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The court case, which has
been going on for about seven
years, is the main factor that
pulled the group into the politi
cal arena, he said.
The highly-publicized case
has brought a lot of exposure to
the organization, he said, and
that is evidenced through the
group’s growing membership.
Attendance at the bi-monthly
GSS meetings is around 50 or
60, he said, and it is growing all
the time.
Part of the increased expo
sure of the group is due to the
Texas Gay-Lesbian Student
Orgnization Coalition.
The objective of the
TGLSOC is to keep a steady ex
change of information flowing
between organizations across
the state, especially those at uni
versities.
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TGLSOC also provides refer
rals to members moving to a
new area, and DePalma said the
organization has gotten several
new members through this
service.
‘Pop a top again,’ says country-
DePalma, who works for the
University, said he is surprised
that he has not been repri
manded in any way by the Uni
versity for his involvement with
the group.
The final briefs in the court
case involving the University
and the GSS were presented in
November, and the decision
from the U.S. 5th District Court
is pending.
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After all the tops have been
popped and a pile of empty
beer and soda cans has accumu
lated, you can exchange them
for money at a local Can Bank.
A Can Bank is a bright blue
and dark brown machine that
crushes and weighs aluminum
cans, then gives the customer
who brought them money.
After sorting, the cans are
weighed and the customer re
ceives 24 cents per pound, or a
penny a can. According to a
brochure from the manufac
turer, the machine’s cycle is one
to two minutes long; then the
customer gets his money.
The machine, which is more
than 9 feet tall, receives cans
through an opening in its side,
and begins sorting the cans
when the start button is pushed.
Some people have tried to
cheat the machine by weighting
their cans down with sand, but
the Can Bank isn’t that gullible.
‘You cannot fool the ma
chine,’ says Dr. Clair Nixon,
who owns three machines in
Bryan and College Station. The
machine detects and rejects at
tempts at fraud such as loading
the cans with sand. It also won’t
accept Pepsi cans and some
other varieties that are not all
aluminum.
Nixon, who is an assistant
rofessor of accounting at
"exas A&M, calls the process
reverse vending. He says it’s a
good way for people to make a
little money off a reusable re
source.
He says clubs and other orga
nizations can make money by
collecting cans, then feeding
them to the Can Banks.
Tve been surprised at the re
sponse,’ says Nixon’s Can Bank
manager, Clint Young. Young
says he checks up on the
$25,000 machines and he can
be contacted if any problems
arise.
Young also helps empty the
Can Banks when they are full;
capacity is about 2700 pounds.
The cans are loaded into a truck
and are taken to the Aluminum
Company of America in Hous
ton for recycling.
‘We’re hoping to use the Can
Bank as a springboard to get
into further recycling,’ Young
says.
Nixon says he got into the re
cycling business more than a
year ago in Utah for a number
of reasons other than allowing
people to make some money.
Nixon says he is concerned with
cleaning the environment, pre
serving the aluminum resource
and providing convenience for
the public.
There is a Can Bank in oper
ation at Culpepper Plaza. By
Friday there will be operational
Can Banks in front of El Chico
at Manor East Mall and in
downtown Bryan, Nixon says.
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By CAMI BROWN
Staff Writer
The Brazos County Demo
cratic Party has asked to put an
absentee ballot box in the city of
College Station municipal
building for the March 10 elec
tion of the district 14 state rep
resentative.
“The Brazos County Demo
cratic Party feels this will make
it easier for both the students of
Texas A&M University and the
people of south Brazos County
to exercise their right to vote
absentee,” said Democratic
.Candidate Chairman Ron Gay.
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Gay said that the Democrats
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