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Page 4 The Battalion Monday, April 29, Port Arthur officials contemplate district for casino gambling You've Seen Part One, Now See Part One & Two! THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE , T „ IA/f Act One: Vietnamese Lullaby Act Two: A Dead Man With A Pumping Heart April 29, & 30 Admission $2—Play begins at 8 pm Dinner-Theatre Starts 7 pm 103 Boyctt (Across from 7-11) 846-2898 NOW Serving NEW Vegetarian MENU Would You Like To Be A Representative A TUDENT Gd>VEl^NMENT TEX/iS A & M UNIVERSITY Of The Student Body? Applications now available to serve on University Committees Student Government Office, 221 Pavilion Due Monday, April 29 by 5:00 pm Academic Scholarship Selection Committee, Alcohol & Drug Advisory Committee, Concessions Committee, Convocations Committee, Cotton Bowl Representative Selection Committee, Council on Teacher Education, Environmental Safety and Health Committee, Fiscal Appeals Panel, Hensel Park Committee, Honors Program Committee, Intramural Advisory Committee, Minority Student Conditions Committee, New Student Committee, Placement Advisory Committee, Student Health Insurance Committee, Student Organizations Advisory Board, Student Health Center Advisory Committee, Student Publications Board, Students' Rights Appeals Panel, Women's Issues Committee, University Academic Appeals Panel, University Lectures Committee, University Recreation Committee, Yell Leader Advisory Board PORT ARTHUR (AP) — City officials are hoping Pleasure Is land can live up to its name and become a haven for legalized ca sino gambling. "We need something to revita lize our city," Mayor Mary Ellen Summerlin said. "We need jobs." Port Arthur is one of the coun try's oldest petrochemical cen ters, but the number of jobs available at area plants has de creased sharply in the past de cade. So Port Arthur last year be came the first Texas city to ap- torove a straw vote to create a ca- Hmo district. City officials want B^reate the district on Pleasure island, located in Sabine Lake. Legislation to pave the way for creation of such a district has been approved by a state House subcommittee. The Island Gaming Act, spon sored by state Rep. Frank Col lazo, D-Port Arthur, still faces many hurdles, including a full committee vote, a House vote, approval by the Senate and the governor's signature. Then it must return to Port Ar thur voters for final, binding ap proval. Summerlin predicts vot ers would approve the measure by even more than the 56 per cent majority it got in the straw vote. Casino backers insist there's no danger of Port Arthur becom ing the Las Vegas or Atlantic City of the Gulf Coast. The avail able space for casinos would probably mean there would be two to six casinos. The Texas Legislative Budget Board predicted that by 1996 the casinos would pay the state al most $3 million a year in taxes and fees. Port Arthur would get almost $3 million a year and Jef ferson County would receive al most $600,000. But some say the potential rev enue notwithstanding, the ca sino district should not be al lowed. "The cost is too high," said the Rev. Rick Erwin, pastor of the Procter Baptist Church and head of Port Arthurans Who Care, an anti-casino group. Erwin and other opponents warn that casinos would destroy the moral fiber of the community and increase lawlessness, and the need for increased law en forcement and services would negate any income the city and state would get. What’s Up Monday STUDENT COALITION AGAINST APARTHEID AND RACISM: Meeting at 8:30 p.m in Rudder; check monitor for room. Call Syed at 693-6185 for more information. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION: All students, faculty, staff and former sty dents are welcome at 7 p.m. in 146 MSC. Call Beau for more information. COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE: Presentation of 11 architectural projects for a McDonald “ formation. McDonald House at 10:30 a.m. in 206 MSC. Call Melissa at 845-3161 formorein- GOLDEN KEY JR/SR NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY: Spring reception for new mental! 7:30 p.m. in 201 MSC. Call Leslie at 846-5959 for more information. SOCIETY FOR CREATIVE ANACHRONISM: Business meeting for the Shire of the SUw sting to lands at 8:30 p.m. in 308 Rudder. Call Jane at 846-3113 or Michael at 268-7737loi more information. ANTHROPOLOGY SOCIETY: Dr. Stan Davis will talk about the archaeology of the Norte Coast of America at 7 p.m. in 200 HECC. Call Mary Ann at 847-1309 for moreinfor mation. Tuesday TAMU HISTORY CLUB: General meeting, guest speaker with Dr. Hatchett speaking onliis ' — ‘iiir trip to Russia at 7 p.m. in 402 Rudder. Call Eric at 693-8561 for more information. MEDICINE TRIBE: Meeting at jj:30 p.m. behind Sul Ross statue, in front of Academic Bui ' ' fc ing. Call Irwin at 268-7471 for more information. FADE TO BLACK DANCE ENSEMBLE: Informational meeting in 404 Rudder. Call Cam 847-2136 for more information. PHILIPPINE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION: General meeting for elections and to discuss It# “end of semester' party at 8:30 p.m. in 302 Rudder. Call John at 764-1128lot more information. STUDY ABROAD OFFICE: Informational meeting for finance and accounting study in Italy for Spring '92 at 11 a.m. in 503 Blocker. Information adi Study Abroad opportunities at 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in MSC. /ferns for What's Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216 Reed McDonald, later than three business days before the desired run date. We publish the name anti phi number of the contact only if you ask us to do so. What's Up is a Battalion service that list non-profit events and activities. Submissions are run on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no guarantee an entry will run. If you have questions, call the newsroom at Hit 3316. Young offender program attacked FORT WORTH (AP) — A little-known program giving young first-time lawbreak ers a second chance and a clean slate is un der attack because it benefits mostly middle- class white youths. Under the Young Offenders Program, the Tarrant County district attorney's office drops some criminal cases without the youths ever going to court. The program is the only one of its kind in Texas. It is limited to individuals between 17 and 21 and to specific non-violent, non drug-related crimes ranging from petty theft to home burglary, a first-degree felony pun ishable by five to 99 years in prison. But records show that the program doesn't include minorities at a rate propor tionate to the population, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Sunday. ' ' t-ke Nelda Harris, former president of the Fort Worth Black Bar Association. "The district attorney hasn't given it any publicity." Case files obtained by the newspaper through the Texas Open Records Act and court records show that of the 522 young of fenders accepted into the program from 1986 through 1989, just under 8 percent were black and just over 7 percent were His panic. Blacks and Hispanics each make up 12 percent of the population in Tarrant County. Minority representation in the pro gram also is far below their percentage in the criminal justice system. ferred adjudication, the mildest form of pro bation, according to 1989 records. In the four years reviewed, about 83 per cent of those accepted by the Young' fenders Program were white and slij more than 1 percent were Asian make up 73 percent of the county's popula tion ana Asians 2 percent. Based on addresses, reference from friends and other personal information in the 1989 files, the majority of those ad mitted appear to be from middle- or u familie income families, the newspaper reportei 'It's the best-kept secret in town," said Blacks and Hispanics together made up 38 percent of Tarrant County offenders aged 17 to 21 on the next rung of punishment, de- Offenders accepted into the progran range from high school dropouts to das presidents and members of the Natior: Honor Society to those.who talkontheiiaf plications of European vacations and ten» camp, LOUPOT ’ S PAYS CASH FOR USED BOOKS! Redmond Terrace Northgate Southgate next to Academy across from Post Office on Jersey Street After graduation, this will be your first smart move. 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