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Page 4AThe Battalion/Tuesday, March 29, 1983 4 Off campus movers given advice Center helps Aggies find housing by Pamela Haisler Battalion Reporter Many Texas A&M students looking for apartments or du plexes for the summer and fall semesters can make the task easier by visiting the Off Cam pus Housing Center. Coordinator Louann Schulze says the center, which serves 26,000 Aggies, holds “Moving Off Campus” meetings to help You’ll Go Flippim’ For Tasty IMppin’! Coupon Offer What’s a new, healthy taste treat with half the calories of ice cream? Fro zen yogurt from The Yogurt Pump! It’s not too sweet, not too tart and full of the whole some goodness of yogurt. Choose from 25 delight ful flavors. Then mix ’n match with 20 different fruits, nuts and toppings. And you’ve got a great tas ty dippin’ snack. \ Buy One Regular or Larger Size Yogurt & Get Second Regular for 10 tRe UOOURT 1 pump ^ w/coupon $1.09 value expires April 12, 1983 prepare students now living on campus for what they may en counter when they move off. Details and problems stu dents may face when moving off campus will be addressed in a “Moving Off Campus” meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Commons. During last week’s meeting, graduate student Jo Beth Hor- nung, gave students guidelines to follow to make finding a place to live easier. First, a student should con sider whether or not to have a roommate, says Hornung. If a student chooses to have a room mate, then he must decide who it will be. The center has a room mate referral service that can help a student make that deci sion, she says. If two or more students are sharing an apartment, Hornung says, they should set some ground rules. They should de cide how the rent will be divided, what proportion of the utility and telephone bills each will pay, how cleaning responsibilies will be shared, who will shop for groceries and how the grocery bill will be divided. Roommates also should agree on study times and the sharing of personal items, Hornung says. The off campus center has a roommate tenancy contract which allows students to put ground rule agreements in writing. After the ground rules have been established and agreed upon, students may then go ab out Finding a place to live, Hor nung says. “One of the easiest ways to find a place to live is thrdugh the off campus center,” she says. “We provide a listing of nearly all available apartments in Bryan and College Station. “A lot of running around and phone calls can be cut out by checking with our office before looking for an apartment.” After an apartment is found, Hornung says, the student usually must sign a lease and pay a security deposit, which may range from $50 to $150. Mugging victim gets revenge United Press International DALLAS — A 59-year-old woman, joined by a shotgun- toting passer-by, chased and ran down the man who mugged her and cornered him in his house, police said Monday. Bruce Quentin Jordan, 23, was arrested Sunday on aggra vated robbery charges. The vic tim, Eunice Mae Franklin, got her money, a bruise on the fore head and a new sense of trust in her neighbors. Police said Jordan pistol- whipped Franklin to the side walk Friday and robbed her of $24 and an umbrella. Fortunate ly for Franklin, two scrap metal dealers, Sammy Louis, 42, and Book Clearance «n STACK A FOOT OF BOOKS AND THEY ARE YOURS FOR ONLY $4 99 per foot Choose from over 1,500 titles at our sales table Now in Progress At O — 2 Ardus Crawford, 66, saw the attack and gave chase. She joined Louis in the chase and Crawford followed in his truck. “I wasn’t going to let that thug take my purse in broad daylight,” she said. “Imagine that.” “I was just plain mad,” Louis said. “I knew I had to do some thing.” Louis grabbed a shotgun from the truck and gave chase. Jordan reportedly fired at least two shots from his pistol in a vain attempt to scare off Louis. Police arrested Jordan at his house and retrieved Franklin’s goods. Around tow Extension service staffers honored Three staff members of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service, an agency of the Texas A&M University have been recognized for outstanding service by theAlpl Zeta Chpater of Epsilon Sigma Phi, the honorary fratemi of the Extension Service. Receiving the Meritorious Service Award were Dr. Do Ibert Black, personnel officer; Dorthy Taylor, family 1 education specialist; and Arch Meekma, retired dairyspt cialist. The three were presented special certificates March $ during the headquarters staff conference of the Extensioi Service on the Texas A&M campus. Singers to present Easter concert The Texas A&M University Century Singers will preset the 1983 Annual Easter Concert Wednesday at 7:30p.m.s the Main Lounge of the Memorial Student Center. Adi® sion is free. Music by some composers from the great cathedrals»3 