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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1983)
Monday, December 12, 1983/The Battalion/Page 3 ew meters operative, students receive bills by Rusty Roberts Battalion Staff ; Residents of married stu- Benl housing this week re ceived their first electrical bill If the seinester. The bills had Ibeen delayed since September afier newly installed meters ippeared to be defective. But, an investigation by University Ibfficials has shown the meters [ to be “99 percent—plus accu- late.” 1 Residents say they noticed [ some meters registering high- |er electrical usage rates than Bthers. Their complaints were Iheard and the University be- Ijraii, what officials call, a suc- less’ful three-month investiga tion that uncovered the problem. Don Powell, Texas A&M’s director of business services, says the discrepancy in certain meters occurred because of wiring problems. He says some meters registered elec tric use on apartment-owned floodlights as well as on indi vidual apartment usage. Powell says it’s the apartment complexes’ responsiblity to pay the floodlight bill, not the residents’. So, reimburse ments have been awarded to tenants whose bills include that expense. But, Powell says the uni quely wired meters are an ex ception rather than a rule. He says the other meters register electricity usage for each indi vidual apartment and says they are working properly. Chuck McCullough, presi dent of the married student apartment council, says the University readjusted month ly bills to eliminate electric charges. But, MuCullough says the readjustment has re sulted in higher bills, rather than lower ones. Electricity for the apart ments is supplied by the Texas A&M Physical Plant and rent is set by the Board of Regents. The board decided last Sep tember to lower rents by an amount proportional to each apartment’s average monthly electric bill. McCullough says these adjustments are inade quate. He says tenants who went to the manager this week have received their bill. But, he says the billing adjustments don’t equal the payments residents used to pay when electricity was included in the rent. “The College View Apart ments have central heating and air,” Powell says. “The re sidents who are very conserva tive use a sufficient amount electricity to cool or heat their apartment, while the wasteful ones use extremely too much. The estimated average consi dered all residents for the en tire 12 month period.” Powell says the University separated the electric bill from the rent to avoid charging everyone for a few residents’ wasteful habits. Subleasing a substitute for breaking contracts by Karen Hoefle Battalion Reporter Looking for an apartment for the spring semester? Or think ing of breaking an apartment lease? Before taking the plunge either way, consider subleasing. Nancy Ludwig, adviser of the Off-Campus Center, says sub leasing an apartment can be an advantage for both the student who leases out the apartment and the student who leases it. The advantage to the sub lease, Ludwig said, is that if peo ple are really interested in get ting a good deal on an apart ment, where there may be no deposits and rent is negotiable, then a sublease is just what they need. Ludwig said one of herjobs in the center is to work with stu dents who come in and want to break their apartment leases. She points out that usually they cannot legally break a lease. “There is no way to get out of it and the students are held re sponsible for that lease for the entire leasing term.” However, there are other op tions, one of which is subleasing the apartment, she said. In the sublease, the student becomes the “manager” of the apartment and is responsible for it during the time the other person occu pies it The updated sublease files in the Off-Campus Center are fil led with the names of 150 stu dents who want to sublease their apartments, she said. |A&M disciplinary officer splits time between roles HEALTH 'T' NEWS Recurring Headaches? By Dr. Stewart Stephenaon Suflermg from throbbing pain, stiffness in the neck, nausea, dizziness, eye and ear problems (spots in front of eyes, occasional ringing in ears!, nervousness, insomnia or chronic tiredness The above problems could lead to more serious complications or even a nervous breakdown if not corrected promptly These symptoms indicate a great possibility that there are spinal fixations with nerve generation Dr. Stephenson seeks the exact location of these spinal fixations and corrects them through scientific healing The treatments correct the cause, not cover up the effect The Stephenson Chiropractic Office asks “Why be sick when you can be well again." To find out it your problem is one that can be helped by Chiropractic, pick up the tele phone now and call for an appointment with Dr. Stewart D. Stephenson, phone 779-1555 now. ted to i by Chris Cox Battalion Reporter tFor Bill Kibler, assistant direc- nce.Stm ■f orstu dent affairs, no day is ireofconi]KM nar y Much of Kibler’s day ft working with che stu- id the rest® affairs department and stu- fiatvatfl® dfiscipfinarY problems, f he ittitude: aifit hour he could be working toois^ani/e Silver laps. are times* rve ,eally S rot lwo titles,” i Mei says- “I am the assistant jeopktostfiMr f ’ )r st udent affairs and I if it has v ^ c disciplinary officer This counirMhe University. 1 spend most If that is itttBiy time working as the disci- believeink®ry officer.” aue. LadylJ®ibier said up until this n the wind.* 5 ter he was responsible for 'f ft b atfiBlwcipJiuary problems. Be- ' „ Hiefn® of the number of hearings ' . mlvecl, he said, the depart- oeueritvoi ( now ' llire d a student )U mustopm.^1 a ff' a irs supervisor. He ■ freedom scH t i ie case load had gotten to ability and :®e it was impossible for one tew cancer Hon to handle. iA good portion of my job is ■Ived in conducting hearings Hudents that are allegedly in- ... . ®clinviolationsofUniversi- Shder ls ^*p-„i at ions.” Kibler said. “I ear engm i, en ma h e decisions on whether pot a student is guilty of these Mtions. If a student is guilty, I ■appropriate disciplinary ac- I. However, I am not an “Our office is one of the first notified when a death has occur red,” Kibler said. “We are then responsible for notifying other offices on the campus that need to know immediately.” He says an official detailed notice then comes out of the de partment and the death im mediately becomes a part of the University records. "Silver Taps is then con ducted on the first Tuesday of the month,” Kibler said. “We send out notices that go out to all of the offices notifying them that Silver Taps is scheduled.” Kibler says he also takes care of inviting the parents of the de ceased student. He says he makes sure the parents know specifically all important details such as time and location of the ceremony. A letter supplies that information or sometimes just a phone call will do when there is not enough time for notifica tion, he said. “Ou the Tuesday of Silver Taps, the department prepares a card or cards for deceased stu dents which is placed inside a special Silver Taps board,” he said. “The board is then placed at the base of the Academic flag pole first thing on Tuesday morning. The flag is lowered to half-mast the entire day.” At the end of the ceremony, Kibler says he removes the card from the flagpole. He said the card is mailed to the parents along with a letter from the Uni versity the next morning. 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