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Thursday, February 14, 1985/The Battalion/Page 5 e if Band, Ross Volunteers take part in Mardi Gras By Brenda Neeper Reporter The Ross Volunteers and the Ag gie Band will be in the midst of Mardi Gras celebrations in New Or leans and Galveston next week. The RVs will be in the King Rex parade Tuesday in New Orleans. “In the parade, we are the cere monial honor guard escort,” said Daryl Pickard, administrative officer for the RVs. The seven-mile parade is the cli max of the Mardi Gras celebration. jThe RVs began marching in the King Rex parade 32 years ago and have been back every year since, Pickard said. During the parade, the RVs will perform drill and rifle manuals, Pickard said. “We’ll also be performing special fancy drills known as ‘King Rex of Mardi Gras manuals,’” he said. The King Rex of Mardi Gras manuals are drills which are passed down each year to the RVs, Pickard said. These drills will be performed in front of the main reviewing stand, he said. The New Orleans Aggie Glub will host a dinner for the unit, Pickard said. While the RVs are celebrating in New Orleans, the Aggie Band win be marching on Feb. 16 in a different parade in Galvestop. Several other University bands such as the Univer sity of Texas Band and the Univer sity of Houston Band will also be in the parade. This is the first year that Galves ton has had a Mardi Gras parade, Capt. Jay Brewer, Assistant Band Di rector, said. “I think it’s going to be a real nice trip,” Brewer said. The band leaves Feb. 16 and will return the next day. ?n asks., boys. . island» wldli up ini: wd in | weal! sumnr* m< up for A tr said. I hasp :r$wW Dorm sponsors ‘Kiss-a-Frog’ contest for cancer research By BELINDA HOOD Reporter It’s been said, “Before you meet your handsome prince or princess, you have to kiss quite a few toads.” Well, the winner of the McFadden Hall Kiss-a-Frog contest will have to pay his dues during halftime of the Texas A&M vs. Texas Christian Uni versity basketball game. McFadden Hall is sponsoring the “Kiss-a-Frog” contest to raise money for the American Cancer Society. McFadden residents are collecting money in the names of the five con testants. The contestant who has the most money collected in his name will be the recipient of a warty kiss Feh. 16. Participants are Dr. John Koldus, vice president for student services; David Alders, student body presi dent; Kelly Joseph, head yell leader; Kevin Murray, an A&M football quarterback; and Miss Texas A&M Kim Walters. Donations are being collected at the Memorial Student Center, in front of Sbisa Dining Hall and on the Quadrangle until Friday. A table also will be set up from 4 p.m.-7 p.m. on the first floor of McFadden. “We’re hoping to get people to give to a good cause,” said Jeanette Bauer, special projects chairman for McFadden." “It will alsb be funny to see someone kiss a frog at the game.” A former resident of McFadden, Christy Cobb, died of cancer last summer. Bauer said this was the rea son the American Cancer Society was chosen to receive the proceeds. “Everything helps, including any pennies, nickels or dimes in your pocket,” Bauer said. A representative from the Ameri can Cancer Society will be at the bas ketball game to receive the donation given in Cobb’s name, Bauer said. “Cancer is something that even tually touches everyone in some way, and with the breakthroughs being made, it is a good cause to give to,” Bauer said. Anyone unable to make it by the collection locations who wishes to give a donation can contact Ronda Duckers (260-8355) or Jeanette Bauer (260-8438). indfe .Hti ids' i oiu his t«i nedaa a Idol Victim’s parents want to watch murderer’s death by injection Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — The parents of a woman slain at the hands of con victed murderer Stephen Peter Mo rin say they want to witness his exe cution, which is scheduled for next month. Parking “He stole a young 2I-year-old daughter from my wife and me, and we’ve sat back for more than three years and let the law take its course,” said Don Bruce. Morin is scheduled to die by injec tion March 13 for the shooting death of Carrie Marie Scott, who was killed Dec. 11, 1981, in the parking lot of a San Antonio restaurant. Morin faces another death sen tence for strangling Bruce’s 21-year- old daughter, Janna. (continued from page 1) Texas Tech maintains nine buses that run from the commuter lot to