The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, June 02, 1998, Image 3

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, June 02, 1998, Image 3

Newspaper Page Text1 uesday • June 2 9 1998 The Battalion GGIELIFE but where have all the Aggies gone? ByMarium Mohiuddin Staff writer follege Station, the city where travelers stop on -their way to Houston, San Rfitonio, Austin, and Dallas-Fort Worth is not known for its summer Hie activities. Some students have wlmdered on their return to Ag- gieland in the fall "did anything Hppen here?" For those unfortu nate students who have to remain inhollege Station and study in the It sun, the negatives may seem to Itweigh the positives. However, the re are a few people who would vouch for the advantages of re- m.iining in College Station in the |mmer. Mandy Walton, a senior bio- bdical science major, said this Hll be the second year she will be taking summer classes and she is looking forward to the relaxed at mosphere. ■ "The classes are more laid- back," she said. "The teachers let ■eir guard down and are more ^Ursonal with students. Plus, you can get a parking spot closer to ypur class." ft Walton said the summer also al lows students to get through the classes quicker. "In the sum mer, the classes are only five weeks, not like a 15-week semes ter," Walton said. "In the summer you feel like you are really accom plishing some thing because you take, study and pass a class in the one-third of the time. The same amount of materi al is learned, just less painful." Walton said that as a native of College Station, she has seen many summers pass and many students come and go. "I am probably the only one who loves it when students leave," Walton said. "There is no one here and you can go out to eat or go to the mall and you don't have to wait in lines." Jacque Hall, assistant man ager of Holly wood 16 Movie Theater, said all businesses are affected by stu dents leaving, but fortunately summer is the big time for movies, so there are always peo ple to fill the seats. "We do take a drop, but it is- — n't that bad," Hall said. "You can tell the students are gone be cause it is less busy, but the stu dents that remain can still enjoy the great movies. You can drive down Texas Avenue without stopping every two seconds because of the car in front of you.” — Steven Daniels support manager of College Station Wal-Mart "Think of it this way, summer is the time for big, blockbuster movies. If the students of Fall and Spring wqfe here, then it would be difficult to get in to see the movies. You would have to wait in very long lines." Steven Daniels, support manag er of Wal-Mart in College Station, said the big difference Wal-Mart experiences is in employment.^ "When summer comes we have to hire new people," Daniels said. "Most of our employees are stu dents and they transfer to other stores for the summer." Daniels said the hours of the store remain the same in the sum mer, but the rush hours change be cause of the drop in student popu lation. "Our busy times used to be in the evenings because students would want to come after classes," he said. "Now, our busy times are in the morning, but people can come in and out without a wait and a rush." Daniels said on the whole the entire town is much more calm, re laxed and not as congested. "You can drive down Texas Av enue without stopping every two seconds because of the car in front of you," he said. "You can actually make it down the street and even catch all the lights. Students can go to the George Bush Library and get in without standing around staring at each other." Whep summer rolls around many students begM to think of College Station as the safest place. There are not as many students and so students believe there is not going to be as much crime. However, Lt. Bert Kretzschmar, supervisor of the University Crime Prevention Unit said even though many of the students have left stu dents should not assume it is safe. "There are thousands of out-of- town people that come for all sorts of camps," he said. "If you leave your bag or purse lying around and think nothing will happen be cause it is A&M, trust me, some thing will happen." Y Kretzschmar said students thoughts of theft in the fall and spring do not occur in the minds of students in the summer. "Students get a little laxed about property," he said. "But they should not get a false sense of se curity because it is summer. The same rule*? of the fall and spring still apply for the summer." Yesterday, summer officially be gan in Aggieland. Students got out of bed, took a shower, got dressed and headed off to classes. They sweated, they studied and they (hopefully) learned something. When they came back to their apartments, dorms, or houses, re ality hit them of the choice they made to stay in College Station for the summer. 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