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Page 10 • The Battalion Local Monday • March 4,1996 Don’t Worry when an accident or sudden illness occurs CarePlus is open when you need them 7 days a week with affordable medical care. CarePlus Family Medical Center 2411 Texas Ave. and Southwest Parkway 696-0683 10% A&M student discount AvailalilA? for Graduating Seniors and Graduate Students of U.S. Citizenship for One Year of Study or Research Abroad During the 1997-1998 Academic Year. i.nfunniilkwal Mtcling Times February 26 at 3 p.m. February 28 at 1p.m. March 1 at 2 p.m. March 4 at 11 a.m. Bizzell Hall West Rm 358 «iiiiiininn!!!n!U!i!i!!inHni!!iii!:maiininn!iinni!!nu«iHi!nnui8iiHninniiuiHni Study Abroad Programs Office 161 Bizzell Hall West (409) 845-0544 Parking Continued from Page 1 for some, it’s a pretty big incon venience because they were moved to lots across campus. “We would like to be closer in, but we understand that construc tion will inevitably take place.” Jackson said although some spaces will be lost because of the construction, many spaces on campus are not yet fully uti lized. Parking area 110 on Agronomy Road and the com muter lot between the Recre ational Sports Center and Olsen Field, he said, seldom ex- Mediation Continued from Page 1 Creek resident, said she and members of Residents Opposed to Pigs and Livestock are disap pointed with the outcome of the mediation, but they will contin ue their attempts to keep the center out of their neighborhood. The residents are concerned that ASTREC will bring water contamination and noise pollu tion to their community. “We were saddened, but we tried our best to reach an agree ment,” Schaffer said. “The medi ator, Jerome Levy, was excellent and was very understanding.” Schaffer said the community members are weary from trying to work out a compromise with Rent Continued from Page 1 “At first I was kind of upset,” Burrell said. “What about the people who don’t have TVs or computers? But now I under stand better. If new stuff (cable and ethernet) is what everyone in general wants, then every one has to pay.” Although Residence Life and Housing has not made official plans for a new resident hall, there has been discussion of re placing Law and Puryear, which ceed half of their capacity. Other current or future changes to campus parking in clude: • The A.P. Beutel Health Center lot is now entirely 24- hour patient parking, except for two handicapped and two am bulance spaces. • Fire lanes will be added to parking area 13, behind the Chemistry Building, to prevent parking near a liquid nitrogen tank. • Fire lanes will be added behind the Halbouty Geo sciences Building. • Parking area 91, the com muter lot at the end of Joe Routt Boulevard, will be paved and lighting will be added dur ing spring break. the University. She said the next step in the legal process will be determined by Judge Ewing Werlein Jr. in tbe coming weeks. “Presumably the mediator will go to the judge.” she said. “He will decide where this goes next. It may go to trial.” Dr. Tam Garland, a Brushy Creek resident and associate pro fessor of veterinary medicine, said the community has fought hard to have their needs addressed through tedious legal processes. She said she wishes the Uni versity had been more agreeable to residents’ concerns all along. “It was a very tiring process, and we are very saddened with the outcome,” Garland said. “I’m even more saddened that the Uni versity has not been community oriented and has been arrogant toward this community.” are scheduled for demolition. “If I had a choice as director, that’s what I’d like to do,” Sasse said in response to students’ questions of whether a new resi dence hall will be created. Emily Sloan, a freshmen bio chemistry major and McFadden resident, said she understands only some of the reasons for the rent increase. “As far as renovation and utilities, I understand,” Sloan said. “I have a problem with ethernet and cable though. I don’t have a TV, and we can al ready get on line without the ethernet.” Harassment Continued from Page 1 two racial harassment incidents at A&M. He said that though the University has implemented programs to deal with racial harassment, there is an apathetic attitude about racial offenses at A&M. “The University comes up with these cute plans, but when it comes down to it, they don’t do anything,” Williams said. “This general apathetic attitude the University has created has most students prone to sweep instances of racial harassment under the rug. They don’t feel comfortable turning to the University.” But not all students think the University is apathetic. Noah Tsegai, a sophomore general studies major who came to America in ’84 from