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The Battalion
1893 — A Century of Service to Texas A&M — 1993
Friday, November 5,1993
Clinton says to ignore Perot's NAFTA bashing
"If this is such a good deal, why doesn't every
body get excited about it?" „
J * - Ross Perot
The Associated Press
LEXINGTON, Ky. - President
Clinton told fellow Democrats
Thursday not to be spooked into
rating against free trade with
Mexico by this week's Republican
election victories. He also traded
I tabs with Ross Perot, who called
1 the trade pact "stupid.”
I Clinton dismissed arguments
from the Texas businessman that a
trade agreement with Mexico
I would cost many American jobs.
J "That one fellow talks about
I the giant sucking sound," Clinton
aid.
I "I know a little about this; I
was the governor of a state that
lost plants to Mexico," the presi
dent said.
I "I used to go stand at plants on
the last day they were open and
shake hands with people when
they walked off the job for the last
time."
"I want you to understand this
very clearly from somebody
who's lived through this: This
agreement will make that less
likely, not more likely," Clinton
said.
Perot praised opponents for
their political courage. He said the
agreement is "dead on arrival"
among ordinary citizens.
"If this is such a good deal,
why doesn't everybody get excit
ed about it?" Perot demanded. He
called it "another stupid trade
agreement rammed through by
special interests."
Clinton flew to Kentucky to ap
pear at a Lexmark plant that
makes computer equipment that
is subject to a 20 percent tariff in
Mexico. The trade agreement
would eliminate the tariff.
With the House set to vote
Nov. 17, the White House ac
knowledged it still lacks enough
support but said things were pick
ing up as a result of new deals
with Mexico to protect politically
sensitive American industries.
NAFTA supporters estimated
that an agreement with Mexico on
sugar would bring Clinton 10 to
12 votes.
Rep. Terry Everett, R-Ala., said
there are 53 solid Republican
votes against NAFTA in the
House.
Appearing at a news confer
ence with Perot, Everett and other
NAFTA opponents said there are
213 House members against the
agreement.
Some analysts believe the Re
publican sweep in Tuesday's elec
tions in New York, New Jersey
and Virginia will make fence-sit
ting Democrats even more ner
vous about casting risky votes.
See NAFTA/Page 5
A&M receives notification
from NCAA for meeting
with infractions committee
Texas A&M University an
nounced it received notification
from the NCAA for a meeting at 8
a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 14 with the
infractions committee.
The meeting will be
held in the Embassy
Suites Plaza in Kansas
City, Mo.
Representatives
from Texas A&M in
clude Dr. William Mob
ley, Texas A&M University
System chancellor; Dr. E. Dean
Gage, interim president; Robert
Smith, vice president for finance
and administration; Wally Groff,
athletic director; R. C. Slocum,
head football coach; Dr. Thomas
W. Adair, faculty athletic repre
sentative; Tim Cassidy, assistant
athletic director; Tedi Za-
lesky, director of intercol
legiate athletic compli
ance and Scott Kelly, as
sistant general counsel.
The group is expect
ed to leave College Sta
tion for Kansas City fol
lowing the University's foot
ball game against Louisville.
Kick-off time has been moved to
6:30 p.m. (CST) to accommodate
ESPN television.
ATMs keep barflies off streets longer
Local nightclubs install
money machines, have
decrease in bad checks
By Geneen Pipher
The Battauon
I n the past four months, many nightclubs
in the Bryan-College Station area have
placed automatic teller machines in their
establishments.
Jeffrey Keith, vice president of marketing
at Core Data Resources Inc., the company
that processes all Pulse machine transac
tions, said the placement of money ma
chines in nightclubs and bars is a growing
trend.
"Initially, banks started issuing ATM
cards as a newfangled convenience to their
customers," Keith said.
"Now 67 percent of all households in the
United States have ATM cards. In a survey
conducted by Pulse, they found that people
rank the value of their card just below that
of their car. That's a pretty dramatic state
ment."
Ralph Clinard, owner of CardPro Inc.,
the company that owns the Pulse-Pay ma
chines in four of College Station's night
clubs, said merchants make a substantial
sum of money from the machines.
"On average, the merchants make rough
ly $2,500 per month off of these machines,"
Clinard said. "The ones in College Station
have a transaction fee of $1, and of that dol
lar, merchants typically make 50 cents."
In contrast to other businesses where
Pulse-Pay machines are placed, most of the
money withdrawn at nightclubs is spent in
the club, Keith said.
"The nightclubs are an interesting excep
tion to other businesses," he said.
"If someone goes to a machine at a 7-11
and takes out $20, they probably won't
spend it all there. But if they go to a ma
chine in a nightclub, chances are they are
going to spend a hefty portion of it there."
Don Salinas, manager of the Tap, said the
machines help protect clubs from losing
money as a result of returned checks or bad
credit cards.
"The main reason we have the machine is
to protect ourselves," Salinas said.
"We are not trying to pump customers
for cash, we just want to make sure we
don't lose any money. We don't have the
problems we once had with hot checks or
bad credit cards. Now, if a customer wants
to write a check, we tell them to use the
pulse machine instead."
Clinard said the machines providing a
much-needed service to nightclub patrons.
"The customer gains from these ma
chines because if they are in the club, and
they are running out of money, they can
stay and have fun with their friends instead
of leaving to go get more money," he said.
Jennifer Newberry, a senior English major
from Houston, attempts to withdrawal mon
ey from her checking account from the ATM
Salinas said the machines actually help
nightclub customers stay safe while drink
ing because they no longer have to leave the
club to get money.
