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It’s quick and it’s easy so absentee vote now at the following loca tions: • The College Station Community Center 1300 Jersey St. across from TAMU campus • The Brazos County Courthouse on Texas Avenue in Bryan between 26th and 25th streets FEEL THE Open Sam to 5pm TABLE TOP FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT You don’t have to be 6'5" and weigh 280 pounds to play this game. All you need is a finger with finesse. Join us at Garfield’s and show us what your digits can do! WEDNESDAY NIGHT 8:00 p.m. 1503 S. Texas Ave. • 693-1736 A FRIZES GALORE! TONS OF FUN! JOIN THE PARTY AT GARFIELD'S! Many colleges at Texas A&M are in the process of developing their own hon ors program to further encourage high- achieving students. One of the recently developed pro grams, The Honors Plan in the College of Liberal Arts, was approved by the Liberal Arts Council in September. The Honors Plan in Liberal Arts will provide students an opportunity to enrich their undergraduate training with special interdisciplinary experience through a carefully structured curriculum, said Dr. Janis Stout, associate dean of liberal arts. “We feel it combines the advantages of a focused major with the advantages of a broad interdisciplinary program,” she said. Stout said she has been working with the Educational Planning Committee, an advisory committee to the Liberal Arts Council, for the past year on the Honors Plan. In addition, she has worked closely with the University Honors Program. “It’s essential that they endorse what we are doing,” Stout said. Students may be admitted to the Hon ors Plan as incoming freshmen or sopho- the students in the fall registration cata logue, Stout said. By next fall, about 50 students are expected to be admitted, she said. “We feel excited and eager to see something for the College of Liberhl Arts,” Stout said. In addition to the Honors Plan in Lib eral Arts, the College of Science and the College of Engineering also are devel oping an honors program. “We feel that in order for h• dents to be competitive for thenar tigious graduate schools, th:s prepare them,” he said. In the College of Engineering honors undergraduate program, gineering Scholars Program, is this year, said Dr. Lee Blank, dean for the college of engineeriii uate studies. Currently, the College of Science does not have a specific honors plan in writing but is in the process of developing a plan, said Dr. Kenneth Poenisch, assis tant dean of science. “Right now, we are looking for some one to fund the program,” he said. Poenisch said the honors program is scheduled to start next fall and will admit a select group of students — chosen on the basis of academic achievement — af ter their freshman year. The honors program will encourage contracting between the students and fac ulty, research and special activities, in addition to increasing the number of hon ors courses available Poenisch said. The Scholars Program is avaife students who qualify for the thel| sity Honors Program, Blank s program will enable a studentloJ bachelor’s and master’s degree :| years, he said. “One of the reasons for the prog to encourage high-achieving sta head for graduate studies,” he said! Blank said the concentrationj only on graduate studies but highel ity and funding oprerations as well | Students may also have a | chance to receive funding for an project. Blank said. “By next summer we shouldxI swing,” he said. mores provided they meet certain re quirements and fill out an application, she said. Incoming freshmen must meet the University Honors Program required standardized test scores of 1100 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test of 26 on the ACT, Stout said. Sophomores must have an overall 3.25 grade-point ratio, in ad dition to at least a B average in English, she said. According to a Liberal Arts Council memorandum, the Honors Plan curric ulum requires students to complete 48-59 hours of core classes, three to six hours of literature in English, six hours of for eign language or quantitative classes, three hours of humanities and 24-33 hours in a major field of study. The special requirements designed for the Honors Plan are six hours of sopho more sequence, three hours of junior seminar and nine hours of structured electives, the memorandum stated. Stout said the sophomore sequence —■ Foundations of the Liberal Arts: Human ities and Foundations of the Liberal Arts: Social Sciences, will begin in 1990 and play an important role in the Honors Plan. “It’s a new two-course sequence that will be the foundation of this plan,” she said. The Honors Plan will be announced to Man arrested in Ohio for Texas bomb case FORT WORTH (AP) — Federal agents have arrested an Ohio man on a charge of illegal possession of a pipe bomb in connection with an explosion that left a boy dead and five children in jured, officials said Tuesday. Keith Michael, 