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Friday • May 1,19‘ Garage Continued from Page 1 “My family has owned the land that will be condemned for the garage for 30 years,” he said. “Obvi ously I have a personal interest in the project. I also question the location of the garage. The University has acres behind Albertson’s with signs not to park there. That area was not consid ered. “The garage benefits what I call the hole-in-the-wall businesses in the area. There are some textbook stores there, but the bars there don’t provide parking, so they expect the city to provide parking.” Don An, owner of Cafe Excel and Crooked Path Ale House, said a park ing garage will enhance the North- gate area. “We are hoping it will revitalize the Northgate area and attract more businesses,” he said. “We think busi nesses will take a second look at Northgate if there is a parking garage.” An said the garage will attract peo ple who do not normally frequent Northgate. “Right now, people don’t really take visitors to Northgate unless they want to go to the (Dixie) Chicken or are going to a football game,” he said. “This (Northgate revitalization) is a visionary thing — It’s not going to happen overnight. But if you put a garage in there, it will bring in more businesses. It can be something that people are proud of.” The thrill of THE RIDE Beetle mania sweeps U.S. car buyers "c&etsea Post Oak Mall Tue-Sat • 9pm • No Cover KARAOKE Great music and a rockin' good time! Buy 1, Get1 ■ d =4 Food Specials Tue-Thur • ALL DAY JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) — Not long after Wally Leach paid $18,000 for a new Volkswagen Bee tle, he was stopped in a parking lot by a man offering him $27,000 for it. That came after someone else of fered him $23,000. “When I told him ‘No,’ he said, ‘Can I give you more?”’ Leach re called. The popularity of the new car has led to Beetle scalping. Demand is so great and the number of cars so small that some VW dealers are selling them for thousands of dollars above the sticker price. Also, non-VW dealer ships and auto wholesalers are pur chasing them and reselling them at a mark-up. VW spokesman Tony Foulad- pour said the company tries to dis courage dealers from selling cars above sticker prices but can’t stop them. “The dealerships are inde pendent businessmen and some are much more independent than others,” he said. Fouladpour pointed out that cus tomers who buy a new Beede from a treehouse apartments You Can Afford to Have It All! • Great Location, Walk to Campus • Computer Lab, Clubroom • Covered Parking • 2 Pools • Sand Volleyball NOW Pre-Leasing Starting as low as $390 (409) 696-5707 Marion Pugh @ George Bush lib! www.startel.net/treehouse/ MSC Film Society presents'. . . ^ Jackie Brown Friday, May 1 9:30 p.m. L.A. Confidential Saturday, May 2 7:00 & 10:00 p.m. Tickets: $3.00 at the door or $2.50 in advance at the MSC Box Office (845-1234) All films shown in Rudder Theatre Complex. Questions? Call the Aggie Cinema Hotline - 847-8478. L Persons with disabilities please call 845-1515 to inform us of your special needs. We request notification three(3) working days prior to the event to enable us to assist you to the best of our ability. Website:http://films.tamu.edu Film on Video presents . . . Annie Hall Thurssday, April 30 7:00p.m. Bullets Over Broadway Sunday, May 3 2:00 p.m. Free Admission BICH Rm.107 (West Campus) 12th Man Student Foundation presents our annual Baseball Barbeque Friday, May 1 @ 5:00 p.m. before the Baylor Game Next to the Olsen Pavilion Members: FREE Non-members: $5 Win Autographed Stuff! t2^l\/l A FOUNDATION non-VW dealer lose out on the 10- year, 100,000-mile warranty. That doesn’t bother some peo ple. The allure of the Beetle is that strong. Ronald Pogue of Berkeley, Calif., said his cherry red Beetle gets him attention everywhere he goes. “Can one purchase coolness? I think so,” said Pogue, who bought his car at