"If a customer runs out of cash and they
Kyle Burneti/Tm: Battalion
at the Tap Monday night. Newberry said the
new machines alleviate some of the pres
sures associated with carrying cash.
want more to drink/they are going to get it
no matter if the Pulse machine is here or
down the street, so they might as well stay
here and be safe," he said. "It keeps them
off the street a little longer."
Vendors to show
products at fair
Salespeople won't be in MSC foyer,
hallway for semester's first 2 weeks
By Kim McGuire
The Battauon
The Concessions Committee is
in the process of finalizing plans to
create the "Back to School Student
Services Fair" that will start three
days before the spring semester be
gins.
The fair is a result of a commit
tee proposal restricting on-campus
vendors from offering their prod
ucts during the first two weeks in
the MSC foyer and hallway. Ven
dors wanting to offer their prod
ucts must now take part in the fair
which will run six days and be in
one central location in the universi
ty center complex.
The back-to-school fair was cre
ated to increase students' conve
nience in locating services and is a
response to complaints from stu-
as banks, and also we're looking at
tutoring services such as Kaplan
and Princeton review."
Busch said space will be a con
sideration when organizing the
fair, and the start up services will
take precedence over the other ser
vices. Also, he said, the committee
will embark on a massive advertis
ing campaign.
"The University will heavily
publicize the fair, which is some
thing we haven't done in the past,"
Busch said. "Also, we're consider
ing offering promotional gim
micks, such as door prizes. A stu
dent would get so many signatures
from vendors and then be eligible
to have their name drawn for a
prize."
Kibler said as a result of previ
ous publicity of the fair, some ven
dors have voiced concerns about
"Personally, I wouldn't like to be moved some
where out of the mainstream like the second
floor of the MSC."
- Reed Jenkins, Star Tel marking representative
dents that vendors have practiced
overaggressive sales techniques.
Dr. Bill Kibler, interim assistant
vice president for student services
and Concessions Committee chair
man, said the next step in organiz
ing the fair is contacting the ven
dors.
"We'll only be inviting vendors
who offer services we consider
'start up services,'" Kibler said.
"Things like newspapers, long dis
tance services and cable companies
are these primary services."
However, credit card companies
will not be among those vendors
invited. The committee decided
credit cards are not considered as
one of these services.
"A credit card, in the commit
tee's opinion, is not necessary to
begin school," Kibler said. "You
can go anywhere on campus and
pick up an application anytime."
Dennis Busch, assistant manag
er of the university center complex
and Concessions Committee ad
ministrator, said the committee is
considering extending the range of
vendors invited to the fair.
"We want to offer the full range
of services," Busch said. "We'll be
inviting financial institutions, such
the restrictions placed upon them.
He said some of them had some
reservations about the location.
Reed Jenkins, a Star Tel marking
representative, said he hoped the
committee wouldn't move the fair
out of student traffic.
"In the past we've been set up in
front of areas of high traffic sucn as
the MSC bookstore and snack bar,
and as a result, we've gotten a lot
of business," Jenkins said. "Person
ally, I wouldn't like to be moved
somewhere out of the mainstream
like the second floor of the MSC,"
he said. "However, if everyone else
is in the same location, and the
competition is fair, it's really not a
problem."
Kibler said traffic was a major
concern when the proposal origi
nated.
"We want to take it off the beat
en path," he said. "By setting up
the fair in a specific area of the Uni
versity Center Complex, we give
students a greater freedom of
choice. If you want to go you can, if
you don't, you don't have to."
Julian McMurrey, College Sta-
See Vendors/Page 2
Recycling conference focuses on environment
By Jan Higginbotham
The Battalion
The commitment to recycling
at Texas A&M University will
continue this weekend as the
school holds the Recycling and
Waste Management Seminar and
Workshop.
Dr. Roy Hartman, vice presi
dent of the Texas Recycling
Coalition and associate professor
of engineering technology, said
the event will concentrate on
state legislation, the purchase of
recycled products, and include a
series of workshops.
"The purpose is to increase
ecological awareness," Hartman
said.
The conference is important
because it will help to teach
people to be thought
ful about the envi
ronment, he said.
The confer
ence, which
kicked off this
morning, is a
series of semi
nar speakers
and workshops
addressing en
vironmental con
cerns.
It brings together
people from across the state of
Texas, including waste man
agers, staff from a number of
cities, recycling experts, and
even students.
The keynote speak
er for the event is
Bill Rathje, an ar-
chaeologist
from the Uni
versity of Ari
zona.
Other semi
nar speakers
include repre
sentatives from
the Environmen
tal Protection
Agency, speaking on
environmental market develop
ments, landfills and new legisla
tion.
Texas recycling legislation
and the issue of landfill legisla
tion will also be covered during
the two-day conference.
Saturday's agenda includes a
number of workshops focusing
on setting up recycling pro
grams.
Twenty vendors will also be
on hand in the Rudder exhibit
hall Friday and Saturday to
demonstrate various recycled
materials.
The conference will conclude
on Saturday with a field trip to
Texas A&M's recycling experi
ment station.
Inside
Sports
•Adams - finalist for
Lombardi award
•Lady Aggie soccer closes
out on the road
Opinion
Page 7
* Pro/Con: Were A&M
officials ethical in accepting
trips to New York?
Page 9
Weather
•Friday: partly cloudy,
isolated showers, highs
in 60s
► Saturday: sunny and
cool, highs in 50s, lows
in 30s
► Extended forecast: sunny,
warming through the
week with high in 60s