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Page 4/HThe Battalion/Wednesday, April 9, 1986, _ Police Beat The following incidents were reported to the Texas A^cM Uni versity Police Department thtongh Monday: .:: : - MISDEMEANOR THEFT: !?:. ♦ A television channel box was ..stolen From the Retard Hall tele vision room. ; :; f• ♦ Eight bicycles were stolen. * Three backpacks were sto len. cSi # Four wallets were stolen. FELONY THEFT:-. • A 1979 Chevrolet Camaro was stolen from Parking Annex walked «f> to her and mashed a cream pie into her Face. ITe man was somehow identified and con tacted by police. The man said someone named “Dave” paid him §5 to commit the act- No charges were tiled .by the woman. • • An A&M proFessor said that while he was walking near PA 52,. some people who wete riding by in a truck threw water balloons at him. <► A woman reported that ♦ A Chevrolet LT was stolen from PA hi. ♦ A Chevrolet Camaro was stolen From PA 5b. BURGLARY OF A BUTLD- 1NG: • .;v • ♦ Someone entered the gift shop at Olsen Field and stole about $L0OO in gifts.: : BURGLARY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE: • * The T-tops,: two pair oF pants, f our shim and a skirt were Stolen from a 1980 Chevrolet Camaro parked in PA 61. . ASSAULT: ♦ A woman::, reported that while she was teaching a class In the Physics Building, a man while she was walking on Throck morton Street, a man riding on a dirt bike pinched her t ear as he went by. CRIMINAL TRESPASS: • A staff member In the Bi ological Sciences Building West reported seeing several times a man walk into a second-floor la dies restroom. The staff member said the man stays In the room until a woman enters and then leaves the room without saying ^nytlnSrig* /i'P: BURGLARY OF A HABITA TION; ■ .: * About 140 was stolen from a room in Legett Hall. • • A camera was stolen From Law Hall. p • jV • About $85 was stolen From two rooms in Dorm 6. Students now must pick up aid cheeky By Mary Ann Fisher Reporter Texas A&M’s business office no longer will mail checks to students for any funds remaining in their fi nancial aid accounts after tuition and fees are paid next fall, says Taft Benson, director of student finan cial aid. He says students receiving finan cial aid next fall still will have funds placed in an account created in their name. Students can pick up their checks next fall in the Coke Building, he says. If students aren’t aware that they have additional funds or don’t pick up their checks, he says, they will be notified by mail. Checks must be picked up by the end of the semester they’re awarded for, he says, or the money will be forfeited. Forfeited money is placed back into an account, which is divided into two pools, he says. One pool is for students who are Texas residents and the other is for out-of-state and foreign students, he says. The funds then are reallocated to other students needing financial assistance, fie says. If time allows, the money is real- Checks must be picked up by the end of the semester they’re awarded for, or the money will he for feited. — Taft Benson, director of student financial aid. their eligibility because they failed to meet certain standards. A student must maintain a 2.0 grade-point ratio and be enrolled in at least 12 hours to qualify for cer tain federal and state funds based on need, such as the Texas Public Educational Grant, he says. This would prevent giving stu H dents who have withdrawn fronlQ l—jy the Univeristy financial aid. ' This would create a problemfoi|| students, particularly those livinj COI off campus who must pay secunnW deposits, he says. I If the student’s grades fall below a 2.0, he is put on probation for one semester and given the chance to bring his grades up, Benson says. He says he’s spoken with sevenll students who say they would noil* I able to attend school unless theii had their money bef ore classes be-1 gin. “ located the semester that it is for feited. This semester students received checks within a few weeks after classes started, he says, but the sys tem created problems for the busi ness office. The main problem was that stu dents who lost their eligiliblity for financial aid also were receiving checks because the computer had not processed the new information yet, Benson says. If the student fails to bring his grades up during that probationary semester, he is dropped from fi nancial aid the following semester. If students aren’t aware that they have additional funds or don’t pick up their checks, they will be notified by mail. — Taft Benson. Benson says that after a &|| j cussion, both offices decided it wisk, ra in the students’ best interest todisH 1 ‘| perse f unds as early as possible PI /'I'.iccpc twain K ^ usually a week before classes begin To help students better plan foil the coming academic school year,f Benson says the financial aidofftcel will mail award letters earlier tbit I year informing students howmitdil aid will be available to them. He says they were having prob lems getting the money back from students. He says the office is computeri; ing the process of matching dents’ needs to available funds. These students were