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2 "’ordsof out cred 1 literan 'iginal at an exisi. r k? Acta. >oks writ who diet Again,' "'ay: (die it’s not a Hes frou nd wila hot ween ght prid es, there, ig in the w 10,00(1 >nan sak e writinj about i k in hit 10 would ing ini ike, no* lints of this, the ■d praise : theme. There is donary le about did pil- ht from least be •. Wolfe rally ac- genius alreadt n, who ecdotes fe, they being jnanor ) point' to ask House uber or ? time. I e. Likf ?■ •es, lot' he o. hat . 1 id em ani The Battalion STATE & LOCAL Tuesday, March 21,1989 A&M takes survey to find out security concerns of students By Juliette Rizzo STAFF WRITER Inquiring minds in Student Affairs want to know the on-campus security concerns of A&M students, faculty and staff. To maintain a safe campus that meets with the expected safety standards of everyone who lives on or frequents campus daily, a survey is being taken to pinpoint areas of great concern that need to be further pursued or have yet to he ad dressed. Lesley Stoup, coordinator of special events housing, said the survey, which will run in The Battalion today and Wednesday, is designed to get feedback that will enable the University Po lice Department and Student Affairs to imple ment and develop in-depth safety programming to ensure a safer campus. “The survey will provide us with information that will help us find out the personal and prop erty safety concerns of those on campus,” Stoup said. Because a number of on-campus crimes go un reported, the survey is a means to find out what is going on, she said. Bob Wiatt, director of security and University Police, said students need to be aware that the campus is part of the real world and that in older for anything to be done about crime on campus, it needs to be reported to law enforcement and the administration. “We can address the issues at hand if we know what they are,” Wiatt said. In comparison to the past several years, crime in the areas of criminal mischief, burglary of buildings, misdemeanor theft and harassment has increased on campus, he said. A&M is a relatively safe campus, he said, but security consciousness is lacking here as well as on other campuses. “A&M is not a violence prone campus, but we are continuously getting ripped off by the fact that we do have victims of crimes who have re sponsibility for their misery,” Wiatt said. Their misery, he said, is caused by the fact that students do not take proper safety precautions and may not report the crimes. Because people may learn from other’s mis takes, Wiatt feels that the survey may make oth ers aware of what goes on so they can remedy sit uations before they happen. Surveys from The Battalion should be filled in and returned to the Commons front desk or the Off-Campus Center, or sent to Student Affairs via campus mail at Mail Stop 1257. The survey also will be distributed and col lected by Alpha Phi Omega members today and Wednesday in front of the Memorial Student Center, the Commons, Sterling C. Evans Library and Blocker Building. Construction update While students were away for spring break, campus construc tion crews kept up their frantic pace. Lubbock Street has now' been reopened from Coke Street to the intersection of Nagle Street. Lub bock still is closed at the intersec tion. This allows access to the pre viously closed parking area 22. Parts of parking area 60 were closed for construction of a chilled water line. The two north ernmost rows of lot 60 will be blocked. Those persons who nor mally park in those reserved spaces are asked to park else where in the lot. The off-campus shuttle bus stop on Throckmorton Street has been relocated to Coke Street be tween the Military Sciences Build ing and the new Psychology Building. Those random parking spaces previously located north of Joe Routt on Coke Street are located south of Joe Routt on Throck morton. Minister returns to Dallas; faces questions about financial status DALLAS (AP) — The sudden return of Walker Rai- ley to Dallas surprised the parents of his wife, his fa ther-in-law said. Railey was a prominent Dallas minister before a bru tal attack on Mrs. Railey in April 1987 that left her in what doctors call a persistent vegetative state. Railey fled the state before lie could be required to answer questions about the attack. He returned to Dallas Friday to celebrate the birth days of his young children, who were both born in March. On Saturday, a process server subpoenaed him for questioning before a Dallas attorney who rep resented Mrs. Railey’s parents in a civil suit accusing Railefy in the attack. Mrs. Railey’s parents, William and Billie Jo Nicolai, won a default judgment of nearly $18 million in the civil case last year. The Nicolai’s attorney, Bill Arnold of Dallas, subpoe naed Railey for questioning about his financial status on Tuesday. Railey told KDFW-TV Sunday that he would fly back to California, where he has stayed for most of the time since the attack, pick up his financial records and return to Dallas for the deposition. Railey’s attorney, Doug Mulder, phoned Arnold to ask for a delay in the deposition, the Dallas Morning News reported, but a spokesman from Arnold’s office said the deposition remained scheduled for Tuesday. “This is just part of the process,” Arnold said. “The judge found him liable for trying to kill his wife. This is just the next step in trying to find what assets he had. It will never make Peggy Railey whole, but it’s the only thing we have left to do.” Nicolai said he and his wife visit their daughter daily and take part in her care at a Tyler nursing home. Mrs. Railey underwent treatment at Baylor Institute for Re habilitation last summer and doctors described her con dition as a “persistent vegetative state” brought on when oxygen was cut off to her brain. “Everything is still the same,” Nicolai said of Mrs. Railey. “My wife goes there twice a day and I go there once. We’re working together part of the time.” Their care includes helping to exercise and clean Mrs. Railey. “She’s getting the attention she should,” he said. Nicolai, interviewed at his Tyler home by telephone, said he and his wife first heard of Railey’s return on television, but were called by Arnold. He would not say whether they were encouraged by the development. “We’ll hold off saying anything about that at this time,” Nicolai said. “We werejust surprised.” Railey was served the subpoena Saturday morning as he approached the home of a friend who has custody of his two children, Arnold said. A&M student shot in face while driving on Houston highway A Texas A&M student was shot in the jaw during spring break while driving his car in Houston, leaving him wounded but not critically injured. Ethan Wingate, a junior eco nomics major, was returning home from work last Tuesday at about 6:15 p.m. when he was shot by an individual driving in the lane next to him on Hempstead Road. “I was stunned,” he said. “I didn’t know what had happened — I just heard the shell go off.” Wingate said he glanced in his rearview mirror a split second be fore the shot. Wingate, who was in Houston doing research on a lawsuit for the law firm Vincent and Elkins, said he was too stunned at the time of the shooting to gather a description of the assailant. The attacker might have been someone involved in the lawsuit, Wingate said. After telephoning his sister from a convenience store to tell her he had been shot, Wingate drove for 45 minutes through rush hour traffic to her house and was taken to the doctor, he said. Doctors probably will not re move the bullet, which is lodged in his jaw. Traffic fatality increase first in state since 1984 AUSTIN (AP) — The state had an increase in traffic fatalities last year for the first time since 1984, the Texas Department of Public Safety reported Monday. The traffic death toll for 1988 was 3,395, an increase of 4.1 percent from the 3,261 deaths recorded in Texas in 1987, Col. Joe Milner, DPS director, said. Among the factors cited in traffic fatalities are alcohol or drug abuse, excessive speed and failure to use safety belts. “After several years of watching the number of deaths on our streets and highways steadily decline, we are certainly disappointed to see this increase,” Milner said. “This is a re minder that we cannot be compla cent about traffic safety.” Although the number of traffic deaths increased last year, the death rate stayed at the 1987 level of 2.2 deaths, the DPS said. It is the lowest mileage death rate — a calculation based on the number of deaths per 100 million miles traveled — in Texas history. “There are many factors involved in fatal traffic accidents and while we cannot point to absolute reasons for the increase we have seen in traffic deaths, we have some pretty good ideas,” Milner said. He said 40 percent of all traffic fa talities in 1988 were alcohol-or drug- related. The number killed in such accidents last year — 1,363 — in creased from 1987. 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