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Page 6/The Battalion/Tuesday, December 13,1983 t • • 1 J Warped Investigation needea to tell twins apart by Scott McCull TO SURVIVE YOUR QUEST TO SAVE MUST OVERCOME OBSTACLES THAT OPPOSE YOUR EFFORTS, LIKE WHE/V YOUR FIVMCIAL BOTTOM DROPS COT.. .LUSTY WELCHES ATTEAlPT//VG TO P/STRACT YOU FRO/A »UR TEXTS W/TH THEIR FEtMWNE WILES, DIKE PRINCESS CAROLINE ..THE DREADEP BABBLING LECTURED- ar ■ A/VD THE CO/VSTAArrFPdSmjffl OF HAVIA/6 YOUR PR/IE AWAf A&AW.ouroF wg United Press International GREENVILLE — Two- month-old twins Ryan and Bryan Clausen are so alike their parents needed nametags to tell them apart. So when the boys’ father fum bled the tags while changing di apers, it took a major investiga tion to sort them out. The boys have been oblivious to their identity crisis since it first cropped up Nov. 19. “During a mix-up in diaper changing, I simply forgot to put the name tags back on their little sweatsuits,” said their father, Gordon Clausen. “My wife Pl€NTV OF SPftC€! One Hour Free Parking Old Army too Hnows how hard it is to find a parking space at Northgote — So he s solved the problem! toopot's bought the lot out bock and noaj offers ffl€€ 1 Hour Parking — FOR fill TH€IR CUSTOMERS! qpLoupors^ BOOKSTORE ~At Loupot's — Friendliness is Another Aggie Tradition usually does that.” After the mixup, the lads were no help at Ml in fixing it. Both blue-eyed, brown-haired boys weigh the san 16 9 pounds, 12 ounces; both are 2-feet tall; both have birthrtiarks on their foreheads and bPth have short middle toes on their right feet. Clausen and h»s wife, Gwen, tried to solve the fiddle for three weeks. When th£ boys’ 2-year- old big brother Jason started calling them by the same name, the situation had gone too far. “The confusion just could not continue,” said Gordon Clausen. So the Clausens bundled the boys off to Greenville General Hospital, where they were born Sept. 30, and joined a private detective and an investigator in an hour-and-a-half search of hospital records. They finally matched a set of finger- and footprints with those in the hospital. Ryan has since worn a red ink mark behind his ear. “I have an idea there are some twins out there \vho are or have been confused about who they are,” Clausen said. “I suggest bracelets -— match ing, of course.” Recentjob trends rioted Women influencing labor United Press International AUSTIN — Women’s in creased movement into the labor force is the “most impor tant labor market development” of the 20th century, says a Uni versity of Texas professor and former cabinet official. Ray Marshall, labor secretary in the Carter administration, noted the number of working women rose from 34 percent of the work force in 1950 to more than 52 percent in 1981. And Marshall predicts women will make up two-thirds of the growth in the labor force during this decade. “In 1950, 70 percent of the American households were headed by men whose income was the sole source of family in come,” he said. “Todav, less than 15 percent of the house holds fit this traditional model, even though many of the na tion’s eiuployTOent policies assume it still to be pervasive.” For that reason, Marshall re commends “more systematic policies which deal with the real ity that women are permanent and integral parts of the labor force and that the traditional pattern of men being the only family income earners is obso lete.” Marshall’s comments were made in an analysis he prepared for the Women’s Research and Education Institute of the Con gressional Caucus for Women’s Issues. U.S. labor market policies should take into account career selection and development, childbearing and re-entry into the work force, ability to enter nontraditional jobs and health care for women, he said. In the future, Marshall said there may be a complication for working women ranging in age from 25 to 44. “In 1975 there were only 39 million people in this category,” he said. “By 1990 there will be over 60 million. This will greatly intensify job competition among workers between the ages of 25 and 44, who will constitute over half of the work force in 1990.” Marshall also noted women continue to lag behind men in earnings. At the start of the 1980s, he said “despite some occupational upgrading, women had aboui the same earnings relative men that they had at the bem ning of the 1970s. Women who worked full time earned about 60 percent as much as men.” Marshall said studies have found that less than half of the | gross