campus every seven minutes from 7 a.m. until 9 p.m. The outermost bus route is three-fourths of a mile from campus. Mary Voswinkel, chief of the Rice University Police, says Rice is fortu nate because 8,000 parking spaces exist for Rice’s student population of 3,500. But, Voswinkel says although the stadium parking lot is only about two blocks away from the main campus area, students would like to park closer, and officials continually issue tickets. “Students are always wanting to park as close as they can to the main campus area,” Voswinkel says. “So we have a Volkswagen van and a 14- passenger shuttle bus that runs from the lot to the main campus from 7 a.m. until 12 p.m.” Lt. Richard Abshire, of Southern Methodist University, says efforts there are directed toward making parking spots readily accessible to women in on-campus sorority houses and for women housed in dormitories. “The parking enforcement sec tion at SMU concentrates on keep ing fire lanes clear and making sure nobody abuses the parking spaces designated for the handicapped,” Abshire says. “We also try and make sure females are close to their hous ing quarters. One of the biggest rea sons for us doing this is to make sure they don’t have a long way to walk at night.” • r ■ • Abshire says, like Rice, the park ing spaces near Moody Coliseum — farthest from campus — are about two blocks away. E.B. Myre, director of the Depart ment of Public Safety at Baylor Uni versity, says adequate parking exists around the campus, but many stu dents won’t walk the two blocks from parking areas to the inner campus. J.K. Jackson, parking coordinator at Texas Christian University, says sarcastically that he feels sorry for the people at Rice, SMU and Baylor. “It’s a damn shame what those people at Rice and SMU have to go through every day,” he says. “It must be awful to have to walk two blocks every day. “I have to walk about two blocks to my office every day and I feel like I’m one of the more fortunate peo ple around here.” Jackson says TCU’s main problem is that the parking isn’t strategically located. He says most of the parking is about 1 ‘/z miles from the main part of campus. “We have a pretty good number of spaces available here, but some of them are a long way from the main campus area,” Jackson says. “Stu dents here would like to park closer to campus and that is understand able. Many of our spaces are several blocks away from the campus near our athletic stadium.” Joel Romo, of the University of Houston Police, says people shouldn’t expect to park close to the campus if they are attending a large university. “Of course we have to hand out our share of traffic tickets to those who insist on parking where they aren’t suppose to,” he says. “It’s about a 10-minute walk from our closest outlying parking lot and about an 18-minute walk from the farthest outlying parking lot.” Romo says one of the biggest problems facing police at UH is the towing situation. Sometimes it is necessary for the police to have the vehicle towed to a holding lot several miles from the campus, he says. “It would be better for us to put a lock on the wheels of someone’s car and notify them that they need to come to the police station and have the situation taken care of there,” Romo says. “That way a person wouldn’t have to go get his car across town.” Officials at the University of Ar kansas say their parking problems aren’t bad, but they too have people who want to park closer to their cam pus destination. Jerry Thomas, a student at Ar kansas says he thinks most of the people there are satisfied with the parking situation, but some still like to park closer especially when the weather is bad. “We are charged only $10 for a parking sticker and I don’t think it is that bad of a deal,” Thomas says. “Of course most students have to walk some to get where they want to go, but that is to be expected at any school I suppose.” MMMMMMMMM•••••••••••••••• All YoifCan Cat 1 4-10 p.m. Offer expires Feb. 28, 1985 Sunday Pancakes $1.99 All You Can Eat Mon. Tues. Wed. Spaghetti $1.99 All You Can Eat Thurs. Fri. Shrimp $4.99 All You Can Eat Saturday Special Steak Dinner $4.99 Complete 103 N. College Skaggs Center To maf^e sure your gift is the right size and the right coCor. ‘Buy your vaCentine the -perfect gift from JJ’s package store. Ameretto “The Liquor of Love Messina Hoff “Vino de amove 33 1600 Texas Ave. S. 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