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THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1981
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A&M’s false alarm total
high; not always pranks
By SHEILA FRAZIER
Battalion Reporter
Since last semester, 172 of the
220 fire alarms recorded by Texas
A&M University Police were false
alarms.
What set off the alarms? The
answer could be anything from
carpet glue fumes to ants crawling
into a detector head. Some of the
false alarms were accidents, and
some were mechanical malfunc
tions, but some were pranks.
John Dockery, foreman of the
electrical shop which maintains
and resets fire and burglar alarms,
said his staff often can’t immedi
ately find any reason for an alarm
to have gone off.
“We do have malfunctions, but
they are less common than
pranks,” Dockery said. If an alarm
has gone off because of a malfunc
tion, it will usually go off again
within one to six hours, he said.
The University uses four main
types of fire alarms:
i^The ionization detector can
be activated whenever anything
combustible reaches its sensors.
Items such as hair spray, carpet
glue, and paint thinner can easily
set off the alarms, Dockery said.
i^The photo-electric cell oper
ates by measuring the density of
air in a test chamber. The density
can be raised by sawdust, steam or
cigarette smoke, Dockery said.
J^Rate-of-rise alarms are acti
vated when the temperature in a
room goes above a designated 135
degrees to 210 degrees
Fahrenheit. These alarms are
used mainly in shop and kitchen
areas and do not create problems,
Dockery said.
/'"'Manual pull stations are most
often abused by pranksters, but
the detector heads are abused
also, Dockery said. On two diffe
rent occasions, his crew has found
a cigarette and a burning piece of
paper taped to detector heads.
Most alarms occur in the Corps
dorms, Dockery said. He said
women’s dorms have the least
amount of false alarms.
Dockery said that he thought
many pranksters would be dis
couraged if they knew of the possi
ble penalties involved. Intention
ally setting off a false alarm is a
Class A misdemeanor with penal
ties of a fine up to $2,000, or up to
one year in prison, or both.
7:30 p.m. in the Hillel Jewish in ^ MSC
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If an alarm is activated more
than twice because of unavoidable
circumstances, such as bunsen
burners in chemistry laboratories,
the alarm will be moved to a better
place, Dockery said.
STUDENT GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS: Polls will be open
from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
MATH CLUB: Meets at 7-.30 p.m. in the third floor lounge in
Milner Hall.
CHARITY CHIU COOK-OFF: Tickets will be sold through Friday
THURSDAY
the first floor MSC.
BOARD: “Styles That Made A
i show will be held at 11 a.m. at Rudder
“BUSINESS WEEK 1981”: “Patterns of Managerial Uves,” a semi
nar by Dr. Ann Howard, Manager of Human Resources Re
search at AT&T, will begin at 3:30 p.m. in Rudder Forum. An
informal party for students, faculty and company recruiters parti
cipating in “Business Career Fair ’81' will begin at 7:30 p.m. at
the Knights of Columbus Hall, Groesbeck Street, Bryan.
TAMU JUGGLERS ASSOCIATION: Meets at 8 p.m. in 302
Rudder.
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CATHOUC STUDENT ASSOCIATION: Night Prayer will he
said at St. Mary’s Church at 10 p.m.
ALVIN HOMETOWN CLUB: Will elect officers and hold an end-
of-year party at 6 p.m. at the Dallas Club on FM road 2818.
Because of pranks, one pull sta
tion in Heldenfels Hall had to be
moved near a group of offices so
that it could be watched, he said.
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Despite the high number of
false alarms, the alarm mainte
nance crew and the University
Police both say they respond to
every alarm as an actual
emergency.
begin at 6:15 p.m. at the A&M Presbyterian Church.
CATHOLIC STUDENT ASSOCIATION: Newman Club will meet
at 7:30 p.m. in St. Mary’s Student Center.
“BUSINESS WEEK 1981”; An Interviewing Seminar will be given
by Joe Reynolds, District Sales Manager of Proctor & Gamble, at
3:30 p.m. in Rudder Theatre. ‘Transition From College Life To
Work Life,” a seminar by Dave Wilson of Arthur Young & Co.,
will begin at 3:30 p.m. in Rudder Forum.
