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Lunch Buffet (11-2 Daily) Dinner Buffet (5-8pm Daily) Gourmet Chinese Food, 18 items All you can eat with Ice Tea w/coupon Pacific Garden Chinese Restaurant Between Chimney Hill Bowl & The Hilton Dine in only, with coupon One coupon per person per visit Not good with any other coupon Valid 12/31/88 Hey Ags!!! Need help with your Christmas Shopping?!! Let us help!!!! PennTex International is importing Sapphires, Emeralds and Rubies from India and selling them direct to the public NO MIDDLEMAN!!! Also dealing in diamonds for your Aggie rings. We have a large selection of settings to choose from. Call for an appointment PennTex International 696-FIRM (696-3476) BEAT THE HELL OUTTA BAMA!!!!!! (AGGIES HELPING AGGIES) •ee^ctyscM With John Ferrentino & Romie Angelich 'O' Friday Dec 2, 1988 Rudder Auditorium 8:00 RM. Tickets $2.50 Tickets Available At MSC Box Office For More Information Call 845-1234 The. Bridal Boutique Formed and Evening Wear Refined, sophistocated, elegant. Fortxuds for any special evening. Your style. Your choice. Formal wear and accessories from Cologero’s beyond comparison FocwmI A CoanaM RrntsJ 15#I S. Tnm Aotm. S-H« KM CoUrt* Stattua HMMWBS9 COlOfltWS TIm BHdal BoattqM 2501 S. Tnum Arraw. Son* 110 CoOcf Statloa - ant to Wtaa-Dtxl* on-nsa Romal.Wtar A Coitumt Rtntal A ¥ a © ^ © 3 Hoy en Belen ha nacido el Nino Dios, ven con nosotros a adorarlo La comuni dad Latina de St. Mary's estari celebrando la llegada del Se&or ci Sabado 3 de Diciembre a las 7:00 PM. HabrA una misa de Navi dad en la cual se tendrA una Pastorela o representacidn del Evangello por parte de los niflos de la Comnnldad. A1 final de la mlsa. se UevarA a cabo una Posada, con vUlancicos, plAatas, etc. TODOS ESTAN BIENVENIDOS. TE ESPEKAMOS llfill! isis sir. siuuairs Catholic Student Association Students pay fees to help cover costs of labs, classroom What’s Up By Susan Stubing Staff Writer fee When fee slips come out each se mester, many students pay the bill without considering what they are being charged for. Although fee op tions, laboratory fees and other class charges vary, seven fees are required of every student, Fiscal Department Controller Thomas Taylor said. Every student must pay tuition and fees for general use, computer access fee, student services, student npl and indentification cards. The general use fee, charged at a rate of $6 per semester credit hour, is used to pay bond debts. “The general use fee covers the debt service or buildings that are built,” Taylor said. The University sells bonds to fi nance th onstruction of new build- College student shoots burglar during break-in DUNCANVILLE (AP) — An 18- year-old man who apparently was at tempting to burglarize a college stu dent’s home was shot to death by the student, who had been the victim of a burglary a year ago, police said. Officers said John Andrew Baird, a dental student at the Baylor Uni- v sity Medical School in Dallas, was staying home from classes due to ill ness Monday when he heard some one kicking in a side door at his home. Baird, 25, told officers he went upstairs, got a .357-caliber Magnum and fired three shots through a win dow toward the door. Officers found the body of a man — later identified as John Gomez, 18, of Dallas — wearing heavy latex gloves lying on his back outside Baird’s fenced yard. He had been shot once in the mid dle of his chest and suffered more than one graze wound to the left part of his chest, Investigator S.D. Crawford said. The shooting, which was being in vestigated Tuesday by the Dallas County medical examiner’s office, will be referred to a Dallas County grand jury, Crawford said. mgs. The ^ .’0 collected from the stu dent complex fee is used to main tain, equip and improve the Memo rial Student Center, Taylor said. Plans have been made to expand the MSC, and most of the money col lected will be used for this addition, he said. Money collected from the student services fee, charged at $5.70 per se mester credit hour, helps provide various services to the student body. The Student Senate decides how the money will be allotted, he said. Among the services the fee pro vides for are Student Legal Advis ing, Student