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Page 8/The Battalion/Wednesday, September 9, 1987 National Service Sorority Fall ’87 Banana Split & Blue Jean Rush Tuesday, Sept. 8 MSC Rm. 230 Wednesday, Sept. 9, 7:00 p.m. MSC Rm. 230 For more information Carrie 696-4317 Debbie 260-8442 846-4234 Skaggs Shopping Center The Dinner Special Is Back Va lb. hamburger Ig. French Fries 16 oz. Soft Drink only $1 99 (Dine in Only) no coupon necessary just bring something that has FA TB URGER written on it. Offer good Mon.-Fri. after 6 p.m., expires Dec. 4th Ex-servicemen begin march toward capital for recognition of MIAs SAN MARCOS (AP) — After par ticipating in seven veterans’ marches over the years, Michael Martin is on his last trek — this time from the Alamo to the nation’s capitol to call attention to 2,416 veterans still listed as missing in action. Martin, 38, of Dallas and several other ex-servicemen marched from Dallas to San Antonio two years ago to voice concerns over those missing veterans. This time, it’s a 1,600-mile march from the Alamo to Washing ton, D.C. This march, called “Journey to Remember — Part II” is the second part of the journey that began in 1985. “I want to get my life back in or der, but we didn’t resolve the issue in 1985,” Martin said Monday. “I’ve got one more mission. I’ve got to see it through.” Organizers expect to complete the march in November, around Veter ans Day. Martin said its purpose is not only to raise concern about the MIAs but to show support for all veterans “who are held prisoner by their own nightmares” and who face problems like alcohol and drug abuse, unem ployment, divorce and suicide. “People tell us to put the war be hind us,” said Martin, who served a year in Vietnam. “The war is over, but I’m still dealing with some of its after-effects. And I’m one of the lucky ones — I came home with all my limbs intact.” Martin said that although the war has been over for more than a de cade, he and other veterans are con vinced some American servicemen still are being held prisoner in Southeast Asia. “We still think there are some prisoners still alive,” Martin said. “Even if there are not, we owe a debt of honor to their families to get an accurate accounting of all those sol diers listed as prisoners of war.” Martin and several other veterans left San Antonio over the weekend. They spent Monday night in San Marcos and were expected to make it into Austin by Wednesday. Martin, a singer and songwriter who has released an album about Vietnam veterans, is scheduled to give a concert Wednesday night at the LBJ Library at the University of Texas. Police Beat Ch — - The following were reported to the University Police Depart ment from Aug. 14 through Thursday: MISDEMEANOR THEFT: • An officer reported that he saw someone removing several small trees from a grounds main tenance nursery area. • A shampoo machine was re ported stolen from a room in Married Student Housing. BURGLARY OF A BUILD ING: • University Police received a report that someone entered the YMCA building and took cash and valuables. BURGLARY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE: • An officer saw someone re moving gasoline from six cars in a campus parking lot. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: • A student reported that a fire exstinguisher was discharged into a soft drink machine in the Harrington Classroom Building. • An officer noticed that live iron lawn chairs were thrown from the second floor of Rudder Tower. • While investigating the sound of a loud explosion, offi cers found what appeared to be a smokeless tobacco can wrapped in tape on the Quadrangle. DISORDERLY CONDUCT: • A student reported that she to I saw a man wearing a red, long-sleeved shirt peeli; I through a hole in a women's!® room. PLACES WEAPONS PK DALLAS ( HIBI 1 ED: hafice to me< ® A,n officer found a shoi^^jj.^|_rrj - ^der 1 lying in plain view on the ^j in ove a 1975 Chevrolet. Another yo HARRASSMENT. ( { ie pope • Officers received rt^iag,, rc i Dalla: that three people in Heaton Pi i n anticipat had been subjected to annov., unt j a y to Sai and harrassing phone calls v. DRIVING WHILE INTO) See relat • An officer saw a studej Catholic sc driving his moped in an ernjusely studyir fashion. The o Dicer repor*ith that the student appeared ic Many are v intoxtc ated ues hieing the TERRORIST IC 1HREA: Fifth-gradei • A woman in the Vetenaaid she wou Public Health Building reix.'hange his ri that she received a call troniriesis get mar man who said he would burr.': building to the ground. A 1 11 MP 1 ED ROBBER! ( • A man reported