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local / state Battalion/P|f February 2, Around town Washington D.C. trip planned The MSC Political Forum is sponsoring a trip to Washing ton D.C. on March 13-19. The total cost is $525, and a deposit of $200 is required by Feb. 9. The trip is open to everyone, but space is limited to 30 people. To make a reservation or put down a deposit, come by Room 216 MSC or call 845-1515. College Republicans sponsor speaker The College Republicans will host Eddie Chiles at their next meeting. The meeting is scheduled for Feb. 9 at 8 p.m. in Room 701 Rudder Tower. The Texas A&M community is invited. Rape prevention topic of program The Department of Student Affairs is sponsoring a rape- prevention program tomorrow at noon and 7 p.m. in Room 302 Rudder. The program, entitled “Rape: What’s Your Best De fense?” includes a short film and a short discussion to be presented afterwards. Library to offer reference tours Have you ever spent hours trying to find information amid the 1.4 million books in the Sterling C. Evans Library? If so, then help is on the way. On Feb. 7-11 the Evans Library will offer sign-up tours. These tours last approximately 45 minutes and provide a great deal of information about the materials and services available in the Evans Library. Sign-up sheets for the tours are posted close to the Refer ence Desk on the first floor of the library. Tour times are: Monday, Feb. 7: 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8: 9 a.m., 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9: 9 a.m., 1 1 a.m., 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10: 9:30 a.m., 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11: 9 a.m., 1 1 a.m. MSC committee to sponsor ski trip The MSC Travel Committee is sponsoring a ski trip to Crested Butte, Colorado over spring break. The trip will be from March 11-19 and will cost $349. That covers five days and six nights. To sign up for the trip come by Room 216 MSC or call 845-1515. ■ / fickets on sale for sophomore ball The Class of ’85 is pleased to announce the Sophomore Class Ball, Feb. 4 from 9-1 a.m. in the Memorial Student Center Ballroom. The theme for this year’s dance is “Run for the Roses.” Music will be provided by the Debonaires and tickets for the show will be on sale through Feb. 4 at the MSC Box Office. Applications being taken for show It’s not too late! Applications for the 1983 MSC Variety Show are still available in the Student Programs Office in Room 216 MSC. The deadline for turning in applications is Feb. 4. at 5 p.m. Auditions for the show will be held on Feb. 22-23. The Variety Show staff is asking that you get your act together and come show off your talent. The show is scheduled for Parents Weekend on April 15. MSC Travel plans Mardi Gras trip The MSC Travel Committee has announced a Mardi Gras trip to New Orleans on Feb. 11-13. Total cost for the trip will be $100, which includes the hotel and bus charter. For further information or to sign up for the trip come by the Student Programs Office in Room 216 MSC, or call 845-1515. If you have an announcement or item to submit for this column, come by The Battalion office in 216 Reed McDo nald or call Tracey Taylor at 845-2611. Now you know Aggie safari to Africa planned by Mallous Kazemzadeh Battalion Reporter An African safari and moun tain climbing trip is one unique offering being planned for May 1984 by the Texas A&M Out door Recreation Committee. Jay Elliston, director of fund ing for the trip, said the expedi tion will last about six weeks. The trip has 12 people signed up to go. “The thought of pure adven ture and getting to Africa is ex citing and satisfying. For most of us, this is the only way we could ever go to such a place,” Elliston said. He said the group will climb Mount Kenya and will travel to other parts of Africa to study and view African life styles and cultures. “We will hopefully live with the tribes and study their en gineering levels, linguistics and agricultural skills,” Elliston said. Since the trip would examine a foreign culture, he said, the committee is trying to get academic credit for the trip. In preparation for the trip, the participants will study Afri can lifestyles, political condi tions and wilderness survival techniques. They will also gather all information about vaccinations and equipment. “It will be like a safari,” Ellis ton said. “We will need people to transport our equipment and guide us through the trip.” Elliston said now the trip is in the planning phase. Expedition members are contacting sources in Kenya and are gathering sup plies and funding. Cost of the trip is about $1,500 each. Elliston said that since funding is the most critical aspect of the trip, they are trying to get equipment and money donations. Elliston said the group has certain goals to accomjS fore leaving for AfricaJ elude gaining dimbingc ence, establishing patterns and testing eadij ber’s abilities. Hesaidthtj has half-way reachediis| Anyone with climbinga ence who would like top pate should contacttheo tee’s sponsor, RenaKoi the Student Programs( the MSC. Conviction of drunk drivers