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2STATE & LOCAL The Battalion 3 Wednesday, February 22,1989 cial he voters of the their constitution e the official Ian- irse. And further- promoted in the istitutions of the an print the ballot > money), and not s actions. For if it ution of the state ige is English, and s to learn English hool system, then be discriminating when the ballots a. of a bilingual ora nation are com- nsider such public proceedings and ; getting a driver's ; bilingual ballots, require that most earn a second Ian- municate with the Uter all, manyol only the Spanish also get diiver’sli- ;verbs license isdif nment employees utge of the appii- m would say that, i employee should another language >yed. Yet there Texas that wc irther, if that Spanish instead of it would again dis- -Spanish speakers Tie solution is rat all citizens any doubt thatthe nglish, the 1 untry? i our Constitute English may re general welfare, nble. Our countn ulture, including! t into effect 1 vritten in English, i sophomore i and a co/umnist aces >ne last statemtn: where I am unies ve been and knoi Houston vice busts prostitution ring Police: Photos used to give clients choice of women from 6 states HOUSTON (AP) — A ring in which police say clients were able to pick and choose prostitutes from six different states out of a photo album has been broken. Houston Vice Sgt. Chuck Simmons said the ring had hundreds of prostitutes rotating em ployment almost weekly in major cities in Texas, California, Massachusetts, Florida, New York and Louisiana. "You look through a book (of photos), and if you like her, they’d fly her in,” Simmons said. An out-of-town visitor could choose a “date” from a local madam’s albums and arrange for a meeting at his destination, Simmons said. Prices locally ranged from $500 to $ 1,500 a date. He said a woman accused of being one of six Houston madams connected with the ring that appears to operate out of Chicago was arrested Monday as were two women suspected of being prostitutes. Simmons said Monday a five-month investiga tion initiated by Houston vice officers concluded Sunday after two undercover officers “infiltrated the date service” and arranged for sex with two of the ring’s hundreds of prostitutes. More arrests are expected in Houston and na tionwide over the next several days using address books and business records confiscated at the southwest Houston apartment of Regina Royce, 37. “She (Royce) was no Mayflower Madam,” Sim mons said, referring to the now-famous New York madam whose ancestry included the pil grims. “But the service is without a doubt one of me largest, most sophisticated, most expensive ' prostitution rings here and has been operating for more than 10 years. Simmons said officers were alerted to the ring by a disgruntled customer. Two undercover vice officers said they con tacted Royce and arranged a date with two pros titutes. The women were arrested after officers paid them $1,600 in cash, Simmons said. Officers then went to Royce’s apartment armed with a search warrant to confiscate busi ness records. Police know of five other madams operating in Houston and have contacted authorities nation wide. The main madam appears to operate from Chicago, he said. )mr ?z is a sophomon >r and a staff as® Ad hoc committee works to enhance, coordinate international programs By Alan Sembera SENIOR STAFF WRITER A committee formed by Texas A&M President William H. Mob ley is working toward making A&M a major international uni versity by searching for a way to coordinate the school’s interna tional programs. The major goal of the Ad Hoc Committee on Development, Coordination and Structure of International Programs is to help existing organizations infuse an international dimension through out the University’s structure, Dr. Dean Gage, chairman of the com mittee, said. The committee will recom mend a way to create an organiza tional structure that can provide information to international pro grams so they can become more efficient and effective, said Gage, who is Mobley’s executive assis tant. The purpose of the informa tional structure would be to en hance the coordination, impact and cost-effectiveness of A&M’s international programs. Gage said the new structure would not exert any control over international programs, but would act only in an informatio nal role. Another purpose of the new organization would be to provide protocol support when foreign dignitaries visit A&M or when A&M officials visit foreign insti tutions, the committee chairman said. The committee will reach its conclusions by reviewing various studies that have been done on A&M’s international activities. The committee also will inter view administrators responsible for various international pro grams, including the Office of In ternational Coordination, the In stitute for Pacific Asia, the Center for International Business Stud ies, Study Abroad, International Student Affairs, International Admissions, the MSG, and other institutions. The committee plans to release an interim report by March 28. Hispanic employees sue FBI for $9.2 million in back pay MIDLAND (AP) — The 311 His panic agents suing the FBI in a dis crimination case are asking for a to tal of about $9.2 million overtime and back pay, an attorney for the plaintiffs said Tuesday. In Tuesday’s testimony in the damages phase of the long-running, non-jury trial in federal court, the plaintiffs tried to show they were due back pay for promotions they didn’t get as well as overtime pay for some