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The Battalion
Thursday, January 21,1993
Students report crimes from Christmas holidays
By CHERYL HELLER and
GINA HOWARD
Crimes reported on the Texas
A&M University campus over the
holidays included thefts, criminal
mischief and trespassing — com
mon violations during a Christ
mas break, said Lt. Bert Kret-
zschmar, head of the University
Police Crime Prevention Unit.
Kretzschmar said that most of
the thefts on campus were in and
around residence halls in first-
floor rooms.
Stolen items included clothing,
a checkbook, textbooks, bikes and
calculators.
The department expects to re
ceive more burglary reports as
students return from the holidays,
Kretzschmar said. If is important
that students report burglaries or
attempted burglaries in the resi
dence halls, he said.
"If students come back from
the holidays and find that their
room has obviously been broken
into, they need to call us immedi
ately and make a report," Kret
zschmar said. "We need to know
about the burglaries to prevent fu
ture ones from happening."
None of the crimes reported
over the Christmas break were ex
ceptional, said Bob Wiatt, director
of University Police.
"One common thing that usu
ally happens is that students leave
OCA clean-up to improve community
By SHELIA VELA
The Off-Campus Aggies Association (OCA)
and the city of College Station have initiated
an environmental program, Aggieland Pride,
to instill community pride in students who
make College Station their temporary home.
Jennifer Cotner, an assistant in the College
Station public relations office and coordinator
of the program, said the idea originated when
the sanitation superintendent was having trou
ble with trash containers, especially at apart
ments. "Trash bags were being left out on the
ground instead of in the trash container, caus
ing a problem for the automated system in
volving ultimately one bus with usually one
operator," Cotner said.
To deal with these problems, city officials
and OCA formed Aggieland Pride.
The use and appearance of trash containers
will be one of the first issues to be addressed.
Posters and brochures featuring A&M stu
dents will be distributed to students and the
general public to emphasize ways to improve
the use and appearance of trash containers
around apartments, homes and duplexes.
Jessica Reeves, director of Spirit and Tradi
tions of Off-Campus Aggies, said "all (OCA)
board members are behind the project 100 per
cent."
Reeves said she became involved with Ag
gieland Pride because the organization focuses
on recycling.
"I feel more students will take part if it is
easier to have recycling bins right at their own
apartment dumpsters, she said.
If the program is successful, city officials
want to pursue other community-related pro
jects to promote other safety and environmen
tal issues through a council committee com
prised of student representatives selected each
school year, Cotner said.
"Other activities planned might concern
parking, lawn maintenance, or even bonfire,"
she said.
The program will be implemented through
the College Stahon Public Relations and Mar
keting Office along with the city's Public Ser
vices Department.
Attorney reconsiders murder ruling
Texas DPS releases evidence to lawyers
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN — The Texas Depart
ment of Public Safety has been or
dered to turn over evidence in the
1990 deaths of a Texas Racing
Commission official and his fami
ly to relatives, a lawyer says.
Demetri Anastasiadis, an assis
tant attorney general handling the
case, said Tuesday an appeal of
that district court order is possi
ble.
"We've been considering an
appeal if there is an adverse rul
ing," Anastasiadis said.
Anastasiadis, who said he
hadn't yet seen the ruling by Dis
trict Judge James Meyers, said
that if an appeal is filed, the first
step- would be a motion request
ing a stay of the order until that
appeal is completed.
John Phillips, a lawyer who
represents the surviving family
members, said the judge said he
"felt like this was a proper time to
release the information."
David Joost, chief financial offi
cer with the Racing Commission,
and his wife, Susan, and children.
Lauren and Eric, were found dead
in their Buda home March 5,1990.
The deaths were ruled murder-
suicide, but family members ques
tion the ruling.
Daniel Joost, David Joost's
brother, said the family wants ac
cess to the evidence compiled by
the DPS and Texas Rangers to see
if there is proof that his brother
killed his family and himself.