a VW dealer. Leach, who lives in Gray, Tenn., bought his Bug for his nearly 16- year-old son. Leach’s wife, Jennifer, said their son’s classmates tell him he has “the baddest car around.” Volkswagen stopped making the old Beetle in 1979. The new version is sleeker but still looks pretty much like the bulbous old Beetle. The base model starts at $15,200. A car with all options costs about $18,000. Mick Adams, a salesperson at Livonia VW in Livonia, Mich., said Beetlemania has struck his dealer ship. Livonia’s policy of no waiting lists has created problems, he said. “We did have some customers arguing” when a Beetle arrived on A new bug Since its introduction last month, Volkswagen's New Beetle has become so hot that dealers' waiting lists are in the hundreds. And in a throwback to the "Flower Power" days of the 1960s, the Beetle's dashboard even sports a bud vase. Bug-eyed headlights Water-cooled engine in front A look at some standard features of the New Beetle: Anti-lock breaks Built-in sideboard © Front-wheel drive ® Pollen and odor filter ® Six-speaker stereo with CD capability © Beverage holders e Anti-theft alarm system Halogen projector-beam headlights Four-wheel disc brakes and central locking system w remote • Bud vase on dashboard • Folding rear seat • Front seat side airbags dLliMMMuiMUMwUmHHHHHji There have been 4,988,350 Beetles sold in the United States. VW Beetle sales in U.S. from 1949-1981 Air-cooled engine x in back Built-in sideboard Bug shape Bug-eyed headlights 450 In thousands 400 1968 1— 423,008 r— f 350 cars sold 1 / 300 250 200 1949 / \ 198! 1 33 150 2 / l cars» 100 cars sold X \T 50 4~T-r-r-rM ...... i 7*r>> Source: Volkswagen of America Inc. the lot, he said. The manager had to ask one of the customers to leave. “Tve had some pretty nasty people come through the door,” Adams said. An Ohio woman bought a Beetle from Livonia after seeing a truck car rying the new cars. “She just followed it until it stopped,” Adams said. Prestige Motors in suburban AP/Justin Gilbert, Jane Axemathy. SusanHoffri Detroit has sold 10 Beetles around $22,500 each, according salesperson James Fox. By law,i: cars must be classified asusedt* cause Prestige is not aVWdeale A TIT* Tl T T OPEN DOOR ( FliRlr i 1 bi^jr * The Vice President for : Student Affairs Office wants you to be aware of our open door policy. tl • Our office is here to m ra| help you. Please feel free to come by 10th ;; n Floor Rudder Tower or mi call 845-4728 ♦ http://vpsa.tamu.edu Let's Talk £ngli|h ^econd language For information call or visit 1:00 to 5:00 Monday-Friday 707 Texas Ave. Suite 210 Bldg. D (Behind On the Border) Conversational English Classes For student, staff, family • Beginning, inter mediate, advanced Small group lessons FREE ONE WEEK TRIAL! 696-6583 www2.cy-net.net/~letstalk Texas A&M. Dance Team Tryouts Whenl Where? Saturday, May 2 G. Rollie White Coliseum What Time? 9 a.m. - ? • Current A&M Students should bring a transcript • Incoming freshmen/transfer students should bring a letter of acceptance. • Tryout attire is a black halftop/sportsbra and black bikers/jazz pants • For questions please call Susie @ 696-2904 Attention All On-Campus Residents The deadline to cancel your housing contract for Fall 1998-Spring 1999 academic year and receive a 50% ($100) deposit refund is: MAY 1, 1998 @ 5:00 P.M. in the Housing Assignment Office Cancellation forms can be filled out in 101 YMCA Letters of cancellation can be faxed to (409) 862-3122, or mailed to (must be received by 5/1/98 @ 5:00 p.m.): Housing Assignments Office 101 YMCA Building College Station, Texas 77843-1258 (409) 845-4744 Deadlines to receive a portion of vour deposit: May 2-May 15 $50 (25%) After May 15 Entire deposit forfeited |iui< ATexI todent 5 xas Ai aine di In the °n acc Isanti 1a Pping ixas aJ ,0 P ; Offi| ^'t invJ Steph ler attorj Uni 'a job b ^ Uni| J7ac bating hsani Wane Persol > tl >Texd Nthis L^sse Kef 0 , 'hisw r eadin: