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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1985)
Monday, October 28, 1985AThe Battalion/Page 5 * adviser reed da okakxd i\ reheani lis was (Ik •est yet.’lr mile. “Lai ii w asgr® mi ARC MET N AS m l HIS \ m owitz I 3N Waldo by Kevin Thomas l ^ er 3 yea noniics, v de Partme t | 1 ien ti" hesayi :s a linost v; ,e wanted lei; '"d-termpj d run fori® 1 something ol ’Hfiprei resident nportant ami' rcess. 'P'ng male -tnemberei unions wen ‘ wants any (J ly to be ininl working on l take placed i kiss lundrd the RossyJ L ’teat IssuesJ “t August oiiJ k in landdfi ' bank. Hi to thank Aid si choir pel loirs galhtrt'l nee massckj r.ospel Fesi v | idusion. t. presidenu said, “I'm la Lots of wort; to it. lean it into it 7 / howoY/ my name is ^ KEV/N THOMAS, THE ^ CREATOR OF THIS CAR TOON, " WALDO!" I'M wearing this paper SACK SO THAT ALL YOU AUTOGRAPH HOUNDS , WONT RECOGNIZE ME/ / Jt HOW THAT t'M RICH AND FAMOUS/ MT FRIENDS HAVE BEEN ASKING ME TO PUT THEM IN MY STRIP, SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO MEET ''STICKY" DAN FROM MOSES HALL AK/D DAW/V FROM LESETT/ / ——H/ Aiavt/ Businessmen seeking change Texas high court under fire Associated Press DALLAS — A business leaders’ group that claims the Texas Su preme Court has benefitted people who sue companies is spearheading a drive to raise money for next year’s elections in an attempt to change the court’s makeup. The group’s leaders said two of four contested court races in 1986 could be the costliest ever and more important than the gubernatorial election to the business community because of skyrocketing insurance premiums. Committee leaders said that when they begin collecting money, they can easily raise SI million each for contested races, the Dallas Times Herald reported Sunday. The group also says its mem bership, which will be announced af ter a meeting next month, will in clude some of the state’s most powerful lobbyists and wealthiest companies, drawing key leaders from the insurance, banking, oil, trucking, health and construction fields. Leaders want to halt a philosoph ical shift on the court that, critics say, is greatly expanding the circum stances under which injured people may sue for damages. They also say the court is making it harder to afford or even find in surance protection from lawsuits. In another move, 150 business leaders in Austin planned to lobby the Legis lature for protection from damage awards. One lobbyist told the Dallas Times Herald he predicts that during the 1987 legislative session, the reform effort will be the most important is sue next to the state budget. Larry Thompson, an attorney who is heading the group in Hous ton called the Texas Supreme Court Justice Committee said,“There is a direct relationship between what the Texas Supreme Court is doing and what is happening to . . . insurance premiums,” he said. “We are only concerned with put ting responsible people on the Su preme Court. We want impartial people; judges who won’t be be holden to anybody.” Eight of the nine members of Texas’ highest civil appeals court have been elected since 1978. Most received contributions from mem bers of the Texas Trial Lawyers As sociation, the group of attorneys e im 9 Ul|i# Monday iN'S CHORUS; will have opt als Oct. 28,30 and Nov. i at } 0 aao. in the M$C Lc MESQUITE HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet for happy Dour . at 5:30 p.m. at Interurban restaurant. Bring dues please. FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: will meet at 7:15 p.m. outside of 145 M$€ to support the lady Ags in >; volleyball. ASSOCIATION OF SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT: will have a Halloween candy sale in die MSC lobby. TEXAS A&M JUDO: will meet at 7 p.m. in 26 White. No experience necessary. rbook picture at 6:301>.m. in MSC Lobby. GkBY CLUB: practices TucsTnuirs. at 5:30 ipns Field behind the polo fteld- ■■ JKm . AND'IMAGE BY DESIGN: will have a fashion seminar at 8:30 10 Rudder. •.,/ A- - : A;.; JH J—-Ejib&lk open for handball singles, ptitt putt, cross country Read. • -- r I mr HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at ; Rudder. TAMU Tuesday .. IONALJOURNALISTS: is meeting:; ed McDonald. JMjM^t at 7 p.nu in.410 Rudder, be||ollected/i AGGIE DEMOCRATS; will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 302 Rudder for a brief meeting followed by a reception*; - ALPHA Pi MVi wil meetaL? p.in. in 342 Zachry. ^SIRLOIN CLUB: will meet at 5:30 p.m. on the <T.*? V A <t jORITY FOR CLEMENTS: will meet at Judder. . entries dose for badminton doubles at 6 ■ a. in 159 Read, U PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: will meet at 7:1 5 p.m. in 404 Rudder for oltker elec tions who sue corporations, professionals and insurance companies for dam ages and get to collect a third or more of the awards, the Times Herald said. Next year, Justices Robert M. Campbell, James P. Wallace, Raul A. Gonzalez and Sears McGee will be up for re-election. Reform movement leaders con tend the court has become more lib eral in recent years, mostly to the benefit of plaintiffs. It has increas ingly upheld sizable damage awards issued in lower courts and has over turned longstanding legal principles and decades-old statutes, they said. “The Texas Supreme Court has handed down more and more deci sions extremely favorable to plain tiffs’ lawyers,” Thompson said. “No question about it. It has become a legislative body rather than a court.” Chief Justice John L. Hill would not respond to Thompson’s claims. “We’re calling them like we see them,” said Hill. “We’re applying the law. I don’t comment on cases. They speak for themselves.” Supreme Court Justice C.L. Ray said the court in some cases has “brought the law into the 20th Cen tury.” Dorm students protected from illegal search (continued from page 1) in a student’s room, even if that’s not why they’re there, they can take it. The resident advisers must leave a receipt for what they’ve taken and draw a sketch showing where the items were before the resident advis ers took them. Koldus says although a resident adviser may confiscate the evidence against the student, whether the evi dence will be allowed in the case against that student is decided by a court of law. Bob Wiatt, director of security and traffic, says the University Police must have either a search warrant or a consentual release signed by the student before they can enter a room. The consentual release allows stu dents to give their consent to having their room searched, Wiatt says. When a consentual release is used, the police don’t have to specify what they are looking for, he says. A search warrant restricts the po lice to specifying what they are looking for, Wiatt says. A search warrant is based on the fact that a crime has been committed. The po lice search a room for either a weapon used in a crime or the fruits of a crime such as a necklace if the crime is robbery, he says. Koldus says that a student accused of a crime will have to face the legal system and the school system. The University will follow up with disci plinary actions that may include ex pulsion. DON'T LEAVE YOUR PARENTS STRANDED! Hotel rooms will be hard to find. Don't put your parents in a bind. STUDENT ^OVT. presents (APRIL PARENTS WEEKEND NOW yOU AND A FRIEND CAN WORKOUT TOGETHER FROM NOW UNTIL JAN. 1 FOR THE INCREDIBLE LOW PRICEHDF JUST HURRY OFFER ENDS THURS. 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