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Page 1 2 The Battalion Thursday, October25,1 Bob for County Clerk CLOVES' INCEN , . VTftfVJT-Bflas-t , 1 _^-,TONS 'O JEVJELPy f| .tf-mEFJWTRjflcrt Jgy^ CflFE ONLYA Need a good Doctor? Let us help We’re open until 8p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday! •Women’s health care •General medical care •Minor emergencies No appointment needed Minimal waiting time Family Medical Center CarePlusN>f*i 696-0683 1712 Southwest Parkway Near Kroger and Shipley’s There is such a thing as a FREE RIDE Join us for Sunday worship service at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church (8am & 10:30am). Rides are offered at 10:10, every Sunday at the COMMONS, UNDERGROUND/SBISA, and UNIVERSITY TOWERS. (Rides are provided by TEXAS A&M LUTHERAN COLLEGIANS) for more info: 693-4514 Thursday TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION COALITION: will have speakers for Rainfo rest Week. At 11 a.m., Dr. Gary Watson will speak about ecosystem preser vation; an Ecorap informal discussion at noon — domestic and foreign defo restation; at 1 p.m., Michael Worsham, how to save rainforests; and at 2 p.m., Jorge Fossatti, endangered rainforest spectacled bear. Call Chris at 693-0676 for more information. At 7 p.m. in 110 Civil Engineering Bldg., there will be a speaker meeting by author of “Clearcutting: A Crime Against Natu re.” Call Filo at 847-6560 for more information. FOURTH DAY: meeting for all who have made any Aggie Awakening. Planningle AA #29 in progress at 6:15 p.m. in St. Mary s Student Center. Call 846-571/ ntormation. for more inf /ol. 90 I\f NRHH: informal meeting to write letters to overseas soldiers at 6 p.m. attheFlyinj Tomato. TEXAS A&M SPORTS CAR CLUB: will have a car show from 9 a.m. to5p.nu the Academic Bldg. Friday SIGMA IOTA EPSILON: social from 7 to 8 p.m. at Rita’s RESIDENCE HALL ASSOCIATION: Hall-Y-Wood Squares at noon in Davis-Gary. Call DJ at 847-4907 for more information. MSC CEPHEID VARIABLE: Comicon I- first comic book convention from noonloj p.m. in Deware. Admission is $1 CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: welcomes all Aggies to Life Line — this week we have a special speaker— Dan Hayes at 7:30 p.m. in 108 Harrington. YOUTH IN ACTION FOR CHRIST: Chris Henderson will teach lesson at 7:30pm, at St. Matthew Baptist Church. Call Julian at 846-0125 for more information TURKISH STUDENT ASSOCIATION: a traditional Turkish dinner celebrating the 67th anniversary of the proclamation of the Turkish Republic at 7 p.m. in 201 MSC. Call Ahmet at 846-1401 for more information. BAPTIST STUDENT UNION: will have noon Bible study at the Baptist Studem Union. STUDY ABROAD OFFICE: will have an informational meeting on junior yeaie* change programs to Mexico, Scotland, Germany or England from 10 to 11 a.m. in 251 Bi jizzell Hall West. TEAC EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Ecorap session celebrating World Rainforest Week. Informal discussion will take place on topic of deforestation. All inter ested welcome at noon under the tree in front of the Academic Building. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at noon. Call h C.D.P.E. at 845-0280 for more information. TEXAS A&M EMERGENCY CARE TEAM: meeting for all members at 7 p.m. in 601 Rudder. Call 845-4321 for more information. TEAC: Family Film Fest for International Rainforest Week. Environmental films shown all evening 6-10 p.m. in 301 Rudder. Admission is free, donations ac cepted. Call Amy at 846-2068 for more information. EPISCOPAL STUDENT CENTER: will have evening prayer and community dim/ at the Canterbury House. Call 693-4245 for more information. CENTER FOR EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT (Mgmt 481): will have guest lecture Arden R. Grover at 10 a.m. in 114 Blocker. Call 847-1847 for moreinfoma tion. ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS: general discussion at 6 p.m. Call C.P.D.E.at 845-0280 for more information. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: general discussion at 8:30 p.m. Call C.P.D.E. at 845- 0280 for more information. STAGECENTER COMMUNITY THEATRE: will show "Monique” at 8 p.m. at3715 East 29th in Bryan. Call 846-0287 for more information. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: general discussion at noon. Call C.P.D.E. at 845- 0280 for more information. THE DEWITT-LAVACA COUNTY HOMETOWN CLUB: will have a meeting to elect officers & discuss upcoming events with party that follows after at 8:30 pm at Casa Verde Apt #702D. Call Evon at 764-9087 for more information LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF BRAZOS COUNTY, TEXAS: board meeting at 7:15 p.m. at 2900 Normand. Call 690-0687 for more information. BETA SIGMA PSI, PHI BETA CHI, OMEGA PHI ALPHA AND FARMHOUSE:*! have a trick or treat for the Brazos Food Bank at 5:30 p.m. For more infoma tion call Derrick at 696-0591. STAGECENTER COMMUNITY THEATRE: “Monique” at 8 p.m. in Town and Coun try Shopping Center, 3715 E. 29th in Bryan. Call 846-0287 for more informa tion. INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: practical training for F-1 and J-1 International Stu dents from 7 to 8:15 p.m. in 504 Rudder. Call Noelle at 845-1824 for more information. Items for What's Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216 Reed McDon ald, no later than three business days before the desired run date. We publish k name and phone number of the contact only if you ask us to do so. What’s Upisi Battalion service that lists non-profit events and activities. Submissions are runout first-come, first-served basis. There is no guarantee an entry will run. /(you toe questions, call the newsroom at 845-3316. %HE» Gi^PEA/EVE; 201 Live Oak College Station, TX 77840 dta r Behind La Quinta 696-3411 Thrift fraud FDIC files $560 billion lawsuit NIGHT-TIME HEARTBURN STUDY Do you experience night-time heartburn? VIP Research is seeking individuals for a short-term research study of a currently availabe medication. A$100 incentive will be paid to those who enroll and complete this study. CALL Volunteers In Pharmaceutical Research^ 776-1417 DALLAS (AP) — Federal bank regulators have filed a $560 million lawsuit against the former owner of Western Savings Association, con tending he defrauded the failed thrift of at least that much money. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. also accuses Jarrett E. Woods Jr. of spending $7 million of deposi tors’ money on himself during the thrift’s final months in 1986. The lawsuit is one of the largest filed by the government against a savings and loan owner. It was filed Friday in Dallas but not released un til Tuesday. Government lawyers in Dallas said Tuesday that they could think of only one lawsuit that was larger — the $1.1 billion lawsuit against Charles Keating and associates in connection with the failure of Lin coln Savings and Loan in California. The lawsuit against Woods ac cuses him and Western Capital, a corporation he controlled, of engag ing in fraud and violating contracts. The government alleges that in the four years Woods controlled the thrift, he squandered its deposits on high-risk and fraudulent invest ments and improper loans. “The losses suffered by the insti tution appear to exceed $1 billion, at least $560 million of which was the preventable result of the policies and C radices implemented at Western y Jarrett E. Woods Jr. and Western Capital Corporation,” the lawsuit states. Woods is accused of using thrift money to refinance his home, fun nelling millions into his children’s trust funds, paying off a personal loan and paying himself an $800,000 bonus and a $41,667 monthly salary. Prosecutor files more charges in cadaver thef HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecu tors said Wednesday they plan to file more charges against a free lance undertaker charged with felony theft for dumping medi cal-school cadavers in a mass grave and pocketing the money he was paid to cremate them. Assistant District Attorney Jean Spradling Hughes said Rich ard Joseph Herrin Luciano, owner of the Continental Casket Store and Continental Cremation Services, would be charged within the next week. She refused to specify the charges, but Herrin’s attorney, Jack Kennedy, said the charges would include fraud, wiretapping and making terroristic threats against area funeral homes. Kennedy said Herrin would plead innocent to all the charges Herrin has said he has been ha rassed by the funeral industry!