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McCii ■T WOm, ND ma VS PROBLEM Thursday, February 2,1989 The Battalion Page 5 Scrambled Eggs es nd Russian cl® isian," she at an courses, ft the languagi 'I'he Russian se at meetip. an. We also Uissian w aportunityto lents also ha ' to Russia to w. ;gies goes toll d spends thtt vloscow,” ht a is expensht is very cheap, oy these trips aerienceaver )r fun thev nd discothq: nts receive e trip. I have nev«i tave manyfii I discovered iccause of a exchange to ack ’n’ roll is Ires your eats gh. Russians II them.” s president of I the organia the language : >:• time the R»s ig in Interna# "We are the y from the i makes it hart wo\j Aeojf Lerrm mb mazch eeMINP TH6 rr?0M&£>Ne£> ? Police storm home, find grieving family instead of drug lab SOUTHLAKE (AP) — Police who stormed a home in a mistaken search for a drug lab instead found a 64- year-old man grieving over his wife’s death and planning for her funeral with his family. Gerald Andert claimed he was in jured in a scuffle with armed police during the raid. A gash on his fore head required 11 stitches. Armed of ficers wearing gas masks kicked in the front door of his daughter’s home, waving guns and screaming as they ran inside. Authorities said no evidence of drug activity was found, and the family was left hurt and upset by the mistaken raid. Andert said he sustained his wound when an officer he couldn’t see struck him on the head with a nightstick after he stood up. “I just stood up and raised my arms in the air, and he hit me,” An dert said. “After he hit me, that’s when I saw the silver pistol. He stuck it right in my face.” 'Grapevine Police, Southlake Po lice and members of the Tarrant County Drug Task Force raided the house Monday night because they suspected the home was being used as an amphetamine-manufacturing laboratory. Police left 90 minutes after the raid began. They offered no apol ogies for the incident. “No drug lab was found, no ar rests were made,” Southlake City Manager Curtis Hawk, said. Grapevine Police spokesman Wayne Eichel said Andert was in jured because he grabbed the pistol held by a Grapevine officer. “I’m not going to call these folks a bunch of liars,” Eichel said. “All we’re going to say is that the reason this man got injured was that he made an attempt to grab the weapon from the officer.” Andert said he was not going to forget the mistaken raid and was considering what action he could take against police. OVERWHELMED BY READING ASSIGNMENTS? ? YOU CAN CUT YOUR STUDY TIME IN HALF Associated Reading Centers can double your reading rate in one hour. Benefits include: Choose any convienient 1 Hour Session 4 or 8 p.m. Tues., Jan. 31, Wed., Feb. 1, Thurs., Feb 2 Call: 696-9324 or (713) 690-5343 LOCATION: University Inn (at Texas Ave. & University) •improved comprehension •increased retention •study & test taking skills •more leisure time •higher grades 696-3786 or(713) 690-5343 V. Whitener, MA A&M completes study on dropouts Report says holding students back increases chances of quitting By Melissa Naumann REPORTER A new Texas A&M School/Uni versity Research Collaborative re port on high school dropouts has provided essential information needed to curb dropout rates. The study of nine school districts in Texas concluded that it is nec essary to examine who the dropouts are as well as individual high school dropout rates. The typical high school dropout is awhile male in 10th or 11th grade who is enrolled in a regular aca demic program. This generalization, however, varies with different school districts, Dr. James McNamara, ex- Slocum (Continued from page 1) Aggies are NCAA Proposition 48, passed in 1986, and the controversial Proposition 42. Proposition 48 set minimum require ments of at least a 2.0 in high school and a score of at least 700 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test for prospective student- athletes. Recruits who do not meet these standards lose one year of athletic eligi bility. Proposition 42, recently passed by the NCAA but still under review, will ban scholarships for students who do not ecutive director of the collaborative, said. “In eight of the nine districts, the dropout rates for Anglos are high er,” he said. “But in the ninth district (San Antonio Independent School District), the Hispanic dropout rate is significantly higher.” While the overall study is valu able, McNamara said each district needs individual attention. “Studying one district doesn’t tell you about another,” he said. “The dropout rates are variable.” Another important part of the