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A&M Steakhousel £7/Delivers 846-5273 Aggieland Cat Fanciers Cat breed presentation Marines Wkine looking fora few good men and women- Capt. Mahany 77 846-9036/8891 Tues., Oct. 11 7:30 p.m. Room 5 Vet School REWARD For information leading to the recovery of my 1986 GMC Pick up Truck. Blue/Blue, 4x4, short Bed. Stolen on Jersey be tween 9/26-29th. Call 260-6549 between 7:30-10:30 p.m. Sun.-Thurs. Beta Theta Pi Presents THE BOURBON STREET BASH Featuring XAVION W77/ also appearing THE KEROUACS PROCEEDS BENEFIT Special Olympics OCTOBER 15, 1988 6:30-12:00 a.m. Brazos County Pavilion Tickets are $6.00; 8:00 at the door. Cold beverages and Gideon’s Barbeque will be available Tickets will be sold at MSC, Blocker and Sbisa. THE BASH IS BACK! B’NAI BRJTH HIIJLEE 696-7313 800Jersey (across from bonfire) Three classes are being offered: Wednesdays: Wednesdays: Starting Oct. 12. Hebrew-all levels 7-8 p.m. Charge for materials only. 8-9 p.m. Everything you want to know about Judaism. > Saturdays: 10 a.m. The Book of Exodus in-depth These classes need 10 people to make. There is a party for Jewish graduate students Call 846-6379 for details. Page 4 The Battalion Tuesday, October 11,1988 Crusader’ dies in fight over drugs FORT WORTH (AP) — Relatives of a martial arts expert who was shot to death as he challenged three drug dealers say they had warned him against carry ing his anti-drug crusade to an apartment complex. Relatives said Ruben Washington Jr., 38, armed himself with a martial arts club called a nunchaku before going to the Fort Worth apartment complex Satur day. Police said Washington, a machinist until he was laid off three days before his death, was fatally shot in a parking lot Saturday after he fought one man and re fused to run when others threatened him. One of the relatives who urged Wash ington not to do battle with the drug deal ers was his father, Ruben Washington Sr., a Texas Department of Corrections officer. “I told him you’re only one person and there’s nothing you can do about it,” the father told the Fort Worth Star-Tele gram on Sunday. ‘‘But he wasn’t afraid of anything. When he set his heart to do something, he did it.” Longtime friend Rufus Milton said he tried to talk Washington out of going to the apartment complex about three hours before he was killed. ‘‘He told me he just had to do it,” Milton said. “He was just a person who was tired of drug dealing and tried to run some of them off,” detective Roger SoRelle said. “He was totally against drugs.” Police issued an arrest warrant for one man Sunday and SoRelle said others have been implicated. Fort Worth Police Sgt. Dennis Tim mons said the complex Washington chose for his crusade has been the site of numerous complaints about drug sales. SoRelle said one of the dealers Wash ington fought with fled from the complex after being beaten. When other men armed with a shotgun and pistol came at Washington he still refused to back off, SoRelle said. Three shots were fired at him, striking him in the chest, head, leg and forearm, the officer said. The officer said witnesses told police that once Washington was on the ground, his assailants forcefully beat him. Several of the witnesses cried out. urging the assailants to stop attacking Washington, the officer said. Diner ‘hero’ goes back for seconds ANNISTON, Ala. (AP) — A soldier who disarmed a gunman in a restaurant, saving about 50 diners from possible vio lence, returned for another meal, down playing his role as hero. “I was just there to react in case he did something stupid,” said Army Staff Sgt. Wendell Williams, 29, the son of a Dal las policeman. “It’s not my nature to stand there and be quiet.” Williams grabbed the gun away from Darren Smith, 20, of Anniston, in a Sho- ney’s restaurant Friday night. Police said Smith had been holding a busboy at gun point in an attempt to see his estranged wife, a Shoney’s employee who had signed a warrant against Smith for ha rassment. Smith was jailed on charges including kidnapping and reckless endangerment, and later he was charged with first-de gree arson in connection with a fire set at the city jail. No bond had been set Mon day. Williams returned to the Shoney’s for another meal Sunday night, and in an in terview with the Anniston Star, he said his action was not dramatic. Still, he said, “I thought it was kind of neat. You go to a slow town like this, and you