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| Thursday, March 21,1991 The Battalion
Bus service stresses security
SCOTT WEAVER,The Battalion
Jessica Liska, a junior mathematics major from ing, Transit and Traffic Services. Driver Chuck Dicker-
Donna, uses the Dial-A-Ride service provided by Park- son lets Liska off at Olsen Field Tuesday night.
Report blames officials
for misplaced millions
Dial-A-Ride
program offers
alternative
By Troy D. Hall
The Battalion
Walking across Texas A&M at
night can be a harrowing experi
ence for some students. But
many students are taking an al
ternative route which provides
security, convenience and, in
some cases, just plain fun.
A&M's Dial-A-Ride program,
which can be reached at 847-
RIDE, offers students, faculty
and staff an alternative to walk
ing across campus after dark.
The service, sponsored by
Parking, Transit and Traffic
Services, shuttles people both on
and off campus after regular
shuttle bus routes have ended.
One bus shuttles people
through main campus, to west
campus. Research Park, Agron
omy Road and Easterwood Air
port.
Two buses run from 6 to 10
p.m. Sunday through Thursday
and one bus runs from 10:30
p.m. to 2 a.m. Riding the on-
campus shuttle is free.
The off-campus Dial-A-Ride
service is reserved for people
with shuttle bus passes or one-
ride coupons. It runs from 10:30
p.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through
Friday and provides service off
campus to and from all A&M
shuttle bus stops.
The Dial-A-Ride program al
lows people riding the bus to
talk directly to the driver, says
Tom Williams, director of PTTS.
"It provides personal service
to the rider," Williams says.
When people call Dial-A-Ride,
they talk to the driver through a
two-way radio dispatch system.
The driver asks where they are
located, where they want to go,
and then gives them an approxi
mate time they will be picked
up.
Students can call from any
phone, including emergency
telephones around the campus.
Emergency phones are for emer
gencies and student needs, in
cluding the Dial-A-Ride service,
Williams says.
Dial-A-Ride is one way admin
istrators are trying to make cam
pus more secure, Williams says.
Doug Williams, director of bus
operations, says Dial-A-Ride
promotes the service as conve
nient and safe.
"It is a secure feeling to have
someone take you door to door,"
he says.
But concern for passenger
safety does not end with the ad
ministration.
Chuck Dickerson, a senior
aerospace engineering major
from Center and a Dial-A-Ride
driver, says a driver's main con
cern is the passengers' safety.
"It is dangerous to have peo
ple out on the streets at night,"
Dickerson says.
Dickerson says he usually will
stop when he sees people walk
ing alone or when the weather is
bad. He even occasionally picks
up A&M Corps of Cadets mem
bers escorting students across
campus at night.
PRAIRIE VIEW (AP) — A spe
cial prosecutor's report on mis
management at Prairie View
A&M University says three for
mer school officials are getting
away with "reckless conduct"
because the statute of limitations
has expired.
About $15.1 million was mis
placed at Prairie View A&M Uni
versity from 1983-87 because of
accounting practices that "were
so bad they constituted reckless
conduct," special prosecutor Al
bert M. "Buddy" McCaig said in
the final report on the 14-month
probe.
McCaig said former school
president Percy Pierre, former
controller Charles White and for
mer vice president Herbert Wat
kins should have faced charges
of misapplication of fiduciary
funds, but the transgressions
were not discovered for four
years.
"A case for misapplication of
fiduciary funds can easily be ma
de," the report cited.
"Notwithstanding that, the stat
ute of limitations has run on
their conduct, and they are safe
from such prosecution."
Pierre denied the allegations
when reached by the Houston
Chronicle at his office at Michi
gan State University, where he
now serves as vice president of
research and graduate studies.
"I think I totally fulfilled my fi
duciary responsibilities," Pierre
said. "I find it extraordinary that
they would literally indict me
and others in the press and then
say they can't do anything about
it."
Pierre, who served as Prairie
View's president from 1983 to
1989, said the report was racially
motivated.
"I think this attack against me
and my colleagues is racist. It
would not have happened at a
predominantly white university.
I will not be a scapegoat."
McCaig made the comments
in a final report to Texas A&M
University System officials and
the 9th Judicial District attor
ney's office.
"Most of (the money) probably
was spent for the benefit of the
university, but we're also con
vinced that some of it was mis
spent," McCaig said. "While
they may not have intentionally
stolen money from the univer
sity, their reckless conduct will
now go unpunished."
The Texas Rangers' investiga
tion resulted in the indictments
of 18 former and current officials
and students on charges ranging
from official misconduct to tneft
and commercial bribery.
See Bus/Page 12
Green Week Tips: Home Energy
The Battalion will offer its readers sug
gestions this week on ways to make our
planet available for the next generation.
This service coincides with the Texas
Environmental Action Coalition's "Green
Week."
The following tips focus on home en
ergy use:
□ Insulate, caulk and weatherstrip
your home.
□ Install a timer on your thermostat.
□ Insulate floors with carpet.
□ Install double-paned windows.
□ Wear a sweater instead of turning up
the thermostat.
□ Turn off lights and appliances when
not in use.
□ Hang your clothes in the sun to dry
them.
□ Keep lint screen and outside exhaust
for the dryer clean.
In Advance
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Big Event applications are available on the second floor of the
Pavilion in Student Activities and are due by 5 p.m. Friday.
T-shirt orders also are being taken in the Student Govern
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Class of '91 presents class gift ballot tonight
A ballot presentation for the Class of '91's class gift will be at
8:30 p.m. today in 301 Rudder.
Voting for the class gift begins Monday and will continue un
til March 29. Seniors can vote at the MSC or Blocker from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. each day.
For more information, call Heather Glenn at 847-0185 or
Chris Hendries at 846-5269.
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