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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. When
you talk about building a wall
around America, or building a wall
around Texas, obviously that is not
the answer. We need to reach out,
we need to trade,” the senator said.
The governor’s endorsement
makes it a clean sweep for Dole, who
now is backed by the state's top
three Republicans.
Dole, who battled with Gramm
earlier in the presidential race,
praised the Texas senator Wednes
day, noting that Gramm has been
campaigning for him.
“I’ve never known anyone who’s
been more generous. I know it’s a lot
more fun winning. But within three
days after his decision to withdraw,
he came to New Hampshire, he’s
been with me in South Carolina. ... I
must say, you couldn’t ask for
more,” Dole said.
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FOLEY'S
Thursday • March 7,1996
Drainage
Continued from Page 1
Smith said these areas are
top-priority in the proposed
plan that includes creek and
canal improvements, enlarg
ing bridges and building de
tention ponds.
Detention ponds are created
in undeveloped areas to slowly
release water into nearby
creeks or streams.
The projects are expected
to cost $2 million a year for
at least the next five years.
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.
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