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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.
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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.’
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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.
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