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le Battalion TATE & LOCAL 3 'hursday, July 12,1990 orps members recruit incoming freshmen ByEUZABETH TISCH Of The Battalion Staff Some Texas A&M Corps of Cadets mem-, s are keeping busy this summer as they re- it incoming Freshmen to the Aggie Corps Cadets— the largest ROTC program in the tion. Mai. Mark Satterwhite, Corps recruiting rdinator, said cadets representing every ajor ROTC unit have set up tables in the SC during freshman conferences to answer questions concerning the Corps. IjEven though the Corps of Cadets’ official ruiting period is during the fall and spring imesters, the summer recruiting team at- cts an average of 40 or more incoming leshmen per conference, he said. Satterwhite said the number of cadets is in creasing after holding steady for the past three years. Moreover, the female cadet enrollment, which is usually about five percent qf the 2,300 Corps members, is rising. “This summer we’re running well ahead of figures for women signing up in the Corps from last year,” he said. Satterwhite said the increase could be due to new programs designed specifically for re cruiting. “We have some new programs created by the Corps Development Council which has a positive effect on recruiting for the Corps,” he said. The council created the Corps Leadership Outreach program that systematically targets high schools to recruit prospects. The council also proviaes a professional newsletter and video to be used during the re cruiting process. Additionally, a program called “Spend the Night with the Corps” was created to allow high school seniors to come to A&M on spe cific weekdays during the school year. Cacfets let the students experience college life as a member in the Corps of Cadets. The recruiting office in the Military Sci ences Building would like to have 750 to 800 freshmen signed up by the fall semester. In addition to recruiting, several cadets volunteer time by putting on traditions pro grams throughout the freshman summer conferences. The purpose of this program is to make in coming freshmen and their parents aware of the history of many A&M traditions. After a brief movie and explanation of the beginning days of Aggieland, the yell leaders have a yell practice with freshmen and their parents. Cadets are asked to provide this program because many A&M traditions stem from “the old army days” when A&M was an all-military school Joel Bittick, a senior cadet and a partic ipant in the traditions program, said. Johnny Martinez, a fresnman general stud ies major from Laredo, said the traditions program furthered his knowledge about A&M’s history and also convinced him to join the Corps. “Even though my dad was a member of the Corps in ’62, 1 still did not know much about the University,” he said. “The traditions pro gram helped a lot because it emphasized the history, honor, and tradition behind the Uni versity and the Corps of Cadets.” —funbelt Savings canrJ Iwner indicted x hike: ie Jon fraud charges BS mttorney general .—Malls case ‘milestone’ ve.Bi: _ lia y •S&Lfraud/Page7 lcon | DALLAS (AP) nembt: jjjrney III, whose - Edwin T. Mc- Sunbelt Savings d not Association earned the nickname t to ifpunbelt Savings” during his 4-year )p hy JoKncrship, was indicted Wednesday ij/■■i federal fraud charges stemming . S ||om a $700 million real estate deal ^ nitt in California, es Clarifr lembdl ™ a g ent P at Dorsey said the deal As one of the reasons Sunbelt col- ■psed in 1988 in a $2.5 billion fed- . Ad bailout that ranks as one of the vismjppgeston record. e judJ|The indictment, announced P Andy in Washington and Dallas, ^ Ames just one month after the in- Atment of former Vernon Savings l( j letf Loan chairman Donald R. Dixon, itifwj L „gj e Dixon, along with other former U rt offish-pro file thrift executives, have Aen much sought after by regula- * As cleaning up after the failures of |§vings and loans. if In Washington, Attorney General ey 1 Dick Thornburgh called tne indict ment “another milestone in our Backdown on fraud in the thrift in dustry, a case involving a cost of more than $2 billion to the taxpay ers.” "t! U S. Attorney Marvin Collins of jDallas, also in Washington, said the ifidictment charged that McBirney |participated in fraudulent loan deals and “a series of coverups made nec essary by the fraudulent reciprocal loan arrangements.” I “This case shows the great lengths to which people went to deceive reg ulators,” Collins said. || Thirteen other Sunbelt officials, ISorrowers and accountants have been convicted as part of the 2 1 /z- year investigation of the failed thrift. | Neither McBirney nor his attor ney were immediately available for comment. t McBirney acquired Sunbelt Sav ings in 1982 with five associates. The thrift engaged in high-risk loans that ||ere either unsecured or inade quately secured by commercial real estate and land, according to gov ernment documents. , McBirney, under pressure from government regulators, resigned as chairman in 1986. Rescuers cut man free College Station firemen work on Andrew James Lewis of College Station after he and his