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All U Night
7:30 Thursday Jan. 26
G. Rollie White Coliseum
Come out to support the Ags!
international fraternity of
delta sigma pi
lambda nu chapter
Membership in Delta Sigma Pi provides an outstanding
opportunity to learn about the business world through speakers
and field trips, to build brotherhood and lifelong friendships
through its social activities and community service projects,
and to foster personal growth and leadership skills by being
a part of one of the most dynamic and active groups on campus.
We hope that you will join us at the following events to
find out more about the opportunities available to you through
membership in Delta Sigma Pi.
Ain RUSH SCHEDULE - SPRING 1989
Tuesday. January 24 Come and meet the chapter at an informational
reception for all interested students. Clayton W. Williams Alumni
Center - Lecture Room A. 7:00pm. Business attire is requested.
Thursday. January 26 If you have a break in your classes, meet us
in a more casual atmosphere at Dirty Juan's on Harvey Road from
12:30pm - 2:30pm.
Friday. January 27 Happy Hour! TGIF celebration at Garfields, in front
of Holiday Inn. Come as you are and begin the weekend with a bang,
starting at 5:30pm.
Monday. January 30 Eat lunch with the fraternity as your schedule
permits from 12:30pm - 2:30pm upstairs at the Flying Tomato.
Wednesday. February 1 Professional Speaker. Come learn how to get
a business edge from our speaker at the Plaza Club, top of the First City
Bank in Bryan, beginning at 7:00pm. Business attire is requested.
Friday. February 3 It's the sports enthusiasts' dream! Dress up in your
favorite sport's attire and party with us at the Arena Hall off Tabor
Road in Bryan. Party begins at 8:00pm.
If you have any questions, stop by our table in the Blocker Lobby or call...
Dave Cunningham - Senior Vice President 8 4 6-4 4 54
Christine Tesdall - President 693-4015
AGGIE REVIVAL ’89
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Page 6 The Battalion Tuesday, January 24,1989
Internship program helps
South American engineer
Photo by Kathy Haveman
By Ashley A. Bailey
STAFF WRITER
Colombian engineer Jesus Aristi-
zabal is learning how to stimulate in
dustrial development in his country
through a new executive internship
program at Texas A&M.
Aristizabal is coordinator of in
dustrial promotion and technology
for the Colombian Petroleum Insti
tute, a unit of ECOPETROL, the na
tional Colombian petroleum com
pany.
As the first participant in the
Texas Engineering Experiment Sta
tion’s Technology Business Divi
sion’s (TBD) new program, Aristiza
bal participates in TBD workshops
and conferences, and helps prepare
reports and projects.
“TBD is a bridge between acade
mia and the business world,” he said.
“I’m here to learn strategies and see
how programs are structured.
“Industry generates employment,
keeps dollars from leaving a country
and generates technological devel
opment. I think we (Colombia) can
learn from the Texas experience,
and particularly the TBD pro
grams.”
One TBD program that Aristiza
bal is especially interested in is the
Technological Assistance Centers
(TAG) that provide technological in
formation and assistance to small
businesses in Bryan-College Station,
Houston, Austin and Dallas.
“TAG helps small businesses get
started,” he said. “This is the kind of
Jesus Aristizabal
thing I want to teach my country.
Bringing them information is the
first step. Then, in the future we
might be able to transfer higher
technology. I have already learned
much about patents, copyrights and
other laws that are important if my
country is to advance.”
Aristizabal said Colombia is a
country of rapidly growing industry.
“We are not a high technology
country yet but we do have a very
strong capital goods industry and
our manufacturing industry is get
ting stronger,” he said.
“This internship is not for trans
ferring technology right now. It is to
help local Colombian businesses
grow and to supply ECOPETROL
with more products.”
Aristizabal said Texas is a good
place to learn about the successful
use of technology because Colombia
and Texas both have oil-based econ
omies. *
“Colombia’s primary products are
petroleum, coal and coffee,” he said.
“But we rely too much on petro
leum. We want to diversify into
other industries like Texas has —^.es
pecially high-tech businesses and ad
vanced technology."
Judge rescinds $11.55 million
in sanctions against Wal-Mart
FORT WORTH (AP) — A state district judge has va
cated millions of dollars in sanctions against Wal-Mart
Stores Inc. for its founder’s failure to appear in court.
