HomeMy WebLinkAboutServices open to students 1977 THE BATTALION Page 1B
MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1977
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By SARAH E. WHITE LEGAL ADVISOR CHRIS KLING will provide
Battalion Staff legal service of any nature to students this year. He
Texas A &M University offers students services in and his assistant, Sonny Lyles, cannot represent one
exchange for the fees listed on the slip. student against another because every student pays
The variety of student services include the health the service fee, Kling said. He said that they do a lot
center, the student legal advisor, the University of referral work and are basically in advisory posi-
Police, student programs, the financial aid office, the tions.
library, the shuttle bus, Hassle -Free and the personal The legal advisor cannot represent a student
counseling center. These programs were set up with against the university but will suggest some places
students in mind and will be expected to serve some where the student can get assistance, he said.
30,000 this fall. Courtroom representation is limited to consumer
protection cases and violations of the deceptive trade
?;,` The A. P. BEUTEL HEALTH CENTER is fi- practices act, he continued.
nanced by the health center fee that students pay. Landlord- tenant problems are the most frequent
Criticism is frequent that waiting time is between half cases, he said. Fifty per cent of people have landlord
an hour and three hours long, said Dr. Claude Gos- tenant problems, he said. These people should read
wick, director of the medical Center. But, he said, the the lease. He said that he will look over leases if they
medical center offers many services at no extra charge. are brought in.
As far as he knows no other center in this conference, Kling and Lyles are very busy during the year.
or in the nation, offers the services that they do for no They see a total of 20 to 30 people a day, he said.
extra charge. Waiting time is about two days, he added.
There is no extra charge for:
1 out patient visits THE UNIVERSITY POLICE issue traffic cita-
1 x -rays tions, parking tickets, investigate criminal offenses
./ laboratory studies and recover stolen property on campus. All vehicles
V medication in stock must be registered with them to be operated or
A/ in patient stays (10 days hospitalization) parked on the campus. Their headquarters is on the
corner of Jersey and Houston streets.
The health center fee is $14. It is mandatory for
students taking more than six hours. Goswick said that STUDENT PROGRAMS involves twenty com-
probably by mid -year the fee will go up to $15. nttees which vary widely in concerns. The com
He said that this fee is nominal and that it could not mittees are: Arts, Basement Coffeehouse, Cepheid
possibly cover the expense of the medical service stu- Variable, Crafts and Arts, Great Issues, Cinema, Out -
dents are receiving. door Recreation, SCONA, Aggie Cinema, Black
Awareness Committee, C.A,M.A.C., Camera, Free
He said the lack of staff physicians (seven are University, Host and Fashion, Political Forum,
budgeted for this fall, but only five positions are filled Radio, Town Hall, Travel and Video Tape.
at this time) is the reason for the long waiting time. Committee members are responsible for programs
This fall the health center will have a transfer vehi- scheduled in these areas. Any student can become
cle that will be used to move persons from accidents on involved in most of them by attending the meetings
campus to the center. as announced.
A bacteriology lab will open this fall and offer assis- THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL AID has several
tance with diagnosis through cultures. types of help it can give eligible students. Grants -in-
Allergy injections will be given, but with extra aid are given to assist deserving students who have
charge. They were free last year. exceptional financial need and /or special qualifica-
Goswick said that they cannot continue giving the tions, according to a pamphlet distributed by the fi-
service they are giving without more money. He esti- nancial aid office. Student loans can be made through
mated that on an average busy day in the regular long term or short term programs in the office. Types
semester, they see 350 to 500 students. of loans are enumerated in the pamphlet along with
(See Services, page 10B)