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Page 4 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1981 TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY BECCI EGGLESTON LET YOUR SCHLITZ COLLEGE REP BE YOUR CAMPUS CONTACT FOR PARTY PLANNING AND FOR SPECIAL PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. FOR INFORMATION CALL: G. F. Sousares Distributing 779-0208 JOS. SCHLITZ BREWING COMPANY, Brewers of: SCHUTZ malt Liquor m *3SSM5& iitnil Ptencr hirer ERLANGER C'u+j n<- ASryf BEER © 1980 JOS. SCHLITZ BREWING CO . MILWAUKEE, WIS, AND OTHER GREAT CITIES Local RHA will discuss pooling quiz files By NANCY WEATHERLEY Battalion Staff The Residence Hall Association has scheduled a general meeting tonight at 7 in 102 Academic & Agency Building. Tim Ryan, president of RHA, said members will be discussing consolidation of the dorm quiz files into one main file to be lo cated at the library. cils now in order to get permission to move the files to the library. She said the move is tentatively planned for sometime in Novem ber, but various issues brought out by dorm representatives must be decided before any move can occur. Holly Haines, quiz file chair man at McFadden dorm, said va rious quiz file chairmen are work ing through their own dorm coun- Emma Perry, assistant library professor, said approval for the move would also have to come from the library council before anything could happen. RHA will also be hearing from representatives with the Aggie blood drive, Ryan said. Ground cover near dorms trimmed to rid area of rats I f By PHYLLIS HENDERSON Battalion Staff Dorms 1 through 12 won’t be described as “ratty” anymore if the Grounds Maintenance De partment has anything to do with it. Those dorms were cited as hav ing a rat problem in a Student Sen ate bill authored last month by Laura Furr, senator from Spence/ Briggs/Underwood, and Tracy Cox, graduate business senator. “Rats come up from the steam tunnel, ” Furr said. “Last year, we had one come into the hall.” She added: “Stray cats are start ing to hang around our dorm.” Furr said the ground cover around the dorms created a nest ing place for the rats, and the bill called for the Grounds Mainte nance Department to clear away this ground cover. “We have a lot of ivy, especially when it rains,” Furr said. Eugene H. Ray, director of the department, agreed that the ground cover causes a problem in the dorm area. “Any time you have any type of vegetation,” he said, “it’s going to afford a haven for creatures. “We have taken the ground cover down to a level which won’t offer a refuge to the rodents.” Ray said the department would try to keep the ivy and other ground cover cut to four inches around Dorms 1, 2 and 3. “We’ve not been advised that there’s a problem in the rest of the Corps dorm area,” he said. “If we take away all the vegeta tion ... we have a problem with aesthetics,” he said. “We’re going *r.» 'r*** MIDLAND NATIONAL BANK A First City Bancorporation Member 500 west te:xas ave:. P.O. BOX 2097, MIDLAND, TX 79702 (915) 685-5000 NOTICE OF INTERVIEWS — PETROLEUM ENGINEERS October 13 & 14 The Midland National Bank, Midland, Texas, will conduct interviews for reservoir engineering positions in the bank’s Oil & Gas Division. 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Furr said that due to the de partment’s work in the area the Student Services Committee killing the bill. Ray said the dorm resides: hexas would have to cooperate als< order to eliminate the problem. “When you find a Hibachio there with grease and meat on t you’re inviting this (a rat pro) , iem),’ he said. “The residetii^^ have to do their part. “My people have found U eaten pies and cakes thrown a the windows. “They (rats) are going to goi food. ” ei n old- f garni ious b. tSt. M cvincse rcswurakt .\OOX BUFFET Monday thru Friday SUNDAY EVENING BUFFET *3 79 All You Can Eat! All You Can Cut! From B to H p.m. SPECIAL IH.VVIIK ‘3“ Peking - Szechwan & Cantonese Dishes • Take Out Ordei » . OPEN DAILY: 11:30 a.in. to 2 p.m. mm, 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. 1313 S. 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