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Wednesday, February 1, 1984/The Battalion/Page 3 Phone installation eases Wdorm security problems By HELEN DE LA ROSA Reporter | Installation of telephones outside the entrances to five women’s residence halls have helped ease a security problem that ilvas created by an earlier security mea sure. I In August of 1982, the University be gan installation of locks on the outside Koors of women’s residence halls. The doors were to be locked as soon as visiting hours ended. On most of the dorms, pushbutton locks that operate on a sequ ence of numbers were installed. But on some, locks with keys had to be used be cause of the building design. I Women who forgot to take keys with them sometimes were locked out and had no way to get in touch with anyone I The Residence Hall Association sug gested installation of outside telephones so locked out residents could call a room mate, hall adviser or the police, said Nyla Ptomey, Housing Program supervisor and adviser to the Residence Hall Asso ciation. "RHA requested the phones more as a service for the students,” Ptomey said. “The phones were also put in for easy-access to help out in emergen cies.” “We’ve always been concerned about campus security,” said W. G. “Glenn” Ferris, Housing Operations supervisor within the Department of Student Affairs. “In the past few years there has been more awareness for safety in the women’s dorm areas. “I think the things we’ve done in the past two to three years have improved security for women living on campus,” Ferris said. Ferris cited the phones — which were installed in December — as part of the improved security system. The phones, which are located outside of Neeley in the A-l lounge (where Hughes and Fowler meet), outside Legett Hall, and in the C and D Lounges in the Corps area, are available for local calls and have the 9-911 emergency number posted , Ferris said. Another dorm security improvement, Ferris said, is the addition of peep holes in dorm room doors in Fowler, Keathley, and Hughes halls since they open directly from the rooms to the outside. Additional outside lighting has been installed for further improvement of dorm safety. “We also have an awareness program in which residence advisers meet with dorm residents to discuss security,” Fer ris said. Denise Stacha, a sophomore education major who has begun her fourth semes ter in Neeley, said that the new security measures help dorm residents. “I’ve locked myself out about three times and I think the phone system is the best solution,” Stacha said. “I don’t mind the extra key, either. I prefer that extra lock at night.” University Police Chief Elmer Schneider Jr. said the improved security measures have not been taken in re sponse to a specific problem. The mea sures are “basically to get ahead of any potential problems in the future,” he said. Watt speech tonight huttle takes off Friday CHECKTHE lUnited Press International KAPECANAVERAL, Fla.— echnicians finished last- linute preparations at the "teanside launch pad Tuesday ar the start of the space shuttle lhallenger’s 43-hour count own to blastoff Friday lorning. Erasesmiij'B 1116 countdown was sche - ultd to begin at 1 a.m. Wednes- ay and barring unexpected again) — tor«r S , the carefully orchestrated ories tvhicli fflCence of pre-flight activities if gay life v 'ill md at 8 a.m. Friday when which shokChallenger will climb into space, e and arei; le hfhfi shuttle launch in less tr y tali three years. W “STEERS m ' ss ' on * s lo include the ■ , irst return landing at Cape “Canaveral and , he first un- stablishmeniy ered spacevva i k . Mission commander Vance Brand, rookie co-pilot Robert Gibson and mission specialists Bruce McCandless, Robert Ste wart and Ronald McNair — the second U.S. black to fly in space — were to arrive at the spaceport at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday. Brand and Gibson then were scheduled to practice landings at Kennedy Space Center’s 3-mile- long runway in a modified jet that mimics the handling of the shuttle. “The last week prior to a countdown has become very standard,” said Mark Hess, a NASA spokesman. “The pat-_ tern is the same for every mis sion. There haven’t been any big problems we’ve had to chase.” . The mission is a crucial dress rehearsal for a daring flight in April when astronauts will try to catch and repair a broken $77 million