that btto approached by a man who it' mantled his money bag. Ht a that he hit the man in then and escaped with no furthers i dent. ASSAULT: • A student in the He Apartments reported that was assaulted by her husband '.hysi( ' WACO (A Mexican president to choose successor for next 6-year term maker Gloria hand afoul o surgeon Dr. her with somt oldest — medi if A microsm advanced tecl lenk severed i the other thre hand. He roi MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Miguel de la Madrid will reveal the name of his successor any day now. It is done in Mexico by choosing the candidate of the governing party, which has never lost a presidential race. The election is scheduled for next July. Who ever de la Madrid chooses to represent the Insti tutional Revolutionary Party in what is popularly called “el destape” (the unveiling), is sure to be sworn in for a six-year term on Dec. 1, 1988. So powerful is the party’s grassroots control that it has won every contest for president, sen ator or state governor since its founding in 1929. There is a difference this year, but only a slight one. Previous incumbents have announced the names of those who will follow with no prior indi cation of who would be anointed, but de la Ma drid will choose from among six men who have presented their views publicly. They appeared over a two-week period, in al phabetical order, at breakfast meetings of the party leadership that were broadcast nationally. Potential presidents in previous years avoided admitting even privately that they might be cho- De la Madrid’s innovation is widely inter preted as an attempt to counter growing disen chantment with the current political system. In Mexico, where small steps sometimes are called milestones, his action has prompted both ap plause and denunciation. One thing on which critics and supporters agree is that many Mexicans are unhappy with the system and its secrecy. That has been made clear by declining voter participation, especially in state and local elections. All six potential candidates are Cabinet mem bers, in keeping with the party’s tradition of choosing the next president from the incumbent government. They are Ramon Aguirre, mayor of Mexico City; Sergio Garcia Ramirez, the attorney gen eral; Manuel Bartlett, interior secretary; Alfredo del Mazo, secretary of energy and mines; Miguel Gonzalez Avelar, public education secretary, and Carlos Salinas de Gortari, secretary of budget and planning. Bartlett, del Mazo and Salinas de Gortari are considered the front-runners. A top official of the party, which is known as the PRI for its initials in Spanish, was asked in a private conversation recently about (he fX‘£ e ^ am ^ h^md ity of choosing a candidate in open cornts, A complicai His response was a picture of armed iV 1 * 6 *‘ in 8 ei > * 1 ° shooting it out on the convention floor. 8 an a< ( mnula Pressure to liberalize the system began!r & ei black ing this year. A small but influential that <.(}}'• tisclt (he UcccuKratic Curr:. P ,<) bl manded more open selection of candidate^ I )< la Madrid made clear in his state ofber/yhil lion message Sept. 1 that he believes futr * 01 a renie< ministrations must continue policies he' an , , tiea will lead nit i>f a T-year-old econor. roi i n< ^ s ' sis. That reasoning is expected to playanm r n" V i tant part in his choice. a fellowship m Minority parties have been unable tonul!? ie j ll *f re< j| ^ Utical capital of the poverty caused by tk Z a < ’ ,t 1 ^ nomic crisis. The PRI pork-barrel system rai f' s , r Ordered the le tronafte runs from governors mansions to : 'r sweepers and dog catchers. ona P ane f OI Conservatives of tire National Action Par.. '8 i U , 1S PAN, have a power base in relatively ,- ec lta V northern n Mexico but little strength else* *. 1IS ' * eet ^ ficials accuse the PRI of vote-rim;? 11 , 1 attach Party offi kept PAN from making headway even in. ern state and local elections during the pas! 3 !' ,li 11 ' 11 .( us ■ 1 huge Good Grief. Experiments in f MOOE1N PHYSICS ! Bt&U&Uml f I T : __________________ __ _ ___ __ _ .__ V _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 __j Third Edition STATISTICS FOR ENGINEERS H * jtd : ip AND BOYD THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT FOR BUSINESS MANAGERS TV Whether you’re into business, science pr engineering, T1 has all the right calculators with all the right functions for you. 1987 TI. ’“Trademark erf Texas Instruments Incorporated Every year, thousands of hapless students watch their course load become an overload. 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