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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1990)
La Familia, La Vida looking back into the past and into the future Friday, March 23,1990 8:30-9:30am Check in Second Floor Rudder Tower 10:00-11:45 Traditions 302 Rudder Tower 1:30-2:30pm Health and Mexican Americans 302 Rudder Tower 3:00-4:00 Reception at MSC Forsyth Gallery 5:00-6:00 Importance of Language: Bilingualism vs English as Official Language 701 Rudder Tower presented by MSC Committee for the Awareness of Mexican American Culture 845-1515 Saturday, March 24,1990 10:00-11:00am Reception at Rudder Tower, second floor 11:00-12:00pm Education 601 Rudder Tower 1:30-2:30 Foikore Stories and Poetry 601 Rudder Tower 3:30-4:30 Employment and Workplace: Career Fair Memorial Student Center first floor 5:00-6:00 Women's Role in Socjety 701 Rudder Tower 7:00-8:00 Evolution of the Mexican American Family 201 Memorial Student Center Page 14 The Battalion Thursday, March 22, Police Beat We*re Looking For A Few Good Engineers! Burlington Northern Railroad, one of the nation’s largest transportation companies with rail links that connect the Pacific Northwest to the Great Lakes and Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, has led the industry in becoming an innovative transportation company providing efficient, de pendable, low-cost rail transportation. As an industry leader, we have created a vast array of op portunities and challenges for our present and future management team. We have excellent opportunities for graduates who enjoy working outside with a variety of people and possess a supervisory or leadership background. Excellent oral, written and interpersonal com munication skills are necessary. Travel is required and you must be willing to relocate. Communications Supervisor Will engineer, plan, coordinate, schedule and su pervise the construction, maintenance, trouble shooting and repair of inside and outside com munications facilities, as well as oversee opera tions of wire chiefs at communication centers and render technical advice and assistance to various groups and personnel. Requires Bachelor’s degree in Electrical En gineering or Electronic Engineering Technology. Assistant Roadmaster Will assist in the supervision of planning and directing the construction, maintenance and repair of railroad trackage and other related structure to ensure the best utilization of person nel and material for a cost efficient operation and maximum production. Additionally, will also assist in planning and scheduling improve ment and maintenance programs to ensure equipment is in good working condition and operated in a safe manner. Requires Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering. We offer a 12-month comprehensive training program, excellent compensation and an outstand ing benefits package. Talk with us about a great start to your future! Burlington Northern Railroad will he at Texas A & M University on Tuesday, March 27th, conducting interviews. To schedule an appoint ment, please sign up in the Placement Office, BURUNGTON NORTHERN Equal Opportunity Employer The Advantage is yours with a Battalion Classified. Call 845-0569 The following incidents were reported to the Texas A&M University Police Department between March 2 and March 14. Due to the length of Police Beat, the fust half appeared in The Battalion Wednesday. FELONY THEFT: • On Feb. 26, a woman reported that a 1.3 -carat diamond pendant was stolen from her room. She contacted a UPD detective Feb. 28 and said she be lieved someone was wearing her pendant. The de tective met with both people to discuss the matter. The accused claimed that the pendant was a cubic zirconium which had been given to her by her par ents. During a subsequent interview with the detec tive, she gave a verbal and written statement to the detective admitting to the theft of the pendant. An arrest warrant was obtained for the suspect who was arrested and incarcerated in the Brazos County Jail. POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY: • A parking patrol officer requested a UPD offi cer’s assistance in Parking Area 18. The driver of a vehicle impounded by the parking patrol officer was preventing A-l Wrecker services from removing the vehicle from campus. The operator of the vehicle had a stolen permit displayed in his vehicle. The of ficer confiscated the permit and the vehicle was im pounded. The driver was escorted to 717 University Drive and released. AGENCY ASSIST/POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY: • On Feb. 22, Detectives Chuck Rudolph and J. R. Armstrong of the Houston Police Department Major Offense Unit contacted Detective Will Scott concerning the theft of computer equipment from the Microcomputer Power Company in Houston. A subsequent investigation revealed that a local resi dent was a suspect in the case. During the interview with the investigation officers, the man agreed to co operate fully in the recovery of the stolen items. The man said he sold some of the stolen equipment to students at Texas A&M at a reduced price. For ex ample, the suspect sold a Toshiba T-5200 computer valued at $8,000 for $1,500. The total amount of sto len equipment recovered as of Mar. 6 is worth$45,000. An additional $22,000 in stolen mer chandise is to be returned next week. ATTEMPTED MISDEMEANOR THEFT: • During patrol of campus property, an officer observed a vehicle approach a blue car cover that was lying on the ground in Parking Area 30. The ve hicle stopped and a