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\ from the inner circle to dissident editor from dissident writer to controversial author Victor Erofeyev will speak at 7:30 Friday - April 23rd Rudder Tower - Room 301 RESEARCH Panic Do you experience brief, unexpected periods of intense fear or discomfort? Have you visited your doctor or the hospital emergency room because of chest pains, shortness of breath, numbness or tingling sensations ana find out that you have no physical problems? These occurrences may have been panic attacks. VIP Research is conducting a study on Panic Disorder. Individuals with symptoms of panic attacks are being recruited to participate in a three month study of an investigational medication for the treatment of panic disorder. If you would like more information, call VIP Research. $200.00 will be paid to those individuals who qualify and complete the study. CALL Volunteers in Pharmaceutical Research, Inc. 776-1417 NANCI GRIFFITH OTHER VOICES I OTHER ROOMS Features SPEED OF THE SOUND OF LONELINESS ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE Nanci performs 17 songs by her favorite writers including Janis Ian, Jerry Jeff Walker, John Prine and Woody Guthrie. An all-star cast performs on the album: Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Guy Clark, the Indigo Girls, Bela Fleck and more! Elektra Sale Prices Expire 4/30/93 $ 7’?/*11 9 ? GUY CLARK ■BOATS TO BUILD" Texas native songwriter unveils a brilliant collection of 10 new songs. "Boats to Build" features guest appearances by Emmylou Harris, Marty Stuart, Rodney Crowell, Lee Roy Parnell and Radney Foster. i Guy Clark Asylum Hastings We’re Entertainment!C!^ ™ Culpepper Plaza In College Station • Manor East In Bryan “THIS IS AN AMAZING PIECE OF ENTERTAINMENT! TWO THUMBS UP!” - SISKfcL & EBfcRT * ALADDIN DESERVES TO DUPLICATE BEAUTYAND THEBEASTS BEST PICTURE NOMINATION. -MIKE CLARK, LKA Today “YOU COULDN’T WISH FORA MORE WONDERFUL MOVIE. It’s a magic carpet ride that just doesn’t stop" -JOEL SIEGEL, Good Morning Amenci FRIDAY: 7:00,8:50,10:40 & 12:30 Winner of two Academy Awards ~ Please note the weird times. - MSC AGGIE CINEMA THE FILM SOCIETY OF TEXAS A&M ADMISSION: $2.50 Presented in Rudder Auditorium Questions? Call... Rudder Box Office 845-1234 Aggie Cinema Hotline 847-8478 MSC Student Programs Office 845-1515 ^Tr A Memorial Student Center Student Programs Committee Page 8 The Battalion Friday, April 23,Ij Senate slaps teen smokers with fines AUSTIN (AP) - A measure to make it more difficult for youngsters to get cigarettes may have gone up in smoke Thursday, as the Texas Senate proposed slapping underage smokers with $500 fines. A bill by Sen. Judith Zaffiri- ni, D-Laredo, would have banned cigarette vending ma chines from places accessible to people younger than 18. It also would have made it easier to fine people for selling cigarettes or tobacco to those under 18, she said. - Zaffirini said her measure would help curb smoking by young people before they be come addicted to tobacco and make the state eligible for $69 million in federal substance abuse grants. In Texas, the number of school children who experi ment with tobacco is on the rise, increasing from 39 percent in 1988 to 53 percent in 1990, according to the American Cancer Society. Seventy-five percent of adult smokers started before their 18th birthday, the organization said. Rural lawmakers offer suggestion for President's health reform plan THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - As the Clinton administration and Con gress grapple with reform of the nation's health care system, rural lawmakers are weighing in with their own suggestions. The House Rural Health Care Coalition, which is co-chaired by Texan Charles Stenholm, Thurs day presented a package of 16 bills it hopes to get enacted. Each year, the 146-member bipartisan coalition releases its legislative agenda. This year's blueprint comes less than a month before President Clinton's task force on health re form, headed by Hillary Rodham Clinton, releases its recommenda tions. "No one needs to be reminded of what a critical year and Con gress this will be for health reform in general," said Stenholm, D- Stamford. "It is not the goal of this coali tion to take on the task which thousands of others in thiscii and country are attempting! tackle right now," Stenholm sai "We do, however, feel that* have a role to play in helping! formulate that portion of heal! reform which deals withrur health delivery." Rep. Jim Nussle, R-Iowa,e pressed concern that with the u| coming reform of the healthcaj system "now, more thanevei rural interests are in dangerofli ing cast by the wayside." Senate votes down ban on gay sex THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTIN — The Texas Senate on Thursday ap proved an overhaul of the criminal justice system, and after a contentious debate rejected an amend ment to make illegal sex between homosexuals. The criminal justice legislation hinges on a $1 bil lion prison bond proposal to build more prisons and keep violent criminals incarcerated longer. The penal code revision would also result in the diversion of thousands of nonviolent offenders into a new state jail system. Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, author of the measures, said they will "make your communities a safer place to work and live." But debate quickly centered on a move by Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, to put back inti law a state ban on homosexual sex. Her amendme was defeated 16-12. Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock, a Democrat, called Nelson proposal "divisive." "Thank God there were enough decent, goo Texas senators to vote it down," he said. The state's so-called sodomy law, which applii only to same-sex relations, has been declared unco: stitutional by a state appellate court. The statehi appealed that decision to the Texas Supreme Com which has yet to rule. Nelson said removal of the statute wouldm counter to the wishes of citizens. "The majorityi Texans oppose homosexual conduct and believeth it should be prohibited by our penal code," shesaii News Briefs Bush recalls Turkish president as strong ally HOUSTON (AP) — Former President George Bush remembered deceased Turkish President Turgut Ozal as his most steadfast ally during the Persian Gulf War at a memori al service for Ozal in Houston Thursday evening. Bush praised Ozal, who died of heart fail ure Saturday in Ankara, Turkey, dubbing him a dynamo during the 45-minute service at Methodist Hospital. "There was no stauncher friend of the United States, no one that I turned to more for support and certainly for advice, than Presi dent Ozal," Bush said. Ozal was a strategic ally, resisting domes tic opposition to support the U.S.-led coalition fighting Iraq. The former president said he talked fre quently during Desert Storm with Ozal, who Bush said shared his devotion to freedom and the moral principle behind the war. "A big country doesn't take over a little country. Aggression is immoral and doesn't pay," Bush said. "If I had ever wavered ... I would've been pulled up by the hair by this man, who was steadfast from day one in his conviction that aggression would not stand." "It was a wonderful relationship. Personal diplomacy in this case meant something. I could tell what his word was, where his heartbeat was ... I will miss him very much," Bush said. About 250 people attended the memorial service at the hospital for Ozal, 66, who was buried Thursday in Istanbul. Investigator says trucker sober before bus accident EDINBURG (AP) — The trucker accused of reckless driving in an accident that killed 21 schoolchildren had no alcohol or drugs in his system, an accident investigator said Thursday. Francisco Elizondo of the Texas Depart ment of Public Safety testified most of the day, giving the jury plodding descriptions of the accident site and physics of the September 1989 collision. Chemical plant blaze keeps residents indoors LA PORTE (AP) — Residents were warned to get indoors and stay there Friday afternoon as heavy hydrocarbon smoke filled the air af ter a chemical plant caught fire. "It is polyethylene wax, and the plant is on fire, blazing," Elaine