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The Battalion
STATE AND LOCAL.
P,
Tuesday, Novembers, 1990
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Page 3
Student sends U.S. troops
small piece of Aggieland
By ELIZABETH TISCH
Of The Battalion Staff
One Texas A&M student is taking it upon himself to
help relieve loneliness felt by U.S. soldiers in the Middle
East.
Mark Lackey, a senior industrial distribution major,
decided to put together a colossal care package after his
brother stationed on the John F. Kennedy Air Craft
Carrier in the Red Sea complained about boredom and
loneliness.
Knowing many soldiers stationed on the carrier are
Aggies, Lackey designed the care package specifically
for them by including various A&M items.
Frank Shan with the 12th Man Foundation gave me
tapes of the Aggie Football team playing against Ha
waii, Tech and Rice,” he says. “He also gave me Aggie
hats and A&M press guides to send to the soldiers.”
Lackey says he wanted to get more people involved in
sending the soldiers gifts and messages so he asked a
third-grade class at College Hills Elementary School for
help.
“I wanted to get kids involved because I think it
would be a good relief for the guys,” he says. “Also, the
kids were pretty sharp and they knew what was going
on and the guys might think that is kind of neat.”
"I want to let them know we are
thinking about them and that we
appreciate all they are doing for
us.”
— Mark Lackey,
senior
Lackey videotaped students singing and sending
messages. One student, Arturo Alonzo, gave a thor
ough weather report of Texas and of the United States.
Third grader Dennis Winckler of College Station
says he wanted U.S. troops to know how he feels about
the Middle East crisis.
“I feel great that they are trying to help us defend the
president and to stop the people of Iraq,” Winckler
says. “And I hope they get back safe and sound.”
Winckler’s classmate Hayley Brown says she wants to
wish soldiers good luck.
The College Hills Elementary third-grade class sent
homemade items such as Aggie joke books, pens, paper
and self-addressed envelopes.
Lackey’s project was motivated by his deep apprecia
tion for the soldiers’ courage in the Middle East.
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Registration by telephone continues
Scheduling tips
Touch-tone telephone regis
tration by classification began
Thursday and will continue until
Nov. 27.
Twenty minutes are allowed to
register once the system has been
accessed. The system automat
ically disconnects after 20 min
utes, but students can redial and
continue until they complete reg
istration.
Open registration, and drop
and add by phone is Nov. 28
through Dec. 14 and Jan. 2 to 17.
The system will be available from
6 a.m. to 6 p.m., excluding week
ends.
For more information regard
ing registration, consult the
Spring 1991 class schedule.
Graduate students can Q-drop
through Friday for fall semester
classes.
The Texas A&M Department
of Modern and Classical Lan
guages wants students to be
aware certain sections of Spanish,
German and French 101 and 102
are reserved for bachelor of arts
students only.
BA students can register for
any section, but candidates for
other degrees are limited to non-
reserved sections.
The department will enforce
this policy at the end of preregis
tration and again at the end of
late registration by removing all
students in violation.
Non-BA students who already
have registered for reserved sec
tions need to make schedule
changes.
Seniors needing English 104 or
301 to graduate in May should
register for these classes as soon
as possible.
The writing program is being
restructured, and temporary
shortages of these classes could
occur during the spring.
Dr. Lawrence Mitchell, Depart
ment of English head, says reor
ganization of the program will be
complete by fall 1991.
Graduating seniors who want
to register for closed sections
should come by the English de
partment, but must show present
proof of graduation status. Ad
visement times will be posted out
side the English depiartment main
office:
Bush signs
budget bill
HOUSTON (AP) — President
Bush urged voters Monday to “get
out there and vote,” as he ended a
midterm election campaign marked
by mixed messages and squabbling
among his advisers. Just hours be
fore a midnight deadline, Bush
signed the $492 billion deficit reduc
tion plan.
Bush signed the controversial
five-year package of tax and spend
ing cuts, whose tortured passage last
month plunged his administration
into disarray, when he returned
from dinner at a local restaurant.
The president also signed the 13
appropriations bills that provide
money for the government for the
next 11 months.
The budget package, including
billion in new taxes, caused the
president considerable political
damage within his own party, and
White House advisers had worked
hard to move voters’ attention off
the budget fiasco.
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A story in Monday’s issue of
The Battalion incorrectly identi
fied dates of Greek Week events
and where tickets can be pur
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