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i, one of newj r trains, planned project ssed it. their] Texas A&M University — but ™not a particularly popular one. Many students have com plained about the sidewalk preaching at Rudder Fountain, Dave Bergen, chairman of the Memorial Student Center con cessions committee, said. “It’s an unfortunate situa tion, but there is really nothing we can do about it,” he said. “The administration is just as concerned about it as the stu dents.” t ointedi “d down to ridel >h ,” he sail istronan ?d up in never a ? mefel) hard w not a hoi In most cases, an organization must be recognized by the Uni versity before it can use the Rud der Fountain area. Two excep- dons to this rule are groups or ’ individuals who wish to speak on ethati re ligio n or politics, Bergen said. “Due to constitutional rights, particularly when it comes to lolitical or religious beliefs, we tave to allow anybody down here who would like to come ipeak,” he said. itimatci en who onstitut v who net. .W? LW? fa !Zl6 i open ichi ' tire, it that tin i is area .is. Keep all furniti as obvioa mfort n C. Houst local / state OASIS gets complaints Aggies dislike preaching by Robert McGlohon Battalion Staff Sidewalk preaching has be come a common occurrence at The committee is, however, allowed to impose restrictions on time, place, and manner of presentation, Bergen said. The event must be scheduled and approved in advance by the con cessions committee. If another organization has already reserved the area, Bergen said, that organization can ask that there be no preaching while they are using the area. Also, the committee limits an organization or individual to Five days’ use of the fountain area in a 28-day period. The group responsible for 90 percent to 95 percent of the preaching, he said, is the Orga nization for the Advancement of Spiritual Involvement among Students (OASIS). But OASIS has found a way to get around the five-day rule, Bergen said. After OASIS has used up its Five-day allottment, Bergen said, a member of the group, acting as an individual, sche dules the fountain area for his own use. “I strongly discouraged them from doing it at the time,” he said. “I said you’re really getting underhanded here and going around the rules. They didn’t care.” But, OASIS considered critic ism a positive response to their efforts, Bergen said. “Last year,” Bergen said, “we had many, many complaints ab out the preaching down there at the fountain. I could talk until I was blue in the face about all the complaints I was getting. That was just further encouragement to them to schedule more and preach more.” Student reaction to the side walk preaching is varied. Gary Barbee, a graduate stu dent in agriculture, said the sidewalk preaching is a good idea. “The Lord told us to preach to the nations,” Barbee said. “This isn’t just a matter of right or wrong. It’s just a matter of our inner sense. If this brother has a sense within that he needs to do it, then he should do it.” Lorretta Waclawczy, a junior accounting major from San Antonio, expressed a more neutral opinion. “It doesn’t bother me,” she said. “No one is forced to listen to it. So whatever he wants to say he can say it.” Doug Hamaker, a senior health education major, said he was opposed to the sidewalk preaching. “I really and truly don’t go for it at all,” Hamaker said. “I feel that the subject he’s talking ab out doesn’t need to be spoken out on the sidewalk. It has a dif ferent place. “It seems like he’s trying to recruit people into an army or something. I don’t think that re ligion should be that way. Reli gion is more of a personal matter.” While Hamaker said he wished the sidewalk preaching would stop, he did not advocate forbidding it. Ag students meet employers Agriculture students will have a chance to meet potential em ployers at the fourth annual Professional Career Planning in Agriculture conference today on the second floor of the Memorial Student Center. Forty-five Texas agricultural companies will have booths set up from 8:30-11:30 a.m. and 1:30-5 p.m. Kitty Fraley, from the agri cultural communications de partment, said upperclassmen can interview for permanent jobs and underclassmen can in quire about internships, co-ops and summer employment. Fraley said that fewer com panies are attending this year because of the economy. She said that some companies have put a freeze on hiring . Prosecutor angers judge then takes job in Mr. Gatti’s opens up another hot one at Shiloh Place in College Station A new Mr. Gatti’s with an even more relaxed and spacious atmosphere. New atmosphere--same great food. The new Mr. Gatti’s also has the regular luncheon specials as well as the 2 for 1 happy hour from 4:30-6:00 weekdays. A giant 6 foot TV screen is also in the Shiloh Place Mr. Gatti’s. And if you need to have a private par ty, Mr Gatti’s has a private party room to fit your needs. Texas United Press International RICHMOND, Va. — A feder- il prosecutor who angered a je by suggesting that race in- luenced sentencing has res- gned, but a senior prosecutor aid the dispute was not a factor nthe decision to quit for a simi- ir job in Texas. Assistant U.S. Attorney )avid P. Baugh, whose com- nents Monday disturbed U.S. Mstrict Judge D. Dortch War mer, declined to extensively liscuss his resignation. “There are a number of fac- ors that I cannot discuss hat I would feel comfortable iiscussing right now other than o say that I feel as though my ervices would be more appreci- ited and necessary” with the J.S. attorney’s office in Texas, laugh said. Joseph Aronica, the assistant J.S. attorney in charge of the riminal division for the Eastern Jistrict of Virginia, said the res- nation had nothing to do with ic court dispute. “I think he wants to go back to Texas,” Aronica said. Baugh, who came to Rich mond about a year and one-half ago, said he telephoned U.S. Attorney Elsie Munsell of Alex andria and told her of his deci sion after the hearing. “I told her that I had accepted a new position in the Eastern District of Texas as chief of their criminal division,” Baugh said. He said he had a standing offer to return to Texas for about one year. Aronica said the dispute over Baugh’s comments during sen tencing of former gold and sil ver trader John R. Greer had nothing to do with the resigna tion. Monday, Warriner sent enced Greer to 10 years in pris on for a fraud conviction. Baugh complained that there appeared to be differences in sentencing for white-collar offenders and others. Warriner asked Baugh, who is black, if he was suggesting that the court sentenc was based on race, and when Baugh began to reply he believed so, Warriner cut him off and asked him to address his remarks to the court reporter. Later, Warriner called Baugh’s comments “despic able,” the Richmond News Leader reported. “It is unfortunate that there was a suggestion the court would go easy (on Greer) because he is a member of the white race,” the newspaper quoted Warriner as saying. South Texas Ave. in Shiloh Place 693-0035 or 107 College Ave North 846-4809 100 North Main Downtown Bryan 775-6788 The best pizza in town. y-jstieAirl For Delivery 846-3412 or 2901 S. Texas Ave. Bryan 779-2431 Samson & Delilah Welcomes the Aggies Back! 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