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Advertising Index Section B BANKS: Brazos Savings B2 First City National B3 RepublicBankofA&M B6 BOOK STORES AND SUP PLIES: CLOTHING: Whole Earth Provisions Co. Half Price Books B3 Loupot’s B2 & 13 B4 BEAUTY SALON: Perma Culture . . . . Bother’s B1 B4 Texas A&M B8 & 9 DEPARTMENT STORE: Bealls B14 You really should try A&M TYavel Service, Inc. The most professional, most experienced travel consultants in the area gives you hometown service with computerized speed. Let us plan your trips for business and for fun. A&M Travel Service, Inc. Owned by Keith Langford ’39 (Houston) and Diane Stribling (President and Agency Manager) 111 University Drive (in the RepublicBank A&M Building) College Station / 846-8881 We support the Aggies with an annual donation for a 12th Man Scholarship MoneyStore gives you more services than any checking account available in College Station. And it’s free with a $250 balance. 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MEMBER FSLIC BRAZOS Savings College Station: Texas Ave. at Southwest Parkway * 696-2800 Extended lobby hours August 21 thru September 4 In this photo from the 1915-16 school year at Texas A&M, Bill Westerhoff and Jacob Born study in Pros and cons. It is Bob Aggie’s first d;ty at Texas A&M University. After consulting a campus map, he Finds bis residence hall and checks in. With a suitcase in one hand and a desk lamp in the other, he climbs the stairs to the third tloor. Before him is a small, empty room. He gazes at the plain walls and cold hard floor. The room does not quite fit the image of dorm rooms portrayed by Uni versity brochures. Was your dorm room not quite what you expected? Be fore you go apartment-hunting, read on. by Cyndy Davis and Joe Tindel Jr. Battalion Staff There are many pros and cons to living on campus, and what you get out ol it depends largely on what you put into it. A big benefit of dorm life is the convenience. Getting to school is no problem because you live there, and this means not having to worry about find ing a parking space every morn ing or filling the gas tank quite as often. Cost is another benefit. When you live in a residence hall, you pay once and don’t have to wor ry with electricity hills, water bills, monthly rent or gas bills. Another advantage is that there’s always someone around with whom you can study, eat or just talk. But having someone around all the time can also he a dis advantage, especially on that late night before a test when you absolutely have to study and everyone decides to use your room for their poker game. When you live in a residence hall, you never have to clean the toilets or showers. Maids take care of that. But you have to do your own windows. Hall activities are a major fea ture of residence hall life. Every residence hall has a hall council of residents that plan social gatherings, educational prog rams and other activities for the hall. Residents pay an optional activity fee of about $10 per semester if they wish to partici pate. “All Girls Free” parties are popular among the mens’ halls and both men’s and women’s halls sponsor formals and theme parties. The Residence Hall Associa tion, the University-wide coordi nating body of residence halls, also has many activities through out the year. They provide fun maintenance, roomchaii| enforcing hall rules. Area coordinators an tant area coordinators am able for help with things Conti) ade fo frisl The hi tour rooi hall changes and appro ng arlf l 1 hall activities. omakes Although livinginaresii ! ooin ca “ hall offers numerouscoi 01 lieal1 ences, there are certain 1101 vou ' mandments which musilt lowed. Meals are available i three different plans- the dining halls if you'i board plan, or dining night or living off cold, Hall activities are a ma jor feature of residence hall life. Every resi dence hall has a hall council of residents that plan social gatherings, educa tional progra ms and other activities for the hall. They t lure you rousing lituation: reasonab violation ions h; \nd to he ha acuzzi. night or living oh cold,a “ veggies and tuna fish iff ieasona not on board plan. Coffee, popcorn and lei are the only things wbid ally can be cooked in ai room. The University is notrt sible for the students'p property in the dorm roos VOn t I e luding the beer in y« ^jJJ. frige i a tor, so it’s a good il lock your door when you! [d DC Ct your room. To live in a residenceli student must maintain a load of at least 12hoursdui semester and three hours mg a summer session. Visitation by members! The rule opposite sex is limited to II to 10 p.m. Sunday till t’s legal.’ activities like Casino Night in the spring and RHAlloween in the fall. But in addition to the fun stuff is the subtle parenting the staffers provide — not that they’d ever take the place of of mom and pop. A residence hall staff is on-call at all times to answer questions and to keep order in the hall. Each hall has a head resident and one resident adviser per wing or floor. They assist the re sidents with check-in, check-out, Thursday and 10 a.m a.m. Friday and Saturday ry, no all-night study its w ith a member of the opp jetother sex. Your best bet would kl to their place — offcampt ^nity m The University does noli the possession of fireari campus. This includes fireworks, hand grenades nuclear warheads. Butmos )f on „ cari i he above may be stored will University Police. Don’t go on the roof of residence hall. The roof don’t get Continued on pa^ei ture. LOUPOT GIVES vu? No pi illowed i ive unde ule is th; rou’d bet The i n the dot Violate ng rules he hous: ore a jui Other ife are tl less of Hake ike hi Wei