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he Battalion JSTATE & LOCAL Monday, February 5,1990 omputer malfunction delays itudent orders for Aggie Vision Jy JILL BUTLER [The Battalion Staff A computer malfunction left students who wanted to rder Texas A&M’s video yearbook during phone reg istration out of luck. During registration for Spring 1990 and drop-add legistration, students were unable to order AggieVision 189-’90. tey Whitlock, editor and producer of AggieVi- lion, said she is not sure why the phone registration sys- [em did not work. ■ “We didn’t even realize there was a problem until AYLE pome people who tried to order AggieVision told staff nembers the phone registration system wasn’t wor- ung,” Whitlock said. By then, drop-add registration was over and it was oo late to correct the problem. Randy Hines, manager of student publications, said yyosEBu pome people were able to order AggieVision by phone /SfflSBmd some were not. Whitlock said she is not sure how many people ouldn’t order AggieVision during phone registration, but said about 260 people did order the video over the shone. There are still opportunities for people to order the ideo yearbook for the 1989-1990 academic year at A&M. Anyone who wants AggieVision ’89-’90 can order it during Summer 1990 phone registration this spring or Tin the Student Publications Office in 230 Reed McDon- aid. Orders for the video also will be taken at a table in the MSG during Parents’ Weekend. Parts of AggieVi sion will be shown at the table so people can see a pre view of the video. AggieVision’s eight-member staff is contacting orga nizations on and off campus to find out if there are any upcoming events the organization wants taped for the video. Order forms are mailed to members of taped or ganizations. Faculty and staff, as well as students, can order the video yearbook. The final version of the 60-minute video will be pro duced by Yearlook Enterprises of Durham, N.C., and costs $32.25. AggieVision, which covers events from Fish Camp ’89 to May 1990 graduation, will be mailed to each per son’s permanent address in June or can be picked up at the Student Publications Office. Hines said AggieVision is not trying to replace the Aggieland, A&M’s print yearbook. “AggieVision is not competing with the Aggieland,” Hines said. “A video yearbook can capture things that a print yearbook can’t and vice versa.” Whitlock encourages everyone to give AggieVision’s staff information about events to include. She also wants feedback about the video. “We want to produce a fair representation of what happened at Texas A&M this year,” she said. For more information or to have an event taped for inclusion in AggieVision, call 845-0048. ,J Missing airplane discovered ^ Congressman’s two children killed in crash in; ehindit rce unfc iophv ofi r from p porters entral )iefera to have a erornot ■ taken oil he hands vor of a nil fegafii bunion as tectingou ! he day *m by lit sex an making and doption ionandt mily i jroteciilt make tilt tri GOALGATE, Okla. (AP) — learchers found the wreckage of a small plane missing since Wednes day buried nose down in a pasture Sunday. None of the four people on board survived, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said. 'he plane, which carried two chil dren at Rep. Bill Brewster and two others, was discovered about miles north of Coalgate in southeast ern Oklahoma. Kecia Brewster, 16, and Kent Brewster, 13, had accompanied their father as he kicked off his campaign for the 3rd District congressional seat. They left McAlester Wednes day night for Ardmore while Brewster and his wife, Suzie, flew in another plane to Oklahoma City. A third plane carrying campaign work ers and Brewster’s other daughter landed safely in Ardmore. Also on the downed plane were Herb Pate, 32, publisher of the Mad- ill Record Register, and pilot Jack Kirkpatrick, 43, of Bi oken Arrow. Rep. Don Duke, D-Ardmore, said it was he who notified the Brewster and Pate families that no one sur vived. “It was my unpleasant task to do that,” Duke said from his home in Ardmore. “There’s a lot of sad fami lies tonight, but I think they’re re lieved to know there was no suffer ing.” He said the Highway Patrol told him the plane crashed nose-first and that all four were killed on impact. Highway Patrol Lt. Mike Grimes said the plane apparently struck the ground at a high speed shortly after takeoff from McAlester and was par tially buried. The cause of the crash wasn’t immediately known. “We have no way of knowing that,” Grimes said. “That will be up to the National Transportation Safety Board to determine the cause.” Grimes said NTSB investigators were expected to be on the scene late Sunday. The search, which began Thurs day morning, was hampered much of the time by inclement weather. In addition, the area searched con tained thick woods and tall grass. A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE FUTURE. Industrial pollutants. Hazardous waste. Radioactive by-products. At Chemical Waste Management, Inc., we’re working to put an end to these dangers. As the world’s largest and most sophisticated hazardous waste treatment and disposal company, we’ve developed a wide array of responsible, long-term remedies. In order to stay ahead of the problem, we need your help. JOIN OUR ENGINEER-IN-TRAINING PROGRAM We’re currently looking for Chemical, Civil, Mechanical and Environmental Engineers. 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M NAVY OFFICER \bu are lomorrow. \oul are the Navy. Modern technology Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack Nathan Rawls of Bryan shows off his robotic arm. Rawls and several other students at Texas A&M’s Riverside Electronics In stitute are turning out to be experts in computer technology. A demonstration featuring some of the student’s senior projects was presented Friday at the Electronics Institute. Investigation connects CIA to S&L failures HOUSTON (AP) — A newspa per’s eight-month investigation into savings and loan fraud produced ev idence that suggests CIA and orga nized crime involvement in the fail ure of 22 thrifts, including 16 in Texas. The Houston Post cited court doc uments, sworn testimony, law en forcement records and interviews with key government investigators and prosecutors in its report Sun day. Those sources suggest the CIA may have used part of the proceeds from S&L fraud to help pay for co vert operations that Congress was unwilling to support publicly. The CIA denied that the agency has used savings and loans to fund covert activities. “That would be a vi olation of U.S. laws, and we do not violate U.S. laws,” CIA spokesman Mark Mansfield said. The Post, however, said it found evidence that the CIA has inter vened in criminal investigations in volving agency operatives accused of S&L fraud. Lloyd Monroe, a former prosecu tor with the Justice Department’s or ganized crime strike force, said the federal agencies responsible for in vestigating S&L fraud are “being precluded from investigating wrongdoing that is possibly being conducted in the name of national security.” Richard Brenneke, a former CIA contract agent, testified in Septem ber 1988 during a federal court trial in Denver that the CIA had set up a systematic program to raise money for the Nicaraguan Contras. Support for the Contras first be came a point of controversy in 1984, when Congress cut off aid to the re bels. 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