Judge Bruce Auld on Friday vacated an order for
sanctions of $11.55 million in a personal injury lawsuit
filed by Andrew Carrizales against Wal-Mart and man
ager Jerry Rand.
Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton was ordered to file a
deposition with the court in the lawsuit, though he was
not a defendant. State District Judge John Street of
Fort Worth imposed the sanctions after Walton refused
to travel from Bentonyille, Ark. to give the deposition.
In a hearing on Wal-Mart’s motion to modify Street’s
judgment, Auld entered an order directing that the
sanctions not be paid.
Wallace Craig, Carrizales’ attorney in Fort Worth,
said he was reserving judgment on Auld’s order.
“We won’t know until the Court of Appeals tells us,”
Craig said.
Carrizales claimed that, while shopping at the com
pany’s Sulphur Springs store in 198(i, he slipped and
fell on clear oil covering the floor.
A jury in the slip-and-fall case ruled that Wal-Mart
must pay $36,000 to Carrizales for his injuries.
“We are not surprised by judge Bruce Auld’s order
modifying the Dec. 29, 1988 judgment, thereby
canceling the irresponsible action imposed by the for
mer judge,” Don Shinkle, a company spokesman, said
in a statement.
State Senate
investigates
insurance boan
AUST IN (AP) — A state Set
ate committee Monday grille
State Board of Insurance Chi
man Edwin J. Smith Jr. onallegr
tions the board has failed toal
equately regulate the insurant!
industry, but Smith dismiss^
many of the accusations as “i
news.”
Following the meeting, Stait
Affairs Committee Chaim®
Sen. John Montford, D-Lubboct
renewed his call for the resign),
tion of all three board members
“It looks to me like theyhaveni
really taken any meaningful at.
tion,” Montfort said. “It’s a mar,
agernent issue and the const
quences are dire enough thati
needs to be addressed, I thin!
with a new management team."
Montford recessed themeeiiii
until 2:30 p.m. Wednesday,whtj
the other two board members.
David 1 hornberry and Jim Nd
son, are expected to testify.
“Clearly we are not a perfee
agency,” Smith told the commi
tee. But lie said many of the
jor issues contained in an invesi
gative report into the agenn
were “old news.”
“The State Board of Insuraiw
has the will and the ability todj
the job that needs to be done,
Smith said.
Last week, Montford release!
the findings of an investigate
that portrayed the state insurant
department as rife with waste,®
efficiency and mismanagement
After hearing details of the in
vestigation by former FBI agen:
Eugene Gee, who conducted tkt
two-month-long probe, Smiil;
was chastised by committeemen
hers.
“This cannot continue,” Sea
Boh Glasgow, D-Stephenvillt
told Smith. “It cannot happer
again. We can’t have fraudgoiiri
around down there that you don
know about. We’ve got to get
handle on it.”
I he inquiry said the hoard am
staff failed to take over failing®
suranee companies in a lintel:
manner, thus placing thecompa
nv’s policyholders at risk when
they could not collect on insut
ante claims.
T he report also cited “wl
sale hiring of unqualified,
trained individuals” within tin
department and noted a high in
defence of hiring based on croi
yism. o ^
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stance of where an insurance
company sold policies without
license lor 5 Vi! years.
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Casino proponents vow to challenge ban
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Tonight: "VOICES OF FROISE"
Wed.: "GABRIEL"
Thor-s. : "MICHAEL -JAMES MURPHY"
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A STEP BEYOND SCIENCE FICTION.
January 26,1989
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GALVESTON (AP) — Support
ers of casino gambling on the island
community vowed to challenge a
newly adopted ban on non-binding
referendums concerning gambling.
After three straw votes in five
years, Galvestonians on Saturday ap
proved a charter amendment pro
hibiting votes on casino gambling
again until the Legislature legalizes
it. The votes was 2,989, or 67 per
cent, to 1,449, or 33 percent.
“I guarantee you we’ll challenge
it,” Julie Staudt, a leader of the pro
gambling group Galvestonians for
Economic Development, said. “I
think anybody who looks at it will
agree it’s blatantly unconstitutional.”
“The courts are one option (of a
challenge),” Staudt said, adding that
any court action would concern con
stitutional rights rather than casino
gambling.
“If the First Amendment protects
any speech, it protects political
speech,” she said. “We’re worried
about the domino effect. If they can
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Three times in the past five years,
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ized gambling in Galveston.
The last time around was in Au
gust, when 59 percent of voters re
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bling district limited to four casino-
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