > notaspj ight bus] asgooboj of Sweii &Mstal« ales are; use vith everl By JED T. YOUNG Battalion Reporter The U.S. Government says any-’ me looking for a place to live in ryan-College Station should have iio problem. Preliminary 1980 census figures dicate a 7.8 percent vacancy rate housing in Bryan-College Sta- ion. Of the recorded 28,912 housing inits (houses and apartments) avail- ible, 2,245 are supposedly vacant. Vacancies? In Bryan-College Sta- aon? A study is now being conducted inder the supervision of Jim Card er, professor of Urban and Regional lanning at Texas A&M University, mparing census figures to current unts. Gardner’s hypothesis is that the ;ecent census of the area is low. He laid that since the census was con- ucted in April and May, many Texas A&M graduating seniors were not counted and many students robably listed home town resi lences. D.D. Williamson, supervisory en- ineer for Texas State Department of ighways and Transportation, said. Census (officials) count a single om as a dwelling unit if it is rented and has an outside door. ” Housing problems for Bryan- bllege Station are real and this 'acancy rate is obviously inaccurate. Ask any apartment locater about resident' ope show Els delayed busk' :■ cent, bulfl Bob Hope will not bring his pres- ; laclnf idential campaign to television hat sifflSmight as originally scheduled. ' slowt, l Hope’s NBC special, “Hope for Irresident,” has been postponed un- Bl Saturday, Nov. 1, so the presiden- tial debates can be televised. I Hope filmed a mock campaign ral ly at Easterwood Airport when he arrived in College Station for an Oct. 3 MSC Town Hall concert. lent young ])f|| ent in many eople wi help (lit iy two iw is ft ying ei( ingtoSi distinj of her ;ign abort uerbii it that j| Several hundred cheering Aggies, med with “Hope for President” gns, showed up at Easterwood to eet the comedian. Hope performed to a packed G. lollie White Coliseum audience that light, and told the audience he may tetum to Aggieland for more exten sive filming in the future. Hope for President" takes a satir- ial look at election year antics, and :ars former President Gerald Ford, johnny Carson, Jonathan Winters, Tony Randall and Mr. Bill. vacancies rare vacancies in town; there are none. With enrollment at an all-time high at the University, housing offi cials are not finding vacancies for the overflow of on-campus housed stu dents. OfF-campus students plan room mate and apartment accomodations sometimes a year in advance in order to beat the housing crunch. Newcomers to the area are discov ering that locating a decent place to live is nearly impossible. Texas Housing Needs Analysis fi gures from 1979 indicate that 11.4 percent of all occupied dwellings in Brazos County are below federal standards. Of all minority occupied homes in town, the majority of these were built before 1949. For many dependent on federal housing assistance programs, finding a shelter that keeps out wind and rain is a real problem. According to Al Mayo, College Station city planner, this federal aid problem is intensified in the city by 1980 census figures. The census gave College Station a preliminary figure of 36,710. “We are conservatively estimating 42,000,” Mayo said. “The census fi gures slighted us four to five thousand which could be roughly equal to $1 million.” Census calculations certainly are not helping the Bryan-College Sta tion housing situation. But according to Mayo, finding housing financiers is the real prob lem in increasing the number of area homes. “Financing is not readily available for large apartment projects,” he said. “There is not enough capital and the interest rates are much too high. “Although we are seeing an in crease in the number of four-plexes and duplexes, they simply can’t catch the market.” Single-family housing is also very difficult in Bryan-College Station since middle-class families, in terested in homes ranging from $40,000 to $80,000, simply cannot afford the $600-plus monthly pay ments. U.S. Department of Commerce fi gures indicate that out of the 24 Stan dard Metropolitan Statistical Areas in Texas, Bryan-College Station has the lowest vacancy rate with the ex ceptions of El Paso, Laredo, San Antonio and Tyler. Results from Gardner’s census comparison study and an upcoming study on area housing conditions may provide a stimulus for improve ment, officials hope. If not, the housing situation in Bryan-College Station will continue to present a bleak picture. Increase tuition, commissioner asks United Press International AUSTIN — The Texas Legislature should cut back on branches, courses and administrative positions if money for higher education is scarce, but not on quality, salaries or research, says Higher Education Commissioner Kenneth Ashworth. Ashworth recommended to the Coordinating Board that tuition rates and faculty salaries be increased. “To reduce the state costs of remedial courses in higher education, the Legislature should consider establishing a statewide test as a condition to high school graduation,” Ashworth said Friday. Ashworth presented a set of recommendations for the Legislature, which the board will consider Dec. 4 and vote on Jan. 30. One of the recommendations would bring all schools of the Universi ty of Texas and Texas A&M University under the Permanent Universi ty Fund “if it appears the endowment and its income will provide sufficient funds to meet the construction needs of those institutions.” However, Ashworth recommended the bonding capacity of the fund remain at 20 percent “to prevent over-obligating the PUF for construc tion purposes at the expense of the use of PUF income for academic enrichment and improvements.” Rather than cut back on quality, Ashworth proposed, the Legisla ture should reduce or eliminate off-campus and out-of-district courses, eliminate some or all of the seven branch campuses and centers supported by the state, combine nearby institutions, require adminis trative cuts and require community junior colleges to pay more of their costs. The proposed recommendations would reject a new medical school, a new law school, additional colleges or universities or new permanent facilities for upper-level centers. However, Ashworth proposed “a substantial increase in appropria tions for research as a long-term investment in higher education and the economic growth of the state. ” more tlf idingsk andswaf luck, irf u s^ d SOUTHWEST FILM AND VIDEO two nights of film and video by southwest film makers October 29 short fUms and video by southwest independent film makers November 5 two films by Texas film maker, Andy Anderson. Discussion led by artist. 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. ROOM 100 HARRINGTON Public is invited and admission is free Sponsored by Department of Philosophy at Texas A&M University, 1 Southwestern Alternative Media Project and the Texas Commission on the Arts mmv vy?rue me. your wedding ring will be a quiet reminder of your lives together so choose carefully choose Orange Blossom. 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In this case voters can apply for an absentee ballot by mail. The applica tion must be sent from outside the j county of permanent residence and will be returned by the county clerk to a point outside the county. When the voter sends his absentee ballot back to the clerk, it must also be mailed from outside the county. All mail-absentee applications must be received by the respective county clerks by Oct. 31. The absen tee ballots must be in the clerks’ office by 7 p.m. Nov. 4. 3. 65 years of age or older persons can vote absentee by mail or in per son anytime. Their application for an absentee ballot may be mailed from inside or outside the county. 4. Religious belief that restricts people’s activities on Election Day may enable them to vote absentee also from within the county using the above procedures. 5. Service during the General Election that prevents the person from casting a ballot. May vote absentee in person. 6. Sickness/Physical diasbility that prevents the voter from partici pating in the General Election can also be a reason for absentee voting. A medical statement must accom pany the application. The absentee vote can be cast in person or by mail. Absentee ballots can be obtained from the county clerk of the voter’s home county or from the Secretary of State, Capital Building, Austin, Texas 78701. An informal application for an absentee ballot by mail can also be made and must include the following information: Name of voter, address (perma nent and current), voter registration certificate number (on the white reg istration card), reason (one of the above) and any necessary medical documents, precinct number (if known), type of election (General Election to be held Nov. 4, 1980) and the voter’s signature. Absentee voting in person is in progress now at the Brazos County Clerk’s Office in the courthouse and will continue until Friday. 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