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State & Local Campus News Briefs College of Engineering given funds by Houston company The Texas A&M University College of Engineering recently received $26,000 from USX Foundation of Pittsburgh on behalf of its subsidiary. Marathon Oil in Houston. The grant includes $10,000 to be divided between the Departments of Chemical, Mechanical and Petrole um Engineering; $9,000 for minority, women and pe troleum engineering scholarships; $4,000 for special programs; $2,000 for student organizations; and $1,000 for computer equipment for women in engineering. Marathon Oil is a $13 billion oil and gas company that employs more than 9,000 people, many of whom are Texas A&M graduates. Director of external relations elected chair of foundation Ellyn Perrone, Texas A&M University's director of external relations, has been elected chair of the gov erning board of the John Ben Shepperd Public Leader ship Foundation. In her role as chair of the governing board, Perrone will be active in a variety of foundation programs, in cluding the Jon Ben Shepperd Public Leadership Fo rums. She will also be active in fund raising and poli cy decisions for the group. In addition to sponsoring seminars and programs, the foundation also presents several major awards including the Outstanding Texas Leader Award, the Political Courage Award and the Alumni Achieve ment Award. Education experts to discuss issues at three-day institute Texas A&M University's Department of Educational Administration and the Texas Association of School Ad ministrators will sponsor the Administrative Leadership Institute: Building Leadership Skills for Success Within a Collaborative Structure Wednesday through Friday. The three-day institute, which will take place at the College Station Hilton and Conference Center, will feature education experts who will discuss is sues including decision-making through efficient use of data, political/governance concerns and school climate and culture. Management leadership training credit can be earned by attending the institute. ■ ii< A&M bus involved in minor traffic accident By Lisa Elliott The Battalion Some students on the Reveille bus route were a little late to school Monday morning after the Uni versity shuttle bus they were riding was involved in an accident. The accident occurred at 11:15 a m. on East 29th Street between Rosemary Drive and Carter Creek Parkway, in front of TCA Cable. The driver of a 1988 Oldsmobile signaled to turn right but changed his mind and changed lanes in front of the bus without warning. The car was sideswiped on the driver's side and received minor damages. The dri ver of the car got a ticket but was not injured. Woody Isenhart, coordinator of shuttle bus ser vices, said the accident was minor and no serious damage or injuries occurred. "It was nothing severe," he said. "The bus is still running its route.'' Isenhart said he didn't know of any injuries ex cept that of a girl who called Bus Operations Mon day afternoon complaining of a headache as a result of the accident. Students riding the Reveille route were delayed for the rest of the morning when the route, which normally has two buses, was cut down to one after the accident. The buses were back on schedule by the early af ternoon. Fish ready to spur the Mustangs Has fast i 0 jt extra wc If exercisi ■our list h a-itl not ei .tairclimbii Stairclim )Wer body our cardi Texas lottery hits the jackpot in first year The Associated Press AUSTIN — Texas has already set a national record for first-year lotto sales and should break the $1 billion mark before the game's first anniver sary next month. State Comptroller John Sharp said Monday. The previous lotto record-holder for 52 weeks of sales was Florida in 1989, with $960.3 million, he said. Texas had $973.6 million worth of sales by the close of business Satur day, when the lotto jackpot was an estimated $40 million, according to lottery officials. Sales for the Lotto Texas game began Nov. 7,1992. "We should exceed the $1 billion mark which, of course, is unprece dented in lotto history," Sharp said. "i(Ve're proud of that new record." There were three winning tickets for Saturday's pick-six drawing, one purchased in Fort Worth and the other two in the Dallas area, prompting Sharp to call Saturday "Metroplex day." The comptroller announced the record-breaking lotto sales as the state launched a new numbers game. Pick 3. In the new game, tickets range from 50 cents to $5 and gamblers play three numbers from zero to nine. Winning numbers are random ly drawn from a machine. Prizes for a 50-cent play range from $40 to $250, and up to $500 for a $1 play. Players can try to match the win ning numbers in the exact order they are drawn, or any order. Drawings will be held Monday through Saturday for Pick 3. Lotto drawings will remain on Wednesday and Saturday. )ae 20-mi um up to : ciany as w, nd shaping i’Otks the : esistance c tairclimbin While st, ad books Revision, li dds enjoy lit. You c ensity of forking “roups in y If your L'ork, lean [lebar like e handrai upport you If you ’ lalves, sta |Hghtly for !> push th» if using yc v ill put en kg muscles ■ If you v ■uads and 1 ■nees forw ■re sitting i Body upri Waiter's winnings to finance trip hornff The inte; Mike Steele/THE Bcl A freshman in the Corps wears his "fish spurs" Monday afternoon. The freshmen tra ditionally wear the spurs, made of bottlra and wire, the week before the SMU game. The Associated Press Ian change jower body §t a model |ou take q “/ill give i AUSTIN — Pedro Quezada's parents have never met his childrentn wife of five years. But after claiming his $12.6 million share of Satuit lotto jackpot, Quezada is planning a trip to Mexico to introduce them Quezada, a 32-year-old Mexican national from Chihuahua who has bee:’ Texas for 10 years, said his family will make the jaunt "as soon as possible He has been a waiter at El Fenix for three years and before that wore 1? | | on a West Texas ranch. 1 Hr His ticket was one of three pick-six winners for the estimated$401 lion lotto jackpot. The other two tickets also were sold in the Dallasf: P'-'Cf Worth metroplex — Dallas and Arlington — but Quezada was the firs!: H— claim his part of the prize. The A "I always knew I was going to win," said Quezada, who got a firstp|— ment of $632,079.60 Monday. He will get $632,000 annually for 19 moreyet ] CAMBRI Quezada also matched three numbers in the same drawing fora survey of prize. When he got his big check, he asked about also collecting: Ever," Yale smaller prize. 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