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a %-> QJ QJ C3 O I o U October 4 & 5, 1993 (Different employers each day) ★ ★★ ★ ★ Zachry Lobby Monday 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tuesday 7:45a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ★ ★ ★★ ★ ALL MAJORS INVITED i^V iV -£r t!V For more infoiiuatiou Cooperative Education 207 Student Services Building 845-7725 You're History! (at least you’ll be a part of Adit'M history if you get your picture in the AggielAND) All classes: From now to Oct. 8, become a part of history by having your picture made for the 1994 Aggieland yearbook. Pictures are being taken at A R Photography, located at 707 Texas Avenue S., near Taco Cabana, from 9 a.in. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, call 693-8183. If you did not purchase your picture in the AGGIELAND during teleregistration, it can be purchased in 230 RDMC for $1. 1994 yearbooks can be purchased in 015 RDMC for $25. A 1994 /AGGIELAND LATE DEADLINE ■ ... -♦** «-j for 1994 AGGIELAND ORGANIZATION CONTRACTS has been extended to October 8th. O or; Please turn in your contract to room 230 RDMC with payment (including late fee of $10) by 5 p.m.,Oct. 8. If you have not yet picked up a contract, they are available in room 012 RDMC. Please LOO NOT wait until the last minute to turn in your contract! 1994 Aggieland NEED SOME CREDIT?... Sorry, we can’t give you a credit card, but we can give you credit for what you know. Increase your number of credit hours and you can: - Amaze your family and friends by graduating in four years. - Register early for classes. - Get your Aggie Ring! CREDIT BY EXAMINATION AT TEXAS A&M For more information contact: Measurement and Research Services 257 Bizzell Hall West (409) 845-0532 Page 10 The Battalion Monday, October4,1 Democratic governors seek advice for running political environment The Associated Press JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. - Talk about economic develop ment and avoid negative ads un less absolutely necessary. Promise to cut government spending, and beware voter cyn icism. Maybe pray a little. The 1994 elections are still more than a year away, but that was the advice consultants had for a dozen Democratic gover nors on hand this weekend for some schooling on running in a political environment that has changed dramatically since their last campaigns. Democrats now control the White House, so will be the par ty in power for midterm elec tions for the first time since 1978. Because of that, history sug gests Republicans will make gains in the 36 gubernatorial elections next year, when Cali fornia, New York, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio are among the big states up for grabs. Looking to hold or expand their lopsided 31-17 advantage over Re publicans in state capitals. Democ rats spent much of a weekend re treat in Wyoming debating cam paign strategy, from fund-raising and advertising to whether it makes sense to form a close al liance with President Clinton. "Voter cynicism is at an all- time high," was the sober warn ing from Democratic pollster Celinda Lake, who said even in cumbents with solid records will have a hard time next year. Because of that sour mood, the governors also were warned that voters are wary of attack ads and unlikely to be swayed by vague promises. And they were lectured about using polls and other research to test their strengths and weak nesses well in advance of the campaign season — before their opponents can get a head start in shaping the debate. State returns to court on school finance The Associated Press AUSTIN — Texas lawmakers latest effort to reform education funding is under fire from; erty-rich and poor school dis tricts. A trial beginning Monday is the third round in the courthoust for officials trying to meet ah Texas Supreme Court order even out funding available school districts with differing property wealth. Schools rely primarily on aid and local property tax money Two other reform laws passed since the 1989 decision have been ruled unconstitutional: One on Miami Beach chef caters to people with diminished immune systems The Associated Press MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Frank Wager had no idea how to eat healthy and his ignorance was helping the AIDS virus kill him. Then he met chef Kathy Raffele on trendy South Beach, who's come up with special dishes for peo ple with diminished immune systems. Now' he's one of about a dozen people with HIV or AIDS who eat Raffele's cooking regularly. "For the most part, people who