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Fruit Cobblers, Pecan Pie, German Chocolate Pie, Carrot Cake Adults $6.95 Children 10 and Under $3.95 Kids 3 and Under Free Kids^-JQfln!! Mias. the..JEaster„.Bmmy..,With His Basket of. GooUiesI SOMETHING’S BREWING! happy hour friday 2-6 movie rental over 4,000 titles $2.49 Children’s 99< Everyday • Adult Movies $2.49 L $2.00 off all IP's and cassettes $8.98 and up all CD's $13.98 and up all books 25% off (excludes remainders and sale books) OPEN: Sun.-Thurs., 10-10 Fri. & Sat. 10-11 25% OFF 30% OFF Paperback Bestsellers! Hardback Bestsellers! EVERVDAy EVERYDAY tines ays On Sale! T>iiiu1E~ Something’s Always Culpepper Plaza • College Station • Music • Books • Movies • Video • Music • Books • Black leaders say police covering up truth behind death IWhat’s Thursday HOUSTON (AP) — Local black leaders Wednesday blasted the in vestigation into the death of a Cleve land, Texas jail inmate and accused authorities of a cover-up. Indictments should be handed down soon in the death of Kenneth Simpson, who died March 16 after being jailed in Cleveland for alleg edly disturbing the peace, said the Rev. J. Don Boney Jr., chairman of the Houston chapter of the National Black United Front. “We believe that there is an ong oing cover-up in this case,” Boney told reporters Wednesday afternoon at a press conference. An autopsy showed Simpson, an unemployed construction worker and drug informant, died from as phyxiation. “I think it’s a phony tape they made,” Simpson said. “I know it’s not right.” Simpson also said she believed au thorities are trying to frame her dead son and clear themselves of any wrongdoing. Authorities have said it took seven officers to subdue the 30-year-old Simpson in his cell after they found him smoking what they thought was marijuana. The seven officers have been sus pended with pay while the Texas Rangers and the FBI investigate the case. No charges have been filed and the medical examiner has not yet ruled whether Simpson’s death was a homicide. Boney said Wednesday he was suspicious of the “new revelation” that an officer involved in subduing Simpson at the jail tape-recorded the entire incident. A story about the tape was published Wednesday in the Houston Chronicle, and Boney questioned why officials revealed news of the recording two weeks af ter Simpson’s death. Naomi Simpson, Kenneth Simp son’s mother, said she believes the tape is a fake. “What I want is justice for my son,” she said. Cleveland Mayor Richard Boyett said Tuesday he has given the tape recording to Texas Rangers investi gating Simpson’s death. “I don’t have much confidence in tapes turned over to the Texas Rangers,” Boney said Wednesday. He said the Texas Rangers do not have the confidence of the black res idents of Cleveland because there has never been a black Ranger and because the Rangers were involved in investigating Clarence Brandley’s case. Brandley is on death row for kill ing a white girl and his supporters claim he was arrested and convicted because he is black. A judge has rec ommended to the state appeals court that Brandley receive a new trial, but the court has not yet issued a ruling. SAUDI STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will present "Islam: An AmericansPerspe: tive” at 7 p.m. in 701 Rudder. ALPHA EPSILON DELTA: will have a guest speaker at 7 p.m. in 302 Rudder. SOCIETY OF ATHEISTS, AGNOSTICS AND FREETHINKERS: will have; open discussion on the principles of humanism at 7 p.m. in 502 Rudder. WRITING OUTREACH MINI-SESSION: will present “Eliminating Wordiness; 6:30 p.m. in 131 Blocker. ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS: will have a support-group meetings! p.m. in 145 MSC. CAED GALLERY: will present traditional folklore music of “Los CuatrodelAl J piano” at 7:30 p.m. in 105 Langford Architecture. i?S SOUTH LOUISIANA HOMETOWN CLUB: will have a meeting at 7 p.m. Rudder. A&M CYCLING TEAM: will meet at 6:45 in 229 Rudder. SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS: will meet at 6 p.m. in 105C Zachry Friday AGGIE HOSTESSES: Applications are due for those wanting to applyfortej ess by noon today on the ninth floor of Rudder Tower. LATTER-DAY SAINTS STUDENT ASSOCIATION: Clifford WhettenwillspeJ at the sandwich seminar at noon at the Institute Building. There also will beif LDSSA council meeting at 3 p.m. at the building. TABLE TENNIS CLUB: will meet and practice at 8 p.m. in 304 Read. A&M AMIGA USER GROUP: will show rays tracing animation onapersd computer from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. today in the Zachry lobby and at 2 p.m. SalufaJ in 104C Zachry. INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: will meet at 7 p.m. in 301 Ruftj to go see the Jesus film together. CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 108 Harringtat watch the Jesus film. On Wednesday, Texas Depart ment of Safety spokesman Mike Cox denied Boney’s claim of a cover-up. “We want to get to the bottom of what happened,” Cox said in a tele phone interview from Austin. “We’re not in the business of cover ing things up.” Boney called for the Texas Legis lature to investigate the Simpson case. In addition, ne questioned why indictments have not returned and why the officers involved in the ar rest are being paid while on suspen sion. Items for What’s Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216 ReedMcDor&l no later than