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ANTH 201: Attend any one of these informational meetings in 154 Bizzell Hall West: Introduction to Anthropology Dr. Sylvia Grider ANTH 205: Peoples and Cultures of the World Dr. Sylvia Grider PSYC 405: Psychology of Religion Dr. David Rosen Mon., June 26 2-3 Thurs., June 29 10 - 11 PSYC 306: Abnormal Psychology Dr. David Rosen *Mandatory for all students Study Abroad Programs • 161 Bizzell Hall West • 845-0544 Italy Spring ‘96 for Future Teachers! Study with TAMU in Castiglion Fiorentino at the TAMU Study Abroad Center in Europe! Your international experience could be your students’ first look at the world! Interested? Please come to an informational meeting in 154 Bizzell Hall West on: Tuesday, June 27 Wednesday, June 28 10:30 - 11:30 For more information, contact: Prof. John Hoyle 203 HECC 845-2748 Prof. Lynn Burlbaw 330 HECC 845-6195 Study Abroad Programs • 161 Bizzell Hall West • 845-0544 HOME EVENTS TEXAS AGGIE FOOTBALL September 2 vs. LSU September 16 vs. Tulsa October 14 vs. SMU October 28 vs. Houston 2:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. November 18 vs. M. Tenn. State 1 p.m. December 2 vs. Texas 2:30 p.m. 1995 SEASON TICKETS 845-2311 (Local) See you this season at Kyle Field The Battalion City Monday • June 26,15! COMPLEX: Residents pledge money for injunction Continued from Page 1 1964 Civil Rights Act Title 6 grounds of “environmental : racism.” The residents' accusations ^ of environmental racism are based on suspicions they have ; about the history of the com- I plex’s development, he said. Before the decision was made ; to build the complex in the ! Brushy Creek area. University I officials considered building it on i A&M’s Riverside Campus. Schaffer said the residents have not received any satisfac tory answers from University officials about the decision to build in Brushy Creek instead of Riverside Campus. Dr. James M. Mazzullo, as sociate professor of geology and Brushy Creek resident, said in an e-mail message to Dr. Ray Bowen, A&M presi dent, that the decision appar ently discriminates against the African-American commu nity in Brushy Creek. “The homes near the River side campus are largely owned by white people,” Mazzullo said. “The University was very considerate of them, but showed no due consideration for the black people of Brushy Creek. This makes the Univer sity appear to be racist.” In a June release, Bowen said the University will contin ue to take steps toward the construction of the complex. Bids now are being accepted for the 580-a ere complex. A fi nal bid will likely be selected by the end of July, and con struction will start soon after. “I think that our community neighbors will be pleased with the fine facility that is now being planned/’ Bowen said. “Over the last six months the University has had several dis cussions with the Brushy com munity, and we will continue these conversations if there are other concerns. But we must move forward now if we are to meet our commitments to stu dents and to the statewide agri cultural industry,” he said. Dr. Ed Hiler, vice chancellor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, said the complex will be an invaluable teaching tool. “This will help us to serve the new kind of agriculture student that we are seeing more of these days,” Hiler said. “The complex will allow us to provide these students with the most comprehensive educational experience in working with technology and livestock.” However, Mazzullo said the complex’s benefits to students will come at the expense of the Brushy Creek community. He Said waste-management plans to utilize storage lagoons and irrigation will not be ade quate to protect water supplies because of the area’s sandy, porous ground. “They plan to hose the ani mal wastes into large clay- and plastic-lined lagoons on the site, and they claim that this is safe, but it is not true,” Mazzullo said. “Such lined la goons are notorious for the fact that they leak like sieves. The clay cracks when it is dry, and the liners rip from the weight of the-clay and water and from human activity. Mazzullo said heavy rainfall would increase the chances of the lagoons overflowing, caus ing water contaminated with animal waste to infiltrate into the ground. “Furthermore, there are no regional aquicludes (clay soils) to prevent surface water from infil trating to the depths at which many of us begin to draw water,” Mazzullo said. “There would sim ply be nothing to stop waste from entering our aquifer in the case of an overflow. It would contami nate the aquifer directly below our community, it would spread south in a plume to the River Road area, and it would eventu ally leak into the Brazos River.” Burges Stengl, Texas Nat ural Resource Conservation Commission geologist, evaluat ed in January 1994 the com plex’s wastewater-treatment permit application. 