“CAREER FAIR '81” BANQUET: Will begin at 6:15 p.m. at the
Electrical shop technician Jim
Anderson said, “In a way there’s
no such thing as a false alarm,
when one goes off that just means
that the system is working. ”
BAHAI CLUB OF TAMU; Will meet and hold an April Fools’ Party
at 7 p.m. in 407 Rudder.
HILLEL CLUB: Will elect officers at 7:30 p. m. at the Hillel Jewish
Student Center.
sage, a National Geographic documentary, will be shown at this
meeting beginning at 7:30 p.m. in 301 Rudder.
“FINIAN’S RAINBOW”: Fred Astaire and Petula Clark star in this
musical fantasy about a leprechaun searching for his stolen pot of
gold. 7:30 & 10:15 p.rn. in 601 Rudder. Admission is $1.
EVANS LIBRARY TOUR: Will be conducted at 11 a.m.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT WEEK: A Food Fair with dishes
prepared by international students will be held from 6-8 p in. in
the MSC. A fashion and talent show will begin at 8 p.m. in
Rudder Auditorium. Tickets for the evening are $6 and may be
purchased at the MSC Box Office.
BLACK AWARENESS COMMITTEE: "Legacy Of A Dream,” a
film in memory of the assassination of Martin Luther King, will
be shown at 8 p.m. in 401 Rudder.
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Center to honor scientists
A new $2.2 million facility housing Texas A&M
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The two scientists’ work helped the center make a
worldwide impact on production of high-protein
foods from non-conventional sources.
H. R. Bright, chairman of the Texas A&M Univer
sity System Board of Regents, announced the 28,000
square-foot building will be designated Carter-
Mattil Hall.
Mattil was director of the center from 1968 until
his death in 1977. Carter, who was killed in a 1976
airplane crash, headed the center’s oilseed products
division. He joined the staff in 1966.
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las on the board,” he said.
Whitt said that teachers,
especially those teaching first-
year mathematics courses, have
to come down and communi
cate on the student’s level.
Whitt said he had discussed
his desire to pursue this “non-
front-line” type of research with
both C.J. Maxson, previous
head of the mathematics de
partment, and Lacey, but they
had discouraged him.
On Whitt’s third-year re
view, May 1, 1980, Maxson
wrote, “ ... your research activ
ity to date falls definitely below
these goals (productivity cou
pled with a quality appropriate
to the University mathematics
department), and would not
lead to a recommendation for
tenure.”
On Whitt’s fourth-year re
view, March 3, 1981, Lacey
wrote, “ ... by your own choice
you have decided to move into
research that is not the depth of
research that is expected of can
didates for tenure.”
Whitt said he has discussed
his evaluations with students as
well as faculty because he feels
“students have a right to know
how their educators are
selected and rewarded.”
He said, “When I received
my fourth-year evaluation I
could see the writing on the
wall, and I knew I would most
likely not receive tenure, even
though I still have two years left
at A&M if I want to stay.”
The student grapevine
started buzzing after Whitt be
gan expressing his dissatisfac
tion with the review process,
but somewhere in the chain of
conversation a few facts became
distorted.
Since January, nearly 100
students have been writing let
ters, making phone calls and
visits to administrators or sign
ing petitions to demonstrate
support for Whitt.
Tammy Vanwart, a senior
chemistry major, said she first
got involved when another stu
dent told her Whitt was being
dismissed.
“I had Dr. Whitt two years
ago for calculus and I couldn t
believe that the math depart
ment would actually want to get
rid of such a fine teacher, ” she
said.
Vanwart said she sent a letter
to both Chancellor Frank W.R.
Hubert and Lacey in January
urging them to reconsider the
decision to dismiss Whitt.
She said: “Dr. Lacey ques
tioned me sharply about where
I received my information and
told me that the situation was
none of my concern because it
was an administrative matter.”
Lacey disagreed with one
aspect of Vanwart’s report: “I
told her that she didn’t have her
facts straight and asked her
where she had received her in
formation but I don’t recall tell
ing her that it was none of her
concern,” he said.
However, Lacey said, “In
my opinion and experience stu
dents have no input into deci
sions on tenure and promo
tion.”
Vanwart said that after she
received the call from Lacey she
contacted Whitt and got the
correct story. Vanwart has since
passed out two petitions sup
porting Whitt.
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