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^ ' v *. ' t B \' % arped by Scott McCullar |1ERI HORNING JUAN CARLOS AND 115 RULE CLinB THE noUNTAlW fo OF miK SMALL SOUTH le ptfft! IflWKAN coumr TO PICK ifilfl^CfFEE tEAWS FROM THE TOO CAH IHA&INE HOW THAT CAN GET GORING REAL FAST, LIVING EVERT DAT OF TOUR LIFE RICKING COFFEE SEAMS. SO JUAN NAS TO GET REALLY WRED OH COFFEE BEFORE HE CAN FACE ANOTHER PAT OF IT ANP LEAVE THE HUT AND THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO BE TOO CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT BEANS HE PICKS. OLD ONES, DRT ONES, EATEN ONES, ROCKS ON THE GROUND, HE POE5NT CARE. HE JUST PICKS. AND THIS IS THE CROP THAT GOES INTO HIGH PERK " THE COFFEE BRAND THAT DOESN'T GO SO MUCH FOR FLAVOR AS EFFECT. "1 WHEN TOU’RE ONLY IN IT FOR THAT 'HIGH-AS-THE MOUNTAINS FEELING. TIBISSI iwilt e secoi • aroui indmu ‘fstcoi ariofii 'iiipanit 'eofis on iri College Station Electricity costs rising By DAINAH BULLARD Staff Writer Eta Ja combination of last month’s «zing temperatures and an in- :ase in electricity rates in Bryan standyM College Station means higher lesatpli'’ lor the 26,000 Texas A&M Uni- ice, Siersiiy students who live off-campus. ■Retail electricity rates have in- glHjAased 29 percent in College Sta- tion over the past five months. Linda (/Xronka, city utilities office man- wrilt* er ’ sa y s complaints have multi ped since customers received their piuary electricity bills, which in- a iJided a January rate hike. pThe major problem is the in- leases hit people when their heat- attd (Jiil use was up,” she says, am(jjKeeping warm in February can inyfost twice as much as keeping warm ipuJDecember. Piwonka says this is a ■Hilt of the freezing weather, plus thi January rate hike. ■The recent rate hike is the result 1 a renegotiated contract between lulf Slate Utilities, which supplies College Station with electricity, and Exxon. The company’s 20-year con tract with Exxon has expired, and the renegotiated price is higher. Energy costs also increased in September when Gulf State Utilities requested an 18 percent increase, Pi wonka says. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is reviewing the 18 percent increase and may de crease it, she says. College Station is one city that is objecting to the in crease. “We are currently lobbying with our attorney to have that decrea sed,” Piwonka says. “But even though we’ve had rate increases, the city of College Station still has com petitive prices.” The price for 1000 kilowatt-hours was about $89 in College Station in anuary. In Bryan, 1000 kilowatt- ours cost about $84. Bryan resi dents also are paying more to keep warm this winter — but for different reasons. Dan Wilkerson, manager of Bry an’s electric utility services, says elec- i: tricity rates in Bryan increased an average of 12 percent beginning Oct. f. Most apartment dwellers pay their bills directly to an electric company, but some area apartments include utilities in their monthly rent. Lucille Crawford, manager of Tanglewood South Apartments, says at this time no plans exist to increase rent to cover increased electricity costs. “My boss is coming in the first of next week, and we’re going to decide then if we’ll have to do anything,” Crawford says. LaDonna Lambert, manager of Old College Main Apartments, says they also have no plans to compen sate for increased electricity costs. Briarwood Apartments represen tative Heidi McCoy says the apart ment has noted a 30 percent to 50 percent increase in the latest electric ity bills. “As far as our reactions (from res idents) go — horrible,” McCoy says. History today appoii :hedi from Associated Press uldrof On March 1, 1932, the infant son i,m. Vi of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was |dnapped from the family’s home ar Hopewell, N.J. In 1781, the Articles of Confeder- [ationwere adopted by the Continen tal Congress. In 1/90,the first U.S. Census was ' e P®authorized. r con (fees In 1867, Nebraska became the 37th state of the Union. In 1872, Congress authorized the creation of Yellowstone National Park. In 1954, an armed group of Puerto Rican nationalists, firing wildly from the gallery of the House ot Representatives, wounded five congressmen. In 1961, President John F. Ken nedy established the Peace Corps. In 1962, the first K mart store opened, in Carden City, Mich. One year ago: The Senate Judi ciary Committee opened confirma tion hearings on the nomination of White House counselor Edwin Meese to become Attorney General. t alien nusta; MSC TOWN • HALL w & Budweiser Present for the Benefit of theUSO 30 ► uth AU 1 IN C March 21 8 p.m. G Rollie White $8“ & $ 10 00 Tickets available MSC Box Office 845-1234 Music Express