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Mahany 846-9036/8891 A&M traffic panel offers opportunity to appeal tickets By Deborah West Reporter Nine people presented cases to one of the Texas A&M Traffic Ap peals Panels on Tuesday. Each panel is an objective body of students, faculty and staff. The three panels are divorced totally from the campus police department, Interim Vice President for Opera tions Jim Ferguson said. Student Buster Desselles, said, “The panel treated me and my case very professionally. They were very courteous, fair and friendly.” A Hurry in, registration has already begun ! $16/student $ 18/nonstudent Low - Impact exercise B M/W, 5-6pm Oct 19, 21,26, 28, Nov 2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18, 23 D M/W, 6-7pm Oct 19, 21, 26, 28, Nov 2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18, 23 Intermediate Aerobic Exercise F T/Th, 6-7pm Oct 20, 22, 27, 29, Nov 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24 Beginning Aerobic Exercise H M/W, 7-8pm Oct 19, 21,26, 28, Nov 2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18, 23 J T/Th, 5-6pm Oct 20, 22, 27, 29, Nov 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24 K T/Th, 7-8pm Oct 20, 22, 27, 29, Nov3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24 845-1631 “The appeals process works very well,” Ferguson said. “The ticket is either successfully appealed and the $10 fine is dropped, or the appeal is denied.” Charles Aris, a senior on the panel, said, “We work well together. We don’t disagree too much because most cases are cut-and-dry.” After receiving a ticket, a person has ten days to file for an appeal at the campus police department. Ferguson said, “We have the pan els meet on different days each week to give the students an opportunity to pick a time that best fits their schedule.” The panel will have a full docket for the next three weeks because of backlogged cases from summer and fall, Ferguson said. Every appeal is unique. People ap peal every type of traffic ticket, Fer guson said. “Some people are calm and cool when they present their case, and others are not," he said. “All of the people are different,” Ferguson said. Aris said, “Every once in a w'hile, there is a case that is really ridicu lous. It really keeps you laughing.” One graduate student appealed a ticket because he felt the 30 minute parking limit at the MSC was unfair. “He needed 40 minutes to eat a proper and nutritional breakfast,” Aris said. “We don’t accomplish everything we want to,” Aris said. “I don’t feel the panel’s recommendations are taken seriously, even though most of the people on the panel know more about the parking situation than the police do.” During each 10-minute case, the panel asks for the facts, discusses and clarifies the issues and renders a decision. The chairman votes when there is a tie, Aris said. Chairman Gene Voelkel said, “The panel will dismiss a ticket if it was given under certain extinuating and mitigating circumstances.” “People come in time after time with the same problems, and we give the same recommendations, but things are rarely corrected.” Last year, the panel felt the big spaces used for recreational vehicles during football games should be divided into two places for weekday parking. “The police arbitrarily ticket one of the two cars parked in an RV space,” Aris said. “I don’t know how they can tell who parked there first, and who to ticket,” Aris said. ectui The Jui Brazos Vail at 8 p.m. i Frank McN modern tr psycholog Rosen, of t ment. McMillai as endow* |al Psychol Ihair is the Valid: Noon Wednesday By L Sunset Today: 7:20 p.m. Sunrise Thursday: 7:09 a.m. Map Discussion:The primary feature today through Thursdayttii the low pressure system over Iowa and the trough of low pressurt extending southwestward to Del Rio, which will produce heavyna and thunderstorms locally. Some will reach severe limits. Asthetm; edges eastward, our chance of rain will increase for today. Forecast: Today. Overcast skies will prevail through the morning while th« afternoon will be mostly cloudy, warm and humid with a high temperature of 93 degrees and southerly winds of 8 to 14 mph.A! percent chance of rain. rain. Light winds from the 74 degrees. outh. Low tern pc ith a 20 percent ch rature Thursdavr Thursday: Mostly cloudy and thus slightly cooler with a high temperature of 92 degrees, south-south-westerly winds of 10 to 16 mph, and a continuing 30 percent chance of rain. Weather Fact: An “area of high pressure” refers to a maximumo! ' atmospheric pressure (in two dimensions) relative to surrounding pressures. Wind will always flow clockwise around a “high” intht northern hemisphere. Prepared by: Charlieik Staff Meteors A&M Department of Meteori OfficioI: New low to improve stotus of notom I Intereste Thursday i »ry of the States Cons wide tribute celebrate th U S. history I The nati Bie bicente States Con Texas A&IV American ai to participj America — Hie Constitu 1 A&M’s p' society, Pi S ganized A& Hiid Dr. Bor viser. I Exa York nal Inform; ringing trib Hm Tower i 3 p.m., the t the Constit ringing simi nhtion for said. ■ FIS is res ing the towe tem to play i pealing the 1 a Two hun By Clark Miller Staff Writer A Texas law that went into effect Sept. 1 will try to improve the status of the state’s notaries public, a state official said Monday. Hugh Lea, general council for the Texas No tary Public Association, said the new law will re quire Texas notaries to keep complete and accu rate records of all customers. Notaries public authenticate legal transactions and documents, including birth certificates, transfers of car titles and real estate deals. Texas lawmakers were forced to regulate the notaries public because of the growing number of civil suits filed against them, Lea said. Eugenia Godfrey, a College Station notary public, said most lawsuits occur when people commit fraud — they claim to be another person and sign documents using that false identity. Godfrey, who has been a notary public for more than 30 years, said notaries public need to check for proper identification cards that have names and signatures on them to ensure the right person signs a document. Lea agreed, saying civil suits occur when these precautions aren’t followed, which is why the new law forces notaries public to get the name and signature of their clients in their records. Getting the signatures may protect notaries if they are sued, Lea said. Earl Farmer, a notary in Pasadena, said he be lieves the law is needed. Because of the loose regulations, Farmer said, some notaries public don’t keep adequate re cords. If it is enforced, the new law will change this problem, he said. Lea said he doesn’t think enforcemenu, problem because the threat of lawsuit!* force the notaries public to keep betttrtt He added that there may be spot checkis notaries public if the TNPA thinks these isn’t l>eing followed. Lea said it’s important to penalize thox ignoring the law, and it’s important toprffl taries public f rom lawsuits. “The law will bring about dramaticck Lea said. Lea said the TNPA is holding classestif: out the state to inform notaries public ate new law. Lea said anyone thinking of beccr notary public also should attend theseraer: The TNPA will hold classes at theCoDd tion Hilton Hotel and Conference Ctc Bryan on Tuesday at 9 a.m. and 1:30p.rc Cran Hglen ro blown over b building at at day, killing tw T**A 54-year- Methodist-Gl< A 46-year- nal injuries si Nuclear Plani Aut horitie: WeVe givenour brains to science. The TI-60 functions include hexadecimal/octal conversions, integration using Simpsons rule, statistics (including linear regres sion), trend line analysis and metric to English conversions. You can program 84 steps. The TJ-65 has all the Tl-60 functions, plus a stopwatch/timer for lab work, eight physical constants for use in thermodynamics and physics as well as Decision Programming capabilities. You can program 100 steps. TI advanced scientifics have all the right engineering and science functions to help you function better in school. 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