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Friday, February 14,
Think before buying, says burea
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before they occur," he said.
"The biggest thing you can do to avert a
problem is to think."
Before business transactions are made, con
sumers should know:
-who they are doing business with,
-how they can contact the company in the
future,
-what the charges are and
, -the company's refund policy.
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Presents:
The United Stales:
Facing the Challenges of a
New World
Discussion on International Trade:
Mr. Hiroki Sakamoto Dr. J. Bryan Collester
Japanese External Trade Organization Principia College
Mr. Scott Grant
International Resource Center
Dr. Gunnar Nielsson
School of International Relations, USC
Friday: February 14, 1992
1:30 pm Rudder Theatre
Lightfoot said he encourages anyone with
an inquiry or complaint about a company to
call the bureau.
The bureau cannot recommend, endorse or
approve a company, but it can give a satisfac
tory or unsatisfactory report.
If the company is not in the Bryan bureau's
jurisdiction, callers can be put in contact with
other bureaus across the United States.
Mary Dorst, public affairs specialist in the
citizens assistance center of the attorney gener
al's office, agreed with Lightfoot.
Dorst believes consumers should request a
written contract before sending in their money.
"We've had recent calls about giveaways
where you send money and get a prize, or
send money and get a loan," she said. "You
need to get something in writing."
The consumer affairs division of the attor
ney general's office must receive a written
complaint about a company before it
gates.
After a complaint is received, invest,,
tions are made on the basis of how many
complaints are received about a certain coitj
ny, the nature of the complaints, whetheil
office has jurisdiction to investigate the coitj
ny and other factors.
However, it often takes a long timetol
termine whether an investigation is necessJ
"Unfortunately, some people get take:I
fore an investigation is made," Dorst said 1
Dorst advises consumers to think a
before sending their money into a comp
they don't know about.
"Don't get carried away with the momi
she said. "Use common sense."
Recent rash of fires irritates officials Ukrainians
tei
Continued from Page 1
to prevent arson from happening
again.
Monday the trash cans were
removed from the inside of the
breezeways and sprayed with a
fire retardant and placed on the
outside comers of the breezeways.
Mead said.
Thursday night a fire safety
meeting was held for residents of
Keathley, Fowler and Hughes
Halls.
The Texas A&M University
System Health and Safety Office
sponsored a video entitled "How
fast it burned."
The video demonstrated that
rooms can be consumed by fire in
three minutes.
Richard Bishop, safety and
health technician for A&M, said at
the meeting that setting fires is a
common occurrence on campus.
"At Aggieland setting fires
seems to be good bull," he said.
"Any fire setting is wrong.
Bonfire is enough fire for every
one," he said.
After the meeting students ex
pressed disapproval over the inci
dent.
"We were pissed," Fowler resi
dent James Trewin said. "People
could have been hurt."
The fire was "bad bull" espe
cially since the trash cans were
close to the exits, Fowler resident
Heath Cleaver said.
Resident directors and resi
dent assistants are still looking for
anyone who may have seen some
thing the night of the fire.
"I do have a couple of leads,"
Scott said. "I will be following up
on them in the next couple of
days."
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adviser says
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Presents:
The United States:
Facing the Challenges
of a
INew World
Mr. Frederick McClure
Director & Member of the Management Committee
First Southwest Company &
Former Assistant to President Bush on Legislative Affairs
Saturday, February 15, 1992
Rudder Theatre
10:30AM
Customers oppose survey results
Continued from Page 1
findings to the public.
The survey did not ask about
the issue of charging customers
for each cable outlet in their
home whether or not the outlet
is being used. Several TCA cus
tomers expressed their opposi
tion to this charge.
Eltinge said, however, the
Gallup Organization itself is a
sound organization.
"They are perceived as very
reputable/' Eltinge said. "They
make a reasonable effort to get a
high response rate."
Rice said since the govern
ment allows TCA so much free
dom, they are able to increase
their profits tremendously.
"TCA's rates will be what the
community can bear," he said.
Rogers said he feels the sur
vey is very close to what sub
scribers think about TCA.
"We do have some things to
work out," he said. "We're not
perfect."
Rice, however, said he and
other local customers of TCA
who presented a petition at the
Feb. 6 public hearing would like
another cable company to com
pete with TCA.
