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Applications can be picked-up at the front desk of University Tower in the lobby and are due Monday, April 3 rd by 5:00 p.m. UNIVERSITY TOWER The Forum FOR MORE INFORMATION CALI 046-4242 Come and learn about The Women’s Museum: An Institute for the Future An Institute for the Future Cathy Bonner and Lillian Murray will share information the newest museum that is dedicated to the history of women in the 20 th Century. The museum is located in the Dallas FairPark area. Monday, March 27, 2000 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. 206 MSC For more information, contact Diane K. Carr at 845-4016. To learn about The Women’s Museum: An Institute for the Future, check the web site at:www.thewomensmuseum.org m To learn more about Women’s Week, check the web site womensweek.tamu.edu CAMPUS Page 2 THE BATTALION Wednesday, March; Northgate Continued from Page 1 This plan was adopted by the City Council this month along with the rest of the parking proposal. The parking lost on College Main will be absorbed by the Promenade Lot during daytime hours. Mies said the lot is at approximately 30 percent utilization during daytime hours. Traffic — including bicycles and pedestrians — along College Main is substantial, and is likely to increase with the construction of the new private dormitory at Northgate, which will house an estimated 600 students. ■ “With that many students in that area, it is going to gen erate a considerable foot traffic by [Northgate] businesses,” Mies said. “We have also seen plans for additional multi family high-density development on the Mud Lot.” Despite some concerns among merchants about the po tential problem the shortage of parking, some do not foresee significant loss of business. “It is not going to affect business,” said Sean Lambert, manager at Duddley’s Draw. “Northgate is going to be Northgate. There is nothing we can do about parking.” Lambert said he simply expects more complaints from customers because they will be forced to park further away. However, Mies said the residential parking at North- gate will go into a permit-based system. This is an effort to keep Northgate customers from consuming all of the residential parking for apartments. Once the system is in place, those parking in residential areas without a permit will be towed. “I understand how sensitive this area is,” Mies said. “But parking is always going to be a problem at Northgate.” One solution is in the works, however. A parking garage is in the final phases of design, and construction on the pro ject is scheduled to begin this summer. Mark Smith, a public works administrator for the City of College Station, said the four-story garage will have 729 parking spaces. It will be located directly north of Burger Boy with the main entrance on College Main. The garage will span from College Main to Second Street. Revenue bonds will be issued to pay for the estimated construction cost of $5.7 million. Mies said parking revenues from the garage and the Promenade Lot will go to repay the debt of building the two projects, creating self-perpetuating facilities. Smith said he hopes the garage will be online by August 2001. “We are not trying to make this high-dollar and make a lot of money off of these meters,” Mies said. “Our goal is to make it where it is not expensive and will pay for itself.” “We are trying to be as user-friendly as possible and sensitive NORTHGATE PARKING Garage •PROJECTED COMPLETION: AUGUST 2001 •729 TOTAL PARKINC SPACES ■ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST: $5.7 MILLION Main entrance on College Main, north ol Church Aue. Spans from College Main to Second St. ni BTTTTTi . TTmi COLLEGE MAIN •800 BICYCLES •500 PEDESTRIANS •2 8 00 VEHICLES to the needs of the citizens as well as the needs of the business while making sure we have the ability to protect the safety aspects of the pedes trians and bi cyclists,” Mcllhaney said. Shelby Willett, man ager of Fitzwilly’s, said there have been problems with parking in the past, such as when the Prome nade Lot was under con struction. The parking lost while the lot was undenconstruc- tion had only a mild effect on business at Fitzwilly’s. “Anytime you take away parking spaces, it is going to af fect business because there is such a limited supply to start with,” Willett said. “I think the parking garage will help be cause those are spaces we wouldn't have had.” Not only will parking spaces be removed, but others will become metered. Street parking from Boyett Street to the Deluxe Diner on University Drive will have meters, which will be managed and regulated by the City of Col lege Station. However, street parking from Tauber Street to the Dixie Chicken is private property, and out of Texas Department of Transportation’s authority. “The merchants will determine how they want to manage their own parking spots,” Mies said. The meter system will include an debit card system, which will allow users to electronically pay for the amount of time they actually occupy a parking spot. “The only way everyone is going to be happy is if all park ing at Northgate is free,” Mies said. “Our goal is to make it safe, as convenient as possible, and financially feasible.” Candidates RUBEN DELUNA/Tm Battalion Women Continued from Page 1 Dr. Sherry Yennello, the chairperson of Women’s Week 2000, said she wanted to challenge luncheon attendees to keep the spirit of Women’s Week alive all year long. “Every one of us can help other women be the best they can be ... we should make that a way of life here in Aggieland,” she said. “We need to form a fabric of women to work