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By MICHAEL CRAWFORD
Staff Writer
Thursday night’s College Station
City Council meeting will include ac
tion on a state highway department
study which recommends College
Station reduce by 5 mph the speed
limit along Texas Avenue.
The reduction is not under con
sideration for Bryan’s section of
Texas Avenue.
The study, undertaken at the re
quest of the College Station City
Council, included samples of traffic
speeds on Texas Avenue at 38 non
peak traffic periods.
College Station Traffic Engineer
John Black says the various speeds
were ranked in order from the slo
west to the fastest and a cut-off point
was established at 85 percent. That
cut-off point was 5 mph below cur
rent speed limits.
Although T exas Avenue is a state
road, College Station must change
its speed ordinance before the re
duction can go into effect. A propo
sal submitted by Black will ask the
city council to amend the existing or
dinance at their Thursday night
meeting.
College Station Mayor Gary Hal
ter says he thinks the speed limit
along some sections of Texas Ave
nue is too high.
“I think it is too high in some sec
tions,” Halter says, “primarily past
Southwest Parkway. There have
been some pretty bad accidents
where the speed limit increases to 50
mph.” Halter says he expects the
proposed changes to be approved.
T he current speed limit along
most of Texas Avenue is 45 mph. If
the ordinance is approved, that limit
would drop to 40 mph — including
the section where Texas Avenue en
ters Bryan. Bryan’s speed limit at the
city limits is 45 mph.
Ed Ilschner, Bryan’s operations
manager for the municipal services
administration, says there are no
plans to reduce the Texas Avenue
speed limit in Bryan.
“We just have not had a signifi
cant traffic problem that can be
translated into speed,” Ilschner says.
“A 5 mph difference is simply a mat
ter of taking your foot off the accele
rator. If it were 10 mph or 15 mph,
then I would say yes it would be a
problem.”
Ilschner says Bryan reviews its
eed limits annually and hasn’t had
e same congestion problems that,
he says, exist in College Station.
If the reductions are approved
College Station’s speed limit on
Texas would be: 40 mph from Col
lege Station’s north city limits past
Holleman Drive; 45 mph from Hol-
leman Drive to just south of FM
2818; 50 mph from that section to
the intersection of Texas 6 and the
East Bypass; 55 mph from that point
south.
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The College Station City Council on Thursday will consider
lowering the speed limit in some areas along Texas Avenue.
consider the adding of elected offi
cials to the city’s workman compen
sation plan and the rate increase re
quested by Lone Star Gas. The
council also will discuss adding bicy
cle lanes on Southwest Parkway.
Lawsuit filed
to block HL&P
rate increase
Associated Press
AUSTIN — The state lawyer
for utility customers filed suit
Tuesday to block a rate increase
granted by the Public Utility
Commission to Houston Lighting
& Power Co. in January.
HL&P, with 1.3 million cus
tomers, sought $554 million in
additional revenue. The plaintiff
in the suit, Office of Public Utility
Counsel, recommended a rate re
duction.
Public Counsel Jim Boyle’s suit
said the rate increase granted by
the PUC was “excessive.” The
commission set the increase at
$173.7 million, but Boyle said it
actually was “between one-third
and one-half’ of HL&P’s request.
The suit sought a refund for
HL&P’s customers and any other
relief to which the plaintiff might
be entitled.
'We Are the World' dominates airwaves
Benefits going to Africa, U.S.
By MICHAEL CRAWFORD
Stuff Writer
"There comes a time when we
heed a certain call
When the world comes together
as one
There are people dying
And it’s time to lend a hand to life
The greatest gift of all. ”
Although it’s been on the shelves
only two weeks, the single of “We
Are the World” has sold more than
two million copies world-wide and
may raise more than $40 million for
the starving in Africa, says Alan Ore-
man, promotion manager for the re
cord.
That same song has been re
quested so many times, according to
KKYS Program Director Skip
Bishop, that it has been placed in the
station’s top rotation.
