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January 15, 1997
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The Battalion
Texas A&M students left to pay
ore than their share of rent after
roommate unexpectedly moves
it can turn to Off-Campus Stu
nt Services for help.
Jason Scott, a clerk with
CSS, said roommates leaving
fore their lease expires is a
immon occurrence.
Scott said the remaining room-
ate can either move out and
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has Set iblease the apartment or try to
nd a new roommate. In their
arch for a new roommate, stu-
ents can turn to OCSS.
OCSS offers a roommate re
nal service connecting stu-
ents looking for a roommate
ith students in need of hous-
ig. Students can peruse lists of
respective roommates at the
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am to 6 pm Monday through
Thursday and from 8 am to 5 pm
on Fridays.
OCSS also offers the new Aggie
Rentline service. Students can
place 30 second to 3 minute ads
similar to the roommate referrals
on the telephone. OCSS is in the
process of placing a roommate
referral service on the Internet.
According to lease agreements
.however, finding a new room
mate is the responsibility of the
person moving out.
Scott advises students seek
ing lost rent money or a new
roommate to resolve their con
flict through mediation with the
help of OCSS or Student Conflict
Resolution Services.
Students can also sue a former
roommate for lost rent in small
claims court. Scott said 4 to 5 cas
es each week are taken to court,
but OCSS advises against this.
“No one wants to go to court,”
Scott said. “No one has time for
that, being a student.”
Most cases are settled in media
tion, he said.
The credit of
the student
moving out
would be ru
ined by
breaking the
lease and
they would
most likely
lose in small
claims court,
Scott said.
Robin
Woods’
roommate
moved out of
“Make sure that
everyone understands
their responsibilities
toward finding a new
person from the
beginning/’
Robin Woods
Senior English and
political science major
mates in need of a roommate to
share rent in the spring.
Woods’ case did not involve
conflict mediation or small
claims court.
“Make sure
that everyone un
derstands their
responsibilities
toward finding a
new person from
the beginning,”
she said. “When
they do move
out, everyone is
clear on what is
going on.”
Scott said stu
dents should keep
all agreements,
whether oral or
their house last fall before their
lease expired, leaving Woods, a
senior English and political sci
ence major, and her other room-
not, in writing.
“Do it as quickly as possible,”
Scott said. “No one needs to be
doing it in the middle of finals.”
Purchases made easy
By Joey Schlueter
The Battalion
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Aggie Bucks have increased convenience for Texas A&M Univer
sity students in both their on-campus and off-campus purchases
and have improved sales for the businesses that accept them.
Since the Fall 1996 expansion of Aggie Bucks to off-campus
businesses, many businesses have noted an increase in sales.
Dennis Rother, owner of Rother’s Bookstores, said the ability to
use Aggie Bucks off campus is a convenience many other schools
do not offer.
“A&M has been very instrumental in giving [students] this op
portunity to use Aggie Bucks,” Rother said.
Donna Hornton, director of marketing for local McDonald’s
stores, said it will take time to see the effects of accepting Aggie
Bucks on sales.
The ability to use Aggie Bucks for off-campus purchases also
benefits students.
Melissa Tobola, a senior finance and agribusiness major, said
Aggie Bucks make buying books and supplies convenient. She
said she is happy to see Aggie Bucks expand off campus and she
hopes more businesses will accept them.
“I appreciate the convenience,” Tobola said.
April Stevens, a sophomore journalism major, said she uses Ag
gie Bucks mainly on campus.
“The thing about Aggie Bucks is that I don’t have to worry
about getting a bill at the end of the month," Stevens said. “It is
hard,enough with other expenses.”
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NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas (AP)
-Some New Braunfels residents
e fed up with deer that are
ausing car accidents and dam-
iging residential gardens inside
e city limits.
So the City Council is appoint-
nga 15-person committee to
tudy whether the city’s growing
leer population should be
urbed, possibly by trapping and
locating the wayward animals
3 ranches.
Council members, who voted
3 form the committee Monday
ight, stipulated the panel cannot
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N.C. lawsuit makes history
Jury awards parents of disemboweled girl $25 million
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A girl
who was disemboweled when her
bottom became pinned to the
drain of a kiddie pool will receive
a total of $30.9 million under a
settlement announced Tuesday.
Most ofValerie Lakey’s small and
large intestines were sucked out in
the 1993 accident, and the girl, now
9, must spend at least 11 hours a
day being fed intravenously.
On Monday, a state jury
awarded the family $25 million
in compensatory damages, the
biggest personal-injury verdict in
North Carolina history. The jury
was to begin deciding whether to
award punitive damages when
the maker of the drain cover, Sta-
Rite Industries of Delavan, Wis.,
agreed to a settlement adding
$5.9 million more.
“It was in the best interest ofVa
lerie to get the medical expenses
taken care of immediately,” said
family attorney John Edwards.
Sta-Rite will pay $25 million,
while other parties, including
Wake County apd’Medfield Area
Recreation Club, agreed to pay
$5.9 million.
Valerie, then 5, was playing in
the recreation club's wading pool
in Cary when she became stuck
against the drain cover. Her fa
ther, David, and three other
adults could not dislodge her, and
turning off the pump failed to
ease the pressure.
The Lakeys argued that Sta-
Rite failed to put sufficient
warnings on its drain covers.
Sta-Rite contended the cover
was installed incorrectly.
The president of Sta-Rite said
he felt it best to settle rather than
go through a long appeal.
“This was a terribly tragic ac
cident, and we feel great sympa
thy for Valerie Lakey and her
family,” James C. Donnelly said.
“However, we also believe Sta-
Rite was not responsible for
what happened. Proper use of
our product would have pre
vented the accident.”
Edwards said similar accidents
killed a California child in 1974
and another North Carolina child
in 1981.
Pesky deer plague New Braunfels area
consider hunting the deer.
Earlier discussions had includ
ed the possibility of allowing bow
hunting in the city. City officials
also have said they might trap
and relocate the deer with the
help of the Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department.
City Manager Mike Shands
said the new committee’s first
priority likely will be to deter
mine whether the deer pose a
serious problem.
Stacey Robins, whose home in
north New Braunfels gets lots of
deer traffic, believes the animals
need to be controlled.
“We continue to see the deer
population grow,” Ms. Robins was
quoted as saying in Tuesday’s
New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung.
“The food and water supply is not
there for them. They are starving
and hungry.”
Ms. Robins noted that a deer
recently got trapped in a fence
and was injuring itself. She said
she had to call the Humane So
ciety, which was forced to kill
the animal.
Many citizens at Monday’s
council meeting said they wanted
to make sure the animals are
treated in a humane manner.
Ms. Robins suggested deer
could be trapped and their
processed meat could be given to
local charities.
Some citizens at the council
meeting discussed the city’s hunt
ing ordinance, which allows bow
hunting on property of 10 acres
or more. Some said arrows don’t
always kill the deer, which then
run injured onto other property.
Shands has said any plan the
committee comes up with likely
will be put into place by next fall.
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