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November 14, 1994 The Battalion Bringing Back OV Army Style Junior Activities for the day of Elephant Walk • November 17, 1994 You don’t want to miss the events that prepare the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Class of 1996 to take over campus! • 96 minutes after noon (1:36 pm): party pics with a live elephant at Duncan Field!!! • Move to Kyle Field to hear awssomm® speaker Pat Patterson ‘26, who helped with the very first Elephant Walk in Aggie history! • Be a part of a human “96” on Kyle Field for more fun pictures! • Aggie 96 and Pull out Yell Practice WHOOP! “The Class of 96 feeds 96 families.” Please bring a canned food item to the Junior activities at Kyle Field on November 17. Gig’ Em! ■— Smith Continued from Page 1 The Texas A&M University Student Publications Board is accepting applications for Editor, The Battalion Qualifications for editor of The Battalion are: Be a Texas A&M student with a minimum 2.0 overall and major GPR at the time of appointment and during the term of office: Have at least one year experience in a responsible editorial position on The Battalion or comparable daily college newspaper, or, have at least one year editorial experience on a commercial newspaper, or have completed at least 12 hours journalism^ including JOUR 203 and 303 (Media Writing I and II),JOUR 301 (Mass Comm Law) and JOUR 304 (Editing for the Mass Media), or equivalent. Application forms should be picked up and returned to the Student Publications Manager’s Office, room 230 Reed McDonald Building. Deadline for submitting application: 5 p.m. Monday, November 14. Applicants will be interviewed during the Student Publications Board meeting beginning at 3 p.m. Wednesday, November. 16, in room 301A Reed McDonald Building. Gaston called Smith’s trial a sad occurrence for Texas A&M. Many people on Gaston’s staff, who had previously worked for Smith, were in the courtroom Thursday to show their support for Smith when the guilty verdict was announced. Gaston said he wanted his staff to go to the courthouse to support Smith. “I told them to go down there because I thought they should be there,” Gaston said. “The sup port that has been shown is in dicative of the feelings for A&M.” After his sentence was an nounced Friday, Smith said he in tended to prove his innocence. “My objective in this has been the same and that is to prove my innocence, and I don’t intend to quit now,” Smith said. Houston lawyer Dick DeGuerin, Smith’s attorney, said he expects to be successful when he appeals the case to a higher court. “I don’t . say that often,” DeGuerin said. “The jury’s hands were tied without knowing what the law is. This was a miscar riage of justice.” DeGuerin said the trial and punishment were not fair be cause Smith did not do anything wrong. “As a guest, it is permissible to receive food, lodging, entertain ment and transportation,” DeGuerin said. “It is clear under the law and the rules of Texas A&M University.” District Attorney Bill Turner said there is a law that allows government officials to accept food, lodging, entertainment and transportation from people they are contracting with, but it does not allow the government official to be the initiator. “There is a clear distinction,” Turner said. “It is a wise dis tinction this country has hon ored.” During the trial, DeGuerin re peatedly said the trial was a means for others to “trash” Smith’s name. Smith did not answer when asked if he thought that was true but said, “that is a story best left for another day, but there will be a story. I can promise you that.” Turner said Smith’s sentence was significant because people will now know what is expected of the government. “It is a word to the wise,” Turn er said. “People need to stand up and take notice.” Turner said although Smith’s reputation did not make him above the law, it did matter when it came to recommending his pun ishment. “When you have a community the size of A&M’s, people will mess up,” he said. “This case re fleets that this community can take care of the problem. This is not about A&M. This is about Ftobert Smith.” Smith’s probation does not be gin until the appeal process is completed. Turner said his ongoing inves tigation into A&M could soon be coming to a close. Turner, the Texas Rangers and the FBI began their investiga tions last year when questions over the Barnes & Noble contract were raised in an anonymous let ter sent to Gov. Ann Richards, The letter mentioned Smith, Ross Margraves, former chair