Wednesday, December 14, 1983/The Battalion/Page 3
Dorm check out
it 6 p.m. Friday
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by Nicole Williams
Battalion Reporter
Students who currently live
)n campus must check out of
heir rooms by 6 p.m. Friday,
interim housing will cost $120
Indwill be in Mclnnis Hall. The
nterim housing period is from 5
im. December 16 to 10 a.m.
january 10. At that time all resi-
j enC e halls will reopen. Those
[udents who wish to stay in a
(sidence hall over the Christ-
ijs break should contact the
lousing Office before 5 p.m.
Students who presently live
ff campus and wish to live on
* ipus next semester may re-
e a housing space through
.21.
Tom Murray, housing ser
ies supervisor, said applica
nts are currently being taken
trboth men’s and women’s re-
lence halls and can be picked
i at the Housing office, 101
MCA Building.
Students interested in reserv-
iga space must fill out an appli-
ttion if there isn’t one on file
ready, and put down a $200
posit. This deposit is refund-
[e upon the student’s decision
leave on-campus housing.
Those students already on
te waiting list for on-campus
ousing need only to stop by the
fficeand fill out a space accept-
nce form. Murray said spaces
n
will be filled on a first-come,
first-served basis. The number
of spaces available is not yet
known, and he said the number
of assignments will be based on
projected “no-shows” for Spring
semester.
Men applying for Spring
housing are being assigned tem
porary over-assignment spaces,
but women are not, because
there should be plenty of rooms
tor them. He said the men’s
Interim housing will
cost $120 and will be
in Mclnnis Hall. The
interim housing
period is from 5 p.m.
December 16 to 10
a.m. January 10.
over-assignments will practially
ensure that the student receives
a permanent space, but that
there is no guarantee.
“We don’t want to lead them
into a false assumption that
they’re definitely going to get
their own permanent space,” he
said.
When a student is assigned a
temporary space, he is a
assigned to a room with two
other students with permanent
room assignments. Housing
personnel commonly refer to
this over-assignment of rooms as
‘tripling.”
Tripling has been used in the
past to fill the spaces still avilable
after the first day of classes each
semester. Murray said these
open spaces result from stu
dents who are assigned a space
and later change their minds ab
out living on campus or don’t
return to school at the beginning
of the semester. He said it usual
ly doesn’t take very long to re
assign the students to their per
manent rooms.
Women who sign up for
Spring housing will not be tri
pled, Murray said. He said the
re-conversion of Spence Hall
from a men’s dormitory back to
a women’s in the Spring will alle
viate the over-assignment situa
tion for women. Spence will pro
vide an additional 222 spaces for
women. Currently, Corps of
Cadets members, as well as civi-
lian males, are housed in
Spence.
Louanne Schulze, Off Cam
pus Center coordinator, advises
students who are considering
applying for on-campus hous
ing to be careful not to break
their current lease agreements.
“Students who nave lease
obligations after the fall semes
ter should be aware of possible
consequences of breaking leas
ing contracts,” she said.
Shuttle bus service reduced
by Brenda Bivona
Battalion Reporter
The Texas A&M shuttle
bus service will offer reduced
service to students on Thurs
day and Friday of finals week.
“Reduced service on
Thursday, Dec. 15, means we
will monitor the number of
passengers using the bus ser
vice in the morning,” Doug
Williams, Assistant Manager
of Bus Operations said. “After
two o’clock, when the amount
of students riding the buses
starts to decline, we will begin
pulling some of the buses off
the routes.”
The main impact of the re
duced service is that students
will have to wait longer for a
bus, he said.
“Service will be reduced on
Friday, Dec. 16, by stopping
the bus runs at noon,” Wil
liams said. “In addition, we
will have 18 buses running in
the morning and will start to
pull buses off the routes later
in the morning.”
Shuttle bus service for the
spring semester will resume
Jan. 9. A limited service will be
available for late registration
and drop/add Jan. 9-13. Full
service will begin Jan. 16 and
bus passes will be required for
all students after Jan. 18. Bus
passes for day students are
Students who signed up for
the shuttle bus service during
pre-registration can pick up
their bus passes beginning
Jan. 9 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in
the lobby of Rudder Tower.
Students who have not paid
for the service need to pay the
fee at the Coke Building.
They can then pick up their
bus pass in the Rudder Tower
lobby.
ji amm optimistic
or future economy
by Brigid Brockman
Battalion Staff
In a town meeting T uesday
lorning, U.S. Rep. Phil Gramm
the economy “continues to
et stronger daily,” and more
mericans are working for
igher wages than ever before.
Healso said he supports Pres-
ient Reagan in his decision to
vade Grenada, and he also
pports his decision to keep the
S. Marines in Lebanon.
Gramm took time out from
sU.S. Senate campaign to visit
th citizens of the 6th district at
eBrazos Center. He answered
estions and listened to the
inions of the audience.
Gramm will be a congress-
ian for the district until Jan. 3,
85, and he said he wanted to
ten to the people and take
eir ideas back to Washington.
Speaking about the economy,
ramm said that over 400,000
8s a month are being created
the private sector, but more
nportantly, he said inflation
s finally been reduced.
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'th a yearly income of $20,000,
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woffice, the inflation rate was
fl8.5 percent — now the infla-
pn rate is at a low 2.9 percent.
Gramm said what we are be-
|™ng from today is the result
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income of $25,000 by $1,000 a
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But Gramm doesn’t think
raising taxes is the solution. He
feels government needs to deal
with the source of the problem
— government spending.
What we are benefit
ing from today is the
result of three years
of fiscal policies which
were aimed at cutting
spending in govern
ment.
“I am committed to controll
ing run-away government
spending with programs that cut
interest and inflation rates,” he
said. “The only other alternative
is to raise taxes so Congress can
go on spending as before.”
Speaking on foreign policy,
Gramyn said our government
sent out an important message
to the world when we invaded
the island of Grenada. He said
we signaled to other countries
that if Americans are in danger,
we will use military power — as a
last resort — to protect our
citizens.
Gramm said he felt the situa
tion in Lebanon is “critical,” but
he does not believe Reagan
should pull the Marines out of
Lebanon. He said the Marine s
defense perimeters need to be
strengthened, and he also feels
they should use air and naval
power to stop terrorist activities.
Gramm doesn’t believe
Reagan is bringing this county
closer to war. He said Reagan is
only taking steps to create peace.
If the Marines pulled out of
Lebanon after the bombing,
then the U.S. would have en
couraged bombings around the
world. He also said that we can’t
let terrorism dictate our foreign
policy.
“I believe security and peace
can only come from strength,”
Gramm said.
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