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Page 10 • The Battalion Tuesday • February 13,19% WANTS YOU ! in panama city, Florida MTV UNDERCOVER “The Real World” . . . Spring Break Style INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16th / 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY / MSC FLAG ROOM (PRESENTED BY MSC TOWN HALL) FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL THE SPRING BREAK AUDITION HOTLINE 212-258-7770 GUF Continued from Page 1 dark ages,” he said. Bowen presented graphs showing that A&M faculty salaries are 91 percent of faculty salaries at peer universities. This is down from 1990’s figure of 95 percent. “At some point, that’s going to hurt you in recruiting faculty,” Cantrell said. Dr. Don Lewis, a faculty sen ator and a professor of veteri nary pathobiology, said he thinks Bowen’s presentation was well-founded. “I guess under the constraints of the current environment, it’s not an unusual request when we look at what’s going on at other major institutions of higher learning,” Lewis said. “I think this pretty well reflects where the funds have to come from, at least from (Bowen’s) perspec tive.” Lewis said that though the General Use Fee is accounted for, no mention was made of other fees. He said he wonders if other fees, such as lab fees, will increase. Bowen pointed out to the Sen ate that despite the General Use Fee increase from last year, A&M still ranks among the low est in undergraduate tuition and required fees among universities in the Big 12 Conference. Bowen will make presenta tions to other campus groups this month before proposing the increase to the Board of Regents in March. They shelled it out for your orthodontist hills. Coughed it up for your car insurance. And it over for that fish tClYlfc accident. Yet they still TTZSTSt you call COllCCt. Touched by their undying love, you spare them further expense. You dial 1 800 CALL ATT. 1 800 CALL ATT always costs less than i-soo-collect.’ And always gets you the reliable AKST Network Use it whenever you’re off campus Know the Code. 1 800 CALL ATT. That’s Your True Choice:' 1 AT&T Your True Choice For interstate calls. Promotions excluded 1-800-COLLECT is a registered trademark of MCI. © 1996 AT&T Tourists Continued from Page 1 from places as far away as Canada,” he said. “Because A&M and College Station con tinue to grow, this is where people want to be when touring Texas.” Forester said when groups of bus tourists spend one night in College Station they often spend S3,600 on food and lodging alone. The Special Events Center and the change from member ship in the Southwest Confer ence to the Big 12 are two other factors that city officials expect to dramatically increase tourism in College Station. Peggy Calliham, public rela tions and marketing manager for the city of College Station, said the influx of tourists cre ates special needs and may im pact safety and services offered by the city. The city has required that most of its employees complete 10 hours of tourism training. “The training is a broader ed ucation that helps us see our services in a different way," she said. “It will help us to be more hospitable hosts to visitors." Calliham said the city’s pri mary concern is the two-fold im pact that tourism will have. “Naturally we will deal with a higher incidence of theft and traffic accidents, simply because there will be a higher concentra tion of people,” she said. “But Bryan-College Station will still benefit from the immense eco nomic opportunities that tourism provides. “We simply need to be pre pared to handle the challenges.’ Water Continued from Page 1 clean.” Because it is more difficult to rinse off soap, soft water can cause problems with complex ions and hair texture. Soft wa ter carries away less grime and tends to leave a residue. Collins said the Texas Nat ural Resources Conservation Commission draws water sam ples from wells to test m&jera/ levels. Bryan’s most recent analysis, done in May 1993, and College Station’s analysis, done in January 1992, indicatf the water supplies fall well within state maximum contam inant levels. Both cities are due for new analyses soon. A&M’s May 1995 water analysis shows that the water supply is higher in some ele ments, including sodium, calci um and sulfate, than the water supplies of the twin cities. But officials said the differ ence in mineral levels between A&M and Bryan-College Station is probably caused by the time gap between the three analyses. Collins said Bryan, College Station and A&M have similar water supplies. All three pull their water from the Carrizo- Wilcox Simsboro Sands. The taste of water, a common complaint about Bryan-College Station water supplies, is caused by mineral content and water temperature, Collins said. Robert Cevallos, a senior marketing major, said he can not adjust to the taste of Bryan-College Station’s water. “The water here leaves a taste on your tongue like an af tertaste,” he said. “It’s kind of filmy. It bites compared to my hometown water.” Lawrence Carter, College Station waste water superin tendent, said the water in this area has an unusually high sodium content, with levels ranging from 198 milligrams per liter in College Station in 1992, to 440 milligrams per liter at A&M in 1995. . Wes O’Rear, Culligan Water Treatment manager, said the high sodium content has prompted some doctors to rec ommend water purification sys tems for patients who must regulate their sodium intake. “Bryan-College Station wa ter has a high sodium and chlo rine content,” he said. “We have had customers on low- sodium diets who have been re ferred to us by their doctors.” But O’Rear said most people with water purification sys tems do not like the way H makes water taste. Though Bryan and College Station’s water supplies cur rently have few problems, there have been contamination incidents in the past. Lawsuits are pending involv ing chemical contamination in a small geographic area of Bryan, but city officials said the water supply has been cleaned up since those incidents. Th Tue Febri G IV I coul stand such i it was schoo don a yellov and a untuc with i Gn perts / If A forec drivi: noon | that I year. out t 1. nn’st it’s n I’n an ex the p W1 siona as we ing tl A! week what plent Valei call c happ It’ passi Editc of th the i Text facu and Con subr ■ 1 ( St ar toi an la co th ye Pr is 18 nu tic tic tn ve Pi he Tl ti< w Pt pc
