Wednesday, April 1, 1987/The Battalion/Page 5 V V 11VII 9 iiiMik — CliQtpDli •flitn oii: | Dallas 0-|' If to lose a fortune I londay ai»| 'fficials si lcs ideni lueiday.l ■lose 1 liveej lor 25 pi business. 1 Dallas Cov ifriod, tixnl ouple of '1 bat have b I Cowboss I' |s toaches.i b manager that 25-vftp; e Cowbow rss of Clin:' tm fortune ■st in Teu Clinton S (map, it re; 0 million, iter banlr sale of \l. ue in nont hitter to scinating 5 iealer"saB ies i, wide. able d Serna :] me to: oim )OM Wednesday DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGES: Professor Michael Katz will speak on “What is to be done about What Is To Be Done" at 4 p.m. in 204 Academic. FELLOWS SYMPOSIUM INFORMATION: presentations by current fellows will be held for prospective undergrad uate fellows from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Check the monitors in Rudder Tower for location. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH: J.J. Dent will hold a writing outreach session on “Applying for a Job: Writing the Right Letter” at 6:30 p.m. in 105 Blocker. TAMU INVESTMENT CLUB: Greg Stiles, associate vice president of investments at Dean Witter-Reynolds will speak at 6:30 p.m. in 131 Blocker. PUBLIC RELATIONS STUDENT SOCIETY OF AMER ICA: will hold a panel discussion about careers in public re lations at 1 p.m. in 401 Rudder. Guy Brown, president of the Houston PRSA chapter, will speak on trends in public relations at 6:30 p.m. in 014 Reed McDonald. STUDY ABROAD OFFICE: will hold a seminar on study abroad programs at 10 a.m. in 215 Bizzell West. GREAT COMMISSION STUDENTS: will discuss “In God We Trust: Is America a Christian Nation?” at 7:30 p.m. in 115 Kleberg. STUDENTS AGAINST APARTHEID: will show “Mandela” at 8:30 p.m. in 604 Rudder. PANAMANIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet at 7 p.m. in 604 A-B Rudder. GAY STUDENT SERVICES: will discuss “Safe Sex Guidelines for Gay and Bisexual Men” at 8:30 p.m. in 502 Rudder. ASIAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION: will meet at 7 p.m. in 401 Rudder. UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRY: will hold an Aggie Supper at 6 p.m. at the A&M Presbyterian Church. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at noon. Call 845- 5826 for location. MANAGEMENT SOCIETY: will meet at 7 p.m. in 150 Blocker. EUROPE CLUB: will meet at 9:30 p.m. at Mr. Gatti’s Pizza. ALVIN HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 6 p.m. at the Fly ing Tomato. SAN ANTONIO HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 305 A Rudder. Thursday DATA PROCESSING MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: a speaker from Exxon will discuss its methodology and sys tems management at 6:30 p.m. in 302 Rudder. PI SIGMA EPSILON 8c AMERICAN MARKETING ASSO CIATION: will host a speaker from Dow Chemical U.S.A. at 6:30 p.m. in 165 Blocker. UNIVERSITY HONORS PROGRAM: students interested in honors courses should meet at 5:30 p.m. in 209 HECC. STUDENTS FOR SCIENTIFIC CREATIONISM: will meet at 8 p.m. Check monitor in Rudder Tower for location. NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS: will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 304 Rudder. Items for What’s Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216 Reed McDonald, no less than three working days prior to desired publication date. Clements to call special session if bills don’t pass AUSTIN (AP) — Gov. Bill Clem ents threatened Tuesday to keep lawmakers after school with a special session if they fail by June 1 to ap prove civil justice reform and ex pand gubernatorial power over state spending. “We’re going to have a special ses sion if we don’t have a responsible answer to this issue (tort reform),” Clements told his weekly news con ference. He said lawmakers also would be kept in session if they fail to give him so-called budget execution author- ity - On another subject, Clements ac cused some state officials of having a “panic-button mentality” by saying the state will go broke this autumn due to cash-flow problems. Using some of his toughest talk of the half-gone legislative session, Clements insisted that lawmakers take action on the “tort reform” is sue. Clements said he is convinced that frivolous lawsuits, excessive damage claims and rising liability insurance costs are damaging the Texas econ omy. “This (tort reform) is a good ex ample of what is conducive to job formation and economic devel opment,” he said. He called for a “responsible bill,” although he failed to detail just what measures he wants included, saying “I’m not going to get into the bits and pieces.” Some lawmakers suggest that the tort reform fight involving plaintiff s lawyers, insurance companies and others may have stalled legislative movement. But Clements said he won’t accept excuses. “I fully recognize that no one spe cial interest, whatever that might be . . . will get everything they want,” Clements said. “There’s going to have to be a responsible compromise among the various interests. “I’ve been talking to several of the senators and House members, as well as the leadership . . . My mes sage was that we will have a special session on tort reform if it’s not ad dressed in the regular session.” That threat also applies to budget execution authority, the power to al low the governor — or perhaps a panel of state officials — to shift funds from one agency to another in times of fiscal emergency and when the Legislature isn’t in session. Because the authority would strip the Legislature of some traditional power over state monies, many law makers oppose it. The Senate early this year voted against even debating the plan. But Clements said voters OK’d a constitutional amendment to autho rize that power in 1985, and he blasted legislative opposition to it. “The people of Texas, who voted for the constitutional amendment, are just being ignored by certain people in the House and Senate,” he said. Clements predicted his special- session threat would work. “I would anticipate that with some gnashing of teeth, we’ll get budget execution authority,” he said. Neither House Speaker Gib Le wis, D-Fort Worth, nor Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby voiced surprise at Clements’ threat. Clements drops attack on ag post AUSTIN (AP) — Gov. Bill Clem ents, abandoning a controversial call to abolish the elected post of agricul ture commissioner, endorsed a se ries of moves Tuesday he said are crucial for the Texas economy. The proposals — ranging from creating a department of commerce to relieving small business of regula tory burdens — were recommended earlier by a blue-ribbon task force. But Clements dropped a plan to convert the elected state agriculture commissioner’s job to a post filled by gubernatorial appointment. “After taking the pulse of various people, I find that is probably not a viable condition,” Clements told his weekly news conference. The proposal, first offered with other economic development recom mendations Jan. 23, pitted the state’s only 20th-century Republican gover nor against Democrat Jim High tower, a self-proclaimed populist who has transformed a once-sleepy office into one with national visi bility. “TYPICALLY TYPO FREE” REPORT-PAPER-RESUME-DISSERTATION COPY& TYPING 4