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Page 6/The Battalion/Tuesday, November 8,1983 New A&M power to prevent campus help facilities should blackouts by Stephanie Marshall Battalion Reporter While there still is a chance of a power failure on campus it will be much less of a possibility once the new power facilities are com pleted, physical plant director ill says. efficient because the University will have the option to either buy power from power companies, such as Bryan Electric and Col lier Electric, or to generate its own power. struction. by the University’s system. Joe Estili says Estill said Texas A&M is ex panding its power facilities to provide a more efficient and stable power system and to les sen the chances of blackouts, like The option to be more selec tive is a result of a grid system to which power companies are con nected and new circuits whiph carry the power to the Univer sity. The tirst pi last summer, brought a 138,000 volt transmission line from the Brazos Power Electric Coopera tive, which hangs on powerline poles at Turkey Creek and EM 2818. The second phase, which is to be pompleted next summer, is the construction of an electrical duct system and wiring that will bring the power from the sub station to the west campus switching station south of High way 60 and west of the railroad. those of last year. The facilities will be more The grid system and the cir cuits are part of a two phase con- A substation — a place distri butor that transfers the 138,000 volts to 12,470 volts — was built north of Highway 60 and west of the railroad. The volts are trans ferred into smaller volts for use Utilities Superintendant J.C. Harless said the $5 million pro ject will bring power from the switching station to circuits that serve the west campus and then to the main circuit that serves the rest of the campus. “The programmed amount of phase one, which is based on educated guesses, is $2.1 million and $3.5 million for phase two, totalling an excess of $5 mil lion,” Tony Heger, manager of the physical administration de partment, said. “But the costs to date, which are based on bids on construction and equipment, are totalling $4 million.” Heger said the expansion is part of a five year program and that the budget is running on ah schedule as planned. GAV STUDENT SERVICES MEETING Wednesday, 7:30pm ■ u Speaker: Dr. Kerry Hope, Psychologist “Relating to Parents” For more info, call Gayline 775-1797 > J A v, ? - Call between 5pm and midnight State Gallup poll shows most candidates even United Press International DALLAS — President Reagan is in a dead heat with former Vice President Walter Mondale and Sen. John Glenn, according to a statewide Gallup poll conducted by The Dallas Morning News. The copyright Dallas Morn ing News-Gallup poll of 1,004 registered voters contacted Oct. 5-18 also showed Democrat Bob Krueger leading born again Re in the Sen. publican Phil Gramm 1984 race for outgoing John Tower’s job. The Morning News reported that while Democrats Mondale and Glenn were “statistically tied” with President Reagan, both Democrats led against a possible George Bush candi dacy. “Bush could not count on the bedrock GOP support currently accorded Reagan in similar con- ✓ precision hair cutting men & women - / ' VT- Jv7>'Y‘ri' •'.• 505 university east suite 805 • "• ■- . ~ . ,.,T:v ' •; ty?':\ ^ V: 846-4771 Never another car. buy Most drivers save money by leasing instead of buying. You could save thousands of dollars Over the life of your next car. Test-drive our lease. 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Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, as a running mate with either Glenn or Mondale did not alter the poll’s outcome, the Morning News reported. Bentsen, who beat Bush for the Senate in 1970, has been mentioned as a vice presidential candidate. The Morning News indicated the poll was taken before the Beirut massacre and the Grena da invasion, but it cited more re cent Newsweek and CBS-New York Times polls bearing out the newspaper’s findings. While the poll concludes the Senate race is still open — with 44 percent of Democrats and 34 percent of Republicans unde cided — the test match gives Krueger 50 percent of the vote to Gramm’s 38 percent. 'i; TUESDAY Hi:. V' ■■ .7,. 