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Texas ASM ^
e Battalion
Serving the Gniversity community
^ol 81 No. 4 USPS 045360 24 pages in 2 sections
College Station, Texas
Thursday, September 5, 1985
jB B. Anderson employee Alan Claxton is helped by fellow workers af- af ler a concrete form fell on him. He was injured Wednesday af-
mr he was injured while working on the roof of the new Chemistry ternoon and at 6 p m. was reported to be in stable condition at St. Jo-
ihiilding. Claxton was taken off of the roof by a crane and stretcher seph s Hospital in Bryan with a fractured pelvis.
Anti-satellite
deployment
threatened
Associated Press
MOSCOW — The Soviet Union
announced Wednesday it will feel
free to deploy anti-satellite systems
in space if the United States con
ducts its planned test of an anti-satel
lite weapon.
The official news agency Tass is
sued a statement thought to have the
authorization of top Kremlin leaders
saying Moscow would “consider it
self free” to lift its two-year-old mor
atorium on deploying anti-satellite
weapons if the American test goes
ahead.
In Washington, sources said the
Air Force had planned to carry out
the first test of its anti-satellite
weapon Wednesday.
The Pentagon postponed the test
ing to ensure compliance with re-
? iuirements that Congress be noti-
icd.
The Tass announcement ap
peared timed to coincide with the
planned test.
It accused the United States of
“taking yet another step to escalate
the arms race and spread it to space.
“Tass is authorized to state that if
the United States holds tests of anti
satellite weapons against a target in
outer space, the Soviet Union will
consider itself free of its unilateral
commitment not to place anti-satel
lite; systems in space.
“The entire responsibility for the
further development of events will
rest entirely on the American side.”
Pentagon officials said in Wash
ington; “The Soviets already have an
operational anti-satellite system and
have had one since the early 1970s.
“The Soviets have destroyed satel
lites in space with their ASAT system
more than once.”
A high-ranking Pentagon official
who asked not to be identified said
the Defense Department was uncer
tain what the Soviets mean when
they suggest they would deploy an
anti-satellite weapon in space.
“They could be referring to the
system they already have, which is
operational even though it’s not
based in space,” he said.
“Or, they could be suggesting they
might work on a new system,” he
said. “In either event, they already
have the world’s only operational
system and we don’t.”
U.S. defense officials say the So
viet system involves launching a
large rocket from the ground, which
then boosts a warhead into orbit.
The warhead chases and closes on
the target in orbit l>efore exploding
nearby.
Moscow has never publicly ac
knowledged possessing a working
anti-satellite system.
ergency loan
By JENS B. KOEPKE
Stall Writer
e Texas A&M emergency loan
Jam provides University stu
nts with an additional source of
|(ev to meet the rising costs of ed-
titiii, Alvin Bonnann, assistant
■ororrmancial aid, said.
■hen they (the legislature) in-
Wed tuition, they Felt they
lid to have a mechanism to help
Pjnts pay for the increases,” Bor-
p 'aid.
loan program is part of
eBillJlTZ, the law that raised
tuition for students attending state-
supported colleges and universities.
The law allows students to pay
their fees in installments during the
semester rather than pay before the
semester.
The law also states that the Uni
versity must set aside Fifteen percent
of each resident student’s tuition
charge and five percent of each non
resident student’s tuition charge for
Texas Public Educational Grants
and for use as emergency loans.
Any full-time student with a
grade-point ratio of 2.0 or better is
ltd names FAA in suit
Associated Press
IlLLAS—‘Delta Air Lines filed
Hirt motion claiming that neg-
Ice on the part of air traffic con-
Irs caused one of its jetliners to
■ at Dallas-Fort Worth Interna-
■ Airport on Aug. 2, killing 135
hie.
plia named the Federal Aviation
(nlnistration a third party in a suit
jst the airline filed by the wife of
■enger who died in the crash of
fell! 191.
nthia Zoe Dahl, 35, of Sandy,
Utah, filed the original suit against
Delta in state district court alleging
negligence on the part of the airline.
Mrs. Dahl’s husband, Steven Bradley
Dahl, 36, died in the crash.
Delta filed a a third-party petition
on Aug. 29 claiming the crash was
“causect by the negligence of the one
or more air traffic control person
nel” employed by the FAA.
The carrier seeks “contribution
from the FAA for any liability”
which may be issued against Delta as
the result of Mrs. Dahl’s suit.
irtof parking lot 51
(opened for students
mTir back half of parking annexe
Pas been reopened for student
■fob Wiatt, Texas A&M’s direc-
■f security and traffic, told The
Staliou Wednesday that a survey
tht lot had determined that the
iff did not use it as much as ex-
ld.
fit 51 was entirely dosed to stu-
jnl this week to see if the 400 ex-
lAaces were needed for staff .
jVlatt said the survey was con
fetti because much staff parking
Been eliminated in the past year
fetn construction on campus. Uni-
Iy police thought, Wiatt said,
line extra spaces might accomo-
je staff who had previously
fled in some of the now non-exis-
Bpaces.
