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The University Police Department adds one
more car to the 135 vehicles it has towed this
month. The police tow an average of four
cars a day. Although any car that has more
than three unpaid parking tickets can be
towed, the police do not usually locate these
cars until they accumulate eight or nine unpaid
tickets.
Marking tickets
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by Melissa Adair
Battalion Staff
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lore than four cars a day. Last
lonth they tow'ed 160 vehicles.
University Police Assistant
lirector Morris Maddox said
lie majority of the cars towed
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ave more than eight parking
ickets.
Although any car that has
ore than three unpaid parking
Ickets can be towed, Maddox
id, the police do not usually
cate these cars until they have
light or nine unpaid tickets.
Vehicles also can be .towed if
ey are parked in parking
pace's reserved for the disabled,
served spaces, Fire lanes, load-
ig zones or bus stop areas. Any
ars found with stolen or falsi-
ied permits also will be towed,
laddox said.
When a vehicle is parked in a
am the Hart bserved space, the owner of the
octorateinlpace can call the University
oliceand ask that the car either
hezitmaril e ticketed or towed. Iftheown-
1 r wants the car towed, an offic
es sent to the space to verify
latthe car is still there, and the
tecker service is called.
“They (the owners of the
paces) pay $72 for their space
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nomics deg# ar removed,” Maddcax said.
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Aggie Blood Club
open to all Aggies
by Patrice Koranek
Battalion Staff
The Aggie Blood Club, estab
lished in 1963, is open to all stu
dents, former students, faculty
and staff of Texas A&M
through Wadley Central Blood
Bank’s sponsorship of the Aggie
Blood Drive.
“The blood club is simply a
benefit of using Wadley as a
sponsor,” said Linda Thomas,
Student Government chairman
of the Aggie Blood Drive.
Each year Texas A&M don
ates about 5,000 units of blood
— two to three times as much as
other donating organizations —
and the membership in the club
is a privilege given the Universi
ty as a result of this response, she
said. Texas A&M donates more
blood than any other college in
the nation.
The blood club records the
amount of blood donated and
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keeps track of how many credits
Texas A&M has, Thomas said.
The number of credits is based
on the number of units given
during the Aggie Blood Drive
each semester.
Texas A&M receives about
5,000 credits each year and only
uses 2 to 3 percent of that, Tho
mas said.
A person receiving blood
through the Aggie Blood Club
receives one credit, worth $15,
per pint of blood used, Thomas
said. The cost of one unit of
blood is about $60, although the
unit of blood component only
costs $15. The additional costs
are hospital fees which are not a
part of the fees from Wadley.
Any student, former student,
faculty or staff member at Texas
A&M and their immediate fami
lies are eligible for credits
through the club, even if they
never donated blood, Thomas
said.
To receive blood through the
blood club, call the Student Gov
ernment office and give the fol
lowing information:
— the full name of the pa
tient;
— the number of pints of
blood used;
— the name and address of
the hospital;
— the name, address and
class year of the student, former
student, faculty or staff member
of Texas A&M.
The office then will contact
Wadley who transfers the credit
to the patient. However, the hos
pital must be one of those served
by Wadley to receive blood
through the blood club.
Wadley is affiliated with the
American Association of Blood
Banks. Blood collected through
campus blood drives goes to the
central blood supply in Dallas.
Car club sponsors
Aggiecross XIV
by Michelle Powe
Battalion Reporter
More than 100 cars from all
over Texas will participate in a
high-speed autocross at the
Texas World Speedway Satur
day and Sunday.
Aggiecross XIV, sponsored
by the Texas A&M Sports Car
Club, will host cars from such
clubs as the San Antonio Car
Association and the Corvette
Club of Houston, said John
Jankowski, a member of the
Texas A&M club.
The autocross is a timed
event, Jankowski said, in which
cars run against the clock.
Although some speeds may
reach more than 100 m.p.h. on
the one and one-eighth mile
course, emphasis will be on car
handling and driver skill.
There will be eight or nine
classes in the competition, Jank
owski said, and trophies will be
given in each class.
The majority of the drivers
are amateurs who have been in
vited to compete by the Texas
A&M club, Jankowski said. The
majority of the cars driven in the
autocross are everyday cars that
the owners drive on the streets.
The Texas A&M Emergency
Care Team will be on hand with
an ambulance both days, but
there has never been an injury
during an Aggiecross, Jankows
ki said.
Aggiecross XIV will begin
9:30 a.m. on April 2 and 8 a.m.
on April 3 ana will last all day
both days.
wrecker service arrives. This
protects the owner of the car,
the University Police and the
wrecker service, Maddox said.
A-1 Wrecker Service in Bryan
is the only wrecker service that
tows vehicles off the campus.
Frank Kallinec, owner of the
wrecker service, said although
many students complain about
the $25 towing fee he thinks it is
fair.
The normal charge for cars
towed from anywhere off cam
pus is $40 plus a $5 a day storage
charge. For the first six days, no
storage charge is added to cars
towed off campus.
If the owner sees the wrecker
in time, he can pay $10 to keep
his car from being towed. Kal
linec said this is an advantage for
the owner of the car because it
keeps him from having to pay
the $25 towing fee.
However, all cars are ticketed
whether they are towed or not.
The $ 10 fee is charged to cover
the cost of transportation and
labor, he said.
Students would be better off
in the long run if they paid their
outstanding tickets, Maddox
said.
A student who has unpaid
tickets may be blocked from re
gistration, Maddox said, but the
police cannot keep anyone from
graduating.
However, Maddox said, it
could catch up even with those
wno have graduated. Once a
former student called because
he couldn’t get a copy of his
transcript until he paid the park
ing tickets he accumulated as a
student.
“He had over 75 unpaid park
ing tickets,” Maddox said.
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