"When we had two compa
nies before, we did not have the
installation charges we pay
now," Rice said. "I think I'm be
ing ripped off."
Results of the survey were
presented in a public hearing
held Feb. 6 concerning the future
of TCA Cable. The Gallup sur
vey concluded the following:
• Eighty-eight percent
of the respondents were op
posed to a higher franchise tax if
it meant higher monthly cable
bills.
* Almost 90 percent of
the respondents rated their pic
ture quality as excellent or good.
Ten percent rated the quality
fair, and two percent rated it
poor.
Ninety-three percent
lid the
experienced no billing problems
. Of r
over the last year. Of the five
percent who had experienced
such a problem, roughly two-
thirds were satisfied with the
resolution of the problem.
• Almost one-third of
the respondents said they had
contacted a customer service
representative at TCA within the
past year.
• Eighty percent of the
respondents saici "no" to the
idea of funding a local commu
nity access channel if it meant
higher monthly rates.
• Thirty-two percent of
the respondents said their cable
service is better now than three
years ago; six percent said it is
worse than three years ago.
Forty-seven percent said their
cable service is about the same
as it was three years ago.
of the respondents said they had
The margin of error for the
survey was 4.9 percent and con
sisted of 400 respondents inter
viewed by telephone in January.
"I dream about an armytlu
won't have to think aboutitsdaii
bread, won't think about whfii:
will live, what it will wear#
what it will eat,” YevgenyStr
poshnikov, the interim common
wealth military commander,sii:
after the meeting.
“If the state needs this amt
the state should take care of ih
army," he said in an intervw
with Russian television.
The working group, preside:
over by Shaposhnikov, apparel
ly failed to resolve details aboii:
the size, type and command!!
joint forces.
And they skipped discussiot
entirely of the Black Sea fleet,It
which both Russia and Ukrain
lay claim.
Nikolai Mikhalchenko, i
Ukrainian presidential adviseij
said: “The fact that Ukraine cor
tributed some 30 percent of tfie
military budget of the fomerSo-
viet Union is not being takermto]
account.
"They do not accept tkj
Ukraine is entitled to an equivil
lent share of the weaponry." j
Yeltsin's aides turned up tfi
heat Thursday, saying thepresj
dent was ready to sign a decrej
sometime after Friday to create
Russian military force.
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County, A&M report no anti-Semitism
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"I also need to say that part of the reason
numbers have gone up is that more people are
aware of what we are doing at ADL and are
feeling more comfortable in reporting," she
added.
Operation Desert Storm brought a rise in
incidents from January to March of last year,
Harberg said.
"This was really sad, as Jews are not even a
part of that area," she said.
Nationally, there was also an increase of
anti-Jewish incidents on college campuses re
ported by the ADL.
According to a member of the Hillel Stu
dent Association, there has not been a problem
on the Texas A&M campus.
"There has not been any real problems
here," said David Garner, president of Hillel.
"UT was having trouble with some demon
strations, but nothing much here."
Brazos County had no reports of anti
Semitic acts last year, according to the Brazts
County Sheriff's Office.
Harberg said the trend in anti-Jewish act?
ity is a problem for everyone.
"When any minority group is being dis
criminated against then all minority groups
have trouble," she said.
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ties like A&M," DeVaul said.
"We want to hire a few leaders
in research and focus on making
some real breakthroughs in
medicine," he said.
A&M's College of Medicine
takes great pride in its small class
size and committed faculty. Only
48 medical school applicants are
accepted into A&M each year.
which allows for enhanced indi
vidual training.
"We have a fine institution and
committed faculty who think it's a
privilege to teach students," De
Vaul said.
With the newly acquired status
of a Health Science Center, the
Texas A&M College of Medicine
has set several goals. Through
curricular efforts, the college is
concerned with promoting leader
ship in its students for future gen
erations.
In addition to leadership, the
A&M College of Medicine has be
come preoccupied with ensuring
that they produce competent
physicians.
"We have lost sight of the im
portance of physicians doing the
right thing and taking on issues on
behalf of the patients they serve,"
DeVaul said. "Today there is more
of a business concern."
As a medical doctor himsef
DeVaul would like to see
phasis in the medical field retait
to the care of the patient as an if
dividual.
He said these goals, along will
enhancing involvement in
search, may be possible as a n
of the refined status of the Tetf
A&M University Health ScienB
Center.
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