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Bill Mm Class of ‘61 FOR JUSTICE 10th COURT of APPEALS & Ski 16 BRECKENRIDGE plus 229^\^ii plus $29 tax 1-800-232-2428 MSC CcpbEid VARiAbU Presents : ComiCon One Texas A&M'sTiRST Comic OrIentecI Convention October 26 * 27 at DeWare Fieldhouse •: SpecIaI Guest: Scott McCuIIar : <From tIie fiATt^UoNS :: Events: ' Guest SpEAkCRS, DeaIe r*s Room , LaserTa^ MatcIies^ p|| VidEo Room, CoMic RslATEd CAMiNq, Comic FREcbiE TAbU:, A«d a Japanese Animation VidEo Room ' : j - Plus: Tbs PremIer oF TkE SImpson's VidEo Came ANd a LIFe'SIze Transformer! TicItETS ARE owly $1 Per person For borh dAys! (Laser Taq not iNcludEd) and don't forget aBout Quest! ‘Ticket prices are $5 per person, and unit be avaiCabte at the ComiCon Admissions ‘TabCe. Page 10 Album case not affected by acquittal DALLAS (AP) — A prosecutor said acquittal of 2 Live Crew mem bers on an obscenity charge will not hurt a case against a retailer accused of selling the rap group’s album. Sound Warehouse of Dallas faces charges for allegedly selling a 2 Live Crew album, “As Nasty as They Wanna Be,” to minors. Prosecutors and a defense attorney are sched uled to discuss the case at a court set ting next month. “It’s like comparing apples and oranges,” Dallas County District At torney John Vance said Sunday. “In Florida, (2 Live Crew) was being tried for their live performance.” But in Dallas, prosecutors are try ing the retailer for allegedly selling the album to minors, he said. Sound Warehouse was named July 27 on misdemeanor charges. Sound Warehouse faces eight charges and a possible fine for sell ing the album if convicted, the Dallas County district attorney’s office said. In a so-called announcement set ting, prosecutors will discuss the case with a defense attorney Nov. 8, said Mike Sullivan, assistant district attor ney in the obscenity section of the of fice’s organized crime unit. 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The law does allow districts, how ever, to request exemptions if they don’t have enough classroom space or teachers. In January, the Houston schools won waivers for 676 classes. In £ evolution of a nefe 3 A/alloivee/v costume Brian Bush vetoes bill; override unlikely WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi dent Bush vetoed a major civil rights bill Monday and seemed assured of winning a battle in Congress to over ride him. “I deeply regret having to take this action,” Bush said. The president called on lawmak ers to enact his version of the mea sure before they quit for the year, expected later this week. The administration argued that the bill, as passed by Congress, would force businesses to adopt quo tas in hiring and promotion. Sup porters of the measure rejected the White House argument and por trayed Bush’s stand as a measure of his commitment on human rights. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D- Mass., the chief Senate sponsor, called the veto “tragic and disgrace ful.” “When the chips are down, the White House is against civil rights,” Kennedy said. He urged Congress to override the president. The bill was approved by substan tial margins in both the House and Senate, but both votes fell short of the two-thirds needed to override. Rep. Augustus F. Hawkins, D- P r said he would not even ask for an override vote without the two-thirds needed by supporters. “I’m just not O to waste any more time,” ins said, adding that civil rights forces might even lose support in an override fight. The measure would nullify six Su preme Court decisions that have made it more difficult for women and minorities to prove and win job discrimination suits. It would ban ra cial harassment in the workplace and allow punitive damages in the most serious discrimination cases. It was passed by the Senate 62-34 and by the House 273-154. Bush said there were many simila rities between the bill he vetoed and the version that the administration supports. Civil rights advocates de nounced the latets version of Bush’s bill as a sham for permitting chal lenged hiring practices to stand if they could be justified on such grounds as “customer relations,” jus tifications they said were used to support the separate-but-equal “Jim Crow” laws of the first half of the 20th century that kept African- Americans in segregation. Icut here l DEFENSIVE DRIVING CLASS Oct., 24,25,1990 (6-10 p.m. & 6-10 p.m.) Nov. 2,3,1990 (6-10 p.m. & 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.) STATE APPROVED DRIVING SAFETY COURSE Register at University Plus (MSC Basement) Call 845-1631 for more information on these or other classes D&M EDUCATION ENTERPRISES cut here State collegi enrollment increases AUSTIN (AP) — Enrollrat at state colleges and universitis rose by 26,035 students (his fi the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board reporteil Monday. Preliminary figures for k current semester showed that (Ik combined enrollment at all insti tutions of higher education statewide was 885,515, a 3 per cent increase over last year. Enrollment at public jums colleges and public universities totaled 779,713, an increase oi 24,287, or 3.2 percent, theboail reported. This fall’s increase continues) trend, Kenneth Ashworth, com missioner of higher education, said. "In the last five years, enrol merit in public institutions his grown by more than 130,000 stn dents, almost as many students as the total enrollment of theeniitf University of Texas system," Asl worth said. Twenty-three public universi ties reported combined enrol ment increases of 10,107, wkilt 12 reported a combined loss of 2,246. Total enrollment at the35 institutions is 407,809, up 7,861 students from last fall. For the third consecutive year, Texas A&M University at Galves ton reported the largest percent age gain, 14.9 percent. The Uni versity of Texas at San Antoni! reported the greatest increase ® the number ot students, 1,458. Enrollment also is up at 38 d the 49 public junior college dts tricts. Me negas stigb s aid t befei Ocan . “M ittipri 'vatcl flews T'ues lisme “If flews Black drug ■Doth 'vholi <%d, Mack