Counseling Service, In tramurals and the inter-campus shuttle system. Health center fees are collected to help operate and equip the A.P. Beutel Health Center and provide medical care to students, Taylor said. The $15 fee does not include prescriptions or surgical procedures. A fee of $5 is collected to cover the cost of the student identification cards. A computer fee was charged for the first time in Fall 1987. The fee of $3 per credit hour allows students computer access and also is used to buy new equipment, software and hardware. “The idea was introduced because of the need to better equip and edu cate the students of A&M with com puter knowledge,” Taylor said. Even after the fees and other ex penses, Taylor said, students are paying for only a small part of the education they receive. “A college education is a very ex pensive proposition,” Taylor said, “but at a state university the student still gets a very good deal.” IRu] Wednesday ALL-MAJORS PHILOSOPHY CLUB: will present “God’s Question: Aretlieie really humans?" at 7 p.m. in 131 Blocker. GREEN EARTH SOCIETY: will show Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax” and afilmonadc rain at 8:30 p.m. in 510 Rudder. AGGIE PARTNERS FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS: will meet at 7 p.m. in 200tfe denfels. AGGIE DEMOCRATS: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 404 Rudder. STUDENT GOVERNMENT: will sponsor a "Hurricane Bowl” dance for all sti/ dents at 9 p.m. at the Hall of Fame. ISNOW SKI CLUB: will have a mandatory meeting for members going on trip at 7:30 p.m. at Zachry and then will go to the Flying Tomato. CATHOLIC STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have rosary recitings at9p.m.alSl Mary’s Church. CATHOLIC STUDENT ASSOCIATION/NEWMAN: will have a mid-weekstoOj break at 7:30 p.m. at the student center, CATHOLICS ON THE QUAD: will discuss how to prepare for Christmasspinji ally at 9 p.m. in Lounge B on the quad. UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRIES: will have an Aggie supper at 6 p.m.atAJII Presbyterian Church. STUDY ABROAD OFFICE: will have a financial aid meeting at 2 p.m. in 511 Rudder. MSC VISUAL ARTS: will meet at 7 p.m. in 145 MSC. SWAP: will take its Aggieland picture at 8:45 p.m. in the Zachry lobby. MSC HOSPITALITY: will have “Santa Shop” for students to buy Christmaspif- sents from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. through Thursday in Rudder Exhibit Hall. mo Thursday LATIN AMERICAN CATHOLIC STUDENTS: will have its weekly get-tog* at 8:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Student Center. SWAP: will have a speaker on the Green Party at 7 p.m. in 402 Rudder. VIETNAMESE-AMERICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet at 5:30 pm r 410 Rudder. Items for Whafs Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216 ReedMcDm: no later than three business days before the desired run date. We only pubb the name and phone number of the contact if you ask us to do so. What's Ups a Battalion service that lists non-profit events and activities. Submissions arm on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no guarantee an entry will run. Ilpi have questions, call the newsroom at 845-3315. Mobile unit to serve county in emergencie AUSTIN (A ill find an vailable to sp lene in Januai pcome over th j4.2 billion, C ok forecast T Bullock’s of! |ue for the 1 id the state \ on from all rease due to |my. “The Texas ry and state £ utlook is betb ears, Bullock Bullock saic illion available jrnaround fr< to years ago ble income fel “We have b gtrong and movement will oiler said in ov. Bill Clen nd our estir |ven larger if i pntinued poo dustry.” Bullock’s foi al $1.6 billio iwmakers eve wrary taxes ; .egislature are ,1989. The good 'ears of bleal hat began in P il prices plun arrel to less t tate s econom By Sharon Maberry Staff Writer “It’s certain! r the first t: tion and Texas A&M, costs betwsBateTreasure! $7,000 and $8,000, Conglosesaid The vehicle will be on Man sentenced to life based on DNA test With the recent completion of the Emergency Mobile Command Post, Brazos County has an operating communications center to serve the public during emergencies and di sasters. The