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State & Local Friday, Oct Tubu Page 2 The Battalion Friday, October 22, Fhe Senate viole.Nce Centerpole rolls into Aggieland Senior Redpots and a senior Centerpole Pot roll half of Cen terpole off the Gray Ghost on Thursday afternoon at Bonfire Mary Macmanus/THL Battalion site. Centerpole will be assembled this weekend and put up next Thursday. Work on stack will begin soon afterward. Doctoral students to face possible tuition increase By Andrea Taormina The Battalion Students who exceed 130 hours be yond their master's degree while work ing on their doctoral degree will not pay the same tuition rates as other doctoral students beginning in the fall of 1995. Dr. Jerry Gaston, executive associate provost, said a perception exists in the state Legislature that some students were taking too long to finish their degrees. "Some students were reported as hav ing 200 hours, and they did," Gaston said. The perception is that if the state is giv ing money to these schools for graduates with excessive hours, it would be better to take it back and put it in the big pot for higher education in Texas, Gaston said. Gaston said a coordinating commit tee estimated the amount of money that A&M would lose to be $463,000. This figure was based on calculations for doctoral students with more than 130 hours. The Board of Regents must au thorize the tuition change, Gaston said, and there has been no decision made yet because the policy does not take ef fect until 1995. The regents ordinarily act on matters of changes and costs at their March meeting, he said The coordinating board calculated cost that students with hours in exceii) 130 would have to pay based ontht ition rates of out-of-state residents ! typical non-resident pays $206.85 (oi first credit hour, and nine creditht: typically costs $1716.00 per semester. Dr. Dan Robertson, director of the of graduate studies, said it usually about 32-55 hours to complete an MS M.B.A. at A&M. The typical doctoraly gram takes about 96 hours to compi without a master's degree and a mimr, of 64 hours with a master's degree. It can take up to 10 years for some Fritc 1 , How dents to complete their doctoral de«; he said. Doctoral students enroll in resea classes that do not meet with instr tors. They look for a topic they wan: use for their dissertations. The resec: involved in the dissertations isn:: takes them so lon^ to finish theirl grees, Robertson said. The Legislature amended its origrj 1 f josition on the subject by enacting'. 1 egislation, and it reserved the righ! change its mind again when it reel venes in two years. REJEC ITbwn bid fo The Execution date set for pickax killer The Associated Press HOUSTON — Convicted pickax killer Karla Faye Tucker faces lethal injection Nov. 19, but a prosecu tor said Thursday the courts likely will delay what would be the first execution of a woman in Texas since the Civil War. State District judge Pat Lykos this week set the ex ecution date, which falls just one day after Tucker's 34th birthday. But Tucker still has an appeal pending before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and there are other legal avenues available to her should the court refuse to grant her a stay. "I would not really look for her to be executed Nov. 19," Harris County prosecutor Shirley Cor nelius said. "It's still got to go through the federal courts. I'm not going to say that it couldn't happen. But normal ly the first time through the federal appeals process. they'll get a stay somewhere," she said. Since 1982, Texas has executed 69 men, by far the highest total among states with capital punishment. But a woman has not been put to death in Texas since Chipita Rodriquez was hanged in 1863 for the murder of a horse trader. Velma Barfield, executed in North Carolina in No vember 1984, is the only woman who has been put to death in the nation since the Supreme Court in 1976 allowed the death penalty to resume. But Cornelius said she believes it's just a matter of time before Texas executes one of the four women now on death row. "I don't think the citizens of Texas really care about the gender issue when it comes to death row inmates," she said when asked about public reaction to putting a woman to death. "I think the crimes really speak for themselves," Cornelius said. Tucker was convicted of capital murder in the June 13,1983 slaying of Jerry Lynn Dean, 26. Post Oak Mall upgrade nears completion By Jennifer Kiley The Battalion After four months of construc tion, the renovations to Post Oak Mall will be complete Nov. 1. Tami Wood, manager of Post Oak Mall, said the renovations were done to upgrade the 10- year-old mall. "We needed to look brighter and fresher and offer a pleasing environment to compete and in crease our sales," Wood said. Renovations to Post Oak Mall include repainting the mall, adding bands of neon to the skylights, installing new plants, ash cans and trash cans and upgrading the three en trances and landscaping. "We are also redesigning the Food Court," Wood said. "We have put in new skylights, new planters and new seats. It will look totally different when it is finished." Scott Thompson, a mall cus tomer, said the renovations are an improvement to Post Oak Mall. "The renovations will im prove the look of the mall, which will attract more business and help the community, " Thomp son said. Despite construction through out the mall. Wood said the num ber of customers has increased. "I did a report for Septemk: and traffic throughout the nr was up 8 percent," Wood sal: "We have fared well throughs dust and dirt." Post Oak Mall has tried:: make shopping as convenient; possible for customers dunr: the renovation period, she sai: Most of the construction tak place at night when custome are not present. Chris Hal brook, a mall® tomer, said he does notthinkfe GREEN Idowntowr ■ store bustle lusual old- lers hunting I now jokir 1 Mart-free z In a pul ■ before, th renovations are necessary. "It seemed OK to me before Halbrook said. "I don't knot why they're spending the moR to change it." , . |j-! ■ setts com Irowly reji ■| Mart as th ■ town way "It's a ■ don't thin ies like th iaway fre ■ town," sa It was i nation's h [to transpl tuan stor pricing to [ny spoke ■ she was Professor Jones knows the laws of thermodynantKs. Now she knows the dynamks of life insurante, too* And her family couldn’t be happier. To learn more about life insurance, call the TIAA Life Insurance Planning Center. Weekdays, 9AM to 6PM, E.S.T. 1800223-1200 This offer is available to faculty, staff, administrators and their spouses. Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association 730 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017-3206 Ensuring the future for those who shape it.*" ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY! * Ravel String Quartet 8 P.M. MONDAY, OCTOBER 25 RUDDER THEATRE Adults $8, Students & Senior Citizens $5 University Chamber Concerts SCOTT & WHITE CLINIC, COLLEGE STATION Announcing Weekend Clinic Hours for Urgent Care (com muni has voted 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Scott & White Clinic, College Station, is now offering weekend Clinic hours for urgent care by appointment only! The Weekend Clinic is conducted from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Clinic Annex building located across the street (Glenhaven Dr.) from the main clinic. By Appointment Only (409) 268-3663 Scott & White Annex S&W Clinic UNivERsrrv drive east Scott & White Clinic, College Station 1600 University Drive East INFLUENZA VACCINE STUDY We Are Beginning a New Flu Vaccine Study Monday - Tuesday, October 25 - 26,1993 To Detennine Eligibility for the Study and for further information or to enroll in the study come To: Beutel Health Center, Room 223, 2nd Floor 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Monday-Tuesday, October 25-26) Dr John Quarles 845-3678 Seniors: It’s Your Last Chance! Senior make up pictures for the 1994 Aggieland yearbook WILL BE FROM MONDAY, OCT. 1 1 through Friday, October 29. The make up schedule for all classes is as follows: Seniors: Ocr 11-29 Freshmen: Nov. 1-12 Juniors: Nov. 15-Dec. 3 Sophomores: Dec. 6-14 Pictures are being taken at A R Photography, located at 707 Texas Ave. S., near Taco Cabana, from 9 a.m. 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. 2V 1994 GGIELAND The Battalion CHRIS WHITLEY, Editor in chief Susa NEW for Susa "Eve have to change "It's yot The anorexi; fridge F starring "Afb became said. 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