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Library begins
to implement
recall policy
By CHOYCE ELSIK
Reporter
jRRterling C. Evans Library began
implementing a new recall policy
charging a $ 1 -a-day l ine for overdue,
IrecjalTed materials Monday, but a lib-
rarv representative said it is still too
early to determine if the policy will be
effective.
■‘We’re not out to get everyone’s
money,” said Nancy Kent, supervisor
ol the library’s circulation depart
ment, “and we don’t want to punish
people; we just want to get the lib
rary's books back.”
■sent said (bat the majoi dillei
ences in the library’s new recall policy
are the library’s ability to charge fines
land the addition of new recall cards.
Recall cards are cards f illed out at
[the circulation desk requesting mate
rials which are checked out. The per
son with the overdue material then is
contacted by mail and is given, seven
days from the time he received the
■all notice to return the material,
failure to do so results in a $1-a-day
fine, Kent said.
■ince the material is turned in to
the library, the person requesting it is
notified by mail.
■Currently, the library does not
charge a fine for overdue materials,
W Kent said that policy will con
tinue. The new fining policy applies
only to those overdue materials that
have been requested by someone
else.
■‘It is advisable to return or renew
library materials before they are
due,” Kent said, “because the library
has no obligation to the borrower for
the inaccuracy of another student’s
address or for the failure of a recall
notice to arrive at its destination.”
Currently, undergraduate stu
dents can borrow library materials
for up to two weeks and graduate
students, faculty and staff can borrow
materials for up to four weeks, she
said.
“It (the new policy) will cause more
work for the staff, but the problem
now is that if there are no fines, why
bring the books back?” Kent said.
“Many people just don’t care if some
one else needs the book, and that’s
really unfortunate, but most people
here are honest.”
The Library Council, which con
sists of faculty members from various
departments, approved the new re
call policy last fall to make materials
more available to library patrons.
The new policy also was adopted to
help the library retrieve many of its
overdue books, she said.
The policy actually went into ef fect
April I, but it was not enforced until
April 15 in order to give everyone
enough time to understand the
policy.
One of the circulation depart
ment’s primary goals is to get mate
rials back, Kent said.
“When people request materials,”
she said, “we have to get them back. I
hope this new policy will help get the
library’s books back.”
College Station, Texas
April 1985
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temperatures are getting up to about 90 degrees. Some people Systems Administration Building.
Corps Staff names first
woman officer in ’85-86
By MICHAEL CRAWFORD
Staff Writer
■ Women were admitted into Texas
A&M in 1963 and into the Corps of
Cadets in 1974. But until now, no
whinan has ever served on Corps
Stiff.
■Mandy Schubert, 19, will be the
Corps’ administrative sergeant for
l|85-86. The office places her in
charge of Corps’ communication and
makes her an assistant to the adminis-
itrative officer on the March to the
Brazos Committee. That committee
recently raised more than $50,000
lor the March of Dimes.
Curt Van de Walle, Corps com
mander for 1985-86, says placing
Schubert on the staff wasn’t done be
cause of pressure to put a woman on
staff. Schubert was selected, he says,
because she was qualified.
“We chose Mandy strictly because
of her potential,” he said, “and be
cause the way she performed in the
interview was exactly what we were
looking for . . . She’s not the first
woman to be on staff, but she is the
first to be on Corps Staff. I don’t see it
becomming a year-to-year thing (a
woman being chosen). We set out to
pick the seven best and she was one of
them.”
Schubert’s status as the first
woman on Corps Staff doesn’t bother
her.
“I think that it bothers other peo
ple more than it bothers me,”
Schubert says. “I like not to place the
emphasis on that as much because, to
me, I’m a cadet just like everybody
else. The fact I made Corps Staff ex
cites me enough that 1 don’t even
need to worry about being the first
woman.”