32, was arrested Mon day in Montpilier, Ohio, and was being held without bond pending a Thursday hearing, Tom Secor, assistant U.S. attor ney in Toledo, Ohio, said. Michael is charged with making the pipe bomb that killed 8-year-old Max Herrera and injured five children when it went off in a southside Fort Worth neigh borhood Oct. 2, authorities said. Lou Iliano, resident agent of the Bu reau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in Fort Worth, said officials believe the bomb was made to use for revenge against someone in an unrelated case. “There is no evidence linking Keith Michael with specifically manufacturing the pipe bomb with the intention of caus ing the death of Max Herrera,” said. He refused to discuss the cast which authorities believe revere being sought. “I think it was just a personal I; and the underlying reasons are stillk investigated.” Iliano said. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco. Firearms along with the Fort Woiti lice Department and Fort Worth Fin! partment have been investigate pipe bombing, Iliano said, adding! authorities have another pipebomk lar to the one that explodedOct.il second bomb was found in la: County, he said. A formal complaint affidavit has filed in the case in U.S. DistrictCof Fort Worth, he said. Iliano said it is unclear how the dren got the pipe bomb, althoughai Department official said at the time the youngsters found it near a curb. State Justice campaigns in CS during Texas tour By Stephen Masters Senior Staff Writer Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Phillips began his final week of campaigning Tuesday with a whistle stop tour through Texas, including a stop at Easterwood Airport. Phillips visited Harlingen, Corpus Christi, Victoria and San Antonio before stopping in College Station, and was scheduled to go on to Austin and Am arillo Tuesday night. Prior to a brief news conference, Phil lips condemned his opponent Ted Z. Robertson, an associate justice of the state Supreme Court, and the Fund for a Democratic Texas for three television ad- vertisments he said mislead voters. Phillips said the first ad is misleading because it leaves the impression that he was the subject of a “60 Minutes” story titled “Justice for Sale?” on ties between “big money and certain justices of the Texas Supreme Court.” Phillips said Robertson was the subject of the story. The second ad Phillips discussed was a football analogy where the voice-over says Gov. Bill Clements could not buy a football team so he is trying to buy judges instead. The video shows Clem ents handing gavels out, Phillips said. Phillips said this ad is misleading be cause “judges have no say on how they are selected.” Phillips was appointed by Clements and took office Jan. 4, 1988. The third ad Phillips spoke about quoted him as saying jury trials are not a federally protected right. Phillips said this quote was taken out of context from a 43-page dissenting opinion. In his opinion, Phillips said the right is not guaranteed by the federal Constitution because it is guaranteed by state constitu tions. In his statement at the conference, Phillips said the principle issue in the campaign is who can do the best job as a “fair and competent judge.” He said Supreme Court races should not be based totally on political parties and accused the democrat Robertson of not making an effort to find support from republicans. “1 don’t think there is a Democrat: Republican brand of justice,” he sail Phillips, 38, is the youngestj* ever to sit on the Texas Supreme G He ran unopposed for district juda 1982 and 1986 before being app® by Clements late in 1987. Phillips said every newspapertlnl come out endorsing a candidate fort! justice has chosen him, and saidU also won endorsements from several polls. Accompanying Phillips on thes was Roy Barrera, runner-up to Jim'! 1 tox in the 1986 Texas Attorney Gen® race. When questioned abouthisap ance with Phillips, Barrera said he to publicly endorse Phillips becau: felt the integrity of the court had damaged by the “subjects of the ‘60 utes’ expose.” Barrera said he has made nodecisj on his political future. “It remains to be seen what oft will seek if I choose to seek any offc Barrera said. The Most Appreciated Christmas Gift Of All Professional Portraits For Those Who Matter! • No sitting fee • Packages from $39 95 • Expires 12/1/88 j AR Photography 693-8183 7 Texas Ave. Across from the Polo Field Polic entei for a AUSTIN (A ficer who wa prisoner three test to a misdei Gaylon Dur tried on a civ The trial ended Police Chiei for using excel instated after a Dunkin entc misdemeanor ■<. fore Justice ot and State Disti missed the civi Crain ordere case deferred f If Dunkin dc ing that time p nal record of a Dunkin said the plea. His said his client’ sidered an adm “We could McQuillen sale “The only r agreement is to the agony of th said. 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