Spanish-language interpreta tion work. Attorneys for the FBI tried to compare Spanish language ability to special skills such as accounting and flying airplanes, and to show that the agents were bypassed for promo tions for reasons other than being Hispanic. U.S. District Judge Lucius Bunton ruled in September after a two-week trial in El Paso that the FBI discrimi nates against Hispanics in promo tions, assignments and working con ditions. In the damages portion of the trial, Bunton is to decide how the FBI should change its procedures and whether Hispanic agents should be awarded back pay and overtime. Plaintiffs’ attorney Tony Silva said T uesday the agents’ claims for over time and back pay qmount to about $9.2 million. The class-action suit was filed in GRAB A FRIEND AND COME IN FOR Id not be in d needs —nott* necessarily be» ie they would hat >r understandlij eds and concern aming a m ; Board may argot try, and they ®) h of Prairie Vie i when only one* n the Board. of Prairie Viet' 1 ributable to itsprfr re. is done an excels *nt of his univer# isition in May. A® olace will have ^ s to fill. If it is not the adn# that ’university* sentation ont i Board is a fair rtf iy qualified perT the System will d of’ boy image, rs would be the sit ur representation' is a senior jovrf editor for The B* 5 pieces < 2 MASHED POTATOES » & GRAVY 2 COLE SLAWS 2 BISCUITS 2501 Texas Ave., College Station . . .; till ■■»«! January 1987 by Bernardo “Mat” Perez, the No. 2 agent in El Paso. Eventually, 310 of the FBI’s approx imately 400 Hispanic agents nation wide joined Perez in the suit. The FBI has about 9,000 agents. One of the Hispanic agents’ chief complaints, aired time and time again in Tuesday’s testimony, is that Spanish-speaking Hispanic agents often are asked to be “Anglo help ers,” helping to translate or inter view in Spanish for non-Spanish- speaking agents. The plaintiffs contend “Anglo helpers” are expected to aid their fellow agents in addition to doing their regular duties, and that they should be paid overtime for such work. FBI attorneys tried, with limited success, to demonstrate that Span ish-speaking ability is like any other special skill used in the FBI, such as being an accountant, lawyer, engi neer or pilot. But Hispanic agents testified re peatedly that Hispanic Spanish speakers are treated differently from other skilled agents. “The accountant uses his skills for white-collar” investigations, FBI agent Elizabeth Rodriguez of New York testified. “But he doesn’t have to stop working on his case to help someone else using his accounting skills.” Photo by J.A. Finney Lou Zaeske, head of the American Ethnic Coalition Zaeske tells Aggie GOP that English should be Texas’ official language By Kelly S. Brown STAFF WRITER Our country needs a common medium of exchange of ideas and information designated by our government, and this calls for an official language — English, the head of the American Ethic Co alition said. “We have a common currency in this country as a medium of ex change of value, where every body knows what it’s worth and what it stands for — that’s the dollar bill — and this common currency is underwritten by our government,” Lou Zaeske, an en gineer who lives in Bryan, said. “Now we need this common value in terms of language.” Zaeske has been working since 1986 to make English the official language of Texas by an amend ment to the state Constitution. group members Tuesday night that even though some might say and believe English already is the offi cial medium of exchange in our country, they must realize this is not a reality. Zaeske said the goverment and it’s citizens must speak the same language if they are to maintain cohesiveness. He said there would be chaos if individuals filed public records in various languages, Zaeske said. “We can’t let this happen in our country.” Zaeske said being an American is not a matter of skin color, hair texture or ethnic sir name. “Being American is a state of mind and a value system — what we stand for, what this country stands for, the appreciation and love for its history and the certain See English/Page 7 \ARRIBA, ARRIBA \ Begin Summer with a Cultural Fiesta! WHO: Festive Texas A&M Students WHEN: Monday, May 15 through Sunday, May 21, 1989 WHERE: Scenic MEXICO CITY WHAT: Pyramids, Museums, Mercados, Bullfights, and mucho, mucho more! For more exciting details, join us in a Informational Meeting Tuesday, March 7, 1989, Rohm 231 MSG, 8:30pm. ••Total cost for roundtrip airfare and 6 nights In Aiistos Hotel Is $406 for double occupancy and $359 for triple occupancy. A nonxefundable $50 deposit is due by noon, Thursday. March 30,1989 in room 223G in the MSC Browsing Library, second floor. Deposits will be taken from 3:00 to 5:00pm on March 27 to 29. and 9:00am to 12:00pm on March 30 in room 223G. -^•MSC Jordan Institute for International Awareness 845-8770 Exchange Ideas... Exchange Cultures... Be an EXCHANGE STUDENT May 22 through Tune 22,1989 ***a cultural exchange hosted by Georg August Universitat students ***live with families in Gottingen, West Germany *’ f *travel to other parts of Europe Informational Meeting: Thursday, March 9,1989 in Room 604 Rudder at 7:00 pm. Applications are now available in Z23G Browsing Library, second floor MSC, and are due on Monday, March 20,1989 at noon. COST = group rate airfare + spending money MSC Jordan Institute for International Awareness 845-8770 Plant your ad in The Battalion Classified and harvest the RESULTS! Phone 845-261T for help in placing your ad.