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Tuesday, February 7, 1984/The Battalion/Page 3 "Host could be liable for serving alcohol R.l. by Paul Dirmeyer By JILL GOLDEN Reporter A warning that tougher ap- irbaches to alcohol-related of fenses might lead to difficulties or student organizations that erve alcoholic beverages has ieen sent to a Texas A&M offi- ialfrom his counterpart at the Jniversity of Illinois at Urbana- ■mpaign. John J. Koldus, vice presi- lent for student services, dis- iributed a letter to his staff from Stanley R. Levy, vice chancellor :or student affairs at Illinois. Levy wrote that courts in some states have held social hosts lia ble for the alcohol-related of fenses of their guests and |arned that student organiza- [ions could be targets for such awsuils. Koldus says the letter, written to student affairs directors na tionwide, was informative as a means of alerting campus offi cials to the possible dangers of social host liability but added that he and his staff had been aware of the problem for a long time. Koldus chose not to relay Levy’s warning to student orga nizations because he said it did not apply. Texas A&M does not allow alcoholic beverages on campus. “Fraternities and sororities are not related to us,” Koldus said. “As for student organiza tions, we work very closely with them. We’re making sure they are conscious of the problem.” Texas courts have not ex tended liability to social hosts. However, two recent cases in volving restaurant and bar own ers have been decided in favor of plaintiffs, said Kirk Brown, president of the Brazos County Mothers Against Drunk Driv ers. One case involved a Houston bar that served alcohol to a drunk patron who later caused an automobile accident. The bar was held partially liable and had to pay $140,000 in dam ages. Two months ago, a San Anto nio restaurant settled a $1 mil lion suit out of court. It was found negligent for serving al cohol to minors who later were killed in an automobile acci dent. Brown said settlement costs are continuing to rise and liabil ity cases against restaurant and bar owners are becoming more common. He said he was happy with the stand Texas civil courts had taken against restaurants and bar owners. ev. Laurence Brett talks n evangelism at A&M dlHI ace Vh Bwspapi types of By TAMMY KIRK Staff Writer iy HBrhe Rev. Laurence F. X. rigK Biett, ordained priest of the ‘ door Baltimore diocese, spoke on tj lem! evangelism to an audience that filled nearly all of of Rudder Theater Monday night. . BBrett relaxed his listeners by s “ 0, describing the Bible as coming V whydlwn from the heavens, having Stuff. 1 gold trim with a red ribbon and the words of Jesus being , marked in red. Fie added that :the Book also had a price tag and received expected laughter, related the Bible to a er as having different dnw types of literature within it — unlike sports and the comics. He told the audience to imagine 1 Tjpoits were wiped out by the budget deficit and a sports page were found about 2000 years from now, headlines such as ‘Cougars Crush Southern Methodists,’ ‘Mad Cougars : Maul Uppity Mustangs' and The Cardinals Trailed . . .’ would make no sense. 1 f! 1 And what about deformed case>1 people such as halfbacks and npac 1 fcrterbacks? Brett said. Again, laughter. B“My point — you can’t look at the scriptures in 1984 and look soti at a specific situation by a spe cific author, known or un known, and make it universal law,’said Brett. |He made a comparison of the oks by Mark, Luke and Mat- letid nsoi thew on the story of the woman afflicted by hemorrhaging who touched Jesus’ clothes and was cured. 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Another woman asked about how to accept what fountain speakers preached on campus. Brett said, ‘The Bible should be used as a tool, not a weapon. You should really show how much you love them and ignore them.’ Dave Bergen, chairman of the University concessions com mittee at Texas A&M, said there are still complaints about the fountain speakers at the University, even though there are fewer complaints compared to two years ago when there were speakers two days of every week. United Press International SAN ANTONIO — A U S. Magistrate Monday dismissed federal bank robbery charges against a suspect in the killing of a sheriffs deputy and turned the man over to state officials to face capital murder charges. Pedro Solis Sosa, 32, is charged with aggravated rob bery, aggravated kidnapping and capital murder in the Nov. 4 shooting death of Wilson County Sheriffs deputy Ollie F. “Sammy” Childress. 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