of the Board of Regents, and Regent John Lindsey. “The focus is now on one or two individuals,” Turner said. “These are based on the anonymous let ter sent to Gov. Ann Richards, We’ve seen the bulk of the work behind us.” Bowen said soliciting gifts as a public servant is not a genuine problem at A&M. PORT-AU-F leavy rains fcpical Storm lit! on Monda jd washing a [the slums of |ople were kill Two death maica, whe despread floe /STUDENT GOVERNMENT S A&M UNIVERSITY Imagine yourself left with nothing. You have lost your house, your car, your clothes, EVERYTHING you owned. Welfare Continued from Page 1 STUDENT GOVERNMENT v S A&M UNIVERSITY AGS, WE NEED YOUR HELP!! FLOOD VICTIMS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS NEED FOOD, CLOTHES, AND HOUSEWARE SUPPLIES. Through November 18th, please help collect food, clothing, and houseware supplies for families of Southeast Texas who have lost everything in the floods. Boxes are located in the Koldus Building, and also in the Student Programs Office, located on the second floor of the MSC. „ V J “People ought to have to do something for any resources they get if they are able-bodied under the age of retirement,” he said. Welfare reform was a favorite issue in this year’s campaigns. Clinton used his promise to “end welfare as we know it” to define himself as a new, centrist Demo crat two years ago. Republicans and many De mocrats agree that welfare must be overhauled to promote work, end long-term dependen cy, and strengthen child sup port collections. The House plan goes even fur ther by ending monthly welfare checks and housing assistance to unwed mothers 17 and younger. States would also be allowed to ban cash benefits to women ages 18, 19 and 20. Rep. Jim Talent, R-Mo., said Tuesday’s election outcome sig nals a demand for dramatic change in a welfare system that discourages marriage and work, and encourages illegitimacy. “This was a decisive repudia tion of the policies of the Great Society,” said Talent, who wrote the ban on welfare to young mothers. “We’ve got to change the incentives in the system ... and attack the problem with the out-of-wedlock birth rate. And the only way ... is to end the cash and cash-related benefits and take care of families in a dif ferent way.” Under the Republican bill, the savings generated by denying aid to teen-age mothers would be returned to the states to provide services to the women and their children. These services would include promoting adoptions and establishing orphanages or group homes, but none of the money could be used for abortion services or counseling. Older mothers would be re quired to identify the fathers of their children to receive a monthly check and would be re quired to work after two years on welfare. ‘I think the district attorney thought this was a broad-based I - d people problem,” Bowen said, “ but then ^ r ' <ness e realized it was an isolated case.” ^waters pc Be night huddl 5 downpour. Gramm Continued from Page 1 A mudslide le neighborh id three chik oss said. U.S. Army h< assess the d II do what we Nation void sm WASHING! issenger grou| Irplanes shouk no problem in running for president while carrying out ,v ernnnent,” s. the responsibilities of the ma- m '^ ar y S P C jority leader. Specter, 64, has scheduled news conferences Monday in Philadelphia, Concord, N.H., and Des Moines, Iowa, as part of “exploratory travels” to test his appeal among party moder ates seeking an alternative to | 6asons ’ but more conservative candidates. I efendin 9 the Specter, who gained nation al prominence and much criti cism from women’s groups for his questioning of Anita Hill during Clarence Thomas’ Supreme Court confirmation hearings, subscribes to a “big tent philosophy” in which arning issued lightens the put I And Federal pavid R. Hin lairlines “have stained a higt The Inte assengers A embers not Republican Party includes higher" than Ian people of all views. Both Gramm and Dole visit ed Iowa last weekend, preced ing Specter to the state whep the party’s first presidenth U \ caucus takes place next year. But the Air which represen that its mem be confidence ii operations pi Doctors have found a way to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS from mother to infant... Come and find out how. Politicians want to make it mandatory for all women who become pregnant to be tested for HIV/AIDS... Is that right? Come listen to the experts and discuss with them how you really feel. Do Our Children Have To Die? E,L. 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