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parking. Parking Area 100, located next to
Reed Arena, will have more than 600 park
ing spaces available by September, and
Parking Area 33, located by the Albritton
Bell Tower, will have spaces for over 400
vehicles. These lots will accommodate stu
dents and faculty.
Unfortunately, Williams said the frustra
tion from the entanglements and parking
will continue.
“(A year will pass) before the bulk of the
construction is completed,” Williams said.
The long anticipated West Campus
Parking Garage is now recognizable as a
soon-to-be parking garage and not a huge
hole in the ground.
Williams said that its completion is
expected by Fall 2003, and when complet
ed, “will make a big impact on the campus
by creating more space.”
While that is still a year away, addition
al parking space will be needed in August
when football season begins.
Williams believes the amount of road con
struction and parking problems will be simi
lar to those encountered last season, such as
heavy traffic and lack of parking spaces, but
they should not be any worse, he said.
Despite his assurances, not all students
are convinced.
“It will be interesting to see how all the
alumni react to the terrible road conditions
and lack of parking,” said senior political
science major Corrinn Arthur.
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pedestrian traffic and a need foil
additional space.
“There is a great problemofl
conflict between both pedestn
an and bicycle traffic versiJ
vehicles in this area,” he said.
Smith said he believes ttie!
Second Street Plaza will alleviate!
this problem due to a greater sept
aration of drivers and pedestrianvi
Louise Street and Second I
Street are local residentiaij
streets, therefore the closureJ
are not expected to have a sip I
nificant impact on traffic pai l
terns in the area.
Additionally, the Second!
Street entrance of the Colleoc|
Main Parking Garage will be|
closed temporarily for minoil
improvements. Upon comple I
tion, this entrance will havel
access to Church Avenue onlvl
diminishing conflicts between*
pedestrians and drivers.
To ease parking, thil
garage’s other entrance, located!
on College Main, will remain!
open throughout construction.I
Smith said.
The estimated time of com I
pletion is before the first home
football game on Aug. 31. but
the contract lists an ending dau
of Oct. 9.
After seeing the success of bit
Patricia Street construction
Smith feels it is the right movefe
the city. He hopes Second Strut
Plaza will bring a feel of campu j
to the Northgate area, funk
combining both student and re>!
dent life in College Station.
Like many other students, Arthur is con i
sidering walking to the football gamesfron|
her home on Holleman Street to avoid llk|
plaguing traffic conditions.
Not only will the construction be poten i
tially menacing to football fans, but tostu
dents moving into the dorms in the falh r
well due to the scheduling of the first fool
ball game of the season on the weeken:
before school starts.
The combination of football traffic anj
move-in traffic may not be welcomed by stu
dents, football fans, nor the PTTS. William^
strongly emphasizes that students should!
move into the donns as early as possible, j
For more information on construcfioii
around campus, call 845-9700, or look or
the PTTS web page at http://www
ptts.tamu.edu.
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Massachusetts parents challenge
voluntary desegregation law
BOSTON (AP) — Parents
went to federal court Monday to
challenge a town’s voluntary
desegregation plan as an uncon
stitutional use of race to keep
families from sending children
to schools of their choice.
Under the plan in Lynn,
transfers of students outside
their own neighborhoods can be
denied if they disturb a racial
balance.
Lynn’s policy was written
14 years ago to comply with
the state’s voluntary racial
imbalance law, which asks
public school districts to deseg
regate schools with a minority
population of more than 50
percent. The state rewards
school districts who voluntarily
desegregate with additional
money for educational services
or building projects.
The trial is being closely
watched by 21 other cities and
towns in Massachusetts and oth
ers across the country who have
also voluntarily desegregated
their school systems.
“This is the first time in this
country’s history that the valid
ity of a voluntary school
assignment plan is on trial,”
said assistant attorney general
Richard Cole.
Meta Stinson was the only
witness to testify Monday for
seven parents challenging the
desegregation plan. The parents
then rested their case.
Stinson said she asked school
administrators to transfer her
13-year-old daughter, Angelica,
from her neighborhood school
to Pickering Middle School
because she was concerned
about discipline problems at the
neighborhood school.
“They said no. That wasn’t
her district,” Stinson said.
When asked by her attorney
whether the administrators gave
her any other reason why her
daughter could not transfer,
Stinson said she was told,
“Because she’s white.”
Chester Darling, whose
Citizens for the Preservation of
Constitutional Rights represents
the families, said Lynn’s policy
arbitrarily prohibits families
from sending their children to
schools of their choice.
“They have a variety of rea
sons for wanting to transfer, but
they can’t because of the kid
color,” he said. “We’re beyok
that in our society.”
Assistant Attorney Genera
Richard Cole asked Stinson i
her daughter had benefitted
from attending racially integral
ed schools in Lynn. Stinsoc 1
acknowledged that Angelica had
developed friendships with stu
dents of various races and ha
good racial attitudes.
She also acknowledged thai
helping children overconif
racial stereotypes is an impot
tant part of the school system'
mission.
But when asked by her owe
attorney what the most impor
tant thing public schools candi
for her daughter, Stinson§
replied, “Teaching.”
Former nurse charged with
deaths at veterans hospital
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A former nurse at
a Veterans' Affairs hospital was arrested Mon
day and charged with murder in the deaths
NEWS IN BRIEF
of 10 patients in 1992.
More than 40 patients on Ward 4 East at
Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital in Co
lumbia died that year while under the care of
Richard Williams, authorities said.
Williams, 36, has denied wrongdoing. He
was arrested without incident in suburban St.
Louis and taken to the Boone County jail
where he was held without bond. His ar
raignment was scheduled for Tuesday.
Names of Williams' alleged victims
were not immediately released. The hos
pital did not immediately return calls seek
ing comment.
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