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Thursday, October 27,1988 The Battalion Page 5 In Advance lecture to discuss importance of Christ By Richard Tijerina Staff Writer Chemica 1 $ion Oil;] Vill disci:;] strategy e and Iding, leyeaitoi] itionsi an operj leelattp. KAPPJi Lodge dxieCtae n 159 Res inoconcatj Preventer dailsonite The similarities and differences of Jesus is viewed in the Moslem d Christian faiths will be discussed in a question-and-answer lecture Fri day at 7 p.m. in 601 Rudder. The ture, sponsored by the Muslim udents Association, is free and open to the public. Dialogue on Jesus: A Common nk Between Moslems and Chris- ins” will feature speakers from both religious faiths, including Dr. Jamal Badawi, the founder and chairman of the Islamic Information Foundation, d Ray Muenich, the head of Great mmission Students of College Sta tion. Hisham Youssef, president of the Muslim Students Association, said [ual time would be devoted to both religious faiths, and that the main idea f the lecture is to inform people on how both faiths view Jesus. “It is mostly about Jesus and how Moslems and Christians view him. l slalfinc p.rr.alt; Make plans now for Parents’ Weekend ]al8:30r 9C top- ill havea from Aas deoallp including his role in religion and mes sage,” Youssef said. “The speakers will be referring to both the Bible and the Koran (the Moslem holy book), and all the differences will be brought up.” Youssef said both religious faiths have fundamental differences in their views of Jesus. These differences mainly concern not his existence but his importance. In the Christian faith, Jesus is the last prophet. Moslems also acknowl edge Jesus as a prophet, but consider Mohammed the last prophet and think the Koran came as a revelation through him. “We still believe in God, but also believe Mohammed is the last mes senger of God,” Youssef said. “God revealed the Koran to Mohammed, just as Christians believe the Ten Commandments were revealed to Moses. Jesus is one of the prophets, but Mohammed is the last one.” After both speakers present their views and arguments, a question and answer session will follow. Parents’ Weekend is not until April 7-9, 1989, but plans already are un- lerway for the event. Hotel rooms are being reserved and the Parents’ Weekend Committee urges students I make their reservations now. Traditional programs for the week end include the Singing Cadets, RHA Casino Night, the Corps of Cadets Review, MSC Variety Show, and the Parent’s Weekend Awards Cere mony. OPAS to present “The Little Tailor” discus BmSC OPAS will present “The Little Tailor,” a classic Grimm’s fairy tale on Sunday. ■The Lynda Martha Dance Com- pan\ will perform the tale of a tiny superhero, a princess, giants, drag- ^lamps. inqthes ested, 15p.nU«| ons, and unicorns. The two performances will be at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. in Rudder Theater. For ticket information, call the MSC Box Office at 845-1234 or Ticketron in Dillard’s. Tickets cost $5. Fraternity to provide free babysitting Phi Omega will sponsor “Parents’ Night Out” on Oct. 28 and Nov. 2 from 7-10:30 p.m. Free babysitting will be provided in 301 and 302 Rudder on Friday and 301 and 308 Rudder on Nov. 2. Rudder Theater to host piano concert [Pianists Stephen Nielson and Ovid pianoOT-^ning will perform at 8 p.m. to- ht in Rudder Theater. The con ceit is part of the MSC-OPAS-Stark ntionanod in 161 to Series. Tickets for the concert are avail able at the door for $3 for students and $5 for non-students. Menudo’s session causes teen melee in shopping mall SAN ANTONIO (AP) —Security around the teen rock group Menudo will be beefed up for a concert Thursday be cause an autograph session turned into a melee when fans jumped on a stage and began tearing the musicians’ clothing, officials said. The six members of the Puerto Rican rock group are to perform at 8 p.m. Thursday at Freeman Coliseum and se curity will be much tighter there than at an autograph session, said Menudo man ager Jackie Kaplan. “Everything will go as scheduled and we will have a security meeting to in crease it and this is not likely to happen again,” Kaplan said. “I don’t want to scare people away and I don’t want mothers to be scared. ’ ’ On Tuesday, more than 1,200 teen-ag ers had gathered at Ingram Park Mall for an autograph-signing session and were getting rowdy before the group even ap peared. When the group made it onto a stage, the crowd got more rowdy. After failed pleas from the singers for the crowd