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Publication is Tuesday through Friday dur ing the summer sessions. The newsroom phone number is 845- 3316. The Battalion is a non-profit, self-supporting newspaper oper ated as a community service to Texas A&M University and Bryan-College Station. The Battalion news depart ment is managed by students at Texas A&M University and is a division of Student Publications, a unit of , the Department of Jour nalism. Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the edito rial board or the author, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the Texas A&M stu dent body, administrators, faculty or the A&M Board of Regents. Comments, questions or com plaints about any of the editorial content of the newspaper should be directed to the managing edi tor at 845-3313. Subscriptions Mail subscriptions are $20 per semester, $40 per school year and $50 per full year: 845-2611. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Battalion, 230 Reed McDonald, Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77843-1111. Second class postage paid at Col lege Station, TX 77843. Location: The Battalion, 216 Reed McDonald, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-1111. Campus mail stop: 1111. Advertising Advertising information can be obtained from the advertising de partment at 845-2696 Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., or by visiting the office at the En glish Annex. Advertising Manager Patricia Heck Battalion Adviser Robert Wegener Production Manager Paige Force Funding reduced for pre-kindergarten programs BATTIPS The Battalion encourages its readers to contribute story ideas and suggestions by call ing BATTIPS, The Battal ion’s phone line designed to improve communication be tween the newspaper and its readers. The BATTIPS number is 845-3315. Ideas can include news sto ries, feature ideas and person ality profiles of interesting people. Readers also are en couraged to offer any other suggestions that could im prove the newspaper. Gov. Ann Rich ards has met with legislators who staged a walkout. AUSTIN (AP) — Republican lawmakers Wednesday praised cuts made to pre-kindergarten programs, defended voting for vocational education funding, and criticized Gov. Ann Rich ards for meeting with legislators who stormed out of the House in pro test. "The peo ple of Texas want the cuts, and the Legis lature can do it if they want to, like last night," Rep. Tom Crad- dick, R-Mid- land, and president of the Republican Cau cus, said at a news conference. Debate on the education bill started Tuesday and ended early Wednesday, and was briefly grounded to a halt by about 40 lawmakers who left the House angered over the education cuts. Republicans led a successful effort to cut an estimated $392 million from education programs for students considered at risk of dropping out. Included in that amount was money for schools that want to offer pre-kindergarten classes to 3-year-olds. "In a budget crisis year, this is a program we do not need to implement," said Rep. Troy Fra ser, R-Big Spring, who pushed the pre-1 agn- program Despite cutting pre-kinder garten, Fraser defended his vote for funding ninth-grade vocatio nal education. State Comptroller John Sharp has recommended that program be eliminated. "I came up through a vocatio nal program," Fraser said. "I had four years of vocational culture. I think it's that is important." Craddick and Fraser also crit icized Richards for meeting with lawmakers who walked out of the House chamber when law makers gave tentative approval to the cuts. Most of the protest ing lawmakers were members of the black and Mexican-American caucuses. Richards, a Democrat, how ever, said the budget issues should not be framed by partisan politics. "It is not a Democratic-Repub lican fight, and I think anyone that tries to make it one of those does a disservice to the people of Texas," she said. The walkout halted debate be cause a vote showed a quorum was not present. pre-kindergarten for cutting program. Opponents argued that cut- tine tne ting the program would cost the state in the long run by hurting young children's education. Lawmakers are in special ses sion to write a budget and face a projected $4.8 billion shortfall for 1992-93. House Speaker Gib Lewis or dered the chamber doors locked and sent House staffers to round up the missing lawmakers. State troopers also were alerted but not sent after the lawmakers, said Ron Hinkle, chief House sergeant-at-arms. The walkout lasted nearly an hour, during which protesting legislators met with Richards, who was hosting a Governor's Mansion reception for new state Education Commissioner Lionel "Skip" Meno. pS b S a u n cS„"c»« picking 'cool' clothing help, to stay comfortable in heat By Robin Goodpaster The Battalion PENNY DELOS SANTOS/The Battalion Frank! Franks, a senior from Rich ardson, takes her shoes off to stay cool while studying on the System Administration Building steps. Choosing the right clothes can help a person beat the summer heat, a scientist with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service (TAEX) said. Dr. Ann Beard, consumer science specialist with TAEX, said colors that reflect rather than absorb heat, such as white or light colors, are better than black or dark colors. Beard said psychologically "cool" colors such as green or blue remind people of water and keep them cooler, but "hot" colors such as red or orange make people feel warmer. "Fabrics such as cotton, linen and rayon are absorbent and let the sldn breathe better," she said. "Silk and wool are also good if they are lightweight fabric, but lightweight wool is hard to find." People do not realize how uncomfortable tight jewelry and scarfs can be. These accessories can make them feel warmer. Beard said. The body's cooling system consists of evaporation of perspiration and the radiatior of heat off the skin. If either process is hindered, body temperature will rise and not allow the body to cool properly. Beard said body temperat® regulation is especially important for the elderly and for children because their bodies do not adjust as quids!; cna to temperature changes. Loose clothing is cooler, ifit is not so loose that one has to wear additional layers underi! Beard said. Studentswearing the new fashion trend of boxers hanging out under shorts will be warmer with tw: pair of shorts instead of just one. Unlined clothing that is ow around the neck or wrist wil let body heat escape and keep people cooler. Beard said. "The less air that circulates around the body, the hotter you