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Wednesday, September 14, 1988/The Battalion/Page 3 State and Local ’Roadwork not expected to hinder ? r A /traffic flow during game weekend vihi P By Fiona Soltes t'hn Bf Staff Writer Ov^Hlthoiigh road construction on campus is ex- li t ensive, it should not cause any major difficulties luring the upcoming Texas A&M-Alabama fanu weekend, Tom Williams, director of Park ing Transit and Traffic, said. do expect some congestion, but as most of ‘^lihe construction is on the north side of campus, itill ve don’t anticipate too many problems,” Wil- $a iamssaid. lY aj^Bouston Street, which runs along the west side ifShisa Dining Hall, is now open, but it may be , *>S<i intermittently throughout the semester, H^Kid. "We don’t have any control over what the highway department does, and since Houston runs to University Drive, it’s likely they’re not fin ished,” he said. Ireland Street, which runs along the west side of the Blocker Building, is still closed and will not open until the beginning of next year because of construction of the Northside Parking Garage. Ross Street, between Spence and Ireland streets, will be closed for another three months, Williams said. The southern portion of Spence Street has been closed because of residence hous ing construction. University parking officials also are working to relieve parking congestion. The temporary park ing lot behind the University Police Station is open to students with blue day student, brown random staff and red dormitory student parking permits, Major Linda Lively, head of parking ad ministration, said. “It had been designated dorm parking at the beginning of the semester,” Lively said. “It’s just not being used, so we’ve decided to open it up to others to relieve some of the crowding elsewhe re.” The lot will be open until the Southside Park ing Garage is complete, she said. Professor emeritus dead at age of 98 By Fiona Soltes Staff Writer A former Texas A&M depart ment head died Tuesday at Sher wood Nursing Home in Bryan. Dr. Samuel Rhea Gammon, 98, was head of the Department of History and Government from 1925 to 1954. “He was a real gentleman,” said Dr. J. Milton Nance, profes sor emeritus of history. Gammon came to A&M in 1925 as department head, a posi tion he held until his retirement in 1954. He was named a profes sor emeritus of history in 1956. Gammon is survived by a son, Dr. Samuel Rhea Gammon, Jr., and daughter-in-law, Mary, of Washington, D.C., where the younger Gammon serves as the executive director of the Ameri can Historical Association. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the First Pres byterian Church in Bryan. Inter ment will be in the Bryan City Cemetery. ERA project may help cut pollution By Tim Davis Reporter '^■he Gulf of Mexico Program, a new initiative created by the U.S. En- *yironmental Protection Agency, will hopefully help to curb the pollution of natural water resources in the United States. jBr. John M. Sweeten, extension Agricultural engineer for waste man agement, said the EPA is developing Sfu a program that will affect the states |/^Bhe Gulf, as well as states in the Midwest. tun B aporrection lit was reported incorrectly in Tuesday’s Battalion that the mo tion for increased faculty input in 11,1 Be Athletic Council’s action lem: Hmld be forwarded to Texas illi A&M President William H. Mob- _ a ,; ley, who would then consider for- Hrding it to the System policy makers. ■The article should have read that the motion will be discussed its in the Executive Committee, then or sent to a committee for further pu study. ■The Battalion regrets the er- “They plan to start at the Gulf and work their way upstream, and in the process bring awareness to the northern states of their effects on the Gulf,” Sweeten said. He added that two-thirds of the United States waterways drain into the Gulf. Sweeten said the main objective of the program lies in nonpoint source pollutants prevention, a part of land management practices that attempts to control pollutants from diffuse points through planning and man agement. Although Texas A&M is not di rectly involved in the program through the EPA, Sweeten said the University is always interested in working on new ways to work against water polution. “A&M will be available to the pro gram in an advisory, technical and technological transfer capacity and we will be attempting to bring con trol of nonpoint source pollutants to the forefront,” he said. Sweeten also commented on his concern for the Atlantic Ocean, and its pollution problems in relation to the Gulf situation. He said the Atlantic has been a dumping ground for waste and toxic chemicals, however, the Gulf of Mexico is not in as much trouble from these elements. “I don’t think the Gulf is that bad, not in terms of illegal