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By RANDY CLEMENTS
Battalion Staff
The $9,000 waste recovery facility
site study, approved by the Bryan and
College Station city councils Nov. 23,
probably will die because Texas A&M
University isn’t going to participate in
the study, says College Station City
Manager North Bardell.
The waste recovery facility not only
would get rid of 85 percent of the area’s
garbage, but also would produce steam
that could be sold to industries. College
Station Mayor Gary Halter said.
But because the facility would re
quire 150 to 200 tons of garbage a day to
produce steam for an industrial market,
it would take both cities and the Univer
sity to generate the waste needed to
produce that steam, Bardell said.
at this point there’s no point in going on
with the study. The site study requires
only $3,000 from the University, he
said.
The feasibility study, with an esti
mated cost of more than $50,000, would
determine if there is a market for the
steam produced and if enough garbage
can be generated to supply a recovery
facility.
College Station, Bryan and the Uni
versity currently dispose of their gar
bage in landfills. This doesn’t solve the
garbage problem, Halter said, but cre
ates a new one — monitoring.
University Vice President for Busi
ness Affairs Howard L. Vestal said the
University hasn’t developed a position
with regard to the feasibility study.
However, he said he would first like to
see a suitable site proposed.
“If the two cities (Bryan and College
Station) find a suitable site,’’ he said, T
would like to reserve the option of parti
cipating in the feasibility study.’’
A suitable site would be one that is
not on the campus but within two miles
of the west campus, Vestal said.
But Halter, who initiated the idea of
the waste facility study, said if the Uni
versity isn’t interested in participating
The Environmental Protection
Agency requires that landfills be moni
tored — forever — after they are filled
in, the mayor said. The EPA requires a
series of measurements for the resistiv
ity of the soil and the thickness and
density of the clays at the landfill, he
said.
This requirement adds an expense of
at least $20,000 a year for a qualified
engineer to take the soil and clay sam
ples at the site and for lab technicians to
get the results, he said. Testing the area
is an effort to insure there is no seepage,
Halter said.
“I am disappointed the University
isn’t interested in participating (in the
study),’’ he said, “because waste dispos
al is a problem now that is getting
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By LAURA WILLIAMS
Battalion Reporter
A 27-year-old College Station man
s charged with indecent exposure
unday in connection with a series of
ports of a man exposing himself to
jsidents of Leggett Hall, a women’s
rm.
Robert M. Hall, #606 Willowick
its., was arrested by University police
1:40 Monday morning outside Leg
it Hall. The oil company employee
released later that afternoon on
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dragnet catches Leggett flasher
Freshman arrested
for A&M burglaries
‘Since Nov. 17, we ve had four re
ported incidents of indecent exposure
(in) Leggett Hall,” University Detec
tive Will Scott said.
Scott said the University police have
been watching the dorm until two and
three in the morning for longer than a
week anticipating the suspect’s return.
Residents of the hall were connected
with detectives’ radios and were told to
call if the so-called “Leggett Flasher”
was seen in or near the dorm.
Scott said he saw the suspect walk
around the dorm for some 45 minutes
Monday before detectives received a
call from dorm residents.
Sgt. Rick Flores hid on the west side
of the dorm, while Scott waited near
Thompson Hall and the two circled the
dorm after receiving the call, Scott said.
“A partial license plate and car de
scription was given in an earlier report,
so we watched for that car,” he said. “It
was an out-of-state license. I saw it pull
up, and the man fitting the description
got out.”
A white male, approximately 5-feet,
8-inches tall, 190 lbs., about 25-years-
old, with curly brown hair, a beard,
moustache and a pot belly had been
reported exposing himself outside Leg
gett twice before the detectives began
surveillance.
“We’ve had four corresponding re
ports from Leggett since Nov. 17, some
girls in the dormitory identified the man
as the one they had seen immediately
after we caught him, he said.
Under the Texas Penal Code, max
imum punishment for indecent expo
sure is a $200 fine.
A Texas A&M student was arrested
by University Police? early this morning
in connection with 25 vehicle burglaries
during the past week.
Joseph Robert Cumpten, 19, a fresh
man general studies major from Olney,
was charged with burglarizing motor
vehicles and resisting arrest. The arrest
was made at 3 a.m., after officers saw
him drive into Lot 56, on the west cam
pus, and enter another vehicle.
Police recovered $3,500 worth of
merchandise from Cumpten s vehicle.
Detective Will Scott said. The mer
chandise — including three shotguns,
two rifles, a .357 Magnum, ammunition
and over 200 cassette tapes — was re
ported missing in 25 thefts during the
past week, Scott said.
The merchandise was in plain view in
Cumpten’s vehicle when the officers
approached it, Scott said. The police are
now in the process of locating the own
ers, he said.
Cumpten was taken to the Brazos
County Jail and bond was set this
morning.
egal aid office helps students, legal officers
By GARY BARKER
Battalion Staff
About 250 students a month seek
ice from the students legal depart-
nt at Texas A&M University about
Srything from consumer protection to
dlord/tenant disagreements.
The purpose of the office is to provide
|al advice to all students and recog-
fed student organizations.
The most common cases involve
Idlord/tenant relations, consumer
pteetion, automobile accidents and
mestic relations. Legal Adviser
niel Usiak said.
Although the student legal advisers
li advise a student in almost any legal
litter, there are restrictions on which
ses the legal advisers may represent a
.ident in court.
