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Come Play VOLLEYBALL Live Oak Nudist Resort Washington, TX (409) 878-2216 24 Hours kinko # s the copy center 201 College Main 846-8721 Battalion Classifieds Call 845-0569 Page 6 The Battalion Wednesday, November 15, LONDON $229 PARIS $269 MADRID $269 TOKYO $509 RIO $379 St. Maarten $205 ONE EflOM HOUSTON ALSO TEACHER and BUDGET FARES! EURAIL PASSES USSR / Europe Tours Language Learning Centers Councllltavel 1—1-800-777-2874 r; Fast Break Breakfast Specials from $2.49 Mon. - Fri. 6:00 - 11:00 a.m. (except holidays) INTERNATIONAL HOUSE <yrAXjjus. RESTAURANT International House of Pancakes 103 S. College Ave. Skaggs Shopping Center TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY STUDY ABROAD OFFICE $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $ $ $ $ $ $ mu & mm t® wtwwt mmmmt am mmm mwm ?mm mm wmmmmmt $ $ $ $ $ $ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ATTEND THE STUDY ABROAD FINANCIAL AID INFORMATIONAL MEETING WEDNESDAY, 15 NOVEMBER. 3:30 - 4=30 - 402 RUDDER TOWER A Financial Aid Counselor will be on hand to answer your questions about financial aid for Study Abroad. * ~ The Association of Collegiate Entrepreneurs presents MR. ROD DOCKERY ‘66 Speaking on The Highlights & Low points of ENTREPRENEURSHIP ti 53 Thursday Nov. 16, 7:00 p.m. Blocker 150 and A 16 oz. Soft Drink* 79 NORTHGATE LUNCH HHuL special Personal Pan Pizza i I I 1 I $1 (Northgate Only) ♦Single topping only. 0 " ecou P°" 11 a m " 4 p m Campus Special $5." Any Medium 1 item pizza and 12 oz. Soft Drink For Delivery Call One Coupon per person 693-9393 Mention coupon when ordering. Offer expires 12-31-89 501 University at Northgate Former employees accuse Finnell of improperly spending state fund : AUSTIN (AP) — Former employees of state Rep. Charles Finnell said he has collected state reimbursement for automobile trips he never took and had staff members work on his abortive 1988 Senate campaign while they were on the state payroll, according to a copyright report Tuesday. In addition, the employees said Finnell used state long-distance telephone lines at his Capitol office to conduct personal business, the Austin- American Statesman reported. Finnell, a Democrat from Holliday, which Is near Wichita Falls, denied engaging in such activ ities, which are prohibited by state law. The activities described as questionable by his former employees involved thousands of dollars in payroll expenses. It wasn’t possible to quantify how much the phone calls might have totaled because detailed phone records were not available for Finnell’s of fice. Responding to the allegations regarding travel reimbursement and the use of staff for campaign work, Finnell said: “I deny that I have ever trav eled one mile and billed it to the state when I haven’t paid for that mile myself. There has been no political activity in this office.” Last month, the American-Statesman reported Finnell, as chairman of the House General Inves tigations Committee, spent the panel’s entire $40,000 budget, although the committee met only once during 1987-88. Finnell denied any wrongdoing, saying he per sonally investigated hundreds of tips, then de stroyed the records. House Speaker Gib Lewis, who appointed Fin- “I Charles thought It was wrong. ‘ this told was not right.” — Lisa Fasano, Former Finnell employee nell as chairman, defended him, saying he is a “dedicated and committed public servant who has made great sacrifices to serve the people of this state.” But Finnell’s former staffers claim the alleged abuses continued after Lewis appointed Finnell last January to lead another panel, the House Rules and Resolutions Committee. From January through July, Lisa Fat served as the clerk to that committee, which It dies ceremonial resolutions. In recent interv from New York City where she now works ft: auction house, Fasano said Finnell flew free., friends or family on at least two occasions summer but instructed her to fill out fa] claiming he drove the distance. She said he flew between Austin and Hoi;; on one occasion and to Fredrickiburg otj other, “I thought it was wrong," Fasano iald,"li Charles this was not right but he said: Tmid the state money by not flying commercislly Charles Waters, Finnell’s administrativen tant, said Finnell told Fasano to falsify the in* records. State records show that through Septer;? Finnell has collected $1,967 in reimbunetr for automobile mileage and $543 forcomme:; air fare. Fasano said Finnell also conducted pend business on state phone lines when hewasirj to find Texas ranch land for investors, induq calls to a real estate agent in California. Finnell said he paid for any calls to theCi.