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MSC POLITICAL FORUM Con “Most handguns have only one purpose - to kill or injure - a func tion they perform with intolerable efficacy. It requires an element of willful blindness to advocate tough penalties but to scoff at prevention, to piously denounce killing while cherishing the instruments used.” New Republic Gun Control: The Controversy April 7 Rudder Theatre 8 p.m. Free MSC Scona 82 Student Conference on National Affairs General Committee Member Applications now Available at secretary island, 216 MSC Deadline: April 9 GRAN D OPENING April 5, 1896 ( Z7o CAJ/2 & Ladies Apparel Men's Formals Ladies, Misses and Junior Sportswear 25% Off First Quality Name Brand Apparel Wide variety of Spring Styles now in stock Mon-FrMOarn.-Zp.m. T S « Providing Sat 9a.m.-5p.m. Tuxedo Ren,als I - ! ■ ■ ■ I ■ I I ■ I I I I I I X^YouR D-C5 FoRmtMjosAft pRoee&sto*** FIVE TUX BUCKS 3705 E. 29*h /vr rusrtmJ M*r avaiuabue w>rt h ANV OTMBR. OlfrCOOMT • PCKIC& OMK. 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One of the proposals recom mended the inclusion of an equal opportunity statement to be placed in Student Government’s constitu tion, judicial board bylaws, election regulations, public printed or writ ten statements and recruiting adver tisements. Both the Texas A&M undergrad uate and graduate catalogs contain an equal opportunity statement re garding admission to the University. However, Sen. David Klosterboer said, “I feel this bill would set a prec edent that would make other organi zations and committees feel obli gated to put such a disclaimer in their advertisements . . . which may not be necessary because an organi zation that had never practiced any type of discriminatory actions at all Sen. Jim Atkins disagreed, saying such a precedent might be good, be cause some groups on campus —like fraternities, sororities and nonor so cieties — do discriminate. After almost an hour of debate, the Senate voted 24-14 in favor of the bill, with four abstentions. But since constitutional amendments re quire the approval of two-thirds of the senators present, it failed by four votes. The other proposed amendment called for student body presidential and executive vice presidential can didates to run together on a com mon ticket. Currently, the student body president appoints his exec utive vice president. However, this proposed change also fell short of the two-thirds re quirement for approval, with 16 sen ators in favor, 15 opposed and five abstentions. GM lays off 1,700 Arlington DETROIT (AP) - G(s Motors Corp. released « Wednesday of its biggestoi I duction cutbacks since tli« I industry slump, sayingmoti | 5,000 workers in foursta eluding 1,700 assembly workers in Arlington, *i added to indefinite-layoflrti The new layoffs will send: J additional workers home* recall date, due mainly i:| elimination of second three locations: Arlington,II Van Nuys, Calif; and F Green, Ky. GM s poke woman f:i|j Reiser said assembly planu ers will lose their jobs i ton as of April 14, andi 1 10 salaried employees *il| be idled. T he action follows lotjtftt p by the nation’s largestauffll 1 to pump up new canil through incentives such ay rate financing, which inilifl analysts say have faded. Pact calls for reduced prison populatioi HUNTSVILLE (AP) — The state is considering a court settlement that requires the Texas Department of Corrections to lower its inmate-population ceiling by several thousand unless it upgrades prison living condi- . tions, officials said. State attorneys acknowledge the state has failed to meet reforms ordered in connection with the 14-year- old prison lawsuit filed by former Texas prison inmate David Ruiz. An 18-page proposal, drawn up by special master Vince Nathan and obtained Tuesday by the Houston Chronicle, aims to reduce the 40,089-inmate popula tion by 1,500 by next year. The proposal is an effort by attorneys to avoid a scheduled June 2 hearing before U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice. Scott McCown, assistant to Attorney General Jim Mattox, said the state is considering sanctions such as the lower ceiling rather than face fines of several thou sand dollars per day. “De-population is the common remedy in these types of prison lawsuits,” McCown said. “The only thing I want to emphasize is that the accelerated de-pofJ is on a penalty basis.” Last year, state officials agreed either to cells for about 4,130 inmates or reduce ulation by that many convicts by 1989. If penalties are imposed against the state, speed up the population reductions within tbt I prison system, the nation’s second largest, officii[ The releases will start next Eebruary if the pn accepted. Gov. Mark White, however, has criticizedtltf release of convicts to settle the lawsuit. State Rep. Allen Hightower, D-Huntsville, expects that any convicts released will probab nor offenders. Under the proposal dated March 20, theTDC'l also house violent inmates and potential victimsi:I man cells; add an unspecified number of guards | dormitories of the five high-security units; have? I siums and recreational yards completed by construct 100 more cells for female inmates b)S< 1987. P, SPRINt SALE t Starting APRIL 3-APRILl FOR INFORMATION CALL 846-1013 402 TARROW