unit was dedicated Nov. 22. Jake Conglose, Brazos County In- terjurisdictional Emergency Man agement Civil Defense chairman, said, “Anytime you have an emer gency or disaster, you need a focal point or a field control point near the scene. hours a day, seven days a wedi e ws for state £ will be housed in each city for months at a time. The emergency vehicle, abuse nated by the University Police III conomy conti and and a sc partment, is equipped withneces communications and operaiii omic develo] equipment including mobile B forking,” Jay phones, emergency power, firsl-i ecretary to t kits, fire extinguishers, maps ii raveling in Eu weather radios, he said. FORT WORTH (AP) — Defense lawyers say they will appeal the use of DNA evidence — known as the “genetic fingerprint” — against a man given a life prison term in the murder of a 63-year-old woman. Barry Dean Kelly’s trial was the first in Tarrant County in which DNA testing was used as evidence. The evidence has yet to be tested by an appellate court. Jurors deliberated less than 30 minutes Monday before deciding on punishment for Kelly. and on a charge of aggravated as sault to a peace officer. Witnesses said Kelly, who ap peared sullen and angry as the jury returned the decision, appeared to mouth a threat at Assistant District Attorney Bob Gill as he was led from the courtroom. Onlookers said Kelly appeared to say, “I’m going to get you” or “I’ll be seeing you.” : people coming in who need a point of assembly and coordination. That’s the main pur pose of the command post. Other wise someone’s trying to organize ev erything from his car.” Conglose said the mobile unit will be usedfextensively. “I think it’s one of the best assets we have in emergencies,” he said. “It will be used for anything involving safety and protections of lives and property with a need for a command post at the scene. The fire and police people are already singing praises about how well it can be used.” “We put in everything we we’d need,” Conglose said. "Asffl goes on, we’ll be adding things, example, we already have a needfc wind direction and wind speeddti The mobile unit was used for first time about three weeks ii when a chemical truck overturn! on Highway 21, he said. The unit was on the scene toors nize clean-up efforts and tofacii oac j Commis: communication. They had deliberated more than nine hours last week before convict ing Kelly in the death of Melva “Mickey” Teems. Gill said he might consider felony charges of retaliation against Kelly in connection with the incident. The Emergency Mobile Com mand Post, a project sponsored by Brazos County, Bryan, College Sta- j.S. Rep. Jos Tuesday they ional campai) f natural g: vould create heap, abund :rgy for the N Their con The jury heard more than 14 hours of complex expert testimony about a test that linked Kelly to a se men stain found on the slain wom an’s bedspread. The investigation into Teems’ 1987 death was believed to be the first nationwide that resulted in an arrest based on the sophisticated testing procedure. Threat of ban causes owner to have pet tiger put to sleep Jurors said their decision was strongly influenced by the scientific testimony. Juror Robert Martinez said, “We had a lot of questions, but the DNA evidence was important in linking it up.” The life prison term was assessed under the state’s habitual criminal statute, which stipulates a minimum 25-year sentence for a third felony conviction. Kelly had been convicted five times on felony burglary charges ANGLETON (AP) — A com plaint before Brazoria County offi cials to ban a Siberian tiger that broke through a fence became moot when the animal’s owner had the 800-pound cat put to sleep. Some area residents complained to Brazoria County officials about the tiger after it broke through a chain link fence and killed a chicken during its brief freedom. County commissioners were going to con sider the complaint Monday, but the tiger’s owners, John and Cindy Bush, said they had “Tony” put to sleep. Cindy Bush said the family de cided to put Tony to death because there didn’t seem to be any other al ternative. “There was no place to put him,” she said. “He was declawed, and zoos don’t take animals that have been