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HOUSING AT TEXAS
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an old pair of shoes.
It's ugly to rook at, but
oft able."
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petitive, and higher-quality complexes are
being built, but the attitude and land-
scape of laisse [aim paternalism remains
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the University of Vir-
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who sent their children away te
expected the administrators to assume
responsibility not only for the students'
educations but their values and personal
needs as well Texas A&M seems ideolog-
ically aligned with the University of Vir-
ginia, but it has yielded a houslag land-
scape more llke that of the company
town, The motive for rapid aud poor
quality construction in College Station's
apartments connect them to the often
bleak
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