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Tuxedo Rental Too! 303 W. 26th St Bryan 775-6818 West of the Courthouse Associated Press HOUSTON — Mothers Against Drunken Driving want Harris Coun ty’s 12 misdemeanor court judges to set higher bonds for persons charged with driving while intoxi- d and driving with suspended li- Twin City Church of Christ GOSPEL MEETING September 15-20 7:30 p.m.-Monday thru Friday James W. Adams, speaker Lufkin, Texas 810 Southwest Parkway College Station cated and driving witl censes. In a newspaper ad printed last week, Texas MADD director Ma- rinele Timmons suggested that per sons charged with DWI and driving with their licenses suspended be jailed in lieu of $2,000 bond. The current bond rates include $800 for DWI and $200 bonds E osted by bondsmen, or $75 cash ond for persons charged with sus pended licenses. The quarter-page advertisement was paid for by a group called “Friends of MADD Committee.” The committee’s chairman is Jerry Ribnick, who heads Ribnick and Associates, a public relations Firm for the Professional Bondsmen of the United States. “I put it together and helped get the money together,” Ribnick said. “We’re glad to help.” The advertisement says judges should not release persons charged with DWI and DWLS on personal recognizance bonds or on low bonds. The ad also says that since 92 per cent of those charged with DWI and DWLS in Harris County plead guilty or are convicted, releasing those per sons on low bonds dr personal recog nizance bonds would “put more guilty people back on the street.” Timmons said posting of bond is a legal sanction that all persons charged with DWI should nave to suffer. She said MADD’s main concern is that reduced bonds not be used to al leviate overcrowding in the county jail. The Harris County jail system is under court order to reduce over crowding and improve conditions. Jim Oitzinger, an attorney ap pointed by U.S. District Judge Carl Bue to oversee improvements within the jail system, estimates that setting $2,000 bonds would increase the number of persons in jail by 300 to 400. It costs $30 per day to jail a per son, meaning that the annual tab would be $3.3 million to $5.8 mil lion, he said. There are now 4,200 persons in the Harris County Jail, which has a legal capacity of about 4,000, Oit zinger said. About 22,000 persons were charged with DWI in Harris County last year. Houston’s ex-mayor in the running again Associated Press PRE LAW SOCIETY SPEAKER FROM TEXAS LAW SCHOOL 301 RUDDER AT 8:30 TUES. SEPTEMBER 17 INFO ON MOCK LSAT FOR MORE INFO. CALL KIM 764-7994 HOUSTON — If anyone at the beginning of the year suggested that former Houston Mayor Louie Welch run for the office again, he would have called such talk nonsense. But two months before the elec tion Welch is out to win the position he held for 10 years. Welch said it was Mayor Kathy Whitmire’s “arrogance of power” during January’s so-called gay rights referendum that led him to change his mind about seeking office again. Welch, former president of the Houston Chamber of Commerce, spearheaded the Chamber’s contro versial opposition to the job discrimi nation referendum. Voters rejected the measure by an overwhelming margin. But Welch denies that he is anti- He said if one of his 14 grand- g a y- children was homosexual, “I would still love him. I can’t live another person’s life and I wouldn’t try to.” “I think that people who parade their sexuality no matter what it is are invading my privacy, and I think it’s wrong,” Welch said. “But at the Chamber we had a number of peo ple who are homosexuals and there was never a question of their talent or their salaries or any discrimina tion of any kind.” He said Whitmire’s reaction to the referendum “showed a side that we didn’t think was good for Houston — that arrogance of power that said it doesn’t matter what 82 percent of the people say because they don’t understand. “And I don’t think she under stood then, nor now, that the issue was not bigotry or hatred or fear. All it was was precisely what the Cham ber said: We did not by law need to create any new minorities for a polit ical coalition. We opposed it, we won it, and the mayor has had a hard time accepting it, still accepting it. Her image can’t be changed oy a trip to the hairdresser.” The te ate-gua her pri f fiu' vears Monday MSC VARIETY SHO W: committee member applications are | available in 216 MSC and are due today at 5 p.m. I nous RHA FRESHMAN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM: