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local / state Battalion/Page I November 30 Crime stoppers seeks trespasser Disability hasn’t stopped him On Nov. 11, two days before deer season opened, someone entered the Buchanan Range on passer cabin. repeatedly shot a deer Counselor trains with sports Brazos County STOPPER: 775-TIPS Kurten Lane in east Brazos County. Whoever trespassed on (he property used a high- powered deer rille to shoot and kill a registered Hereford bull. Af ter shooting the bull, the tres- If you have any information on the person or persons who committed this crime, call Crime Stoppers at 775-TIPS. All callers are issued special coded num bers to assure that they remain anonymous. If your informa tion leads to the arrest and grand jury indictment of a sus pect, you could receive a $1,000 reward. Crime Stoppers also offers cash rewards for information leading to the arrest and grand jury indictment of a suspect in any felony crime. by Patrice Koranek Battalion Reporter John Galland learned to snow ski when he was 2 years old. Twenty years later he had to learn again. In 1971, Galland had a skiing accident that left him with no feeling in his legs. He became a paraplegic. But being confined to a wheelchair has not stopped Galland from water skiiing, scu ba diving, alpine skiing and backpacking. Galland, sponsored by* the MSG Outdoor Recreation Com mittee, spoke Monday night in Rudder Tower. He works as a “The body is the house where your mind lives, ” Galland said. He be lieves that physical fit ness can carry over into social and mind fitness. counselor for the Vinland Na tional Center in Minnesota, which is a training and educa tion center for sports with peo ple of varying abilities. “The body is the house where your mind lives,” Galland said. He believes that physical fitness can carry over into social and mind fitness. The Vinland cen ter helps make people aware of what their body is telling them, and they also try to make it as easy as possible for disabled peo ple to fit in with ordinary peo ple, he said. “Unfortunately, the world is not all geared to folks in chairs,” he said. Students at the center are taught that they don’t need special facilities. They are taught to use facilities available, Galland said. Galland participates in a lot of outdoor activity by adapting equipment built for people with total ability. “Adapting equipment is fine, but if you don’t sequence people right it’s no good,” he saia “The only rule is what works and what’s safe.” Even with modifications and lots of work, he said some things are still a challenge. “Some things are real Galland said. “Like down the Salmon River* easiest thing I did to gel middle of a wilderness. packing, though, is i hardest,” he said. Galland said he wouldl see a branch of the Vinlani ter in all regions of them maybe one in Texas xmimit “I’m real excited aboutl ing it to Texas and letta take it away,” he said. THE MAGIC of /TTTfi Border holiday scene bleak he MSC I hristmas F 'Rudder Exh The fair s jade items ] aftsmen w United Press International Sales of retail businesses in Texas border cities are down as much as 80 percent and the out look for Christmas remains bleak, largely because of the de valuation of the peso in Mexico, say U.S. federal economists. Tight exchange controls im posed by the Mexican govern ment to strengthen the peso have further crippled the businesses because Mexicans are no longer able to shop freely across the border, the econom ists said Monday. The businesses have de pended on a free currency flow across the borders but two major devaluations of the peso this year have seriously affected that flow. There is fear another round of peso devaluation may be around the corner because the Sept. 1 controls pegging the peso to a fixed parity have been found to be ineffective. At the current fixed rate, one U.S. dol lar will fetch 70 pesos but the black-market rate is as low as 128 pesos. The situation could get much Now you know The Broadway Musical LIVES IN THE HEART OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS EVERYWHERE! United Press International A study of prison inmates shows the least likely criminal to have a tattoo is a murderer. The most likely is a burglar. worse if there is another de