three business days before the desired run date. We onlypm the name and phone number of the contact if you ask us to do so. Wha/’sIM a Battalion service that lists non-profit events and activities. Submissions are:] on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no guarantee an entry will run. Ifyj have questions, call the newsroom at 845-3315. Weather Watch Officials to review rule requiring dead animals \ L 1 z V 4- / WYLIE (AP)— School officials say they will re-evaluate a requirement that advanced biology students at Wylie High School either kill a live animal or acquire a dead one for a lab project. The requirement, which went un challenged for 10 years, recently drew criticism from a parent and the Collin County Humane Society. “I didn’t know it was a problem until a week ago,” Wylie superinten dent Don Whitt said. “This project started about 10 years ago and it’s something we’ve been doing. I guess the times have caught up with us or we’ve caught up with the times.” Juniors and seniors enrolled in Bi ology II at the school have had to find or purchase an animal to create a “bone mount,” a project that re quires them to skin and debone their choice of a wild or domestic crea- commercial vendor to provide ani mal specimens. “Our recommendation is that they eliminate the student completely from the process to eliminate the possibility of disease and the moral issue of instructing a student to kill or have killed a healthy' animal strictly for this lab project,” Golden said. Whitt said the students then reas semble the skeleton, which is in tended to teach them about various skeletal anatomies. 4- M. Key: - Lightning = - Fog ft • • - Rain ★ ★ - Snow J ? - Ice Pellets ^ - Rain Shower e m Thunderstorr! - Drizzk/ 1 - Freezing Rail Sunset Today: 6:42 p.m. Sunrise Friday: 6:13 a.m. Wylie High School >al Rob- principa ert Shirley said the variety ol animals ture. After a parent complained about the requirement, Collin County Hu mane Society president Jennifer Golden asked the school district to stop the practice or contract with a this year included three dead cats — one of which was hit by a car in front of a student’s house — and a guinea pig bought from a local pet store. Public health service veterinarian Thomas G. Murnane of the Texas Department of Health said the stu dents risked catching bacterial dis eases or rabies from dead animals. The mother of the student, who bought the guinea pig, complained to school officials and the Humane Society after her son was troubled by killing the animal for the project. Map Discussion: Showers and thundershowers will extend from Texas to the Ohio valley in a southerly flow of warm, moist, unstable air along the old frontal boundry. Snow will be over the Central Rockies extending into the plains as the vigorous upper level low pressure system intensifies and moves very slowly eastward, producing a spring snowstorm of moderate to locally heavy intensity Forecast: Today, Tonight, and Friday. Overcast with mild temperatures and intermittent thundershowers and rain. High in the low to mid 70's. Low Friday morning63 degrees. Southeast winds seven to 14 mph, gusty in the vicinity of thunderstorr: Weather Fact:Anemometry — The study of measuring and recording thespeec and direction of the wind, including its vertical component. Whi lay fo dent g vas thi he 19 Hogan lent, i :o buili “Th text y< few we iookin| chairrr who ar “Dot vays t< hings i Prepared by: Charlie Brer . Staff Meteorote J a y A&M Department of Meteoro?[:; ; “ st hn thanke *he pa: HL&P seeks rate increase to help pay for nuclear plant who an ositioi AUSTIN (AP) — Houston Light ing & Power officials ultimately will seek a $400 million rate increase to help pay for the South Texas Nu clear Project, the Houston Post re ported Wednesday in a copyright story. The Post said HL&P officials put the state on notice about its pending request in a petition Tuesday to the Public Utility Commission. HL&P wants at least a portion of the in crease to be put into effect this sum mer. The petition seeks favorable rul ings on a series of legal issues aimed at enhancing the Houston-based utility’s ability to pass the cost of the Bay City project on to consumers, the newspaper reported. “This petition attempts to get some issues clarified before we file,” Floyd LeBlanc, HL&P staff member consultant, said. As company officials were cele brating the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s decision last week to license the plant, they announced they will seek a rate increase in April to recover construction costs for the $5.8 billion plant as wellasforj nite-fueled generating Limestone County. HL&P officials said because] do not expect the rate case t cided until 1989, they want'a terim rate increase to go i when the plant goes intofullofl lion in three to five months. RESUMES Kinko's 201 College Main College Station, TX 846-8721 OBJECTIVE: To produce a professional resume at an affordable price. EXPERIENCE: Qualified, professional, courteous Resume Specialists to assist you. EQUIPMENT: Macintosh Plus LaserWriter Plus PAPERS: Vitae 100% Cotton 25% Cotton Linens Laids Parchments Matching envelopes also available. CONVENIENCE: 24 hour turn around time. Formatted to your specifications. Various packages to choose from. \mm*i GOLF, RIDE & SAVE AGGIE STUDENT SPECIAL 206 W. Villa Maria just 5 mm. 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