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The Battalion
Wednesday, January 25,1989
Increase of theft at A&M po
attributed to carelessness^
By Alan Sembera
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Clements says
board member
will resign
AUSTIN (AP) — Gov. Bill Clem
ents predicted Tuesday that one
State Board of Insurance member
would resign over recent allegations
of mismanagement, but the gover
nor said it would not be Edwin Smith
Jr., his friend and board chairman.
“I don’t expect him to resign,”
Clements said. “There are a lot of
problems over there, but I’d say
about 99 percent of those problems
are not any of his doing.”
Smith, who was appointed by
Clements, took office about 15
months ago.
Sen. John Montford, D-Lubbock,
has called for the resignations of
Smith and board members David
Thornberry and James Nelson after
an investigation of the agency, which
regulates the insurance industry in
Texas.
Montford’s report, based on an in
vestigation by former FBI agent Eu
gene Gee, said “dangerous misman
agement” of the agency created “an
open invitation to those intent on
committing fraud to come to Texas
and prey on unknowing insurance
purchasers and policyholders.”
Clements said he did not plan to
ask for Insurance Board resigna
tions, but he predicted they would
occur.
“One (member), perhaps, might
resign, under the circumstances,”
the governor said, but he refused to
name the member. He only said it
would not be Smith.
“Certainly there are some prob
lems over there,” Clements said. “I
want to emphasize that these prob
lems didn’t happen yesterday.”
“They’ve been festering for a long
time.
“Let’s not rush into condemning
an individual who’s only been there
for a short while,” Clements said.
Minor
(Continued from page 3)
Property crime is on the rise at
Texas A&M.
Last semester, $186,995 worth of
property was reported stolen to the
University Police Department — a
65 percent increase compared to the
same semester the preceding year.
However, violent crime decreased
from 21 incidents in Fall 1987 to 11
incidents last semester.
This increase in property crime
comes at a time when A&M already
has one of the highest theft rates of
all universities in the state, Bob
Wiatt, director of campus security
and University Police, said.
Wiatt attributes A&M’s high theft
rate to carelessness of the victims.
“They leave their property unse
cured or unattended and then come
back to the great shock of ‘Where
did it go?’ ” he said. “That is some
thing that is so frustrating because it
need not occur.”
Wiatt said his department is con
centrating a tremendous amount of
effort to educate students, faculty
and staff about the danger of theft.
“If people took the common-sense
precaution of taking care of their
property,” Wiatt said, “we would di
minish considerably the criminal of
fenses that are reported.”
The category of property crime
with the biggest increase was bur
glary of buildings. Forty-five inci
dents were reported in Fall 1988,
compared to 34 in Fall 1987 — a 32
percent increase.
Wiatt said many of the burglaries
occur because University employees
don’t lock their doors and leave valu
able equipment unsecured.
The property crime with the high
est incidence — misdemeanor theft
— increased 13 percent in fre
quency, from 235 incidents to 266
incidents. Misdemeanor theft is any
theft of property valued at less than
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items on campus are bicycles and
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The only type of property crime
that decreased in frequency was ve
hicle burglary, which went down
from 54 incidents to 37 incidents —
a 31 percent decrease.
Most of the thefts that occur on
campus are not committed by pro
fessional thieves, Wiatt said, but hap
pen because someone sees an easy
opportunity to steal something.
However, he said, many people
come onto campus from the sur
rounding communities and counties
with the intention of stealing
cause of the ample opportunities.
Wiatt said the campus policetrvtt
prevent crime by using plainclotiie
officers to blend in with stud®
and by posting officers on top of
buildings for surveillance.
One of the problems his depart
ment is facing now, he said, is;
shortage of patrol officers.
The University Police Depart
ment usually has 48 certified polir
officers, consisting of 30 patrol ofli
cers and 18 detectives and super;:
sors. But 10 patrol officers were re
cently lost to higher payingjobs.
! Sen
as declaring a major, Parrish said,
because the minor is supposed to
supplement the major field of study.
“Because the first two years in a
liberal arts major are core curric
ulum courses, most students don’t
have to declare a minor until the be
ginning of their junior year,” he
said.
“That may sound late, but most
students in liberal arts can choose
them and lose no time at all.”
