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Battalion/Page 3
October 28, 1982
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by Kathy Breard
Battalion Reporter
he Association of Former
option, vouwil Students has outgrown its home
■1 is such a sniallsrjB the Memorial Student Center
lot very good, ^nd is hoping to have its own
I be to see at building on campus by 1985.
v wee hours of (S 11 ^ si,e bein h r considered by
rr ., n ,| , , the former students and the
Texas A&M University System
i( 1 11 l( s lnaUft^fc r( j 0 f R e g ents j sat the corner
■oxI would btbflersey and Houston streets,
rick-or-1reatenir-^fcefore a new building may be
is lx*ing pulledoB'ted on campus, the state
tilers into vourli ri' 1 approve legislation to
ies, and keen a ^ w l h e Association of Former
arre (nir Stldents, which is technically
enough tooku! r a p u art of the U ; i,versi : y ’ to
^ ®e the property from I exas
ns. ors stay forat« M .
in h themgrotOH®j\ similar agreement set ;i
i he other hottseiiMcedent for leasing land be-
lelt by the tinttilfcrkdng to state universities,
fin stay as Ionian®* precedent was the leasing
licks goes on,n gfjbnd at the University of
an not disclose ^M as t0 Safeway.
n... Mince the association is so
not have any g g 0S( ly af f lliated with Texas
n \ not 10 donating over SI million
Unt as you know: j^yearto the University, an asso-
t vouWILLgel cialion official anticipates little
id be alert toatitpifliculty in the legislation’s pas-
enemies will t sage.
.iml li.ivr.ilup® 11 -'re h. s, , ■
• our alumni, we’re going to
Be to go to a new building
within the next five years,” said
Jim Jpipi- assistant executive di-
B<)r of the Former Students
iociation.
Mien the Forsyth Alumni
iter in the Memorial Student
iter, the current home of the
iciation, was modernized in
early 1970s, it was built to
re approximately 2,000 gra-
fttes a year. Today T exas
M graduates more than
)0 students a year,
unding for the new building
be separate from the money
ed from former students ev-
I year.
nstruction of both the new
^Hiding and an adjoining park-
jing lot with 50 to 100 spaces is
^fly to cost a minimum of $3
lion, Jeter said. Jeter is confi-
t the funds for the building
be raised by the association.
The building would possibly
have two or three floors totalling
25,000 square feet. The first
floor would be a lobby large
enough to accomodate student
group receptions, Jeter said.
The current lobby area in the
MSC is frequently overcrowded
with visiting alumni during foot
ball game weekends.
Jeter, who helped design and
build the aerobics track, is hope
ful that a new building will not
interfere with the track.
Other alternatives had in
cluded constuction on land near
parking annex 60, south of Rud
der Tower, or expansion of the
present facility. But, these alter
natives were finally abandoned.
The parking lot location,
which is at the corner of Joe
Routt Boulevard and Houston
Street, meant high expense and
various electrical problems.
Also, the area is located in the
most congested part of campus,
Jeter said.
The expansion of the MSC
would also be an expensive,
complicated process, he said. It
would be difficult to obtain the
square footage the association
needs.
In order to treat the over
105,000 alumni as individuals,
the association strives to keep
the ratio of staff members to for
mer students at a reasonable
level, Jeter said. The current
office is cramped for the 28-
member staff. A new facility
would be expanded to accomo
date over 40 staff members.
The two other alumni groups,
the Development Foundation
and the Aggie Club, would not
be included in the proposed
building.
The Development Founda
tion, which also raises money for
Texas A&M, recently relocated
on the 6th floor of the Sterling
C. Evans Library.
The Aggie Club may move to
another site, the proposed
Athletic Administration and
Office Building, which may also
include a letterman’s lounge and
athletic offices for coaches.
ids reopened
on oil, gas tract
, IJIWTC**
neither by' (
:e of a mob.
Berry
by Maureen Carmody
Battalion Reporter
k Bryan City Manager Ernest
Hark told the City Council
Wednesday that it would have to
re-open bidding on a 21-acre oil
and gas tract in Henderson
Park.
| Baker Exploration Co. made
the highest bid on the tract —
over $77,000 — but neglected to
make payments, Clark said.
Baker Exploration Co. out- bid
its competitors by $20,000,
which is probably one reason it
neglected its payments, lie said.
■ “Evidently they thought they
made a bad bid,” Clark said.
B The council will reopen bid
ding, Clark said after the meet
ing. If the top bid is under Baker
Exploration’s bid, the council
try to recover the lost re
venue. Clark said he would re
commend that council take the
company to court and have it
ike up the lost revenue.
The council also solved
Bryan’s problem with junk cars
people have left unattended
around the city.
■ Clark said the city sent out a
total of 554 letters to owners of
the junk cars asking them to re
move their vehicles. He said 245
citizens removed their vehicles
themselves and 46 were re
moved by the city. The city also
filed charges against three
citizens for not complying with
the rules, all of whom were
found guilty. The rest of the
vehicles were either covered
with tarps, retagged or placed
on private property -— all of
which are legal alternatives to
removing the vehicles.
In other business, the council
confirmed several new appoint
ments.
The Parks and Recreation
Board has been increased from
seven to nine members. When
Red Burdett stepped down
from the board, Linda Martin,
Fred Robison and John Howard
were appointed to fill in the
vacant positions.
Frank Metzer’s appointment
to the Electrical Advisory Board
was confirmed. Meyge Henry
was appointed and Roy Sim
mons was reappointed to the
Southeast Higher Education
Authority. John Powell was con
firmed in his appointment to
city engineer and Timothy
Adams in his appointment as
operation manager of commun
ity and support services.
iiiii
pne-woman show
by poet, composer
ope ye 1
by Shellee Bratton
Battalion Reporter
11: Writer, composer and theaters
director Elizabeth Swados will
give a performance Nov. 4 at
kwdder Forum.
E “A Night with Elizabeth Swa
dos” will include poetry, writ
ings and songs from her Broad-
Way play, “Runway.” Guitarist
liidith Fleishers will accompany
her.
i The performance will be
sponsored by the theatre arts de-
■artment in conjunction with
the Hillel Foundation, a Jewish
student organization providing
cultural, social and religious ser-
( ices for Texas A&M students.
Elizabeth Swados has com-
osed, written and directed sev-
Ecral productions, including
“The Greek Trilogy,” “Dis
patches” and “Alice in Concert.”
She has written three children’s
books and a novel called “Leah
and Lazar.” She is the recipient
of numerous honors including
an honorary doctorate from
Hobart College, 3 Obie Awards
and 5 Tony nominations.
“It’s going to be a one-woman
show,” Carol Parzen, director of
the Hillel Foundation, said. “It
will give the audience a chance
to have close contact with her
poetry, writings and thoughts
about life. It will be quite ex
traordinary.”
The performance will be free
and begins at 8 p.m. A reception
will be held for Swados after the
performance.
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