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a >' * September m niU SlR albuu id, these artists)' better work, Lsy Cline’s 3 Arms" and Bo) Belong to Me'i track’s only lov e ’ake You Home’ eans is another; soundtrack,, is hard to [ E but if you wait u should be sati hursday • September 15, 1994 ichards losing support of :nvironmental groups ectly from them) oast three Groups claim governor sided against cause AUSTIN (AP) — Leaders of en vironmental groups say their ongstanding support for Gov. Ann Richards may be weakening oecause she has sided against heir cause on two issues in the Richards Courtesy of Interscop! at plops into mei ■nces who buy‘T: >r the title trad mely disappointe; the album. a third of ‘T1 om the Sun” is w months. A ipokesman for the governor said Wednes day that ichards has aken posi- ions, not gainst the en- ironment, but against over regulation by the federal govern- Iment. “She is the strongest environ- Imental governor this state has lever had — period,” said Richards’ (press secretary Bill Cryer. On Monday, Richards wrote a I letter to Secretary of the Interior [Bruce Babbitt saying the federal [government’s Endangered [Species Act “has become so over- Unity Rally to kick off Mexican |lndependence Day The Committee for the Awareness of Mexican-Ameri- can Culture invites all Aggies to help them celebrate Diez y Seis de Septiembre, the Mexi can Independence Day tonight at Rudder Fountain. Hispanic groups on campus I will begin celebration at 6:30 p.m. with Unity Rally ‘94. Dr. Ana Guzman, associate vice chancellor of the Texas A&M System, will be tonight’s guest speaker. Also, there will be perfor mances by the student dance group, Ballet Folklorico Celes tial, and the instrumental fac ulty group, Viru. reaching that it undermines pub lic support for protecting our wildlife.” Richards said the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service should “abandon all plans” to set aside parts of 33 Central Texas coun ties as critical habitat for the en dangered golden-cheeked war bler. The federal agency is study ing the idea. In July, Richards withdrew her support for designating sev eral waterways in Texas as “out standing national resource wa ters.” The proposal was aimed at curbing pollution of the water ways, including Caddo Lake in East Texas and Barton Springs in Central Texas. Landowners said the ONRW designation would lead to federal control of the lakes and take away their ability to develop property. Last month, landowners rallied at the Capitol to denounce any feder al action that would infringe on private property rights. Ken Kramer, director of the Lone Star chapter of the Sierra Club, which earlier endorsed Richards, said the governor’s position on the warbler may af fect support. The Battalion • Page 5 Housing Continued from Page 1 the students who were turned away from on-campus housing to find off-campus housing. “In May and June, we re ceived phone calls from stu dents and parents trying to find housing off-campus be cause they had been turned away from an on-campus space,” she said. Jerry Smith, associate di rector of business services, said the University is losing money by not having these spaces occupied. He said the debt service cost for the halls is the same regard less of the number of students living in them, but the utility costs vary. “There will hopefully be some cost savings for utilities,” he said, “but these are not sig nificant savings compared to the loss of revenue.” The department is analyzing the surveys filled out by students who canceled their housing con tract for the reasons they chose not to live on-campus. The investigation should be completed in a few weeks, Put ney said. Arf Has Moved! Looker4.0 and Go. Across from the Hilton, near Golden Corral and Blockbuster Video. Art’s Classes Monday 9/19 Tuesday 9/20 Wednesday 9/21 Thursday 9/22 3-5 p.m. ACCT 230 ACCT 230 ACCT 230 ACCT 230 Part I Part II Part III Part IV 5-7 p.m. MATH 152/161 Part I MATH 152/161 Part II MATH 152/161 Part III MATH 152/161 Practice Test 7-9 p.m. ACCT 229 Parti ACCT 229 Part II ACCT 229 Part III ACCT 229 Part IV 9-11 p.m. BANA 303 Part I BANA 303 Part II BANA 303 Partlll BANA 303 Practice Test 11-1 a.m. ACCT 230 Part I ACCT 230 Part II ACCT 230 Partlll ACCT 230 Part IV MATH 151 starts Sundav 9/25 Punitive damage award reduced in McDonald’s ‘coffee case’ ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — A judge today reduced a $2.7 mil lion punitive damage award against McDonald’s Corp. to $480,000 for an elderly Albu querque woman who was scald ed by hot coffee she spilled on her lap. State District Judge Robert Scott denied motions by attor neys for McDonald’s asking for a new trial or at least that he set aside the jury’s punitive damage award. A jury in August awarded nearly $2.9 million in punitive and compensatory damages to Stella Liebeck, 81, who suffered third-degree bums on her legs, groin and buttocks in Feb. 27, 1992, when she placed a cup of coffee between her legs to steady it while prying the lid off at a McDonald’s driveup win dow in Albuquerque. Scott said at today’s hearing that he was concerned by the amount of the previous puni tive damage award. He also noted that jurors in the case had awarded $200,000 in compensatory damages to Liebeck, which he said was nearly 20 times the actual med ical damages. The $200,000 award was reduced by the jury by $40,000, finding Liebeck was partly responsible for the in jury. 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