to calm down, the musicians were forced to abandon the stage about 6:45 p.m. The teen fans overpowered the 15 mall security guards and about 30 police offi cers were called into help quell the dis turbance. It took police about 15 minutes to disperse the crowd. One girl who wouldn’t let go of one of the singers was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct and taken to the juve nile detention center and later was re leased. Three others were taken to hospi tals after suffering minor injuries. Group member Sergio Gonzales, 15, who lost a $75 pair of sunglasses and whose T-shirt was ripped from his body, said the group had encountered similar incidents in Mexico, South America, New York and El Paso. Another fan tried to take off the boots of 15-year-old group member Ruben Go mez, who crawled on his belly under the stage and surfaced on the other side. “I felt like I was in the Army,” he told the San Antonio Light. Menudo singer Rickie Martin, 15, said someone pulled his ear, trying to get to his earrings. Angelo Garcia, 11, the youngest group member, said he was frightened by the incident. “I was super-scared,” Garcia told the Light. “When all the girls jumped on the stage, the choreographer thought at first I was laughing, but I had started to cry.” Some stores near the area closed their “I was super-scared. When all the girls jumped on the stage, the choreographer thought at first I was laughing, but I had started to cry.” — Angelo Garcia member of Menudo band doors to avoid the melee. “These girls go crazy because Me nudo is their idol,” Kaplan said. “They read about them in the magazines and see them on TV and when they get the chance to see them, they cry, pass out and then it’s not like they want to touch them or hug them or kiss them nicely, it’s like they want to get a piece of them.” Kaplan criticized Ingram Park Mall officials for not setting up quick entry and exit paths to the stage. “I went to scope out the situation prior to them leaving the holding room. Had I seen how it was set up, I would have tried to make some changes, but by the time I turned around, someone had already told them to go out,” Kaplan said. But Bill McFadden, assistant property manager at Ingram Park Mall, said Me nudo officials originally had requested only eight security guards, but that he asked for seven more after the crowd size increased. He also said that Menudo officials were told where the band would be sign ing autographs. foxic substance suspected in deaths of 4 cocaine users HOUSTON (AP) — Homicide detectives were gjinuing their investigation into the source of tainted ine believed to have caused the deaths of four and italized another during an 18-hour period, lice expressed alarm at the possibility cocaine I with a toxic substance is still being sold and may more victims if the dealer is not located, lloger Widmeyer, spokesman for Ben Taub Hospi- ,laid, “It’s a bad situation. We have got some co- t out there that is playing Russian roulette with bullets in all the chambers.” tOffoil- A Harris County medical examiner spokesman said SSesP® Wednesday autopsy results on all four deaths were de- P cr, di n g further toxicology tests. Authorities had , not determined if the four deaths were related. H : ' Police spokesman Dan Turner said investigators ige Wi-were waiting on the toxicology reports to determine '.aliens, w t lal tox i c substance was in the cocaine. ,:;v “At this point, we have no idea what’s killing these people,” Turner said. The first victim, Steve Ridley, 37, died at 11 a.m. Dr. j-88 M ■in-chief^ jciate # Monday on arrival at Ben Taub Hospital. Johnny John son, 38, died at Hermann at 5:41 p.m. Monday. Widmeyer said William Small, 45, died at Ben Taub at 11:50 p.m. Monday, while Edith Harris, 40, died at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday — all unofficially from car diac arrest and renal failure. “All five knew each other and two of them said they all bought cocaine at the same place,” he said. Dr. Janice Zimmermann, associate director of medi cine at Ben Taub’s emergency center, said all the vic tims suffered symptoms of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, shortness of breath, and hyperventilation, followed by cardiac arrest. Widmeyer said an unidentified 42-year-old man was listed in stable condition Wednesday at Ben Taub Hos pital after being admitted Tuesday. “We have our fingers crossed and are thankful he has lived this far,” he said of the patient who had been in critical condition Tuesday. Zimmermann