together to form a stronger group than any one woman individually.” Harris spoke about her work with the Pathfinder to Mai's and the teamwork and problem-solving involved. “As a tl ight director of a group of special ists, it was amazing to see how much we need ed to know and figure out together.... Team work and believing in the need for everyone on the team was important,” she said. Harris said she thought being a woman might have initially influenced how she was treated, but she encouraged young women to persevere despite obstacles and prove doubters wrong about their abilities. Holland said she does not think she would have gone through so many differ ent fields of study if she had been a man. “Women didn’t do engineering when I was in college,” Holland said. “1 was 30 when I went back for [an en gineering degree].” Continued from! taste of diversity, Rosenbuscb; University 'to integrate multi; themes into the classroom. Senior international studies Brandon Garrett said the key ton racially diverse campus is motet: sive recruiting efforts to attract® students. Part of that involves makings a diverse group of students stab: ing events, Garrett said, toshowpii tive students, many of whom com socially segregated neighborly race is not a divider atA&M Garrett said he also wants toll student panel within the Studet; ernment Association that would with the Admissions Department! cruiting efforts, as well asanlm tional Awareness Committee tom temational students a voice in tlieSi Government Association. A voluntary sensitivity trains gram for faculty and staffwouldak minorities feel more welcomeai.tl Garrett said. “I’ve been in a class fended by something the prof® But in a class of two or three huufe dents, you don’t fee like youb power or even the right to go ups! and say, ‘1 don’t believe what vs right, and it offended me.’”Gairs: Forrest Lane, a senior politicals! major, said the key to getting men norities is to communicate toprosps students that A&M embraces dhi “We need to make sure that tk pie we’re recruiting understandtk a tolerant atmosphere because we want to give any negative ideas in one’s mind because getting here challenge; once you get hereyoum stand that this is an incredible pit Lane said. Though the overall picture is Lane said campus organizations must* together on mutual problems and go continue to increase diversity on camp “If we can bridge that gap and bring all those organizations Its er, everything from Multicultural vices to the Greek system to theCoi] Cadets. Bring them together and full what their opinions are, what their corns because the more we educate selves on all our concerns, I think it ing to make us better when wegooit put those people in organizations if out and recruit." Lane said. Wednesday, March 22 Aggies Up All Night: There will be a general meet ing at 8:30 p.m. in Rudder 402. Contact Chelette Austin at 695-0820 for more information. MSC Cepheid Variable: We will be holding a Ag gie Con 31, Sci-fi, Fantasy, and Horror Convention from March 23-26 in the Memorial Student Cen ter. For more information, call 845-1515. Reformed University Fellowship. There will be a group meeting at 8:30 p.m. in Koldus 110. Rec Sports Fee Referendum: informational ques tion and answer meeting open to everyone inter ested. Talk to Dennis Corrington, Director of De partment of Recreations Sports, about your questions. Meeting is from 6:00-7:00p.m. in room 281 of the Student Recreation Center. Thursday, March 23 Graduate Christian Fellowship of InterVarsrty Chris tian Fellowship (Grad IVCF): Grad students meet at 7:30 for Bible study, prayer, fellowship, and snacks. Please see our web site at http://stat.tamu.edu/~in- low/ivcf.html for locations and more information, or call Jen or Mark at 764-1552. Campus Calender MSC Cepheid Variable: We will be holding a Ag gie Con 31, Sci-fi, Fantasy, and Horror Convention from March 23-26 in the Memorial Student Cen ter. For more information call 845-1515. TAMU Navigators: Everyone is eagerly invited to participate in Navigators at 8:30 p.m. in Rudder 302. Contact John Scholl at 847-5884 for details. Friday, March 24 Aggies Up All Night: There will be a 24 hour philanthropy benefit for the Children’s Miracle Network in the Archery Room of the Rec Cen ter. Contact Chelette Austin at 695-0820 for details. MSC Cepheid Variable: We will be holding a Aggie Con 31, Sci-fi, Fantasy, and Horror Con vention from March 23-26 in the Memorial Student Center. For more information call 845-1515. Saturday, March 25 Aggies Up Ail Night: There will be a 24 hour phil anthropy benefit for the Children’s Miracle Net work in the Archery Room of the Rec Center. Con tact Chelette Austin at 695-0820 for details. f MSC Cepheid Variable: We will be holdinga gie Con 31, Sci-fi, Fantasy, and HorrorConveit! from March 23-26 in the Memorial Studentt ter. For more information call 845-1515. 2000 Aggieland Straight Shot: There v races to benefit Breast Cancer Awarenessa Wolf Pen Creek Amphitheater at 8:30 a.m, Sunday, March 26 MSC Cepheid Variable: We will be gie Con 31, Sci-fi, Fantasy, and HorrorCoiw tion from March 23-26 in the Memorial Sturt Center. For more information call 845-1515. Monday, March 27 Alpha Zeta: There will be a general meetirg 7:00 p.m. in Kleberg 113. Women’s Week 2000 Committee: We will tell ing a presentation about The Women’s Musa in Dallas at 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. in MSC206 Tuesday, March 28 Aggie Lutherans Treehouse: Join iisforabl study, fun, and fellowship at 7:00-8:30 p.m Savior’s Lutheran Church located near Notes-n-Quotes 701 W. 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