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Page 12 • The Battalion Cajs/lpxjs &: State Hazing Continued from Page 1 chooses to do so. Zdziarski said hazing occurs everywhere on campus, in places such as residence halls and honor societies, despite the general perception that the Greeks, the Corps of Cadets and Bonfire are the only organiza tions associated with it. Margge Robinson, Panhel- lenic president and a junior ed ucation major, said hazing is more likely to occur in the Corps and in fraternities be cause of the brotherhood in volved with membership in these groups. She said the type of hazing more likely to occur in sorori ties is mental rather than physical, although she added that she has not heard of any recent sorority hazing inci dents at all. Outlined at the forum were common defenses to hazing alle gations, including tradition, bonding and unity, brotherhood and sisterhood, character build ing and, simply, the fun of it. Zdziarski said students need to differentiate between tradi tions that should be upheld and ones that have negative repercussions. “My challenge to students is that we do have a choice ... and that you, as students, should decide what are the traditions that have meaning, value and a purpose that we want to hold out to the state and the rest of the nation as being important traditions at Texas A&M,” Zdziarski said. Toby Boenig, student body president and a senior agricul tural development major, at tended the meeting to clarify his standpoint and answer questions about the Feb. 19 al leged hazing incident involving six Student Government Fish Aides who kidnapped him in honor of Presidents Day. Boenig said he wants to con vince people that if anything wrong was done, he should be held responsible because of his leadership position. Zdziarski said safety is the foremost factor in any hazing situation, especially since liabil ity is a factor. Zdziarski said Boenig, who was blindfolded at the corner of Texas Avenue and George Bush Drive, could have acci dentally fallen into the road and been injured. But Boenig said he perceives the incident differently. “I don’t feel like my physical and mental health was in any kind of harm,” Boenig said. “These six individuals who showed up, I felt that they cared enough about me to do some thing special.” But he said if he had known what the freshmen would be going through now, he would have stopped the incident be fore it occurred. Shuttle Continued from Page 1 Representatives from the police departments said the plan sounds like a good one, but that keeping people from driving after drinking is not an easy task. Lt. McCullom, administra tive lieutenant for the College Station Police Department, said people might not use the service after drinking because the ability to judge situations is impaired. “I think it is a good idea, if people would use it,” McCul lom said. “A lot of times, it’s their failure to recognize that they’re intoxicated. When you consume alcohol, you lose a lot of rationalism. As far as judgment calls — what is a good idea and what is a bad idea — they don’t have that rationalization.” Sgt. Choya Walling, Bryan Police Department sergeant for community services, agreed that people need to make deci sions not to drive before leav ing home. “Basically, we’re for any thing that helps cut down on DWIs,” Walling said. “The biggest problem that we face is the decision-making process that people go through. “We’ve had wrecker compa nies who offer free tows on hol idays, but people still drink and drive. It’s an attitude that happens prior to the first drink.” Kenyon stressed that the shuttle service would be avail able to transport people from their residences so they would not have to worry about leav ing their cars at bars or finding parking spaces. Walling also suggested that, in order to be effective, the ser vice not be aimed only at peo ple who want to drink. “The other end of it is, if they cater to intoxicated per sons, then no one else is going to use the service,” Walling said. “Because no one is going to consciously put themselves in that company.” Kenyon said that although the program’s focus is to cut down on the number of drunk en drivers, the service can' be used for many purposes. “One thing that we want people to know is it is not a party bus,” he said. The service could also be used to get to campus, to stores near shuttle stops or from one apartment complex to another. “We’re trying to make clear that it is for the rest of the community, too — get ting down to Albertson’s or getting to the copy shop,” Redfield said. Anyone interested in help ing with the project can con tact Redfield at 268-5321 or e-mail Kenyon at mrk1669@tamu. e du. Dole Continued from Page 1 Buchanan was second at 20 percent, the poll found. Bush in the past has differed sharply with Buchanan over trade and Mexico policy. “Sen. Dole understands our Texas economy,” Bush said. “He knows that free and fair trade means jobs for working Texans. He knows that problems among neighbors are best solved in a climate of friendship, not a climate of animosity.” Dole said he did understand the Texas point of view. “In 1994, exports from Texas hit $42 billion, generated 700,000 jobs in this state. You have $50 billion in foreign investment in Texas. 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The city has a yearly budget of $400,000 to fund drainage projects. The budgeted money comes from a bond that voters ap proved last spring. No utility charge is currently imposed for drainage. Smith will present the City Council with a rate resolution in April, establishing what the drainage utility charge would be for residents if the plan is approved. Public hearings before the council will be held in June, and the council is expected to vote on the plan in October. If the drainage utility plan is approved, College Station utility bills will include the drainage fee, which is expected to be $3.50 per month for a sin gle-family residence. Smith said this fee is based on the amount of run-off a property creates, which will be calculated by the square footage of buildings on given properties. Vacant lots will be exempt. All single-family residences will pay the same rate based on the average square footage of a single-family residence, and all apartment complexes will pay a rate based on the av erage square footage of a single apartment unit. Commercial properties will be charged based on the actual square footage of the struc tures on the given property. Peggy Calliham, College Station public relations and marketing manager, said the city wants the public’s input in determining rates. “We are doing our research with the citizens to get their opinions,” she said. The city has conducted focus groups with participants from areas that are prone to flooding as well as those that are not. A telephone survey is being con ducted this week. Calliham said that al though flooding affects only parts of the city, everyone should contribute because drainage is a community problem. “It is easier to swallow if we are all given a little piece of the pie,” she said. “We all pay the same amount for police and fire services although (most of us) have never had a fire in our homes.” The A&M campus con tributes to the drainage prob lem in College Station. Nu merous buildings and large paved areas prevent water from soaking into the ground, creating more run-off to sur rounding areas. Smith said he hopes to ne gotiate a mutually beneficial agreement with A&M. “There is an impact that the University has on the city, and right now we don’t have the re sources to deal with that im pact,” he said. “We have a community problem to solve, and since (A&M) is part of the communi ty, we want to work as a part ner with them.” Smith said negotiations have not started, but the city already realizes the Universi ty’s limitations. “We need to be sensitive to (the University’s) budget cycle and make sure that they know we are aware of their budget limitations,” he said. Smith said A&M would most likely be College Station’s largest flooding-utility payer, though there are alternatives to billing the University. Jerry Gaston, vice president for finance and administration, said he anticipates there will be negotiations between the city and the University about the drainage program. “The city has not proposed this to us in any formal way,” he said, “but the city and the Universi ty are involved in several col- laborative efforts, and this could become one of them.” Smith said the city could choose to exempt the Universi ty from city drainage fees if A&M developed its own drainage plan. “The state law that allows us to have this utility allows us to choose who we want to exempt and not exempt,” he said. E102, No. 10' IA.& ]The Cente Manufacturii to integrate t used for com military purp hCourtney Walke Ihe Battalion National milite led Texas A&M 1 ipening of a Cente liacturing, which Dea tuiti J Texas Torm benefactors t< tee costs now students. 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