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Matson said contributions by for mer students haven’t increased since Texas A&M won the Cotton Bowl. A&M’s contributions are high, with about 35 percent of its former students contributing in 1985. The figure is above the average alumni contributions at other state universi ties, which a study showed to aver age below 10 percent. “There is nothing we do except provide an avenue for contribu tions,” Matson said. “Something happens to people when they attend Texas A&M that makes them want to give back to this University.” The association has an annual budget of $3.3 million. Of that fig ure, $ 1 million goes directly to the school to support student groups and individual colleges. The association publishes the Texas Aggie magazine and distrib utes it to all association members who contribute at least $35 a year. About 40,000 former students cur rently receive the magazine. A catalog of former student ad dresses is also published by the asso ciation every three years. Of the 130,000 former students, only 5,000 to 6,000 have not been located by the association, Matson said. “We are second only to the FBI in being able to find people,” Matson said. “We want to make sure you all Randy Matson have an opportunity to give money to A&M.” The new alumni center on cam pus, scheduled for completion in 1987, is being funded by the associa tion. Matson said the association didn’t pull money from other pro jects to fund the center. “The building is to represent the tradition, pride and support of the students for the University,” Matson said. The association is a non-profit, in dependent corporation. Matson said it has gained over half of its mem bers since 1973 and projects that membership will double again in the next 10 years. “You don’t have to graduate from Texas A&M to be a former students association member,” Matson said. “You only had to have attended A&M.” EX es s ol *rhi« EIL t f« “I v 191 ost f he lip 1 e ft i Thursday h INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION: willhoJC panel discussion, “Africa Facing the 21st Century,”at8:J p.m. in Rudder Tower. Check monitor for room. MSC ALL-NIGHT FAIR: will have photos taken for Ak land ’87 at 7 p.m. in 404 Rudder. TAMU EMERGENCY CARE TEAM: will meet at 7 p.m. 504 Rudder. NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS: willj^ at 7:30 p.m. in 308 Rudder. DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY: Alvin O’Brien, professor of philosophy at the University Notre Dame, will speak on “Epistemic Justification"at3 (fhe p.m. in 404 Rudder. INTRAMURAL RECREATIONAL SPORTS: will h. basketball officials meeting at 6 p.m. in 164 Read. ASIAN-AMERICAN CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: meet fora Bible study at 8:30 p.m. in 401 Rudder. ASIAN-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION: will meet at7p 604 A-B Rudder. GREEN EARTH SOCIETY: will show the film “AtoiaH 1 * Cafe” at 8:30 p.m. in 410 Rudder. P 011 LEBANESE STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet at7pjiBl' in the second floor lobby of the Blocker Building. ALPHA PHI ALPHA: will hold a cer emony celebrating[iijjn 1 fraternity’s 80th anniversary at 8 p.m. in 601 Rudder. loc!< BRAZOS DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB: invites stud® l sel faculty and any beginners .it 7 p m. to College Si,: l \ e ' 1 Community Center. , ! U ‘BP Friday MSC CEPHEID VARIABLE: Ed Bryant will speak on Contemporary Science Fiction is More Successful tkBp American Foreign Policy” at 7 p.m. in 701 Rudder. H e LATTER-DAY SAINT STUDENT ASSOCIATION: PraL C dent Myers will speak on “Christ and the Atonement;ijistG noon in the Latter-day Saint Institute Building at HCfcol i Dexter. th< INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: willhoil| h “Concert of Prayer” at 7 p.m. in the All Faiths Chapel, MSC LITERARY ARTS: is now accepting submissions(ikJ “Litmus.” Call 845-1515 for more information. BL l)U ;as t i di Costly Perot buyout peeves investors ck; st indt r DALLAS (AP) — Some large in stitutional investors are studying ways to keep General Motors Corp. from spending at least $750 million to buy shares in the corporation held by H. Ross Perot and three long time managers of Electronic Data Systems Corp. They are unhappy that GM is pay ing Perot and his managers $60 per share for their Class E stock, more than double the current market va lue. “It’s unfair to shareholders,” said Jose Arau, principal investment offi cer for the California Public Em ployees Retirement System, which holds 902,300 shares of GM, worth $63.8 million. “Right now we’re looking at writing letters or maybe suing CM. We’re looking into all the possibilities.” He said, however, he expects many institutions to resist getting in volved in costly complaints. Arau and several other big inves- “There’s still another 14 million of those E shares and notes out there that didn't get offered the same terms Perot did (Monday), and I think it behooves GM to of fer those noteholders the same deal it offered Ross. I look for that to happen. That’s another $800 million or so. ” Stephen McClellan, Merrill Lynch vice president. $700 million, we’re losing Perot, loo.” Although GM announce buyout, ii lost ground intlKL^g e t relations arena by keeping a JE, idier fac hi icr tai control over information than Perot, who heldapres: 6 cm e. said Ken Fairchild, a[r j in the Dallas-based publk | firm of Fairchild-LeMasier s which specializes in crisis eB ment. n tors want to be offered the saine price, and want EDS to retain its top leadership. EDS is set to step down as part of the deal. In 1984, CM bought the Dallas firm founded by Perot in 1962. Perot became the largest single CM shareholder in the 1984 transaction. GM spokesman Bill Winters said this week’s buyout is unique, and that the company has no plans for similar agreements with other Class E shareholders. Perot has put into an escrow ac count his $700 million portion of the buyout until Dec. 15, in order to give GM a chance to change its mind, say ing he does not consider the offer the best use of f unds for the automa ker. “It’s a double loss,” said George Reagan, who manages investments for the Texas Teachers Retirement System, which holds nearly 450,000 shares of CM. “We’re not only losing DALE Stephen McClellan, a IliBnisi Lynch vice president who toBu-si lowed EDS for 10 years, saidltnnett pects more money to be a»lie (C of GM. ■ "1 hei e s still anotherHmitaBher those E sli.nes .md notesoutiWan ] th.it didn’t get offered the As ne terms Perot did (Monday!, Jiomihe think it behooves GM to offers Benne noteholders the same deal it oft jefceci tespr Ross,” McClellan said. “I lool “thos* An , I ll.tl 1 ' ■ ll.i | >| >en I lui - .in ■■ On jm, million or so.’ pon by cak wrii phe p Catch a Greyhound Holiday Money Saver larg the [ to t\ and catch a free ride laten • Sa • PI Go home for the holidays on a Greyhound Money Saver and you’ll go home with a very special gift — a coupon good for one free com panion ticket when you buy one regular-priced ticket between January 12 and March 31, 1987. 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