Africa, said he does not think the overall at mosphere at A&M is racially insensitive. Tsegai, who is also a member of the Corps of Cadets, said he has not experienced any racial harassment at A&M, but that if it did occur, he would be angered and would definitely report the in cident. Though instances of racial harassment are not reported often to the Department of Student Life, this does not mean that they are not happening, said Bridgette Jackson, Student Life coordinator of negotiation and mediation. Jackson referred to an incident that occurred two semesters ago involving a campus organization’s signs posted on campus that contained racial slurs. "The University comes up with these cute plans, but when it come down to it, they don't do anything." — Shawn Williams president ofAdrM's chapter of the NAACP “During that whole scandal no one came to our office,” Jackson said. Jackson said Student Life has a mediation and negotiation ser vice that many students do not realize is available to them. Sgt. Betty Lemay of the University Police Department said that though the UPD has received several reports of hate crimes on campus, only one reported instance has met the criteria for a racial hate crime . Lemay and Lt. Bert Kretzschmar, both certified crime preven tion specialists in UPD’s Crime Prevention Unit, said that once someone reports an incident involving perceived racial harass ment, it is turned over to investigating officers and must fit sever al criteria in order to be classified as a hate crime. In order to be a hate crime, the FBI specifies that, as well as being perceived as racially motivated, it “may also cause physical injury, private property damage, public property damage, emo tional suffering, and criminal effects.” Kretzschmar said such cases are usually “pretty cut and dried,” but that the difficult part is determining if the crime was accu rately “perceived” as a hate crime. “Perception itself can be a bias,” Kretzschmar said. “You have to have all the facts.” The UPD operates under full Texas Law, and if a reported racial harassment incident meets the criteria for a hate crime, the UPD will pursue the case vigorously in accordance with its no-tol- erance policy, Kretzschmar and Lemay said. Harassment is classified as a Class A misdemeanor and can re ceive a fine no greater than $2,000 and 180 days in jail. Depending on the crime, harassment enhanced by racial threats can be classified as a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by $4,000 and a year in jail, or even as a felony. More Than lust Fun and Games Get Ready to Run! Texas A&M University's Most Challenging 5K Course. Entry Fees Before March 8 Texas A&M students, facultv/staff with Rec Memberships $7.00 All Others $10.00 Entries must be postmarked March 6, or received by March 8 for those registering in person at the Member Services Desk at the Student Recreation Center. Pick up registration forms at: the Rec Center, G. Rollie White, Read Building, or M.S.C. Penberthy * Softball Tournament March 22-24 Register now thru March 19 Only $40 per team! Ultimate Frhbee will aim be played! Divisions: Men's: A/B, B/C, C/D Women's: B/C, C/D Co-Rec: B/C, C/D Location: Penberthy Intramural Sports Center For more informal ion. contact the Rec Center Member Services Desk, or call S-I5-~S26. ^Registratioi^Dates Sport Register Fee Pickleball Feb. 26-Mar. 5 Free Badminton Feb. 26-Mar. 5 Free Innertube Water Basketball Feb. 26-Mar. 5 $20/team Table Tennis Feb. 26-Mar. 5 Free Kyle Field Ramp Romp Feb. 26-Mar. 23 * Tennis Mar. 4-Mar. 19 Free Golf Mar. 18-Mar. 26 ** Archery Doubles Mar.25-Apr. 2 Free Swim Meet Mar.25-Apr. 2 Free * See attached advertisment * * Green Fee ior more information, contact the Rec Center Members Sen'ices Desk TAMU Outdoors Spring *96 Trip Date Rating Register Fee Wilderness HorseBack Trip Mar. 13-17 B Mar. 4-5 $356*/392** T.A.M.U 0 Kayak Roll Open Session Mar. 21 1 Mar. 4-18 $6*/8** Ad ; iifT Canoe Day Trip Mar. 23 B Mar. 4-18 j28*/33** Wilderflower Scenic Bike Tour Mar. 23 B Mar. 4-18 $25*/30** Kayak Roll Intsructional Clinic Mar. 25 B Mar. 4-21 $I2*/I5** o Caving Day Trip Mar. 30 B Mar. 4-25 $26*31** /7/fJ o Kayak Workshop Mar. 30-31 B Mar. 4-25 $54*/64** / //Dpa R Hiking Day Trip Mar. 31 B Mar. 4-25 $18 *722** 1 1 JHfl S’ Kayak Open Roll Session April 1 1 Mar. 4-28 $6*/8** •Students & faculty with Rec Memberships ••Faculty/staff without Rec Memberships and Bryan/College Station Community Members Trip Rating: (B)Be{inner-r»qiiirts no previous experience in the activity I for more information about outdoor dinic and trips stop in the TAMU Outdoors' I facility, located behind the Rec Center and facing Olsen Field. 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