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State and Local
Alpha Gamma Rho buys ‘frat row’ site
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By Olivier Uyttebrouck
Staff Writer
The Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity
iccaine the first at Texas A&M to
onunit itself to a ‘fraternity row’
ite] buying two acres of land adja-
ent to Southwood Valley, immedi-
itely east of Wellborn Road.
^■he fraternity purchased the lot
une 5 from Area Progress Corp., a
and development company owned
)y W illiam Fitch who has developed
mndreds of acres in south College
itation, including the Southwood
/alley residential area.
A 30-bedroom house has already
)een designed and nlay be com-
ileted as early as December of this
/eai. said Richard Williams, Alpha
[lamina Rho vice president. He said
he fraternity’s national organization
las guaranteed the $650,000, 30-
eat mortgage on the house.
Pat Victory, co-adviser for Alpha
II [lamina Rho, cited other developers’
toning difficulties as one of the rea-
;ons the fraternity decided to go
vith the Wellborn Road property,
^■he Area Progress development
:overs approximately 20 acres with
oom for eight lots. Fitch has also
agreed to provide a commons area
that the fraternities can develop into
a recreation facility.
Victory says his fraternity hopes
that other fraternities will follow
their lead and buv lots near theirs.
which runs $400,000 to $500,000.
Jones and his father Edsel, who
have developed land southeast of
A&M between Wellborn Road and
F.M. 2818, have been planning a fra
ternity row between Luther St. and
“I 'll go out on a limb and say that there will not be a fra
ternity row unless somebody puts up the product for
them. ”
— Real estate developer Don Jones.
CuMfip-
Phil Ljungdahl, financial control
ler for Area Progress, says he has
spoken with the Sigma Chi fraternity
and expects them to make a final de
cision this week on a 2.5 acre lot.
The Battalion was unable to con
tact Sigma Chi officials to comment
on their decision.
But there are other local devel
opers that are still attempting to de
velop their own fraternity row.
One local land developer, Don
Jones, is skeptical that other frater
nities would be able to afford the 20
percent down payment neccessary to
build a fraternity house, the cost of
Walden Pond apartments for 18
months.
The Jones’ approach is different
from that of other fraternity row
plans. They are negotiating with de
velopers in Austin and San Antonio
to build the houses and then lease
them to the fraternities.
Don Jones says few fraternities
will be able to pursuade their na
tional organizations to bankroll the
large down payment neccessary for
purchasing a lot and building a
house. Often the down payment
alone can run as high as $ 100,000.
“I’ll go out on a limb and say that
there will not be a fraternity row un
less somebody puts up the product
for them,” he says. “Fraternities
don’t have financing power but what
they do have is leasing power.”
He estimates that the total cost of
the project would amount to roughly
$7 million.
He adds that lenders have been
hesitant to make real estate loans
since the real estate market went bad
in 1983. State and federal govern
ment examining commissions have
in fact placed a moratorium on
many- lending institutions prevent
ing them from making real estate
loans, he says.
Rezoning approval has proven to
be an obstacle for rival developers
L.G. Crum and William Scasta, who
would like to turn a 10 acre lot im
mediately east of Texas Ave. be
tween Holleman Drive and South
west Parkway into a fraternity row.
At an April 17 Planning and Zon
ing Commission hearing, the rezon
ing was opposed by a group of area
residents who feared that the zoning
change might open the way for
apartment constuction on the prop
erty, City Manager A1 Mayo says.
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B-CS to see Olympic
flame’s trip to Houston
By Mary Frances Scott
Staff Writer
The Olympic flame will blaze
through Bryan and College Station
July 17 on its way to the opening cer
emonies of the U. S. Olympic Festi
val in Houston.
After the lighting ceremony June
21 at the permanent Olympic flame
atop Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs,
Colo., the torch will begin its 4,600
mile trek through 250 cities before
reaching Houston.
The flame will make a four-hour
trip through Bryan-College Station
and the Texas A&M University cam
pus before completing its month
long relay across Colorado, New
Mexico and Texas.
Jack Kelly, executive director of
the festival, was in College Station
Wednesday for a press conference at
the Chamber of Commerce. Kelly
said he is hoping for that “Cotton
Bowl spirit” among both the runners
and spectators involved in the local
part of the relay.
Eighty-six runners will relay the
torch from the Southwood Athletic
Field in College Station, through the
Texas A&M campus and back to
Highway 6 in north Bryan. Two-
runner teams will carry the 6-pound
torch for each half-mile leg through
the area.
Along the way, there will be a cer
emony at the Bryan-College Station
Chamber of Commerce where the
torch will be presented to both local
mayors.
The torch will be carried not only
by runners, but also by canoeists, bi
cyclists, swimmers and horseback
riders.
Once the torch arrives in Houston
on July 25, it will be used for the of
ficial lighting of the U. S. Olympic
Festival flame, signaling the begin
ning of the ten-day competition
which will include 34 sporting
events.
The Olympic Festival is a show
case of the nation’s best amateur ath
letes and is held during non-Olym
pic years to promote Olympic talent.
Past performers at the festival in
clude Mary Lou Retton, Carl Lewis
and A1 Oerter.
Tickets for the various events
range from $4-$12 and can be
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‘Cyanide theft wouldn’t be hard’
AUSTIN (AP) — With authorities
now saying the cyanide death of a
former University of Texas student
likely was suicide, a newspaper re
ported Thursday that students and
teachers say stealing the lethal poi
son from a UT lab wouldn’t be hard.
Federal officials announced
Wednesday that the cyanide which
killed former chemistry student
Kenneth Wayne Faries, 24, matched
a sample from UT chemistry labs.
Travis County Medical Examiner
Robert Bayardo, who originally
ruled Faries’ death last month a
homicide, said he only was waiting
for the paperwork before changing
that ruling to suicide.
Cyanide was found in an Anacin-3
capsule in Faries’ apartment, and the
incident prompted the capsules to be
removed from store shelves in Aus
tin. But tests on other capsules
found no poison.
Bayardo said Faries planned the
suicide carefully, making it appear
to be a homocide.
The Daily Texan reported that
faculty and students say someone
who wanted to steal something from
a chemical lab at UT would just need
knowledge of the chemical store
room and its operations.
Chemistry professor Daniel Zieg
ler said students have free access to
the chemicals during class.
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