passenger Tony Sweed hit a tree on Hwy. 2154 south of FM 2818. Firemen worked for 45 minutes to free Photo by Mike C. Mulvey Lewis from the mangled 1986 Pontiac Bonneville. Police say the accident occurred when Lewis lost control of the car while making a left turn. Lewis was listed in critical condition Tuesday. Abortion opponents picket clinic Wo Abortion Day ’ ends in two-fold victory HOUSTON (AP) — Several hun dred demonstrators on both sides of the abortion issue converged on Houston’s Planned Parenthood headquarters Wednesday, and both sides claimed victory in what was to be a “No Abortion Day.” About 200 abortion opponents, some accompanied by their children, gathered on the street across from the Planned Parenthood office and clinic and set up a picket line. About 100 others, wearing blue and white vests emblazoned with the words “Planned Parenthood,” set up a perimeter around the offices and filled the building entrance, occa sionally escorting a client into the clinic. At least one man was arrested for trespassing when he grabbed the leg of a woman to try to stop her from entering the building. Dozens of uniformed Houston police and several plainclothes offi cers kept order as two large buses stood ready to handle any people ar rested. “We have provided abortion serv ices this morning and they said there wouldn’t be any in Houston today,” Susan Nenney, spokesman for Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas, Inc., said. “We will not allow local and national peo ple to terrorize Houston women.” Don Treshman, director of an anti-abortion group called Rescue America, said he was convinced that his group met its goal of bringing abortions to a halt in Houston, at least for the day. “We have determined you could not kill a child in Houston today through normal channels,” Tresh man said. “We’d like to be here every day, but the reality of it is our people work and can’t be out here day in and day out.” The demonstration was staged about a block away from the planned motorcade route for the seven world leaders, including President Bush, who have been in Houston all week for the 1990 International Economic Summit. “This summit is very important for the industries of the world, but what could be more important than children dying in places called Planned Parenthood?” Penny I.ea, an abortion opponent from Pensa cola, Fla., said. Aggie Cinema offers summer movie series Grove provides viewers with ‘drive-in’ atmosphere without cars By ISSELLE MCALLISTER Of The Battalion Staff After nearly half a century of entertaining the Texas A&M community, MSC Aggie Cin ema is still going strong and the movies this summer are as hot as the season. The four films left in the summer movie series are shown at 8:45 Wednesday nights at The Grove. July 11 features “Better Off Dead,” July 18 features “Body Heat,” “The Breakfast Club” is July 25 and the last movie of the summer is “Dead Calm” on August 1. All movies are 50 cents with a student ID or $1 without. Aggie Cinema dates back to the 1950s, Danny Garces, a long-time member and his tory buff, said. til CM \ n/eiRC i It was one of the original committees on campus when the Student Programs Office was formed, he said, but it used to be called the film committee. Other committees also were allowed to show films but when they disbanded Aggie Cinema took over their cinematic duties, he said. Additionally, he said, when The Grove committee disbanded the Aggie Cinema took over the summer movie series. The program is run differently in the sum mer than during regular semesters. Adviser Penny Ditton said most of the bud get is allocated to the fall and spring semes ters to bring blockbuster movies on campus. Summer budgets are smaller so Aggie Cin ema picks less expensive movies that students can enjoy at a minimal cost. The summer se ries is not for profit, she said. “We are lucky to break even,” she said. Another special thing about the summer series is that concessions are available. “It’s kind of like a drive-in without a car,” Garces said. More students are enjoying the shows than ever before. During the first summer session, Aggie Cinema worked with the Texas A&M Honors Program to entertain possible re cruits. They showed movies to about 185 students every Monday night in the MSC. This is the first year they have done this, and Ditton said it probably will continue. Members of Aggie Cinema work hard all pear, Ditton said, and it is one of the most visi ble and unique committees on campus. Students not only select the movies, but if necessary, they will physically carry them to i splice the T’ The Grove and even spl films. At other universities, advisers make all the decisions, she said. Among the hits scheduled for this fall are “The Hunt for Red October,” “Driving Miss Daisy,” “Pretty Woman,” “Dick Tracy,” “War of the Roses,” “Dead Poets’ Society” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” Also scheduled is the 22nd Tourney of An imation, which is a four-day series in October. Aggie Cinema’s hotline during the regular season is 847-8478. 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