hard MADD: Jury sentences too leniei by Cheryl Burke Battalion Reporter The major problem in con victing drunk drivers is that the public still does not realize the seriousness of the crime, says Brazos County Court at Law Judge Carolyn Ruffino. Riders Wanted Go Greyhound round trip to Houston for just $15.70, Waco for $15.80 and Dallas for only $23.35. Convenient campus departures and return trips. Call 696-0209 for schedules and infor mation. “The public still does not be lieve that we are serious, that DWI is a serious offense,” Ruffi no said Tuesday night in a meet ing of the Brazos Chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Drivers. “We have failed to inform peo ple that they will be expected to pay for their conduct.” JTis attitude is a result of the courts’ failure to convict even re peated offenders. But, Ruffino said, the problem does not lie with the judge or the county attorney, but with the jury. As an example, Ruffino told MSC Recreation presents: Annual ACU-I Qualifying TABLE TENNIS TOURNAAAENT WED. FEB 2 6 P.M. 5(X Entry Fee Spectators Welcome MORE INFO: 260-3166 AT THE COMMONS of a case recently heard in her court in which three Depart ment of Public Safety officers testified that they had seen the defendent drunk, while the de- fendent claimed that he was tired after driving all day. “The jury found his testi mony more believable than the officers’,” Ruffino said. “It com es down to whom to believe. Is officer testimony alone enough? It would be for me, but not for some jurors.” In that case, she said, the jury was not allowed to know that the defendent had refused a breath analyzer test and that he had been convicted twice before for public intoxication. When defendents realize that a jury trial could result in a more lenient sentence than a plea be fore a judge, “you can bet they are going to go to a jury,” Ruffi no said. THE EPISCOPAL I CHURCH & STUDENT CENTER .• Announce ji CLASSES FOR THOSE INTERESTED | :■ in >: PREPARING FOR CONFIRMATION i; and or learning more about ij; i; the Episcopal Church i? CLASSES MEET IN THE CHURCH | j:! Beginning 8:00 P.M., ij: Sunday Feb. 6 906 Jersey, College Station i; (So. Side of Campus) Ph. 696-1726 United Press International PHILADELPHIA — People with family problems “tell friends, spouses, Deal Abby, psychiatrists and counselors, but never the people who need to be told,” says psychology professor James Framo. The Temple University pro fessor says talking honestly with parents, brothers and sisters may help resolve problems with spouse or children, because these problems may arise from your “family of origin.” Framo is among a handful of psychologists to use “family of origin” therapy. “When two people marry, each partner brings to the mar riage a different family history and way of doing things,” he says. “Romance dulls the fear of conflict that might arise from these differences. Couples in love tend to ignore all the poten tial problems or trouble signals.” Eventually, he says, the dif ferences may create problems involving such things as money management, in-laws, violence, alcoholism or sexusal dysfunc tion. Too often, she said, DWI de fendents are released with de ferred adjudication — a form of probation in which there is no conviction and no record if the defendent is not convicted of another DWI offense within a specified time. Current legislation sup ported by MADD, if passed, would eliminate the use of de ferred adjudication. Ruffino said that the incon venience of losing driving pri vileges most upsets the DWI offender. And often this incon venience can be overcome by proving that it is neces drive to keep a job. “They should be depi their license for at months," she said.“Thaii| it really hits home-t probably be carpom people they can’t standT Ninety percent of tlit| Ruf fino hears are she said. That adds up it cases a month—SOcaseil “I believe driving isi vilege, and whenyoudu drive you are abusing £ vilege and should havetj away.” Highway repaii proposal toutd United Press International AUSTIN — A highway re search group today touted a 20- year, $51 billion road repair program for Texas. The group recommended increasing motor vehicle license fees and state gasoline taxes to pay for the re pairs. The Road Information Prog ram of Washington and the Texas Good Roads and Trans portation Association urged the Legislature to approve a three fold increase in current highway funding or risk falling behind in road maintenance needs by $ 1 billion each year. Eugene Robbins, president of the Good Roads Association, said Texas must reform its sys tem of financing highway re pairs. “The present systemo ing highways in this stale ly antiquated,” Robbinssaf news conference. “We change the basis of the they’ll change with ii over the years.” He said motor vehicle^ t ration fees, which curreiil based upon theweightofl mobiles, should bebasedf value of the vehicle. Hen mended that the 5-centp Ion state gasoline tax, whi remained at the samel 25 years, also be increat The Program saidthe2l highway repair program^ sustain 64,500 newconstr jobs in Texas. 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