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Ste. 16 College Station, TX 693-8476 Campus Page 2 The Battalion Wednesday, May 4, 1994 Easterwood Airport opens aviation terminal Hy Eloise Flint The Battalion Through combined financial efforts from the cities of Bryan and College Station, Brazos County and Texas A&M University, Easterwood Airport /hit' has opened a General Aviation Terminal, which will be utilized by corporate, military and private aircraft arriving at the airport. The terminal opened April 1 1 after approxi mately eight months of construction. Richard Arnold, associate director of aviation, said under the Airport Improvement Plan the McKenzie Terminal receives federal funding from ticket and fuel tax, but the new terminal does not qualify. “None of the new facility is eligible, so the community pulled together and put the terminal into being,” Arnold said. “The tnree public enti ties of Bryan-College Station and the Brazos County, as well as the University rose to the chal lenge of putting it together.” Arnold said the terminal is oriented toward the pilot and the crew. ‘ The passengers that come through here are usually on business, and they transit through to the city or University for business,” Arnold said. “The pilot stays here, and we take care of the plane and provide a place for the pilot to stay with a full range of amenities.” Rick Floyd, associate vice president for finance and administration, said the terminal was neces sary because of a shortage of space to accommo date privately owned aircraft flying in for the day and leaving. “We need to accommodate pilots with down time, providing them with amenities and encour aging them to come,” Floyd said. Floyd said transportation is a critical factor in the economic vitality of the community. Arnold said prior to the opening of the Gener al Aviation Terminal, facilities for corporate, mili tary and private aircraft were very limited. “We offered the same services, but not in a setting leaving a great first impression,” Arnold said. ‘We have upgraded our facilities to provide a first class impression of a first class University.” Robert Smith, vice president for finance and administration, said the terminal will enhance a visitors' first impression of the University and its surrounding areas. “These services include a passenger waiting lobby, small conference room, snack machine area, pilot lounge with bunk room, and a flight planning area,’’Smith said. Arnold said a courtesy call board also is avail able which links customers to hotels, and they are working on providing restaurant information. “Passengers can also call us ahead of time to request a rental car, and we will call the rental agency, arranging to have the car here for them when they arrive, ’ Arnold said. In the four weeks the terminal has been in op eration, everything has run smoothly and feed back has been positive, he said. “Problems we had in getting the building open and business underway was minor, due to E lanning and inception until we turned the ey and opened the door, ’ Arnold said. “Cus tomers are very impressed with its functionality, and people that frequent airports from all over the country and state will notice an extreme dif ference.” Jnesday, May srae Associated Pr< JAIRO, Egypt minute poth< but arranger their histor [rime Ministi [leader Yasse disputes In a su tWarren Chr Ihe agreemei si Bank town isure of cont :s on part ol It also sets it solution u itn Palestiniai On Tuesday, ; iations drew aised Israel < Sibling over c 'The Israelis peed upon,’ wed. jArafat voiced Norwegia I, Tunisia. He Vlexk !o67 Blake CJriggs/7'he Battalion Relations office wins television Campus News Briefs production award Texas A&M’s Office of Univer sity Relations won top honors for television productions at the Worldfest 1994 Houston Interna tional Film Festival. The University was awarded a silver medal for its 30-second promotional spot that aired dur ing its televised football and bas ketball games. A bronze medal was awarded for the 1 1-minute video program, "George Bush Talks About His Presidential Li brary." Rene A. Henry was executive producer and Sherylon Carroll as sociate producer of both produc tions. Craig T. Weaver was the ed itor for the television spot and Kyle Netterville for the Bush Li brary video. Architecture students sponsor movie showcase Texas A&M architecture stu dents will showcase their com puter animation and multimedia talents Friday at two presenta tions that are free and open to the public. From 1 to 5 p.m. in Room 414 of Langford Architecture Building C, attendees will have the opportunity to interact with prototypes of computerized digi tal imagery, text, video and orig inal sources of music. At 7:30 p.m. in Rudder Fo rum, “Viz-a-Go-Go," a movie extravaganza produced by stu dents in the College of Architec ture’s Visualization Laboratory will be held. University System appoints new comptroller Linda N. Johnson, director of reporting for the Texas A&M Uni versity System comptroller’s of fice, has been promoted to the position of System comptroller. As comptroller, Johnson will coordinate and supervise prepara tion of the System’s annual finan cial report, indirect cost proposal, financial resource plans and capi tal budgets. Johnson replaces Mark H. Wright who left to accept another position out of state. The Associate MATAMC reputed four other c been sentenc years in pri slayings of i inclu people, student. 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W. of Post Oak Mall) optical Tnart V. 693-5358 So come in and browse Mrs M-W-F 9-6 T-Th 9-7 Sa 9-5 The Battalion .75 JULI PHILLIPS, Editor in chief MICHAEL PLUMER, Managing editor KYLE BURNETT, Aggielife editor BELINDA BLANCARTE, Night News editor DENA DIZDAR, Aggielife editor HEATHER WINCH, Night News editor SEAN FRERKING, Sports editor TONI GARRARD CLAY, Opinion editor WILLIAM HARRISON, Photo editor JENNIFER SMITH, City editor ANAS BEN-MUSA, Special Sections editor Staff Members City desk - Lisa Elliott, Juli Rhoden, Kim McGuire, Eloise Flint, Jan Higginbotham, James Bernsen, Angela Neaves, Melissa Jacobs, Stephanie Dube and Nicole Cloutier News desk — Rob Clark, Andreana Coleman, Josef Elchanan, Mark Evans and Drew Wasson Photographers — Mary Macmanus, Stewart Milne, Tim Moog, Blake Griggs, David Birch, Amy Browning, Roger Hsieh, Jennie Mayer and Nick Rodnic.ki Aggielife - Margaret Claughton, Jennifer Gressett, Paul Neale, Traci Travis and Claudia Zavaleta Sports writers - Mark Smith, Drew Diener, Nick Georgandis and Kristine Ramirez Opinion desk - Jay Robbins, Lynn Booher, Roy Cloy, Erin Hill, Michael Landauer, Jenny Magee, Melissa Megliola, Trank Stanford, Jackie Stokes, Robert Vasqtiez and Dave Winder Graphic Artist - Pey Wan Choong Cartoonists — Boomer Cardinale, Chau Hoang, George Nasr, Kalvin Nguyen and Gerardo Quezada Clerks- Eleanor Colvin, Wren Eversberg anti Anne Worthington The Battalion (USPS 045-380) is published daily, Monday through Friday during the fall and spring semesters and Montlay through Thursday during the summer session (except University holidays and exam periods), at Texas A&M University. 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