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Battalion/Page 3
October 1, 1982
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by Tracey Taylor
Battalion Reporter
Over-population, pollu
tion, food and energy shor-
■ges can be expected in the
year 2000, says the director
Global 2000 — a long-range
study of world trends in popu-
tter toniQ lation, resources and the en
vironment.
1 But Director Gerald O.
l p to lliiirBarney, who spoke at Texas
A&M University on Thurs-
Ddy j n i day, warned the report is not a
light" ‘solution. It doesn’t predict
i j ,. . what actually will occur, but
I 1 predicts conditions that are
)n , Olltsm |jk e ly to develop if current
t'Otithatlii pdicies don’t change, he said,
in watchit; I- “It is not, and was never
meant to he, the definitive
study of the year 2000,” he
mid.
7 fall I ml l| Global 2000, undertaken at
hisisagots redirection of Presidentjim-
:an gettki try Carter, involved 14 gov-
'Trnment agencies and took
ibout three years to complete,
he study cost $1 million,
^hich “is not expensive for a
government study,” Barney
id.
The study’s projections are
ased on the assumption that
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the same, he said. If policies
change, his projections will be
inaccurate.
Some people have consi
dered the report controver
sial. This is because people do
not expect a pessimistic view
from the U.S. government —
they are not used to govern
ment officials saying there are
serious world problems, Bar
ney said.
But President Ronald
Reagan has set up a commis
sion to review and update
Global 2000.
“We have a long way to go
to sort out problems and cre
ate a future we would all enjoy
a great deal more than the one
we predict in the report,” Bar
ney said.
Barney also serves as execu
tive director of the 1982
Woodlands Conference on
Sustainable Societies. The
conference, which will be held
in November, will bring
together several hundred
political, business and acade
mic leaders to discuss the pri
vate sector’s role in the future.
Students and faculty in
terested in attending the con
ference should contact Dr.
Earl Cook at 845-7188 or in
817 O&M Building.
k&cM betters
shuttle system
by Kelley Smith
t m Battalion Reporter
buttle bus service has been
siderably better this year
nlw that the bus system is oper-
ia|ed by the University rather
than an independent company,
Jim Ferguson, manager of
administrative services, said.
B “In the first two weeks of the
Flli 81 semester, we had no less
tflan 25 calls and 25 visits from
si^idents angry because of buses
net running on schedule, buses
tlat were too full, and buses
breaking down,” Ferguson said.
“Everything I have heard so far
this vear has been positive.”
B Shuttle bus service previously
had been provided by Trans-
pprtation Enterprises Inc. But
ilSeptember, the University be
gan operating its own bus sys-
pi. Several changes were made
en the University began the
rvice, including the purchase
(J all new buses.
T Ferguson said that there has
ijpt been any significant change
the amount of riders.
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Even insuring
may not help
“When the University took
over the service they studied the
routes and allocated the approp
riate number of buses and have
run consistently with that num
ber,” he said.
Also, some routes have been
expanded and one route has
been divided into two to make
the runs faster. Ferguson said
TEI was unable to keep the cor
rect number of buses on each
route because of maintenance
problems and a high student
turnover, resulting in crowded
buses.
TEI employed mostly stu
dents to drive on a part-time
basis. Now, the University uses
30 full-time drivers for their
peak hours, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fer
guson said this provides the ser
vice with much more stability.
Praising the University’s effi
cient direction of the system,
Ferguson said, “Based on our
projections we feel there will be
significant savings to the school
in the long run.”
by Janet Joyce
Battalion Reporter
If you come home tonight and
find your valuables gone or your
room in flames, your biggest
headache may be yet to come if
you’re not insured.
Even if you have renters’ in
surance, your stereo, engage
ment ring or other valuables
may not be replaced at full
value, depending on the type
and amount of coverage you
have.
Most dorm students have
their property insured by hav
ing a rider added to their pa
rents’ homeowners’ policy,
Associate Director of Student
Affairs Ron Sasse said.
Companies that offer insur
ance to dorm students generally
require proof that the room was
locked before they will pay for
theft. The policy may have a
limit on the value of jewelry,
cash and electronic equipment
the company will pay for. For
example, one local company
offers a dorm policy that will pay
up to $250 for jewelry lost to
theft from a locked dorm room
and up to $750 for stereo equip
ment. That policy will pay a
maximum of $2,500 for all items
lost to the student and costs $36
per year.
Renters’ insurance may be
even more critical for off-
campus students, since they gen
erally have more belongings
such as furniture, Off-Campus
Flousing Center Director
Louann Schulze said.
Many of these students are co
vered by their parents’ policies,
she said. The major reason off-
campus students need insurance
is to protect them in the event of
fire or theft, Schulze said.
The Off-Campus Housing
Center encourages students
who are not covered by their pa
rents’ insurance policy to purch
ase renters’ insurance. The cen
ter does not endorse any parti
cular company or policy,
Schulze said.
Apartment renters’ policies
typically cover damage caused
by fire, wind, hail, aircraft, ex
plosions, vehicles not your own,
riot and civil commotion. They
also cover losses due to theft, but
generally, there must be evi
dence of forced entry.
Tike any insurance policy, the
cost of the policy will depend on
the coverage requested and
other specifics of the policy. As
with dorm policies, insurance
companies often place a limit on
the amount they will pay for
jewelry, cash and electronic
equipment lost.
Some companies will not cov
er replacement costs and will de
preciate the value of the items
covered. For example, if you
have a fire in your apartment
and you purchased new furni
ture four years ago, you will be
paid the actual value of four-
year-old furniture and not
enough to replace it with new
furniture.
Those wishing to insure speci
fic items for specific amounts of
money, may do so by scheduling
the item, but this costs more. For
example, if your policy will only
cover jewelry up to $250 and
you have an engagement ring
worth $ 1,500, you can insure the
ring for that amount by paying
an additional premium.
Another thing to look for in a
policy is whether or not there is
anything deducted from a claim,
Schulze said. For example, if
your policy is for $10,000 with a
$200 deductible on jewelry, you
are paid nothing if only $150
worth of jewelry is stolen. Or, if
$500 worth of jewelry is stolen,
you are paid $300, the amount
stolen minus the deductible.
Schulze advises students not
covered by their parents’ insur
ance to shop around if they plan
to purchase renter’s insurance.
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