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h Thursday, April 12, 1984/The Battalion/Page 5 sday af- Around town Special Olympics needs helpers Texas Special Olympics needs students to help with a meet April 27. Those interested can sign-up at the Memo rial Student Center today and Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Ag economics to hold banquet Agriculture Economics will have a Spring Awards Ban quet Friday at 7 p.m. with a wine and cheese social hour at 6 p.m. Clayton Williams will be the speaker at the banquet. Tickets are $8.50 and are available in room 112 of the Agri culture Building or the copy center (room 4) of the Agricul ture Building. Theatre Arts presents play Theatre Arts will present Shakespeare’s Romeo and Ju liet April 10-14 at 8 p.m. in Rudder Theater. Tickets are available at Rudder Box Office and are $3 for students and $4 for non-students. Variety Show tickets available Tickets for the MSC Variety Show are available at the MSC Box Office. The show will be Friday at 7 p.m. Tickets I are $3 for students and $3.50 for non-students. 'tips up toe$ ys she does all customt and precauiij •in alone," always call i they needs aren t any the rooms." University arket fortlie: tub busim ent of her Underclassmen compete in math The annual Freshman and Sophomore Mathematics 'IContest will be April 17 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. First place winners will receive $100, second place winners will receive $60 and third place winners will receive $40. No calculators will be allowed. Test material will be provided. The prereq uisite for the freshman contest is knowledge of calculus through Math 151 or the equivalent and for the sophomore contest, knowledge of calculus through math 253 or the equivalent. The freshmen contest will be in 216 Milner Hall and the sophomore contest will be in 201 Milner. Tickets on sale for Casino ’84 Tickets are now on sale for RHA Casino ’84 at Rudder Box Office. Casino will be Friday from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. on the second floor of the Memorial Student Center. Tickets are $3 in advance and $4 at the door. peat custow hly another e over 40. tins ;e, canine elnt d from VieiM icks. mis include li poor appeti s, Dr. Candi rman of ll relations coi an article int the Texas V Journal, j early, the d tal within 51) i lection. iediseasecaB| BR0WNSVILLE _ Twf) de _ igh a bloo« ’|[ eny , con t rac r s totaling $23.4 with an ll ®j|ji||jon and expected to gener- ticks fi' onlll le800 new jobs have been ear- arked for the •efense contracts ) generate jobs United Press International iving quartets e of 26 sal ;e has been 4 economically pressed Rio Grande Valley, n. John Tower, R-Texas, said Wednesday. Tower, chairman of the Sen- e Armed Services Committee, id paperwork was being com- eted on contracts that will en- v’s edition,l5 ^plants in Brownsville and c-ctly identif* Jiuhurg to expand their man- alayed then* acturingoperations. Liliet in thetk Universal Canvas, based in on lem’splayT fl™ Chnsti, /ed the parid nts antl other Army ie Suite pM ent al hs Brownsville plant will produce Army equip- with an $8.4 million contract. Garcia Ordnance of Houston will produce engines and en gine parts under three Army contracts totaling $15 million. The Universal Canvas facility eventually will employ 350 new workers while the Garcia Ord nance plant will employ 450, said Tower, who planned to of ficially announce the contract awards at the Brownsville plant on Saturday. “These projects and the long term jobs offered by these two companies will provide signifi cant economic growth to the area,” Tower said. CONSIDERING A CHANGE? Have breakfast at home, lunch in Mexico, and dinner at the beach. Brownsville Inde pendent School District, located in semi- tropical South Texas, is seeking special edu cation teachers and speech therapists. Op portunities abound for achievement- oriented professionals. Brownsville I.S.D. offers * Career-oriented employment * Professional development opportunities * Equal employment development opportu nity * Credit Union *$10,000 group life insurance * Group health insurance * Professional liability insurance * Attractive climate and geography * Competitive salaries * Generous travel allowance for itinerants * Professional organizations available, but not man datory *No state income tax ’‘No Social Security withholdings Write or call now Ronald Schraer, Ph.D. Director of Special Services or Becky Parker Direction Services Counselor 1102 E. Madison Brownsville, Texas 78520 (512) 546-0411 or 546-3101, ext. 213 i 7 Teachers to campaign for June special session United Press International AUSTIN — Texas’ second largest teacher organization Wednesday announced a letter writing campaign in support of a special session of the Legis lature in June to address educa tion reforms. Mike Morrow, director of the 37,000-member Association of Texas Professional Educators, said teachers will stress in letters to their legislators that they want the session to begin in June after school is out for the summer. “We’re asking that the call be in early June to allow teachers to come to Austin and review the process that might well change the course of education in this state,” he said. Gov. Mark White has indi cated he will call a special ses sion in May or June to address recommendations by H. Ross Perot’s Select Subcommittee on Public Education. 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