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Page 6AThe BattalionATuesday, January 27, 1987 Jfose’s 4004 Harvey Rd. .. 776-8979 11-9:45 ;illl Closed Monday i t5> /r>\« i /rv ftsMUMHI Serving The Finest Mexican Food to Texas A&M Stndents and Faculty for over 15 years House Specialities Include: Zarape’s 308 Main Downtown Bryan 779-8702 9:30-8:45 Closed Mondays Chimichangas Fajitas T-Bone Steaks Brocheta de Camarones Polio a la Parrilla Enchiladas Nortenas Menus vary between restaurants. Please call for information & Bally specials . Please come and join us in our coun- i 'eatures a full service bar and banquet facilities for up to 120 people , only IV? miles east of Po “T-S 845-1515 845—1515 VftUID MAIN LOBBV / / / y -f 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 . - 11—2 Pdii. 7 .7 7 7 / 7 .7 - 7- SVy/y Discover all the student committees and student services in the MSC/Rudder Complex MSC Aggie Cinema MSC Browsing Library and many others! MSC Political Forum Department of Food Services Legislators: Tort reform is top priority What’s up By Melanie Perkins Staff Writer Next to paying the state’s bills, tort reform is the most important issue facing the 70th Texas Legislature, state Reps. Richard Smith, R-Bryan, and Mike McKinney, D-Centerville, said Monday. In a press conference at Bryan City Hall, the two legislators said predictability needs to be restored to the Texas civiljustice system. The people of Texas want change, Smith said, and the mass of business and opinion-makers in Texas believe there is a need for change and are pressing for it. Citing a recent University of Texas poll, Smith said 83 percent of Texans surveyed favored limiting at torneys’ fees, 67 percent supported limits on damages for pain and suf fering, and 72 percent favored pun ishment for those who File frivolous lawsuits. “It is appropriate for the legis lature — which is acting on behalf of the people of this state — to set limits on what can be recovered and on the punishment metered out for various activites,” Smith said. The repxesentatives offered sug gestions for reform, including: abo lishment of joint liability, statutory limitation on punitive damages, stat utory limitations on all non-eco- nomic elements of damage, collat eral sources of payments, structured awards for future damages exceed ing $100,000 and appropriate sanc tions for filing of frivolous lawsuits. The insurance industry and civil justice system need study, Smith said, because “the desire of some to make awards to compensate for the personal risk of everyday life has made a lottery of our civiljustice sys tem.” In a recent news release, McKin ney said, “Tort law should be re turned to credible and fault-based compensation that provides for a fair and reasonable level of recovery to deserving plantiffs through a more predictable and affordable lia bility-allocating mechanism.” McKinney said during the press conference that tort reform proba bly will pass in the House, and even though it might be an uphill battle in the Senate, a reasonable tort reform will pass. He said member associations sup porting liability reform in Texas in clude physicians, engineers, insur ance agents, architects and newspapers. “Caring and responsibility must be shared in an equitable fashion,” McKinney said in the news release, “so that harm is appropriately com pensated, innocent parties are not unfairly blamed for the wrong doings of others and the public is not saddled with costs they should not bear.” Tuesday DATA PROCESSING MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATIO| will present speakers from Arthur Anderson Sc Co.ail p.m. in the Ramada Inn Penthouse. The speech willed cern careers in data processing programs AGGIE PARTNERS FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS: willm at 8:30 p.m. in 274 Read. New members are welcome. ALPHA PHI OMEGA: will hold a meeting for prospeak S members at 7 p.m. in 224 MSC. DELTA SIGMA PI: will meet at f> p.m. in 130 Blocker, jent | MSC ALL-NIGHT FAIR: will hold an informationalmetitjIran a for interested organizations at 7 p.m. in 401 