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s :ott McO What’s up evin Thoni /Dan Bo! s ■ Itu SRPMbtok \\sv W'^f T kJAWTEVL^U fKlkAR^' (\\ cecutior , of Houston, who*- od outside a parked id a friend were ford ; of the van and: or about 30 minutt' is thrown into a ot and left for dead dend was raped, i>- o-defendants, connd arges in the slaw itements identifyitf' Tuesday WRITING OUTREACH: Paul Meyer will discuss “Becoming a Better Writer Through Reading” in 110 Blocker at 6:30 p.m. NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN: will meet in 305A-B Rudder at 8:30 p.m. NAVARRO HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet in 302 Rudder at 8:30 p.m. TAMU HORSEMEN’S ASSOCIATION: will ride and meet at Dick Freeman Arena at 7 p.m. TEXAS STUDENT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: will have a constitution meeting and ice-cream social in 302 Rudder at 7 p.m. AGGIES FOR JACK KEMP: will meet in 501 Rudder at 7 p.m. CHRISTIAN FACULTY FORUM PRESENTATION: Dr. Walter Bradley will speak in 308 Rudder at 12:30 p.m. SOCIOLOGY CLUB: Dr. Jon Alston will speak in 125 Aca demic at 7 p.m. AGGIE ALLEMANDERS: will have square dance lessons and meet at the Pavilion at 7:30 p.m. TAMU AQUATIANS: will teach synchronized swimming at Downs Natatorium at 8 p.m. , INTRAMURAL SPORTS: Entries close for innertube water basketball and tennis singles in 159 Read. STUDENT GOVERNMENT: will have a informational meet ing for everyone in 601 Rudder at 8:30 p.m. COLLEGIATE FFA: will meet in 208 Scoates at 7:30 p.m. EL PASO HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet in 401 Rudder at 7:30 p.m. SPANISH CLUB: will meet at The Flying Tomato at 9 p.m. TAMU SCUBA CLUB: will meet in 402 Rudder at 7 p.m. MEXICAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION: will meet in 607 Rudder at 7 p.m. DATA PROCESSING MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: will present information on careers in data processing at the Ramada Inn penthouse. TAMU SAILING TEAM: will meet in 109 Trigon at 7 p.m. COLLEGE BOWL: will have demonstration games at Rudder Fountain at noon. AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION: Dr. Mary Leigh Wolfe will speak in 110 Civil Engineering Building. BAPTIST STUDENT UNION: will have a hullabaloo meet ing in 201 MSC at 7 p.m. Wednesday SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS: will meet in 214 Reed McDonald at 5:30 p.m. HUMAN FACTORS SOCIETY STUDENT CHAPTER: will meet in 342 Zachry at 7 p.m. I TRI-BETA BIOLOGICAL HONOR SOCIETY: will meet in 105 Heldenfels at 7 p.m. i TEXAS A&M SPORTS CAR CLUB: will meet in 504 Rud der at 7 p.m. ^ AGGIE TOASTMASTERS: will meet in 342 Zachry at 7 p.m. [ EUROPE CLUB: will meet at The Flying Tomato at 9:30 p.m. THE ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS: Judy Johnson will speak in 200 Harrington at 7:30 p.m. CIRCLE K INTERNATIONAL: will meet in 302 Rudder at 7 p.m. | MSC TRAVEL: will meet in 404 Rudder at 7 p.m. AGGIE WRANGLERS: Sign up for country and western dance lessons at the first floor in the MSC from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ! TEXAS AGGIE SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY: will meet in 504 Rudder at 8:30 p.m. HILLEL JEWISH STUDENT FOUNDATION: will meet at Hillel Jewish Student Center at 8 p.m. Items for What’s Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216 Reed McDonald, no less than three working days be fore desired publication date. Tuesday, September 22, 1987/The Battalion/Page 7 Workers protest new geriatric unit for Austin hospital AUSTIN (AP) — Officials at Aus tin State Hospital say a planned geri atric ward for male and female pa tients is a cost-efficient move, but some workers say they’re concerned about the plan. Ruth Ramirez, who has been a mental health worker at Austin State Hospital for 25 years, said she wor ries that sexual encounters will be unavoidable in the new ward. “These patients are not dead,” she said. “They have feelings.” Separate bedrooms will be pro vided for males and females, but the rooms will be in the same small corri dor, officials say. Hospital adminis trators say the mental patients will be watched so closely that no problems should occur. Other mental wards at Austin State Hospital have segregated sleeping areas, with male patients sleeping on one ward and female pa tients on another. The new ward is to be created later this month because the number of geriatric patients has