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Page 4 The Battalion Friday, November 20,1! ©Omits? ixicKyiill am i\Q Si Si00a5>I?0>05iO HS2031lSilIig0 One year Exchanges for , 93- , 94 (Junior Year Abroad) Any & All Majors are Eligible for this Program. Attend this Informational Meeting and speak to past and present Reciprocal Exchange participants, and pick up an application for the program: Friday, November 20 3:30 - 4:45 in 251 West Bizzell Hall Or visit the Study Abroad Programs Office, 161 W. Bizzell Hall from 8:00 - 5:00 M-F. Requirements: 3.0 GPA, Proficiency in Spanish (3 or 4 semesters of college Spanish), and be a U.S. Citizen. Clinton has visit with Congress THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON elect Clinton paid visit to Capitol Hill pledging an open door to Democrats and Republicans alike and to "meet them halfway" on an early agenda of economic re vival and health-care re form. "1 think we're off to a good start. — President- a whirlwind on Thursday, President-elect pledges to compromise with Congress on his political agenda Clinton Clinton said after 6 1/2 hours of meetings on Capitol Hill and as congressional leaders from both parties nodded in agreement. "I'm excited by it." Clinton also met with Gen. Col in Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for a wide-ranging briefing on military, national secu rity and foreign policy issues. Powell reiterated his opposition to lifting the ban on homosexuals in the military, but said he would help implement the change if Clinton kept his promise to re verse the ban. "I'm very pleased that he has said he will move carefully in full consultation with military leaders and others who have an interest in this matter," Powell said in Penn sylvania before returning to Wash ington for the meeting. Clinton was winding up a busy two-day visit to Washington.His stops included: a White House meeting with President Bush, a visit to a crime-scarred city neigh borhood, an elegant dinner party, a stay in a posh hotel, a jog past Washington's monuments and into McDonalds, a visit with com muters on a city bus and meetings in the Capitol with lawmakers. As Clinton captured the cap spotlight, a host of transitionait quietly went to work on Capi Hill and throughout the city addition, several Clinton ecow ic advisers met with congressit: staff. The Arkansas govern came to Capitol Hill carryint promise of bipartisan cooperali and left predicting lawmah would reciprocate. "We have to pursue a differ course of growing this econoi creating more jobs, raising comes and having a disciplint plan to reduce the deficit, ton said. "1 think if we workk at it, we can have bipartisancoc eration." Be a Part of the Winning Team GIVE BLOOD November 15-20, 1992 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. The Commons SBISA Rudder Fountain Fare hike is delayed by airline THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ■ ■■ -■-y.V ?«.•-• i •; V THE BLOOD CENTER at Wadley <9 FORT WORTH - American Airlines said Thursday it would delay to Dec. 1 a $10 to $30 fare in crease on trips that require con nections. The airline first planned the fare increase to occur Nov. 10. It has been delayed several times, most recently until Friday, because some of American's competitors have refused to go along with it. The increase would only be for trips between cities that do not have non-stop option available from any airline. Typically, passen gers flying between large cities would not be affected. For American, the increases would affect only about 20 percent of its business. American chair man Robert Crandall in recent speeches has criticized "upside X down economics" of fare pricing, in which more is charged for a non-stop travel on one plane than connecting trips on two or more planes. Texas dependent on 'dirty' energy sources, group says THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Texas is more dependent on "dirty" energy sources such as oil, coal and nu clear power than any other state except Kansas, a consumer watchdog group said Thursday. Public Citizen ranked Texas 50th among states and the District of Columbia in usage of oil and other fuels the group termed dangerous and pol luting. Seventy-nine percent of the state's energy con sumption in 1990 derived from fossil fuels, the study estimated. Spokesmen for Gov. Ann Richards and the Texas Railroad Commission didn't return telephone calls from The Associated Press. But a spokesman for the Public Utilities Com mission said the agency would review the organi zation's study. "When they issue a report that's related to one of our utilities of all of our utilities we are going to take it very seriously and weigh what they have to say," said spokesman Bill Dunn. Texas also ranked 50th in its use of renewable energy sources, including power generated from the sun, wind, water or the earth's heat. "Even with a new federal energy bill, much of the responsibility for energy choices falls to the states," said Jonathan Becker, an energy policyan alyst with Public Citizen in Washington. "And, it's clear that some states are making much wiser decisions than others." The group did find favor with some Texas aditi ties, including a program that provides loans It government entities and school districts that con vert to energy-efficient technologies. The program is funded with some of theW’ million Texas has received from the federal got eminent in oil-overcharge funds during the la: decade. Public Citizen also found that Texas has agre opportunity to develop renewable power source considered environmentally friendly. "Texas