dumping,” Sweeten said. He said a big part of the problem is soil erosion, simply because of the large land area involved. Large quantities of soil are washed down the rivers from northern states into the Gulf, he said. The majority of this soil is not from Texas, there fore it involves much more than just the states bordering the Gulf, he said. A number of states will be in volved in this project, he said, whereas before it was up to the indi vidual states. “Another product of this program will be a better understanding of soil moisture conservation,” Sweeten said As we control the soil erosion, we will also decrease soil moisture loss, he said. “If we controlled soil moisture better, it would act as a buffer in times of drought, as well as allowing the land to make better use of the rain it received,” he said. Roger Meacham, an EPA spokes man, said that EPA Region’s 4 (At lanta) and 6 (Dallas) have jointly es tablished the program’s office at the John C. Stennis Space Center, near Bay St. Louis, Miss. Study recommends changes in child protection agencies AUSTIN (AP) — A new study recommends 72 changes in the way the Texas child protection system operates, and a member of the De partment of Human Services board said Tuesday it offers a battle plan for combating child abuse and ne glect. “As private citizens and parents, we are not satisfied with a child pro tective services system in Texas that is merely average,” board member Rob Mosbacher said in releasing the study. “We must have a program for Texas that is second to none,” he said. “Today, we do not have that program. But for the first time ever, we have a plan to attain one.” The study, conducted by the American Association for Protecting Children, will be presented to the human services board on Thursday. It found a number of problems and offered recommendations that Mos bacher said could lead to a “truly ex ceptional” system for Texas if they are implemented. “What these experts found is that Texas, like most other states in the union, is struggling with the prob lem of child abuse and neglect,” Mosbacher said. No cost estimate has yet been pre pared, he said, although it may not be that expensive. “While resources is part of the problem, it is by no"means the whole problem ... But I don’t think the pri- cetag is going to be that substantial,” Mosbacher said. “A great deal of the help can come at the county level, and it can also come from private sector organizations.” Reported cases of child abuse soared 119 percent from 1976 to 1986, while the size of the state’s Child Protective Services staff grew just 6 percent. Among the recommendations, the study found a need to improve sup port for foster homes. “Despite the enormous need, the number of fos ter homes in Texas declined from 1984 to 1987,” Mosbacher said. The study also suggested im proved cooperation between law en forcement officials and the child protection workers. “Although CPS and law enforce ment agencies are required by law to notify each other of abuse and ne glect reports, a cooperative effort does not extend past that point,” Mosbacher said. The court system was the focus of other recommendations. Currently, the courts generally are involved only when state officials seek con servatorship or to remove a child from a family. And because the department can be represented in court only by local prosecutors or a member of the at torney general’s staff, whose exper tise may not be child abuse issues, Mosbacher said the effectiveness of their legal representation is some times in question. “If the working relationship among (the Human Services Depart ment), law enforcement, legal coun sel and the courts is poor, children become the innocent victims of the system,” he said. The study also said: • Caseloads for some workers are two or three times higher than rec ommended standards of 15 to 25 per worker. • An effective assault on child abuse “can only be waged with the combined forces of the community,” but that in Texas the Human Serv ices Department staff works in near isolation. “Those in the community who could be, and should be, our al lies too often end up as adversaries,” Mosbacher said. r ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ * * fthe lied" mail; ivetf' Help Elect George Bush TEXAS A&M BUSH/VICTORY ’88 COMMITTEE KICK-OFF MEETING With Special Guest Speaker Sen. John Tower Wednesday, Sept. 14 601 Rudder & m. * | t * * * * * 4c 4c M 4c 4« 4c 4c 4c 4c 4c 4c 4c 4c 4c 4c M 4c t 4c MACINTOSH - YOUR TICKET TO - SUCCESS As easy as 1,2,3! Step 1: (Optional) Interested in learning more about Macin tosh? Contact the Micro Computer Center at 845- 4081 for information about free introduction classes or visit the MCC on the first floor of the Memorial Student Center. 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