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Thursday, February 11,1988/The Battalion/Page 11 mmissim, ulatinj. learini, sed ^ j shoi atorofy nymerl evcnji nrasaicj onomij mm liij rceoiis Bureal leral jl asthJ 's dud Parade route for Texas A&M Mardi Gras Graphic by Susan C. Akin )xal iiev d up loll the Ij Mop rds ea as thes! ihuni life c ind ltd > to I Motif n i fored the it d mi! ingfi •odial OCA brings Mardi Gras to Texas A&M H ini ivesti al'si irv,i« kes't-' By Jamie Russell Staff Writer For some students, Mardi Grks will be celebrated in New Or leans, but for those who cannot make it to New Orleans, the sec ond annual Mardi Gras at A&M, sponsored by Off-Campus Aggies f(OCA), will begin at 6 p.m. Fri- ; day. “We, OCA, thought it would be | fun to have a Mardi Gras here for those students who can't go to i New Orleans and, at the same time, involve the community, es pecially the kids,” Katherine Ka minsky, co-chairman of the pa rade committee, said. A parade through campus, be ginning at the MSC and ending at the Commons, will kick off the evening with the traditional Mardi Gras beads and floats among the attractions. Brett Powell, director of Mardi Gras at A&M, said the parade will limit traffic on some campus streets (see map). OCA is optimistic about the turnout this year as well, he said. OCA adviser Nancy Thomp son said many organizations are involved in the festivities. “About 20 organizations have entered floats in the parade,” Thompson said. Some of the other organiza tions include “The Voices of Prai se,” a gospel singing group; resi*- dent hall advisers (RHA) and the Brazos Animal Shelter, to which all proceeds from A&M’s Mardi Gras will go. The floats will be judged at 5:30 p.m. by a panel of four. The judges include Jo Hudson, Stu dent Activities Office program adviser; Scott Mendell, president of OCA; Doug Beall, head yell leader; and Pat Thomasson, Corps commander. This year’s Mardi Gras king is Judson “Old Army Lou” Loupot, with Reveille V as queen. The celebration includes a dance at Graham Central Station to begin around 8 p.m. Poll shows voters want new policies HOUSTON (AP) — Most voters want a change of direction when the next president takes over the White House, a new poll indicates. Respondents to a recent Houston Post-Gallup poll indicated by a nearly 3-to-2 margin that they would like the next U.S. president to pur sue policies different than those fol lowed by President Ronald Reagan. The poll also showed only 30 per cent of voters age 50 and older fa vored a continuation of the policies followed by Reagan, the oldest man ever elected president. Forty percent of the youngest group of voters, 18-29, supported continuing Reagan’s current poli cies, the poll showed. In other areas, the poll indicated 60 percent of voters responding fa vored cuts in military spending in order to lower the federal deficit. The poll also showed that support for the Strategic Defense Initiative, Reagan’s space-based missile de fense system, has waned. In December 1986, 52 percent of those polled favored developing the nuclear weapon shield; in the cur rent poll, support dropped to 37 percent. In a poll taken in July, only 16 percent of respondents said they fa vored a tax increase. In the most re cent poll, 27 percent indicated they were willing to pay more taxes in or der to reduce the deficit. The poll’s results were based on telephone interviews with 1,210 reg istered voters nationwide between Jan. 22-24. The poll had a margin of error of 3 percent. Responding to the question of whether they would like to see the next president continue Reagan’s policies, 34 percent answered yes, 58 percent answered no, and 8 percent did not know. In October 1986, 36 percent an swered yes, 57 percent answered no, and 7 percent did not know. Asked which party was likely to bring the most prosperity to the na tion, 42 percent said the Republi cans, while 35 percent said the Dem ocrats. Forty-one percent said their personal financial situation had im proved in the last year, while 28 per cent said it had declined. r,M mo in'. an serves remainder of jail term at home HOUSTON (AP) — For 70 days, lomingo Martinez Saucedo’s h6me as his jail. “This wasn’t so bad,” he said Tuesday, upon being freed from a special electronic ankle bracelet. [But I’ve been waiting for this day.” Saucedo had been sentenced to three years in prison for drug abuse nd still must complete two years of arole. On Dec. 1, the 43-year-old Sau- iedo became the first Texas Depart- ent of Corrections inmate allowed |o serve the remainder of his jail [heat home, using the device. Since then, he has worn two white ings around his ankle with a mon oring box that sends signals to cor- 1 \ ji > . - ' ; rections officials through his home telephone. Under the program, Saucedo was able to leave the home only for his truck-driving job and other special exceptions. “In the beginning it was not so good. Everybody would get up at 6:30 and go somewhere,” the father of eight said. “I’d just sit here and watch TV movies. The first few weeks I went crazy on TV. “This program was all right for me because I got a job and had my family to support me. “When you go to TDC once, you don’t want to go back. Some guys do It and go back, I just don’t know how they can. That place is awful.” The monitor was provided by Program Monitor Inc., a Dallas com pany that contracts with state and county agencies to provide home electronic surveillance. Other Texas probationers, parolees, juveniles and prison inmates also have been han dled by the company, company pres ident Richard Grinter said. The company charges between $7 and $ 11 per day for the monitors or other surveillance devices. 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Feb. 15th-26th Genuine Draft (MflRDIGRflS Watch for it at your restaurant or tavern. Look for specials on Genuine Draft "Longnecks." Dick’s new home. See the doghouse. See Dick crawl into the doghouse. Crawl, Dick. Crawl. See Jane fume. Fume, Jane Fume. Why is this happening on Valentine’s Day? Dick forgot a present. Jane didn’t. Jane shopped at Post Oak Mall. Dick didn’t. Jane bought Dick an argyle sweater. Dick didn’t buy Jane...anything. That’s why he’s bunking with Rufus tonight. The end. Dick’s not a very happy boy. Dick didn’t tliink. Hedidn’tgo to Post Oak Mall, Jane did. With 130 shops Dick could have gotten Jane just about anything from a jumbo cookie from Chocolate Chip Cookie Co., to a “How To Improve Your Mate’s Memory’’ book. If Dick were really romantic, he would have treated Jane to dinner at Casa Ole, maybe Swensen’s Ice Cream for dessert. Or he could have surprised her with roses from Flowerama. Want to stay out of trouble? Easy. 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