don’t expect something like this to happen, especially at Shoney’s.” Williams, a Dallas native, is stationed in Germany but is taking advanced non commissioned officer training at Fort McClellan, near Anniston. When the gunman entered the restaurant, Williams had finished eating and was in the bath room. Tu What's Up Tuesday THE PLACEMENT CENTER: will have a workshop about resume writing si p.m. in 302 Rudder. TAMU COLLEGIATE FFA: Texas State Congressman Robert Early will spe; at 7:30 p.m. in 208 Scoates. DATA PROCESSING MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: COMPAQ will offer formation on careers in data processing at 7 p.m. in the University Innpe- house suite. TRI BETA: will have a general meeting at 6 p.m. in 109 Heldenfels. CHI ALPHA CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: will have a 5K run for the Hills Children’s Home at 6:30 p.m. at the parking lot by Olsen Field. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: call the center at 845-0280 for details on taty meeting. COCAINE ANONYMOUS: call the center at 845-0280 for details on tt| meeting. STUDY ABROAD: will have Overseas Day: study abroad opportunities tail a m. - 2 p.m. in the MSC hallway. AGGIE ALLIANCE: Dr. Brian Cole will speak about Senate Bill 994at7pm. 301 Rudder. Aggieland photos will be taken at 6 p.m. at Zachry. BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION: will tour the exotic animalcenlerat p.m. at the Wildlife and Exotic Animal Center. TAMU COMPUTER USERS GROUP: Mr. Joe Jaros, head of instructional sen ices at Sterling C. Evans Library will speak at 3 p.m. in 204C SterlingC.Evans AGGIES ABROAD CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 604 Rudder. FORT WORTH HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 404 Rudder. AGGIE G.O.P.: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 701 Rudder. UNDERGRADUATE BIOCHEMISTRY SOCIETY: Dr. Caray will speakatoj “The Handedness of Life and Matter" at 7 p.m. in 113 Herman Keep. ACM/IEEE-CS: will have a “Welcome to the Jungle” meeting at 8 p,mi Zachry. TAMU SAILING TEAM: will meet at 8 p.m. in the Military Sciences Building AGGIE TOASTERS: will meet at 7 p.m. in 342 Zachry SPANISH CLUB: will have a bowling fiesta and meeting at 8 p.m. atlheCfa ney Hill Bowling Center. TAMU SURF CLUB: Dr. Martha Scott will discuss the formation of waves then members will discuss intramurals and club trips at 8:30 p.m. in501 CATHOLIC STUDENT ASSOCIATION/ON CAMPUS CATHOLICS: will discs “Mass: a message in the motions?" at 9 p.m. at St. Mary's Church. AGGIELAND: Juniors and seniors may get yearbook photos takenfromM a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at Yearbook Associates Studio D:- wait until the last minute. Wednesday likir Si dio arc be. mus H PHI BETA LAMBDA: will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 153 Blocker. HUMAN FACTORS SOCIETY: Dr. Jerry Congleton will speak and the TopG» !., do and Beyond" video will be shown at 7 p.m. in 342 Zachry. RASC 602: Peggy Venable will speak about “Fire Policy and Federal Land Us at noon in the Learning Resources Center in the Sterling C. Evans Libraiy PI SIGMA EPSILON: will have a pledge meeting at 6:30 p.m. in 114Blocker STUDENTS AGAINST APARTHEID: will show an apartheid film at 7pm 402 Rudder. CATHOLICS ON THE QUAD: will discuss long distance relationshipsal9pr in Lounge B on the quad. NEWMAN: will meet at 7:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Student Center. SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS: will meet to discuss thesm panel and the national convention at 6 p.m. in 014 Reed McDonald. WOMEN'S BONFIRE COMMITTEE: will meet with bonfire chairmen at7pm 410 Rudder. TAMU BACCHUS CHAPTER: will meet at 6 p.m. at the All Faiths Chape toReo[ tation Room. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: contact the center at 845-0280 for details^ day’s meeting. MSC HOSPITALITY: Service Awareness Day will be from 9 a.m.