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By JENS B. KOEPKE
Senior Staff Writer
Texas A&M will replace some of
|e wooden cooling towers in the
s physical plant with more
fficient ancl durable ceramic cool-
ig units, a system official said
Wednesday.
Cliff Junek, assistant manager of
le A&M system facilities planning
ivision, said the 20-year-old
fooden towers have become less ef-
icient and more expensive to main-
iin because of structural deteriora-
ion.|The towers are located inside
be
iorth side ot campus
/mdpnd Asbury streets.
ve (the wooden towers)
eathed the end of their expected
feand need to be replaced,” Junek
aid.
At its Nov. 27 meeting, the Texas
t&M Board of Regents awarded a
3,6[million contract to replace the
iwers to the College Station firm of
Woods, Inc. Construction will
early next year and last for
|t 1W years, he said . The project
esigned by Bovay Engineers of
ton.
e wooden towers work by
ing water over wooden fill,
breaks up the water droplets,
Bthen circulating air from the
Hm of the tower to cool the wa-
iaid Ervin Linnstaedter, A&M
i tower project manager. The
r is cooled from 95 F to 85 F.
|e new units will have concrete
or structures and ceramic fill,
taedter said. The ceramic tow-
hich are expected to last at
0 years, will require less main-
tenance, be more ef ficient, eliminate
mist better and last longer, he said.
Because of the tower’s nighly-visible
location on campus, the University
also plans to improve their appear
ance with a brick exterior.
Most of the w'ater cooled by the
towers is used in “chillers,” separate
cooling systems, while the rest goes
to steam condensers, Linnstaedter
said. The “chillers” provide cold wa
ter for all campus buildings except
those on the west campus.
Because the units being replaced
produce about 33 percent of the to
tal w'ater capacity, they will be re
placed in two phases, Linnstaedter
said. Another 35-40 percent of the
water capacity is procluced by 10-to-
15-year-old wooden towers, which
also will be replaced eventually, he
added. The remaining percentage
comes from ceramic tow'ers that
have already been built.
Although the ceramic towers cost
more to build than their wooden
counterparts, Linnstaedter said,
their interior concrete structures
and ceramic fill deteriorate much
slower. They are expected to begin
saving money after 15 years of oper
ation.
The next major utility building
project planned is the expansion of
the west campus utility plant, said
Dan Whitt, assistant vice chancellor
for facility planning and construc
tion. The west campus system is now'
at capacity and must he expanded to
accommodate the planned construc
tion of the biochemistry and biophy
sics building. Junek added that the
project will double that system’s ca
pacity.
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iy ANDY RICHARDSON
Reporter
[Students currently living in Texas
B residence halfs may apply for
jtusing over the Christmas break if
ey intend to stay in town.
Ilnterim housing accomodations in
jthley Hall will be available from
|i. Dec. 20 until 10 a.m. Jan. 13.
lents must have a hall reserva-
Ifor the spring semester in addi-
jto current residence in a hall to
Eligible for the housing.
Tsley Stoup, assistant housing
services supervisor, said students will
be placed in vacant rooms if any are
available. If this is not possible,
Stoup said the Central Area Office
will notify people whose rooms will
be used so they may make arrange
ments to stow belongings in other
rooms.
“The rooms used will be selected
randomly,” she said. “Keathley was
chosen because it is a balcony dorm
with outside doors and makes secu
rity easier since outside doors don’t
have to be opened as in other types
of dorms and students wouldn’t
need an outside door key.”
The accomodations will be avail
able to both males and females, al
though no visitation by members of
the opposite sex will be permitted in
the rooms. Stoup said the males and
females will be placed, so they will
not be next to each other in the
suite-style hall.
Telephone service will be pro
vided for local calls only during the
Christmas break.
No resident advisers will be on
duty in Keathley during the interim
housing period.
Students can sign up for the hous
ing Dec. 12 - Dec. 18 between 8 a.m.
and 5 p.m. at the Housing Office.
The $120 fee for the Christmas
break housing is payable at this time.
Two students will be assigned to
each room, four to each suite, and
students may request a specific
roommate.
All other residence halls and
lounges will be closed for the holi
days. The University Police will pa
trol the area througnout the period.
Residence halls will open for the
spring semester at 10 a.m. Jan. 13.
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By JO BETH MURPHY
Reporter
ie importance of teachers being
[to change their teaching proc-
! for the betterment of their pro-
Ion was what Texas’ 1985 Tea-
of the Year relayed to a
Bing-room-only crowd Thurs-
nignt in 301 Rudder.
Jeliaiie Morgan, a 1978 second-
Ieducation graduate of Texas
pf, presented her award winning
Sews of the teaching profession and
I challenges and rewards it offers
aring a program sponsored by the
Jllege of Education.
I'Tlie topics she discussed were
pm her written philosophy of tea-
Meliane Morgan
the Year award. The philosophy also
helped her become one of the top
four finalist for the national Teacher
of the Year award.
The need for teachers to change is
part of that philosophy.
“We must not be victims of change
but agents of change,” Morgan said.
She said that many teachers resist
change in their teaching processes,
but that change is necessary because
of the harsh judgement by the public
of the teaching profession.
Morgan used comparisons with
the medical profession to show how
ching titled “Caring, Sharing, Da- judegement on teachers is made,
ring.” Her philosophy was one of the She said doctors can follow all the
reasons she won the state Teacher of correct procedures, have a patient
die and still be considered compe
tent. Teachers, though, are judged
by their end product — students —
and if the end product hasn’t im
proved, teachers arejudged harshly.
Morgan said that the profession
needs to strive for improvement.
“As teachers we have been guilty
of being only competent,” she said.
Teachers need to move from compe
tence to proficiency.
Morgan said that judgement of
teachers would improve with time
and effort, but a definite plan is
needed to bring about change.
“We must know where we’re
going, how to get there and when we
get there,” Morgan said.
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