subject picked up the car cover and attempted to place it into the vehicle. Upon de tecting the officer’s vehicle, he placed the car cover back on the ground. The vehicle was stopped as it pulled away from the area. The three passengers were identified and said they thought they knew the owner of the car cover and were going to hide it as a joke. The name of the friend was not given. The car cover was placed in storage at the police department. MISDEMEANOR THEFT: • A man requested UPD’s assistance in getting his umbrella back from a classmate. The man said the suspect walked out of class with his umbrella. Al though the man has asked for the return of his prop erty, it has not been returned. • A man reported the theft of his laundry from the Ball Street Apartment Laundry. He said two pairs of pants, seven shirts, eight pairs of socks and five pairs of underwear were taken from the dryer. • A woman reported that a man known to her en tered her Haas Hall room and removed a leather jacket, a bathing suit and a diary. The woman said that she had observed her property in the man’s resi dence and that he would not return it until he had read her diary. A detective contacted the man about the matter and he said he would return the property immediately. • A woman reported that she entered a room in the Richardson Petroleum Engineering Building and observed a subject standing by her desk. The subject claimed he was looking for someone. She said she did not know anyone by the name given. .11 ter the subject left the office, she checked her pur- and discovered her wallet was missing. She al tempted to follow the subject but lost sight of him < he went down the stairs. She recovered her wallet? the bottom of the stairs on the first floor. She exam ined the wallet and found $200 missing. • A man reported that the shift lever was re moved from his 1989 Ninja motorcycle which was parked in the Ireland Street Motorcycle Parking Lot. • A man reported that the right front wheel as sembly from his 1988 Ford Mustang was removed while his vehicle was parked in Parking Area 69. • A man reported that his wallet was stolen from his backpack while he was attending class in the Aca demic Building. • Someone reported that $90 was stolen from a room in the Memorial Student Center. • A woman reported the theft of her wallet from a room in the Sterling C. Evans Library. The wallet contained $20-25. • A man reported that his textbook, “Defusiot and Liquids, had been removed from a table on the third floor of the Sterling C. Evans Library. • Five bicycles were stolen from various areas around campus. • A man reported that the seat from his 193 Honda motorcycle had been removed while the ve hicle was parked in Parking Area 35. • A man reported that his Hamilton pocket watch was removed from his desk in the Aerospace Eng: neering/Computer Sciences building. F,RE A • A •construction worker reported that a small fire occurred on the north side of Rudder Tower when the insulation was ignited by the jackhammer he was operating. Although the fire had been extin guished, the worker notified UPD and the College Station Fire Department of the situation. CSFDper sonnel responded to the scene and checked the area. ARSON/CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: • The Crocker Hall Resident Director reported several individuals had apparently caused damage to the residence hall by igniting fireworks under the roof to a dormitory room and igniting a third floor trash can. Damage also was detected in another room. Nine people with information or possible in volvement in the offense have been identified. UNAUTHORIZED SOLICITATION: • A man reported he had detained two subjects who were placing advertisements for student travel to Europe on the bulletin boards in the Blocker Building. The subjects were advised of the Univer sity policy on solicitation and were escorted to their vehicle and released. RECKLESS DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION: • A man reported that the driver’s side window of his Ford Ranger Truck was broken while the vehi cle was parked on railroad property. A rock approxi mately 2 ”x3 ”x4’ was on the passenger seat and mud was splattered on the interior of the vehicle. BURGLARY OF A BUILDING: • A man reported that an Alpine AM/FM cassette deck, Kenwood equalizer and a box of cassettes had been removed from his 1985 Ford Thunderbird while it was parked in Parking Area 56. • Someone reported the theft of a Macintosh SE 40AB computer, keyboard and mouse from room 232X of the Blocker Building. DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED: • Three people were arrested for driving while intoxicated in three separate incidents. PUBLIC INTOXICATION: • One person was charged with public intoxica tion and put in the Brazos County Jail. MINOR IN POSSESSION: • A juvenile was observed in possession of a six- pack of Miller Lite beer. The subject was issued a ci tation for minor in possession of alcohol. HARASSMENT: • Two students reported receiving harassing tele phone calls. When it comes to sterling silver rings, we discovered the mother lode Rings, rings and more rings. Gleaming, sparkling, heavyweight, solid sterling silver. In so many styles. Choose from domed looks, serpentine, nuggets and bows. Many with cut facets that give an extra bright glint. From Sunstone, 20.00 each Bring in this ad and receive FREE your choice of ESPIRIT tote or t-shirt with any purchase of $100 or more in our Junior’s department. 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