declawed. John Bush said, “He would have had to spend the rest of his life in a cage.” Tony couldn’t live like that. I couldn’t give him away. I loved him too much. He brought joy to thou sands of children.” The Bush family had owned the 2-year-old tiger, one of the largest of its kind in the country, since it was 3 months old. They said they had in vested more than $20,000 in the ani mal, which was tame and wouldn’t intentionally hurt anything. Dr. L.W. Venhaus, an Angleton veterinarian, said he tried to talk the Bushes out of putting the tiger to “Ii wasn’t even completed al time,” Conglose said. “But it had the essential ment and was in operation for hours.” The mobile unit also was on during bonfire and served asatoi ieels of a re dination site for police and fireto: Vew England munications, he said. ps, which re deregulation ncentives for “What we hink that th /en, is that it :ious regions :ogether on dses natural Sharp said du posium _ , Texas has sleep, but they felt theydidn'tl® ofthe natural any other choice. “That animal would not have to resents 150,< anyone,” he said. “Their feeling 300,000 jobs after talking with officials that ii' <■ had no choice. They chose th of two evils. John (Bush) cried eyes out.” The family received teleph calls threatening to poison or st the tiger, which would havek® horrible death, she said. Cindy Michalk, one of the tfi dents who complained aboutthe^ mal, said she was shocked wheir learned of the tiger’s death. “We tried to call the vet to stop' she said. “It’s terrible. We dt want this to happen. Mattox withdraws adoption opinion giving parents privilege to see files DALLAS (AP) — Attorney General Jim Mat tox has withdrawn an opinion giving six parents the right to examine their adopted children’s state files — access denied by a federal judge. Mattox attributed his action Monday on the week-old opinion to an interoffice communica tion mixup. The parents, who sued for the records last May in federal court in Dallas, got word last week that Mattox’s office would let them see state files. The files detail the physical, sexual and emo tional abuse suffered by the children while living with their biological parents. The children later exhibited violent behavior and emotional prob lems; the parents say therapists need the detailed records to properly treat their disturbed chil dren. Mattox’s office said in the Nov. 21 opinion that the parents were entitled to state files under the state Open Records Act. That opinion was withdrawn Monday after the state Department of Human Services pointed out that one of the parents who made the request, Di ane Richards of San Marcos, is a plaintiff in the suit. Litigation can provide an exemption under the act. Ron Dusek, a Mattox spokesman, said the mis take occurred because attorneys handling the lawsuit and those reviewing the request had not compared notes. “There was just miscommunication,” Dusek told the Dallas Times Herald. Dusek said the office’s Open Government Sec tion of the Opinion Committee will issue a new opinion after reviewing the records request in light of the court case. Richards blamed the development on state bu reaucracy. “It’s just a bunch of bureaucrats trying to buy some time, because they know they’re wrong,” The foreca llements spok ews for Texas It is “proof-] am HOUSTOh ince the dow dustry. New Engla lent of a trilb ?as in the ne> he need for she said. Her adopted son is living in atreatn'? center after sexually abusing siblings, set® fires and threatening to kill the family. The parents’ attorney said he still planned file a copy of the Nov. 21 opinion withtheDi court. “'This really doesn’t change anything,” said torney Neil Cogan, an assistant dean witM Southern Methodist University Law School Cogan viewed the earlier opinion as a boo® the parents’ case, which suffered a majorsetk Nov. 9 when Judge Barefoot Sanders ruled 1 parents had no constitutional right to thereco' or to financial help they had requested from state. The medical treatment, parents say, 5 cost as much as $25,000 a month. Cogan, who has asked Sanders to recortf his ruling, said a parent’s role as a pltf should not change the decision that the rec® are open to all other adoptive parents.