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
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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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Kibler says his job is an infor-
Hadministrative process. He
ays there are definite rights
fforded to students that the de-
Rnent must protect. And, he
aid, the department follows
® procedures in carrying out
■plinary actions.
two nicei 1 !" 1 am also involved in a num-
•er of administrative chores,”
®rsaid. “I work with the de-
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