application court ah. are available in 215 Pavilion and through dorm councils isiem ir Due Sept. 27 at 5 p.m. |p»"er \>> MOO DUK KWAN TAE KWON DO CLUB: Membership | llin g or drive today through Wednesday 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.it P Ih( > nd(1 266 G. Rollie White. llu ' r TEXAS A&M RUGBY CLUB; practices Monday through Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at East Campus Field behind lit Logo in polo field. Xlesore: TAMU DEBATE SOCIETY: will meet in 136 BlockeratifJames 1 p.m. operation ALPHA PHI OMEGA: rush is Sept. 17 and Sept. 18 at 7 p.m T noi ( AGGIE ALLIANCE: will have a chicken dinner at wood Valiev Athletic Complex at 6 p.m. Tickets are$l. ® DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INC.: Informal mi at 8 p.m. In Rudder Tower. AGGIE ALLEMANDERS: beginning square dance lessons will be held in 212 MSC at 7 p.m. The club will nurt at HJfi P a| suit bn MSC PROJECT ORION; officer applications are now aval- inmate 1) able in tne Student Programs Office. TAMU JAZZ BAND; will rehearse at 7:30 p.m. in the Coni ',*** mcms West piano room. Tuesday I ■ * AGGIE RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: at the former Vsii School Library 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. •ODf.S. 1 - LA TERTULIA (SPANISH CLUB): is meeting at 7 p.nui ardreser Casa'Fomas on Texas Ave. rlsearche UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACl f OBSERVANCE: Aggies wage peace together in obser-tl" vationot U.N. International Dayoi Peace. su PRE-LAW SOCIETY: will meet at 6:30 p.m. in 301 Ruddti Lerials, Tower. Everyone welcome. of Shadow TEXAS A&M NUTRITION CLUB: will meet at 6 p.m.ir th-world 607 Rudder’Tower. |^lhe m HISTORY CLUB: will meet ai 7 p.m. in the S2I SterlingC Evans Library. £ AGGIE DEMOCRATS: will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 510 Rudde!»] t ost tl; Tower. iHurst, AGGIE GOP: will meet at 7 pan. in 302 Rudder Tower,Staitpunty SI Rep. Richard Smith will speak. Hn> said TAMU FLYING CLUB: will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the airpon S' club house ■' idence me in C NOW (NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN):wil^dt When i for all meet at 7:30 p.m. in 402 Rudder Tower. FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: will meetal 8:30 p.m. in 145 MSC. LEBANESE STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet at8:30ij 504 Rudder Tower. TAMU DEBATE SOCIETY: try outs will be held for theFfrl rum (Sept. 24) at 7 p.m. in 608D Blocker. For more tnfot-j mation call Wayne Kraemer at 845-6336. TAMU LIVING HISTORIANS: will meet at 7:30 p.m.itf 121 Heldenfels Hall. ||'™' es ONE WHEELERS: will meet at 6 p.m. in the Grove. Hgut not SOCIETY FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND NEW VEN tens wh, TURES (ENVE): will meet at 7 p.m. in 601 Rudder Tower ijllowshij hems for What's Up should be submitted to I he Battalion, 216 Re«i« rea ^ 1 0 McDonald, no less than three days prior to desired piMcadorJ 11 ^ ^ , £ THope! fison Fel jiteer Ja pntral 1 date. THE BROADWAY BARGAIN: Buy 4 Great Broadway Performances and get BRIGADOON Night in C | “We do pore sup ban those _ He emp list ordin: a| mistake, mpleteh tem encou Former Ited this p Iffers fr< bat lead limes. FREE! MSC Town Hall/Broadway announces the Broadway Bargain — the best deal on a great Broadway season at Texas A&M. Don’t miss this special chance to reserve the best seats in the house. Save up to $20 over single ticket prices. And see “Brigadoon” free! Time is limited and so are seats. Reserve your season tickets today! Get to the answers faster. With theTL'55'II. 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A-K Zn 2 M-Z L-Q Zn.3 - R ZZ CHECK ONE: D NEW ORDER _ _ Same Seats / Section _Best Available / Orchestra.. RENEWAL Row uBalcony. Zone 2 Zone 3 Tickets x Price * Totals S Regular Sr Citi/en/Student 00 $oS 50 $00.00 Texas Instruments Creating useful products and services for you. On Broadway a ticket to just one of these shows would cost $40 or more Town Hall/Broadway is bn CITY/STATE/ZIP bringing you five great shows at one low price! Payment: Visa f ! MasterCard Check (to MSC Town Hall) Handling Grand Total PHONE * CARD NUMBER ( EXPIRATION DATE Mail order form and C ARDHOLDER S NAME v • V’ MSC Box Office • TAMU • P.O Box )-l • College Station, TX 7T&44. If you have any questions please call the MSC Box Office, Monday thru Friday between 8:30 a m and 4:30 p.m. at (409}#45-1234. 3710 E.