THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1981
Page 3
Local
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SG adopts changes in rules; passes five bills
By NANCY FLOECK
n f Battalion Staff
• I Changes in the Texas A&M
I Iniversity’s Regulations and an
I ipdated Texas A&M student
1A ealth insurance plan were
J J . pproved by the Student Senate
f l I Vednesday night.
^ ® Most of the regulation changes
1 orrected grammatical errors or
gatescanj Wed vague wording, hut addi-
'*onal regulations also were
pproved. These changes are sub-
. , f j jet to the approval of University
ignoi Ffi Jministrators.
leave olij Qne addition says no academic-
inabigii llydeficient student — one with a
illyafterl rade point ratio below 2.00 —
a“nO(fl jay participate in intercollegiate
itigatioim tbletics or attend conventions as
Texas A&M delegate.
The new rules also would re-
also can uire undergraduate student
surprise a aders to carry at least a nine-
com, our academic load, with the ex-
rressivei -pdon of graduating seniors, who
ould only be required to take the
. ours needed for graduation,
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The updated insurance plan re
commends minor medical ex
penses be covered up to $1,000
instead of $350, major medical ex
penses up to $10,000 instead of
$5,000 and basic accident cover
age increased to $1,000 with a $20
deductible.
Optional maternity benefits
also would be offered under the
, new plan.
The estimated cost of this plan is
$150, Vice President for Student
Services Chris Langford said. The
maternity option would probably
cost about $100 more, he said.
The Senate also passed five
bills:
The Tenure Evaluation Bill re
commends that colleges form
committees and outline what is ex
pected of professors in order to be
considered for tenure. It also re
commends that student evalua
tions be considered when evaluat
ing professors for tenure.
Kathy Bartholomew, vice pres
ident for academic affairs, said stu
dent evaluations are not weighed
heavily enough, if at all, when pro
fessors are considered for tenure.
Mark Vara, college of veterin
ary medicine senator, said the
time faculty members spend as
advisers also should be considered
in tenure evaluations, since this
occupies time that could be used
for research or teaching.
An amended version of The Vo
ter’s Rights Bill was also passed
and recommends establishing six
voting locations for student elec
tions: Zachry Engineering Cen
ter, Academic and Agency Build
ing, Kleberg Building, Sterling C.
Evans Library, the Memorial Stu
dent Center and Harrington Clas
sroom Center.
The bill said voting booths are
traditionally in on-campus living
areas, such as the Commons and
Sbisa, and off-campus students
therefore don’t have easy access to
the polls.
Pat Pearson, ward II senator,
said these areas were chosen be
cause they represent the colleges
of business, engineering and agri
culture — the three colleges with
the largest number of students.
The A&A Pedestrian Traffic
Bill recommends that the side
walk by the Academic and Agency
Building be widened to accomo
date pedestrains.
Mark Holubec, freshman-
senator-at-large, said Eugene
Ray, director of grounds mainte
nance, agreed to try to get the
sidewalks widened from 8 feet to
12 feet.
The Highway 30 Safety Bill
recommends the Senate work
with College Station Traffic En
gineer John Black to lower High
way 30’s speed limit to 30 mph.
Increases in residental growth and
traffic warrant this change for safe
ty reasons, the bill says.
“It might well be two years be
fore the speed limit will be lo
wered,’’ Chris Duncan, ward I
senator, said. “I think it’s impor
tant we pass this bill so Mr. Black
will have the tools to take to the
state.”
The Puryear Drive Parking
Bill recommends the Senate work
with Black to make the west side of
Puryear Drive available for para
llel parking, because of a lack of
legitimate parking.
Duncan said over a dozen cars
are parked in fire lanes and along
the side of the drive on weekends.
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Agent’s death leads
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By DANIEL PUCKETT
Battalion Staff
The murder of a College Station
ependoi ial estate agent Tuesday has
e and 14 .used local real estate agencies to
force stricter security policies.
The body of Virginia Bradford
eeman, 1017 Guadalupe, was
jund about 8:20 Tuesday night in
jeback yard of a home off Greens
aide Road, near Wellborn. The
|razos County Sheriffs Depart-
ient sent Freeman’s body to San
litonio for an autopsy.
