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age 10A THE BATTALION MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1981 General Telephone updates campus phone system By BERNIE FETTE Battalion Staff General Telephone Company f the Southwest has im- lemented numerous changeov- rs in the telephone system, langeovers which Bryan Divi sion Manager Bill Erwin said will constitute a significant improve ment in service on the Texas A&M campus. “We’re employing the very latest in telephone technology/’ Erwin said. There are separate changeov- ers for the dorm phone system and the faculty-staff system, he said. For students, the summer changeover involved the installa tion of push-button phones to re place the rotary-dialing system and changed the prefix code from 845 to 260. The last four digits of dorm phone numbers remain the same. For the faculty-staff phone sys tem, the 845 prefix code remains the same. 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A business feature package in cluding several optional tele phone features is available as a re sult of the new phone system. For example, the residence hall phone system now can perform such functions as call forwarding, call waiting and speed dialing. Bob Sather, University tele communications manager, ex plained that call forwarding allows a person to program his phone to forward a call to another phone when he is absent from his own. Call waiting is similar to the “hold” function on phones with multiple lines. Speed dialing programs the phone so one digit can complete a call rather than several digits. Students will have to apply for the special features through the local GTE division the same way they sign up for long distance ser vice. Students can sign up for long-distance service and the new phone features Monday through Friday in the Memorial Student Center. The cost of speed calling is $1.70 a month; call forwarding, $1.65 a month; and call waiting, $1.95 a month. Sather said no de posit will be required for the ser vices unless the applicant has a bad credit rating. The faculty system now can per form those functions in addition to such features as conference call ing, Sather said. Although the use of the other new features is left up to indi vidual students and University de partments, Sather said there will be an average 36 percent increase in overall cost. The University’s existing phone system was installed in 1968 serv ing a total of 3,851 lines which grew to nearly 11,000 lines 10 years later. Erwin said the system was operating at maximum capac ity and it would be more econo mical to employ the newer tech nology. Erwin preRAted that the new digital switcMA system will last the University through the restof the 20th century. Important numbers Dial from exchange numbers On campus service 845 260 Emergency assistance (any type) 9-911 9-911 Fire 9-911 9-911 Police emergency 9-911 9-911 University ambulance ' 9-911 9-911 University police 5-2345 845-2345 University hospital 5-1511 845-1511 Maintenance service (non business hours) 5-4311 845-4311 Student locator 5-4741 845-4741 Dorm judicial boards mix males, females on panels By DENISE RICHTER Battalion Staff Among a variety of changes tak ing effect this fall at Texas A&M University is a change in the struc ture of residence hall judicial boards. Judicial boards, often referred to as j-boards, are made up of dor mitory residents who hear cases of University and residence hall rule violations. “The purpose of a j-board is to provide peer justice,” Murray said. “J-boards give hall residents a voice in the enforcement of poli cies within the hall. They usually hear cases concerning cooking, pets and minor disturbances — all hall-related incidents. We want the hall representatives to have a voice in deciding how to deal with these violations.” In past years each dorm has had its own judicial board made up of hall residents. Members were selected through interviews con ducted by hall staff and hall coun cil members. “This year, we decided to strive for more consistency in the j- board system by combining halls under one board,” said Central Area Coordinator Tom Murray. “We found the women’s halls op- Ie >:v\s o F»TriCAE Prescriptions Filled Glasses Repaired 216 N. MAIN BRYAN Mon.-Fri. Sat. 822-6105 8 a.m.-5 p.m. 8 a.m.-l p.m. crated very differently from the men’s halls in that they were in consistent on decisions and pun ishments. For example, cooking and visitation violations were handled much tougher in the women’s halls.” Under the new system, set for a two-semester trial basis, both men and women will serve on area judi cial boards serving two or more halls. The new boards are; Clements, Crocker, Legett, Mclnnis and Moore — one repre sentative and one alternate from each hall. Davis-Gary, Keathley, Fowler, Hughes and Moses — one repre sentative and one alternate from each hall. Law, Puryear, Hart, Haas and McFadden — one representative and one alternate from each hall. Schuhmacher, Walton, Hotard, Neeley and Hobby — one repre sentative and one alternate from each hall. Spence and Briggs — three rep resentatives and one alternate from each hall. Krueger, Dunn and Under wood — two representatives and one alternate from each hall. Aston and Mosher — three rep resentatives and one alternate from each hall. During a judicial board hearing, both sides of the case are pre sented, and the board members determine the guilt or innocence of the accused. If the verdict is guilty, the board also determines the punishment which can range from a verbal reprimand to hall probation. In violations where a student from one judicial board area violates a policy in another judicial board area, the case will be heard by the board representing the hal where the violation occurred. For example, if a resident o( Moses and a resident of Krueger violate the visitation policy in Krueger, they both would go in front of the Krueger-Dunn- Underwood judicial board. But the board representative from Moses would sit in as a voting member of that board when they heard the Moses resident’s case If an off-campus student violates residence hall policy, the case will be handled by the assis tant director of student afiairs. “When the Residence Hal Association was evaluating they board system, one thing that came up was that most students didn’t think it was a very big deal,” Mur ray said. “We wanted to put some teeth into the system.” Nolen Mears, assistant area coordinator for the Corps area dorms, said improved traininganl supervision of judicial board members are advantages to the new plan. Murray said: “There were25j- boards on the campus and it was very difficult to spend time with that many halls. By redesigning the number of boards and tighten ing them up, we’ll be able to give them (board members) better training.” Dorm residents who are in terested in serving on their area judicial board should contact the head resident of their dorm. 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