Tip Top Records nr 'TO Master Charge 8c Budweiser J| yj sa acce pt e d Friday, March 1, 1985AThe Battalion/Page 5 A&M department head selection may change By RICKY TELG Reporter The present process of selecting and retaining Texas A&M’s depart ment heads may soon change follow ing results of a Faculty Senate sub committee survey taken last fall. The faculty was surveyed by the Governance and Administration Committee. Melvin Dodd, a commit tee member, said senators will dis cuss the system at Monday’s Faculty Senate meeting. Walter Buenger, committee chair man, said, “The results (of the sur vey) are not revolutionary, but they are significant.” The survey showed that many fac ulty members have no clear idea how the selection process works, he said. Of the 834 returned responses, 30 percent of those indicated faculty members either did not know how department heads were selected or were not clear on how the system works. Less than half were satisfied with the current method of selecting de partment heads. Buenger said a major problem causing the confusion and dissatis faction is that no University stan dard or set of rules exists on depart ment head selection. Each college has its own criteria. “Geosciences, for example, has a very extensive faculty review process on department head selections,” Buenger said. “In other colleges, the dean just decides to appoint or not to appoint with no input from the faculty at all.” Buenger said faculty review of de partment heads would be imple mented in each college if the sub committee’s recommendations are approved. “What we’ll probably do is put in some type of formal mechanism, similar to what geosciences has, for faculty input, he said. ”If a certain percentage objects to a head, he can not be retained.” Walter Stenning, a member of the subcommittee, said the faculty wants the dean to select the department head with the advice of the faculty. Stenning said A&M is one of the few universities in the country where the department head is a position of power. Many universities use the “chair system’ in which faculty members elect the “chair” of each college. “At Texas A&M,” Stenning said, “it’s seen as a power position. “The department head here is vested with more power than at any other American university with the exception of the military schools.” Stenning said a national movement has begun to centralize the consolidation of power, due pri marily to economic problems. Glenn Johnson, director of the Center for Teaching Excellence, said, “A centralized line of authority is more economical but not necessar ily more efficient.” Johnson said if more people were involved in the selection process, the added input and opinions will bring about more qualified department heads. “The payoff is that since they (fac ulty members) are interacting, you come out with a better product,” Johnson said. Buenger said, “It’s bad when the department head is appointed solely by the dean because the faculty doesn’t have any control over who gets the office. “If you tip the scales somewhat to the middle grounds between a dean appointment and a faculty election, then you get the best, we hope, of both worlds.” Water technology trends, methods subject of course By CHOYCE ELSIK Reporter The Texas Water Utilities Asso ciation will conduct its 67th annual short school here next week. The course provides information about trends in state-of-the-art water technology. The program is open to all water utility personnel ranging from sys tem supervisors to entry-level per sonnel. Ron Bearden, executive director for the Texas Water Utilities Asso ciation, said he is expecting more than 900 people at this year’s pro gram. The 20-hour program, co-spon sored by the Waste and Waste Water Training Division of the Texas Engi neering Extension Service, offers nine sessions running concurrently with courses ranging from highly technical to the least technical, Bear den said. A spokesman for the Texas Engi neering Extension Service said the courses include basic surface water production, ground water produc tion, water distribution, sewage col lection and treatment and an ad vanced laboratory technology course. Bearden said that Texas requires state certification for all its water personnel. The Texas Department of Health certifies, upgrades or re news employee water certificates. All the courses, except the lab, will meet in Rudder Tower. The lab will be held at the Texas A&M Univer sity Research and Extension Center on Highway 21. Registration fee is $45 for mem bers of the Texas Water Utilities As sociation and $55 for non-members. Registration for the school will begin Sunday at 2 p.m. in Rudder Tower. 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