Monday, March 29,1993
The Battalion
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Security tip:
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By CPL. BETTY LeMAY
Special to The Battalion
Residence hall security and
personal safety are snared
responsibilities. Anytime the
outside doors to your residence
halls are unlocked or propped
open, hall traffic can not be
regulated.
Not all visitors have friendly
intentions. A resident who props
open an outside door
compromises the safety and
security of the hall's residents.
Pebbles, coins, paper racks, pizza
boxes or any object used to
render the door unsecured could
lead to discipline charges
including eviction from the hall.
Many students develop a false
sense of security while living in a
university environment. Texas
A&M is a city of over 40,000 and
is open to a neighboring
community of over 100,000. To
think students live in a totally
safe society is naive. Students
can do things to lower their
chances of becoming victims of
property or violent crimes
including:
• Never propping doors open
or letting strangers into a hall.
• Always locking their room
door, even if they are going to be
gone for a short period of time.
• Not giving anyone the keys
to your dorm or apartment.
• Reporting all suspicious
activity to the University Police
and hall staff.
Clothing description, height,
weight, direction of travel and
license plate number are all
important in apprehending
offenders. If you have questions
concerning resident hall policy,
talk with your resident advisers.
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about other people and yourself
by doing a project like Big Event,"
she said.
Courtney Reed, a resident at
400 Cooner Street in College Sta
tion, said she appreciated the stu
dents' help. "It certainly is nice in
the way of things being cleaned
up fast and cheerfully," she said.
Mike Quance, junior biomed
ical science major who painted a
house in College Station, said the
work was fun, and it was reward
ing to help others. "It's their town
and it's nice to give something
back," he said.
Another College Station resi
dent of Cooner Street, Halline
Stewart, extended her thanks to
the students for their good work
and cheerful attitude.
"They were singing and doing
cheers while they worked," she
said. "If more people did this
kind of service, our country
would be better."
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defense because unexpected
events will occur, she said. When
a crisis arises that requires mili
tary action, a nation should not
wonder whether it has the re
sources to tackle the problem, she
said.
"You are able to make the right
decisions when the unexpected
happens, when the tyrant strikes,
because of the correct decision on
defense you've made years earli
er," she said.
In the fight against commu
nism, Thatcher said the U.S. deci
sion to create the Strategic De
fense Initiative, or "Star Wars,"
was one of its greatest.
She said "Star Wars" was im
portant in the fight against com
munism "because it went to a
stage which the Soviet Union
knew it could not compete with
the United States."
The lessons learned after both
world wars are applicable today
with the problems facing Russia,
Thatcher said.
After World War II, Germany
did not face the same hyperinfla
tion and economic problems en
countered after World War I, be
cause the world learned that war-
torn countries must be rebuilt to
keep economies stable and to keep
absolute rulers from seizing pow
er, she said.
"After the second world war,
we realized we had done nothing
to help after the first world war,"
Thatcher said. "The lessons were
learned. We turned around and
helped both Germany and Japan
to found democracies which they
had not really known before."
The United States and other
countries must follow these exam-
ples and support change in the
former Soviet Union because
"now when we find that Russia is
going towards hyperinflation, she
too will need some of the help so
that the best in the Russian people
is not destroyed."
Thatcher also said the North
American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) will benefit all countries
involved, and foreign trade
among countries will no longer be
unbalanced.
"You are able to make
the right decisions
when the unexpected
happens, when the
tyrant strikes, because
of the correct decision
on defense you've
made years earlier."
-Margaret Thatcher
"I think the United States,
Canada and Mexico are absolutely
right to form NAFTA," she said.
"You will find that it will bring up
the standard of living in Mexico
and the biggest trade in the world
is between two good manufactur
ing nations."
Thatcher said the conflict in
Yugoslavia will not be resolved
through summits and peacekeep
ing discussions, implying military
action may be required.
"You cannot deal with tyranny
by words," she said.
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