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State & Local Page 2 The Battalion Tuesday, September 24,1991 The Battalion (CISPS 045 360) Member of: Associated Press Texas Press Association Southwest Journalism Congress Texas Intercollegiate Press Association The Battalion Editorial Board Editor Timm Doolen Associate Editors Holly Becka Todd Stone City Editor Sean Frerking News Editors Douglas Pils Jason Morris Photo Editor Karl Stolleis Lifestyles Editor Yvonne Salce Sports Editor Scott Wudel Opinion Editor Carrie Cavalier Editorial Policy The Battalion is published daily except Saturday, Sunday, holidays, exam periods and when school is not in session during fall and spring semesters. Publication is Monday through Friday during the fall and spring semesters. The newsroom phone number is 845-3316. The Battalion is a non-profit, self supporting newspaper oper ated as a community service to Texas ASM University and Bryan-College Station. The Battalion news depart ment is managed by students at Texas A&M University in the Di vision of Student Publications, a unit of the Department of Jour nalism. Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the edito rial board or the author, and do not necessarily represent the opinons of the Texas A&M stu dent body, administrators, facul ty or the A&M Board of Regents. Comments, questions or complaints about any of the edi torial content of the newspaper should be directed to either as sociate editor at 845-3313. Subscriptions Mail subscriptions are $20 per semester, $40 per school year and $50 per full year. Phone: 845-2611. POSTMASTER: Send ad dress changes to The Battalion, 230 Reed McDonald, Texas A&M University, College Sta tion, TX 77843-1111. Second class postage paid at College Station, TX 77843. Advertising Advertising information can be obtained from the advertising department at 845-2696 Mon day through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., or by visiting the office in room 015 Reed McDonald building. Advertising Manager Patricia Heck Adviser Robert Wegener BATTIPS 845-3315 The Battalion encourages its readers to contribute story ideas and suggestions by calling BAT- TIPS, The Battalion's phone line designed to improve communi cation between the newspaper and its readers. Students get best football tickets, director says ! l If fh § i? f # 336 1^= 1 — r¥ I ft | OD K3 ho c sis Jl ii 1. * i Ms By Troy D. Hall TJ'ie Battalion Distribution of A&M football tickets is fair, despite many students' complaints of long lines and poor seating, says Wally Groff, Texas A&M associate athletic direc tor. "Our students get the best tickets in the nation for a football game," he says. The distribution plan was designed by the A&M student government in the early 1970s. Before every home game, all student tickets are put into envelopes in groups of ten by the ticket manager, Groff says. The envelopes are then put into a barrel and randomly drawn to be placed in each ticket booth at G. Rollie White Coliseum. During the week of a home game, stu dents with the football ticket option can draw up to ten tickets on designated days according to their classification. Seniors and graduate students draw on Monday^ juniors draw on Tuesday, sophomores draw on Wednesday, and Thursday is for freshmen. Friday is an open day. While distribution within a particular classification is random, the second deck sections 230-233 are open for selection on senior day, says Jim Kotch, athletic ticket office manager. These tickets are distribut ed on senior day beginning at 7 a.m.. After these tickets are issued, the remaining sec ond deck sections marked for senior day are randomly distributed. Groff says once the day of a student's classification arrives, students can then draw tickets on any of the following days before that game. Students can also draw for a stu- dei.t with a lower classification on their designated day, but they must pre^ nt that stu dent's A&M identi fication card as well as his or her own. Only one under classman ticket can be drawn for each upperclassman A&M identification card. A student with the football option is also entitled to pur chase one guest ticket per game. These non-student guest tickets may be pur chased by exchanging it with a student ticket and paying half price for a guest la bel or by purchasing a full price ticket which includes the label. The price of the guest label and ticket varies depending on the team A&M plays. Friday is open to all students who have not yet picked up their tickets and to stu dents without the fee option. Any tickets left on Friday are sold at half price to stu dents not using the football option. But the amount of students utilizing the foot ball option has remained relatively con stant the last 20 years, Groff says. The majority of A&M students pur chase the football option. Groff says that approximately 66 percent of the students purchase the fee option and that the sup port by A&M students is one of the best anywhere. Students must show their valid Texas A&M identification card at the gate to be admitted as a student, says Kotch. Section seating is as follows: Senior Sections: 131, 132, 227-236 and the first 15 rows of 330-333 Junior Sections: 130, 224-226, 237-239 and 329-334 Sophomore Sections: 129, 327, 328,335 and 336 Freshman Sections: 128, 324-326 and 337-339 For more information concerning foot ball tickets, Kotch encourages students to pick up a 1991 Texas A&M Athletic Ticket Information brochure or contact the Athlet ic Ticket Office at 845-2311. Library provides 417 carrels for graduate use By Karen Praslicka The Battalion Sterling C. Evans Library pro vides special places for some graduate students and faculty to study or work. Four hundred and seventeen study carrels are available to fac ulty members and graduate stu dents who are actively working on a thesis. The carrels are de signed with desk counters built into the walls with enough space for two people. Graduate students who want to use a carrel need a letter from their department that verifies they are working on a thesis. In addition, a five dollar de posit is required, but it is refund able if the student either returns their key to the carrel at the end of the semester or renews it within a specified period. Linda Deason, a library em ployee who handles the carrel reservations, said normally there are few r carrels available during the semester. This semester, however, each carrel has at least one person in it. Deason said the library has not had any real problems with students or faculty abusing the privilege of having carrels, even though the potential for taking advantage of the space exists. "Some people have had the carrels for a long time," she said. "When you've been in one place for a long time, you start to bring more and more things and you get everything you need for a home." Security is maintained in the carrels by a student worker who periodically checks both library lockers and carrels. Tod Walters, a library assis tant in the reference department, said sometimes library books that have been declared lost or missing are found in the carrels. "We don't look for anything beyond that," he said. "Anything else we leave there." Walters said that after last week's search, 10 books that had been declared missing were found and put back on library shelves for students to use. Walters said that he also has never known of any problems with anyone abusing the usage of the carrels. But occasionally things are left in the carrels be tween semesters by people who do not renew them. Items that are left must be removed for the new carrel users. If anyone's things are re moved from the carrels, it is held for 24 hours and a note is left on the door of the carrel stating what was taken and how to retrieve it. Unclaimed books are placed in the library stacks. "We try to give the person the benefit of the doubt before taking anything," Walters said. "We'd rather leave something there than take it." State completes proposal to settle jail overcrowding AUSTIN (AP) — The attorney general's office on Monday com pleted a proposal for settling jail crowding lawsuits brought against the state by counties hold ing inmates sentenced to Texas prison, a spokesman said. The proposal was being typed and prepared for release on Tues day to parties in the case and to the public, said Ron Dusek, spokesman for Attorney General Dan Morales. 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