I Brazos County Sheriff Bobby
Yeager said preliminary results
)m that autopsy show Freeman
stabbed 11 times in the neck
d strangled.
The woman’s employer, Bob
11, owner of the Real Estate
art in Bryan, said a man called
e agency shortly before 3:30
m. Tuesday. The caller said he
id recently sold his home in
Bother town and had $72,000 or
f 1,000 to buy a home here.
Freeman left the office Tuesday
prnoon, and when she did not
bme home, her husband Charles
and a colleague’s husband went to
look for her, Prall said.
They found her car parked on
Greens Prairie Road and her body
in a nearby back yard.
Freeman was pronounced dead
by Justice of the Peace Carolyn
Hensarling, who refused to com
ment on the cause of Freeman’s
death pending results of the
autopsy.
The officer investigating the
case for the sheriffs department
could not be reached for com
ment.
In the aftermath of Freeman’s
death, Prall said, some security
policies will be tightened. For ex
ample, clients will no longer be
able to meet an agent for the first
time at a house. Instead, clients
will be asked to come to the
agency.
The purpose of this policy is to
ensure that more than one agent
will be able to identify new
clients.
“This has always been our poli
cy and the policy of other agen
cies,” Prall said, “but there isn’t an
agent in town who hasn’t violated
it.”
Although violent incidents in
volving real estate agents aren’t
common, Prall said, some assaults
have occurred. In Houston, a man
called a real estate agent to come
to a house, robbed him and locked
him in a closet.
For several months, Prall said,
an artist’s illustration of the man
sought in that case has been post
ed in his office. Prall said the
drawing is meant as a warning to
agents.
“There have been times before
when an agent has felt unsure ab
out a situation,” Prall said, “but
we’ve all occasionally failed to take
precautions. Now, we re all shook
— everyone knows it could have
happened to him.”
However, because of Free
man’s death, local real estate
agencies will be more careful, he
said.
“It’s going to be very hard to get
an agent to meet you at your house
unless he already knows you,”
Prall said.
Commission to consider
permit for building school
By RANDY CLEMENTS
Battalion Staff
/fjt |!The College Station Planning
nd Zoning Commission will Con
ner granting a conditional use
brmit today for a new elementary
|hool in the Southwood Valley
subdivision.
I The site for the new school,
II 2 acres at Deacon and Brothers
3 reets, was selected by the school
)ard because the district owns
. lie property, and there are many
pildren in the area, said Dr.
)onald Ney, assistant superinten-
lent for administrative services.
5 The request to the commission
routine, Ney said, and there
should be no problem in granting
lie permit.
The district has owned that
roperty for several years with the
nderstanding a school would be
uilt there, Ney said.
“In fact,” he said, “the people
ho live in the area are anxious to
„et us to build it, since most of the
lid bee (jhjlchen are being transported to
hllege Hills Elementary School,
iveral miles away.”
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Jim Callaway, assistant director
of planning, said the school plan
fits in with the city’s comprehen
sive plan for that area.
The commission will also recon
sider rezoning 22 acres on the
south side of Southwest Parkway,
600 feet from the east Bypass,
from single family residential dis
trict R-l (maximum of 8 units an
acre) to townhouse district R-1A
(maximum of 12 units an acre), low
density apartment district R-3
(maximum of 14 units an acre),
medium density apartment dis
trict R-5 (maximum of 24 units an
acre), administrative- professional
district(A-P) and neighborhood
commercial district(C-N).
The commission recommended
approval Nov. 5 for the residential
zones requested with the adminis
trative-professional and neighbor
hood commercial to be considered
at a later meeting under a separate
request.
“This is the formal request,
which includes the C-N and A-P,”
Callaway said. “The C-N was pret
ty well received by the commis
sion in the past, but the A-P will
probably get some discussion.”
The impact of the AtP on the
adjacent property will be looked at
closely by the commission, he
said.
“I don’t expect any problems
because the request has been re
viewed so many times,” Callaway
said. “Most of the people in
terested in the rezoning have
already given their likes and dis
likes.”
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