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Aggie Bucks office moves to Sbisa
By Carrie Miura
The Battalion
The Aggie Bucks program has moved from the
Food Services Department to the Fiscal Department
this semester in order to launch a new system that will
expand the program.
As a result, the Aggie Bucks office has moved from
the Underground near Sbisa dining center to the
Pavilion.
Tom Taylor, assistant vice president of finance and
administration, said the administration is discontinu
ing the use of the food services system because it was
not equipped to handle the program's expansion.
"The real issue is that the the old system was limit
ed in the identification card readers and lines," Taylor
said. "Now, with the new widespread application, we
can provide more services to the students."
In addition to all on-campus dining facilities, Aggie
Bucks can currently be used at the A&M golf course,
the A&M Dairy Creamery and the MSC Bookstore.
And, after a request by Student Government, the
University Center Garage is now accepting Aggie
Bucks.
The Fiscal Department is implementing more ser
vices to accommodate the students' needs, Taylor said.
"These services are things students really want on
campus," he said. "We are continually looking for
ways for improvement and efficiency."
Next spring, students will be able to use Aggie
Bucks to purchase items from vending machines and
to pay for copies from copy machines.
Fiscal Department officials said they are uncertain
about the specific buildings where the machines will
be located. They said they anticipate that the machines
will be placed in several buildings, including the
Evans Library.
Taylor said the card readers are already ordered
and will be tested for two months so any problems can
be worked out.
Dale Witenhafer, Aggie Buck administrator, said he
knows of few complaints about the Aggie Bucks office
moving.
"So far, we have had real positive comments from
both the students and their parents," he said.
University, city strive for better relationship
By Mark Smith
The Battalion
Monthly meetings between
Texas A&M University Interim
President E. Dean Gage and mem
bers of the College Station City
Council are going well and are
creating an open environment for
discussion, officials said.
"I think we've got a good start
going," said Larry Ringer, mayor
of College Station. "We've had
some good discussions about
what was generally going on and
talking about some ideas we have
going on about some projects in
the future."
Part of the breakfast discus
sions have revolved around a
joint effort by the University and
the city of College Station to ex
pand Texas Avenue, which is
scheduled to begin next summer.
Those discussions have centered
on the aesthetics of the project
and how the University can help
with the landscaping.
The talks began in August after
College Station and the University
disagreed about the free firefight
ing service the city provides to
A&M. Then problems arose when
College Station officials wanted to
put a new fire station at Easter-
wood Airport.
"We've talked about putting a
fire station out at the airport,"
Ringer said. "Since that will serve
almost exclusively University
property, the council felt it would
be appropriate for the University
to fund the construction operation
of that station."
Since the monthly meetings
started, officials of the University
and the city have met to resolve
the situation with the fire station.
The officials included in the
meetings said both sides have
learned the importance of the
University and the city keeping in
contact.
"One help that has come out of
the meetings is a greater aware
ness," Ringer said. "We need to
know what is happening at the
University, and the University
needs to know what is happening
in terms of city long-range plan-
ning."
Gage said some of the Uniyer-
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One example of the type of
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"We're not going to build it,
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