valuation, said Raul Carrmillo, economist for the the Federal Reserve Bank in El Paso. He said some people believe the de valuation could be as high as 150 pesos. Unemployment, running as high as 25 percent in some places, is making matters even more difficult. Leroy Laney, senior econom ist for the federal bank’s 11th district in Dallas, said: “The out look for the border cities during Christmas is pretty bleak, pri- mariy because of the peso de valuation. The reports we have been getting are that retailing has fallen off drastically, as high as 80 percent in some areas of the (Rio Grande) Valley, in El Paso, in Laredo.” In a recent letter to the Inter national Monetary Fund, the Mexican government indicated the exchange controls lifted and that the pesowoiiifl allowed to find its ownexcb level. That might help bon businesses because Me shoppers would be more fret shop in the United States. Because of the fixed change rates, most banks! Paso and Laredo have stoi trading in the peso, Mexicans to shop across t. border. U.S. economists do nol any immediate improvemeill the situation even after the trols are lifted because li such as Mexican oil are no ger attractive in a world ra: experiencing a glut. Mexico faces an international some $80 billion. /heeln [The Whee luction of a) University j Bikes to Ipeeds, and [l Also, for 6nsignmen uction, the ifice, not t< For more ward jThis is the [he College “The peso problem is a fail life for those border cities there’s nothing they can do out it,” said Laney. LIVE OK CAMPUS AT TEXAS A&M! New Happy Hours 4 p.m.-Midnight FUN • FOOD • DRINK= SHARE THE MAGIC WITH YOUR FAMILY TODAY! Presented by MSC Town Hall — Broadway December 6, 7, 8 at 8 p.m. Matinee Performance Dec. 8 at 3 p.m. RUDDER AUDITORIUM Tickets available at MSC Box Office 845-1234 $14.50, $16.50, $18.50 Foreign studies day set Study The MSC ’ are sponso tudy abroi The sem m. in Ro P B ATTENTION: CLASS OF ’86 ARE YOU INTERESTED IN. . . FUND RAISING, CONCESSIONS, THE BIG EVENT, FRESHMAN BALL, PUBLIC RELATIONS, OR SOCIAL EVENTS? Then get involved by serving as a chairman or sub-chairman of one of these committees. Pick up an application in Room 2I6 MSC and return it by Wednesday December 1st at 5 p.m. Interviews will be scheduled later in the week. If you have any questions, call: Billy Cassel or Brad Winn Robert Shepard Lori Zeigler at 260-3250 at 260-4468 at 260-0232 We are expecting a GREAT year & looking forward to working with you! by Angel Stokes Battalion Reporter The MSC Travel Commit' and the Study Abroad Office sponsoring Overseas Wednesday to promote the rious study abroad progplHg available through the JJji® sity. The program will be from a.m. to 2 p.m. in 205 and' Memorial Student Center. The Department of Mode Languages as well as thecollef of business administradom beral arts, education and gineering will have tables sen with information on each pi 1 ' ram. Students also will be aft get information about thePti Corps and other overseas*' opportunities. The marketing, financei ; management departmentsb' individual programs available* do the Department of ~ tion, Curriculum and Instm tion and the Department of! terdisciplinary Education. Study Abroad coordirf Mona Risk-Finne said there' many opportunities for stm abroad that most students do' realize. She said Overseas! 1 * will give students a chance meet with professors who" teach the summer study pff rams for 1983 and also to" out what courses will be a" able. IN THE FREE APARTMENT LOCATOR SERVICE • Apartments • Duplexes • Houses • Fourplexes • Townhouses Now leasing for summer and fall. Special mer rates now available. Walking & biking & tance to T.A.M.U. HOMEFINDER PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 656-1006 1055 S. Toms C.S. Boxes ar Agency Bui Rations. Yo our favori T-shirt The Stud* Associatio cross-stitch a.m. tint All pro< County foi Shelter, w ■ There a rent color; will be he decoratior City tc The City i Festival a College S Street. The fe; ment. Th March If you ne a cut-a-tf I Anyon haircut. / Dimes. Jennii Freenan Research Council ated Uni ORAL universit rational, environr sponsors students Jennii students fellowsh and ene Unde pient of hence int dissertat Energy. Jmgoing research < For a Ihese an Jams Di dl7,Oa Ifyou h for this •McDon