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Tuesday, April 3, 1984/The Battalion/Page 3 griculture Convocation Outstanding students in the College of Agriculture honored Monday night ByKARI FLUEGEL Reporter Dutstanding students in the liege of Agriculture were noted at the 28lh Annual idem Agriculture Convoca- n Monday night. honored at the convocation i Lowell Mark Harrison, an mal physiology doctoral can- ate. Harrison received the ,1. “Tony” Sorensen, Jr. hievemenl Award. The award is presented annually to a student who has completed all the requirements for his doctor ate degree up to his final year of study. The award enables the recipient monetarily to com plete his doctoral degree and recognizes his outstanding abili ties. Alpha Zeta, the agriculture honor society, presented awards to the outstanding stu dents in the freshmen, sopho more and junior classes. Those receiving the awards were freshman Jody Ray Hall, an ani mal science major from Wood- sboro; sophomore Christy Majewski, a forestry major from Wichita Falls; and junior Mi chael Glenn Phillips, an animal science major from Williston, Fla. Alpha Zeta also awarded $250 scholarships to four stu dents. The recipients were cho sen on the basis of leadership, character, scholarship and fi-. nancial need. Recipients were sophomore Burl Hagler and ju niors Darryl Joost, Thomas Sames and Melissa Rector. Ivo Lopez was named as the na tional scholarship representa tive. Senior merit awards were presented to John Galloway, Jr. from Beeville; Dana Hees from Manor; Robert Lastovica from Belton; Brian Terrell from Plainview; James Cloud from Rule; Jonathan furek from Bay City; Victor Verlage from Gon zales Tamau, Mexico; David Kittelson from Newark, Ill.; Janet Steele from Charleston, Ill.; and Deana Allsman from Columbia, Mo. The Eva Simmons Potts Me morial Scholarship was awarded to David Alders, a ju nior agriculture economics ma jor. The outstanding professor award was presented to Dr. Harold Franke, professor of an imal science. Each year the Gavel Award is presented to the student agri culture organization which has best promoted student and fac ulty relations throughout the year. The award was given to the Future Farmers of America. Following the awards, the Dean of Agriculture at the Uni versity of Arizona Dr. B.P. Car- don discussed his concerns about the role that land grant colleges play in providing agri culture leadership and about the future of agriculture lead ers. “We (students in land grant colleges) must represent all peo ple in all areas of agriculture if we are to have a role of lead ership in the future,” Cardon said. 3 ' 2,200 pounds of cocaine seized at sea United Press International IMIAMI — Acting on a tip pm Texas intelligence agents, U.S. Coast Guard seized 0 million worth of cocaine bm a sailboat in the Wind- Ird Passage, the largest mat i- |ie drug seizure in history, of- lialssaicl Monday. [About 2,200 pounds of co- Inewith a wholesale value of million was seized late Inday from the 38-foot sail- latShinook, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Mike Kelley. The contraband is worth an esti mated $200 million on the street, he said. Acting on information from federal agents in El Paso, the New York based Coast Guard cutler Gyjlalin intercepted the Canadian-registered vessel as it passed between Cuba and Haiti in the Windward passage, Kel ley said. “We were advised that the vessel may be carrying contra band,” he said. Two unidentified U.S. citi zens were arrested and taken to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, said Petty Officer Dan Waldschmidt. He said the pair would be flown to Miami today. It had not been determined Monday where the sailboat be gan its voyage, nor whereit was headed. The seizure is the largest ever rosecutor says confessions key part of Lucas’ murder trial United Press International ng colleges on to the companyil nc. donates moi iSAN ANGELO — Henry Lee confessions make up st of the evidence that will be senled during the mass slay er's capital murder trial in the leering majors, or veterinary mefl xas Garden Cli or horticulture 79 slaying of an unidentified man near Georgetown a asecutor said Monday. iVilliamson County District orney Ed Walsh told an light-woman, four-man jury it no one witnessed the slay- |g and no fingerprints were pHained. business for thsfcucas is charged with kid- se they are ableiRping, robbing, strangling future leadersit® ™P ln S 1 ^ wonian ; [Sieved J e 20 to 25 years old, whose '1 was found in a culvert g Interstate 35 near the IralTexas town. 'alsh said authorities had Ponlv a dead body” until Lucas [opfessed in June. Stale District judge John Carter of George- i scholarship“fiWnijreviously ruled the con- >n it. After all, missions could be used despite who to give tWciense objections, he recipient the® when that scholMfhis is the first trial in which leans of d 0 ingso:J® fa “s the death penalty He has already been sentenced / needs some mt distribute schol en the distributi lines so unequal liould get upset should be ey — with or w available throng! mors to evens its. to prison for two Texas mur ders. The 47-year-old drifter and former Michigan mental pa tient, who claimed he killed more than 150 people, has pleaded innocent. Defense at torney Don Higginbotham said he will argue Lucas was insane when the slaying was com mitted. “Lucas says in the statement that he picked this girl up hitch hiking in Oklahoma City and that they ate and that they had sex,” Walsh said of a written confession Lucas gave William son County authorities last June. In his opening statement, Walsh said Lucas indicated he and the wonian argued in his car while driving toward Georgetown because she re fused to have sex with him a second time. Lucas has told authorities he grabbed the woman to keep her From jumping out of the car be fore he strangled her and then had sex with the corpse. “Lucas tells the sheriff he prefers sex after death,” Walsh Correction IThe Battalion incorrectly identifed a picture of Robert , jpyle, a typewriter repariman for Mistovich Business Ma mies, as being a picture of Dis- icl Attorney Rodney Boyles in [onday’s edition. is h senior jourN nt city editor k WOMEN’S MEDICAL CENTER OF NW HOUSTON Problem Pregnancy? •Early pregnancy testing •Abortion services through 18+ weeks •Private practice setting •Confidential counseling/Teen-age care •Surgical sterilization (tubal ligation) •Birth control information •Ultrasound evaluation •Complete GYN care by a Board-Certified Gynecologist 713-440-1796 Robert P. 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Investigators recovered a tampon made from a paper napkin and could introduce it as evidence. The body was clad only in orange socks and bore a ring on one hand. Walsh said the confessions in cluded comments from Lucas about two matchbooks he saw near the body and a description of a guardrail at the scene. R.V. Barker of rural George town testified Monday he saw the body at about 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 31, 1979, as he drove along the Interstate 35 service road. 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