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uesday, March 24, 1992 The Battalion Page 9 SSpade Phillips, Rl. by Matt Kowalski 'i'eaH, U)£c<-,A LOT or PEo?L£ FRoM ViFFEREiTT Ccn-TuRfS WH<9 DON'T OND£f}SnlND CHRISTIANITY IT Could BE \NoKSE. THE Most CoMMorJ TYPE oF CtiolWixTlON iN RbMflN Times WAS 5 tioviNb a Pole THRoOGH A MAN'S REctuM Hoisting it uPRibiiT... by thomas deeny THE Work "He DlED FoK Ooff SiN$‘ MIGHT HrtvF B££N SfliP WITH A LiTTLE MORE SYmPiWHY... I KILL IT h/lTH /Mr SvilOKp! " I visclumer: m uwooNisr has HCYCK, KIUSP ANYONE l|J fHE STEM TUAlfi/ELS Id tlP A SWOKP. TltKe'S Nor enough <ooM To sw/Hc. by William en up all nig! n elevator out of the udio to reco ■'ntal condit on the soni there is n LIKE THIS, / WlfH '0 6£E0rt£ AN A)^LIN£ STEWARD WST£AD t their best t loose and I free-wheeb ;ry "Leaved r best, with itsinte f^ossf* VloosSf! V / K \ Moosse! WovJ.Ttlt DON KINO LOOK- ( you’re a genius icther altem it is lookira if they doi Prison plans for Bryan receive initial OKs a permane^ nt j nue( j f rom p a ge 1 ript rite down whether they were )r or against the prison. One pndred and forty-nine were in Ivor, 7 were against and 8 were ndecided. I One citizen opposed to the rison, Diane Kaplan, said she bought the prison had not re- eived enough publicity, likely and ■"Ordinary citizens were not cries, and onsulted earlier if they wanted a just don't dson or not," Kaplan said. "This s a major decision and it (the makes it prison) will be a permanent part ems oi W of our community." lun/fy aj^ Kaplan said she is concerned Iminist] about the safety of children. She knowjl^ ated tfe noted seven prisoner escapes from the state prison in Huntsville last year. "We need statistics to show criminal activity will not go up in the community once a prison is es tablished," Kaplan said. Another resident. Chuck An derson, said he agrees that the state needs more prisons, but he doesn't think Brazos County is a good choice. "Two prisons in the communi ty is not positive," he said, refer ring to the state prison for women that already operates in Bryan. Alan Fish, executive vice presi dent of the B-CS Chamber of Commerce said, however, he has not received any calls in opposi tion of the proposed prison. "I think that's fairly representa tive of what the people in the com munity think," Fish said. Robert Worley, president of the B-CS Economic Development Cor poration, said the corporation is the official sponsor of the propos al, but it received help from sever al local organizations and busi nesses. "The reason the corporation got involved in the location of the state prison is because we believe it would have a very positive im pact on the economy," Worley said. "We hope to get one." dit, all tin ; are firs! t crew caul loaf. been billed l.S.H.," bul ility of to r ie, or ' re is scarce S.H.," and Tted seems NEW WORLD. NEW EUROPE. New Defense? tal dramas pad. But if -rate pro issues in Ciefer's la ri and, in u p and ?vision. ver Texas vht have free. This year’s Wiley Lecture Series will present a panel discussion ofi; the security issues surrounding the New Europe. Three of the Panelists are: Tamas Katona, Undersecretary of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry, At the general elections of 1990, he was sent to Parliament from a constituancy in the County of Pest as a candidate of the Hungarian Democratic Forum. Vitaly Shlykov, Deputy Chairman of the State Committee on Defence of the Russian Federation^^^g^:;:- • : 3 §O.9:30 □ -tO:# -9.00 anj - Moderator- Catherine Crier, Anchor of CNN News and || Crier and Company, A graduate of the University of Texas, Ms. Crier was elected to a civil district bench in Dallas County. In the fall of 1989 she was hired by CNN to co anchor "The World Today" and the "International Hour" The 1992 Wiley Lecture Series will be held on Wednesday, April 1,1992 Rudder Auditorium 8:00 P.M. Ticket prices: Student Non-Student $4, $6, and $8 $6, $8, and $10 4rMSC Wiley Lecture Series The Class of ’92 needs YOU! MAY, AUGUST, & DECEMBER GRADS to serve as CLASS AGENTS FOR THE CLASS OF ’92 Wanted: • Enthusiastic, motivated leaders able to serve the Class of *92 for the next 5 years; • To act as liaison between vour Class and The Association of Former Students. For more information leading to the election of Class Agents, all May, August, & December graduates interested in serving are invited to an informational meeting. Attendance at this meeting is mandatory if you plan to run for Class Agent. Thursday, March 26 4:30 p.m. Association of Former Students Clayton W. Williams, Jr. Alumni Center University Lecture Committee, The College of Science Department of Mathematics, Department of Statistics Association of Graduate Students in Statistics Proudly Present a University Lecture Thursday, March 26, 1992 7:30 p.m.. Room 601, Rudder Tower PERSI DIACONIS Professor of Mathematics at Harvard Statistician, Magician THE SEARCH FOR RANDOMNESS I will examine our primitive images of random phenomena: tossing a coin, throwing a dart at the wall, and shuffling cards. In each case, analysis shows that in practice we’re lazy and things aren't terribly random. I will try to connect these examples with recent philosophical thought about randomness. The Discipline and Profession of Statistics The Department of Statistics at Texas A&M is in the College of Science but impacts all colleges; it provides significant support to the university's goal of increasing multidisciplinary research. The faculty members in Statistics balance the department's multiple missions: research at the frontiers of theoretical, applied, and computational statistics; collaboration in multi disciplinary research; education of broadly trained statisticians, and students with other majors; service; consulting. The Department of Statistics currently has approximately 25 faculty and 75 graduate students. For information about undergraduate or graduate programs in Statistics consult Professor Fred Dahm (845-3152).