convey the message of eternal hope. Representative oftli Easter message are works by Ciovanm Gabrieli, Will Byrd, Orlando di Lasso and Gabriel Fame’s Requiem orps comm lossession iki ^ Prehistoric diet topic of speech With Mankind’s diet over the past five million years is thetoph dy a lecture to be given today. Dr. Vaughn Bryant Jr., professor of anthropology andi leading authority on the diet of prehistoric humans, speak at 8 p.m. in 701 Rudder to a meeting of Sigma Xl.iht honorary society of scientists. Bryant has been at Texas A&M since 1971 and hasheadti the university's anthropologv program since 1980. Hefe been widely published on various aspects of North Ameria archaeology. In addition to other duties, Bryant is managing editors the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologistsan served as the Texas A&M University Lecturer for 1979. has won distinguished service awards from the Associate of Former Students and the Memorial Student Centerorp nization. Merrifield to speak to committee Assistant Secretary of Commerce D. Bruce Merrifield hi scheduled to speak today at an 1 1 a.m. meeting ol the Texas A&M System’s Industrial Park Development Committee. T he committee, headed by Chancellor Emeritus Frani W.R. Hubert, is planning for the establishment ofahijl tech research park on the western portion of the campus Merrifield’s visit to Texas A&M is co-sponsored by tlx College of Business Administration, the I exas Engineerinf Experiment Station and the Office of University Researci Services. If you have an announcement or item to submit forthii column, come by The Battalion office in 216 Reed Mcfc nald or contact Tracey Taylor at 845-2665. Police beat The following incidents were reported to the University Police Department for March 27. PUB LIC INTOXIC AT IO N: •A student in the rangle. ASSAULT: •A fight between dents in Law Hall. Elective PUC lacks support United Press International AUSTIN — Lawmakers pushing for changes at the Pub lic Utility Commission won sev eral key battles in a weekend meeting, but couldn’t muster support for electing rather than appointing of PUC commis sioners. Meeting in a rare Sunday ses sion, a Senate subcommittee on PUC legislation hurried to pre pare a bill that was to be debated Monday in full committee then voted on by the entire Senate, possibly later this week. Despite the unusual timing of the hearing, a Capitol confer ence room overflowed with lob byists who have a stake in the regulatory panel’s operation. Although the five-member subcommitee was in agreement on several key issues, a vote was not taken on whether PUC com missioners should be elected or appointed. The three-member PUC cur rently is appointed, but Gov. Mark White has said he strongly favors the election of future by Patric Battali electic presiden may wonc ned to torn ent body p Theoccupat r presidents the posith ie to a high Most formei receive P /yets or entt lyne Stark, f< Memorial now serve; it to the pres sity. At least tin idem body imbei s of th e. Those tin idt, Kent Ca arp, served c student hoc ning in 196 Geistweidt, 9-70, now native of the d that durii it Govern m ns would pla npus politic Serving as st nthad three life, Geistw First, it com est in politic interest in ond, it strer ence and co could win rd, it help itacts usefu Sharp, npaigns. presi is senator :t. Sharp sa student bod led voters i gns. A&M Stud good a tra political cat d,” Sharp ididate at / a variety rps, Greeks npus studer will take an extraordinaf volvement on the goven part. At this point, the who favor electing the PIT in a minority.” | The issue of how PUC missioners are adopted ably will be decided on th ate floor, he said. The subcommittee did) 111 several provisions mean' strengthen the way Texas 1 phone and electrical utilili* regulated. The subcommittee * mously voted to abolish^ 1 adjustment clause, a mud cized PUC rule that allo'd ties to automatically pass increased fuel costs withot view by the PUC. The panel also voted tot* lish a consumers’ re presell group before the PUC. I the subcommittee’s prop the consumers’ counsel 1 be appointed by the goven commissions. White also has hinted he might call a special session of the Legislature if lawmakers do not adopt an elected PUC. Sen. Lloyd Doggett, D- Austin, a leader in the drive to elect PUC commissioners, said a majority of the Senate currently was against the idea. “I’m not very optimistic about it right now,” Doggett said. “It represent consumers in® 1 cases affecting resident^ 1 tomers. The public counsel also" represent small businesses limited number of cases. Other proposals adop lf the subcommittee include — Authorization fort!' e ' mission to order manage audits of utilities. — The hiring of ad:"'-' live law judges to preside the early stages of rate 0 s — Prohibiting utilities recovering certain expend MA MAR C/c • [ • E • (