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The Battalion
College Station, Texas
‘Serving Texas A&M since 1893’
14 Pages
Tuesday, March 24, 1992
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ads and promotions," she said.
The ads also send the wrong
message to the young, the surgeon
general said at a national confer
ence on alcohol abuse prevention.
"I have asked them to stop us
ing any ads that lead our youth to
think they can ski, swim, scuba
dive or race cars better if they
drink," she said.
"In short, we are doing every
thing we can to change the way
Americans think and act with re
gard to the use and misuse of alco
hol," she said.
This is the second time in two
weeks Noveilo has attacked ad
vertising she believes entices the
young to engage in behavior that
will hurt them.
Earlier this month, she and the
American Medical Association
asked RJR Nabisco to withdraw
Camel cigarette advertising fea
turing "Old Joe," the suave car
toon camel used to promote the
brand.
And this isn't the first time
she's criticized alcohol advertis
ing.
In December she met with exec
utives of the country's leading
beer, wine and distilled spirits
companies to complain about un
derage drinking.
Afterward, they issued a state
ment saying the meeting "took
place in a spirit of mutual concern
and cooperation."
The advertising didn't change.
Noveilo said that people who
drink too much have accidents:
They fall, get shot or drown. They
also can get violent, she said.
B-CS residents favor prison
Proposed facility to create 810 jobs in local community
By Alysia Woods
The Battalion
An overwhelming majority of
Bryan-College Station residents
at a meeting Monday night said
they are in favor of building a
state prison in Bryan.
In an effort to answer ques
tions that local citizens might
have concerning the proposed
prison, the Bryan-College Station
Economic Development Corpo
ration — which initiated the pro
posal over a year ago — invited
the public to the Brazos Center
to voice their concerns.
If Bryan is selected for the
new prison site, it would create
810 jobs in the area and an antici
pated 217 "spin off" jobs. Con
struction is estimated at $80 mil
lion with an annual payroll of
$17 million.
The proposed site for the
720,000 square-foot facility is the
Bryan Business Park at the inter
section of FM 2818 and Sandy
Point Road. The Texas Depart
ment of Criminal Justice will se
lect the site for the prison April
10 from among 47 Texas cities.
The prison will be built in 1996
or 1997.
Politicians present at the hear
ing who favor Bryan's proposal
included state Sen. Jim Turner,
state Rep. Steve Ogden, Bryan
Mayor Marvin Tate and College
Station Mayor Larry Ringer.
In the hearing, Tate outlined
the importance of the 25,000 bed
prison.
"It's unfortunate that we need
to build more prisons," Tate
said. "But by building the
prison, we can meet the needs of
Brazos County citizens."
Sen. Turner said crime in
Texas is expected to increase and
a prison would help solve over
crowding problems.
"There is no reason to fear a
prison," Turner said. "Texas
must have additional prisons."
Citizens who came to the
hearing were asked at the door
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Death toll climbs to 26; rescuers
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NEW YORK (AP) - A quick
evaluation of the cockpit voice
recorder yielded no clues on the
crash of a USAir jetliner at La
Guardia Airport, a federal official
said Monday. At least 26 people
were killed.
John Lauber, a spokesman for
the National Transportation Safety
Board, told a news conference
Monday evening that investiga
tors had listened to the recorder,
one of two retrieved Monday from
the wreckage of Flight 405.
"At this point there's nothing
that leaps out based on that very
quick listen," Lauber said of the
initial review of the voice
recorder.
He said officials were trying to
learn whether ice had built up on
the plane's wings before Sunday
night's crash.
It had been de-iced twice, the
last time about 30 minutes before
it took off in a snowstorm Sunday
night.
Twenty-four of the 51 people
aboard the plane were injured.
The body of the last of those
killed was pulled from the wreck
age by divers late Monday, said
Sgt. Mary Wrensen, a police
spokeswoman.
Rescuers on Monday braved
smoldering fire, rising tide and
falling snow, but found only bod
ies — some still strapped in the
seats. The survivors had waded
ashore.
