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§®f ACADEMY OF ST. MARTIN O IN-THE-FIELDS CHRISTOPHER PARKENING April 15. 1993 . ^ > narcnne . XSSNVv \V <c^V State & Local Page 2 The Battalion Wednesday, December 2,19! FAA gives $536,890 to Easterwood By WILL HEALY Reporter of THE BATTALION CLASS of ’94 The Time Has Arrived For You To Have Your Picture Taken For The 1993 Aggieland! Go To: AR Photography 707 Texas Ave. Next to Taco Cabana Between 9:00am & 5:00pm For More Info Call: 693-8183 Presentation 7:lIOO.m. Larry Maile, of Council Travel. Presented by the MSC L.T. Jordan Institute for International Awareness. For more information, call 845-8770. The Battalion ATLANTIS TILLMAN, Editor in Chief STEVE O’BRIEN, Managing Editor JASON LOUGHMAN, Opinion Editor MEREDITH HARRISON, News Editor HEIDI SAUER, News Editor TODD BLACKMON, Arts & Entertainment Editor GARY CARROLL, City Editor J. DOUGLAS FOSTER, Sports Editor CHRIS WHITLEY, Sports Editor RICHARD S. JAMES, Photo Editor Staff Members Reporters - Melody Dunne. Mark Evans, Todd Stone, Brandi Jordan, Cheryl Heller, Tanya Sasser, Robin Goodpaster, Juli Phillips, Tanya Williams, Julie Chelkowski and Will Healy. News desk - Kyle Burnett, Tracia Newbold, Jennifer Mentlik, David Thomas, Lance Holmes and Jennifer Smith. Photographers - Darrin Hill, Randy Nichols, Billy Moran, Jennifer Lockard, Karl Stolleis and Robert Reed. Lifestyles writers - Susan Owen, Anas Ben-Musa, Tricia Martinez, Marshall Love, Jenny Magee and Julie Polston. Sports writers- K. Lee Davis, Michael Plumer, Don Norwood and Ruly Medrano. Columnists - Anthony LoBaido, Stacy Feducia, Dwayne Purvis, Shawn Ralston, Matt Dickerson, Robert Vasquez and Toni Garrard. Cartoonists - William Harrison, Thomas Deeney, George Nasr and Clay Welch. Clerks - Darra Dees, Pejcharat Harvey, Shelley Rowton, Wren Eversberg and Carrie Miura. The Battalion (USPS 045-360) is published daily, Monday through Friday during the fall and spring semesters and Monday through Thursday during the summer session (except University holidays and exam periods), at Texas A&M University. Second class postage paid at College Station, TX 77840. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Battalion, 230 Reed McDonald Building, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843. News: The Battalion news department is managed by students at Texas A&M University in the Division of Student Publications, a unit of the Department of Journalism. Editorial offices are in 013 Reed McDonald Building. Newsroom phone number is 845-3316. Fax: 845-2647. Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the Opinion Page staff or the contributor and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the Texas A&M Battalion editors, student body, administration, faculty or staff. Advertising: For campus, local and national display advertising, call 845-2696. For classified advertising, call 845-0569. Advertising offices are in 015 Reed McDonald and office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Fax: 845-5408. Subscriptions: Mail subscriptions are $20 per semester, $40 per school year and $50 per full year. To charge by VISA or MasterCard, call 845-2611. T he Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) allocated $536,890 to Easterwood Airport, which will be used to pay for airport improvements, said Harry Raisor, director of aviation at Texas A&M University's Easterwood Airport. Raisor said the funds Easterwood will receive are "nothing new." Raisor said the airport receives funds from the FAA if the number of passengers at Easterwood is at least one-tenth of one percent of total commercial airline passengers nationwide. "In my 16 years (at Easterwood), there was only one year that we did not receive funding," Raisor said. Raisor said the airport has received funds ranging from $180,000 to this year's $536,890. The funds have been allocated toward Phase Two of a program to set up pilot directory signs along the runway as instructed by the FAA, and to upgrade the storm drain system which, Raisor said, has not been upgraded since the airport was built. "The Easterwood Field Airport is important to the economic growth of Brazos County, and I am pleased that these funds will be used to enhance the safety and use of the airport," U.S. Senator Phil Gramm said. Larry Neal, an official at Senator Gramm's office, said the FAA administers grant programs to insure public safety at public- use airports and to aid in development of airports to meet current and future public demand. A single engine Cessna airplane flies in for a landing at Easterwood Airport Tuesday afternoon. The airport is to receive $536,890 from the FAA for improvements such as directory signs and an upgrade in the storm drain systerp. Woman sues 'bad parent' THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTIN - A 48-year-old Austin man being sued by his daughter said he is not perfect and has not seen a copy of the lawsuit that charges he was a bad parent. “I have no idea what it's about,” Earl McMannis Jr. said Monday. Asked if he had any response to the accusation in the lawsuit that he was a bad parent, he replied, "Let's put it this way: Trh not perfect." The lawsuit, brought by See Lawsuit/Page 4 Taking a break in the sun BERNITA BARNES/Special to The Battalion Enjoying the warm December afternoon, Cory Caugn, a senior applied science mathematics major from Austin, studies along the steps of the Academic Building. The unseasonably warm weather is expected to continue through the end of the week. Little Caesars* PARTY PHASER! We'll handle any party size! Let us help you plan your next party or event with our special discounts on group orders of 10 pizzas or more. Call the Little Caesars® Restaurant Nearest You! 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