Schubert, whose father also was in
the Corps, says she surprised her
family by choosing the regimented
See SCHUBERT, page 5
Mandy Schubert
Senior weekend events are outlined
By SHERRIE COUCH
Reporter
B Ring Dance officers, Muster com
mittee chairmen and representatives
of the Graduate Student Council
'|ete featured Wednesday in the final
Sully’s Symposium of the year.
■ Debbie Patterson, Class of ’85 so
cial secretary, and Keith Carmichael
and Donna Gansky, co-chairmen for
Ring Dance, discussed plans for
Senior Weekend April 26 and 27.
| Activities include Senior Bash, Senior
Banquet and Ring Dance.
■ “Senior weekend is a once in a life-
; tjme event,” Carmichael said. “No
seniors should miss it.”
■ The weekend begins with Senior
Bash April 26 at the Hall of Fame,
featuring The Debonaires, Car-
Biichael said. The hash includes free
draft beer and bar drinks from 8 p.m.
until 11 p.m.
■ Senior Banquet is April 27 at the
Aggieland Inn. Cocktails begin at
5:!() p.m. and dinner starts at 7 p.m.
■ slide show depicting the past four
years of the Class of’85 will he shown.
I The guest speaker will be Joe Fen-
tpn, a former student and founder of
Ijenton, La.
■ Ring Dance follows the banquet.
||he dance will be from 9 p.m. to 1
See SULLY, page 13
Keith Carmichael, Debbie Patterson and during the last Sully’s Symposium
Donna Gansky discuss Ring Dance Wednesday afternoon.
SG leaders work! ng
to improve image
Editor’s Note: This is the second part
of a three-part series on the role of Texas
A&M’s Student Government.
By JERRY OSLIN
Staff Writer
Student Government leaders say
they are in a position to make changes
at Texas A&M University, but they
also admit Student Government faces
some serious problems that affect
their performance.
“We have an image problem,” says
Sean Royall, student body president.
“We have to convince students that
we can get something done and that
we are here to get something done.”
Eric Thode, speaker pro tern of the
Student Senate, agrees Student Gov
ernment has an image problem.
“Right now our image is at an all-
time low,” he says. “Students think we
are just a bunch of resume-fillers sit
ting around getting their names into
something but doing nothing.”
Thode attributes part of Student
Government’s bad image to the Stu
dent Senate’s inability to get things
done.
“The Student Senate went over
board on philosophical issues this
past year,” he says. “We debated on
philosdphical issues that had no im
pact.”
Wayne Roberts, Student Govern
ment’s former vice president of stu
dent services, says the organization’s
image was hurt by the Senate’s refus
al to represent students’ opinions on
certain issues.
“The majority of the student body
is conservative, but the Senate voted
for recognition of the Gay Student
Services and for women in the Aggie
Band,” he says. “The Senate is sup
posed to represent the student body
on philosophical issues, but when it
votes contradictory to what students
believe, then you are going to have
problems.”
Roberts agrees with Thode that
the Senate spent too much time with
issues on which Student Government
had no influence.
Student Government must con
centrate on issues in which they have
impact, Roberts says.
“We have to concentrate on things
that have merit and are worth while,”
he says. “We can knock on every door
on campus and tell students what
we’re doing, but they aren’t going to
give a damn if we don’t do something
that has merit.”
Student Government’s bad image
has led to student apathy toward the
organization, which in turn has a
negative effect on Student Govern
ment’s performance, Thode says.
“There are so many things on cam
pus that could be better,” Thode says.
“But in order to makfe things better,
we need to tap the resources of stu
dents and get them involved. Too
See STUDENT, page 13
Battalion
system
is down
The Battalion is experiencing
technical difficulties.
Due to a problem of unknown
origins. The Battalion’s computer
system crashed Wednesday at ab
out 1 p.m. The system was still
down at the time the paper had to
be put together.
Today’s Battalion was put out
through the use of a back-up com
puter system. The Associated
Press wire, however, could not be
hooked up to the alternative sys
tem, so no wire stories appear in
today’s newspaper.
The problem will be fixed as
soon as possible.