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Page 6AThe Battalion/Tuesday, March 24, 1987 Constitution & Foreign Policy: A Question of Control Moderator Howard K. Smith Dr. Jeane Kirkpatrick Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mgi ill Dean Rusk Former Secretary of State under Kennedy and Johnson Senator Edmund S. Muskie Member of the Tower Commission, Former Secretary of State Wednesday, April 1, 1987 Rudder Auditorium 8:00 pm Texas A&M University mSC Wiley Lecture Series Texas A&M University Officially recogtti/ed Ticket Information: Rudder Box Office and Dillards Ticketron the United States Constitution Students: $6, $8, $10 Non-Students: $8, $10, $12 Major crimes in Texas rose 15% in / 86 AUSTIN (AP) — Major crimes re ported in Texas increased nearly 15 percent last year, and law enforce ment officials Monday said one rea son for the jump is that criminals don’t expect to wind up in prison. “It appears that there are an in creasing number of offenders who have no fear of the consequences of committing criminal acts,” said Col. Jim Adams, director of the Depart ment of Public Safety. “They don’t expect incarceration commensurate with the crime committee.” The DPS on Monday released its statistical summary of major crime for 1986, showing a 14.9 percent in crease over crimes reported in 1985. In Advance Student Senate to conclude session The 1986-87 Student Senate, in its last meeting this semester, will take final action on three bills Wednesday at 7 p.m. in 204 Har rington. A bill calling the snack bar fa cility in the College of Veterinary Medicine inadequate for students and faculty using it, requests the college be provided with a larger lounge and dining room. According to the bill, the pre sent snack bar does not contain cooking facilities and only seats about 50 people, leading to long waits for a seat in the room, and forcing those using the room to bring their own lunches. A food-service lounge would allow those who cannot leave the area to buy their meals at thei; erinary school. Another bill to be debated^ AUS'I on the A&M faculty to obse: the AID the traditions of Silver Taps Muster by refraining from uling exams on those nights Since both Silver Taps Muster usually are scheduledp , week nights, and because studtjlinore the participation maintains the tr*: much of tions, the bill asks that facultyt||rapid sp schedule exams or other nunc, mittee t lory assignments those nights, spread i Another bill, which origins’ use and i in the Traditions Council, stanS “I dot The crime increase far out stripped the 1986 state population growth, which was 1.9 percent. Last year, 1,235,834 serious crimes were reported to the 798 law enforcement agencies in the state. That was up from the 1,075,656 crimes reported in 1985, the DPS said. The largest increase among the major crimes was in robberies, up by 26.3 percent. Reports of aggravated assaults increased 23.3 percent. that the colors maroon andvt' problem should lx* officially recognized may be the University. transmis think it right, ing abou Rice University researches ‘re-create’ 1985 earthquo are going venous c crippled choice th make.” Burglary increased 17.9 percent, theft was up 11.6 percent, and mo tor vehicle theft increased 19.6 per cent, the DPS reported. Adams said increased drug trafficking also was reflected in the statistics, with arrests for the sale or manufacturing of drugs up 6.7 percent. HOUSTON (AP) — Rice Univer sity researchers are using half-scale models to ‘re-create’ the devastating 1985 Mexico City earthquake in hopes of learning how to repair invi sible damage to structures involved in the quake. Ahmad Jan Durrani, an assistant professor of civil engineering, and a group of graduate students nave as sembled models of columns, beams and slabs that collapsed in Mexico City in September 1985, killing some 10,000 people. monitored by sensors embtdet: the concrete. Durrani’s team has dettt that much of the damage infe City was caused by slack codn: less construction and eaitks tremors which happened tobcj at intervals that left high-nsra; ings more vulnerable. “It is quite true that the raid workmanship and perhaps sodi sign (flaws) contributed toibl Murder and rape showed the smallest increase of the major crimes, up 6.2 percent and 2.9 per- elv. cent, respectively. Hydraulic cylinders slowly bend the models back and forth until they crack and break. The operation is recorded on a video camera and struction,” says Durrani, a ssta in high-strength concrete. "Th code in the world willnotiKl go<xl if not applied proptr cannot take into account thtc| of workmanship but weartks at the structural aspects of tl«|| lem.” He sa which sta from the S ‘‘I thii have to a their con Acquu drome d’ fight disc Wrigh cate the ing scho that som< State’s res The co don aboi not consi< Investors differ on Pennzoil-Texaco case Roo Qtd trap HOUSTON (AP) — Three major investment banking firms are pre dicting an eventual settlement of the multibillion-dollar judgment awarded Pennzoil Co. in its legal bat tle with oil industry rival Texaco Inc., but disagree on which company is the best investment. Kidder, Peabody & Co. is siding with Texaco, the Houston Chronicle reported Monday. State District Judge SoIohm seb Jr. upheld the damagts added another $600 millionm: Two reports, from Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., recom mend investments in Pennzoil. A Houston jury in November 1985 found Texaco wrongfully in terfered in a planned Getty Oil Co.- Pennzoil merger in 1984 and or dered Texaco to pay $10.53 billion in damages to Pennzoil. Thejudgment remains the largest in U.S. history. est, and said interest would cod to accrue at a rate of 10 ptrd year. A state appeals court uptm:: verdict on Feb. 12, hut reauccs nifive damages to Si b/ihonh: original $3 billion. The totaliz ages, however, now stand ats! $10.3 billion. Used der < aftei said ami zarc cials; isaid. || The in Kathy Sm tonado I treated an 'ir MSC OPERA and PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY Presents CLASSICAL AND BROADWAY PERFORMANCES AND WE WANT YOU WHO: ANYONE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THE OPAS STUDENT COMMITTEE WHAT A MANDATORY NEW MEMBER INFORMATION SESSION (IT IS ONLY NECESSARY TO ATTEND ONE SESSION) WHEN AND WHERE: MONDAY, MARCH 30, ROOM 410 RUDDER TOWER AT 7:00 P.M. or TUESDAY, MARCH 31, ROOM 701 RUDDER TOWER AT 7:00 P.M. 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