Bonner, chief adminis trative assistant to the town's police chief, said late Thursday afternoon, more than two hours after the fire was reported. "Everyone has been advised to stay in doors because of the smoke," Bonner said. "It's nonpoisonous, but it is a heavy smoke." The fire was at the Quest Separation Tech nology, Inc., at 12500 Bay Area Boulevard, about one-half mile south of the main part of La Porte and about 10 miles east of Ellington Air Force Base. The Air Force Base is 25 miles southeast of Houston. The plant is on the road that leads from La Porte to NASA. "We have no idea what caused the fire, and as far as we know, there are no injuries," she added. Schools may get funds to repair bad buildings AUSTIN (AP) — School districts with low- er-than-average property wealth that levy lo cal taxes at a nigh enough rate could get state funds to help repair or construct buildings under a bill given preliminary House ap proval Thursday. The bill only could take effect if votersap prove a proposed constitutional amendmcit on the May 1 state ballot that providesfoi $750 million in state bonds for school con struction needs. "This is not a free lunch. It's a partnership between the state and the school districts, said Rep. David Swinford, R-Dumas. Another version of the bill already passed the Senate. If the House gives this one fina approval, a conference committee is expected to work out differences. Former college teacher accused of kidnapping HODGEN, Okla. (AP) - A gunman wounded in a shootout with sheriffs deputies was identified Thursday as a formei Texas college professor accused of kidnap ping two women last year. Bill Robert Cathey, 51 and a former Eng lish teacher at the University of North Texas, remained stable at St. Edward Mercy Med ical Center in Fort Smith, Ark., across tht border from the small town of Hodgen. Cathey, who was wearing a bulletproof vest, was shot in the chest Wednesday aftei he pulled a handgun on deputies, said Rot Wallace, assistant district attorney for LeFlo re County. No lawmen were hurt. Wallace said Cathey, who has several aliases, was identified Thursday by compar ing fingerprints provided by Texas authori ties. "Knowing what his background is,it helps us to understand why he may been wearing body armor," Wallace said. "We're still trying to find out exactly where we are with this guy." Warrants for Cathey's arrest filed in Dal las County show he was charged July 22 with two counts of aggravated kidnapping and one count of possession of a controlled sub stance. r Itt tOTTTt0 2,60-2,660 3pm 5pm 7pm 9pm 11pm lam Monday 4/26 Tuesday 4/27 Wednesday 4/28 Thursday 4/29 Chem. 102 Chap. 30,31 Chem. 102 Chap.32 Chem. 102 Final Exam Review Part A Chem. 102 Final Exam Review Part B Chem. 101 Chap. 13 Chem. 101 Chap. 14 Chem. 101 Final Exam Review Part A Chem. 101 Final Exam Review Part B Practice Final Chem. 102 Chap. 30,31 Chem. 102 Chap. 32 Chem. 102 Final Exam Review Part A Chem. 102 Final Exam Review Part B Phys. 201 Chap. 20,21 Phys. 201 Chap. 22,23 Phys. 201 Practice Finals Bryan, Ross, Yarich Phys. 201 Practice Final? Bryan, Ross, Yarich Phys. 218 Chap. 13 Phys. 218 Chap. 14,16 Phys. 218 Practice Test 4 Ham Part A Phys. 218 Practice Test 4 Ham Part B Acct 229 Acct 230 Math 251 Math 141 Math 308 4/26 7pm Chap. 15 4/26 7pm Chap. 17 4/29 7pm Chap. 18-20 4/21 7pm Chao. 15 BANA 303 4/28 9pm Chap. 11 4/26 9pm Chap. 18,19 4/217 5pm Chap. 19 4/29 5pm Chap. 19 4/27 11pm Chap. 9 MEEN 212 4/29 11pm Chap. 6 4/26 11pm Chap. 6 4/27 9pm Chap. 6 Sun. 4/25 Phys. 218, 8-llpm Dr. Dixon's Test Tickets will be on sale Sunday 4/25/ 6-8pm. Take part in a Texas A&M tradition! The Battalion 1893 - A Century of Service - 1993 Applications are now available for summer and fall 1993 staff positions in the following areas: asst, city editor asst, lifestyles editor asst, sports editor asst, opinion page editor reporter feature writer clerk sports writer reviewer columnist photographer graphic artist cartoonist Applications are now available in: MSC - in the cabinet across from the flagroom. 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