Wit Wiatt says that the staff did
nil up the back half of lot 51, and
Was reopened Wednesday af-
lonn for student use.
The police department will dis
miss the 237 tickets issued during
the last three days on the back por
tion of the lot, Wiatt says. Those tick
ets will automatically be voided on
the computer, he says.
Only those who have paid for
their tickets need to go to the police
department. All refunds must be
claimed in person.
Correction
The Battalion reported on Wednes
day that students who received park
ing tickets on the back portion of the
lot could get their tickets dismissed
by going to the police station. How
ever, as mentioned above, the tickets
will be automatically dismissed.
In The Battalion’s Wednesday ed
itorial, the front half of parking an
nex 51 was referred to as lot 50.
The Battalion regrets these er
rors.
fund helps students pay tuition
eligible for the emergency loan pro
gram, he said. The applicant must
show Financial need and the ability
to repay the loan by Nov. 1.
The loan covers tuition and all re
quired fees and is payable at 5 per
cent interest per year.
The loan bas no limit, making it
ideal for non-re students, Bor-
mann added.
The other alternative for students
is to pay their fees in either two or
four installments. Students are
charged $10 for paying in instal
lments and $ 10 for a late payment.
The programs are meant to pro
vide two alternatives for defraying
the rising costs of education, Bor-
mann said, but both programs can
not be used together.
Other short-term loans have been
available at A&M for many years, he
said. The amount for the loans
ranges from $175 to a maximum of
$750 payable at 10 percent interest
per year.
The student must meet the same
eligibility requirements as for the
emergency loans, Bormann said, but
the short-term loan can be used for
general costs rather than just tuition
and required fees.
About a fifth of the student body
uses some form of short-term finan
cial aid, he said.
He said that many students use
both kinds of loans; an emergency
loan for their tuition and required
fees and a regular short-term loan
for other costs.
“We are trying to spread the
money around to provide the best
usage,” Bormann said.
A percentage of fall tuition pay
ments provide the capital for the
emergency loan program, he said,
while short-term loans are generated
through gifts and donations.
The maintenance and collection
of all the loans and the installment
payment plan are handled by the fis
cal office, Bormann said.
If a student has not paid on time,
university records and re-enroll-
ment are blocked and notice^ are
sent out to the students.
If this does not work, he said, it is
turned over to a collection agency.
As a last resort, the Texas attorney
general will take the matter to court.
Dorrn assignments endured
Students cope with overcrowding
Photo by KYLE HA WKINS
Overassigned students should receive a permanent room assignments
later this week.
By SONDRA PICKARD
Reporter
The first week of fall classes is
drawing to a close and as many as
400 students are patiently endur
ing a lengthy wait for a dorm
room to call their own.
Tom Murray, the on-campus
housing supervisor, relates the
process of overassigning incom
ing students in dorms to the prac
tice of overbooking on airlines.
“From past experience we
know we’ll have spaces available
in dorms due to returning stu
dents who don’t show up, thms-
fers or students with academic
problems,” Murray says. “We
have a pretty good picture of the
spaces that will be open in the fall
during the previous spring se
mester.”
Living in an Aston Hall study
carrel with three other men took
freshman Marc Del Tatto by su-
prise, but he says he accepted the
challenge and soon found it quite
enjoyable.
“It’s not that bad,” Del Tatto
says, “I’m getting better exposure
to more people and it makes me
give in to certain things I
wouldn’t have to with just one
roommate.” •
Terry West, a freshman over
assigned in Underwood Hall,
considers herself one of the lucky
few who at least got a chance to
stay on campus where she wanted
to live.
“Even though it’s a small room
for three people, it’s been neat
getting to know more girls,” West
says.
A freshman in Moses Hall, Jim
Blanken says it took him a while
to adjust, but he’s happy just be
ing in a dorm.
“There’s not much space now,”
Blanken says, “but I can sure live
with it until I get my own room.”
During the summer, incoming
students who did not receive
dorm spaces were notified and
then later offered the choice of
being overassigned. Meanwhile,
any student who didn’t show up
at his assigned dorm by 5 p.m.
Monday, trie first day of classes,
lost his space. These spaces are
filled by the overassigned stu
dents.
“1 kinda like it here and really
want to stick around,” Robert
Dunshie, a freshman in Aston
Hall, says, “I have two great
roommates instead of one, so
there’s always someone to go out
with.”
Although the students may not
get the dorm of their preference,
Murray says he is confident that
by Friday the majority of the
overassigned students will be
given a permanent room.
Murray also says that although
all of the spaces for women will be
Filled, there will be extra spaces
for male students. He says any
male who wishes to live on cam
pus should sign up for a dorm
room as soon as possible.
The earliest these walk-on stu
dents will be allowed to move in is
Monday.