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WEDNESDAY
July 27, 1994
Vol. 93, No. 180 (6 pages)
“Serving TexasA&Msince 1893”
/V&M considers creating central Texas campus
SyJan Higginbotham
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; The A&M Board of Regents is con
sidering a proposal to create a branch
tampus in the Killeen-Temple area,
bringing the University of Central
Texas into the A&M System.
State Rep. Layton Black made a pre
sentation to the Board last week, ask
ing the members to consider the poten-
il of the central Texas area.
“We think we have a lot to offer,”
Black said. “We have the potential
needed to be successful.
“The ingredients to the recipe are
right, we just need the chef to shove
the cake in the oven,” he said.
The Killeen-Temple area currently
is a junior college, Central Texas CoT
ge, which offers an associate’s degree.
The University of
Central Texas, in
Killeen, offers ju
nior and senior lev
el and graduate
courses.
Col. Roger Mum-
by, an officer at
Fort Hood, said
central Texas
needs a four-year
school.
“We have a big requirement, not
only for our soldiers, but also their fam
ilies,” Mumby said. “I think there is a
great need in the area for an institu
tion with a four-year capability.”
Mumby said he has been encouraged
by the positive reactions of the Board
and the A&M System in recognizing
"The ingredients to the recipe are right,
we just need the chef to shove the cake in
the oven."
— State Rep. Layton Black
the educational needs of the area.
Dr. Jack Fuller, president of the
University of Central Texas, said the
proposal is a great opportunity for cen
tral Texas and Texas A&M.
“It is the belief of our community
that Texas A&M is the premier educa
tional institution in the state,” Fuller
said. “The proposal we’re making is a
unique opportunity for A&M to extend
its prestige and its distinction as one of
the best universities in the world.”
Because the University of Central
Texas is now a private institution.
Fuller said joining the A&M System
would create lower tuition rates.
“There is a problem because a sol
dier does not make a lot of money,” he
said. “If we became part of the state
system, we could make education much
more affordable.”
Bill Clayton, a member of the Board
of Regents, said he supports the pro
posal.
“The university really needs some
body to take over its upper level and
expand its programs,” he said.
But Clayton said creating a branch
campus in central Texas is going to
take a great deal of work because the
Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board has not shown support for the
idea.
“I think it’s going to take some leg
islative action,” he said.
Lt. Gen. Paul Funk, commanding of
ficer of Fort Hood, said in a letter to
Board members that a possible branch
campus in the area is fully supported
by Fort Hood and its soldiers.
“As the United States Army march
es into the 21st century, we will de
mand more educated soldiers,” Funk
said. “We are in the process of develop
ing an information age force capable of
moving rapidly to any corner of the
world and defeating a numerically su
perior opponent. This capability will
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Pennies scattered at the feet of Lawrence Sullivan Ross bring good statue’s base may have begun because the sculptor molded a penny
luck for the Aggies who left them. The practice of leaving coins at the into the sole of one of Ross’s boots when he made the statue in 1919.
August grads each to receive
7 tickets to commencement
By Stacey Fehlis
The Battalion
Summer graduates at Texas A&M will be limited to
the number of guests they can bring to commencement,
unlike previous summers, when they could invite as
many friends and family members as they wished.
This summer eligible graduates will receive seven
tickets for their guests.
Steve Hodge, manager of University Center at Texas
A&M, said there are two main reasons tickets are being
issued.
“There are more degree candidates this summer than
in the past,” he said. “And we want to create the feeling of
equal expectations from all graduates whether you gradu
ate at the end of the fall, spring or summer semester.”
Don Gardner, associate registrar at A&M, said there
are usually six tickets per degree candidate given out for
December and May graduations.
“Basically, it is a number game,” he said. “G. Rollie
White Coliseum holds about 6,500 people and our goal is
to fill it up, but not to overfill it.”
Hodge said estimating how many tickets will be need
ed and how many will actually be used is like gambling.
“All eligible graduates are issued tickets, but some
pick up the tickets and then don’t end up graduating or
don’t come to graduation,” he said. “Those tickets usual
ly end up being given away or sold.”
Gardner said if space is available, eligible graduates
are issued extra tickets. But he said students cannot
count on there being extra tickets.
Phyllis Vercher, a political science major graduating
in August, said graduates have been told they may get
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above age of 30 enrolling in college
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By Stacey Fehlis
The Battalion
The percentage of older col
lege students is increasing in
Texas as the percentage of tra
ditional age students is de
creasing. Texas A&M, howev
er, does not follow this trend.
