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ftiesday, December 4, 1990 The Battalion Page 5 >oop (T r OfMS. What’s Up alski H. \ SoolH -bwW TH[ Ooofh, °5r " FiMK Toit-El ( VOuiklt OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at noon in the MSC. See television monitor for room number. Call 693-9912 for more information. METHODIST STUDENT CENTER: will have a breakfast and devotional at 7 a.m. and men’s and women's Bible study at 7 p.m., both in the student center. Call Max or Judy at 846-4701 for more information. 3 inale ^ cm\ fson n TH Tuesday IIOMEDICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION: will sponsor a Veterinary Sciences tour. Meet at the Lawrence Sullivan Ross statue at 6:15 p.m. There also will be a homemade Christmas tree ornament contest. Call Mike at 823-4040 for more information. TAMU HISTORY CLUB: will have a general meeting with Dr. Calvert giving a speech, "Is the Republican Party the Major Party in Texas?” at 7 p.m. in 502 Rudder. Call Eric at 693-8561 for more information. MEDICINE TRIBE: will meet behind the Lawrence Sullivan Ross statue at 5:30 p.m. Call Inwin at 268-7174 for more information. AGGIE PARTNERS: will have a Christmas party with athletes at 7 p.m. in 224 MSC. Call Michael at 846-4928 or 696-8555 for more information. TAMU POOL CLUB: final meeting of the year at 7 p.m. In 402 Rudder. Call Jeff or Jason at 847-3696 for more information. .AMBDA SIGMA: old Lambda Sigma members who wish to attend the Southern Regional Convention January 25-26 in Tuscaloosa, Ala., need to sign up th ■ in the Lambda Sigma cube, 2nd floor of the Pavilion, Dec. 4 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call Jerry at 696-2866 for more information. Wednesday Brazos Valley Gem & Mineral Society:December meeting. 7:30 p.m. Room 1, old main bldg, Vetrinary College. Guest speaker, Ray Gillenett from the TAMU Ge ology Dept. Aggie NeXT users group will hold its monthly meeting at 5 p.m. in the vey Bright Building with presentations by NeXT staff and demonstrations TexNeXT: Harvey tsrignt Buiioing witn presentations oy r of new software and hardware. Call David A. Cheslow at 845-6998 for more information. tree at 6:30 p.m. at the Lutheran Student Center. Cal?846-6687 for more in formation. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at the MSC at 7 p.m. Check the monitors for the room number. Call 693-9912 for more informa tion. LAMBDA SIGMA: old Lambda Sigma members who wish to attend the Southern Regional Convention January 25-26 in Tuscaloosa, Ala., need to sign up in the Lambda Sigma cube, 2nd floor of the Pavilion, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today. Call Jerry at 696-2866 for more information. ferns for What's Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216 Reed McDonald, no ater than three business days before the desired run date. We publish the name and phone number of the contact only if you ask us to do so. What’s Up is a Battal- on service that lists non-profit events and activities. Submissions are run on a first- xime, first-served basis. There is no guarantee an entry will run. If you have ques- ions, call the newsroom at 845-3316. Continued from page 1 y d peaceful iy way cost ake advan- eni in such ' Dunleavv I Carol Ziegler, district engineer for Be Texas Department of Highways fed Transportation, said LoTrak Mans will be put on the shelf if the bond proposal does not pass. ■ “If it doesn’t pass, we will see what can be done in tne way of alternative funding for the project,” Ziegler said. | Once passed, the Texas Highway Commission in Austin would have to approve the deal with College Sta tion. I Other improvements include: l • $4.5 million for street and side walk improvements. Welsh Avenue, Rock Prairie Road and Marion Pugh Drive would be extended, and Se- besta and Krenek Tap roads would be reconstructed. I Approximately eight miles of new sidewalks also would be built along 30 city streets. Traffic signal im provements are included, f • $2 million for the first phase of the Wolf Pen Creek project which includes an amphitheater, walkways, a park, a lake, parking, plus other features like fountains and piers. I •$! million for park land acquisi tion that would expand the fcfuCral Park recreation area and the South- | wood Athletic Complex, j • $1 million for park im provements and development which would provide money for trails, landscaping, lighting and restrooms in various College Station city parks. I Funds also are needed to develo neighborhood parks for the Wooi creek and Sandstone areas. • $2.5 million for a new Cqllege Station Library. • $300,000 for public buildings which would fund additional main tenance facilities for city buildings and park maintenance operations. • $300,000 for an early warning weather system which would use sound amplification equipment mounted on towers spaced strategi cally throughout the city. This equip ment will trasmit voice as well as alert tones. Residents would be warned of dangerous weather, like tornadoes, without having to depend on local radio and television stations. • $75,000 for cemetery im provements will fund a new fence, a wider entrance and an upgraded fountain area for the College Station Cemetery. A display of the LoTrak model, photos visualizing the Wolf Pen Creek Project proposal as well as other propositions will be available jr fflforh“"3 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the College Station Annual Christmas Festival and Open House at the Col lege Station Conference Center, 1300 George Bush Drive. Voters in precincts 20, 21 and 35 will vote at A&M Presbyterian Church, 301 Church St. hould stav lebels. Continued from page 1 iebate and tdianapolis ;now there ’resident is tuncilman. in the U.S. trabia nexi yed in two and up and r said, add' that Amen Springboro. he military spoke a fe» force planes bombed a column of rebel tanks on public roads. The rebel tanks were rendered juseless,” the local news agency No- icias Argentinas reported. | Earlier, hundreds of rebels were forced out of a tank factory, an in fantry base, several coast guard buildings and another army installa tion. President Carlos Menem and army chief Gen. Martin Bonnet re used to negotiate with rebels who demanded a shake-up of the high command and a bigger military bud get. Menem, in his 16th month of power, early Monday declared a na tionwide state of siege that sus pended constitutional guarantees and gave him sweeping powers to ensure public order. He threatened to declare martial law, under which rebels could be executed. By 9 p.m., the last rebel strong hold was army headquarters in downtown Buenos Aires, two blocks from Government House. The planes attacked two tanks moving along a highway in the capi tal, and about a dozen traveling in neighboring Entre Rios Province. UT Continued from page 3 tthemdoio |Austin Emergency d andwe'rf spokeswoman. Services •e Phi Hien Tiet, 19, and Trunt iNguyen, 22, both of Houston, died almost immediately after the chain- reaction accident. I Long Hoang Ta, a 20-year-old |honor student from Houston, died [nearly four hours later at Bracken- ridge Hospital. I' The three remaining passengers were taken to Brackenridge Hospi tal. Phuong Hua, 19, was listed in fair condition Monday; Canh Dang, 20, of Garland in good condition; and 1 not yet ds Loc Bui, 19, of Houston in serious r classes, ft condition. Hua and Bui had chest in- vould be aft juries, and Dang had a closed head the latest, injury, said hospital spokesman f 3,850 abr Lam BeSaw. inAnge/o. An Austin address was listed for Hua, BeSaw said. Twelve other people also were in jured, but none seriously, in the acci dent that involved 10 vehicles, in cluding a Hays Consolidated Independent School District bus. Investigators said the accidents were caused by light rain that made the highway slick. img. The students’ car apparently spun ; le Hidings cot jut $500,Odi overall daff out of control after at least two cars collided ahead of them, the Austin American-Statesman reported. 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