said, “The only reason this gentleman is still alive, the only reason he said he came in was because he was told his other two friends had died and he was scared.” The victims obtained the tainted drug, which they later injected, at a known haunt for drug dealing near the Houston Ship Channel, a Ben Taub physician said. Zimmermann said she has been told that boric acid and baking soda is being used to “cut” or increase the volume of cocaine before it is sold. Boric acid is a white crystalline compound and is used as a mild antiseptic, to manufacture cements and enamels, and to kill roaches. Experts said it is consid ered harmful and can cause cardiovascular shock. Zimmermann said the deaths lead her to believe other recent cocaine-related deaths may have been caused by a boric acid content. “In retrospect, we’ve seen something similar to this maybe once a month,” she said. “People will come in with similar problems, and then die quickly. Then we have this cluster of patients. It wasn’t until Monday evening that things started to click. ’ ’ PTenneco aims to rebuy oil stock HOUSTON (AP) — Tenneco Inc., §|h earlier this month sold its Tenneco ilCo. for $7.3 billion, initiated a cash fer offer Wednesday to buy back 18 Jjlion shares of its own stock in a move to increase the stock’s value. \ The proposed repurchase of 12.18 per cent of Tenneco’s total outstanding stock islstude* Is expected to cost nearly $1 billion. -, Under the Dutch auction launched by ^Meeo, shareholders specify the price at which they are willing to sell their 1 ‘ *tock back to the company, within a je established by the buyer. Bjpsed upon the number and price of [shares tendered, Tenneco officials said they will determine the single per price within a specified $50-$55 g He that will permit the company to jlNi Mall 18 million shares. Tenneco then will buy the stock ten- at that price or less, subject to pos- sibl| proration. Tenneco officials said the cash sales will not be subject to the usual trans action costs associated with open market sales. Some on Wall Street were expected to view the terms of the share repurchase as disappointing. John Olson, an analyst with Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc., said a Dutch passing up a “God-given opportunity” to build the strongest balance sheet in years. “Buying back stock may be attractive to some shareholders, but it doesn’t aug- “They sold off their crown jewel (Tenneco Oil). That I gives them a great opportunity to go into the next business downcycle with a strong balance sheet.” — John Olson, analyst with Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. auction is “probably the most sensible way” to buy back stock. But he said Tenneco’s offer is not likely to win acclaim on Wall Street where analysts were expecting a more conventional offer at a higher price of $60 or so. On the New York Stock Exchange, Tenneco’s shares were trading at $50‘/2 Wednesday morning, up from $49,875 on Tuesday. Olson said Houston-based Tenneco is ment the company for the long term,” Olson said. He attributed that buy-back decision to Tenneco’s management being under pressure to “do something for the share holders.” “They sold off their crown jewel (Tenneco Oil),” Olson said. “That gives them a great opportunity to go into the next business downcycle with a strong balance sheet and golden opportunities to acquire companies in related areas that would be hard hit by any recession.’’ Tenneco Chairman James L. Ketelson said the sale of Tenneco Oil and the buy back plan demonstrates the company’s commitment to increasing shareholder value by concentrating its resources on its “most promising” opportunities. Tenneco’s offer is not conditioned upon any minimum number of shares be ing tendered. The only condition, company officials said, is that Tenneco receive at least $1.5 billion in proceeds from its $7.3 billion sale of Tenneco Oil. The tender offer is set to expire at midnight Nov. 28. After paying for the stock, the com pany will use the remainder of the pro ceeds to reduce its hefty debt of $8.5 bil lion. With the sale of its oil and gas prop erties, Tenneco’s biggest units will be the profitable natural gas pipeline and its Case IH farm equipment manufacturing sector. In addition, Tenneco maintains ship building, automotive, packaging and chemicals units. nient )|Ho# s efsityol" gal and M Experie^l 5 andSo !; | 9 OUT OF 10 PUPPIES PREFER THE BATTALION Don’t Draw Yourself Into A Comer! 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