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Page 4 The Battalion Tuesday, March 21,198s Legislative leaders laud regular session as calm, efficient AUSTIN (AP) — Legislative lead ers said Monday the current regular session is one of the calmest and most efficient they can remember, but added the possibility of a special session still exists. “This is a relatively calm session, by far the easiest I can remember,” said Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby, who has presided over the Texas Senate since 1973. House Speaker Gib Lewis said he has never seen legislators working as hard or cooperating better. “People are trying to get some thing accomplished,” he said. Both leaders spoke to newspaper executives during the 68th annual Texas Daily Newspaper Association convention. But Hobby and Lewis said law makers, just past the halfway point in the current 140-day session, may need overtime to finish their busi ness when the session ends May 29. Lewis said overhauling the work ers’ compensation system may take legislators into a special session, while Hobby said restructuring the state’s prison system may be the cul prit. Hobby, a Democrat, said the Leg islature has come to an agreement on building additional prison beds and establishing community-based facilities to ease overcrowding at the Texas Department of Corrections. And lawmakers have taken steps to attack the underlying causes of crime, such as poverty, lack of an ed ucation and drug and alcohol abuse prevention and child protective serv ices, he said. But, Hobby said, a special session may be needed to compose an ap propriations bill to cover spending on the proposed criminal justice ini tiatives. Lewis said “the only thing I can see on the horizon” that would cause a special session is a battle over pro posed changes to the workers’ comp laws. The House has passed a bill chan ging the structure of benefits to workers injured on the job, restrut. turing the administrative agencyij charge of workers’ comp and less- ening court involvement in resolving disputed claims. The House bill, opposed byorga nized labor and attorneys who rep resent injured workers in court, ii expected to run into stiff opposition in the Senate. Hobby said he hope! to have a Senate bill on workers' comp within the next month. Hobby said the “litmus test" on the workers’ comp bill has become trial de novo, which allows disputed claims to reach the district coun level without regard to previous ad miuistrative rulings. Judge’s ruling delays release of Adams DALLAS (AP) — A judge’s last minute intervention kept Randal Dale Adams in prison Monday as he was about to walk free after serving 12 years in prison on a controversy conviction for the killing of a police officer. District Judge Ron Chapman re set Adams’ bond at $ 100,000, super seding another judge’s decision lo release Adams simply on a promise to appear in court. The action, which culminated an afternoon of confusion among pros editors, judges and defense attor neys, came after the District Allot ney’s office filed a motion to have state District Judge Larry Barakare moved from the case. In another late development prosecutors said for the first lime since his conviction was overturned after being questioned in the film “The Thin Blue I due” that they were prepared to retry Adams. What’s Up Tuesday AGGIE GOP/COLLEGE REPUBLICANS: Geraldine Hester will discuss staying active in non-election years at 8:30 p.m. in 308 Rudder. HILLEL: will discuss Jewish mysticism at 8 p.m. at Hillel. PRE-LAW SOCIETY: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 410 Rudder. STUDENT Y: will meet at 7 p.m. in 226 MSC. TAMU FLYING CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. at the club house at Easterwood Air port. ON CAMPUS CATHOLICS: will discuss how to defend your faith at 9 p.m. at All Faiths Chapel. ADOPTION SUPPORT GROUP: will meet at 5:30 p.m. at the Child Placement Center at 505 University East #801. Call 268-5577 for more details. AGGIE PEER ORIENTATION: will have an information session at 8:30 p.m. in 228 MSC. RECREATIONAL SPORTS: will have registration from 8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. in 159 Read for: innertube water polo, tennis doubles, golf singles, ultimate frisbee, putt-putt golf, superstars, Penberthy softball tournament and a rock-climbing trip. Wednesday STUDENT GOVERNMENT: will have a student body presidential candidate de bate at 6 p.m. in the MSC Flagroom. AGGIE SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 305 Rudder. CHI ALPHA CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: will present “Paradise" in edneert at? p.m. at Rudder. TAMU BADMINTON: will practice at 7 p.m. in 351 G. Rollie White. CATHOLICS ON THE QUAD: will disucss the resurrection at 9 p.m. in Lounge B on the Quad. TAMU SAILING CLUB: will have a general meeting for all interested in learning to sail at 7 p.m. in Rudder. S.O.T.A.(STUDENTS OVER TRADITIONAL AGE): will meet at 8 p.m. in 440 Herman Heep. UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRIES: will have an Aggie supper at 6 p.m. at A&M Presbyterian Church. TAMU TRAP AND SKEET CLUB: will meet to plan for nationals at 7 p.m. at the Chicken Oil Company. HILLEL JEWISH STUDENT CENTER: will have intermediate Hebrew at 7:30 p.m. at Hillel. MSC SCONA: Applications are available for Chairman of Finance, Operations and Planning in 223 G MSC. Interviews will be Friday at 4 p.m. STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS: Nomination forms for the John J. Koldus Award are available in Student Activities, Multicultural Services Center, International Student Services, Student Programs Office and Intramurals and are due Friday. RECREATIONAL SPORTS: will have registration from 8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. in 159 Read for: ultimate frisbee, putt-putt golf, superstars, Penberthy softball tourna ment and a rock-climbing trip. Items for What's Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216 Reed McDonald, no later than three business days before the desired run date. We only publish the name and phone number of the contact if you ask us to do so. What's Up is a Battalion service that lists non-profit events and activities. Submissions are run on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no guarantee an entry will run. If you have questions, call the newsroom at 845-3315. Walt the m DIABLO WALDO' HOU! claims tc tal Airlir strike M( rier of st but the ; to picket effect on A Con carrier h attendan striking Monday needed. As of i tendants walkout ; replaced utive via ating off] had bee problem! “It see a strike,” ing our f] ble indus more mo ter worki Carla striking 1 on Monc wage inci sisted Ci were mal their pee and wen increase j She sai able on honoring pected th of the sur 1 m si tions am Winkler flights th: to resolve shutting c About set up p main Ho others wa leagues ; working, hubs had w as foi We are now taking applications for the 1989-1990 Women of TAMU Academic Calendar Send Pictures and a short bio to: Calendar Girls P.O. Box 4396 College Station, Texas 77844 All material received becomes the property of the Calendar Girls parent organization are