- nia agent, who has relatives in his district. Gay rights group calls for removal of judge AUSTIN (AP) — The president of a gay rights group applauded an objection filed against a special mas ter’s report on a judge who said he gave a lighter sentence to a convicted murderer because his victims were “queers.” In a report last month to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Special Master Robert Murray didn’t find bias or misconduct on state Dis trict Judge Jack Hampton’s part. He found only that Hampton had vio lated the Code of Judicial Conduct by talking about a case that was pen ding appeal. The Texas Civil Liberties Union, Texas Human Rights Foundation and Austin chapter of the National Lawyers’ Guild on Tuesday urged the commission to reject Murray’s report and find that Hampton vio lated rules of conduct forjudges. “It’s important that every bit of pressure on Judge Hampton be ap plied,” William Waybourn, presi dent of the Dallas Gay Alliance said. “As long as Judge Hampton is on the bench, homosexuals can expect not to get fair treatment.” Hampton told a Dallas Times Herald reporter last December he gave a light sentence to a convicted murderer, 18-year-old Richard Bednarski, in part because his two victims were “queers.” “I don’t much care for queers cruising the streets for teen-age boys,” Hampton told the reporter. Hampton later apologized for a “poor choice of words” and insisted he thought the interview was off the record. “The special master concluded in his fact-finding that Hampton did indeed say bigoted statements about homosexuals,” said Virginia Thompson, an attorney for the TCLU who helped file the objection. Luby’s will present drug education program To increase awareness of sub stance abuse in the community, Luby’s Cafeteria will present its Community Drug Education Sys tem to Bryan-College Station Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the Bryan Council Chambers. The CDES provides children and adults with access to accurate information about drugs and al cohol through a local phone number. To date, the CDES has bee:.:| stalled in more than 30 act; throughout Texas, Arizona,Oil lahoma. New Mexico and Flort[ and has processed more thane: million calls. Scheduled to attend thect:: mony are Marvin Tate, mayorol Bryan and Larry Ringer, maw of College Station. Richards will speak at barbecue fund-raiser State treasurer and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ann Richards will speak tonight at 6:30 at the Brazos Center in Bryan at a barbecue fund-raist: Tickets cost $7.50 and are aw. able at the door. For informant contact Irma Cauley at822-560!« Model Railroad Society will have openhou The Brazos Valley Model Rail road Society presents its annual open house Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Bonham Parku North Bryan. Admission is fr« Call 690-6630 for information. What s Up Wednesday AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATORS OF TOMORROW: will meet at 7 p.m. in 214 Reed McDonald. Representatives from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo will be present to discuss internships at the 1990 show. MSC POLITICAL FORUM: presents E.L. Miller lecture series ‘ Tomorrow’s Technology Today” in the University Center Complex. For more informa tion call 845-1515. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FORUM: will have a seminar on dealing with population pressures and rapidly growing urban centers: The North Mexico Monterrey Plan at 7 p.m. in 305 Rudder. RHA GENERAL ASSEMBLY: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 301 Rudder. OPAS STARK SERIES & DEPT. OF PHILOSOPHY & HUMANITIES: will have a brown bag concert with pianist Paul Hersh at noon in 402 Academic. For more information call Rebecca Binder at 845-3355. DEPARTMENT OF MODERN CLASSICAL LANGUAGES: will have a lecture by Dr. Claudine Huntin titled "Counter-Revolutionary Correspondence: Jacques Gazette’s Dangerous Liaisons” at 4:15 p.m. in 212 MSC. STUDY ABROAD OFFICE: will have a TAMU 1990 study abroad programs in formational meeting from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in 228 MSC. STUDY ABROAD OFFICE: will have a loans for study abroad informational meeting from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in 402 Rudder. MSC ALL-NIGHT FAIR: recognized student organizations may sign up for a booth from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. in 216 MSC. For more information call Angie Payne at 845-1515. HISPANIC BUSINESS STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet at 7 p.m. in 156 Blocker. WOMEN’S STUDIES SUPPORT GROUP: will have an organizational meeting at 6 p.m. in 139 MSC. For more information call Melissa Cuthbert at 846- 3487. COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND DEPT. OF PHILOSOPHY & HUMANI TIES: Paul Hersh will give a