Although the College of Liberal
Arts is the only college at Texas
A&M that requires minors across all
fields of study, Parrish said he hopes
students will see the opportunities
and benefits they offer.
“We would hope students see mi
nors as an opportunity rather than a
requirement that they begrudge,” he
said.
What’s Up
Wednesday
HUMAN FACTORS SOCIETY: will have an organizational meeting to discuss
upcoming events at 7 p.m. in 342 Zachry.
SOVEREIGN GRACE FELLOWSHIP: will have a worship service at 7:30 p.m.
at All Faiths Chapel.
NAVIGATORS: will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Lounge B on the Quad.
CATHOLIC STUDENT ASSOCIATION/NEWMAN: will meet at 7:30 p.m. at St
Mafy's Student Center.
RETAILING SOCIETY: will meet at 7 p.m. in 150 Blocker.
TAMU GERMAN CLUB: will meet at 5:30 p.m. at the Flying Tomato.
STUDENTS AGAINST APARTHEID: will meet at 7 p.m. in 507 AB Rudder.
CATHOLICS ON THE QUAD: will meet at 9 p.m. in Lounge B on the Quad.
POLITICAL FORUM: will have a general committee meeting at 7 p.m. in 212
MSC.
AGGIE PARTNERS FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS: will meet at 7 p.m. in 164
Read.
AGGIE SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 604 AB Rudder.
CAP AND GOWN SENIOR HONOR SOCIETY: will have an informational meet
ing at 8:30 p.m. in 410 Rudder. v
MEXICAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 510 Rudder.
NABA: will meet at 7 p.m. in 503 Blocker.
AGGIES ABROAD CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 604 AB Rudder.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ASSOCIATION: will meet with talent show and
dress parade committees at 7 p.m. in 704 Rudder. There also will be a planning
meeting at noon in the cashiers room of the MSC.
TAMU SAILING CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 225 MSC.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at noon at the Center for Drug Preven
tion and Education.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at 8:30 p.m. at the Center for Drug Pre
vention and Education.
TAMU CYCLING TEAM: will meet at 7 p.m. in 607 Rudder.
BLACK AWARENESS COMMITTEE: will have an executive officers meeting al
5 p.m. in 146 MSC.
STUDENT ACTIVITIES: Applications for 1989 Leadership America! are due in
208 Pavilion.
PARENTS WEEKEND COMMITTEE: Parents of the year applications are avail
able in the Guardroom, Pavilion, Evans Library, and the Student Programs Of
fice and are due Feb. 10.
BUCK WEIRUS SPIRIT AWARD: applications are available in the MSC, Stu
dent Affairs offices and the vice president of student services office through Feb.
1
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Thursday
FACULTY FORUM: Dr. Lanier Burns will present “Can Christianity Be Unique in
a Global Society?” at 12:30 p.m. in 226 MSC.
JUNGIAN SOCIETY/DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY: will show the film
“Matter of Heart” at 8 p.m. in 105 Harrington.
ALPHA KAPPA PSI: will have a rush mixer at 8 p.m. in the Timber Creek party
room.
DATA PROCESSING MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: Mobil Oil will present
information on careers in data processing at 7 p.m. at the University Inn pent
house suite.
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS: will meet at 7 p.m. in 203
Zachry.
STUDENTS WITH ALTERNATIVE PHILOSOPHIES: will discuss mediocrity
and materialism at 8:30 p.m. in 404 Rudder.
PI SIGMA EPSILON: will have a rush party at 7 p.m. in the press box.
MSC WILEY LECTURE SERIES: will have an information session on the spring
membership drive at 7 p.m. in 404 Rudder.
PHI BETA LAMBDA: will have a happy hour from 5-8 p.m. at the Hilton Sun
dance Club.
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FORUM: will meet at 7 p.m. in 026 MSC.
TAMU BICYCLING CLUB: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 305 Rudder.
HISPANIC BUSINESS STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet at 7 p.m. in 125
Blocker.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will meet. Call the Center for Drug Prevention
and Education at 845-0280 for details on today’s meeting,
ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS: will meet at 6 p.m. Call the Center for
Drug Prevention and Education at 845-0280 for details.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at 8:30 p.m. Call the Center for Drug
Prevention and Education at 845-0280 for details.
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