will be," Beard said. Another way to staycoolis to keep clothes clean. Beard said pores in dirty clothes havi already been filled with salts from perspiration and body heat cannot escape properly. Department of Education awards $250,000 Grant allows business revenue Richards told news reporters she was concerned about the vote to cut funding for pre-kin dergarten. center to boost programs By Karen Praslicka The Battalion In Advance College of Medicine will sponsor symposium Texas A&M's College of Medicine is sponsoring a two-day symposium Thursday and Friday. Dr. Robert Wells, professor and head of A&M's Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and director of the Institute of Biotechnology in Houston, will address job-hunting strategies, career opportunities, job diversity and job satisfaction. His presentation, "Biology and Chemistry of Unusual DNA structures: The IBT and Career Opportunities in Biomedical Sci ences," will follow a poster session featuring original research by College of Medicine graduate students. Both presentations are free and open to the public. The symposium will be Thursday and Friday in the lobby of the Joe H. Reynolds Medical Building. The poster session begins at noon Thursday, and students will be available from 11a.m. to noon Friday to answer questions. Wells will speak at 1 p.m. Fri day in Lecture Hall 1 of the Reynolds Medical Building. For more information, contact Julie Myers at 845-6237. Texas A&M's Center for International Business Studies will improve its research and exchange programs because of a $250,000 Department of Education grant, an official with the center said Wednesday. The government awarded 16 such grants this year to universities across the country. A&M's center received $40,000 more than the amount it was awarded in 1990. Karen Burke, associate director for the center, said the grant will benefit A&M students by im proving international business curriculum. A&M does not have a degree program for inter national business, but the center is working on a program that will offer students courses in the subject. "The center concentrates on promoting the study of international business," Burke said. One way the center promotes the subject is by offering commerce and culture courses in interna tional business taught by A&M faculty and schol ars from foreign countries, including a professor from Moscow. Other commerce and culture courses will foci: on foreign languages. The center will work wit 1 the College of Liberal Arts to offer these courses Burke said. 0 The grant will help the curriculum program b; providing funds for visits by guest lecturers fror foreign countries and visits from foreign business men, she said. The center's research will also have a chance t expand as a result of the grant. Burke said the center targets several countries for research, including Mexico, Latin Americ Europe and Japan as well as others of the Nortf American continent. She said the research is not a comparison o; business markets but a study of the differences. "We see how to make U.S. companies more competitive in the world market," she said. The grant benefits A&M by providing an of portunity to increase the number of agreement! with foreign universities, Burke said. The agreements apply to all of A&M's colleges allowing for the exchange of faculty and students The agreements also allow joint research between universities. A&M student dies Huong Stephanie Nguyen, a sophomore pre-med sciences major from Mesquite, died of natural causes July 12. Services for Nguyen, 18, were July 13 at the Vietnamese Faith IBaptist Church in Dallas, with interment at Sparkman Hillcrest Cemetery. Nguyen will be hon ored at Silver Taps Sept. 10. Spokesman denies threat from landfills What’s Up CORRECTION Wednesday's edition of The Battalion incorrectly named Texas A&M's Off-Campus {Aggies president. His name is I Warren Talbot. The story also incorrectly I reported a delegation from 'the University of Texas at tended the rally. UT delegates met at the Capitol Friday. I Also, 150 people attended ! Tuesday's rally. DALLAS (AP) — A TU Electric spokesman denies that 11 land fills filled with waste from the company's Comanche Peak nu clear power plant pose a threat to residents near the facility southwest of Fort Worth. TU Electric spokesman Mark Manroe said the company oper ates 1 25 monitoring wells around the landfills and two have shown small quantities of chemi cals in the water. But he says the levels are well below federal regulations for safe drinking water, adding that the landfills contain relatively small amounts of chemicals. On Tuesday, the Citizens As sociation for Sound Energy called for the chemicals to be re moved. The group also urged the Nu clear Regulatory Commission and Texas Water Commission to investigate. Dallas-based CASE and TU Electric agree there are at least 11 landfills at the plant near Glen Rose, which is about 45 miles southwest of Fort Worth. Both parties say at least five of them contain toxic chemicals. However, CASE says a sixth landfill contains traces of hazard ous waste. Thursday ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: General meeting at noon. Call COPE at 845-0280 for more ii formation. ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS: General discussion at 6 p.m. Call COPE at 845-1 for more information. CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: Special time of oraise and worship 7:30 p.m. ini ~ " Pat Faiths Chapel. For more information, contact Pat at 696-1091. FRIDAY ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: General discussion at noon. For more information, contact COPE at 845-0280. AFRICAN STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION: General meeting at 7 p.m. in 402 Rudder. Fornwc information, contact Martin Ayim at 846-1346. THE JORDAN CLUB ‘Al-Nadi AI-URduni’: General club meeting 6:30 p.m. For more i 17. mation and place of event, contact A. Ayoub at 696-3587 Items 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 n0 and phone number of the contact only if you ask us to do so. What’s Up is a Batti ion service that lists non-profit events and activities. Submissions are run on a fin- come, first-served basis. There is no guarantee an entry will run. If you have qvtf tions, call the newsroom at 845-3316. [ Jewelry Repair) 19 Years Experience Ring sizing • Watch batteries Chain repair • Aggie rings sized, stripped Diamonds mounted • Pearl re-stringing We Pay CASH for Old Coins, Rolex Watches, Diamonds and Old Gold n fine. 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