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NOV. 16 CHEM 101 3-5PM CH 9, 10 CH 11 CH 12 PRAC TEST CHEM 101 5-7PM CH 9, 10 CH 11 CH 12 PRAC TEST CHEM 101 7-9PM CH 9, 10 CH 11 CH 12 PRAC TEST PHYS 201 9 -11 PM CH 14, 15 CH 16, 17 CH 18 CH 19 MON. NOV. 13 TUBS. NOV. 14 WED. NOV. 15 THUR. NOV. 16 PHYS 208 5-7 PM PART I PART II PART III PRAC TEST MATH 151 7-9PM PART I PART II PART III PRAC TEST PHYS 208 9 - 11 PM PART I PART II PART III PRAC TEST BUSINESS SUN. NOV. 12 MON. NOV. 13 TUBS. NOV. 14 WED. NOV. 15 THURS. NOV. 16 ACCT 230 PART I 7 - 9 PM ACCT 230 PART II 7-9PM ACCT 230 PART III 7 - 9 PM ACCT 230 PRAC TEST 7-9 PM FINC 341 PARTI 9- 12 PM FINC 341 PART II 9 - 12 PM FINC 341 PRAC TEST 9 - 11 PM Monday thru Thursday tickets go on sale at 2:30 p.m. Please look for our schedule in the Battalion on Thursday, & Monday. Page 2 • The Battalion Inside Thursday • November 9,15 RHA plans for dorm unification □ A forum will be held Tuesday to discuss turning the three balcony residence halls into co-ed. By Michelle Lyons The Battalion Residents Hall Association members discussed Wednesday the details of the Keathley, Fowler and Hughes halls unifi cation. Keathley and Hughes, wom en’s balcony-style halls and Fowler, a men’s balcony hall, will be consolidating into one large co-ed complex. Pablo White, a resident ad viser for Fowler and a junior computer science major, said the decision to turn co-ed was approved earlier this semester by the Texas A&M System Board of Regents. “The environment is practi cally co-ed as it is,” White said. “Why not go a step further and just make it one large complex?” The new complex would be run by a single resident direc tor and would have one president, three vice presidents and one Residence Hall Association repre sentative. There will not be a rent increase for the three dorms. White speculated that the consolida tion would help to alleviate conflicts that have existed in the three dorms. “When there are three resident direc tors, there are three completely different interpretations of how things should be run,” he said. “That has caused conflicts with in the complex.” things left to decide concerning the dorms are the details, such as ren ovations and floor assignments. White listed several possible improvements including ties to the Ethernet, new lighting, painting the rooms and replacing ceil ing tiles. “We’re willing to accept that the reno vations may be done in steps over three to four years,” he said. “We know that the University only has so much money for renovations.” Gia Chevis, Keathley president and a junior finance and accounting ma jor, said she views consolidation as a favor- At the present time, the only the able act. “I think it will be a very positive move,” Chevis said. “It will give guys more space.” Suzanne Lyons, RHA presi dent and a Hughes residei said the concerns havesi rounded the placement oft residents. “One of my main concerns how to structure the male a female ratio in terms of wh( they are on floors,” Lyons, nior geophysics major, said. Lyons said Keathley a Hughes are the only two wo: en’s balcony dorms and ifent floors were given to a partial! sex, it would be unfair. “These are the only fenn balcony dorms,” she said. “Sc the first floor goes male, the would be no first floor fenn balcony rooms.” The Department of Reside: Life and Housing is hosting: open forum Tuesday, Nov 1995 in the A-l Lounge force; cerned and interested residei and students. Details for the dorms area up in the air. “The only thing definite non that it’s going co-ed,” Lyons sail OA Gramm expects boost in campaign □ The presidential candidate thinks that Powell's decision will benefit his election chances. WASHINGTON (AP) — Now that Colin Powell’s no longer casting a shadow over the GOP presidential race, voters can focus on the two candidates who have a chance to de feat President Clinton: Bob Dole and Phil Gramm, the Texas senator said Wednesday. And, Gramm added, the scrutiny can only help his campaign. Painting his rival as a reluctant partici pant in the GOP revolution on Capitol Hill, Gramm said: “I think when people look at my record, when they look at Sen. Dole’s record, that those who are committed to ... a dramat ic change in the way Washington works are going to conclude that I am the person who can lead the country to make those changes.” Gramm’s comments were made during a Capitol news conference held an hour after Powell announced he wouldn’t seek the White House next year. Gramm barely men tioned Powell, training his sights instead on Dole, the front-runner. Brushing aside Republi can rivals Lamar Alexan der, Arlen Specter, Dick Lugnr and others, Gramm said Powell's decision to bow out brings the race down to himself and Dole. “I think that now that we don’t have the spectre of a genuine American hero in Colin Powell basi cally looming over the race, now that the field is set, people for the first time are really going to sit down and look at the two candidates who have a chance of car rying the ball over the goal line," he said. “They are going to look at Sen. Dole’s record. They are going to look at my record. And I be lieve they’re going to choose me.” Gramm Although Dole and Clinton figure!: gain the most from Powell’s departure. Gramm said the retired general’s decisior not to enter the race is “a very positive thing and an important step toward winning the nomination.’’ A slew of recent polls had indicated I Powell would be even or slightly Dole if he entered the race. Dole welcomed Powell to the Republican Party but refrained from speculatingor which candidate benefits most from his an nouncement. Gramm contended that Dole’s campax doesn’t get a bounce from Powell’s decisir not to run. “This is the action that fort first time in this campaign is going to indur people to say. The field is set... I’ve got toe- cide two things: Number one, which oft Republican candidates os president could f: would change America; and secondly, vt can beat Bill Clinton? “And I think I can win on both of those is [ sues,” Gramm said. Pizza policy perturbs Austin resident □ Some vendors in the city refuse to make deliveries to areas with high crime rates. AUSTIN — Cheryl Langford just wanted a pizza. She called four pizza delivery companies and was told the same thing: “Sorry, we don’t deliver to that part of the city.” That reply left Langford, 40, who lives on East Ninth Street, not only hungry, but frus trated and confused. “We like to eat, too,” Langford said. “Why should they segregate where they deliver?” Some vendors say the problem is that they have no restaurants near the area. Others blame the region’s high crime rate. They say the safety of delivery drivers who face a higher risk of robbery in the 78702 ZIP code prompted the no-pizza policy. Austin police statistics show that in the past six months, 22 percent of the report ed aggravated robberies in Austin — 61 out of 274 — occurred in the 78702 ZIP code, the area east of Interstate 35, south of East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, west of Airport Boulevard and north of Town Lake. That was the highest percentage of ag gravated rovveries in any ZIP code. Zone 78723 — south of U.S. 290 East of Inter state 35, west of Ed Bluestein Boulevard and north of East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard — was the next highest with 10 percent of aggravated robberies in Austin.. Most robberies in the 78702 ZIP code, however, were concentrated near 11th Street and Airport Boulevard. Few oc curred in the center of the neighborhood. Langford and other residents say the high crime shouldn’t mean the 78702 area is desig nated as the unofficial pizza-free zone. The restaurant, at 2727 E. Seventh St., has been open about nine months. So far, owners say, their delivery crews have en countered no crime. “It seems crazy that anywhere would be iso lated from pizza,” said Narciso Garcia, part- owner of La Pizza Loca. “But companies have historically discriminated against this commu nity by not delivering and not caring about the kind of service they give.” The community response to La Pizza Loca has been positive, said Lori Cervenak- Renteria, a founder of the United East Austin Coalition. The neighborhood group, formed 10 years ago, recently recognized the pizza shop for “Best Business Effort” in the region. “In this neighborhood, we have a high num ber of low-income families or elderly who do not drive,” said Cervenak-Renteria, who has lived in East Austin for 16 years. “Those people find it difficult to provide cheap, fun meals for their children or grandchildren. A bus ride to a fast-food place might cost $4 or $5 they may not be able to spare.” La Pizza Loca delivers in all of East Austin. Mr. Gatti’s Market Manager Andy Cook de clined to comment specifically on why his com pany does not deliver to East Austin. He would say only that “safety is a concern for drivers in all parts of the city.” Little Caesar’s and Double Dave’s repre sentatives said they do not have\oeat\onj close enough to cover the entireEa| Austin area. Bobbie Enriquez, aide to Austin City Com cil Member Gus Garcia, said that by refusil, to deliver to East Austin, many pizza pla« I perpetuate the stereotype that the area,whi; has a high concentration of minority resident is unsafe or undesirable. 'S “ “There’s this myth that minorities comm more crimes than anyone else, and 1 simply not true,” Enriquez said. “You to ask yourself why would Bank One pul branch on East Seventh Street? If a can put a facility there and not worry being robbed, then why should pizza ] avoid the area?” But Garcia of La Pizza Loca says he’s to offer an alternative. “We realized that this part of Austin w. not being served by anyone and it would be good opportunity for us,” Garcia said. Garcia, who often calls his customers name and waves at passers-by through shop window, said he hopes to make La Ffe Loca the community’s pizza place. The shop currently works with Brooke Elf mentary School, giving away free pizzas tost dents who have perfect attendance. Manuel Passarell, who lives at 1909c Ninth Street, said La Pizza Loca is a ste in the right direction. “We’re good people here, and we’re doir the best we can,” he said. “And everyone in a while you just want a pizza. 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