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State & Local The Battalion (USPS 045 360) Member of: Associated Press Texas Press Association Southwest Journalism Congress Texas Daily Newspaper Association Texas Intercollegiate Press Association The Battalion Editorial Board Editor Timm Doolen Managing Editor Todd Stone City Editor Sean Frerking News Editors Jennifer Jeffus Callie Wilcher Art Director Richard James Lifestyles Editor >tyl dN Rob Newberry Sports Editor Jayme Blaschke Opinion Editor Keith Sartin Editorial Policy The Battalion is published da ily except Saturday, Sunday, holi days, exam periods and when school is not in session during fall and spring semesters. 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 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 r'poH p-pc 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. Program allows students to learn abroad By Robin Goodpaster The Battalion Other cultures will not be so foreign to some Texas A&M stu dents thanks to the MSC Jordan Institute for International Awareness. Luke Altendorf, director of the institute, said a person with in ternational experience will have an advantage over a person who Governor pushes for state lottery AUSTIN (AP) — For lawmak ers seeking to balance the state budget, it boils down to approv ing a lottery or raising taxes. Gov. Ann Richards said Thursday. Richards, who has pushed lot tery since tak ing office as a way to raise • . . needed funds, also said she believes lawmakers this summer finally will agree with her. "1 mean, the choice is they're either going to vote for a lottery or they're going to vote for a tax bill," she said in an interview with The Associated Press. "And I think their inclination is to vote for the lottery." Lottery legislation has died in 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 and earlier this year. Opponents say they again will fina the votes to defeat it. But in the Legislature's current special session, lawmakers are struggling to bridge a projected $4.8 billion spending deficit. has no experience abroad. The Jordan Institute is ded icated to Leland T. Jordan by his wife Jessie and has been in exis tence since 1986. The Jordan Institute offers sev eral programs to help students expand tneir horizons. The Jor dan Fellows Program sends stu dents interested in pursuing an international career overseas. Students design their own program and are supported by a grant from the Jordan Institute. Students have traveled to Aus tralia, China, Russia, Japan and England. With the Living Abroad Pro gram, 10 students per year live with a family in another counhy and work at a job dealing with their major. Last year, students traveled to the Dominican Re public for one month. The Exchange Program is somewhat different, trading stu dents from A&M with students from Germany. Students live with families while they stay in the foreign country. The Jordan Institute also sup ports other international pro grams through the Jordan En richment Program. One example of this is the Brown Bag Luncheon, a pro gram where various musicians and speakers perform to enrich students culturally. Altendorf said speakers spon sored by the Jordan Institute also help educate students about their cultural opportunities. For example, seminars about travel ing to Europe are helpful to stu dents who go to Europe on their own. Jordan and his wife lived in various places around the world. One souvenir of their travels is Jordan's knighthood, granted by the Queen of England. Other mementos the Jordans gathered are displayed in the Jordan Col lection m 223 MSC. Financial aid eases burden on young farmers Department of Agriculture offers loans By Jeff M, Brown The Battalion Texas' Department of Agri- Jepc culture will give beginning fanners financial relief by cre ating the Young Farmer Endow ment Program, which estab lishes interest-free loans for individuals between the ages of 18 and 40. Roland S aith. Agriculture Extension Program leader, said the intent of uie program will be to provide the opportunity for young people to get started. Smith said approved appli cants will be able to receive up to $50,000. Rossanna Salazar of the Texas Department of Agriculture said, "Eligible Borrowers" must have four years of practical farm or ranch experience, with no more than two years of participation in a 4-H or vocational agricul ture program counting. The applicant also must sub mit a 10-year plan to his local county agricultural extension agent and then to the Agricultu ral Finance Authority Tor final approval. The collection of an additio nal $5 from the sale of farm li cense plates will fund the pro gram beginning Jan. 1, 1992, with loans being reviewed sub ject to the availabilty of funds. "(Texas A&M's) Texas Agri cultural Extension Service will provide assistance to any indi viduals interested in the pro gram," Smith said. "We can look over an applicant's 10-year plan or the agncultural science teacher in his local school dis trict can help." Salazar said the funds can be used for many different pur poses including the purchase of feed, seed, fertilizer, livestock, farm equipment, lease of farm land and repayment of loans made by other lenders. An applicant's approval will be judged on several different criteria. The Finance Authority will look at the applicants qual ifications, his farm budget, other sources of income and the ability of the individual to keep the farm going. Smith said in the past pro grams of this type have not had a lot of requests, but loans that are interest-free may make a dif ference. He also noted that $50,000 is not a lot of money when it comes to beginning a farm. Ap plicants will probably need other avenues of assistance. "The intent of the Legislature is admirable, but it's going to take some time to get the pro gram started," Smith said. Polling place in gay area should be moved, GOP official says DALLAS (AP) — County commissioners should move a polling place from a gay and lesbian center because some voters won't go to the center to cast their ballots, a GOP election official said. "You just have to recognize that people are concerned about going into that neigh borhood because they fear for their safety (in the high-crime area) and that it is a gay and lesbian community center," said Ross Brannian, a Republican election judge. He said many older, conservative resi dents of Dallas' Turtle Creek area are shun ning the Gay and Lesbian Community Cen ter. However, Brian Drummond, a Demo cratic election judge, said efforts to move the polling place out of the community cen ter are politically motivated. "The gay thing is just a smoke screen," said Drummond. "The real issue is political. Just because it is a gay community center doesn't make it a poor place to vote. Voter turnout proves that." ’ ( D O N T C R A UNDER PRESSUI °xsy\ V Cineplex Odeon Theatres $2.95 BARGAIN MATINEES DAILY ALL SHOWS BEFORE 6:00 P.M. 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