study showed that students who are older than the average age for their grade are more likely to drop out of school. In the study, almost 25 per cent of the students who were two years overage dropped out and al- meet these minimum requirements. Slocum said these proposals make re cruiting more difficult, but not impossi ble. He said recruiters usually examine a prospect’s high school records to see if he or she will be prepared for the course work at A&M, although tutoring may be required. “We’ve had a limited number of Prop osition 48 people,” he said. “But if you think about it, a ‘Proposition 48 person’ is not a new breed of person. That same person has been around as long as we have had athletics. “We haven’t really had Proposition 48 long. It usually takes about 15 years for the effects to show up, and we haven’t had Proposition 48 for four years. Now most 50 percent who were three years overage dropped out. “As the number of years a student is overage goes up, the dropout rate increases astronomically,” McNa mara said. He said this is evidence that re taining children in earlier grades is not always beneficial. “When schools think they’re help ing by retaining students, in the long run, they might not be,” he said. “The research shows that keeping them with the right age groups en hances graduation.” McNamara said the study’s most successful aspect is that it will be used by industry, the Texas Legis lature and, most importantly, the boards of trustees of the schools. Price Waterhouse will use the they’ve got Proposition 42 cutting all scholarships for those people.” He said raising athletes’ admission standards at A&M above the minimums set by the NCAA has been proposed in the past, but other considerations have won out. “What you have to consider is, when you have an excellent student from an upper-middle class background who is valedictorian of his class and a low-in come student whose parents had never attended college, who does a scholarship help more?” he said. “There aren’t many stories in the media about how a football scholarship changed someone’s life. “I’ve seen Texas A&M do more for study, the first of its kind, as a basis for a statewide dropout information system. The report also was sent to all Texas legislators who serve on ed ucation-related committees. The study also has been presented to the individual schools. “The most important connection is with the schools,” McNamara said. “Things really happen in schools, not with state-wide legislation.” He said that school officials must know who is dropping out before they can prevent them from drop ping out. “Basically, we said, ‘Here are the dropouts and what they’re like,’ ” McNamara said. “Now they can implement new additional programs to reduce dropouts.” low-level students than I have for the best students. When you get those people from the other end of the economic scale, they come out of college with a completely different outlook on life.” He said problems with the academic image of student-athletes are isolated. “I think where you have abuses, those are not legitimate students,” he said. “I don’t approve of cases like that at all. I think a football scholarship should be seen as an opportunity.” So in Fall 1989, the only undefeated coach in A&M’s football history will take his team to the field trying to protect his school’s image, not just his winning percentage. M - Jf 4^ € All >1 Welcomes RCA/NOVUS RECORDING ARTIST NEW AGE PIANIST St. Valentines Day Tuesday, February 14 Rudder Theatre 8:00 RM. Tickets $6.00 Tickets Available At MSC Box Office For More Information Call 845-1234 jist in 1m fellow oftlr 1 ;ience. Sit f entomolof il Experimeni I students, facul olarships. reki ’’st-served basis p ions may betti have any quit taste .f liars jary4 ^ry5 ition 30 -5 1 3 igo 75 STRETCH Your Dollars! WATCH FOR BARGAINS IN THE BATTALION!! 1NEMA/ THE oof - 'BOND IFILM FESTIVALI Februajx 2. 3. and 4 Thursday. February 2 Dr. No 8:00pm Friday. February 3 The Living Daylights 7:00pm The Man with the Golden Gun 9:30pm Thunderball Midnight Saturday. February 4 For Your Eyes Only Special $1 Matinee 3:00pm You Only Live Twice 7:00pm The Spy Who Loved Me 9:30pm Casino Royale Midnight Full Festival Pass ...8 movies for $12 Single Evening Pass*.. .3 movies for $5 Individual Movie Tickets. ..$2 Full Festival Passes are on sale now at the Rudder Box Office. Single Evening Passes and Individual Movie Tickets go on sale 45 minutes before each feature. Festival open to TAMU students, faculty and staff, and guests of the University. *(not good for Saturday Matinee)