MSC 4r CAMERA
FIELD TRIP
MSC Camera is sponsoring a
Spring Wildflower Photography
trip to Washington on the Bra
zos Park. Buses will leave from
the Rudder Tower Visitor Park
ing Lot at 9 a.m. on Saturday
April 16th. There is no sign-up
or fee of any kind. Come out
and join the fun!
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DESTINACION: MSC BALLROOM
(DESTINATION)
HEURE D’ARRIV’EE: 8:00 p.m.
(TIME OF ARRIVAL)
HEURE DE DEPART: 12:00 a.m.
(TIME OF DEPARTURE)
DATE: APRIL 23, 1988
HABILLEMENT: SEMI-FORMAL
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WITH THE CLASS OF 1991
Page 4/The Battalion/Friday, April 15, 1988
Office recruits
A&M students
as big brothers
By Melissa Martin
Reporter
The Brazos County Juvenile Serv
ices Department has a constant need
for male volunteers to serve as big
brothers, tutors and detention visi
tors.
The department is looking for
any responsible adults to volunteer
to work with child and teen-age pro
bationers, volunteer coordinator Joy
Sneed said. However, Sneed’s pri
mary focus has turned to recruiting
specifically at Texas A&M, trying to
get both male and female students to
participate.
All of the current volunteers are
matched with a probationer, Sneed
said. Generally, there is always a
greater need for male volunteers,
because most of the children and
teenagers needing companionship
are male.
“We generally have about 100
kids per month and about 80 per
cent of those are male,” Sneed said.
A big brother serves as a role
model and adult friend to a proba
tioner who is between 10 and 17 and
is without an appropriate role
model. The typical young person on
probation has made unwise legal
choices and may be emotionally
scarred and in need of such a person
in which to confide and learn.
A student wishing to volunteer
must be emotionally mature and be
able to devote at least two to four
hours per week for about six months
or one semester.
Bob Fuller, a junior electrical en
gineering major at A&M, has been
volunteering as a big brother since
last September.
“A big brother gives the kids a
friend, someone they can count on,”
Fuller said.
Volunteers also serve as academic
tutors. Sneed said that there is a par
ticular need for students who excel
in math, and especially algebra, be
cause that subject is a problem area
with most of the probationers.
Detention visitors provide caring
support to juveniles in secure cus
tody, Sneed said. Two opportunities
are available for people interested in
detention visitation. Detention visi
tors may serve as teacher aides or
may participate in discussion
groups.
Serving as a teacher aide allows
the students to receive more individ
ual classroom attention, she said.
By participating in discussion
groups and recreational activities
with the juveniles, Sneed said, “They
provide a listening ear.”
Senior sociology major Jerry Crib
ble visits the detention center twice a
week and he has been a detention
visitor for six months.
“I help to ease the work load on
the detention officers, or I go onto
the floor and participate in activities
with the kids,” Gribble said. “I ba
sically lend support and show the
kids that someone cares.”
Gribble said volunteering is a re
warding experience. Volunteers can
show the kids how to avoid trouble
by changing their attitudes and
their
eyes to other opportu-
opemng
nities.
“The kids are extremely impres
sionable,” Gribble said. “You may
not know it at the time, but some
thing you do will rub off on the kids.
There is always a chance you can
keep a kid from becoming a crimi
nal.”
Students interested in volunteer
ing for the summer or fall semesters
can contact Sneed at 361-4195.
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maritime provinces, while surface and upper-level low pressure systems inf*
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thunderstorms along the frontal boundry. A southerly flow into the Bryan-Cote |
Station area will bring warm and moist air from the Gulf of Mexico, producing
morning stratus and patchy fog.
Forecasts:
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and warm for the afternoon. High temperature of 84 degrees. WindssoutlialS
mph gusting into the upper teens. Partly cloudy, becoming overcast after
midnight. Low temperature of 61 degrees with light south windsat3to8mpti
Saturday. Mostly cloudy through the day with a high temperature of 84 degres
South winds 8 to 18 mph and a slight chance of showers in the evening,
increasing on Sunday.