Legal advisers can only represent
Randy^ -'dents in court in some consumer pro-
ction cases and some landlord/tenant
"lass A ^ Scs ' Advisers cannot represent a stu-
■■nals ' nt a 8 a * n st Texas A&M or against
' iliprini 'Other student. Furthermore, Usiak
3110 • p id, the office usually will not handle a
se in which the trial is expected to
ke a long time or in cases which in-
)lve a large amount of money.
A referral system has been estab-
jjii ihed for cases the legal office can’t
indie, however,
Usiak said the office has taken three
ises to court since October, 1980. Two
the cases were landlord/tenant cases
which an apartment complex
ouldn’t return a security deposit to a
udent.
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udent broke his lease.
. _ One example of a case Usiak handled
gfy ■"ring September involved a student
’ •’ho said she had been forced off a road
y a truck. About $900 damage was
one to her car.
After a month-long search, Usiak
^ Pid, he found the truck’s owner, but he
. liscovered that the truck had changed
tran ji( [wners three times in about three
icapF’ keeks.
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Legal advisers get boost into law profession
By GARY BARKER
BaHalion Staff
Not only does the Student Legal
Advisers office provide services to stu
dents, but it also serves as a stepping
stone for young, inexperienced lawyers
to establish themselves in the law pro
fession in Bryan-College Station.
Vice President for Student Services
John Koldus, who is in charge of the
student legal advisers, said all of the
past six student legal advisers and one
assistant legal adviser have gone into
legal practice in the local area — either
in private practice, in the judicial
branch or for the University.
didn’t consider the position to be a step
ping stone.
“I considered the job more than just a
temporary perch, Locke said. “I was
there for three years, which is the
longest term for any of the legal
advisers.
raising a family and continuing in a pro
fessional endeavor,” Lyles said.
Lyles also commented about how
holding the position of student legal
adviser helped him advance in the law
profession in the Bryan-College Station
“Tm sure all (of the past student legal
advisers) have seen the position as a
stepping stone in the community, ” Kol
dus said. “The track record shows that if
they do a good job in the position, they
can find a more financially profitable job
in the community.”
“It was an interesting place to be for a
certain amount of time and the monet
ary compensation was good considering
the amount of experience I had. ”
In contrast, Daniel Usiak Jr., who
recently replaced Locke as student legal
adviser, said he considers the position
to be a stepping stone and he feels it will
help him become qualified for a number
of different positions in the law profes
sion. Usiak said he doesn’t know if he
will stay in the area when he leaves his
present position.
Former student legal advisers in
clude Bryan Municipal Judge Sonny
Lyles, former College Station Municip
al Judge Kenneth Robison and Chris
Kling, a lawyer for the Bryan law firm
Lawrence, Thorton, Payne and
Watson.
And Lowell Denton, a former assis
tant student legal adviser, is now Col
lege Station city attorney.
“The job forces an attorney
in the position to become ac
tive in the community and in
the local bar association. ” —
Bryan Municipal Judge Son
ny Lyles
“The job forces an attorney in the
position to become active in the com
munity and in the local bar association,”
he said. “It also forces an attorney to
know the local judicial system and local
attorneys.
"By doing your job as best you can as
student legal adviser, you learn about
the legal climate in the local com
munity.”
Since 1974, the Office of Student Ser
vices has employed a student legal
adviser to counsel students. And in 1976
the office added the position of assistant
student legal adviser.
Koldus said the salary for the student
legal adviser has been high enough to
attract lawyers with some experience,
but because the salary for the assistant is
lower, he has had to hire several lawyers
just out of law school.
Two other former advisers have re
mained with the LTniversity — Director
of Development Robert Rutledge III
and Gaines West, associate general
counsel under the vice chancellor for
legal affairs.
Jim Locke, the most recent student
legal adviser to leave the office, began a
private law practice in Bryan-College
Station on Nov. 13.
Locke said he stayed in the area be
cause he has family here and because he
thinks there are more opportunities
here than in most larger cities.
“Opportunities are more related to
rate of growth than size,” Locke said.
Almost all of the legal advisers
started as assistant legal advisers.
Usiak, who started as assistant legal
adviser and became legal adviser upon
Locke’s departure, said the salary for
assistant legal adviser is about $18,000 a
year and the salary for legal adviser is
about $22,000 a year. Usiak, 26, said the
position is his first full-time job since he
was graduated from law school.
“This place is growing faster than any
place in the state so it’s a good place to
open any kind of business.”
John Lawrence, a partner in the
Bryan law firm Lawrence, Thorton,
Payne and Watson, said the position of
student legal adviser is a good starting
job for an inexperienced lawyer.
Staff photo by Dave Einscl
Student legal adviser Daniel Usiak Jr. advises a student on a legal
matter. Usiak’s office receives requests for legal advice from about 250
students a month.
Locke was hired as an assistant stu
dent legal adviser in September 1978.
He was promoted a short time later to
become the student legal adviser for the
next three years. However, he said he
Lyles, who is both Bryan municipal
judge and a law partner with Robison,
said he stayed in the Bryan-College Sta
tion area for a combination of reasons.
“This area has a great climate for
And a legal adviser’s salary is “pretty
respectable” for a young lawyer just get
ting started in Brazos County, he said.
Yet, he said, the salary is substantially
lower than what a top law school gradu
ate could make in one of the better law
firms in Houston or Dallas.