"We just want a second opin
ion," Daniel Joost said. "We want
our investigator to be able to sit
down with their evidence and see
what happened."
Officials with the DPS and
Texas Rangers maintain there is an
ongoing investigation, so evi
dence should not be made public.
Meyers had ruled in June that the
ongoing investigation meant the
files could not be released to the
Joost family. Daniel Joost said he
is pleased with Meyers' ruling,
but said he expects an appeal.
"Even though the judge has
ysaid that's what he wants, as far
as them carrying out the order, I
doubt seriously if that is ever go
ing to happen," he told the Austin
American-Statesman.
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ORDERS WILL BE TAKEN
THROUGH
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MSC STUDENT FINANCE
CENTER ROOM 217
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Howdy Ags!
The Department of Parking, Transit and Traffic
Services heard your cry for better service! Please take
advantage of our expanded operation at Rudder Tower
featuring more cashier stations and extended hours.
Permits and bus passes will be available January 14 - 26 in the
lobby of Rudder Tower. All student transactions (with the
exception of Parking Garage Permits) will be handled at Rudder
during these dates!
The charge for permits and bus passes will be added to student
fees. If you are on the Fiscal Department's installment plan,
the cost will be divided evenly on each installment.
Parking permits and bus passes purchased in the Fall are valid
through the Spring semester. IF you will not need your permit
or bus pass in the Spring, return it now for the best refund!
All staff transactions from January 14 - 26 will be handled
during normal business hours at the P ITS Main Office, Room
118, Mudent Services Building.
PTTS Main Office Hours of Operation
January 14 - 26, 1993
Monday - Thursday 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Friday 7:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday Closed
Rudder Tower Hours of Operation
January 14 - 26, 1993
Monday - Friday 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
their dorm rooms unlocked and
come 1 'ack find things miss
ing," V itt d.
Thef s w e also reported in the
MSC fi groom, the State Head-
quarL-- Building, the large ani
mal hospital construction site, the
Faculty Club and the University
President's home.
Holiday criminal mischief re
ports included damage to cars in
parking areas around campus,
damage to the front desk and
video games in the Commons
Lobby and soap poured into the
Rudder Fountain.
Since the campus is practically
vacant over the break. University
Police looked for any suspicious
behavior, Wiatt said.
President Bush
returns to Texas
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON — Private citizen
George Bush was coming home
to Houston Wednesday immedi
ately after handing over the
presidency to his successor. Bill
Clinton.
Bush, aboard the 747 aircraft
that most recently served as Air
Force One, was expected to ar
rive at Ellington Field, southeast
of Houston, by midafternoon.
Bush staffers had hoped the
event would remain low-key
and not attract a huge crowd.
The former president was ac
companied on the flight home
by staffers and friends. He de
clined to allow reporters to ac
company him.
Bush and his wife, Barbara,
were heading to a rental house
in the West Oaks subdivision
where they will live until con
struction of their new home is
complete, two doors away.
The Bush's own a narrow lot
there and have purchased ad
joining land to increase the size
of the property to 5,280 square
feet.
The home is near the Hous
tonian Hotel where Bush has
held legal residence during his
eight years as vice president and
then four as president. Also
nearby is the building where
Bush has leased office space.
The return of the Bush family
to Texas, where they moved in
1948 after Bush graduated from
Yale, was being marked in
Houston by several large free
way billboards that proclaimed
"Welcome Home George & Bar
bara."
A store in the Bush's new
neighborhood was passing out
yellow ribbons for residents to
tie around trees as a welcoming
sign.
The city has spruced up the
already affluent area by paving
the street, although city officials
denied it was done specifically
to accommodate the arrival of
the former president.
Some residents of the neigh
borhood have considered peti
tioning the city to block off the
former president's street to deter
sightseers or make it a private
street
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discouraged such a move, say
ing the novelty of Bush's pres
ence soon will wear off and traf
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