Bishop would not say how often
the record is aired, but he said it is
die station’s most requested song.
Bishop says the song’s popularity
may have a cumulative effect.
“There is a snowball effect here,”
Bishop says. “It’s creating a lot of
Ninety percent of the profits will be donated to those
starving in Africa and 10 percent mil be used in the
United States. With the release of the album expected
April 1, the final donation may exceed $50 million. —
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awareness that there is still a prob
lem. Just because Christmas is over
doesn’t mean those starving people
got a nice big apple pie and every
thing is OK now . . . It’s working on
their awareness, as well as it’s a damn
good record.”
The song, produced by USA for
Africa, Unitea Support of Artists for
Africa, is a non-profit corporation
which will donate the profits from
the records directly to aid the hun
gry-
Promotion Manager Oreman says
the profits not only help the hungry
in Africa, but also the hungry in this
country.
Ninety percent of the profits will
be donated to Africa’s hungry, Ore-
man says, and 10 percent will be
used in the United States.
With the release of the album ex
pected April 1, Oreman says the fi
nal donation may exceed $50 mil
lion.
"We are the world, we are the chil
dren
We are the ones who make a
brighter day
So let’s start giving
There’s a choice we’re making
We’re saving our own lives
It’s true well make a better day
Just you and me. ”
Bishop says he thinks the artists
contributed their time to the pro
duction of the record for humanita
rian reasons rather than for public
ity or competition with the British
group Band Aid.
That group released a song titled
“Do They Know It’s Christmas”
which dominated British and Ameri
can music charts for several weeks.
“You know when you think about
it,” Bishop says, “they only gave a
day of their time while others have
given so much more.
“It’s just that they have a great ve
hicle because they’re stars. I think it’s
as legitimate as the day is long.”
Hasting’s Books and Records
Manager Bill Compere says his store
has sold out of the single and plans
to order more singles and albums.
People are buying it, he says, be
cause “One, it’s a good album; it’s a
good song; and two, it’s a way to
help.”
Written by Michael Jackson and
Lionel Richie, the record’s list of
performers includes Ray Charles,
Bob Dylan, Hall & Oates, Billy Joel,
Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner
and Stevie Wonder.
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A&M Fellows
to present
senior theses
By SHERRIE COUCH
Reporter
More than 100 students for the
past year have been working on pro
posals, research and presentations as
part of the University Undergrad
uate Fellows Program.
T he fellows program is designed
to give qualified seniors the chance
to Broaden their education by delv
ing into research and preparing a se
nior honors thesis, said Kathy West
who works with the University Hon
ors Program.
The final theses will be presented
at symposiums April 3 and 10.
West participated as a student in
the program during the 1983-84
school year.
“Preparing for the senior honors
thesis is much like working on a
small master’s thesis,” West said. “It
takes a lot of time. You can’t just
whip it out over a weekend.”
A student can qualify for the pro
gram if he has maintained an overall
grade point ratio above a 3.3 by the
spring semester of his junior year,
West said.
A student must be able to partici
pate in the program during both se
mesters of his senior year.
Each applicants must submit a
proposal explaining his research and
must find an project adviser, she
said. The proposal must be en
dorsed by the student’s adviser, de
partment head and dean.
“Even though you have an ad
viser, you work on your own and can
develop your own ideas,” West said.
“During the fall, (the Fellows) are
divided into fairly large interdiscipli
nary groups. At the first meeting,
they give presentations explaining
their research.”
Working with people from differ
ent departments gives the fellows
the opportunity to learn about other
research methods through follow-up
reports, West said. This year 36 dif
ferent departments are represented
in the program.
I he final theses that are written
are bound and placed in the archives
as a permanent record, West said.
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for General Committee Members
in MSC Room 216 at the
Secretary’s island
Applications due Monday,
April 1st, by 5 p.m.
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