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Page 4 The Battalion Thursday, August 1,1991 Advisers remain on call nights, weekends Continued from page 1 tions," Fiechtner said. Sometimes advisers have to play the bad guy as well, he said. Advisers must inform stu dents where they stand on is sues such as probation and ad ministrative policies. Fiechtner said it is important students real ize advisers are there to help- them succeed, not fail. Ensuring this realization can be a 24-hour job, he said. Advis ers are professional staff and work when they are needed. Sometimes this means being called at night or on weekends and seeing many students, he said. "Many students" means a ra tio of almost 1,200 to 1, Fiechtner said. The National Academic Adviser Association said the ideal ratio would be 300 students to 1 adviser, but that isn't possi ble at most colleges and universi ties, he said. Large numbers of students can often mean frustration, said Kim McGar, undergraduate adviser for the political science depart ment. "Most students come in with the same questions all the time," McGar said. "Questions such as, 'How many hours do I have left?' or 'What classes should I take?' " The job isn't easy, but it does have its rewards, McGar said. One day a student approached 'Dusty Dillo' showcased Continued from page 1 could be disruptive. "Also, this policy might penal ize kids who, for some reason, have to drop out," Dennis added. "They need a car to get a job." Dr. Quinn Brackett with A&M's Texas Transportation In stitute will give a speech on in telligent vehicle/highway sys tems. Brackett said his lecture will discuss recent developments in technology for managing traf fic. "Cars are now able to provide alternate routes with an on board navigation system," he said. The University will also be represented by Lyn Bouk of the A&M Safety Education Program, who will give a presentation about the "Dusty Dillo" safety program for children. "Dusty Dillo" focuses on seat belt, pe destrian, bicycle and school bus safety for grades two through four. Classified Ads ; 15; : • ' k ’ Phone: 845-0569 / Office: English Annex her on the street and thanked her for the advice she gave. Advisers do not want to make decisions for students but want to be a guide for the student, she said. This guidance should be a process that starts when the stu dent first registers at A&M, said Dr. Ronald Brimhall, senior lec turer and academic adviser for the petroleum engineering de partment. "I advise entering freshmen who have specified petroleum engineering as their degree," Brimhall said. "I meet with par ents and go through rules and procedures. "My job is to also see that re quirements are met for degree plans and other areas that relate to the performance of a stu dent," he said. "I act as a helper and a referee. As a helper, I ad vise students and as a referee, I inform students of rules that ap ply to violations and where they stand." Brimhall also is responsible for teaching a nine hour credit load and research. "Advising is a part of tea ching," Brimhall said. "A good teacher will advise students on academic and personal matters." Fiechnter said advisers in his department also are responsible for teaching classes which fur ther limits their time. UNT panel allows condom giveaway DENTON (AP) — Two Uni versity of North Texas student leaders and their organization may distribute condoms at freshman orientation without penalty, a campus committee has ruled. The UNT Student Associa tion and its president and vice president on Tuesday averted conduct and disciplinary pro bation through a ruling by the university's code of conduct panel. The group's president. Bill Miller, and vice president Wade Duchene, both said they were pleased by the stu dent committee's action. Miller said he did not know whether his organization would distribute condoms Thursday during the last of this summer's freshman orientations. "We're almost out of pam phlets and condoms," he said. illUl What’s Up Thursday CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: Jeff Paine from Grace Bible Church will speak at 7:30 p.m. in 308 Rudder. For more information, contact Pat at 696-1091. STAGECENTER COMMUNITY THEATER: Live theater production at 8 p.m. in Town and Country Shopping Center in Bryan. For more information, contact StageCenter at 846-2219. COMMUNITY OF SINGLE ADULTS: Volleyball game at 7 p.m. at Oaks Park in College Sta tion. For more information, contact Don Ball at 846-1370 KANM STUDENT RADIO: Benefit featuring 4 bands: The Implications, April Fire, Blood Oranges and Brown Paper Dog. Show begins at 9 p.m. at AnNam Tea House. Cover is $3 or $2 with a KANM t-shirt. For more information, contact KANM at 845-5923 Friday COMMUNITY OF SINGLE ADULTS: T.G.I.F. at 6 p.m. at University Towers. For more information, contact Don Ball at 846-1370. STAGECENTER COMMUNITY THEATER: Live theater production at 8 p.m. in Town and Country Shopping Center in Bryan. For more information, contact StageCenter at 846-0287. Items for What's Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216 Reed McDonald, no later 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 ion service that lists 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 ques tions, call the newsroom at 845-3316. Girl Scout bus flips, kills seven, injures 53 PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — A bus full of Girl Scouts appar ently lost its brakes on a winding road and flipped repeatedly down a boulder-strewn mountain Wednesday, killing seven peo ple and injuring 53, authorities said. Seven of the injured were in critical condition and five others serious, hospital officials said. The chartered yellow school bus was returning the girls from a ride on the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway up Mount San Jacinto when it crashed, officials and witnesses said. The bus driver and six Girl Scouts were killed, police Sgt. Ron Starrs said. Alleged slur prompts resignation H^Jp Wanted EMPLOYMENT DURING SEMESTER BREAK Students needed from the following cities to survey child safety seat use for the Texas Transportation Institute during semester break in August: Amarillo, Houston, San Antonio, Tyler, and Waco. Surveyors from each city will collect data at designated day care centers and shopping centers. Approx. 