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Texas A&M will welcome cadets
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stitutions and academies to discuss
ind build leadership skills.
Michael Graham, chairman of
Military Weekend, says the eighth
annual event will give Corps of Ca
dets members the opportunity to
gather with other ROTC students to
exchange leadership ideas.
Graham, also the Corps’ public re
lations officer, says the visiting ca
dets will arrive Thursday.
To demonstrate “Aggie hospitali-
:y,” Corps members plan to take the
rtsitors to the Dixie Chicken or
Texas Hall of Fame.
A round table discussion is sched-
iled Friday with students giving a
10-minute presentation about their
ichool’s leadership programs.
“The focus of the whole weekend
is the roundtable discussion,” Gra-
tam says.
After the roundtable discussion,
tudents will tour campus and attend
i “combat bash” dance party Friday
tight.
The Fish Drill Team will perform
t 11 a.m. Saturday at Kyle Field.
The Corps will assemble in dress
niform at Simpson Diill Field at
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AUSTIN (AP) — A House com-
littee approved legislation Monday
hat would give voters the decision
tn starting a state lottery. But oppo-
tents said the real test will come
hen the full House considers the is-
uraceme: The House State Affairs Commit-
irted ddJ| ee votet * 9-3 to send to the House a
^^iroposed constitutional amendment
ermitting a lottery.
“Nine-to-three here doesn’t really
how what the vote in the House is,”
avid Hudson, a lobbyist for the
I Baptist Christian Life Commission,
iaid.
.,i Hudson said 60 to 65 House
le anal nembers oppose a lottery, enough
a natioi| 0 kill the measure when 100 of the
150 lawmakers must endorse it.
Gov. Ann Richards told the
ouse panel that a lottery, if ap
proved quickly, would raise money
hat state government will need for
he 1992-93 budget years.
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2:30 p.m and march by a reviewing
officer.
Performances are open to the
public.
Dr. E. Dean Gage, A&M provost
and vice president for academic af
fairs, will be the keynote speaker at
Saturday night’s military banquet. A
military ball in the MSC Grand Ball
room follows the banquet.
Graham says most of the students
attending are from purely military
institutions.
At least 25 students from the U.S.
Air Force Academy, U.S. Military
Academy, New Mexico Military In
stitute, Virginia Military Institute
and others are expected to attend.
Graham says A&M’s cadets differ
from other student delegates since a
military obligation is not required
for Corps members.
Corps members are given the op
tion after their sophomore year of
becoming drill and ceremonies (D
and C) cadets with no military obli
gations following graduation. Gra
ham says almost 50 percent of the
Corps are D and C cadets.
Graham says the Corps’ goal is to
produce “leaders above the state and
nation.”
“This (Military Weekend) is a
good opportunity for A&M to put its
best foot forward,” he says. “We’re
proud of our program here.”
I have no interest beyond that,”
Richards said.
Because starting a Texas lottery
would require a constitutional
amendment, voters must ratify any
plan that the Legislature passes.
Richards urged lawmakers to
E lace the question on the May 4 bal-
)t so the state could begin making
money as quickly as possible if the
game wins voters’ OK.
State Comptroller John Sharp es
timates that if voters agree, a lottery
could start in January 1992, bring
ing in $731 million for the 1992-93
budget period. The Legislature
faces a $4.6 billion budget shortfall
for that period.
But lottery backers are in a time
squeeze.
Secretary of State John Hannah
has said March 1 is the latest date the
proposal could be passed and still
meet requirements for placing the
question on the May 4 election ballot.
House Speaker Gib Lewis said the
House may wait until early next
week to vote, adding that lottery
sponsors have indicated to him they
still may not have lined up enough
support.
Three-car collision
JAY JANNER/The Battalion
College Station police officer Doug Muxworthy records informa- collision, which occurred at the intersection of Harvey Road and
tion at the scene of a three-car accident Monday morning. The the west feeder road of Highway 6, resulted in minor injuries.
Radioactive garbage
Texas appeals waste dump ruling
EL PASO (AP) — Allowing Maine to dump its
waste in Texas would only open the door for
other states to unload their radioactive garbage
on the Lone Star State, an attorney said Monday.
But a state official said legal safeguards will
keep that from happening.
The state of Maine is dangling $20 million be
fore Texas lawmakers, seeking their approval to
dump its low-level radioactive waste in Texas.
“I think there is going to be a domino effect,”
El Paso lawyer Darcy Frownfelter said.“If Texas
lets Maine in, then it’ll let Vermont in, New
Hampshire, all these little states are going to so
licit Texas.”
Frownfelter represented El Paso and Huds
peth counties in their successful lawsuit against
the state to keep it from building a dump near
Fort Hancock, about 50 miles south of El Paso.
The state is now appealing.
Maine’s largest waste generator is the Maine
Yankee nuclear power plant in Wiscasset. The
19-year-old plant could be decommissioned as
early as 2008 and would require massive disposal
space.
Maine Yankee has hired Hilary Doran, former
Gov. Bill Clements’ chief of staff, to lobby the
Legislature.
Sen. Bill Sims, D-San Angelo, favors the idea.
The Fort Hancock site is in his district.
“I think we need it,” Sims said.“I don’t care
where they eventually put a depository — federal
law is very specific that if you do not have a com
pact partner, (others) can use you as a dumping
ground.” But an El Paso judge last month ruled
the Fort Hancock site unsuitable for nuclear
waste and ordered the state to stop construction.
Frownfelter said he believes the authority is
considering a compact for three reasons. First,
the state needs the money.
“Now that the legislature is in session, the bud
get is of course a major issue,” he said. “The Leg
islature is looking for any way it can get money to
defer costs, including accepting radioactive
waste.”
Frownfelter also contends that the state must
justify the price of the dump, estimated at $40
million versus the volume of waste it will store.
TAMU Bicycling Club
Next Meeting:
Tuesday, Feb. 19, 1991
8:30 pm, room 203 MSC
'Everyone is welcome.
1 New memberships wiiJ be accepted.
We will discuss rides, trips, and other
activities for the rest of the semester.
For more information, contact:
Gordon Powell (823-6224)
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Phoio by: Beatrix Schiller
Tuesday, February 19, 1991
Rudder Auditorium
8:00 P.M.
MSC BLACK AWARENESS COMMITTEE
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