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Benjamin Knox, Aggie Artist,
will be at Post Oak Mall on Saturday, December 9 from 2pm to 6pm and 7pm to 10pm
to personalize art prints. He will be located at his kiosk in front of Wicks N Sticks.
For that day only - bring receipts totaling $150 to the Customer Service Booth
in front of JCPenney and choose from one of three of Benjamin Knox art prints as a gift:
Northgate, College Station Depot or Aggie Mom.
Then take it to his kiosk
from 2pm to 6pm or 7pm to 10pm
and he will personalize the piece.
Post Oak Mall
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Friday. Decei*.y»y. «.
THE BATTALION
Three A&M system regentRt
terms to expire in Februarfo
By Arati Bhattacharya
The Battalion
The terms of three Texas A&M
University System Board of Regents
members will expire in February.
The governor of Texas will fill
the seats of Chairman Don Powell,
Vice Chairman Fred McClure and
Robert Allen, whose terms expire on
February 1, 2000.
“We know nothing until the day
of appointment,” said a staffer at
the Board of Regents office. “All
we can assume is they will be ed
ucated enough to make the right
decisions.”
The nine-member board governs
the A&M System, which comprises
nine universities, eight state agencies
and the health science center. Six
meetings are set each year, but the
chairman of the board can call meet
ings at his own discretion.
The chairman has the authority
to sign all contracts and documents
that represent the board’s approval
for action.
Dr. Ronald Douglas, A&M vice
president and provost for academic
affairs, said the board is the final au
thority in the system.
“President Bowen serves at the
pleasure of the board,” Douglas
said. “We’re only advisers that run
the University. If they think we're
wrong, they can override our deci
sions.” Douglas said boards hire
and fire University presidents and
give final approval on tenures, ap
pointments and degree programs.
“They’ve got the final authority,
although they have policies to abide
by,” Douglas said. “They’ve been
given state authority.”
The board also appoints the chan
cellor, who is essentially the chief
executive officer of the system.
If Gov. George W. Bush is
named president, Lt. Gov.Rlby Mari
ry, A&M Class of’72,willBat,
governor and appoint the newf ( )n n
bers of the board. R | ,
“It is almost impossible
how Rick Perry as govemon. a “ i’,
feet the choice [of the new! 7,
bers],” Douglas said. “Manyrg 7^
have been Aggies in thetmfljlf ■ •
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All members serve six-year \ ^,
that are voluntary and unpaid. duI
-1 ssentially, the board isBT ^
posed to represent the peof ib ; | -^ t
Texas.-Douglas said.
seek people of intelligence ami W
willing to learn ... perhaps
knowledgeable with soroeea
ence on higher education."
Douglas said many boarda
bers have experience withtlr:
system.
The new chairman will bes
ed by board members.
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Physical plant to change power suppl
As a
By Noel Freeman
The Battalion
When a relay malfunc
tion at the Dansby power
plant caused the loss of
power on West Campus
and across a large portion
of main campus almost
three weeks ago, many
day-to-day operations
came to a standstill. While
large numbers.of students
were happy about class
cancelljitions, professors
had to worry about lost
class time. Some even con
ducted lectures in the dark.
The utilities division of
Texas A&M’s Physical
Plant is trying to change
A&M power supply to
prevent outages from hap
pening again.
Tom Hagge, associate
director for utilities, said
A&M uses about 50
megawatts of electricity at
any given time. Thirty of
those megawatts are pro
duced by the Physical Plant.
Hagge said the other 20
megawatts of power are
provided by Bryan Texas
Utilities (BTU) through the
feed from the Dansby pow
er plant. A plan to install a
new feed to the south side
of campus will create an al
ternative power supply.
Hagge said the project will
bring a feed from the Bryan
substation through a relay
on Koppe Ridge Road into
the A&M substation.
Since the 1980s, A&M
has needed to purchase
electricity from BTU.
Hagge said the only time
A&M can operate solely
on power produced by the
Physical Plant is over the
winter break.
“We absolutely must be
connected to the outside
world 95 percent of the
time,” Hagge said. “We
completely rely on this
‘extension cord,’ and if
anything happens, we go
down hard.”
Any disruption to the
Dansby feed causes nearly
all of West Campus and a
large part of main campus
to lose power. The pro
posed new feed will pro
vide a backup to prevent
such outages.
“We should be abfe to
withstand some kind of
emergency and the Univer
sity won’t even notice,”
Hagge said.
The project, presented
to the Board of Regents in
September, has not re
ceived final approval. The
energy systems lab was
consulted for the project.
Hagge said BTU will
build and own the feed.
The expected cost is about
$5.4 million, which will be
paid by A&M.
The most expensive part
of the job is running the
lines underground, which
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10 times as much as running
the lines above ground.
“All first-class opera
tions run their cable [un
derground],” Hagge said.
“Running cable overhead
is just unsightly and poses
some safety concerns.”
Hagge said building a
new power plant to make
A&M completely self-
sufficient would cost
more than $15 million,
plus the annual cost of
maintenance and opera
tion. By purchasing com
mercial power, A&M
pay about the same?]
would to operate itsr|
facility, without theali
cost of maintenanceri
upgrades. A&M currer]'
spends approximate!) j
million on commercl
power each year.
However, Hagge 4*
mates the University®®
save up to $1.3 mloil
equipment like comptilfi
and copy machines in
fices and residence h
were turned off at msfi!
when not being used.
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Students who either complete all of the following ring requirements after the Fall ’00 semester final grades
are posted or after commencement may order their ring beginning approximately January 18, 2001 for
April 6, 2001 delivery.
UIUDERGRADUATE STUDENT REQUIREMENTS
1. You must be a degree-seeking student with at least 95 cumulative undergraduate credit hours.
2. Transfer students need 60* hours of credit at Texas A&M University, or degree must be conferred and posted.
3. You must have a cumulative 2.0 GPR at Texas A&M University.
4. You must be in good standing with the University. (No outstanding parking tickets, blocks, etc.)
GRADUATE STUDENT REQUIREMENTS**
1. Your degree must be conferred and posted on SIMS or if you have completed all degree requirements, you may
present an original letter of completion from the Office of Graduate Studies.
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Undergraduate students may submit their ring audit request online beginning December 11, 2000 at
aggienet.tamu.edu/programs/ring/ or visit the Aggie Ring Office in the Clayton Williams Alumni Center in
person between December 11 & 19. In the event you will not be in the College Station area between January
18 and February 2 to place your order in person, please request a mail order form and be sized for your ring
between December 11 & 19.
Graduate students graduating in December 2000 should stop by the Aggie Ring Office between
December 11 & 19 to be sized and complete a mail order form.
Ring prices for January 2001 will be available online beginning
December 11, 2000. The full amount must be paid when ordering
by cash, check, money order, or your personal Discover, Visa, or
Mastercard (with your name imprinted).
Ring loans are available to qualified and currently enrolled students
at the Short Term Loan Office, Room 230, Pavilion. Please submit
your ring audit to the Aggie Ring Office before applying fora Ring
Loan.
You may qualify with 30 A&M hours, instead of 60 hours, if your first semester
at A&M was 1993 or before.
"See our website for complete details or call the Ring Office at 845-1050.
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