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Retired Lt. Col. Oliver North warned students against military reduc
tions and career politicians during a speech Wednesday night.
North
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"My concern is that there are
people in Washington who want
to turn back the clock to the Lyn
don Johnson era," he said.
North said he has not yet decid
ed to run for U.S. Senate, but has
filled all the requirements should
he make the decision to run.
"We're going to elect a Repub
lican governor, lieutenant gover
nor, attorney general, and for the
first time in history, a Republican
majority in the oldest legislative
assembly in the western hemi
sphere," he said.
North is best known for his
role in the 1987 Iran-Contra af
fair in which he helped carry out
President Reagan's policy of
supporting the Nicaraguan re
sistance and the rescue of
hostages in Beirut. North was
cleared of all charges stemming
from the affair.
"I have this suspicion that
when they finally put me in the
ground, there's going to be a lot
of different things that I will have
done in my life," North said.
"The most important is being a
husband and father, and some
body is going to want to put Iran-
Contra on that gravestone. I
don't look at that as being the
defining moment of my life."
Koldus Building undergoes sewer line repairs
By Kim Horton
The Battalion
The collapse of a sanitary sewer line on Aug. 23 has
prompted University officials to make emergency re
pairs to the John J. Koldus student services building.
The repairs to the sewer line, which is buried 23
feet underground, should be completed in early
October.
"Whether bad installation or bad materials, the
reasons for this failure are not known," said Dennis
Busch, assistant manager of the University Center.
Joe Estill, facilities construction manager, said the
collapse of the sewer line was probably caused by a
shifting in the ground.
Robert Smith, vice president for finance and ad
ministration, said repairs to 100 feet of the sewer line
will cost $254,000.
Part of the money will be taken from the original
$3.2 million that was allocated two years ago for the
building's construction.
Smith said the remaining $125,000 will come from
students' general use fees.
The expected duration of the job has increased be
cause of the difficulty in reaching the sewer line,
Busch said.
The repairs should be completed in time for the
building's official dedication on Oct. 30 to Dr. John J.
Koldus III, former vice president for student services.
Koldus retired this past summer after serving the
University for more than 20 years.
The Board of Regents voted this summer to re
name the Student Services Building in his honor.
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Academic Building window controversy
Architecture faculty members
want metal windows scrapped
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"The building begins
to look as though it
has had all its win
dows blown out. It
looks like a dark
hole."
-David Woodcock,
Architecture professor
By Jacqueline Mason
The Battalion
T exas A&M University
Physical Plant administra
tors have run into opposi
tion with College of Architec
ture faculty members over the
replacement of traditional
wood windows on the Academ
ic Building.
"The building begins to look
as though it has had all its win
dows blown out," Architecture
Professor David Woodcock said
of the new dark-bronze metal
windows. "It looks like a dark
hole."
Renovation of the windows
began last summer when one of
the original white-frame win
dows was replaced with a metal
one.
Joe Sugg, executive director of
the Physical Plant, said the win
dow is only a sample. The new
windows will not be replaced
until November, he said.
"We are very pleased with the
way they look," Sugg said.
Currently, the exterior of the
Academic Building is being
washed and coated with sealant
as part of the $475,000 contract to
renovate the windows and re
duce the cost of maintenance.
About eight years ago, the
original windows were sanded
and repainted. But, Sugg said,
the windows have deteriorated
beyond repair. "There was just
no way we could do that process
again/' he said.
The new windows are ener
gy-efficient and require less
maintenance, he said.
Woodcock said he under
stands the need for the University
to save money on maintenance.
"I don't have any basic objec
tion to the University saying to
use our resources wisely," he
said.
But, Woodcock said he oppos
es the quality of the windows be
ing installed.
"There are windows available
on the market that would have
the same maintenance characteris
tics as the windows that are being
proposed, which would look
much more like the original win
dows that are in the building," he
said.
Mary Saslow, a senior lecturer
in the Department of Architec
ture, said the windows on the
Academic Building could have
been replaced with vinyl clad
windows having the same scale
and color as the originals.
However, Sugg said the dark
windows are more consistent
with the other buildings.
"They will tie in with the archi
tecture of the surrounding build
ings that also have had their win
dows replaced," he said.
Saslow said she is concerned
that the students did not have
an input on the replacement of
the windows.
"The decision was made so
that it wmuld be consistent with
the newer buildings," she said
"The students didn't know about
the decision. Nobody knew
about the decision."
Woodcock said the renova
tion has not received much pub
licity because the replacement is
considered a maintenance pro
ject. Even his concerns have not
received a great deal of response
from Physical Plant administra
tors, he said.
Saslow said it might not be too
late to change the outcome of the
windows. She said students can
voice concerns about the new
windows by signing petitions and
sending letters to the president.
She added that both students
and former students are emo
tionally attached to the Acade
mic Building.
"It's a traditional structure,”
she said. "It's OK for it to be
different."
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