'oUTV \ . ■- 'Tllgl FF-CAMPUS CENTERrSpring files for roommate and housing listings are available. Stan looking no* campus roommates or housing. THEATER ARTS rickets are now on sale at the Rut Office for “Summer and Smoke” to be presented I; through Saturday and Nov. 17-19. Ask about thedisa, ets at the box office. TAU BETA PI (NATIONAL ENGINEERINGHf SOCIETV):Seminar on job interviewing at 7 pjit Blocker. It will feature Judy Vulleit on mterviewms and R. Rush and Co. on “thess for Success.” Mentl* bring vour resumes. METHODIST STUDENT MOVEMENT:Meetsatik A&M Wesley Foundation from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.iufo Testament ftible study and lunch. Bung a lunch or! sandwich, rim At .uirnn of Christian ( inemagrapltt ) present the film Ordinary (Juy" at 7:30 p.m m 1581k., 1 • AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGI S:Terry Pearce will speak on “Opportunities torChu gineers in the Polymers and Plastics industry” at7:3t; 201 Zachry Engineering Center. SNOW SKI CLUB:Meets at 7 p.m in 601 RudderTc* PRE-MF.D SOCIETY:Carlos Pestarro will HI RUM_ present; history of surgerv and medicine at 7 p.m. in 108 Har MSC POLITICAL FORUM:Meets at 7:30 p.m.in5021 Tower. The Aggieland picture will lx* taken. CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SYMPOSIA Zachry, Bob Page and Chuck Thomsen, all indusirytai their fields, will give their viewpoints on constructiont ment. They will speak at 7:30 tonight and from9a.nu on Wednesday in Rudder Tower. ASSOCIATION OF BIOENGINEERS:Cietit Book speak on bioengineering at NASA at 7 p.m. in 6071 lower. BIG EVENTiThe meeting at 7 p.m. in 501 Rudder It open to anyone interested. MICROBIOLOGY SOCIETY:Representatives fr Metlunlist Hospital in Houston will speak atfrSOp.ts: Biological Sciences. Everyone is welcome. SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERS:Red A speak on wild oil well control at 7 p.m. in 102 Lidtn BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATIONtDustor w ill s}>eak on “Dirwases ol Pet Birds" at 7 p.m in 201 Vr -»-m f- Medicine Complex. ^ UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN STUDENT CENTER:! the center, 315 N. College Main, at 6:30 p.ra. togc. Sherwood Nursing Home to sing and visit. ■ United press COLLEGIATE FFA :Meetsat 7:30 p.m. in 10 r ) Hairing WASHING I guest speaker is Dean Corrigan t nan thr ( oliege ofEon^nal Foivsi s« MSC SCON A :Meets for a mandatory general committee:: ,wri thousand at 8:30 p.m. in 601 Ruddei Tower. trees to st< CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGAN IZATION:Meet^!:“f f in the All Faiths ■Na ti Cha P cJ ntrol sooner, CO-OP STUDENl ASSOCIATION :Meets at 7 p.m.; 1 said Monda Rudder T ower. The speaker is Claire l ink from the S Conset vatioi Financial Aid Office All foraiet, present and future ,contended tl students are invited to attend. Refreshments will tx sen m is destroyi PRE-LAW SOCIETY: Anyone interested in attending the: > ur Notch v :ar Huntsvilli with the Aggie Bar Association must buy tickets torta • ***’■*» effective noon to 3 p.m. at the table by Rudder Fountain. Tidt: $4.50. Study shows taxes of aliens outweigh services received ■sky bug. , Criticism of m prompted mmittee on I ational Par taring on the ree bills de: ed east Te United Press International AUSTIN — Illegal aliens in Texas pay out more in taxes than they receive in public ser vices, according to a University of Texas study released Monday. However, the study also pointed out that six urban areas — Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, El Paso and the Rio Grande Valley — spend more in services to undocumented work ers than they receive in revenues from that population group. The study, “Use of Public Services for Undocumented Aliens in Texas,” was conducted by two UT professors through the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. Information for the study was gathered by interviewing 253 illegal aliens and by combin ing public spending figures from state and local agencies. In order to achieve conserva tive results, the researchers used the highest cost estimate of ser vices provided and the lowest estimate of tax revenues paid by the aliens. According to the report, the state and the urban areas pro- eas. A wilderm vided $132 million in serat^JU p ro hibi the aliens during fiscal 198^ e f rom c i ea took in $162 million. forest lane The study recommeniost of it w that the state give moreaidtt nes. local governments in ordc Raymond ! defray their costs of proviflirist servict education and medical ser«;ency is sini] such as immunizations, in the beetU “When costs and revenilderness are are disaggregated (brolct nearby p down) by state and local It'tnber intere our conclusion is that local|ive the auth ernments bear the brunt of as set aside i cost burden and the state “In assess! ceives the bulk of the revenuerits in the 1 the study said. ould conch MSC Cafeteria Now Better Than Ever. 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