earnings difference can be attributed to such factors aseth cation, training, experience and j skill requirements. Only through public suppon for affirmative action program! I can the trend be broken, said Mai shall. Me Mo gat to Coi BOOR Store ) Sell Books & Get Bonus Money!! ONLY AT THE Texas Aggie Bookstore Northqate 846-4518 A&M Legislative Study Group preparing now for next year by Jamie Hataway Battalion Reporter The Texas A&M Legislative Study Group doesn’t vacation when the state legislature isn’t in session. The group has home work to do. “Our focus now is on prepar ing for next year,” Fred Billings, director of the group, said. That preparation involves work in many areas. The Legislative Study Group researches current issues that could affect the University if the state legislature takes action on them. For example, if a bill is proposed, the group tries to de- The Student Special. The Daily Palace Student Special. Delicious handmade hamburger, golden fries and medium drink. Only $2.00 everyday with student I.D. Lower Prices. Higher Quality. The New DflJILV Hwy 290/Hempstead • 826-2428 termine what position will be in the best interest of Texas A&M. The group then makes recom mendations to the Student Sen ate based on its research. After the Student Senate has decided the position it wants to take, many contacts have to be made. The study group contacts people in Austin to determine what positions legislators and other influentials in Austin have taken. Politically active former stu dents are contacted so their views can be considered. Other universities also are contacted to see what position they are sup porting. “We then outline strategies on how we want to walk something through the legislature,” Bill ings said. In other words, the group determines how it will gather support for Texas A&M’s position. Then the group goes to Au and lobbies for or against prop osed bills they have studied. It either supports the issue or fights to amend or throw out a proposed bill. This is the time when good contacts are a plus, Billings said. Influential people on the group’s side help to get its point across, he said. The group’s twofold function — research and representation — go hand in hand, Billings said. “If we only do research, we’ll have good information but when we get ready to say some thing, we won’t have anybody to say it to,” he said. “More impor tantly, we won’t have the right people to say it to.” Because of the need for strong representation, a lot of time is spent on training, Bill ings said. Representation is a “process of building credibility,” he said. The more professional and stin during legislative sessions effective the group is over the r GRADUATES MOVING TO HOUSTON? Do you need help finding a place to live? Call the Searchers Apartment and Townhouse Locators. We are a free service Call Collect 713-781-0601 5659 Hlilcroft years, the more the people ii Austin will listen to it. But credibility can’t be ac ? |uired without having good in ormation, and this requires a lot of research, Billings said. Credibility also is built onlhe group’s ability to take a stand on an issue and fight for whatii wants. Billings said that ever issue the group took on thisyeai was “won” except one. He sires sed the fact that the group can; make or pass bills, but can influ ence the legislature to a certaii degree if the group is prepare! to fight the battle. The only issue this year dial didn’t come out favorably foi the group concerned raisingtni lion. The group from Texas AW wanted tuition, as well as oth# state fees, to be raised on ai floating inflationary index,!® ings said. However, House Bill 894wi require all state fees to be spec Tied in the state budget whichu changed every two years, j But at least people in Austa listened to the arguments group made. Part of what proposed is stated in Bill “ Billings said. “You can be completely^ fessional, fantastically fat® all your information cank creative; you can have alter® lives and suggestions to cotnp merit these alternatives; but}®! have to be in there fighting, <* said. itlit Now Better Than Ever. You Will Be Pleased With These Carefully Prepared and Taste Tempting Foods msc Each Daily Special Only $2.39 Plus Tax Cafeteria y “Oper PaMy ,, Dining: 11 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. — 4:00 P.M. to 7:00 PM MONDAY EVENING SPECIAL Salisoury Steak with Mushroom Gravy Whipped Potatoes Your Choice of One Vegetable Roll or. 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