According to a survey con
ducted from 1968 to 1993 by
the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board, the num
ber of students at Texas col
leges over the age of 30 rose
from 10 percent to 25 percent.
At the same time, the num
ber of students between ages
18 and 21 decreased from 59
percent to 38 percent.
Don Wood, assistant direc
tor of planning and institution
al research at A&M, said that
while A&M is experiencing an
increase in non-traditional age
students, it is not experiencing
a decrease in traditional age
students.
“At Texas A&M, the age
group of 30 and over has expe
rienced an 11 percent increase
between 1988 and 1993,” he
said, “while the traditional col
lege student age group of 18 to
21 has experienced a 1.7 per
cent increase.”
Statewide, there has been a
five percent increase in older
students since 1988 and a five
percent decrease in traditional
age students.
The increase of older stu
dents can be attributed to the
economy. Wood said.
“With the ever increasing
importance of a college educa
tion, many people are going
back to get a degree,” he said.
“When companies start down
sizing, the people with more
education have more stability.”
Jeff Cole, research analyst
for the board, said this change
is because of demands in the
workplace.
“People are changing ca
reers in midstream more fre
quently than they did 20 years
ago, requiring them to further
their education,” he said.
A&M’s total enrollment is
increasing, which Cole said he
thinks is good for the school.
The total enrollment from
fall 1988 to fall 1993 increased
by 9.1 percent.
“A&M is keeping a good
mixture of students,” he said.
Gary Halter, associate pro
fessor of political science at
Texas A&M, said he hasn’t no
ticed an increase of non-tradi
tional age students in his class
room.
“Over the years the mixture
of students at A&M has re
mained pretty much the same,”
he said.
Lack of rain, high temperatures combine
to increase water usage, danger of fires
Conservation
checklist
Because of the current dry spell, College
Station’s water use is a million gallons
higher than last year. Lawn watering is the
major culprit. Some tips to keep your lawn
looking good with less water:
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One deep watering (6-4 inches)
is better than several light
waterings
Water only every 5-6 days in
hot weather
Don’t water in mid-afternoon—
up to 1/3 of the water can
evaporate
Use sprinklers that spray low to
the ground instead of
arching above the grass
Big drops of water are better
than fine mist
Position sprinklers so they don’t
spray sidewalks, streets and
porches
Wash your car on the lawn
instead of in the driveway
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
By Tracy Smith
The Battalion
College Station ds experiencing the effects
of drought-like conditions as part of a dry
spell that has hit Texas this summer.
Bob French, chief meteorologist for
KBTX-TV in College Station, said College
Station hasn’t received any significant rain
fall in over a month.
“We have experienced sprinkles here and
there, but nothing substantial to end the dry
conditions,” French said. “The last signifi
cant rain was on June 24, and it was only
half an inch.”
French said July and August are the dri
est months of the year, but June usually pro
duces enough rainfall to pull College Station
through the rest of the summer.
“This spring was not as wet as we expect
ed,” he said, “and the rainfall in June fell
from 15 inches in 1993 to 3 inches in 1994.”
“This could result in several potential
problems,” French said, “since so little rain
has been received over the last few months.”
Jeff Coska, water superintendent for Col
lege Station Utilities, said that in the 1994
summer months people have been using six
percent more water than last year.
Coska said, “College Station has in
creased its water usage by one million gal
lons of water.”
Coska said the reason for the increase is
that people are watering their lawns more
often and at inopportune times, wasting wa
ter that could be conserved.
People need to water their lawns in either
the morning or the evening, he said. “With
the intense heat, the water may not get a
chance to hit the ground because it is evapo
rating,” he said. “People should conserve
more water and be aware of what can hap
pen as a result.”
George Spain, fire marshal for College
Station Fire Department, said if the weather
continues to stay dry, people should take
precautions to help avoid fires.
“We haven’t seen a problem yet, but if
rain doesn’t come soon there could be a prob
lem,” he said.
To help protect themselves in case of a
range fire, he said people should cut all tall
grasses 20 feet away from their houses.
“That way we could put a fire out before it
got out of hand,” he said.
Coska said College Station is developing a
water conservation program to educate peo
ple about how to save water to protect the
city from extended drought-like conditions.
“The system will have an emergency
drought plan in case water production and
usage around the area exceeds 90 percent,”
he said.
The program will allow people to volun
tarily lower the amount of water used and, if
necessary, move it to a mandatory request.
“This will hopefully help eliminate the
amount of water wasted during times of
drought-like conditions,” he said.
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