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Noon - 8 pm 107 Dominik (Just off Texas - located close to campus) Phone: 696-8346 Fax: 764-0592 and asked for a complete geot echnical report of the area. “It is concluded that the site presents a hazard to ground water,” Stengl said. “Because 11 out of 34 borings (holes) en countered ground water at depths of 2 to 18 feet below ground level, and the existing pens at the Beef Center are lined with sand and gravel, ground water contamination may have already occurred.” Schaffer said he asked to see the August 1991 Buchanan Geotechnical Report men tioned in University docu ments, but was not provided the information. Dr. John Beverly, associate vice chancellor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, said he will release the Buchanan report to Brxishy Creek residents immediately. He said that although he has not had a chance to look at the Buchanan report himself, A&M engineers have studied it. Beverly said r ^ >tL he has no sci entific evi dence that the environment of Brushy Creek already has been damaged by cattle or that it is likely to be damaged by the addition of more animals. stalled, and as a furtherpre caution, arsenic will nottr used in animal feed. tl .. ^ “If we have any problemJ- 1 9 J ^ ‘ we can cease operations immej diately,” Beverly said. T totally confident that thecoc. centration of animals will no:’ be a problem. “If we became a nuisance to; the community, we will stop u he said. “We have no problem making that commitment! the community. The day-s The Rev. Thomas William.;- of Clayton Baptist Church,om’lOtS 11631 of four churches located iE aA * n p Brushy Creek, is not satisfied'" with University officialsoSed for i assurances. /. : ® IW “I remember going outt^C the swine facility at Praih ... , . c - View A&M, and it w „ w -'M-chael Sm. Rev. Thomas Williams saic iEUA “ Al ,ON “But the goat center was term’ , bio. The smell is just unbear H 16 closu ^ able. It’s not a place 1 wantio 11 ^ 1 ^ \ 0 ,V c have in my community.” ,^ nd f Etta Ruth Williams, a Brush:. p K g ( d ;[ rtrn ‘‘ r ...— i a *ii ii a 'aftic Service "The complex will allow us to ^[51 locate provide these students with the < / en ^ e] r lly for basic most comprehensive educational idbuiyis. experience in working with tech nology and livestock." - Dr. Ed Hi vice chancellor in the College of Agriculture and Life Seim "Their experts disagree with our experts,” he said. A water-quality manage ment plan has been developed between University officials and the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board to monitor the impact of the com plex on ( water sources, Beverly said. Development of the moni toring program was a volun tary initiative of University of ficials, he said. Because the complex will have less than 2,500 animals, n. is not under regulations. He said the monitoring sys tem will detect all daily and weekly changes in the soil and water. Odor sensors will be in- Creek resident, said the lowing! of cattle and other animall sounds will be a nuisance. “You grow old with thei tent that you are going rest,' Etta Ruth Williams said. “Hok are we going to rest?” Brushy Creek residents said they are serious about trying to stop any problems before they occur. The Rev. Cedric Rouset Pool Chapel in Madisonville grew up in the Brushy Cred area. He said the resident have reached a critical stager their protest, and now is the time to take action. “If they put one board on there, it’s as good as the whole complex being done,” he said, f HEALTH CONSCIOUS MEN NEEDED FOR SEMEN DONORS!! IF YOU ARE BETWEEN 18 AND 35 AND WOULD LIKE TO EARN EXTRA MONEY WHILE HELPINO INFERTILE COUPLES, GIVE US A CALL . FAIRFAX CRY0BANK 7764453 Pitch Former Texa; camp at Kyle I NEED YOUR HELP, ACCoi Summer days breeze by with classes, lots of sun and hang ing out. 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