The Prospector (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, December 16, 1977 Page: 3 of 12
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PAGE 3/The Prospector/December 16, 1977
protective unit because we
EUROPE, SUMMER ‘78
invited and walks in on a
they have the wrong room,” . girl, Collins notes “they
Handicapped door nears
book
D
Dec. 16-21
CASH FOR YOUR BOOKS!
1
first floor union east
Dorm entry problem for residents
inside your room? This is
(the problem residents of
Kelly Hall have wondered
about this semester.
just laughed and left.
The second time was
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David’s Walkers .
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8 a.m.—4:30 p.m.
at the back door
hall coordinator of Kelly exercises with her back to
Hall, says, “As far as I the door and two guys
know, no one has been walked in. She asked them
assaulted.” If a person is not what they wanted and they
SEVEN’S
WOODEN CLOGS
, . WASA ORTHOPIDIC .
3
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CLOGS -
IN FINE LEATHERS :
What's so special
about Shakti
—Shoes:
with Dr. Tommy Boley Dept. of English
747-5288 or 544-8625
MANGCPTEN
The feet are into shoes
gGenuine leather
. individual hand
MA swing. Old world.
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"When someone walks
a into a room and finds that a
6 person is already there, they
i usually leave or make up
y. some feeble excuse that
What would you do if says, adding, "no one has
you woke up in the middle been assaulted." .
says, adding, "There is not up to see a man standing community was.
She went to tell the staff
members about it and they
told her not to worry and
she would be alright.
"The University police
used to be slow, in
responding to our calls," she
said, blaming it on how
small they felt the dorm
$.$1,600 to pay for the door and
kits installation, but the cost is
considerably more than that
I figure.
y.However, Jack Baker,
I director of the Union, explained
that the additional funds needed
will be provided by the Union.
The total cost will be $3,895
(with an allocation of $2,295
I from the Union's general
s maintenance and operation
funds.
Jose F. Avila, dean of student
affairs, said the money had been
appropriated in August prior to
the end of the fiscal year
August 31).
The University received two
sbids for installation of the door,
“Baker said. One of them was not
"signed and the other gave no
Especifications—so both had to
I be rejected.
1Sin ce then the contract has
been awarded and the door has
arrived along with the proper
frames : nd electrical equipment. •
tnlU •
ooks
of, the night and saw Information concerning people leave their door in Spanish, but I did not too much about their rooms Now, there are 600
someone standing over you?. stolen merchandise or unlocked." understand." She said she because they feel they can persons living in the dorms
What if you were busy and damage to rooms was knew enough Spanish to tell take care of themselves," and the resident warns,
turned to see two strangers unavailable because. Coulter A dorm resident, who him to get out, but he but she added, "The female "The police have to respond
said, "I would have to go asked that her name be started to talk faster, but to floor ismore bound as a to our calls."
over the reports and see withheld, said it has my relief he did leave."
what could be released." happened to her twice. The
Martin Collins, resident first time she was doing
be installed by Dec. 15, but no
later than Dec. 21.
"We've waited this long,
another week won't matter,"
Larry. Roquemore, a
handicapped student, said,"
adding that as long as the door
is in installed before the spring
semester it will not be an
inconvenience..
"It'll make a nice Christmas
present," he concluded.
The Prospector, student
newspaper of the University of
Texas at El Paso, is published
each Thursday June through
August and each Tuesday and
Friday September through
May, except during University
holidays and exam periods, by
The Publications Board, 204
W. Union, University of Texas
at El Paso, El Paso, Texas
79968. Subscription price:
$12 per year. The University is
an equal opportunity
institution.
a whole lot you can do if over me. He said something "The men do not worry work together," she said.
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EVERY PAIR REDUCED
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ALL SALES FINAL.
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halt Shoes off. The Shakti compared at, "
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Handicapped students at the But, now the distributor is
"University soon will be able to awaiting the arrival of the
avoid at least one inconvenience properly tempered glass
with the installation of an necessary to match the existing
electric door on the east side of standard doors.
5 the Union. - Baker added that he received
[..The Student Association a letter from the installation
• Council previously provided company saying the door should
Ralph Coulter, University usually leave quietly and an entirely different story,
police chief, says. quickly."
"These incidents have "We point out to them I was in bed and woke
been reported to us three that they should lock their -----
times this semester," he doors," the coordinator hhin ,
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