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Friday, August 31,1984/The Battalion/Page 3
DPS, AAA work to make this Labor Day safer
55 traffic fatalities expected
By MARCUS MILES
Reporter
Last year 55 people were killed in
traffic accidents over the Labor Day
weekend in Texas and two-thirds of
the fatalities involved drunken driv
ing or speeding, says David Wells,
public information officer for the
Department of Public Safety.
“This Labor Day weekend the
DPS expects as many as 54 fatalities
as a result of traffic accidents,” Wells
says. The DPS and other law en
forcement officials hope to reduce
the number of fatalities by enforcing
two operations: Operation Holiday
and Operation Motorcide.
“Operation Holiday places DPS
troopers on special alert in areas that
have a high number of traffic viola-
Open House
aqua infs Ags
with clubs
MSC Open House, an event for
students to get familiar with the
more than 150 major student or-
ani/ations at T exas A&M, will be
unday, September 2.
Many of the student organiza
tions at Texas A&M will set up
booths in the Memorial Student
Center between 4 and 8 p.m.
Among the organizations par
ticipating are academic clubs, Stu
dent Activities, Corps of Cadets,
MSC Committees, service and
honor groups, religious groups,
sports and recreation clubs.
The chairman of MSC Open
House, Victoria Holcomb, says
this year’s Open House will fea
ture several first-time events.
Kim Walters, Miss Texas
A&M, will sing and Reveille IV,
the Aggie mascot, will make an
appearance. Prizes, ranging from
concert tickets to bags of peanuts,
will be given away.
There will also be an auction of
paintings created by Texas A&M
student leaders on their view of
leadership.
Other activities include a yell
ractice, and a free movie, ‘Tor
y’s,” at 8:30 p.m. in The Grove.
tions,” Wells says. “Troopers are sta
tioned at locations where high vol
umes of traffic are anticipated and
were violations are expected.
“Operation Motorcide is an ong
oing tally of the traffic fatalities that
occur throughout the Labor Day
weekend.”
Law enforcement officers around
the state will help maintain a state
wide fatality count that will begin at
6 p.m. today and end at midnight
Monday. These fatalities will be up
dated throughout the weekend,
Wells says.
“The reports will be given to the
wire services and other interested
news sources,” he says. “If motorists
are aware of the number of fatalities
that have occurred, they may tend to
drive safer.”
By ANN PARKER
Reporter
Insurance is something that many
college students don’t know much
about. Yet insurance may be some
thing to consider if you have valu
ables in your dorm or apartment
that you can’t afford to replace.
Along with the all-important
.books and clothing, many students
feel that stereos, television sets, and
other luxury items are necessary for
their survival at college.
What is often overlooked is the
possibility that any of these personal
belongings could be stolen or de
stroyed and, without proper insur
ance coverage, the student’s com
fortable life at school could become
quite unpleasant.
The Texas Insurance Advisory
Association suggests that students in
dorms and apartments make certain
they have adequate insurance to pro
tect their personal belongings. De
pendents should check with their
parents’ homeowners policy since
they may be covered. The standard
coverage rate is 10 percent.
Some items such as mopeds and
bicycles are not covered in a home-
owners policy, and others, including
jewelry and money, are only covered
for a limited amount. This is impor
tant to remember when determining
Another group that is concerned
with traffic safety during the Labor
Day weekend, which is also the first
week of school for elementary and
high school students across the state,
is the American Automobile Associa
tion.
The AAA encourages all motor
ists to exercise extreme caution
when traveling in and around school
zones, especially during the first
week of school, says Paul Curtis,
staff director of public affairs and
safety for the AAA of Texas.
“School zones are immediate dan
ger zones because of the presence of
young children,” Curtis says. How
ever caution should also be main
tained when traveling in residential
areas.
how much insurance you will need.
If you are a dependent and your be
longings exceed the coverage under
your parents’ homeowners policy,
there are two alternatives you may
want to consider before buying your
own insurance policy.
A personal articles floater can be
added to your parents’ policy in
which you insure certain items at
their full value. Also, if you greatly
exceed your parents’ coverage, you
may want to add a short endorse
ment to the homeowners policy, al
lowing you to go beyond their cover-
age.
Various Bryan and College Sta
tion insurance agencies offer cover
age that caters especially to the dorm
student and the apartment resident
if they choose to buy their own poli
cies.
Dorm insurance will cover most
personal belongings with the excep
tion of items such as tickets, billfolds
and checks. The items must be in
your room if they are to be covered.
The cost at one local company is $33
er year, and the policy covers
2500 worth of items with a $25 de
ductible.
Since the University is not respon
sible for covering personal items, it
might be in the dorm student’s best
interest to consider this policy.
Thefts are common and an accident
“We should motivate and alert
motorists to the problems involved
in traffic safety during the back-to-
school week,” he says.
“For many preschoolers the start
of the school year means they are
left without an older sibling’s
guidance.”
Curtis says that preschoolers may
hear a car but may not see the car, or
they may not be unable to tell what
direction the vehicle is coming from.
The AAA offers booklets that
help preschoolers understand the
importance of traffic safety. These
books can be obtained by writing the
AAA of Texas at 3000 Southwest
Freeway Houston, Texas 77098.
The booklets cost $2.50.
can occur, as it did last December in
five campus dorms. The water pipes
broke and flooded the rooms of sev
eral residents, damaging their ste
reos, clothing, books, and other per
sonal items that they had left in their
rooms during the Christmas holi
days.
According to Ron Sasse, associate
director of student affairs, many of
the students involved were not cov
ered by insurance. Fortunately for
the students. Operation Mop Up was
formed to reimburse them through
money raised from donations and a
bicycle auction. Over $3,000 was
raised.
Apartment residents also are
strongly urged to consider insuring
their belongings. Renters insurance
protects personal property against
all perils, including theft. Off-Cam
pus Housing Coordinator Stephanie
Palubicki said she definitely encour
ages all students to get renters insur
ance. “It can be worth the invest
ment,” she said.
The prices for this policy range
from $120 to $300, depending on
the coverage and the structure of
your apartment. Policies for those
living in frame apartments are more
expensive than for brick apartments
due to the higher risk of fire damage
in a frame apartment.
Insurance advisory prompts
students to shop for policies
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