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Friday, March 25, 1988/The Battalion/Page 7 by Jon Caldara PERTH TO Hurnms. EVENT*57: THE HRPSTER TOSS 38 y/WDS. HOT BHD. Agents say new weapons intensify risk near border atiei I indicai he audit n in thf ' how ase Ap d a cot! d be i of the id un* ’ibute t to thn> late ISt (AP)- led todi rsdav I won i ourt. larpj, :r mid: xas Cob anted h so heo ocess. to die; J June Kay Bi k conn he sta : 6-veai cltelleh by Scott McCullar unniscnuimcrf yoo Yoo 5Avtp TELL ME, WHAT MAPE HAPPY AGO ECOA//S scene 12- End resolution scene yoo THINK 10UV BE. INTE.RVIE.WEP AND hikep TrK-owN CoRfORATlOW? EL PASO (AP) — Guarding the U.S.-Mexican border is becoming more and more dangerous as drug smugglers arm themselves with in creasingly sophisticated weapons, Border Patrol officials say. Drug smugglers have been caught with anti-tank rockets, night-vision devices, automatic weapons and ac curate high-powered rifles, deputy chief Border Patrol agent Gus De La Vina said. They seem to be more willing to use them, too, De La Vina said. Smugglers have shot at agents five times in the past five months, and agents have had to draw their weap ons 10 times during that period, De La Vina said. Agents have not re turned fire and no one was injured in the incidents. “It’s becoming a very dangerous situation,” he said. Waldo by Kevin Thomas IT DISAPPEARED AFTER ALL THOSE CANDIDATES CAME THROUGH DURIN6 THE PRIMARIES/ ...AND AS FOR MV COMBAT RECORD, I'M A BIG HERO ON THE PLANET RYLOS WHERE r saved the galaxy from AN ALIEN INVASION, AND MY FRIEND WALDO CAN TFST/pY TO THAT... V He added that four Border Patrol agents probably averted a heavy fire- fight last Tuesday when their two patrol vehicles got fiat tires just as agents were about to intercept a sus pected drug shipment about 35 miles west of El Paso, near Anapra, N.M. The agents couldn’t intercept the shipment, so they followed vehicle tracks and footprints through the desert until they came upon a mari juana-filled horse trailer in front of a ranch house. They seized 2,387 pounds of mar ijuana and arrested two men, who were charged with possession with intent to distribute. De La Vina said agents later found out that seven to 10 people armed with AK-47 assault rifles had been stationed at the border crossing point. The armed guards stayed in Mexico and were not arrested. “If the guys hadn’t had flats, there would have been a hell of a fire- fight,” De La Vina said. AggieCon convention attracts science fiction buffs to campus Aggie Coin 19 0 ool' 00 arn e CA /rite le iter ty By Shane Hall Reporter Science fiction and fantasy afficio- nados began arriving at the Texas A&M campus Thursday for the first dayof MSC Cepheid Variable’s 19th annual AggieCon convention. The j convention features various panels, films and other events. An art show and a dealer’s room also are fea tured. The art show highlights a variety of science fiction and fantasy art, ranging from drawings of Star Trek’s Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock to paintings of dragons and uni corns. Marc Watkins, a graduate stu dent in nautical archeology, is in charge of the art show. He says works by 40 to 50 artists are on dis play at this year’s art show. The art ists, Watkins adds, set their own prices for the works. He estimates 60 percent of the art on exhibition will be sold. One artist whose work is on dis play this year is Otto Cordray. Cor- dray, an A&M graduate, has both drawings and paintings in his ex hibit. He says most of his drawings are a collaboration with his friend Kevin Raley. Raley, a junior environ mental design major, says he does the pencil work on many of the drawings while Cordray fills in the ink. Cordray describes his artwork as “strange.” “My paintings are strange; my ink work is a little more ciown to earth,” Cordray explains. He adds that his ink drawings are somewhat strange, but less so than his paintings. Cordray says he gets his ideas for the ink drawings from Japanese an imation. “As for my paintings, I just get as drunk as I can and get de pressed and I go from there,” he said. Photo by Sam B. Meyers Brad Foster of Dallas displays posters at AggieCon ’88 in the MSC Thursday. AggieCon continues through Sunday with science fiction and fantasy movies and book sales. Admission is $5 per day. The art show is in room 230 of the MSC. Open to the public, the show’s admission is free. 224 MSC and admission is free to those with an AggieCon pass. People withut a pass are admitted to the dealer’s room for 25 cents. In the dealer’s room, people can purchase a variety of items ranging from comics such as “X-Men” and “Conan the Barbarian” to science fiction novels. Posters from movies such as “Predator” are also available. Chairman Jennifer Rich says some of the dealers carry handmade items, such as jewelry, and that oth ers are involved in the buying and selling of comics and other items. The dealer’s room is located in “A lot of people are interested in browsing around and buying some of the items on sale, but aren’t inter ested in going to any of the dances or the movies,” she says. are mainly just the dealer’s room and maybe an art show, and there’s not much emphasis on those who write science fiction,” she says. “Ag gieCon is unique in that we have a lot of writers and artists.” Rich says AggieCon is unique compared to other conventions of its kind because it has more of an em phasis on science fiction and fantasy authors. “A lot of conventions these days Authors Katherine Kurtz and Joe Haldeman are guests at this year’s convention. Rich says past Aggie- Cons have featured such authors as Stephen Donaldson and Roger Ze lazny. Rich says a live role-playing game called Quest will be featured as well. She describes the game as similar to THE BRAZOS VALLEY CHORALE presents Handel's JHessiah PROPHECY AND PASSION Sunday, March 27 at 2 pm A&M United Methodist Church 417 University Drive College Station Admission Free $4 Donation Requested Advanced Dungeons and Dragons. Quest has been a part of AggieCon for the past few years, Rich says, but that it was called the Cthulu for the past two years. Cthulu (pronounced “ku-thoo-loo”), Rich explains, is an evil being. The opening ceremonies at this year’s convention feature six belly- dancers. Rich says the idea for hav ing bellydancers came about because Cepheid Variable adviser Daralyn Wallace had taken a University Plus course in bellydancing. About 1,700 people from around the state will attend this year’s Aggie Con, Rich says. Gumby Says "Have a Lunch Dammit" A 12” 1-item pizza with a 16 oz. 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