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Tuesday, February 12, 1991
Groups distribute
condoms Thursday
By Twila Waddy
The Battalion
Free condoms and pamphlets will
be distributed on Valentine’s Day by
the A.P. Beutel Health Center to in
form Texas A&M students about
sexually transmitted diseases and
birth control.
“We just want to make students
aware of the uses of a condom,” says
Andrea Beshara, assistant health ed
ucation coordinator.
Thursday is not only Valentine’s
Day but also has been designated
National Condom Day as part of a
week-long effort to raise awareness
about condoms.
Beshara says condoms have a two
fold purpose — to prevent the
spread of sexually transmitted dis
eases and to act as a birth control
method.
Alpha Phi Omega, which is co
sponsoring Condom Day, will be
handing out pamphlets and con
doms, says Seong Kim, APO chair
man for Condom Day.
Condoms will be taped inside
handouts and will be given out be
tween 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the
Quadrangle, MSC, Blocker Building
and southside bus stops.
“We have pamphlets on STDs
(sexually transmitted diseases), pam
phlets on AIDS and AIDS aware
ness, and we have pamphlets on how
to use condoms,” Seong says.
Condoms also were handed out
last semester during AIDS Aware
ness Week.
“We cannot stop people from hav
ing sex,” Seong says. “If they are
going to have it, we can provide
some information and some protec
tion.”
Beshara says Thursday was cho
sen for National Condom Day be
cause it is Valentine’s Day. Other
universities across the country are
doing programs the whole week.
This is only the second year A&M
has had a health education center
sponsor these kinds of programs,
she says.
“The main thing is the awareness
aspect of it,” Beshara says. “We are
not pushing students to become sex
ually active.”
She says the health center has
been careful in its approach because
condom distribution is a sensitive is
sue. The health center, however, has
not had any protests against handing
out condoms.
“Some people may see it as not be
ing tasteful, but some people have
chosen a lifestyle to be sexually acti
ve,” Beshara says.
Sheriff seeks
help in search
for burglar
Brazos County Crime Stoppers
and the Brazos County Sheriffs
Department are asking for help
to locate Steven Kenneth Franks
Jr., wanted for the burglary of a
motor vehicle.
Franks, 19, is white, about 5
feet 11 inches, weighing 165
pounds. He has
brown hair and
brown eyes.
This week
the Brazos
Sheriff’s De
partment and
Crime Stoppers
need your help
to find Franks.
If you have
in for mation
that could be
helpful, call
Crime Stoppers
When you call, Crime Stoppers
will assign you a specially coded
number that will protect your
identity.
Franks
at 775-TIPS.
Senate retains preference
provision in tenure policy
By Julie Myers
The Battalion
The Texas A&M Faculty Senate
rejected a proposal to remove the
terms “sexual preference-orienta
tion” from proposed changes in
A&M’s Statement on Academic
Freedom, Responsibility and Ten
ure (SAFRT).
Earlier this month, a petition
signed by 66 faculty members and
100 local residents called for the re
moval of the terms from the docu
ment.
The policy presently states that
tenure decisions should not be based
on factors unrelated to job perfor
mance, which include religion, age,
national origin, gender and sexual
preference.
The petition stated that “those
who violate or encourage violation
of state criminal codes should not be
given special privileges or recogni
tion.”
Under Texas law, homosexual
conduct is a class C misdemeanor
punishable by a maximum $200
fine.
University guidelines, however,
do not refer to conduct, they refer to
status, said Larry Hickman, profes
sor of philosophy, faculty senator
and faculty adviser for A&M’s Gay
and Lesbian Student Services.
Homosexual conduct is illegal in
Texas, but it is not illegal to be a ho
mosexual, Hickman added.
Hickman also said the SAFRT was
a subsidiary of the Statement from
the Committee for a Discrimination-
Free Campus which states that dis
crimination on the basis of sexual
orientation is unacceptable.
However, E. Dean Gage, provost
and vice president for academic af
fairs, said he questioned the idea that
the SAFRT is a subsidiary of the
findings in the Discrimination-Free
Campus Committee. He also said the
two are different.
SAFRT is an official statement of
University policy and the Discrimi
nation-Free Campus statement, ap
proved by A&M President William
Mobley last May, represents Univer
sity principles.
In other business, the Senate ap
proved:
. • A proposed amendment to the
Faculty Senate Constitution granting
election eligibility to non-tenure
track faculty members who are less
than full-time and/or those paid
from funds not appropriated as tea
ching or library salaries.
• A resolution expressing the
Senate’s full support of the Univer
sity president and administration for
their leadership in presenting the
case for adequate funding to the
Legislature and for working for tht
adoption of measures to provide
that legislative support.
• A resolution calling for a pro-
See Senate/Page 4
House seeks alternative plan
to augment education funding
AUSTIN (AP) — A statewide property tax for schools no longer is be
ing considered in the House to reform public education funding, Speaker
Gib Lewis said Monday.
But alternative school finance proposals, which would set a minimum
local property tax rate and redistribute some of the revenue from rich to
poor school districts, amount to the same thing, Lewis, D-Fort Worth, said.
“It’s not a subterfuge,” he said. “You just try to find out what’s going to
be able to sell.”
