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Voting
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vote than those with less schooling.
Many people begin voting
when they are about 30 years
old, married and have curious
children that ask them if they
vote, Luttbeg said.
Fewer people vote in local
elections than in national elec
tions, and Luttbeg said this is
because advertising is less ex
travagant for local elections and
because polling places are often
in out-of-the-way schools.
“I don’t think anyone votes on
the local level because it’s invisi
ble,” Luttbeg said.
In an attempt to boost voter
turnout in Oregon elections, resi
dents can now mail their ballots.
Because Oregon had its
largest voter turnout ever when
this system was implemented,
Luttbeg said it should be consid
ered for the Bryan-College Sta
tion area.
Connie Hooks, College Sta
tion city secretary, said that
since many people do not realize
that two separate elections are
conducted in Bryan-College Sta
tion, many do not know which
election they are voting in.
City elections in May are han
dled by the mayors office, but
state and national elections held
from March to November are
handled by the county clerk.
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The chapter’s major construction project last year was the fire
safety house.
“We constructed a two-story house on a 30-foot trailer,” Crosse
said. “The house is equipped with a smoke detector and a machine
used to make nontoxic smoke. The Fire Department brings it to ele
mentary schools to teach the children about fire safety.”
The two children’s playhouses that the chapter built and raffled
at Post Oak Mall last year raised $6,000 for Phoebe’s Home and
Scotty’s House.
David O’Connell, president of the A&M chapter of NAHB and a
senior construction science major, said the organization plans to raf
fle another playhouse this year and finish building a gazebo at the
Rock Prairie Retirement Home in College Station.
O’Connell said the NAHB service projects get members out of the
academic world and into the community.
“Our members really get involved with the community,” O’Con
nell said. “The service projects give the students a chance to have
hands on experience in construction.”
Donnie Bates, vice president of the A&M chapter of NAHB, said
the organization also does projects to supplement the construction
science department.
This year it will sponsor a first aid and CPR seminar to equip
construction science majors for job safety.
“Safety is a big thing in the construction industry,” Bates said.
“We want to give each student a chance to become certified in CPR
and first aid.”
Con Artist
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said. “If someone thinks the
caller may be legitimate, we
request that they simply refer
their case to one of the Brazos
Valley’s professional health or
ganizations or law enforce
ment agencies.”
D. Scott McCollum, College
Station Police Department ad-
wiinistrati ve lieutenant, said
students should always remain
aware and cautious to avoid be
ing victimized.
“Be aware that there are those
people out there who will do
things like this,” McCollum said.
Kretzschmar said that stu
dents are often victims because
they tend to be to trusting and
often do not file complaints
soon enough.
“The word ‘con’ comes from
the word ‘confidence,’” he said.
“And that’s exactly what the con
artist tries to do — gather a per
son’s confidence.”
He said this type of problem
affects students in many col
lege towns.
“Students tend to be easy
prey,” Kretzschmar said, “not
just here, but at universities
across the nation.”
Sgt. Betty Lemay of the
UPD Crime Prevention Unit
said people are victimized be
cause con artists are skilled at
what they do.
"Students tend to be
easy prey, not just here,
but at universities across
the nation."
— Lt. Bert Kretzschmar
UPD Crime Prevention Unit
“They’ll make you believe
them,” Lemay said. “You don’t
want to get yourself in that
kind of situation. Just leave it
to the professionals— let them
do their job.”
Cemetery
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working together, a suitable plot could be provided for and
cared for.”
The search ended fruitlessly; none of Foster’s relatives were
found. There is no information after 1995 about the fate of Mose
ley’s proposal, but Foster is still buried in the campus graveyard.
Although the A&M Board of Regents passed a bill in Octo
ber 1990 authorizing the continued use of the land as a ceme
tery, no more graves have been made.
The cemetery is well-kept. The grass has been cut and all
weeds have been pulled. The weathered, discolored tomb mark
ers are the only clues to the cemetery’s age.
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