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THE BATTALION Page 3 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1980 THE STORE YOU HAVE TO FIND! F e me a e just worrifJ ■armyrooDitJ he springs is thatljus!:| ^oplecanltl akay. I ref bicycles, bicycles everywhere ... this “Do not Jtark” sign on the Sterling C. Evans Library Seems to go unread. Library officials say that Staff photo by Jeff Kerber the bicycles cause traffic and safety hazards when parked by the entrance to the building instead of the bicycle racks. CUSTOM ibrary-going bike riders ot parking as they should By NANCY ANDERSEN Battalion Staff ; People using the Sterling C. jns Library generally go there to j — whether it’s the magazines can’t afford to buy, research for ucial term paper or just for plea- sun But it seems these same people jon t read before they enter the ■ding. Many students and staff Jre the sign that reads “Do Not ark Bikes on Concourse,” said pa Perry, head of the circulation jsion. Jhese bikes clutter the concourse || and often block the doorway, said. [This is a serious problem, ” Perry , “and we’d like to encourage people not to park on the concourse. “When we evacuate the building it’s very difficult to get people out and the firemen in.” Some bicyclists have even run into Perry’s glass office wall, she said, and often a row of bikes will fall and crash into the glass walls. There are bicycle racks on all sides of the library, Perry said, but they are not being used. Enforcing the no parking policy is hard since many of the bikes are not registered, said Morris Maddox, University Police assistant chief. University police could hand out tickets and impound bikes, but Mad dox said they “don’t want to go into the trucking business.” Issuing tickets would be “a bunch of paperwork for nothing” if the bike is not registered with the police, he said. “It is not compulsory to register bikes,” Maddox explained. “Most students who register do it in case of theft.” Maddox said the police are work ing on a master plan that would make bicycle registration mandatory and those not registered would be im pounded. But he added, “They bet ter build a big building when they do that. ” An immediate solution for the lib rary could be to station a police offic er in the concourse area for awhile, and word would get around that he is there, Maddox said. But the plan’s flaw, he added, is that as soon as the officer left, the bikes would be back. lesearch seeks possible use r lignite coal fuel in engines By BERNIE FETTE Battalion Reporter an effort to use an existing ener- |ource in a new way, Texas A&M ersity mechanical engineers are irching the possible use of lig- s coal in internal-combustion en- Jik ■We haven’t really started ex- irimenting yet,” said Dr. jerald |onofthe University’s mechanical ineering department. “We re .— researching.” jrs. Eveniffiesaid the research at this time is ;e are i je forced u| :w. I am noli ; the traditii at psyche tj he Longhonl nly concerned with what’s idy been done with lignite as an mal combustion fuel, le lignite could be ground into Jt.or powder form and injected B the engine’s intake system but, ch j( jl xing the dust with a liquid, prob ^ should k ;est that eitki 1 out ial section!* ;• thosewk |, 'B eve nteen recommendations for er education in the upcoming dative session will be considered |the Texas College and University tem Coordinating Board when it |ets Thursday in Houston. ably water, looks like the most prac tical method at this time,” Caton said. An advantage of using lignite in stead of gasoline is that the lignite can be used in a raw state. “There is less energy lost from processing the fuel,” Caton said. “The only cost in volved in preparing the lignite is the cost of grinding it.” Also, in the case of an emergency when gasoline supplies are short, the lignite fuel could be feasible replace ment, Caton said. But one disadvantage experienced by the researchers is that so far pro cessing the fuel has not been as inex pensive compared to using gasoline as they had expected. “So far, it’s not a great saving,” Caton said. The potential problem of the coal dust clogging the intake system and fouling the engine must also be cons idered, he said. For Texas, the use of the lignite fuel could be a big advantage be cause of the state’s considerably large underground coal deposits, estimated at more than 10 billion tons. The research, which is funded by the Center for Energy and Mineral Resources at Texas A&M, began in September. Actual experimentation will begin in February or March, Caton said. But he said at this point there is no way of telling when the use of lignite in internal-combustion engines will be fully developed. exas university plans studied it block (lie n for its ofl| ; consequent jokes are dshes to ® tyou the argumef] a reasonablfi irles R, 01 re meeting is scheduled for 9:30 j. at the Host International Hotel louston Intercontinental Airport. Jhe recommendations to the Leg- jjture are incorporated in a long- plan for Texas colleges and |versities in the eighties, which will be proposed for adoption by the board in January. The board is expected to hear tes timony on the recommendations and other aspects of the plan from several representatives of the state’s public junior and senior colleges, as well as special interest groups. If adequate revenue for higher education is not available in the fu ture, the draft plan proposes several alternatives for spending cuts in spe cific areas as a means of preventing editorial tf j Texas 1 examination P*’ iter, $33.25p#® rates furnish 1 McDonald B'- , IX 77843- exclusivelv lot** redited to# * 1 ' reserved. Station, TX Thanks bo you, ib works. Tor all or us. United Vfcy dilution of quality across the board. For example, lower funding rates for off-campus courses or merger of nearby institutions are suggested as preferable options. Other recommendations include initiation of high school competency tests for graduation as a means of reducing state costs for remedial education, possible reduction of medical school enrollments and opposition to the establishment of any additional public senior colleges and universities. Battalion Call 845-2611 Number One in Aggieland and ®SANYO get into the Christmas Spirit with SPECTACULAR STEREO SAVINGS! 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