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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1984)
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California's Cenie Meenie Bikinis fls seen in Sports Illustrated Mol lots • Diaper UJrops • Bikinis Shala’s cA.ppa.rel gallery Culpepper Plaza The project provides money for construction of streets to connect west campus buildings — creating an “academic core,” and renovation of the entrance to that campus. Drainage, light ing, pedestrian walkways and mall areas are also included as part of the project. Directors have divided the project into four priority groups. Parking lot construc tion has been given first prior ity, with renovation of the en trance and landscaping receiving second and third prio rities. The fourth priority con cerns facilities for a future building site. A separate fund of $875,000 will provide money for a new “Our first priority is the parking lot, because it is sepa rately funded and can follow a faster schedule,” said Joseph Williams, a facilities planning division architect. “Our second priority is the entrance. It will mirror the west entrance to the cftfSC F(ecreation ^Presents: c 77ze cpd 'dBloese c Memorial Milliards tournament (fMSC tdowling and Qames ‘Area ^Apri^? — 5 : 00 p.m. 'April 28 — 8 : 30 a.m. $3.00 on the 27th tDouble ti limination 'Tournament t/Ien and c Ladies 'Divisions Dveryone 'Welcome! Dlease Sign-up in Dowling & Qames Dance Arts Society presents ... Dance Expressions From warmup activities to the finished production, join Dance Arts Society in an evening of dance. Thursday, April 26 7:30 p.m. Rudder Theatre Admission is free main campus, and will help tie the west campus to the main campus. Number three priority is to devise landscaping to unify the buildings (on west campus). The fourth priority is just a re minder to the designers to allow for drainage and plumbing and such on a f uture building site." The project money lot Williams said the entrance to west campus is “80 percent complete," but three buildings must be removed to finish the project. The Wool and Mohair Lab, Pomology Lab and Ana- pi as mos is Lab (the old creamery) will be removed so the entrance can be completed, he said. provides construc tion of stt eels to con ned west campus buildings — creating an “academic cot e, ” and renovation of the entrance to that cam pus. Drainage, light ing, pedestrian walk ways and mall areas are also included pan of the project. landscaping and parking at the mercy of then Right now it's dry, bn ground-breaking, there a flood.” as Eugene Ray, director of grounds maintenance, said the Texas A&M Board of Regents selected the Arlington-based firm of Schrickel, Rollins and Associates to design the beauti fication project. The regents se lected the firm at their March meeting, but as of yet there are no definite designs, Ray said. “It (the project) will take an other six to eight months to de sign, then construction may start as early as January next year, or maybe earlier," he said. “When we'll be finished de pends on the weather. Other projects may be held up because of the parking lot project. The Even with a $1,875 budget, Ray said the may run out of funds completion. Building connect six west campus! ings (Kleberg Animal ml Science Center, Soil anil Sciences-Entomology Ci Medical Sciences Medical Sciences Lib®, Sc ience and Technology and Horlicullure/FomtS) Building) will be a tnaiil pense, he said. Other penses include sidewalk' age and lighting, Rauail By "You've got x numbeti la i s and x amount obi I don't think dollars* work." he said. "I ihinlutB^ st luc k\ in gel t he entry oped .md lire streetow^^ VICf hoi tic ulture building." Bar patrol would I ■HoNiS KtJNE RESTAURANT fo seced: 4“ ^ Fresh, nutliciilie Chinese cuisine at reasonable prices "Quality Health Food” Taste our I .emou < Ihickcu! LARGC OR &MAU. PARTIES AND BANQUETS WELCOMED Serving wine and beer 846-8345 Mon. - Sun. 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