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Tuesday, February 3, 1987/The Battalion/Page 5 I — Warped by Scott McCullar You'Ve A/EVEK DIPPED? JlfLLL.SHOO, boij nLEMAlE. SHOVJ 160 ^BouT CHAWIN' _ T05ACCO. •You'll LOVE THI5.., SEE, Y/4 T-AKE A WAP OF TOBACCO AfVO PUSH IT INTO 10UK CHEEK there avdthea/spit WHEW YOU NEED TO INTO THIS CUP. > -Z-J A/aldo UM...THIS cup a/aW, I5/V'T OOIWG IT TO BE BIG SHOOLP ENOUGH:. BE... Kevin Thomas fcp— SI'/j NED' HE'S FOUND A Ibba/n/i WE MU5T BEGIN THE OPERATION RIGHT AWAY/ V THERE! I GOT THE, BACK OFF/ Breath test may be new 'ignition key 7 AUSTIN (AP) — A state law maker introduced a bill Monday that would let judges require convicted drunk drivers to take a breath test each time they try to start their cars. Rep. Betty Denton, D-Waco, said she believes such a device — now used in four states — could reduce the number of repeat offenders. “The carnage on our highways has cost us untold millions of dollars in property damage,” Denton said. “A dollar amount really can’t be put on the loss of human lives.” Denton said her bill would give judges the option of requiring that the breath-analyzing device be in stalled in the cars of convicted drunk drivers as a condition of probation. The device is connected to the au to’s ignition. Before the car is started, the driver must breathe into the device. The probationer also must enter a code into the machine before it can be started, which offi cials said helps prevent a third party from starting the car for a drunk. Failing to drive the equipped car or tampering with the device would be a misdemeanor, she said. A&M increases help for liberal arts Placement Center begins actively recruiting opportunities By Jeanne Ferris , III Reporter ]|[]Mhie I exas A&M Career Planning ind Placement Center is opening its' doois to graduate and undergrad uate liberal arts majors, said Scott Bauer, liberal arts assistant at the center. ^■rhere has always been an oppor- unity for liberal arts majors,” Bauer ■. “We’re just trying to help them :1 see what jobs are available). We’re ictually trying to recruit the recruit ers.” Several years ago, the College of ' Liberal Arts staff noticed an increase : n lie number of students in the col- ege but not an increase in job place ment of those students. The college, l[ with Fall 1986 enrollment at 3,300, is I :he third-largest college at A&M, II Bauer said, as well as the fastest- (rcftving. " “I To provide more job opportunites or the increased number of stu- Ments, the college began working n ilifr with interested placement center staff members on ways to assist lib eral arts majors in employment searches, he said. Most companies that recruit at A&M mainly are seeking agricul ture, engineering and business ma jors, Bauer said. However, compa nies have begun placing more value on a liberal arts education. “They now look for applicants who can communicate better with other people — communicate their ideas better as well as write better,” he said. Bauer’s job includes checking job descriptions of companies that re cruit at A&M but usually don’t inter view liberal arts majors and search ing for those companies that possibly could have space for a liberal arts major. Bauer also asks company recruit ers to consider interviewing liberal arts majors, but has received mixed responses from the companies' he has contacted. Most recruiters have been willing to interview liberal arts majors who have backgrounds in business, he said. Also, some recruiters have agreed to use any extra time they may have while interviewing at A&M to interview liberal arts majors. Liberal arts majors often are re quired to have a minor field of study which is management, marketing or business-related. This semester, at least 25 com pany recruiters are coming to A&M looking for liberal arts majors, Bauer said. These include Auto matic Data Processing, Dillards, Nei- man-Marcus and Marion Laborato ries. “We’re trying to help liberal arts majors take a step toward businesses and help businesses take a step to ward liberal arts majors,” Bauer said. He also is trying to make liberal arts majors more aware of the center by having career planning seminars, which cover topics such as resume writing and interviewing. “The Career Planning and Place ment Center does not guarantee the student a job,” Bauer said. “We pro vide a service to the student that gives him the opportunity to come into contact with the company. It is up to the student to get the job.” The Placement Center also offers services available to any student in terested in employment. Other than campus recruitment, the center has a library to assist stu dents during the recruiting season. A professional staff is available for individual counseling to help stu dents who have questions about job search, employment availability in particular fields, the center or any employment-related concern. The Placement Center gives daily orien tations for the first two weeks of each semester and also covers the registration process and interview sign-up procedure. Methodist leaders want active role at SMU ' DALLAS (AP) — Following allegations of con tinued wrongdoing in the school’s athletic pro- United Methodist church leaders want to —lake a more active role in governing Southern Methodist University. Ill Denomination leaders have shifted from a tra- '■qitional hands-off policy in recent weeks, said |:hmch representatives, faculty members and ad- mijiistrators. fjf things are going well, there’s a tendency to say, ‘Fine, let’s not pay too much attention,’ ” ;aid McFerrin Stowe, SMU bishop in residence md former Dallas-Fort Worth area bishop. But Stowe said last fall’s allegations of NCAA ules violations that led to the resignations of the head football coach and athletic director were “the last straw.” “The church has reacted because we feel church institutions must have integrity,” Stowe said. The university’s articles of incorporation state that it is “forever owned, maintained and con trolled” by the church, which founded it in 1911. SMU is a nonprofit corporation that controls the use of its land and buildings, but cannot sell them without church consent. The church has not interfered with adminis tration, leaving the university’s operation to the 75-member Board of Trustees, former provost Neill McFarland said. “We have never been, at least within the last four decades, even close to being a sectarian uni versity,” McFarland said. Area bishops met two weeks ago with SMU in terim president William Stallcup to ask for greater involvement in university affairs. “Bishops have not been as active as trustees as they should have been,” Stowe said. A church investigating team prepared a report to Stallcup with recommendations on a “broad range of institutional issues,” said Roy Shilling, the group’s president. 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Participate on one of five legislative committees (Academic Affairs, External Affairs, Fi nance, Rules and Regulations, Student Services) 3. Report to a student organization that is representative of your constituency. 4. Maintain a GPA of 2.25 or higher and post at least a 2.0 every semster while in office. Senate Vacancies: Ward I (2) Architecture Senior Keathley/Fowler/Hughes Architecture (At Large) Clements/Spence/Gainer/Briggs Education (At Large) /Underwood Liberal Arts (At Large) OFF-CAMPUS WARD SYSTEM: WARD II! WARD 1 Pos-Oak Mali Texas |SKAGGS | [fTkiiTj Ward IV WARD II Applications can be picked up in Rm. 221 Pavilion. If you have any specific questions about the senate or student government in general, please feel free to call us. Miles Bradshaw, Speaker of the Senate (696-9399) Mason Hogan, Speaker Pro Tempore (260-3367) Deadline Is 5:00 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6