is second among states in its potential It generate electricity from wind energy/' said loir Smith, director of Public Citizen's Austin office "Those costs have recently dropped to where the are cost-competitive with building a newcoa plant." Despite its wealth of oil and natural gas reserve: and the clout of the oil industry, Texas eventual! will have to consider other alternatives, Smith said "The cost of producing energy with convention al resources is increasing as the costs of renewable are decreasing and Texans aren't fools. They an going to do what is cheapest," he said. Ti Sk CF SOPHOMORES it's your turn ! Have your picture taken for the '93 Aggieland Just go to AR Photography 707 Texas Ave. Next to Taco Cabana from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Questions? Call: 693- 8183 Conspiracy theorists exhort Clinton to reopen federal investigation of Kennedy assassinatiof THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON — Conspiracy theorists on the as sassination of John F. Kennedy urged Presi dent-elect Clinton on Thursday to appoint a special prosecutor and reopen the federal in vestigation. Author Jim Marrs, whose book "Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy" helped inspire director Oliver Stone's movie "JFK," said Pres ident Bush should not be trusted to oversee the review of secret documents. Marrs, at Emerson College's Kennedy As sassination Conference, said that while Bush was not involved in any plot to kill the presi dent in 1963, he was "mixed up with people" from the CIA, FBI and other intelligence agen cies who were involved. Marrs did not elabo rate on his allegation. Last month Bush signed a law requiring the FBI to make public most of its voluminous files on the assassination. The material ranges from top-secret intelligence reports to news clip pings and tax returns. The president is to appoint a five-member citizens commission to review documents offi cials want to keep secret. The commission would have the power to make the disputed materials public. FBI officials have testified before Congress that the confidential material contains surprises. FBI files relating to the assassinafi entail about 500,000 pages and morel 220,000 of them were made public by 1978 Marrs, whose book promotes the theoryl' more than one gunman and governmentf cials were in on the assassination, said CW as president, should select "a special pro» tor with subpoena power . . . that could ieaii prosecution." Marrs appeared at the day-long seminal Kennedy's death with fellow conspiracy I* rists Robert Groden and Mark Crouch. Groi and Crouch also have written books on the* sassination. Mistaken identity wounds policemafl THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 4r EXCITING 4r NEWS DECEMBER GRADUATES OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY GRADUATION ANNOUNCEMENT ORDERS ARE HERE !!!!! THEY CAN BE PICKED UP BEGINNING THURSDAY, NOV. 19, 1992 MSC STUDENT FINANCE CENTER ROOM 217 8 AM TO 4 PM EXTRA ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL GO ON SALE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1992 FIRST COME — FIRST SERVE NEW YORK — The police officers working undercover to root out crime in the subway thought they had stumbled onto a mugging when they saw a black man holding a gun on a woman while a white man ri fled her pocketbook. The two white Transit Authority officers unleashed 21 rounds of gun fire. One even stopped to reload, then resumed firing before realizing they had shot a fellow undercover officer who was trying to make an ar rest, as officials recounted the Tuesday night confrontation. By Thursday, the 2,600-member police force that patrols the city's 215- mile subway system was making plans for new sensitivity training to keep minority officers from becoming victims of "friendly fire." Officer Derwin Pannell, 26, was in serious but guarded conditionJ 1 hospital with a bullet in his neck. At least two other shots were I by the officer's bulletproof vest, which transit police spokesman O'Leary said saved his life. Pannell and his partner, Kenneth Donnelly, had chased a woman!® dimly lighted, street-level section of a Brooklyn train station after she legedly evaded the subway's $1.25 fare. That's when a team of three white, anti-crime officers arrive' O'Leary said. Authorities said the female officer did not fire, two men did. "It was a tragic case of mistaken identity," said Transit Police Ch Michael F. O'Connor. "These officers do not go out dressed like pi officers. The utmost care must be extended. They might not alwayslo® like that old Irish cop on TV." Study Abroad in England As a Reciprocal Exchange Student at King's College One year Exchanges for , 93- , 94 (Junior Year Abroad) All Science Majors are Eligible for this Program. Attend this Informational Meeting and speak to past and present Reciprocal Exchange participants, and pick up an application for the program: Tuesday, November 20 2:00 - 3:15 in 251 West Bizzell Hall Or visit the Study Abroad Programs Office, 161 W. Bizzell Hall from 8:00 - 5:00 M-F. Requirements: 3.0 GPA and be a U.S. Citizen. Study Abroad in England As a Reciprocal Exchange Student in Lancaster One year Exchanges for '93-’94 (Junior Year Abroad) Any & All Majors are Eligible for this Program. Attend this Informational Meeting and speak to and present Reciprocal Exchange participants, and pick up an application for the program: Monday, November 23 2:00 - 3:15 in 251 West Bizzell Hall Or visit the Study Abroad Programs Office, 161 W. Bizzell Hall from 8:00 - 5:00 M-F. Requirements: 3.0 GPA and be a U.S. Citizen.