Page 4/HThe Battalion/Wednesday, April 9, 1986,
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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
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/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. Mon-Wed Local students
with current ID’s
•DENOTES DOLBY STEREO
PLAZA 3
226 Southwest Pky
693-ilSl
‘PRETTY IN PINK PG-13 m
‘THE COLOR PURPLE PG-13
‘OUT OF AFRICA PG
MANOR EASTS
Manor
East Mall
•DOWN AND OUT IN
BEVERLY HILLS R
7:25!:!!
WILDCATS R
7:30 !:il
'SLEEPING
BEAUTY G
7:15 Ml
SCHULMAN6
u
2002 E. 29th
775-2I5!
POLICE
ACADEMY 3 PG
7:20!:!)
P.O.W.
THE ESCAPE R
7:30!:!!
'CROSSROADSR
7:25!:(!
MURPHY’S ROMANCE R
‘BACK TO THE FUTURE PGg
‘APRIL FOOL’S DAY R
7:35!:!!
Call
Battalion Classified
845-2611
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