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iday, January 22,1988/The Battalion/Page 3 State and Local Jniversity officials consider plans Td build another parking garage HBy Richard Williams Staff Writer ^Hew dorm complex being built thl Texas A&M campus has some cM officials talking unofficially Dut building a second parking ga- re pn campus. Bob Wiatt, A&M’s director of’ se- rity and University Police, said a :oncl parking garage, which could ^Haied close to an already ap- ove<! new dorm complex in the mmons area, is in “the basic dis- ssiln stage.” Wesley E. Peel, vice chancellor for ;iliies planning and construction, d he has heard talk about a second rking garage at A&M, but he said, lothing official is being done at is time.” Wiatt said Robert Smith, vice esic ent for fiscal affairs and oper- ons, unofficially is looking at ndi ig for the project. “There is a realization that you’re putting 900 students in that area and they’re taking 300 spaces away. ” — Boh Wiatt, director of security and University police Smith could not be reached di rectly for comment. He did, how ever, relay a message to The Battal ion Thursday through a secretary in his office, stating that “there are no official plans underway for a second parking garage.” “They’re looking at trying to get funding for perhaps a 1,000-car parking garage in that area,” Wiatt said. He added that all work being done on the new parking garage is “simply unofficial.” The Board of Regents must ap prove a building project before offi cial work can begin, Wiatt said. Funding for a second garage probably would not come from its usual source, the University Police Department, Wiatt said. “We have to determine how we can get the funding, because up to this point it’s been the UPD (Univer sity Police Department) that has had to fund all revenue for everything — including the purchasing of the in tracampus shuttle buses, the grounds maintainance people who maintain and work on the lots, and pay for the parking garage,” Wiatt said. “Mv funding is goine to be Newspaper demands halt of facsimiles [ft JUSTIN (AP) — The Austin m< i ican-Statesnian has de- Bided that a mayoral candidate stop using mailings that look like the lewspaper. ^Hef f Friedman invited 6,000 to ' one 7,000 people to the opening of §|B^H campaign headquarters this welk with a facsimile of a newspa- per Published on newsprint, the ttif' toJ half of the front page read, lc jin “Austin All-American States man." ^■riedman said no one mistook tha invitation for the newspaper and that it was perceived as a par ody of the paper. ^Blewspaper attorney Jim George wrote Friedman demand- inl that he assure the Atnerican- Staiesman in writing that no addi tional facsimiles will be printed. Hospital officials say health center director in stable condition By Mark Gee Staff Writer University Health Center Director Claude B. Goswick Jr., who was ad mitted to St. Joseph Hospital and Health Center Wednesday because of a dizzy spell, is in stable condition and resting comfortably in the coro nary care unit, hospital spokesman Edith Hill said. Goswick told his son, Ben Gos wick, that he is ready to go home but he has to stay for more tests. “It’s like they’ve got him in a dentist’s chair,” Ben Goswick said. “Now that they’ve got him, he’s just going to have to grin and bear it.” Goswick is undergoing a cardiac catheterization test today to deter mine what heart damage, if any, he sustained in the episode. Goswick re ceived a favorable report from his cardiologist, Dr. Gordon Mitchell, Ben Goswick said. Goswick, who had a heart attack 10 years ago, had the dizzy spell about 3 p.m. Wednesday, said Mary Scott, assistant nursing coordinator at the health center. She said Gos wick became dizzy after a busy morning. When he didn’t improve, Dr. Margaret Shelton administered aid. The A&M Emergency Care Team took him to the hospital. While Goswick recuperates, Dr. John M. Moore, a health center phy sician, will serve as director. be Ki us ini as tlK$ OPEN PARTY: PI KAPP UNDERCOVER lllg 116 reniii !:i | FRI. JAN 22, 1988 uaiii' ion .. umlt 8:08P.M. PI KAPPA PHI SPRING RUSH ’88 (TAMU CAMPUS) UNIVERSITY STOP LIGHT { OLD COLLEGE WATSON LN. CARNEY'S PUB PI KAPP HOUSE urnafe ilion. Join PI KAPPA PHI and become an ASSOCIATE MEMBER and NOT just A PLEDGE. PI KAPPA PHI is a non hazing Greek Fraternity. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: Doug Doughty (Rush Chairman) 822-4712 OR (THE PI KAPP HOUSE) IA Z IT A L L rather severely depleted, so Mr. Smith is looking at some alternate forms of funding.” The proposed dorm complex will remove around 300 spaces from the Commons area. There are currently no formal plans to replace those spaces or build new spaces for new residents, Wiatt said. If the second parking garage is built, Wiatt said he foresees it being for students only. Wiatt said the combination of los ing 300 spaces and the future addi tion of new dorm residents has in creased the pressure to find parking spaces for students at A&M. At the November meeting of the Board of Regents, the regents didn’t address the problems the new dorm complex would cause in regards to the parking situation, Wiatt said. “Nothing was said at that time about parking and that’s where I be came very upset,” he said. Wiatt said he doesn’t yet know what the students parking in the 300 lost spaces will do, and he said that bothers him. “That would be my concern,” Wiatt said. “There is a realization that you’re putting 900 students in that area and they’re taking 300 spaces away. Assume that maybe out of 900 you could have 600 (or) 700 with cars . . . there is a deficit of 1,000 right there.” A&M has suffered through a loss of parking spaces over the years, and Wiatt said this has caused him to look for alternatives. “It’s just a constant erosion of parking space because those are the available spaces to put buildings on,” Wiatt said. “But then eventually there is a crunch on what are you going to do with all the people who used to park in those lots.” Wiatt said the situation on campus calls for something to be done be fore the dormitory complex is built. But he said there are some open spaces that just won’t be used for parking. “We don’t have any plans for, say, putting parking lots in front of the system building or on the golf course. That’ll never be done.” WHOLE BRAIN RE-EDUCATION Read with greater comprehension. Think more clearly ... increase mem ory. Overcome dyslexia and other learning dysfunctions ... Minimize stress ... build self-esteem. 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