* cause the prices for the casketsht sells retail are so much lower than those sold through funeral homes. “There is a great deal ofbkter ness between (Herrin) and thefu- neral industry because he under cuts their business by sellinj caskets for $700 or $800," Ken nedy said. Herrin pleaded innocent Wednesday to the theft charge. OUR BIGGEST SALE OF THE SEASON OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF GLEAMING BRIGHT STERLING SILVER JEWELRY SAVE 33% Dazzling accents for your fall fashion jewelry wardrobe. Choose from bangle bracelets, duster earrings, necklaces, charm bracelets, rings and much more. Sterling silver, reg. 6.00-95.00, 3.96-62.70 Poor schools applaud action of state court SAN ANTONIO (AP) tiffs in a landmark school fat lawsuit applauded a TexasSupreffl Court decision Wednesday to arguments in the case and urjt lawmakers to work quickly to refon the system. “Time is of the essence," said perintendent James Vasquez Edgewood School District, It) plaintiff in the lawsuit. “Itdoesl* come critical t hat we get itouttoi Legislature as quickly as possible. The Texas Supreme Courtsaid will hear arguments Nov. 28. Last month, state District Scott McCown ruled the system constitutional because it doesn’tgd all schools “substantially equal’ cess to funds for a similar tax efft* 1 He made the ruling despite effoit by lawmakers last summer to refoH the system. Poor school districts in thetas® Edgewood vs. Kirby, claimed overhauled system is no diffe from the one declared unconsi tional by the Texas Supreme in October 1989. The pi; sought to have the new : thrown out. Representatives of some districts said Wednesday they hop to see another ruling before thetti ular legislative session convenes January. Yvonne Katz, superintendent Harlandale School District, anotb E laintiff, said she hopes the igh court gives legislators nnH guidance in how to reform the tern to make it constitutional. SHOP DILLARD'S MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY 10-9; SUNDAY 12-6; POST OAK MALL, HARVEY ROAD AT HIGHWAY 6 BYPASS, COLLEGE STATION. DILLARD S AND ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS WELCOME. She also urged lawmakers to dress the issue “at the front end the Legislature and not wait unt last three to Five minutes” so school districts will have timetof 11 pare budgets for the 1991-92 sett year. A1 Kauffman, a lawyer for Mexican American Legal Deft 1 and Educational Fund, concur^ Kauffman represents 13 school tricts and 25 families in the fin) 5 lawsuit. Sol By CHRIS V/ Of The Battal The physi< eling to and Campus in 1< A&M Faculp office workir the problem. The Faci Committee : Committee, trar’s office,; lutions becai to-back class Campus ofte rive late. “We wouh if it wasn’t a ames Mor^E demic Affair sociate pro neenng. “Oi and Friday, ] sible.” Dr. Steve Planning Coi on the issue early or arri but he believ lem. “I’m mor dents are mi Sercy, a prof gineering, s; oss. A lot of Ca By BILL H Of The Ba Michae urged Te: world’s ra between ti He told mental Fi boycotts a “When do to save involved,’ Worsha corporatu to call atte “The p hopefully said. He enc front of t of Texas protest is Action Cc TEAC subishi < mobiles, e ment and Nob By KEVIN M Of The Batta "Ease anc drugs that a lenges in th( nations, like apathetic w, comfortable Unless pe strive towai term goal o the country in jeopardy reate and v turer. “I fear oi excellence a ing replacec sure and cc Borlaug sa University I tion. "When I 87 By SEAN F Of The Batt. 1 A pe waste” a Texas i Preside Stout, F Dr. membe tures, s: that S’/ signed about n bonfire ings at portan concer “I tf tire ca profesi helped lieve it