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SC expansion will start in spring
arking garage, larger student center, new trees all part of plan
y Melissa Naumann
Of The Battalion Staff
Construction of the University
I enter expansion should begin
next spring, as planned, despite
a 1 the “uproar and misinforma-
tion” over moving and losing
some trees, Steve Hodge, man
ager of the University Center,
id.
The most recent version of the
expansion, which should take
o-and-a-half years to complete,
insists of three parts:
• The MSC will be expanded
3,000 sq. ft. between what is now
e MSC and Rudder Tower.
• The north end of the Rud
er Theater Complex will be en-
rged 30,700 sq. ft.
• Two two-story buildings to
iling 111,000 sq. ft. and a park-
ig garage will be built in Lot 60
[cross from Rudder Tower).
This summer, some were con-
ie roi cerned that green space and trees
ould be sacrificed for the ex-
ansion, but Hodge said trees are
i carfloth an asset and an architectural
ol and would not be ignored.
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He said the expansion will in
clude planting trees around Rud
der Fountain, an area that does
not have trees now.
Lane Stephenson, director of
the Office of Public Information,
said the expansion is necessary
for the large student body.
“The MSC was built for a stu
dent body of less than half of
what it’s serving today,” Stephen
son said. “When you balance trees
out against the needs of the stu
dents, the administration has
come down on the side of the stu
dents.”
Much of the summer contro
versy centered on a tree called
Rudder Oak. The tree in ques
tion, however, was not the official
Rudder Oak, Stephenson said. In
a fact sheet outlining the expan
sion, Stephenson said the actual
Rudder Oak is on University
President William Mobley’s lawn.
Hodge said the tree near the
MSC could be thought of as Rud
der Oak because people have
called it that.
“It is what people call it,”
Hodge said. “It is not necessarily
the Rudder Oak but it has been
called the Rudder Oak.”
Photo courtesy Office of Public Information
A model of the expanded University Center.
Video cameras used
in Brazos DWI cases
help ensure decisions
By Selina Gonzalez
Of The Battalion Staff
Video cameras donated to Brazos
County’s DWI Mobile Videotaping
Program are increasing the effec
tiveness of prosecuting suspected
drunken drivers, Brazos County
Judge R. J. Holmgreen said.
The fourth video camera was re
cently donated by Aetna Life and
Casualty.
The cameras are used to record
the driving behavior and field sobri
ety tests of suspected intoxicated
drivers, Holmgreen said.
“If the car is weaving, it shows up
on tape,” Holmgreen said. “The of
ficer can stop the individuals and
have them perform right there on
the street and the tapes are then
used in court.”
Holmgreen said the two-year-old
program has proven successful in
prosecuting drunken drivers.
The conviction rate of DWI of
fenders increased substantially when
using the videotaped evidence,
Holmgreen said.
Brazos County currently has a 97
percent conviction rate in cases pros
ecuted with the videotaped evidence
and an 83 percent conviction rate in
cases procecuted without it.
The videotape allows the enforce
ment officer to show what actually
happened, Holmgreen said.
“If you are guilty, it will help
prove it and if you are innocent,
then it will help prove that, too.”
The judge strongly suggests des
ignating a driver when drinking.
“If you are picked up, charged
and convicted of driving drunk,
your fingerprints are taken and re
corded,” Holmgreen said.
“Today it may not seem like
much, but 10 years from now 7 when
you want to apply for a job and your
record is reviewed, it certainly would
not be a plus.”
Holmgreen said he hopes the
county’s DWI Mobile Videotaping
Program will include more cameras
to enhance the success of prosecu
tions in the near future.
South African steel causes
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delays, a contractor building the
bridge told the state highway
commission.
Highway officials have pro-
eded with plans to import the
)Se "l ee1 ’ meeting with South African
themibusiness officials last week in
, ear [ Houston to discuss sending state
employees to Durban, South Af-
oftei
ica, to inspect the steel.
nority and labor groups, the
highway commission last week
demanded proof of compliance
with a 1986 federal anti-apart
heid law from Williams Brothers
Construction Co. of Houston.
The law bans the importation of
certain products, including steel,
from South Africa.
In a strongly-worded’letter to
the commission, Williams Broth
ers said it had complied with all
federal regulations necessary to
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AIDS Foundation searches for hotline volunteers
By Mia B. Moody
Of The Battalion Staff
The Brazos Valley AIDS Founda
tion is looking for volunteers to help
combat AIDS by joining its Helpline
team. Training sessions will be held
Saturday and Sunday for those in
terested.
Kirk White, one of the coordina
tors of the Helpline, said no experi
ence is necessary for people inter-
sested in joining the group.
“We would like to have some vol
unteers who have psychology expe
rience, but it isn’t a requirement,”
White said. “We will teach volun
teers everything they need to know.”
White said the only requirement
for volunteers is that they work
three two-hour shifts each month.
“Many people end up helping out
crisis intervention and will be ex
pected to work with a crisis hotline as
well as an AIDS information hotline.
He said the center hopes to have
it
We would like to have some volunteers who have
psychology experience, but it isn’t a requirement. ”
— Kirk White,
AIDS Helpline coordinator
a lot more,” he said. “Especially psy
chology club members interested in
receiving training.”
White said volunteers will be
trained in AIDS information and
at least 40 trainees so someone will
be available for callers from 5-11
p.m. during the week.
In addition to the Helpline, the
Brazos Valley AIDS Foundation has
the Buddy Program.
“The Buddy Program is designed
for actual patient care,” White said.
“A volunteer, someone who is not a
relative, doctor or friend of the pa
tient, will do whatever he can to
help.”
White said if the volunteer can’t
help his buddy to cope with AIDS he
will find someone who can.
The foundation also has a speak
er’s bureau and a support group for
HIV positive and AIDS-diagnosed
people.
People interested in becoming in
volved or finding out more informa
tion about the foundation can call
(409)690-AIDS.
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