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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.
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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
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Weekend on horseback
Ranch plans trailride
by Edye Williams
Battalion Reporter
There are still 29 spaces avail
able in the third annual trail ride
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The ride, sanctioned by the
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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.
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