-4p.mb MSC. SOUTH LOUISIANA HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in507Rudde TAMU BICYCLING CLUB: will elect officers at 8:30 p.m. in 704 Butte more information call Gordon Powell at 696-6599. STUDENT “Y” ASSOCIATION: will have a bonfire reload crew trainingse»:Rgg at 7 p.m. in 701 Rudder. AUSTIN HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 8 p.m. in 231 MSC. AGGIE SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 502Butter GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 8:30pm h Rudder. * TAU BETA PI: will have a membership meeting for candidates af 7:05pm 102 Zachry. TAMU SPORTS CAR CLUB: will have a general meeting at 7 p.m.inRute Check the screen for the room number. INTRAMURALS: Corps volleyball team captains will meet at7p.m.in167fe AMERICAN MARKETING ASSOCIATION: will have registration fortfieSdf ern Regional Conference through Friday in the Blocker lobby. Items for What's Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216 ReedMcDml no later than three business days before the desired run date. We only putt the name and phone number of the contact if you ask us to do so. Whafsli:! a Battalion service that lists non-profit events and activities. Submissions mu on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no guarantee an entry will run. lift have questions, call the newsroom at 845-3315. cert to it itart tid 'No null if sc / I: 1 In Advance MSC Hospitality plans awareness da) MSC Hospitality is sponsoring its second Service Awareness Day Wednesday from 9 a.m-4 p.m. on the first floor of the MSC. The event is designed to increase student awareness of public services available on campus and in Bryan- College Station and to give students ideas of how they can voliis| help the community. Representatives of 12 servicei nizations will be available toil* questions. Organizations tote’ resented include the Brazos Ac Shelter, the Rape Crisis Ceic Scouts, Mothers AgainstDnnitl ers and local hospitals. Resume seminar to be held in Ruddei “Resume Writing,” a seminar pre sented as part of a series of Career Development Workshops, will be held today from 5-6:45 p.m. in 404 Rudder Tower. A repeat of the workshop is sched uled for Thursday from 5-6:45 p.m. in 402 Rudder Tower. The workshops, presented by the College ol Liberal Arts and k reer Planning and PlacementCft will focus on getting an emp!t! ! attention with an effective $ Participants will learn hints« purpose, format, content andt)f resumes. Students of all majors and# cations are welcome to attend. Group lobbies for gun law DALLAS (AP) — The Texas State Ri fle Association, which has campaigned twice to win law enforcement support for state legislation allowing residents to pack concealed handguns, believes the third time is a charm. The association again is seeking pas sage of a state law allowing any Texas resident with a clean criminal and psy chiatric record to carry a concealed hand gun. The association plans to introduce to the Texas Legislature in January a plan to establish for the first time in the state a way for law-abiding citizens to carry a handgun for their own protection, Dave Edmondson, executive director of the National Rifle Association’s Texas affil iate, said. He said he discussed the proposal with the Sheriffs Association of Texas and the Combined Law Enforcement Associa tion of Texas, or CLEAT, which op posed the measure in the 1987 session. Other meetings were scheduled with Texas Department of Public Safety offi cers and with chiefs of police, Edmond son said. Gordon Johnson, rifle association president, said reaction to the measure has ranged from “cautious wariness” at the sheriffs association to outright hostil ity at CLEAT. “They see guns as a religious phallic symbol,” Ron DeLord, CLEAT presi dent, said. DeLord threatened to call members of the Dade County, Fla., police associa tion, unhappy with a similar law enacted last year in Florida, to testify against the bill. “Our current laws allow you to have a handgun in your home, in your business, when you travel — I don’t believe you need one at the shopping mall,” DeLord said. “More guns being carried tends to place more people in jeopardy.” Edmondson said he hopes the propo sal, still in draft form, v disputes and, if not winat^ least escape opposition from ful law enforcement lobby. Currently, it is illegal inle» i; a handgun “on or about thepet^ cept when engaged in a spotlit; when traveling long distances son said Texas is one of only f® 1 with a near-total ban. He said the rifle association's! would allow Texans to recei'?' to carry a standard revolveror^ matic pistol in most locations mit application would bep^ the Texas Department of!»’ which would coordinate b checks of applicants, he said. Edmondson said a permit" •; fused if an applicant hadt)St" of a felony or was wanted (• standing warrant, hadbeenor^ court to receive psychiatric!^ was a “known” alcohol or (w