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ONEPtEX ODEON *3.00 BARGAIN WATINE6 DAILY THEATRES all shows before e:oo pm AT SELECTED THEATfiES CHECKSHOWTJMES I POST OAK THREE 1500 Harvey Road CINEMA THREE 313 College Ave. BATMAN (PG-13) Acc*&tr>q Pusses! 2:00 4:30 7:00 9:30 PARENTHOOD (PG-13) f» 4:45 7:15 9:45 CASUALTIES OF WAR (R) No Passes 2:10 4:20 7:10 9:20 UNCLE BUCK (PG) No Passes !:G0 4:00 7:00 9:00 Casualties of 2:10 4:20 7 Wa r 10 (R) 9:20 HEART OF DIXIE (R) 2:15 4:15 7:15 9:15 SCHULMAN Fa THEATRES OO BARGAIN MATINEE ALL SHOW BEFORE 6PM $2 5 ° TUESDAYS MV.Vu'.V fe,,urt, STAR TREK V PG # < M 9:50 DEAD POETS SOQETY TURNER AND HOOCH pg dolby i; 23 0^30 INDIANA JONESAAST CRUSADE pg * $ DOLLAR DAYS $ GHOSTBUSTERS II KARATE KID W PG 2-20 710 *20 PINK CADILLAC PG-13 2.13 449 713 US UHF PG 22S 4:90 7.20 •45 THE ABYSS pg dolby 2:00 4:39 7-20 10:00 1 lETHAL WEAPON 1 r dolby • mmnrm 7.-OS MANOR EAST 3 Manor East Mall 823-8300 HONEY. 1 SHRUNK THE KIDS 2:10 4 35 7.10 0:35 WHEN HARRY MET SALLY R * 2:13 # 4:40 7.20 030 CHEETAH & FRIENDS Every time you turn around, there’s something new at ★ jazzercise 1 sft Class Free No Memembership Fee No Contracts Super Semester Rates Childcare Available Morning, Afternoon and Evening Classes Jazzercise Studio Wellborn <H> Grove (1 block South of Jersey) Call Cathy for class information 764-1183 776-6696 Serving B-CS for 10 years Student Floral Concessions Aggie Mums "Made for Ags ByAgs-" Orders taken in the MSC Tuesday-Friday FREE DORM DELIVERY Convenient Saturday pick-ups in the MSC Beat the Hell Outta LiSU! Miller Lite 12 pack 12 oz. cans Bacardi Rum 80° .7501 79 Season 7 American Whisker 80° .7501 Dobra Vodka 80° .7501 19 Montezuna 80° Tequila 1.751 Ron Bocov 80° Rum 1.751 Mike’s Discount No. 2 3519 A S. Texas Ave. (next to Cooke Cable) S46-7553 Page 4 The Battalion Friday, September 1,1989 Texas Aggie Band pleased, enthused with retention rate By Todd Connelley Of The Battalion Staff The Aggie Band, under the fresh leadership of Lt. Col. Ray Toler, set a standard of excellence by main taining a 100 percent retention rate for the new fisn class. “We started Freshman Orienta tion Week with 105 fish and we still have 105 fish in the band,” Toler said. Toler credits the new senior class with creating a positive atmosphere for the incoming freshman. “The class of ’90 came in with a new zeal and a fresh attitude about trying to build for the future of the Aggie Band,” Toler said. A graduated haircut policy has also been implemented to allow se niors and juniors a little more hair than in past years, he said. The new leadership style has boosted morale in the band to an all- time high, he said. The first few weeks of school can be a severe culture shock for a fresh man cadet. Meeting upperclassmen, overzealous sophomores and a sud den lack of television make it easy for a fish to think about quitting. “The new seniors are trying to soften the blow of simply being a fish by making sure everyone is treated with dignity and humanity,” Toler said. “The cadet leaders of the band have been in constant communica tion over the summer trying to come up with new ways to make the band a more appealing place for a new fish.” Some minor changes had to be made to attract more people. “We are trying to tone down some of the harsh treatment a fish receives by making sure they are treated like human beings,” Toler said. “Our motivation level is overpow ering right now,” he said. “The new drum majors are well-disciplined men and the bugle rank works as one machine marching across the field.” The perfect retention rate has one serious drawback — lack of available dorm space. Some of the members of the band have been forced to triple up. “Right now we have 16 triples, that comes out to 48 actual cadets tripled up,”he said. A housing refund policy is being considered to justify the overcrowd ing problem. On the horizon for the band this year is the possibility of traveling to Japan in January to play at two bowl games for the Japanese Football As sociation. “They have sent us a proposal in dicating they would sponsor us, but