4 days work plus training. $5.25 an hour. Call 845-2736 between 8am-5pm for interview. THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE has immediate carriers openings for off campus routes. $450-$700 per month. Require working early morning hours. Call James 693-7815 or Julian 693-2323 for an Optometric Assistant part-time M-F. 1 pm-5pm No experience necessary. Typing required. 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For Rent AUSTIN (AP) — A top agricul ture department official resigned Wednesday following an allega tion that he used a racial slur while meeting with two Abilene businessmen seeking a state loan. Assistant Commissioner Dick Waterfield called the accusation false but said he was resigning for the good of the agency. "The allegations leveled against me by a desperate indi vidual are unfounded," Water- field said. "They have hurt my family. They have damaged my professional reputation, im pugned my personal character and undermined my effective ness." Agriculture Commissioner Rick Perry accepted the resigna tion but called the allegation "vile and offensive." Two newspapers. The Dallas Morning News and Fort Worth Star-Telegram, on Wednesday said Waterfield was accused of making the remark by business man Charles Wood and his son, Mike. The men, owners of Mesquite Country Inc., told the newspa pers that another Texas Depart ment of Agriculture official threatened them, telling them not to make the remark public. The Woods alleged that Wa terfield told them early last month "we already have one nigger" who had applied for a loan from the agency and "we don't need another." Waterfield denied it, telling the News, "I can't imagine using the word." Wood said Waterfield used the slur when asked whether it would make a difference if a mi nority were on the company's board of directors. He said he was seeking a $2 million loan to improve the company's market ing of mesquite wood products. Waterfield, a Repuolican for mer House member from Ca nadian, has overseen the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority since early this year, when Re publican Perry took office after defeating two-term Democrat Jim Hightower. 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"That's a lot of stuff, and it's only the tip of the iceberg," said Jim Schermbeck, a community organizer with Texans United, an environmental group. "I hope this is not a pretext for leaving it where it is and cap ping it." But Wynne said that won't happen. "If we've got to send it to Alabama or to Timbuktu, we'll do it," he said. Earlier, state officials said they could de cide to remove all of the slag and soil or choose to seal some of the areas under con crete. Water Commission members were studying the sites to decide which approach to take. "By my rough calculations, that's enough to fill Texas Stadium six times," Wynne said. A commission memo said the estimates were "extremely speculative" since only part of the sites' soil was assumed contami nated. A higher figure could be 3 million cubic yards if all the landfill's soil is tainted, said officials. 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Prosecutor George Lambright said Eugene Alvin Broxton, 36, may have committed more capi tal murders in a brief period than anyone since the late 1960s. Broxton was indicted Tuesday and remained in the Harris County Jail without bail. Harris County grand jurors also indicted Broxton in two at tempted capital killings and five TABC hires AUSTIN (AP) — Fort Worth lawyer Renee Higginbotham- Brooks was approved by a Sen ate committee Wednesday as the first woman and first minority member of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, which was formed 56 years ago. Higginbotham-Brooks, 39, would fill the unexpired term of James Huffines of Austin, which extends to November 1995. murder cases armed robberies that occurred between March 24 and May 16. Broxton is the latest parolee to face charges connected with a crime wave that has terrorized Houstonians this summer. Resi dents have begun staging rallies to demand better police protec tion in the wake of the summer murders. In October, Broxton was paroled after serving four years of a 13-year sentence. Broxton is charged with slay ing five people in the Houston area, including the April 6 stab bing of Gary Wayne Stuckwisch, 46, who was killed in an apart ment. first woman Huffines, former Gov. Bill Clements' appointment sec# tary, was not confirmed by the Senate in the regular session, which cost him the position. Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock appeared before the Nominations Co#' mittee in support of former House Speaker Byron Tunnel! 5 appointment as a trustee of the Employees Retirement System of Texas.