declined, and the hospital believes it would be more efficient to combine a female ward with a male ward, Deborah King, a psychologist and director of the geriatric unit, says. “We’ll be able to have at least two staff in the bedroom hallway to mon itor if there are any patients who get up at night,” King said. “They would sit in the hallway or in offices (in the corridor) to do charting.” Mental health workers who mon itor patients “are doing an excellent job and will continue to do so,” she said. But some mental health workers recently signed a petition in opposi tion of the new ward that will house eight female patients and 12 male patients, most of whom are over 60 years old. Two other wards of geriat ric patients will remain segregated. King said the female patients would use restrooms and showers in the dormitory and that male patients would be sent to restrooms and showers in another area. The new geriatric ward would be no different than similar wards found in general hospitals or nurs ing homes, she said. “We have less danger of sexual ac tivity with that age group than with self-injurious behavior or just behav ior related to the dementia,” King said. Kenny Dudley, hospital superin tendent, said the consolidation of ge riatric wards is necessary because the geriatric unit has space for 80 pa tients but houses only 48 patients. Probe of motel deaths continues after police arrest former convict SULPHER SPRINGS (AP) — An ex-convict has been charged with ag- f ravated robbery in a motel robbery- idnapping incident while authori ties continue an investigation into the recent slayings of a motel clerk and a convenience store clerk, police said Monday. Johnny Ray Wilkerson, 34, was ar rested Sunday and charged with ag gravated robbery in connection with an Aug. 24 incident when a clerk was abducted from the Holiday Inn and robbed of $800. Wilkerson was in the Hopkins County Jail on Monday in lieu of $100,000 bond set by Justice of the Peace Roy Johnson after the arrest Sunday. Police detective Sgt. Ron Plaxco said Wilkerson was arrested about 9:25 p.m. Sunday after police asked him to go to the police station to an swer questions. Shortly after Wilkerson was charged with aggravated robbery, he tried to kill himself. He tied a piece of blanket around his neck and the other end around the top of the jail cell and jumped off a bunk bed, Plaxco said. “He was only hanging there a matter of seconds when the officers lifted him up,” Plaxco said. “He was not unconscious and he is in what we call our rubber room, the padded cell,” he said. Plaxco said more charges are pen ding against Wilkerson. Wilkerson was on parole for ag gravated assault. Meanwhile, Plaxco said police continued their investigation into the slaying of Rena Lyne White, 36, whose body was found about 9:30 a.m. Sunday in the back yard of a va cant house. White had been reported missing about four hours earlier from her clerk’s job at the Best Western Motel. Police Chief Donnie Lewis said a woman moving belongings out of the house discovered the missing body of White, who apparently was shot once in the back of the head. Similarities to last month’s abduc tion and slaying of a convenience store clerk led investigators to specu late the same assailant is responsible, Lewis said. On Aug. 2, Diana Havner, 38, dis appeared from her job at a conve nience store near Interstate 30. Her body was found the following Friday. Study: Houston, Dallas will provide most new jobs in state I WASHINGTON (AP) — Five Texas counties are included in a list of 46 counties across the United States that are projected to provide one of every three new jobs between now and the year 2000, according to anew survey. ? Houston and Dallas together will provide almost a million new jobs be tween them by the turn of the cen tury, reported the survey by NPA Data Services Inc., a Washington- based research firm. Harris County ranks third with 560,000 new jobs and Dallas County fourth with 428,000 on the list of 46 counties. The economic survey said the 46 counties will all have job increases of 100,000 or more, led by Los Angeles which is expected to gain some 805,000 newjobs in that period. Los Angeles is also the county ex pected to see the nation’s largest overall population growth in the time span. Most of those counties with top job prospects are those with leading population growth, the study com mented. The three other Texas counties on the list are Bexar County (San Antonio), 19th with a projection of 165,000 new jobs over the next 13 years, Tarrant County (Fort Worth) is 20th with 164,000 and Travis County (Austin) is 26th with 149,000. CAPITALIZING ON ENGINEERING OPPORTUNITIES CAREER FAIR WHAT COMPANIES WILL BE ATTENDING? Tuesday, September 22, 1987 - Poolside 6:00 p.m. -8:00 p.m. Blue-Jean reception^ Eat Bar-B-Q and show some Texas A&M friendliness Wednesday, September 23, 1987 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Student Interactions 1:30 p.m. -5:00 p.m. 2nd floor-MSC. 6:00 p.m. -8:00 p.m. Dinner Buffet & Reception^ Professional attire recommended. Thursday, September 24, 1987 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Student Interactions 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 2nd Floor - MSC , the la st us i ness is s. ents Incorporate •as ♦All receptions take place at the Aggieland Inn on Texas Avenue. The poolside reception will be indoors only in the event of bad weather. ENGINEERING CAREER FAIR l Otherwise known as CEO - Capitalizing on Engineering Opportunities - is an annual pevent sponsored by the Student Engineers Council and the College of Engineering in ^conjunction with the Placement Center. WHEN AND WHERE? J On Tuesday evening from 6:00 to 8:00, there will be a poolside blue-jean reception at the Aggieland Inn on Texas Avenue. This is a casual reception before the Career Fair pstarts so leave your resumes at home, bring your blue-jeans and a hearty appetite for I the Bar-B-Q being served. Everyone is invited! I On Wednesday evening from 6:00 to 8:00, there will be a more formal reception at the IrAggieland Inn - a more formal attire is recommended. Buffet food and refreshments K)vill be served. Here again, everyone is invited. WHO CAN GO? Students of all majors and levels are invited and encouraged to attend. In past Career Fairs, company representatives extended a welcome to visit with faculty also. Listed here are the attending companies and the majors they are seeking out ! Aerospace Coinp. Sci. i Civil Electrical tngr. Tech. Industrial I i o [safety 1 AMOCO Chemical Co. 1 X X X amoco on co. X X X ARC0 Oil S Gas Co. X X 1 X X Arthur Anderson X X X X X X AT&T fSandia Nat '1 Labs) 1 X X X X X X X X Chevron X CIA X X X X CONOCO X X X X X Dow Chemical, USA X X X X r EBASC0 Servies X Electrosoace Svstems X X X 1 FS! | 1 -. X Frito-Lay X 1 X X X X ■ I-- General Dynamics X X 1 x X | X X 1 Green Home & O'Yara X 1 i 1 Grumman Soace Systems X X 1 1 X 1 X X 1 Hewlett Packard 1 1 1 X Hughes Aircraft Co. X 1 X 1 1 i I IBM 1 1 1 1 X International Paper Co. X X i X X ! JET Propulsion Labs 1 X Lockheed Missiles & Space X X LTV Aircraft Products X X X X X X LTV Missiles & Electronic X X X X X M0BAY Corp. X Mobil on X X X Nabisco Brands X X X X 1 NASA-Johnson Space Center X X X X X X National Security Agency X X X Pratt S Whitney X X Rohm & Haas Co. X X X Schlumberger Inti. X X X Southwest Research Inst. X X X X Texas Highway Oeot. X Texas Instruments nr X X X unists X X X U.S. Air Force X X U.S. Navy X United Telephone Co. of TX X X VISTA X X West 1nghouse X X X X X Th Bridal Boutique Largest Formal Sale of the Season starting a Register to win $100 1st $75 2nd $50 3rd Drawing to be held Sept. 30. No purchase necessary. 693-9358 Texas Ave. S. at Southwest Pkwy next to Winn Dixie • College Station PIE ARE % SQUARE 0, 0. * NEW ON THE BLOCK LOCATl IN THE ENGINEERING BUILDING NEXT TO ZACHRY BUILDING Free drink good with this Ad thru September 30, 1987. 10 oz. only NOW OPEN MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY 7:00 A.M. to 10:30P.M. FRIDAY 7:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. SUNDAY 4:00 P.M. to 10:30P.M. “QUALITY FIRST” DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SERVICES ED TNG n T Contact Lenses Only Quality Name Brands (Bausch & Lomb, Ciba, Barnes-Hinds-Hydrocurve) ,$79 00 -STD. DAILY WEAR SOFT LENSES $99. 00 -STD. EXTENDED WEAR SOFT LENSES * <tQQ 00 -STD. TINTED SOFT LENSES yaU. 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Sept. 24 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Room 106 Room 102 College Station Community Center 1300 Jersey Benefits include: improved comprehension, in creased retention, study skills, higher GPR, more leisure time Associated Reading Centers The company with 12 years experience 696-0920 Carol Lindsey (local area representative) Vickie Whitener - instructor small classroom enrollment for personal attention to students