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ocal THE BATTALION THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1981 Page 3 Ians to convert lounge ill move radio station Wellborn Road to get turn lanes By TED TREAT Battalion Reporter rsi KANM-FM and many televi- 1 r* P v > ewe rs will need a new home ^ [the B lounge, a television lounge ffiveen Crocker and Moore, is pycrted into North Area offices, ittee aMiIk) ort h Area coordinator Tom re the att(ii^ urra y said if Texas A&M Uni- i toactonit/ersity receives adequate funding of course, irom the Legislature and the ito hissclie °f student Affairs, the it (forth Area will be divided into -nenrlmndW separate areas next fall. The \ i i | lew coordinator and his staff 1 Ue lould use the B lounge for their commits |es, Murray, who proposed the pro- has noideiject, said,“The earliest we’ll know tmid travel*.June and the latest is August.” olic appeal! KANM, which broadcasts from ihe B lounge, would not be forced actor in ills ? l nove unt ^ t ^ e middle of Au- aw sppmii»! ust ’ regardless of when the Uni- .1 fersity finds out about the fund- ose ano , g» ^j urra y “This gives passingda)M m y me to at alternate jgfents siiitjites.” e beforetlvi KANM manager Todd Gross is issue, andlBngjust that, but the station has an chooseii> ot yet found a new home, breed toealfMik 6 Confoy, music director at jANM, said estimates on how -m u/flcUBS itwi11 take the cable station to f [back in good working order ce is ina® h e s t a ti 0 n finds a new site — dge from a week to a year, ad theadn- “it took us from the fall of’79, bureaucralr pity .mendtnei meat involved ait is the presi when we first got on-campus, until this semester to send out a good clear signal,” Confoy said. “This puts us back at square one. It’s really frustrating.” Despite the expected criticism from KANM if it’s relocated, Murray said the proposed new area coordinator would provide welcome relief for his over burdened staff. “This fall we will have approxi mately 4,700 students in the North Area,” Murray said. “This would make us over twice as large as the other two housing areas. Administratively it makes sense.” The other two housing areas — the Commons and Corps areas — both house approximately 2,200 students. Each of these areas has one area coordinator and two assistant area coordinators. The North Area has one area coordina tor and four assistant area coordi nators. The B lounge was picked by Murray as a possible office loca tion because he considered it the least useful of the four outside lounges in the North Area. The three other lounges include the A-l lounge, a television lounge by Hughes and Fowler; the A-3 lounge, a study lounge by Davis-Gary; and the C lounge, a study lounge between Schu macher and Walton. A lowdy week to be )efore Parents' Day By SHARON D. RENFROW Battalion Reporter uacross the campus people are starting to call out “Howdy” to total ngers more frequently. And growing numbers of students have the [ditional Aggie greeting emblazoned across their maroon T-shirts. What’s the big deal? The big deal is Howdy Week, April 20-24. Sponsored by the |raditions Council of Texas A&M University, Howdy Week gives idents a chance to show their friendliness and learn about the ditions of the University. “Our major concern as Traditions Council is to make students scious of the traditions around Texas A&M,” said Sabrina Seward, irman of Howdy Week. “Howdy Week seemed the best and easiest way to present these traditions." ■After Aggie Muster on April 21, the council will present a traditions IMyamm Rudder Auditorium. Dr. C\\ff WansdeW, retired assistant dean of engineering, will speak on the traditions and their origins. Following will be a film about Texas A&M and an appearance by the ill leaders and Reveille IV. Aggies can go to a Howdy dance April 23 at the Thirsty Turtle, 121 alton Drive, College Station. Anyone wearing a “Howdy” T-shirt ill get a special on beer. “Howdy” T-shirts will be on sale during the entire week in the iemorial Student Center for $4.50 each. “Howdy” buttons will also on sale for 25 cents each. During the week, students should be on the look-out for five stery people. The 100th person to say “Howdy” to each of the lystery people will win a T-shirt and $5. Since the identities