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Wednesday, January 16, 1987/The Battalion/Page 5 What’s up Thursday COMMODORE 128 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP: will meet at 7:30 p.m, in 105 Forestry Science. Monday ALPHA PHI ALPHA; will celebrate Martin Luther Kingjfr.’s birthday at 7:30 p.m. in 701 Rudder. MSC LITERARY ARTS: is now accepting submissions for "Litmus.” Call 845-1515 for more information. PARENTS WEEKEND COMMITTEE: applications for nominating 1987-88 Parents of the Year are available in the Commons, Sterling C. Evans Library, the Memorial Student Center and the Pav ilion. Items for What’s Up should be submitted to The Battalion,, 216 Reed McDonald, no less than three working days prior to desired publication date. h"ar.fc luse.'l ixItcB : etr. | iKarjM erst |. u<k.p for it E re rt'-m eiitk.p, 'alt huff supi.f icier.: neo .a" ^ iscc": fe- is d' :« pt ■ sire, p Judge orders tests of hostage-taker’s mental condition FORT WORTH (AP) — Solah Kassem Abou-Kassem, who took a 10-year-old boy hostage at Dallas- Fort Worth International Airport, has been ordered to undergo psychi atric tests. Abou-Kassem’s lawyer contends that Abou-Khassem was in sane at the time of the incident. U.S. District Judge Eldon Mahon on Monday ordered Abou-Kassem to undergo psychiatric exams to de termine if he is competent to stand trial on Federal charges of hostage taking. “We won round one,” said the sus pect’s court-appointed attorney, Mi chael Heiskell. “Hopefully, if a trial does take place, we will be able to show convin cingly that Mr. Abou-Kassem was in sane at the time the incident took place,” he said. An official with the U.S. Marshal’s office said the 26-year-old man probably will be transferred within 10 days for testing at the U.S. Medi cal Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Mo. Heiskell said the examination could take up to 45 days. Assistant U.S. Attorney Fred Schattman did not contest the re quest for psychological tests. Abou-Kassem, who followed the proceedings through a court-ap proved interpreter, had several days’ growth of beard and and was wear ing the same tan suit he wore when arrested Jan. 5 during Monday’s hearing before Mahon. The judge read statements from Abou-Kassem’s family saying he has been mentally ill for about two years. The affadavit signed by his father, Kassem Abou-Kassem Alsafuore, said, “My son .. . began to act strang ely by talking to himself for hours.” In a separate Monday hearing based on testimony by FBI agent Larry Allred, U.S. Magistrate Alex H. McGlinchey found that there was probable cause to bring Abou-Kas sem to trial if he is found competent. Allred testified that Abou-Kassem entered the United States in 1984 with a passport and visa belonging to his brother-in-law. Witnesses say that the man grabbed 10-year-old Michael Caruso Jr. from a ticket line at the airport Jan. 5, put a gun to his head and de manded a flight to Egypt or Syria. The terminal was evacuated after he fired a single shot. Abou-Kassem surrendered peace fully after 71/2 hours when officials gave him false immigration docu ments clearing him to leave U.S. bor ders. A&M entrepreneurs' group promotes business ventures By Ed Bodde Reporter Ever dream of starting your own business? Does the idea of control ling your salary, hours and company image appeal to you? Entrepreneurship and New Ven tures is a Texas A&M organization designed to promote opportunities for people who want to go into busi ness for themselves. George Rice, faculty adviser for the club, says the organization’s main purpose is to develop ideas for new businesses and prepare people for the responsibilities and risks in volved with a new business. “I think it’s the best student orga nization on campus,” Rice says. “It’s certainly one of the most successful. Most of the kids are running their own businesses.” Founded in 1982 to allow students the opportunity to sell products and ideas, ENVE now has 50 members. Rice says the group’s members or ganize their own programs and de cide on a variety of speakers. They also trade information and use group meetings to contact other en trepreneurs, he says. James McAuliffe, president of the organization, said a speaker ad dresses the group about once a month on issues of interest to the members. The speakers have included Mi chael Muse, of Muse Air, and Clay ton Williams, a rancher, oilman and owner of ClayDesta Communica tions. McAuliffe says he recommends the group “because of the access and the type of people addressing the students.” The access to information from people with their own businesses or companies is important, he says. John Flynn, an August 1986 A&M graduate, now owns the Computer Access store on Texas Avenue. Com puter Access sells computers and supplies to students and businesses. After working at Computer Ac cess for a year, Flynn, a computer science major, decided he wanted more control. “I wanted to go into business for myself,” he says, “and I thought it was a fairly low risk as far as my ca reer was concerned.” After getting a loan, Flynn bought the company in August and says he hasn’t had a bad week yet. “I’m making money,” he says. Flynn says he wouldn’t want to be working for another company. “I wouldn’t trade it (working for himself) for anything,” he says. “I like working for myself. You have more opportunities to succeed. You control if you get a promotion or a raise.” Although the hours are long, Flynn says he’s never found himself looking at his watch. “I work until I’m finished and then I go home,” he says. deliveries available now through January 23rd Contact Lenses Only Quality Name Brands (Bausch & Lomb, Ciba, Branes-Hinds-Hydrocurve) $79. 00 $99. 00 $99. 00 -STD. DAILY WEAR SOFT LENSES -STD. EXTENDED WEAR SOFT LENSES -STD. 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