have AIDS have no idea about the nutritional aspects that are very important to their health," Wager said. "Unfortu nately, we don't have the time or the background to eat what is good for us." Raffele, a transplanted New Yorker, says offer ing a special menu emerged from necessity earlier this year when she was cooking at Falcon's Lair on the Beach. She now cooks at nearby Coral Cafe. "The restaurant 1 was working at was next to a gay club and most of the customers were gay," she said. "We were getting a lot of customers in, re questing Caesar salad with no egg and pasta with no dairy. To make it easier on the waiter and my self, I just thought we would do a menu with items on it for people with compromised immune sys tems." One concern was that other customers not feel uncomfortable ordering dishes especially intended for people with AIDS. Special dishes are marked discreetly on the menu with asterisks. "Everybody told me I was crazy," Raffele said. "They said I would turn people away when they see there are this many items for HIV. ... But once they eat the food and they think it's OK, that's what counts." She created a variation on ravioli that uses pureed vegetables with a sauce made from soy milk instead of cream. Many of her speciality dish es use garlic, basil and fruit — always fresh. She had to shelve her French method of cooking and began to concentrate on lighter, healthier in gredients. To develop a strategy for such a menu, Raffele consulted nurse Susan Luck of the nearby Strato- Gen Clinic. Luck, also from New York, had worked in Manhattan under a grant putting to gether healthy diets for people with the AIDS virus, who often lose a lot of weight suddenly. "The medical mode has approached their nutri tion with food that is high in fats for high calo ries," Luck said. "They want to fatten them up, but very often the fats themselves are problematic." Luck said some raw foods, such as an egg in a Caesar salad, contain bacteria an immune-deficient body can't tolerate. Dairy products also contain lactose, a sugar she says many with HIV can't di- S cst ' ,, Raffele uses lots of pasta because it s easy to di gest and high in nutrients. Wager said his health improved immediately after he began eating her food. "You can actually improve the immune system by eating right," the 41-year-old real estate agent said. "If you don't, your immune system is going to decline faster, you have more of a chance of los ing weight and more of a chance of getting an op portunistic infection that can kill you." challenge led by poor districts, the other by property-rich ones. This time, both have gone court. "I think we're all tired," sa Craig Foster, executive directorof the Equity Center, a groupof property-poor school districts in volved in the long-running court fight for equity. But not tired enough to give up what's been called "a life death struggle" by lawyerAl Kauffman of the Mexican Ameri can Legal Defense and Education al Fund. Poor school districts are dial lenging the way about $7 billion in annual state aid is distributed under the new law. Local taxes contribute more than another$8 billion to the system. Compared to the funding sys tem used last school year, about $165 million in state money shifted from poorer to richer school districts, according lawyers for the poor districts. The law decreases the state's basic per-student funding grant, and it changes and limits state matching funds that are based on local tax rates. Districts with poor property tax base say it': unfair to cut allotments across tb board because they require mudi higher local tax rates to try make up the difference. The law would leave at least |ULI PH pAVE T beund mack » yj£ COOL 1 $600 gap per student in funding between rich and poor school dis tricts, say poor districts, who add that it virtually ignores classroom idi construction funding needs. The stand t dent Be resist a paign t ment a Union. ' tion ha: alternai munisrr The Sept. 2 solved That ac elimina sition 1 and att< ecutive the par of confl Aboi. , liamen weapor selves i ATF Continued from Page 1 the operation and didn't recog nize the need for less risky alter native or contingency plans, ac cording to The Dallas Morning News. The report also said misstate ments were made or allowed to be made to the public and superi ors were not kept fully apprised of key reasons for the raid failure. The months-long treasury re view concluded that ATF officials designed a flawed plan to storm the compound Feb. 28 to arrest sect leader David Koresh and search for illegally stockpiled