it’s all still on the drawing board at this point,” Toler said. A 300-member Aggie Band is the ultimate goal for the new director. “I am very hopeful that in the next three years we will attain that magic number,” Toler said. “The Aggie Band has always been the pre-eminent military marching band in the country and I plan to keep it that way,” he said. Class of ’89 to present gifts to A&M Saturday Texas A&M University’s Class of ’89 will present its class gifts to the University in a ceremony in Rudder Forum at 2 p.m. Saturday. The gifts include a $25,000 en dowment to Sterling C. Evans Li brary for books and journals and a sculpture of the Aggie ring. The sculpture is on display in the MSC Flag Room. Texas A&M President William H.Mobley and Board of Regents chairman William McKenzie will speak at the ceremony, sponsored by the Class of ’89 and the Evans Li brary. Expected ruling ends longest aviation trial in United States history FORT WORTH (AP) — A ruling is expected Friday in a federal court lawsuit over whether the govern ment or Delta Air Lines should take responsibility for a 1985 plane crash that killed 137 people. U.S. District Judge David O. Be- lew Jr. will release the ruling Friday afternoon, staff members in his of fice said Thursday. The decision will end the longest major aviation trial in U.S. history. Delta’s lawsuit against the federal government claims that air traffic controllers and the National Weather Service failed to notify Delta pilots of hazardous weather at Dallas-Fort Worth International Air port. The airline wants the govern ment to pay all or part of the claims arising from the crash. The government contends the flight crew didn’t heed Federal AvF ation Administration tower warn ings, didn’t ask for weather informa tion and decided to fly into the storm. The government also says the jet’s radar should have warned the pilots of weather conditions. The Lockheed L-1011, en route from Ft. Lauderdale to Dallas, crashed trying to land at DFW Aug. 2, 1985 when it was caught in a downburst of wind during a thun derstorm. Twenty-seven people sur vived. In May, a U.S. District Court jury in Ft. Lauderdale determined that Delta was not liable in the crash. Other juries around the nation have ordered damages to Flight 191’ vic tims and their families, but only the value of lives, not the question of lia bility, was at issue. Delta has paid at least $66 million in death, injury and damage claims from the 191 crash. In those cases, survivors who brought suits waived the question of liability. Tne Ft. Worth trial began in March of 1988 and lasted almost 14 months, although it recessed several times so Belew could clear back- logged criminal cases. Delta attorney John Martin, dur ing final arguments, referred to wit nesses who said the plane might not have crashed if pilots had tried to es cape “nightmarish wind shear” he said they did not know about. “The pilots of 191 were certainly not aware of impending doom,” Martin said when testimony was over in April. The flight crew was killed in the crash. Friday S.O.T.A.: will sponsor an 'Aggies with Kids’ brown bag lunch from noon until 1 p.m. on the second floor Health Center Conference Room. For more information, contact Nancy at 845-1741. CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: will have a Friday Night Alive meeting at 7 p.m. in 108 Harrington. DEPARTMENT OF RECREATIONAL SPORTS: will register for table tennis singles and exercise classes from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. in 159 Read. NATIONAL AGRI—MARKETING ASSOCIATION: will hold its Annual Fajita Fiesta at 6 p.m. in Central Park. Tickets are $5 presale and $6 at the door. For more infor mation, call 822-0552. _ , Saturday CIRCLE K INTERNATIONAL: will have a welcome back picnic at area 4 of Hensel Park, from 1 to 3 p.m. Bring your own lunch. For more information, call Lori Hawkins at 693-5023. HINDU SOCIETY OF TAMU. will have its monthly meeting from 7:30 to 10 p.m. in 301 Rudder. For more information, call Amiya Ghatak-Roy at 846-4519. 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