THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1981
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By CINDY GEE
Battalion Staff
Despite rumors that Texas Instruments is “stealing” Texas
A&M University employees, the two have been working well
^ together according to sources at both places.
“It’s the kind of high technology company that we like to
ave in our backyard,” said Dr. Robert Page, dean of the
College of Engineering at Texas A&M.
Bill Brown, personnel director for T.I., said he thinks the
Students charged
with decapitation,
corpse abuse
Two Texas A&M University students have been charged in
connection with the decapitation of a corpse found Dec. 21 in a
field off Normand Drive in College Station.
Charged with abuse of a corpse were William H. Ishee, 20,
1601 Holleman Drive, and Brian Russell Loggins, 21, 1412
Bermuda St. Ishee is a sophomore management major and
Loggins is a junior psychology major.
The body was identified as James M.C. Hollie, 52, a black
male buried in November, 1978, in Nelson Chapel Cemetery.
The body had been mutilated and parts were missing from the
decomposed body when it was found, according to police
reports.
College Station Police Detective Gary Norton said the head
and foot have not been recovered but are believed to have
been put in a plastic trash bag and thrown in the Trinity River
in Liberty County.
The two men are free on bond awaiting trial for the Class A
misdemeanor which carries a maximum $2,000 fine and/or one
year in jail. 7
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Dancin comes to
Rudder Saturday
Dance and music fans should take note of the upcoming
MSC Town Hall presentation of “Dancin’.”
Bob Fosse’s hit Broadway musical includes choreogra
phyranging from classical ballet to modern dance. Music to
accompany the dances varies from Cat Stevens to John
Phillip Sousa.
Fosse is known for his Academy Award-winning film,
“All That Jazz. ” Two performances will be held Saturday at
3 p.m. and 8 p.m. in Rudder Auditorium.
Tickets are still available in the MSC Box Office. Ticket
costs are $10, $8 and $6 for non-students; and $8, $6 and
$4.50 for students.
company has a “very positive” relationship with the Universi
ty. T.I. has initiated an engineering development program
with Texas A&M which allows employees to work part time
and attend Texas A&M while earning up to a full day’s wages,
he said.
Brown said the local plant has more than 100 employees and
hopes to expand on its 250 acres and employ over 1,000 people
within the next five years. The plant is located about one mile
east of State Highway 6 on SH 30.
The local branch of T.I. began production last March, and
completed its first product, a mini computer, in April, naming
it the Aggie 1.
Brown said one of the reasons T.I. opened a plant in this
area was because they felt Texas A&M could provide technical
applicants from the College of Engineering.
One of T.I.’s best-known inventors serves as a consultant to
the engineering college, Brown said.
Although unemployment in the Bryan-College Station area
is currently only 3 percent of the labor force. Brown said the
company also felt the area had an untapped labor market.
Rita Keneipp, employment manager for Texas A&M, said
expanding industry in general has an impact on every em
ployer, and Texas A&M feels that.
“T.I. did attract some very skilled people from the campus,”
she said. “We lost a few of our skilled and tenured secretarial
staff, and a few people with technical expertise in data proces
sing. We constantly look at our pay plan as it compares with
industry, but if a private industry has had a very successful
year, they can probably afford to pay more.”
Brown said the firm has been able to offer employment to
people who have not had jobs before. He said the firm offers
competitive wages, but that it’s a matter of personal preference
whether someone wants to work for the Uni versity and have
holidays off, or to work for T. I.
Walt Baker, manager of the local Texas Employment Com-
mision, said T.I. came along at a time when this area needed
new jobs. He attributed this to cutbacks in construction due to
the economy.
“The vast majority of people hired (about 85 percent,
according to Brown) came from this area,” Baker said, “and
local residents are spending the money they earned in our
community.”
Baker said another positive aspect of the company being in
College Station is that when a quality company moves into an
area, it becomes obvious to other companies that it’s a quality
location. It tells them that they should take a good look at that
area, he said.
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