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The Battalion
Wednesday, January 27,:
Organizations merge
to combine resources
Conflict resolution among top goals
By JENNIFER SMITH
The Battalion
The Office of Students' At
torneys, Student Judicial Pro
grams and Dispute Resolution
Services have merged to form
the Center for Conflict Resolu
tion to provide legal assistance
to students.
The merger, which was pro
posed last July by the Office of
Student Affairs, will create one
location for students to receive
legal counsel and advice, said
Gene Zdziarsky, coordinator
for the Center for Conflict Reso
lutions
"The combination of legal
services will provide students
with a variety of different ways
to solve a conflict," Zdziarsky
said.
"They can come to one
place and get all their questions
answered."
One branch of the new cen
ter, legal services, offers stu
dents a licensed attorney for in
formation and counseling with
a focus on avoiding court ap
pearances through negotiation,
arbitration and mediation.
Another branch of the cen
ter, judicial services, handles
complaints and imposes disci
plinary sanctions. Personal dis
putes are handled by the cen
ter's third branch, resolution
services.
Rick Powell, assistant coor
dinator for legal services, said
he believes offering legal ser
vices to the students is to their
advantage.
"Our services are at no cost,
so students are not forced to re
tain a private attorney unless
they need one," Powell said.
Some of the most common
problems the office deals with
"The combination
of legal services will
provide students
with a variety of
different ways to
solve a conflict."
-Gene Zdziarsky
Coordinator for the
Center for Conflict
Resolution
involve roommates, landlords,
traffic tickets, consumer protec
tion, domestic relations, pater
nity suits and criminal matters.
"We will explain the legal
process to them so they can de
cide what they want to do to
face their legal challenge,"
Powell said. "Many times, this
will be a student's first experi
ence with the law or an attor
ney."
In that case, Powell will sit
down with the student and ex
plain his or hers legal situation.
"Sometimes when students
come in, they don't even know
what an arraignment is or what
the punishment and penalties
of an act are," Powell said. If it
is necessary, Powell will sug
gest the student hire an attor
ney.
Zdziarsky said, "We try to
nip a problem in the bud. Our
goal is to solve problems at the
lowest level possible. Going to
court is a last resort."
The Center for Conflict Res
olutions is located in Puryear
Hall in the former office of Off-
Campus Aggies.
Correction
On Tuesday, Jan. 26, The Battalion mistakenly referred
to Rep. Joe Barton, R-Ennis, in a headline as a state official.
Barton is a U.S. Congressman. The Battalion regrets the
error.
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College of Veterinary Medicine awaits buildings' completion
Construction fuels reaccreditation drive
By NATALIE GIEHL
The Battalion
The completion date for the new research
building and large animal clinic at Texas
A&M's College of Veterinary Medicine is in
sight and ahead of schedule.
"The research building we should occupy
by sometime in April or May, and the clinic
building in late summer or early fall," said Dr.
John A. Shadduck, dean of the College of Vet
erinary Medicine.
Maj. Gen. Wesley E. Peel, vice chancellor
for facilities planning and construction, said
"With the research building they're about
eight months ahead of schedule, and with the
large animal clinic, about four months ahead
of schedule."
The Vet School was placed under limited
accreditation by the Council on Education of
the American Veterinary Medical Association
(AVMA) during the fall of 1988 because the
school lacked adequate facilities and funds.
The council will re-evaluate the school in Oc
tober, Shadduck said.
He said the project's costs will exceed the
original $38 million budget by $2 million.
Shadduck said he wasn't certain whether
completion of the new buildings would guar
antee re-accreditation because the Vet School's
operating budget is still too limiting.
To meet the council's budget requirements,
the Vet School has made an appropriations re
quest of $26.1 million this year. This figure
was given to the legislative budget board who
recommended the smaller amount, $22.4 mil
lion.
Shadduck said the conflict over the Vet
School's budget will likely be the deciding fac
tor in the committee's decision to re-accredit
the school. Despite the accreditation prob
lems, Shadduck said the Vet School is certain
ly in the top 10 and has the potential to be in
the top two or three.
Plans for the new buildings began in 1984,
The project was put on a waiting list to be ap
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the Vet School was placed on limited accredi
tation in 1988, there was an urgency to get the
project done. Shaddock said.
In addition to the new facilities, the school
has strived for re-accreditation by remodeling
classrooms, buying new equipment, and hir
ing new faculty and new veterinary techni
cians, Shaddock said.
Finishing touches yet to be completed in
the research building include work on lab
benches, walls and floors.
The large animal clinic also needs work on
interior walls and details on the specialized
animal facilities. The remaining funds will be
used for the renovations of the older facilities,
and equipment to go in the new buildings.
Shadduck said the research building and
large animal clinic should be finished in time
for the Council's evaluation.
TSU "bandits'
to take class
on ethics for
readmittance
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON — A dozen mem
bers of Texas Southern Universi
ty's disbanded "Ocean of Soul"
marching band who were sus
pended after a shoplifting incident
in Japan have been told can return
to school if they take an ethics
class, one of the students says.
Anita Johnson, one of the 12
suspended students, said Monday
she will sign up for the class, al
though she doesn't know much
about it.
"It doesn't bother me, it's fine,"
she said. "As long as I'm in school,
it doesn't matter to me."
Johnson and 25 others were
suspended or placed on probation
in December after William Harris,
president of the Houston school,
dismantled the band and fired the
band director and three of his as
sistants.
The action was prompted by re
ports that some band members
stole $22,000 worth of electronics
during a trip to Tokyo to perform
at the Coca-Cola Bowl.
Johnson, a freshman who
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