As the grim collection wound
down, it appeared luck was all
that separated the dead from the
24 injured survivors of Flight 405.
One passenger was missing.
"I was amazed so many people
survived," said Fire Capt. John
Kurtz. "There were bodies burnt
to a crisp and bodies cut in half,
and then there were people walk
ing around."
The survivors suffered injuries
ranging from minor to severe
burns in Sunday night's crash.
Survivors included Richard
Lawson, who plays Lucas Barnes
on the television soap "All My
Children." He escaped from a
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A change in the way the State
Bar of Texas handles grievances
against lawyers may make the
process quicker and more person
al says a local attorney.
The new rules require a manda
tory hearing within a certain time
period for all complaints sent to
the State Bar.
Chris Kling, a former chairman
of the local State Bar grievance
committee, feels the changes were
needed.
"Anything that will speed up
the process is a good thing," Kling
said. "Grievances and complaints
tended to drag on for a long, long
time."
The new rules were adopted by
a statewide vote from Texas
lawyers in fall 1990 and will go
into effect Mayl.
Presently, the State Bar decides
which cases will receive a hearing,
and there is no limit on how long a
grievance can be drawn out.
Kling said the mandatory hear
ings would lift the veil of secrecy
that many people perceive in the
workings of the State Bar's
grievance process.
"There used to be two levels of
complaints," he said. "One was
called inquiry, and those were
complaints from the client to the
grievance committee that, in the
opinion of the committee, did not
rise to the level of a violation of
the code."
Kling said these complaints,
which included neglect or failure
to communicate with clients, were
handled on an informal basis. If
the committee didn't feel the com
plaint deserved a hearing, then the
case was dropped.
"I think that proceeding left
some people with the idea that it
was being handled in secret and
that they didn't have a fair repre
sentation of their side of the situa
tion," Kling said.
The new mandatory hearing
rule will have the most drastic ef
fect on the grievance system, Steve
Young, the first assistant to Gener
al Council of the State Bar of
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Write Idea
Writing Center offers free
consultation.
By Sharon Gilmore
The Battalion
Students can get help on any
thing from class work to re
sumes, from speeches to disserta
tions at the Writing Center.
The center, located on the sec
ond floor of the Blocker Building,
offers resources, free writing con
sultation and tutoring to help
students improve their work.
Students are not required to
be enrolled in an English course
to use the center, said Kay Wal
ter, a co-director of the facility.
Students who come to the center
are not necessarily having a lot of
problems in their classes, she
said.
"A lot of students come in be
cause they may have a brilliant
idea about an essay," she said.
"Our underlying ideal is to make
tutoring
independent writers."
Gary Floden, co-director of
the program, said papers that
students bring in are not just
scanned over.
"We don't simply pick out all
the wrong things," said Floden, a
Ph.D. student in literature.
Instead, students are taught
when to use certain grammar so
they can do it themselves, he
said.
One student said she has used
the center since she was a fresh
man. Kelly Kutac, a sophomore
education major, said she has
raised several grades to A's with
work and help from the center.
"It is a really good program,
and it can help you a lot with
your papers," Kutac said.
Valerie Balester, assistant pro
fessor of English, tutors and ad
vises graduate students working
at the center. Balester, who also
Molly Mukherjee, right, instructs Elizabeth Ulvestad in a writing lab.
teaches the graduate course that
trains writing instructors, said
the center will operate only dur
ing the first summer session be
cause of budget concerns.
"We won't be able to stay
open for second session because
of funds," Balester said. "The
center just doesn't have the mon
ey."
For the future, Balester said
she hopes to start writing groups
from different classes that will
meet on a regular bases in order
to become better writers.
"It helps everybody to have
their work read," she said.
The center is open to students
five days a week from 11 a.m. to
4 p.m. Students can go by the
center in room 249 Blocker and
reserve a time on the sign-up
sheet located in the hallway.