lecture/demonstration performance of the “Goldbert Variations” by Johann Sebastian Bach at 7:30 p.m. in 402 Aca demic. For more information call Rebecca Binder at 845-3355. CIRCOLO ITALIANO: will have its first official meeting at 8 p.m. in 127 Aca demic. STUDY ABROAD OFFICE: will have a table with information on study abroad opportunities from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the MSC main hallway. WOMEN’S BONFIRE COMMITTEE: will meet at 7 p.m. in 502 Rudder. BLACK AWARENESS COMMITTEE: will present “Succeeding at Texas A&M" at 7 p.m. in Rudder. SOCIETY OF FLIGHT TEST ENGINEERS: test pilot 7 faculty member Dr. Don T. Ward will discuss the F-15 flight test program at 7 p.m. in 116 Engi neering. For more information call Scott Brandt at 696-4010. PRIMITIVE BAPTISTS FELLOWSHIP: will have a worship service at 7:30 p.m. in the All Faiths Chapel. For more information call Chris Blevins at 847- 7000. FLORICULTURE-ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE: will have a general meeting at 7 p.m. in 104 Horticulture Forestry Sciences. RIO BRAZOS AUDUBON SOCIETY: Bruce Miles of the Texas Forest Service will speak on Forest Management and its impact on wildlife at 7:30 p.m. in the Mark Francis Room at the Veterinary School. SOUTHWEST DALLAS COUNTY HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Dixie Chicken. For more information call Bill Wrightson at 846-8519. EUROPE CLUB: will have its regular weekly meeting at 10:30 p.m. upstairs at Sneakers. Call 696-1413 for more information. MSC COMMITTEE FOR THE AWARENESS OF MEXICAN-AMERICAN CUL TURE: will have a general meeting at 7 p.m. in 212 MSC. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at noon. For more information call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280. — NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at 8.30 p.m. Fot more information call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280. KANM STUDENT RADIO: will have a T-shirt and information table from 11 r a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the MSC. For more information call KANM al 845-5923. CATHOLICS ON THE QUAD: will discuss miracles at 9 p.m. in lounge B. TRI BETA: Dr. Marvin Harris will speak on host plant resistance at 8:30 p.m.ii 305 A&B Rudder. Thursday MSC POLITICAL FORUM: will have E.L. Miller Lecture Series on "Tomorrow's Technology Today" throughout the day in the University Center Com plex. Call 845-1515 for more information. UNIVERSITY SYMPHONIC BAND: will perform at 7:30 p.m. in Rudder Audllo rium. ACM: will take yearbook picture at 6:30 p.m. in the Zachry lobby. RELIEF, EDUCATION AND CONCERN FOR HUNGER: will meet atSpm ir 146 MSC. TAMU ATARI USER GROUP: will meet at 7 p.m. in 139 MSC. Bring Mac pro grams. Call Tom Dodge at 846-4565 for more information. MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DIGITAL INTERFACE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP: will meet at 7 p.m. in the Moore Communications Center Con ference Room. For more information call KAMU-FM at 845-5613. TAMU EMERGENCY CARE TEAM: will meet and hold elections at 7 p.m.in 301 Rudder. TAMU DEBATE SOCIETY: will debate on the abolishment of the social security program at 7 p.m. in 226 MSC. HISTORY CLUB: will have Friday morning yell at midnight on KTSR92. Cal Chris Michaels at 846-0011 for more information. MEXICAN-AMERICAN ENGINEERING SOCIETY: will have speaker on Rfr view of the ’80s” at 7 p.m. in 402 Rudder. Call Rebeca Jimenez at 696-8004 for more information. SNOW SKI CLUB: will have a night ski from 7 to 9 p.m. at Mt. Aggie. BRAZILIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet from 8 to 10 p.m. in 231 MSC GRUPO LATINO: will meet at 8 p.m. at St. Mary’s Student Center. FOURTH DAY: will have a slide show of AA#25 at 6:15 p.m. at St. Mary's Stu dent Center. COLLEGIATE 4-H: will take yearbook picture at 8:15 p.m. in Zachry. BRAZILIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have Latin American Cultural NigW from 5 to 7 p.m. For more information call Fabiana Bezerra at 764-0628. STUDENTS FOR SCIENTIFIC CREATIONISM: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 582 Rudder. For more information call Joel Bergkvist at 823-4753. AGGIES FOR LIFE: will have a meeting at 7 p.m. in Rudder. See monitorslo' room number. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at 8:30 p.m. Cal the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280 for more information. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at noon. CallM C.D.P.E. at 845-0280 for more information. ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS: will have a general discussion fromfiio 7:30 p.m. Call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280. 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