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Texas 77025 • 713-668-5000 Page 2 The Battalion (TAMP US Bush Continued from Page 1 the leaders who were sitting be side him and in the audience. “When I look out here at the dedicated leaders from my ad ministration, I see... well, I see half the field for the 1996 cam paign,” Bush said. “This li brary and everything it repre sents would not have been pos sible without these people.” Some of his special guests were Brian Mulroney, former Canadian prime minister; George W. Bush, governor-elect of Texas; Lamar Alexander, former secretary of education; Andrew Card, former secretary of transportation; Edward Der- winski, former secretary of vet erans’ affairs; Lawrence Eagle- burger, former secretary of state; Lynn Martin, former sec retary of labor; Brent Scow- croft, former national security advisor; Louis Sullivan, former secretary of health and human services; and John Sununu, former chief of staff. The Bushes, A&M officials and former members of Bush’s administration then participat ed in the actual breaking of ground for the library. After the ceremony, the Bushes attended a luncheon at the MSC with six hundred in vited guests, where Bush was presented with a hardhat as a remembrance of the ground breaking events. Bowen said he was antici pating the time when Bush would return to the University. “I look forward to the days when you’re a frequent visitor to our campus,” Bowen said. “This is a wonderful occurrence for all of us, especially the future gen erations of our students.” The Presidential Library Cen ter will include the library and museum, the Center for Presi dential Studies, the Center for In ternational Studies, the George Bush School of Government and Public Service and several acade mic departments. Bush said he hoped the li brary and school will give something back to the people. Construction will begin soon on the $82 million project with completion set for 1997. The Bush Library will be the 10th presidential library oper ated by the National Archives. Bush graduated from Phillips Academy in 1942 and served as a fighter pilot in World War II. When commis sioned, he was the youngest pi lot in the U.S. Navy. After the war, he graduated from Yale University with a de gree in economics. He moved to Texas and co-founded Zapa ta Offshore Co. in 1953. He represented Texas’ 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1966 to 1970. He was di rector of the Central Intelli gence Agency in 1976. After serving eight years as Ronald Reagan’s vice president, Bush was elected president in 1988 and served until 1993. He and his wife Barbara now live in Houston. A day to remember After the groundbreaking cere mony Bush shakes hands with rus. They irrorir nels e cts the Ion. A ( any In Fami e natii 27,73< Ross Volunteer, Grants Commanding OfficerofB Center Library Continued from Page 1 Continued from Page 1 Dr. Nancy Dyer, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts, said she was interested in the academic side of the Bush library and museum. “Academic programs are the strength of all of this,” Dyer said. “They will enhance the value of the library and the graduate programs in presiden tial studies.” Lawre Alexander, a senior theater arts major, said she thought the event was a well- handled, respectful event. “He’s the kind of president that it should be that way,” Alexander said. Alexander said she hopes the library will be useful and not just be a monument. “I think it is cool he is teach ing,” Alexander said, “but I bet it will be hard to get his class. “Bush says he wants public service to be a big emphasis of this library,” she said. “If he is actually out there teaching stu dents, that will show he means it.” tended the ceremony because she was a fan of former President George Bush. “I love George Bush,” Still said. “I’m a fightin’ Texas Aggie by heart, and I have attended every important event at Texas A&M since 1959. I wouldn’t have missed it for the world.” Mary Nan West, chairman of the Texas A&M University Sys tem Board of Regents, said no event of this magnitude has ever occurred at the University. “This is the grandest achieve ment A&M could ever boast of,” art of t irazos ' munity lational fallery. Each bom the West said. “It’s a greabjra ived on for Texas A&M but for dents as well. In l997,tlK be able to enjoy the fruits has occurred today.” Margaret Rudder, wiff mer A&M presidentGei Rudder and longtime coii: hose w to the University, saidtlii was one of the greatest^ that has happened to A&) ia [J e ‘ r "The library will aci everything,” Rudder salt will be the center of even" anticipate great things New parking areas under consideration by Regent By Jan Higginbotham The Battalion The Texas A&M System Board of Regents planning and building committee approved a proposal Wednesday that could bring more parking spaces to the school’s campus. The proposal, which will be presented to the entire Board today, will create 430 surface parking spaces near the Med ical Sciences Library and the Reynolds Medical Building on West Campus. Tom Williams, director of Parking Transit and Traffic Ser vices, said the new lot will in clude 168 visitor parking spots. “The key now is having the parking there when we need it for visitors,” Williams said. The new lot will include a toll booth, barrier gates and card readers placed at three en trances. The contract for the pro ject, if approved, will be awarded to Young Contractors, Inc. of Bryan for almost $500,000. Dr. Jerry Gaston, interim vice president for finance and administration, said the pro ject should pay for itself. “Funding for the project would be from parking rev enues,” Gaston said. “The big cost will come from extending the electrical currents to the md the toll booth barrier gates.” The construction of the toll booth along with the new lot is expected to create new student worker positions. “The need for visitor park ing is agreed upon,” Gaston said. “The question now is the staffing. The value of the per son on the job there is much more than what it would cost us in one year to pay that per son.” Regent Guadalupe Rangel said the workers in the toll booth would add a measure of safety to the parking lot be cause their presence could de ter any possible criminal chief in the area. Regent T. Michael O’C said he would like theU sity to look into the p' of building a new p garage on West Cnmpus. “I suggest we go ahea this base bid and then into the construction of ti-story parking facility Connor said. Gaston said he will a report to Board at its ary meeting on the Uni' foni Ri ty’s future plans for development where hew cuss the possibility new garage. m CHILDRENS-ROMANCE-WOMEN STUDIES-REFERENCE Three Off-Campus Stores To Serve You Northgate - Culpepper - Village BOOK SALE o > X) o m in our NORTHGATE & VILLAGE “BOOKS & MORE” Sections 2 O o I m All Reference Books Normally Priced $9.99 or Less are NOW $2.00 CO All General & Trade Titles Normally 1/2 Price or Less - NOW $2.00 X] 5 m co H m XJ Romance Novels Normal 1/2 Price NOW 10 for $1.00 CO CO o m 2 O m Readers Digest Condensed Books - NOW $.50 o H O 2 Can It Last Forever? No, only the week of 11-28 to 12-04 Current Textbooks Are Not In These Sections. ■lV3ia3IAI-NOIlVOna3-S3IAIV9-ONI13>lldVIAI-ONIlNnOOOV Ti n Battalion BELINDA BLANCARTE, Editor in chief AMES Since •y, evei ‘‘All t olunte< os Vail ut a lol The e nd will Briar vith at Thur ilarly a ause of “This lary,” 1 ife. 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