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ALCOHOL AWARENESS WEEK: begins with a forum on alcohol use, misuse, and
abuse at 7 p.m. in Rudder Auditorium. For more information call the Center
for Drug Prevention and Education at 845-0280.
AGGIE WRANGLERS: Anyone wishing to take country and western dance lessons
(beginning, advanced, or jitterbug) may sign up from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. in
the MSC.
TEXAS AGGIE GRASSROOT COALITION: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 507 Rudder.
MINORITY ASSOCIATION OF PRE-HEALTH AGGIES: will meet at 7 p.m. in 502
Rudder.
PRIMITIVE BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP: will have a worship service at 7:30 p.m. in
the All Faith’s Chapel. For more information call Chris Blexins at 847-7000.
PRE-LAW SOCIETY: will meet at 7 p.m. in 302 Rudder.
SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS: will have a meeting for members
going to the national convention at 7 p.m. in 014 Reed McDonald.
TAMU SKYDIVING CLUB: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 502 Rudder.
MUSLIM STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have a video program called “Quran, the
Book of Sign” at 8:30 p.m. in 229 MSC.
RECREATIONAL SPORTS: will have entries open for flickerball, innertube water
basketball, and 8-ball singles at 8 a.m. in 159 Read.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at noon. Call the
C.D.P.E. at 845-0280 for more information.
Tuesday
ALCOHOL AWARENESS WEEK: will have a Mash Tent serving Aggie Mocktails
(non-alcoholic beverages) from 1 to 3 p.m. on the southside of the Quad. For
more information call the Center for Drug Prevention and Education at 845-
0280.
PLACEMENT CENTER: will have second-level interviews from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in
410 Rudder.
CIRCLE K INTERNATIONAL: will have a meeting and magazine collection at 7
p.m. in 228 MSC. For more information call Elizabeth at 847-0247.
AMERICAN MARKETING ASSOCIATION: John Harrelson from Dow Chemical
will speak on their move toward global marketing at 8:30 p.m. in 701 Rudder.
BETA ALPHA PSI: will have a social hosted by Price Waterhouse at 6:30 p.m. at
the Briarcrest Country Club.
PHI ETA SIGMA: Dr. Southerland will speak on how to get the most out of your col
lege years at 8:30 p.m. in 301 Rudder.
ALCOHOL AWARENESS WEEK: will have Hall-y-wood Squares game show from
4 to 5 p.m. at the Davis-Gary Quad.
YOUNG CONSERVATIVES OF TEXAS: will meet at 7 p.m. in 308 Rudder.
PSYCHOLOGY CLUB/PSI CHI: Dr. Harsey will speak on health psychology at 7
p.m. in 338 Psychology.
SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS: Peter Roussel will speak on poli
tics and the press at 8 p.m. in 014 Reed McDonald.
WOMEN IN COMMUNICATIONS INC.: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 302 Rudder. For
more information call Sheri Jones at 823-4150.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION: will have a prayer meeting at 7 p.m. in
the meditation room of the All Faith’s Chapel.
MEDICINE TRIBE: will meet at 5 p.m. in front of the Academic Building.
RECREATIONAL SPORTS: entries close for pickleball singles and golf doubles at
5:30 p.m. in 159 Read.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: will have a step study meeting at 8:30 p.m. For more
information call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280.
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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at noon. For more in
formation call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280.
Hems 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 645-3315.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — “The
jramm-Rudman law’s automatic
bpending cuts.” Those seven words
were supposed to conjure visions of
paos that would frighten Congress
pnd the president into cutting the
Ifederal deficit.
But it hasn’t worked that way this
[year. On Monday, $16 billion in “au
tomatic” federal spending cuts take
effect.
The law calls the cuts “perma
nent.” In reality, they may not be.
Unless you are a doctor, hospital
official, veteran, college student or
[federal worker, you are unlikely
(ever to notice the reductions.
Even if you are among those vic
tims, however, you may not suffer
[very much or for very long. If Con-
ress follows its own precedent, it
nay roll back the cuts in a matter erf
days.
The Gramm-Rudman deficit-re
duction law, enacted in 1985, has
[triggered automatic cuts twice be
fore, in 1986 and 1987. The 1987
cutback lasted two months and was
foiled back by Congress.
The White House budget chief,
Richard Darman, said Sunday that
allowing the cuts to last a full year
f maybe ... is the best available alter
native. At least it is real.”
“This time, if it goes into effect, I
bink it would be good if people
would live with it . . . Darman said
on the ABC-TV program “This
jWeekwith David Brinkley.”
One of the bill’s authors, Sen. Phil
iramm, R-Texas, rebutted criticism
of the law and said strengthening it
fould balance the budget.
“You can’t blame a mechanism
hat was aimed at reducing the defi-
nt when Congress does not want to
do the job,” Gramm said on the
vBC-TV program, “Meet the
Tess.’’
The law requires a projected defi
at for fiscal 1990 — which began
t. 1 — of no more than $100 bil
lion. If the projected shortfall ex
ceeds the target by more than $10
billion on Monday, the law automat
ically triggers cuts in spending of
whatever is required to slash the fig
ure to $100 billion.
The White House has estimated
that the 1990 deficit would be $16.2
billion.
The law distributes the cuts
equally between defense and do
mestic programs: $8.1 billion from
defense and $8.1 billion from do
mestic programs.
From there, the formula gets
more complicated.
The cuts apply to all defense pro
grams except for money already
owed on signed contracts. That
means that about $190 billion of the
budget’s $300 billion for defense is
subject to reductions. Result: a 4.3
percent cut in eligible defense pro
grams.
Special rules in the law exempt
nearly 75 percent of federal spend
ing, including Social Security, pay
ments on the national debt, federal
retirement and disability programs,
veterans pensions and compensa
tion, and state unemployment bene
fits.
The law sets a ceiling of 2 percent
cuts on programs including Medi
care, veterans’ medical care, commu
nity and migrant health centers and
Indian health facilities.
The result is a 5.3 percent cut ap
plied evenly among eligible domestic
programs.
Early on, agencies — which re
ceive their budgets in monthly or
quarterly allotments — cope by de
laying purchases, leaving vacant jobs
unfilled, reducing travel and shift
ing money within accounts.
Technically, the Gramm-Rudman
cuts “temporarily” took effect Oct. 1.
and agencies have been watching
their budgets since then.
Beginning that day, student fees
for guaranteed student loans in
creased by $13 to $38 per loan, and
college tuition checks sent to veter
ans W'ere cut by 5.3 percent. Few of
those loans and checks go out this
time of year, however.
ATTENTION
ON—CAMPUS AGGIES!!!
If you are a DECEMBER GRAD, OR if
you are CO OPING, STUDENT TEACH
ING, STUDYING ABROAD, WITH
DRAWING during the
SPRING SEMESTER
or getting MARRIED during the first two months
of the Spring semester:
Your $200.00 Housing Deposit will be RE
FUNDED if written notification is received in the
HOUSING OFFICE, 101 YMCA, by DECEMBER
1, at 5:00 p.m. If notification is not received, your
deposit will be forfeited, as stated in your signed
contract for On-Campus Housing.
Thank You.
THE AMERICAN MEDICAL STUDENT’S ASSOCIATION
&
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
* present ....
Full Lecture Series
on
PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE
DENNIS J. REARDON Ph.D., Coordinator of the Center for
Drug Prevention & Education
speaxs on
ALCOHOL & DRUG PREVENTION
Thursday, October IQ 411
12:00 - 12:50 p.m.
Joe H. Reynolds Medical Sciences Building: Lecture Hall 1
* All undergraduates, graduates, and faculty are welcome.
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