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Page 4/The Battalion/Friday, October 14,1983 CS Council to stop drainage flooding By Steve Thomas Battalion Staff The citizens of the South- wood Valley subdivision in College Station will breathe easier now when it rains. The City Council promised in its meeting Thursday to clear out a city drainage ditch that has been flooding lawns on Todd Trail. Dr. Jeffrey Kern spoke on behalf of a group of citizens who had signed a petition asking the council for immedi ate action. Kern said the ditch is cur rently so full of vegetation that flooding is a constant danger. “The next time it -rains moderately heavily there’s going to be a flood,” he said. Speaking in calm, quiet tones, the doctor described his five years of watching the weeds grow and the water rise in the ditch. Two years ago the water at its highest levels be gan lapping over the ditch’s banks, he said, then over his lawn, and most recently, into his house. And his home isn’t the only one affected by the water. Kern said that every family whose home is along the drainage ditch, except the ones out of town, signed the petition. “We really feel that the drainage system is adequate if it would just be maintained,” he said. In his five years of residence, he had never seen any maintenance performed on the ditch. City Manager North Bar- dell said the city had recently leased a “new machine” that could take care of the prob lem, if the money were allo cated. Mayor Gary M. Halter asked for a motion that the money be set aside, received one, and a unanimous vote of the council approved the ac tion. “The immediate problem can be corrected,” Halter said. Whether this will take care of the long-range problem, he said, remains to be seen. Bardell pointed out a prob lem: the machine he intends to use will make it necessary to remove some of the residents’ willow trees. HAIR CARE STUDIO ANNOUNCING SHERRI WILLIAMS fgpggi* 2551 S. Texas Ave Across From Ft. Shiloh Shiloh Place How to make peace withTblstoy ,MJI» •rrfrrtini]• mwtin^ijr^-mttrxqyiMnp. Ltiuu-fe/i; ■ . GeneraI Foods iNTERNATiOINAl CoffEES If the academic wars are getting you down, declare a cease-fire. Take a break with a rich and chocolatey cup of Suisse Mocha. It's just one of six deliciously different flavors from General Foods® International Coffees. Campus rapes increase by Julie Ennis Battalion Reporter A national trial lawyers publi cation says the occurence of rape is increasing on college cam puses and suggests that universi ties could be held liable if they fail to take adequate steps to pre vent rape. Precautions include investi gating specific campus areas where past crimes have occured. If those areas are found to have inadequate lighting, security or emergency telephone services, the college or university can be held liable. But at Texas A&M, the head of security says reported rapes are rare on the campus and that preventative measures are taken regularly. Robert E. Wiatt, Texas A&M director of security and traffic said the idea of liability is no thing new. “Anyone can sue a party if it is found negligent,” he said. Wiatt said the University Police are aware of problem areas and work constantly to correct specific problems such as lighting, overgrown shrubbery, and inadequate police patrols. Patrol officers always are noting areas on campus that might need help, he said. Wiatt said that in thz past two years only three attempted rapes were reported to the Uni versity Police, but, he said, only one out of every ten rapes is re ported to the authorities. A retired FBI special agent, Wiatt served two years with the Bryan district attorney’s office before joining the University Police in February. Wiatt described rapists as vio lent, obtrusive, nocturnal pre dators who wait for the oppor tunity to dominate a woman, not necessarily for sexual pleasure. Wiatt has lectured to organi zations and police officers throughout Texas about rapists. Dealing with a rapist is diffe rent than dealing with other cri minals, he said. The rapist is a disturbed individual who enjoys humiliation and defilement of women, he said. Anyone can be a victim, he said, and avoiding the oppor tunity is half the battle. Texas A&M has many safety precautions to guard against attackers, he said. The entrances to the modular dormitories are locked after visitation hours. Only the residents have keys. But often they will prop objects in the doors to let their friends enter after hours, he said. “This defeats the purpose, it is just as easy for a potential rap ist to enter,” he said. No, He Won’t Bite The Saddle and Sirloin Club is sponsoring a Children’s Barnyard Wednesday through Friday at the swine, sheep, beef, horse, dairy and poultry centers. Kim TH • A !cle ,chr) • A -spe nt north I BU ■ •A ■ton e< speak 1979 flic v reserv iangf . , , I AR Schraeder, a junior animal scienctl * ^ major from San Antonio, shows bi these first graders from the Soutkfce M Knoll Elementary School a ponyatlowlii the horse center. staff photo by John Makely i Weekend on horseback Ranch plans trailride by Edye Williams Battalion Reporter There are still 29 spaces avail able in the third annual trail ride sponsored by the Student Chap ter of the American Association (ITNE JEWELRY — -o Has all sizes of DIAMONDS for your Aggie Ring at 20% «tr. We also buy gold at guaranteed highest prices. 415 University Dr. W. 846-5816 of Equine Practitioners. The ride, sanctioned by the North American Trail Ride Committee, wifi take place Saturday and Sunday, on the Turk and Cowen ranches about two miles off of Highway 30. Students with their own horses, or access to a one, are invited to join in the fun. The purpose is to promote good showmanship, to de monstrate proper methods of training and conditioning a horse for such an event, the care of a horse during and after a trail ride and, of course, to have fun. SCAAEP will provide* for the entire weekend: barbecue dinner Saturday# ' at the campsite, riders artlr . quired to provide anythinjF lcl they might need. If air Ilene Tipton, spokeswiP us for the trail ride, said theffi^j 11 pose is to promote good sir. manship, to demonstratepffr l dl er methods of training anow Of ditioning a horse for sudionfi event, the care of a horse c.tvhicl and after a trail ride anc‘pie’s ] course, to have fun. rema: A $38 fee and a refuiiifit is d $3 deposit, which coversM He ticipants number, informs to cor about the ride, a rule boot-day v the barbecue dinner, is alii: build needed to enroll in the rids safe, Sign in beginsat2p.m.ii' rious] at the Cowen Ranch, lb Au GENERAL FOODS® INTERNATIONAL COFFEES. 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