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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
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Bl Saturday, Nov. 1, so the presiden-
tial debates can be televised.
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ly at Easterwood Airport when he
arrived in College Station for an Oct.
3 MSC Town Hall concert.
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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.
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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. ”
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Absentee voting
ends on Friday
By USCHI MICHEL-HOWELL
Battalion Staff
Friday is the last day for absentee
voting.
Eligible voters must be registered
in their county of permanent resi
dence and must have one of the
reasons listed below for voting
absentee.
1. Expecting absence from the
county on Election Day.
This would make registered vo
ters eligible for voting absentee in
person at their county clerk’s office
between now and Oct. 31, when
absentee voting in person ends.
2. Expecting absence from the
county between now and Oct. 31
during the absentee-in-person vot
ing period.
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.
THE BATTALION Page 9
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1980
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DEMONSTRATION
JIM RENO Horse Trainer
7:30 p.m. Tuesday
Animal Husbandry Pavilion
sponsored by
TAMU Horsemen’s Association
The Public is Invited.
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With each $2.50 or larger food and beverage
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