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vigor and disease, and the effects of electrical conditions, including the
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Two bankers
convicted
of embezzling
ABILENE (AP) —Two former
bank officers face up to Five years
in prison and fines of $250,000
on each of 36 counts following
their conviction on charges they
embezzled $1.3 million from the
Abilene National Bank.
A jury deliberated more than
14 hours before finding Don Ear-
ney and James Kington guilty of
all charges. Sentencing is sched
uled in U.S. District Judge Jerry
Buchmeyer’s Dallas court on May
27.
“We are very pleased to get the
verdicts in the case,” Assistant
U.S. Attorney J. Michael Worley
said. “It’s something we’ve been
working on for eight years.”
Earney, former chairman of
the bank, and Kington, a former
vice president, were convicted on
several counts each of embezzling
money from stock purchase loan
transactions, falsifying bank re
cords to hide the true reasons for
the loans, causing federally re
quired cash transaction reports
not to be filed and aiding and
abetting criminal activity.
Defense attorney Ben Krage of
Dallas said an appeal is likely,
adding that economic downturns
may have influenced the jury.
Agents: Few people change flighlsf 65
despite investigation of Texas Air
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HOUSTON (AP) — Few passengers are changing
their flights on Eastern onContinental airlines despite a
federal investigation into Texas Air Corp., the carriers’
parent company, travel agents said.
A travel agent for Barry White Travel Agency Inc. in
Miami said no one had made travel changes through
her office Thursday. No changes were made through
Dulaney Travel Agency in Dallas either, agent Crystal
Lennon said.
“We haven’t had anybody cancel,” she said. “Eastern
is very strong in Miami. The majority of people take
Eastern.”
The Department of Transportation announced
Wednesday it would investigate whether Texas Air and
its management were “Fit, willing and able” to carry
commercial air traffic.
The government has investigated small airlines and
has revoked the operating licenses of some minor car
riers, but analysts say the DOT’s new inquiry is the first
involving major U.S. airlines.
Industry giant Texas Air has a commanding 20 per
cent of all U.S. air traffic. Continental is the country’s
fourth largest airline, while Eastern is the sixtli largest.
The federal inquiry, added to the company’s finan
cial and labor headaches, could drive more passengers
away as Texas Air’s tarnished image deteriorates fur
ther, analysts say.
“That announcement alone is a potential problem to
an airline or airline system that can ill afford the public
ity, given its already well publicized problems — from
labor issues, to safety, to Continental’s service record,”
Anthony Hatch of Argus Research Corp. said.
Continental has a revenue problem originating from
operations because its costs are the lowest in the busi
ness, he said.
‘They’re not getting enough people on the planes
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because they have such a had reputation, Khffcwattc
deserved or not," he said. "Add inis issue anditstfee b
to quantify the effect on people's decisions. Godblore th
what will happen if the government doesinddfentssa
they are unfit.
Houston-based Texas Air had record losses off |
million last year and has an overall debt of around!:
billion.
Recent disputes between Texas A it Chairman b
Lorenzo and the unions have contributed to a Id
confidence in Eastern, and the investigation will dot
ther damage, said Louis Marckesano of Jannedl!
gomery Scott Inc. in Philadelphia.
In a separate action on Wednesday, the Federal;
ation Administration announced a civil penal' 1
$823,()()() against Miami-based Eastern because of
curring trends” in connection with safety vi
The fine was imposed just over ayearaflert
agreed to pay a $9.5 million penalty inconnectw 1
other safety violations.
The latest fine is based on findings fromaninvfi
tion in September and October, but Eastern non
opportunity to c hallenge it. If the airlinecanpi
evidence the FA A considers valid, the fine could J
duced.
The Barry White spokesman said despite die
imposed on Eastern in the past, none of hefeusti
have had any major complaints about the carrier
Vivian Mandelstein of Bentley Travel Intern;
in Houston said she had canceled just one Easier
senger’s llight Thursday morning.
She said since Continental is Houston-basedandj
vides non-stop services to most destinations n-
1 louston, many customers still are using the carris
“I think Eastern is getting the brunt of tW
lems,” she said.
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