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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1980
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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
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idy been done with lignite as an
mal combustion fuel,
le lignite could be ground into
Jt.or powder form and injected
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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.
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re meeting is scheduled for 9:30
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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
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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.
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