billed later for the amount they were mistak enly given, he says. Benson says some students lost Benson says the business office wanted to wait until after the 12th class day, when students officially are enrolled in classes, to disperse any financial aid. Students who file for financiall aid within the deadline nextTuftl day can expect to receive award let lets by the end of June, he says. Group files suit to halt subsidized slaughter of dairy cows “We irises i WASHINGTON (AP) — The Na tional Cattlemen’s Association has filed suit in the U.S. District Court of Lubbock to halt the subsidized slaughter of nearly a million dairy cows, saying the influx of beef is se riously depressing cattle markets. The suit against the Agriculture Department means the “whole-herd buyout” program is now under fire on at least two fronts. A federal judge in Rochester, N.Y., has tempo rarily blocked the program because of complaints from the Humane So ciety about a requirement that cows destined for slaughter be branded on the face. A hearing has been scheduled for Monday on whether to make that in junction permanent. The cattlemen’s association said the department’s failure to spread out the slaughter of dairy herds evenly over the life of the 18-month program has resulted in a heavy oversupply and plummeting prices in both the live cattle and futures markets. Department officials put the pro gram into effect on April 1 in an ef fort to reduce the nation’s persistent dairy-surplus problem. It will spend $1.8 billion over the next 18 months to pay dairy farmers to slaughter their herds. Farmers themselves will pay about 38 percent of the subsidy cost through assessments on their milk production. While not commenting directly on the suit, Undersecretary for Com modity Programs Daniel Amstutz said cow sales were heavily loaded into the early part of the program because of dairy producers’ need for immediate cash. Amstutz said some of the distribu tion of herd liquidations was dic tated by bid levels and costs. The de partment would have had to pay more, he said, had bids been made later. He added that the department is doing its best to buy enough meat in the early period to offset the glut. Chuck Ball, a spokesman for the cattlemen’s association, said the beef cattle producers who sold animals during the past week lost about $25 Ralph & Joe’s Promise: THE FLYING TOMATO BROTHERS 1. Every Thursday Might Surprise! 2. Lower Beer Prices! You’ll remember • • • we almost didn’t survive 2 weeks ago’s Corona night. • • Corona Night was dancing in the streets. After break night was great. Wall to wall Aggies. We had a great time just getting acquainted. Last Thursday was another surprise. Again, a lot of Aggies showed up, even though our Corona wasn’t on special. The crowd was great. The pizza was hot. The beer was cold. We all had a terrific night!... and we were surprised! So • • • 1.Here’s the Thursday surprise! You surprised us. We want to keep on surprising you every Thursday night. We don’t know what it’s going to be, but if you show up you know it’s going to be something special. A real money saving feature every Thursday night. That’s a promise from Ralph & Joe! And ... 2.Here’s the beer surprise! Beer Prices Draft beer Glass 75 c Pitcher s 2. 5 ° Bud,Lowenbrau,Lowenbrau Dark, Coors Light, Miller, Miller Lite Premium Bottles Bottle 85* Bucket of 6 s 4. 75 Bud, Bud Light, Coors, Miller Draft, Miller Lite Super Premium Bottles Bottle s l. 00 Bucket of 6 s 5. 75 Michelob, Corona, Molson, Bartles & James wine coolers Maybe you didn’t notice that Flying Tomato has fantastically low beer prices. Flying Tomato is always a special place to go any time after 11am. A fun place to he No matter what the reason! A great place to relax. Have a cold one. Meet with friends after classes. Study. Maybe even play a game of checkers or backgammon. The pizza is fantastic. Deep pan or exotic stuffed by the slice or whole. What ever the reason -Flying Tomato is a special place to be. Dine-in, Drive-up Open at 11am daily Featuring Deep Pan Pizza or Exotic Stuffed Pizza, whole or by the Slice. 'MZZ&’S VW 303 W. UNIVERSITY • 846-1616 TM The Flying Tomato Brothers, & The Flying Tomato are registered trademarks © 1986 Flying Tomato Inc. >n because of price drops avet $2 to S3 pei hundred| 1 pound: “Unless the buyout is haltedani precisely scheduled marketings ait ordered, losses will mount evnl higher in the coining weeks,”theol ganization said in a statement. Ball said the buyout “has totall disrupted normal cattle marketing/ . It’s just falling apart on us.” CHIMNEY HILL BOWLING CENTER T 40 LANES League & Open Bowling Family Entertainment Bar & Snack Bar ; Gung Ho (PG-13) nightly | 7:30 9:45 nfll ocur>grae)| Hannah and her sisters (PG-13) nightly 7:40 9:50 Lucas (PG-13) nightly 7:20 9:20 Last week ends Thurs. een Cinema III Skaggs Center 846-6714 ing. Grisw The Money Pit (PG) nightly 7:20 9:20 [ y || pour* btb»1 Care Bears Movie II (G) 1:00 7:00 Brazil (R) nightly 9:00 Last week i Thurs. SCHULMAN THEATRES 2.50 ADMISSION 1. Any show before 3PM 2. Tuesday - All Seats 3. 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