of these ople are a mystery, the idea of the game is for everyone to say lowdy” to everyone. Howdy Week is the first undertaking of the Traditions Council. The tincil was reorganized in Spring 1979 by the student services com- ittee. For two years it was disbanded after the graduation of its active imbers, said Brad Smith, outgoing student body president. Concern over the student enrollment increase and the lack of wwledge about Texas A&M traditions by those new students were e major reasons for the Traditions Council’s rebirth. Smith said. The council plans to hold Howdy Week every semester from now . This is the third semester it has been held. During the spring semester, Howdy Week is set before Parents’ 'eekend, Seward said. “Since there will be many visitors during the week, we want to have friendly and warm atmosphere on campus,” she said. ;nts. Inste* and not 3“ Andrews 1 in incorr# ant prefer in ted te t because reviewSi j n he bee®! t year. :rror. Ha ■y newspspf^ tography em efficient home?! WANTED! OLD CLASS RINGS :y sd 300 ivo^' i are longer , tens for styk*? tain the an®* -elcome, an“* aints as l elt [f to: Editor 11 ' &M Uniwf fexas A6cMi and exanii 11 ^ ;eniester,$t dvertising ItDonald h" 1 ; 1 ion,TX778ff xclusively t0 credited ® j herein res rtion, TX CUT OUT THE MIDDLE MAN. WE NEED GOLD & SILVER TO FILL OUR JEWELRY ORDERS. - GOLD SILVER COINS M SCRAP GOLD INDUST. SILVER GOLD COINS GOLD INGOTS STERLING SILVER SILVER COINS * DENTAL GOLD SCRAP SILVER 1964 & BEFORE H WEDDING BANDS PLATINUM DIMES. HALFS MOTHERS RINGS ~ QUARTERS. SILVER $ CLASS RINGS FOREIGN COINS M BRYAN GOLD & SILVER EXCHANGE 808 VILLA MARIA ACROSS FROM MANOR EAST MALL PH 779-GOLD OPEN MON.-SAT. 10-6 Tr r r i 1 « 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 b " r t 1 n 1 1 1 1 , .vt p Murray said he chose a televi sion lounge for a possible office ■ site because he felt it more impor tant for students to be near a study area than to be near a television lounge. Murray said that A-l, the other television lounge, was not picked as a possible site because he consi dered it the busiest of the two tele vision lounges. A-l houses the area Xerox machine and the quiz file, and is also the lounge that gets reserved the most, he said. By GWEN HAM Battalion Reporter Widening each side of Wellborn Road (FM 2154) by 5 feet should result in turn lanes by the end of the summer if weather permits. Beginning 600 feet north of the Jersey Street intersection and continuing south to the FM 2818 intersection, turn lanes should help traffic flow faster and more safely, said Kirk Huff, inspector for the State Department of Highways. “Work should last throughout the sum mer,” Huff said. “We’ve been working two months already, setting up signs, moving and lowering traffic signal cables and put ting in storm drains and gutters. “It’s going to take so long because, in order to let traffic on the road, we can only do one side at a time.” While construction is in progress on the 1.5-mile stretch, safety measures are being taken. Two patrol cars are stationed in the area every day to enforce the 30 mph speed limit. A yellow center line was painted on the remaining road Tuesday, and a new four-way stop has been put up at the FM 2818 intersection where traffic had pre viously gone straight through. L.W.B. Construction Co., which was awarded the job bid, will break up and remove the old road — called the salvage base — and level it. Then a level base will be applied along with slush lime, 6 inches of crushed stone, 8 inches of black asphalt and a final 1-inch layer of asphalt. Working with 350-degree asphalt in the summer isn’t something to look forward to, Huff said. The new road will have 9 inches of asphalt where the old one had only 3 inches. This should make the new road last longer and stay smoother, he said. Wellborn Road was chosen for the re novation because of traffic congestion. Huff said. The renovation is funded by both the Federal Highway Administration and state government. “The county is allowed so much money for road work, and employees of the State Department of Highways travel with sur veyors to decide what roads need work the most,” Huff said. “Wellborn Road just happened to be one of the ones chosen. 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