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AGGIE SPACE DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY: will show the
videotape “America’s Future in Space” at 7 p.m. in 604-B
Sterling C. Evans Library.
ATARI USER GROUP: will present a demonstration of
word processors for the Atari ST and XL/XE computers at
7:30 p.m. in 102 Teague.
ECONOMICS SOCIETY: will elect officers at 7 p.m. in 125
Blocker.
MSC LITERARY ARTS: is now accepting submissions for
“Litmus.” Call 845-1515 for more information.
PARENTS WEEKEND COMMITTEE: applications for
nominating 1987-88 Parents of the Year are available in
the Commons, Sterling C. Evans Library, the Memorial
Student Center and the Pavilion.
Friday
'STUDY ABROAD OFFICE: will have an informational
meeting from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in 161 Bizzell West for stu
dents interested in studying in the United Kingdom.
PUERTO RICAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION: will have a
Christmas meeting at 7:30 p.m. in 404 Rudder.
fltems for What’s Up should be submitted to The Battalion,
216 Reed McDonald, no less than three working days
prior to desired publication date.
lements says budget
II have no new taxes
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J BvUSTIN (AP) — Gov.-elect Bill
■merits met with top government
^1 Bicials Wednesday, saying af-
prward he hopes to hold the line
lagainst new taxes next year.
■There are no new taxes in
volved,” Clements said after meeting
Iwith directors of the 14 largest state
| agencies.
■Clements and agency officials said
^ ones,m j they discussed setting priorities for
ther forafeaBiting the next budget, which pro-
■ gettingd: ; |jtoi<>ns indicate could face a short-
r [ rea( ) fi ; fall of as much as $5 billion.
® luMiHouse Speaker Gil) Lewis and Lt.
ieV ‘ j Gov. Bill Hobby also met with Clem-
3 n ) one f ents on Wednesday, and Lewis
this sun® fijjreed that Clements sounded a no-
you shell® new-taxes theme.
■ "I asked him about taxes . . . and
, , he said that he felt we can hold the
0 recent
line where we are, and he’s going to
be asking them (state agencies) to
hold the line,” Lewis said.
Clements said he has directed the
14 big agencies — which are respon
sible for more than half of state
spending — to draw up a list of prio
rities for their agencies based on the
amount of tax revenue expected for
the next fiscal period.
Clements said he plans regular
meetings with the agency officials
during his term, which begins with
his inauguration Jan. 20. But before
that, he said, he wants the agencies
to submit lists of their priorities.
Clements also said he discussed
the possibility of having the 1987
Legislature write a one-year budget
rather than the customary two-year
spending plan.
State and Local
Waiting time should be shorter
after health center expansions
More room in center should
bring about more efficiency
By John Coles
Reporter
If you haven’t noticed, the A.P.
Beutel Health Center is expanding
— expanding everywhere.
“We’ve just exploded every
thing,” says Pat Lackey, administra
tive assistant of the health center.
“The center was a very cramped
and ineffecient area. Now, the cen
ter is roomier, more private and has
a much more pleasant environment
to be in.”
The waiting area, along with
other areas of the center, is being
expanded, and the added room
should reduce
patients waiting
time, Lackey says.
The outpatient
treatment clinic,
which sees pa
tients from 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m., is also
being expanded,
he says.
“It’s bordering
on the classifica
tion of a small
emergency
room,” he says.
He says the treatment clinic will
be converted from an open treat
ment area to three defined areas:
• The first area will be for cuts,
blisters and other minor injuries.
• The second area, an injection
room, will be used orily for giving
allergy shots and other medication.
• The last area will be a minor
trauma room for serious injuries.
The orthopedic clinic, which
many students use instead of going
to a high-priced physician, will be
expanded as well, Lackey says.
“The expansion of this area was
greatly needed,” he says. “This area
has about 40 to 50 patients a day.”
“Now, the center is roo
mier, more private and
has a much more pleasant
environment to be in. ”
— Pat Lackey, administra
tive assistant of the A.P.
Beutel Health Center
The records department also will
be expanded, he says.
Now, patient records are kept in
three different rooms.
The expansion plans will com
bine all the records in one large
room, he says, which will make
finding a patient’s file easier and
getting the file to the doctor
quicker.
The new room should reduce the
time a patient must wait to see a
doctor.
Another badly needed expansion
was the facilities of the Texas A&M
Emergency Care
Team, Lackey
says.
“Now, the care
team facilities
have more than
doubled (in
size),” he says.
Previously, all
the care team’s
facilities were
crammed into
one room, in
which they slept.
did general office work and housed
dispatchers, Lackey says.
They now have separate areas
for each of those functions as well
as a large day room and shower fa
cilities, he says.
Carlos Falcon, president of the
care team says, “The expansion had
made us feel that we are greatly ap
preciated.
“When Dr. Goswick (health cen
ter director) and Mr. Lackey were
making plans for the expansion,
they asked us what we needed and
they planned optimum space for
us,” he says.
Robert Emmick, vice president
of the care team, says, “The expan
sion has given us a higher sense of
Reena Sinba views the expanded A.P. Beutel Health Center.
pride. We really take care of things
down here and it has enabled us to
conduct business more orderly.”
Another new feature added to
the health center is a hyperbaric
chamber, Lackey says.
It is an air compression chamber
similar to what a diver would use
for decompression, he says.
Lackey says the center will be us
ing it for patients with poor blood
flow.
At different atmospheric pres
sures, the blood flows better and
enables faster healing, he says.
And, Lackey says it is found to be
effective in orthopedic procedures.
The center also has created a
special area just to give physical ex
aminations, he says.
The center gets many people
coming in for physical exams which
are required by certain clubs and
sports, he says.
He says the health center expan
sions should be complete by June or
July 1987.
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