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Page 6/The Battalion/Thursday, November 12, 1987 Now Open Saturday till 3 p.m. 10 Minute Drive-Thru Lube, Oil, & Filter Change $3 00 Oil, Lube & Off Filter Change (your choice of oil) 205 Holleman exp 12-31-87 764-7992 AGGIE SPECIAL Thursday & Saturday oo ail single shot drinks & canned beer I $2 00 off admission with coupon expires Nov. 28,1987 mu of Fame FM 2818 North of Villa Maria, Bryan 822-2222 18,19, & 20 year olds welcome Get Your Xerox Copies • S Self-Service Copiers Copies each-all day, every day • 3 state-of-the art, high-speed copiers for jobs of any size • A full-color copier for special jobs • Word processing and laser printing • Binding and many other related services ON THE DOUBLE 840-3755 at Northaato (above Fanners Narke«) Hon-Fri 7a.m.-1 Op. Sat Oa.m.-Op.m. Sun I -6p.m. Perm Y OUR ^/P / haircut place HAS MOVED REOPENING SPECIAL id! matrix $29 00 Post Oak Square 1300 E. Harvey Rd. Call 846-0084 sunshine CUTS & CURLS This is where the fun starts DAVE’S LIQUOR | 24-12ozCans 99 cs. Seagram’s, COOLERS' $5 69 Miller Lite 16 gal. keg $39 or Peach 99 696-4343 524 University Dr. No Credit Cards on Sale Items District judge frees ex-hospital official after 110-day stay HOUSTON (AP) — A former Hermann Hospital official con victed of theft and sentenced to seven years in prison was freed af ter serving 110 days. Former hospital executive di rector William Smith, who was re leased from prison Tuesday, will begin work as a consultant for a New York firm earning up to $12,000 a month. Smith, 49, had the rest of his sentence probated. Smith was convicted of theft for improperly billing Hermann Hos pital for chartered airplane trips and food. State District J udge Miron Love granted probation to Smith with the condition that he repay the hospital $141,011 plus 8 percent interest. The judge also required Smith to contribute 120 hours each year in community service for the re mainder of his seven-year sen tence. Texas law allows judges to put defendants sentenced to 10 years in prison or less on “shock proba tion” before they have served six months. The theory is that they will have been shocked by prison life into obeying the law. Smith told the court that he will work as a hospital consultant for a New York health care firm where he would earn up to $12,000 a month. A. Ross Rommel, the former di rector’s attorney, said Smith held the consultant’s job before he went to prison. The former executive director of Hermann Hospital entered prison in late July. Smith pleaded no contest to 27 charges of felony theft and one charge of misdemeanor theft. It was discovered in early 1985 that executives of the Hermann Hospital and estate had spent money designated for charitable purposes on luxuries. The seven-year sentence Smith received was the stiffest handed to any of the 10 people indicted in connection with the hospital scan dal. But, several of those cases are pending. Prosecutor Don Stricklin said Smith would have been eligible for parole in early 1988. If Smith had gone that route, he would have maintained a record of conviction. A shock probation allows him to have a clear record. “I don’t think it was proper to release him from prison so soon,” Stricklin said. “This doesn’t seem to be much of a deterrent.” But Stricklin added, “I can un derstand the judge’s reasons as far as the condition of prisons being overcrowded and that this way, (Smith) could pay back society in stead of having society pay for him.” Smith will pay 10 percent of his earnings annually toward restitu tion, and interest will be added to the balance. — What’s up Thursday ECONOMICS SOCIETY: will meet for happy hour at 5f at Rocco’s on University Drive. PRE-LAW SOCIETY: will take pictures for the Aggiehm 9:30 p.m. in the Zachry lobby. HAMILTON COUNTY HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet p.m. in 302A Rudder. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FORUM: DrT erine Dettwyler will present slides and discuss “Infant trition in Developing Countries: A Study in Mali, West rica” at 7 p.m. in 510 Rudder. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS AND TRONAUTICS: Col. James P. Lang will discuss Challenge of the Advanced Tactical fighter” at 8 pit 110 Harrington. LOST AND FOUND AUCTION: The auction is fron a.m. to 1 p.m. at Rudder Fountain. NIGERIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: Kevin Carreatl will discuss “Black History: The True Story ft 1200 B.C. to Present” at 7 p.m. in 502 Rudder. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: W§1 guest speaker at 7:30 p.m. in 150 Blocker. ACM AND DATA PROCESSING MANAGEMENT CIATION: A representative from Compaq Computent discuss career opportunities at 7 p.m. at the Ramadalit SPEECH COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION: will ha happy hour social at 5 p.m. at the Flying Tomato. LEBANESE STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have a taken at 7 p.m. in 404 Rudder. WRITING OUTREACH: Shirley Bovey will discuss "E ing: Preparing a Manuscript for Publication” at 6:30p in 110 Blocker. TAMU HORSEMEN’S ASSOCIATION: will take picti for the Aggielandat 7:10 p.m. in the Kleberg lobby. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: willb a graduate studies seminar to present information ah G raduate studies in electrical engineering at Texas Ai): p.m. in 102 Zachry. MICROBIOLOGY SOCIETY: will have a preregistra^ pizza party at 6:30 p.m. in 107 Heldenfelds. Items for What’s Up should be submitted to The Battali 216 Reed McDonald, no less than three working dap fore desired publication date. Former student body presidents say leadership roles helped with careei By Sharon Maberry Reporter Some former Texas A&M student body presidents have found that their leadership roles helped them in their careers after graduation. Mike Sims, the 1986-1987 student body president, says the greatest thing he learned as student body president was how to work with peo ple. Sims works as a research assistant for Sen. Lloyd Bentsen in Washing ton D.C., where he communicates with Bentsen’s constituents. Sims’ work includes helping an swer Bentsen’s mail, which averages 10,000 letters per week, and work ing with legislative assistants who ad vise the senator on policies. Sims said being student body president helped him develop self- discipline. “I worked with sharp people at A&M and I work with sharp people in Washington D.C.,” he said. Sims focused his 1986 campaign on student services. “I saw an opportunity to do some good,” he said. “That’s the same thing I do in Washington.” Fred McClure, 1976-1977 student body president, says he gained valu able experience that helps him in his work now. McClure is the staff vice president of government affairs for T exas Air Corp. in Washington D.C. Before thisjob, he worked for two years at the White House as a special assistant to the president for legis lative affairs, where he lobbied in the Senate. “Being student body president re quired trying to find a common pit fht thought he had communication skills and could provide good lead ership. While McClure was in office, the A&M administration tried to close down Milner Hall, which then was a residence hall. Under McClure’s guidance, Student Government “I saw an opportunity to do some good. That’s the same thing I do in Washington. ” — Mike Sims, 1986-1987 student body president thread of agreement between com peting ideas and ideals,” McClure says. “Once the agreement is reached, you need the ability to sell the idea. “That’s basically what the legis lature is. You try to find a point of commonality so the majority will be of the opinion that you want them to be.” Before his job at the White House, McClure worked at the Justice De partment as associate deputy attor ney general. He served as legislative director for former Texas Sen. John Tower before working at the Justice De partment. McClure said he ran for student managed to keep the hall open for two more years. Another former student body E resident, David Alders, said he rarned to deal with people on a pro fessional, businesslike level in Stu dent Government. “As student body president, I was working in an organization on a quasi-professional level,” the 1984- 1985 president said. “I was corre sponding with people with more ex perience than I had.” Alders has worked for Trammel Crow Corp. in Dallas as a leasing agent for more than two years. Alders began work at the real es tate development company with no training period. “It was sink or swim,” Aid “I was expected to be able to spond and negotiate on a p sional level. “But it was not intimidatt cause my background in Government gave me the self-confidence I needed for ing with the people here and times dealing with rejection. Alders says he ran for body president in 1984 be® thought he could lead a matin' dent Government trusted I? University administration, he “Student Government it higher levels of decision mak cause of its maturity level,” said. Alders said the most com issue during his term as si body president was the decn emphasis on undergraduates! administration. “A&M is becoming a wort institution by developing great uate programs and hiring f who do a lot of research anil lishing,” he said. “But such a good only to the extent doesn’t sacrifice the undergo program. “A&M is what it is today of people who are so fondd' undergraduate experience, lose that, you lose the aura of an Aggie.” El Paso County residents to vote on water issu EL PASO (AP) — About 30,000 residents of east El Paso County who live without running wa ter will get a chance to turn on the spigot in Sat urday’s $22.5 million bond election. The Lower Valley Water District’s bond issue would pay for pipelines from the dry neighbor hoods to the city of El Paso’s water department. If passed, some Lower Valley residents could haVe water sometime after 1990. Dozens of unzoned housing developments have been built in the Lower Valley, so named because it is in the Rio Grande valley downstream from E! Paso. The mostly Hispanic area is attrac tive to low-income families who want to own their own homes. Land is cheap, partly because of the lack of water. Many families buy land and then build their own homes. Because the area is unzoned, many houses are built close together — so close that septic pits contaminate water wells. The area suffers from high rates of dysentery and hepatitis, health offi cials say. Many families buy bottled water, or trek to El Paso to collect water from friends, family or even spigots in public parks. Even a school, Rojas Elementary School, opened this fall without water service. Sct< ficials have been trucking in 10,000 gaff water a day to the new, $2! / million school El Paso decided this fall to waive its rtik allow the school to tap into a city water lin 1 this year. The bond election was opposed by community action groups because of itsc* because of questions about planning. W mer it was disclosed that if the bond issue” the general manager of the water district, County judge Pat O’Rourke, would $202,000 for his work as an adviser. AGGIELAND YEARBOOKS ARE NOW HERE: To Pick Yours up Bring Your I.D. to the English Annex, 8:30 a.m. till 4:30 p.m. Monday thru Fri day. Plastic Covers are also Available for 500 each.