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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
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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
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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
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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
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missioners are adopted
ably will be decided on th
ate floor, he said.
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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
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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
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cases affecting resident^ 1
tomers.
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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
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