A statewide property tax to replace local property levies for schools ini
tially was backed by state leaders as the top option to meet a Texas Su
preme Court order to provide equitable funding to poor school districts.
However, groups including the Texas Association of School Boards
opposed the idea.
“It is not an option at this time,” Lewis said. “It’sjust unpopular.”
Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock said that does not mean the statewide property
tax is dead.
“I don’t think anjqhing’s dead at this point,” Bullock said. “Not pntil
there’s been a consensus on another proposal, and there has not been, to
my knowledge.”
Manufacturer pins
future on new jet
FORT WORTH (AP) — The Ad
vanced Tactical Fighter is one of the
last and best hopes General Dynam
ics workers here have of keeping
their jobs through the 1990s and be
yond, a report said Monday.
But even if CD gains a role in the
production of the futuristic fighter,
the program is not expected to pro
vide as many jobs at the company’s
Fort Worth division as its current
top earner, the F-16 Fighting Fal
con.
In April, teams from either Lock
heed Corp., which includes CD, or
Northrop Corp., will be chosen to
build the ATF in a $65 billion pro
gram that the Air Force has said will
produce 750 aircraft.
The third partner on the Lock-
heed-GD team is Boeing Co. North-
top’s partner is McDonnell Douglas.
The ATF stealth plane is being
designed to confront and quickly
overtake sophisticated jet fighters
like the Soviet MiG-29 Fulcrum and
SU-27 Flanker. Both Soviet planes
are twin-engine supersonic, all-
weather fighters with advanced
avionics and weapons systems.
For the winning contractor, the
ATF may be the key to surviving
into the next century.
The severe cutbacks in F-16 pro
duction over the next two years will
hit especially hard at CD’s North
Texas facility. The 1992 defense
budget also calls for terminating the
Air Force version of the Fighting
Falcon by late 1994.
, About 300 people are said to be
working on the AFT project at CD’s
Fort Worth plant.
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Financial department offers aid seminars
Texas A&M’s Student Financial
Department will hold four finana-
cial aid seminars beginning today
for interested A&M students and
faculty members.
Sessions will discuss how aid is
administered, how a student’s
need is determined and what re
quirements students must meet.
The Satisfactory Academic Pro
gress Policy and the purpose of
letters from academic advisers
also will be addressed.
Seminars will be from 3 to 4:30
p.m. in the Financial Aid confer
ence room, 225 Pavilion, Tuesday
Feb. 18 and Wednesday Feb. 19.
Interested students should con
tact the aid office at least two days
before the session they plan to at
tend. For more information, call
845-3981.
English certificationforum will be tonight
Texas A&M’s provost commit
tee on the English certification
process is holding an open forum
meeting from 5 to 6:30 p.m. today
in 410 Rudder for A&M students
and faculty members.
The purpose of the meeting is
to give the University community
an opportunity to express opin
ions about the University’s En
glish Language Institute.
Campus Crusade will hold studying seminar
Campus Crusade for Christ will
be sponsoring a seminar Tuesday
on “A Christian Perspective of
How to Study.”
Dave Hampton, full-time Cam
pus Crusade staff member, will
speak during the self-help semi
nar at 7 p.m. in 200 Heldenfels.
Hampton will discuss tips on
how to cut study time to a mini
mum, leaving students more time
for extracurricular activities.
59t Hamburgers
59* Hot Dogs
That's Right! Archie's has returned!
Archie's South College Grille located next
to Pepe's Mexican Cafe on South College
Avenue in Bryan is celebrating its Grand
Opening on February 23rd with an exciting
and expanded menu.
So, grab up your friends and come
celebrate with us. Register for the Jalopy
to be given away while enjoying a Chicken
Fried Steak Platter for only $2.99 or one
of our famous Jalapeno Burgers and a Pepsi.
Archie's is open late every night and
you can dine in or drive-thru until 2:00 on
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
SOUTH COLLEGE GRILLE
3310 S. College Ave., Bryan, Texas
ENTER AT PEPE' S MEXICAN CAFE
GET RICH
THE HARD WAY
Luby’s Cafeterias, Inc., operated in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arkansas,
Arizona, Florida, and Louisiana is looking for forty people to enter its
management training program in June, September and January.
To qualify, you must:
• Be at least 22 years old
• Be willing to relocate
• Have a stable employment history
• be college educated or have
equivalent experience
• Have little or no food service
experience
You will receive:
• $20,400 starting salary
• Company funded profit sharing/
retirement
• Group health, life and disability
insurance
• Relocation expenses
• Merit raises and advancement
This is a serious offer by an established and rapidly growing company. We invite
you to call or send your resume and find out more about us. You will be amazed at
the proven earning potential of a career with Luby’s.
interviewing in your placement center
Feb. 26 & 27, March 21,1991
or call Dal Anderson or Wayne Shirley
(512) 225-7720
(No collect calls please) or write 911 N. Main Suite E.
San Antonio, Texas 78212
Luby’s Cafeterias, Inc. is listed on the New York Stock Exchange with sales
exceeding $283 million last year.
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Good food from good people.
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Luby ta is a Registered Trademark of Luby’s Cafeterias, Ine.