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'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.”
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nembt: jjjrney III, whose
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Sunbelt Savings
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t to ifpunbelt Savings” during his 4-year
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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,
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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
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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.
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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
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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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