sun-watching satellite. Challenger’s eight-day mis sion is scheduled to end Feb. 11 with a dawn landing at the space port, the first shuttle touchdown ever at the launch complex. If bad weather f orces mission planners to cancel the landing, Challenger will remain aloft an extra day for a second chance. Otherwise, it will land at Ed wards Air Force Base, Calif. The mission’s major goal is to launch two communications satellites — one for the govern ment of Indonesia and the other for Western Union. For All Your Needs A Take Off 6’D/9 y, 6H ? Lj-KL I’m iZtftU-y 6xciT£D fiGour ThZ. &FF By ROBIN BLACK Stuff writer Former Secretary of the In terior James Watt just can’t seem to escape controversy. In fact, he will be embracing it tonight in Rudder Auditorium when he talks about “The Rag ing Controversy: Preservation Versus Development.” The event is co-sponsored by MSC Great Issues and MSC Poli tical Forum, and will feature a 45-minute speech by Watt, fol lowed by a 25-minute panel dis cussion by three members of the Texas A&M faculty and a 20- minute audience question-and- answer session. Watt will speak in Rudder Auditorium at 8 p.m., and admission is fifty cents for stu dents and $1 for non-students. Watt, who graduated with a law degree from the University of Wyoming, resigned from his position as interior secretary on October 9 last year after one of his remarks sparked yet another controversy. Watt, who was appointed to the post in 1981 by President Reagan, took a strong stand in favor of the long-term develop ment of energy sources such as gas, oil and coal. His idea of developing these resources on federal lands greatly concerned environmen talists and brought criticism from political opponents. Watt was accused of costing the federal government millions of dollars by offering coal strip mining leases on federal lands at a time of low demand. He was ordered by Congress to set up a commission to investi- gate this charge, and it was his remark about the minority members of this commission that brought criticism from opponents and even fellow Re publicans as well as public critic ism and eventually led to his res- ignation. Aggieland Subway $ PRESENTS 1.25 Night WEDNESDAYS 5 TO 12 STARRING No. 2 No. 11 HAM + CHEESE TURKEY + CHEESE OH, L IKL mt TOO ^A)P So 15 OlfiL. CHICK.ZAJ. H£V, LLTS CELE&rZftTZ. HOSZfc 5 TYLE., E-H ? — Advertisement (5e>oD iD£f)l To 6D5//0ES.S UJEEK FIAJ£> C FIF.EE K. F/^IF.'. rv emergencies under ‘Christian" % ■ ■ ■ I I ^eleven babies had :n proceed to* ires until the! lom and an el fou have heaites ■ ■ clones, doctor says linked Press International o get up andw eir professon 1 Georgetown — Pediat- te membersolcian Kathleen Holland re- peak tOthemBed to the witness stand for a urth day Tuesday and testi- persons who! a total of seven young pa- 1 ems experienced similar announcing edlcal emergencies while in laimetl tlu elare of nurse Genene Jones. Jtice. persons who Jones, 33, is accused of killing irant sign tolmonth-old Chelsea McClel- ?ver facing tkhwith an injection of the mus- prelaxant Anecline on Sept. on.butte’ff 9 ? 2 , She also has been lember lauel ar S ed Wlth m J unn g s,x other ’ vung patients in Holland’s you. Cry anilp ec ij atr j c c ii n i c . /ho knows? Mp our awards;/ District Judge John Carter ^rd evidence about the other idents outside the jury’s pre- lice Tuesday and was ex- cted to rule Wednesday on k'e murdereritether the other allegations hatthedeatliif presented to jurors, deterrent tod n ra P' d succession, Kerr , unty District Attorney Ron : latter panffnM Holland through a y-by-day account of incidents acceptable Ii h er 0 {'f lce j n which children iper punishir re left alone with Ms. Jones lithen suffered seizure-like wingly helpedlergencies a few moments iestionbyanst|r. is notanaffiMost of the children, who iw is it an acit#8 e(l 111 age from 1 month to 7 Hess of the nf ol f d ’ were brou S hl the , | lice tor routine problems . en resl * L ||jng from ear infections to ou are a / ' irrjhea, Holland said, ye” concepti w Testament K leek.” dm-Lea “Their basic symptoms were consistent,” Holland said of the emergencies. “In retrospect there was a pattern of physical signs in each of the children.” The symptoms — including sudden limpness and breathing difficulties — were identical to those suffered by Chelsea the day she died, Holland said. 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