Rudder, questi MSC BIG EVENT COMMIT I KE: ns ill meet at f.:3ll pr Rudder Tower. (See monitor for room.) s , et W MSC DISCOVERY: will hold a presentation of studentoi{§| nizations and committees in the MSC main hall from t hc t a.m. to 2 p.m. today and Wednesday. name TAMU SAILING TEAM: will meet at 7 p.m. in 109Mfa of the Sciences. lo\m TAMU PALEONTOLOGY CLUB: will meet at 8 p.m inlft ret Halbouty. te ‘ MSC CEPHEID VARIABLE: smII In.Id meeting for:-' dis( ' u ! members at 8:30 p.m. in 701 Rudder. outsic TAMU FLYING CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. at the L i "In terwood Airport clubhouse. piesk AGGIE LEAGUE OF ENGINEERS: will meet at 7:30pr c l ue j st 104 B Zachry. | S ? 1<1 . COOKE COUNTY HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 7 p Jehut in 604 A-B Rudder. 0 f t h t SOUTHERN BRAZORIA ( <>l VIA H () M KTOWN CUi tuur < will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 504 Rudder. TAMU HORSEMEN’S ASSOCIATION: will meet at in 115 Kleberg. MICROBIOLOGY SOCIETY: will meet at Rudder. p.m. in: Wednesday MSC GREAT ISSUES: will meet at 7 p.m. iti 212 MSC. MSC POLITICAL FORUM: will meet at 7 p.m. in 206MS MSC CAM AC: will meet at 7 p.m. in 510 Rudder. TAMU RODEO CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in the DickFn man Rodeo Arena. GAY STUDENT SERVICES: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in5(17 B Rudder. ALPHA PHI OMEGA: will hold a meeting for pros members at 7 p.m. in 224 MSC. OFF-CAMPUS AGGIES: will meet at 6 p.m. in 203 Zachn AGGIE SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY: will meet at: p.m. in 504 Rudder. EUROPE CLUB: will meet at 9:30 p.m. on the secondfl of the Flying Tomato. NAVARRO HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m.in Rudder. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION: vs at 7 p.m. (Check 1BA billboard in the Blocker Building location). PRE-VET SOCIETY: will meet at 7 p.m. in 230 Veterim Medicine Complex. TAMU SPORTS CAR CLUB: will hold a car show fror. a.m. to 5 p.m. at Rudder Fountain, and will meet at 7 in 225 MSC. pi I K t 1 ll ku< >\s view Rvag ■ It presi in 11 i statei Whit first Iran. S1 c lir i pi i Ida) rat hif the lire bo i lint' the BUCK WEIRUS SPIRIT AWARD: applications areava Ja JsJriKl l AWAKL): appli between Jan. 26 and Feb. 13 in the Memorial Studentfc ter, Student Activities office, office of the Vice Presidem Student Affairs and Student Af fairs office. MSC LITERARY ARTS: is now accepting submissions! Litmus. Call 845-1515 for more information. Items for What’s Up should be submitted to The Battik 216 Reed McDonald, no less than three working k prior to desired publication date. . wit po avt see clo Bu tor no th< Group protests prison releases I by INt wf an Vc sh; AUSTIN (AP) — A statewide anti-crime organization demanded Monday that the Legislature stop early releases of violent prison in mates. The top item in the eight-point crime package offered by Associated Texans Against Crime was repeal of the 95 percent occupancy limit for Texas prisons. “We know the prison system is overcrowded, but with this revolving door at Huntsville we have a higher crime rate than we should have,” Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Plano, said, speaking for ATAC. Johnson said the slaying last week of a Texas Ranger near Marble Falls by a paroled prisoner was an exam ple. “They (the prison system) knew he was violent and they should have kept him in there,” Johnson said. Sen. J.E. “Buster” Brown, R-Lake Jackson, ATAC chairman, said he and other legislators would push the eight-part crime package drawn up after a series of f« heai ings across the state. “ There is no need to layoff crime measures just because prisons are crowded,” Browfb “Criminals don’t take a vacawi: because of our budget problem Brc >wn said repeal of,the!ffl Management Act, which set* percent cap, would force theli lature to solve the prison af problem. T exas ASM ibi Flying Club COME LEARN TO FLY WITH OS Interested people are urged to attend our meetinj January 27 at the Airport Clubhouse For information Call Bret Orr 696-2434 7:00 p- 1 ^