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Wednesday, October 14,1987/The Battalion/Page b Warped by Scott McCullar l> \SSOCIAT10\ 136 Civil Enr;.| t-e a hospitals! CHAPTER:* p.m. in 507A|| will have a Neil p.m. at St. Mar.:f in The Quadati in get involved 1 ; m 10:30 a.nuo! ps of Cadets qJ )7 Read. :eting at 6 p.m.; dll meet at 8:| i will discuss^ 3:30 p.m. in 1 will meet at7p.;| JB: will hold til ier. speak at nootit at the Flyinel) eel at / p.m.ami will meet at! ASSOCIATI] EW: will meeuj 5: will have Oil ,m. at variousk icet at 5:30 pi,ij Flying Tomato “t at 7 p.m. inJ: LUB: will ■ting at 8:3 AL ENGINEEl ave an A[ hurch. TION: will met;J d to The Battaitl ■e working dip Thomas Pool Winter Hours M-F 5:30 a.m.-6:30 a.m. Adult Laps 9 a.m.-7 p.m. General Public Sat. & Sun. 11 a.m.-l p.m. Adult Laps 1 p.m.-7 p.m. General Public Masters Swimming Available 1300 J; nes Parkway PICKUPS PLUS Complete service and repair on all pickups, vans and 4WD's. Free Estimates 512 W. 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The construction site on Frater nity Row Drive, near the Southwood Valley subdivision, was vandalized in two separate incidents. An architect’s sign and about 1,000 bricks were stolen from the site Oct. 3, said Larry McClure, su perintendent for Bill Tap Construc tion. In the second incident on Oct. 5, he said several windows were bro ken and sheet rock was damaged in the AGR fraternity house, the first j to be built at the site. “This is not going to set us back,” ’fie said. “It is just a pain to replace.” Bill Tap, owner of Bill Tap Con- stuction, said the damages to the fra ternity house are estimated to be around $1,000. Also vandalized was the devel oper’s billboard, valued at $750, which was cut down with a chainsaw, said W.D. Fitch, president of the Area Progress Corp. He said street signs at the subdivison have been knocked over numerous times. “I’m prepared to offer a reward for any information about who is doing this, provided it is verifiable and results in a conviction,” Fitch said. Pete Normand, vice president of APC, said, “This is what happens when a development is dealing with less mature people. In other situa tions this would not have happened. When dealing with a college situa tion, a person can expect some of this to happen.” As developer of the subdivision, APC is ready to prosecute to the full extent of the law whoever did the vandalizing. “It is unfortunate that people have to break the law, but we want to put the word out that the site will be watched and the next time the peo pie will be caught,” Normand said. Lt. Bernie Kapella of the College Station Police Department said dam ages up to $750 are classified as a Class C misdemeanor. The punish ment is a $2000 Fine and/or up to one year in jail. Kapella said any amount between $750 and $20,000 would be a third-degree felony and would have a punishment of a $5,000 fine and/or not more than 10 years and not less than two years in the Texas Department of Correc tions. Dr. Ronald Richter, faculty ad viser for the fraternity, said, “I think it is unfortunate that the vandalism happened to us, but if it happened to a home owner it would still be vandalism. Vandalism is vandalism. We have no idea who did it, but it is an immature act.” Palasota said the membership is upset about what happened to the $750,000 house. “I can understand pranks, but I cannot see an excuse for the destruc tion of private property,” he said. k ■ Thundcnioff 1 p ” Drizzle j - Freezing Rail sr the influenceol ~ Cod to the Guilt' T' to partly condtf ► n area, which wl ure in the central! 3 snow showers# nperatureofSjd 1 ' eof61 degrees® Mi temperature oft mph. —i elongated area* •posite—anelo# continuous zig-tf dashes. Rule change forces team to forfeit games DALLAS (AP) — A suburban peewee football team has gone from the league’s powerhouse to its doormat because of a rule adults made when the team’s star player moved. Nobody could beat the Bull dogs of the Mesquite Peewee Football Association when they had 12-year-old Brian “KeKe” Jackson at quarterback. But last week, the league’s board determined that Jackson was ineligible to play for the Bull dogs because his family had moved out of the team’s district in August, before the season opened. Each team in the association represents a district in Mesquite, and a player is required to live within his team’s district. In an instant, the team’s record zent from 6-0 to 0-6. Then, with- ut Jackson, the team lost its last game 20-0. I felt real bad,” said Jackson, a speedy seventh-grader who dreams of playing for the Chi cago Bears. “This was my last year in the league and our goal Was to go all the way.” 1 A group of parents has ap pealed the league’s decision to sideline Jackson and force the team to forfeit its six wins. Beared by: Charlie' Staff Mete J apartment of M#! Border Patrol to add new offices, agents in Southern Region McALLEN (AP) — In an effort to slow the flow of illegal drugs and aliens, the U.S. Border Patrol is moving ahead with plans to add new offices and hundreds of additional agents in its 13-state Southern Re gion, officials said Tuesday. The greatest expansion in Texas will be the incorporation of hun dreds of miles of coast line the Bor der Patrol seldom watches into the McAllen sector. “Our geographical area is going to be enlarged by about 100 percent,” said Jerry L. Hicks, deputy chief pa trol agent for the McAllen sector. The sector will double from nine to 18 counties with the plan and will include Corpus Christi, where a new Border Patrol station will open soon, officials said. have* approval to said Paul Berg, the assistant regional commissioner. He said although it has not been formalized on paper, the region’s expansion plan has the approval of officials in Washington, and “we’re going forward as if it had been ap proved.” The 140 agents to be added to the McAllen sector over the next two years are among 900 the Border Pa- “We already start the station,’ Border Patrol’s trol will add in the region during that period. The southern region stretches from New Mexico to North Carolina. Its El Paso sector, which includes New Mexico, will add 240 new posi tions over the next two years. New stations also are likely, he said, but locations have not been determined. The New Orleans sector, which stretches northward to Oklahoma, and the Miami sector will add a total of 45 new agents, Berg said. The cost of the expansion is not yet known, he said. Extra personnel will help the agency focus better on enforcing the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, tracking down criminal aliens and stopping drug smugglers, Berg said. “We’re very, very heavily involved in drug enforcement,” Berg said. Officials have reported a shift in drug trafficking from Florida to Texas in the past few years. Much of the traffic enters along the cohst, Hicks said, adding that the Border Patrol’s coverage of beach areas is “almost non-existent.” “That will be the primary function of the Corpus Christi station,” Hicks said. We’ll be on campus October 28, 1987 Qualified college students are invited to meet with us and explore the career opportunities. . .the innovative technology. . .the industry leadership that is Motorola’s Semiconductor Products Sector. On-campus interviews will be held for ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING MAJORS. 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