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ly • October rii en the woman,, i the telephon threatened ^ >ns circle fori,, e arrived » fain verbally her in the fa, s being restr> e blow was del, >s. The womai nal charges, ssion of Alcold rage Locations • le Intoxicated ocations - Twoi ■ jailed in tbel ■ug Faraphera •ay battery-ops e of suspectedi! e building. ly Conduct roup of 50-605 ofane, abusive ctim. ibroa PAH r '95 iding fellowsti: ated) me fl995.Ca sters of Japaifi :hry lobby 1:30-4:30 30-5:00 pr : 00-3:00 ):00-2:0( s Day) Vest; 845-1 IE! aturedbelo"' icks to $9.95 free! tl Forno :on Mozzaf^ motion is lid Sunday 2ttractm. te Station ,d In on 96 Thursday - October 13, 1994 Mliilllll -'V> Copy Continued from Page 2 undergraduate and graduate students,” Sawtelle said. Graduate students and fac ulty, not undergraduates, can check out loose and bound peri odicals for four hours so they can take them somewhere else to photocopy. Therefore, undergraduates have no choice about where they copy something. Sawtelle said most graduate students do not have enough time to go off campus to copy some thing in a four-hour period. “Evans Library is an out standing library and will con tinue to be if it meets the needs of its customers,” Sawtelle said. “The bottom line is students at Texas A&M are the cus tomers, and as customers we should be treated in the same way as in corporate America and the private sector,” Sawtelle said. He contacted a faculty mem ber on the library council ask ing him to bring up the issue in the council’s next meeting, but the issue was already brought up by another council member. Dr. Jim Bradford, an associ ate professor of military histo ry, is the College of Liberaf Arts representative on the li brary council. / Bradford said students have complained to him because they did not receive refunds from debit cards they used in past semesters and because of the price increase. Students have also com plained because they can make cheaper copies off campus than on campus. Bradford said the library should have made better arrange ments to get money back to stu dents with debit cards. Smith said students who did not receive refunds from last semester’s debit cards can go to Dittos Copies on Dominik Road to get their refunds. Smith said all photocopy and microcopy machines in the li brary accept debit cards. Bradford said he would like to see the profits from the copiers go into student services in the library. Profits from the copying ma chines are divided between the The Battalion • Pa ge 7 library, the copy center and Texas Copy, the company who ha(J the best price and who pre viously had the library con tract, Smith said. He said A&M decided not to choose Texas Copy because in the past equipment was frequently out of order and the quality of copies was poor. “I would visit the library and see the copies students would re ceive and I would get embar rassed,” Smith said. “I ended up reimbursing students from my o\Vn pocket.” Colleen Cook, an associate pro fessor in the library, said the new services have been successful. “We are very much trying to increase the quality of services we provide,” Cook said. “One basic service that is fundamental is having quality photocopiers and microcopiers. We wanted quality machines.” Cook said all copying in the library is a part of an overall system. “People need to look at the . overall system,” she said. “The increase in price is a result of providing new microcopying machines that provide quality copies too.” tri • • I uition Continued from Page 2 tions, doing library research and contacting government agencies and legislators,” she said. “The research is general in the beginning, and then we be gin to dig,” Womack said. Partain said LSG decides on the issues and then the commit tee members research them. “LSG works all year,” she said. “In the fall we do research, and in the spring we go to Austin and we also continue research,” Partain said. Partain said the health cen ter fee is another issue LSG is working on. The Legislature is trying to increase the health center fee, but we want to put a cap on it,” she said. “We’re working on that and it will go through the Legislature.” She said LSG is working on the speaker’s bureau, which was originally called the Presi dent’s Speaking Bureau, and was organized by the Universi ty’s public relations office. “The bureau is a gras,s-roots effort where university adminis trators and students talk to hometown groups about higher education,” she said. “We are working on sending more com mittee members out to do that.” Womack said several stu dents have contacted her about certain issues and how they can voice their opinions. “We are working on the Ag gie Poll,” she said. “It’s a questionnaire about things like tuition and finan cial aid that will allow us to get input from students,” Womack said. She said the poll is impor tant because LSG is working for the students. “They are our main con cern,” she said. Womack said the group is well-respected in Austin. “Over the years we’ve built up high standards and a repu tation,” she said. “When we walk into a legis lator’s office, they often al ready know who we are,” Wom ack said. She said some legislative of fices call LSG to get information. Partain said LSG definitely has on effect on the Texas Leg islature. “Our information is always good and we’re reliable,” she said. “We’ve worked to keep ap propriations high and tuition low,” Partain said. She said LSG not only ad vises on the issues they re search, but they also watch bills coming through the Legis lature and make sure nothing will hurt Texas A&M. Tobin Boenig, Student Sen ate speaker, said LSG does a good job. “The information that they gather is high quality,” he said. Members of LSG spend a lot of time in Austin in the spring. Partain said she will spend one or two days a week in Austin when the Legislature is in session. “Each committee member will alsp spend time there and we try to have someone there at all times,” she said. Boenig said Partain will speak at the Senate meetings next semester to keep senators and the student body president informed of issues going through the Legislature. “We want to send senators to Austin next semester, and Kathy will help organize and educate us,” he said. HDO ©©KKglJtiTT HEAD WEST Opening for Jack Ingram Benefiting the United Way October 14, 1994 Gates open at 7 p.m. Wellborn Community Center FM 2818 N ▲ w DEACON DRIVE 25, T Look for the f Signs WELLBORN 1 ^ COMMUNITY - 1 — CENTER NJ1IWY X 6 Tickets $5.00 in Advance On Sale at Marooned, MSC and Blocker Sponsored by: Uncover the Best Kept Secret in Aggieland! 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