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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-
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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. Jails and
prisons cost between $30 and $45
per day, officials estimate.
Parole officer Lana Rhodes, who
is handling Saucedo’s case, says five
other inmates released after Sau
cedo have completed their at-home
terms in Harris County.
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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.
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