weapons. The report said the raid should have been canceled when an un dercover ATF agent told com manders that Koresh knew that agents were coming. The operation left four agents and six cult members dead in a shootout. The confrontation last ed 51 days, ending April 19 when fire consumed the compound, killing‘Koresh and more than 80 of his followers. Harnett, 53, a 24-year veteran, and Conroy, 50, a 26-year veteran, were the top ATF officials in Waco after the raid. Hartnett and Conroy said be fore the Waco operation that they had planned to retire at the end of the year. Saturday's decision, de livered to treasury officials in Washington, made it effective im mediately. Stephen Higgins, the former ATF director, announced his res ignation Monday before release of the report. The other three sus pended ATF officials have said they have been ordered not to discuss the case by the Treasury Department. Russia Continued from Page 1 lice. Officers were beaten to the ground and savagely punched and kicked by the enraged pro testers who waved red Soviel Talks between the lawmakers and the government on ending the crisis continued for a third day under the mediation of the Russian Orthodox Church despite the violence. Lawmakers' repre sentatives presented new de mands Sunday, insisting Yeltsin revoke his decrees disbanding parliament. Lawmakers also called for joint elections for president and parlia ment in March. Yeltsin opposes joint elections, saying parliamen tary elections will be in December with a presidential vote in June. Parts of central Moscow were turned into a virtual battle zone as up to 10,000 protesters armed with sticks, clubs and rocks broke through line after line of riot po- flags Thi 'Death to Yeltsin" and "Out with the fascists," protesters screamed. Some also yelled "Down with America.” Riot police, many of them young conscripts, appeared caught by surprise by the protest, Police trying to stop the protest ers as they advanced through the city center were outnumbered and outfought. Police moved up water cannon but were over whelmed before they could be used. When the triumphant crowd, many hugging each other and cheering, reached the parliament, volleys of gunfire erupted. Much of the firing was in the air and it did not appear that anyone had been hit. SPARTACUS THE RESTORED DIRECTOR'S CUT From Stanley Kubrick, the director of '2(K)1: A Space C klyssey,' 'A Clockwork Orange,’ and 'Full Metal Jacket' “IJVD0CHINE’ SPRAWLS AND ENTHRALLS. IN CATHERINE DENEUVE THE FILM HAS A STAR OF EPIC GLAMOUR AND GRAVITY.” “ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST FILMS” - Richard Corliss, TIME MAGAZINE XX Kappa Week Continued from Page 1 Thursday @7:00 MSC, and the fraternity will spon sor a night of bowling Thursday at 8 p.m. at the MSC bowling lanes. A Kappa Alpha Psi-Alpha Phi Alpha basketball game will be held Friday at DeWare Field- house at 7 p.m. Proceeds from the game will benefit a local cause, although the fraternity has not decided on this year's beneficiary. "We usually get about $300 from the game," Cox said. "Last year, we gave the money to Kemp Elementary School in Bryan for their Saturday school program, but we haven't decided where the money is going this year." A Kappa car wash will be held Saturday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Jack in the Box in College Station. Donations will be ac cepted. A party with the Kappas will be held Saturday night in Room 224 of the MSC. Kappa Week concludes next Sunday with a day of food, games and music at Southwood Valley Park from 2 p.m.-7 p.m. INDOCHINE A FILM BY REGIS WARGNIER CATHERINE DENEUVE SONY PlttURES ClASSKS* MSC FILM Friday @ 7:00 & 9:30 SOCIETY OF TEXAS A&M Questions? Call... MSC Box Office 845-1234 MSC Student Programs Office 845-1515 A Memorial Student Center Student Programs Committee ADMISSION: $2.50 Advance tickets available for all shows at MSC Box Office Persons with disabilities please call us 3 working days prior to the film to enable us to assist you to the best of our ability. ET YOUR SIGHTS ION THE BEST mg. and ult called f overthr The about 1 changei forces a ings Su policer injured Yelts emerge Sc E vei ha: en< kind of i one poii er in the each of i ferent. C be diffei But h Ameria only dif experiei like bas< pearanc ■nanner We hanc I am a dead 1 alive. It not imn hiked t °n this < student: have ex For t dice or i Vision Examinations for CONTACT LENSES and GLASSES Dr. Edmond McGee, Optometrist Call 693-1320 for an appointment Post Oak Mall - next door to Sears Optical R( The ing t Wou] stud phor