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Page 2 • The Battalion (^AMPUS Trial Continued from Page 1 grand jury and maintained that all of his actions were appropriate and legitimate. “There is no indication of personal gain... ben efits... or harm done,” Rowland said. Rowland is also representing some of the other A&M employees who were charged with tamper ing with government records. Turner has subpoenaed the following people to testify: • J.J. Ruffino, owner of J.J.’s Package Stores • Jimmy Hailey, a Texas Ranger • Sabrina Saladino, an academic business ad ministrator at A&M • Loice White, an accounting assistant in A&M’s fiscal department • Joe Karmike, an FBI agent • Fred Brown, a local car dealer • Rosalie Nickles, a manager in A&M’s fiscal department The trial is expected to close this week. If convicted, Hellriegel could face up to a year in jail and a S3,000 fine. Hellriegel has worked for Texas A&M since 1975. He has served as interim dean of the Col lege of Business and has served as chair of the search committee selected to find A&M’s 21st president. GATT Continued from Page T to promote long term expansion and growth.” GATT will also include a pro tection of copyrights, Trennepohl said. This is expected to help the United States with its worldwide products, he said. GATT will eventually create and be replaced by the World Trade Organization (WTO), Gas- par said. The WTO will cover a wider range of issues than GATT, such as labor issues and stan dards, environmental issues and ensuring countries compete on a level playing field, he said. The current goal is to have the WTO replace GATT sometime within the next year, Caspar said. Work on the WTO will be gin as soon as all the countries ratify GATT. Originally, there was concern that Congress would not pass GATT. Gaspar said the apprehen sion was due mostly to politics and misunderstanding. “Some people were concerned that we would lose sovereignty from the WTO,” Gaspar said. “But I do not see this as an issue.” The WTO would establish regu lations for all participating coun tries, Gaspar said. If the countries did not follow the regulations, they would be penalized. Many people felt these penalties would be detri mental to the United States’ sover eignty and independence, he said. However, the United States, as the largest trading nation, would have a strong say in what would be included in the rules for the WTO, Gaspar said. “Once the WTO is set up, the United States will be able to help establish the rules and policy framework,” Gaspar said. “We will have our input. We will sim ply have to abide by the rules we agreed on.” Dr. Gerald Keim, professor of management, said the United States’ passage of GATT will serve as an important signal to the rest of the world. “If we did not pass GATT, many other countries would also not have passed it because many have not voted on it yet,” Keim said. “As one of the world’s largest economies, we have a great impact.” Keim said it was important that Congress pass GATT this year. “The Fast Track Authority lets Congress vote on GATT but not change it,” Keim said. “This would expire at the end of the year. If GATT was voted on in the next Congress, Congress would be able to make changes to GATT and GATT would have probably died.” Trennepohl said the passage of GATT is another sign to students about the large role foreign coun tries will play in the future. “We are trying to prepare our students for a global environ ment,” Trennepohl said. “Jobs will be impacted by foreign trade and competition. Students need to know things not only in terms of the business side of the global market, but also in terms of for eign cultures and languages.” Amy Browning/TiiEBc Early Christmas shopping? Sophomore speech communications major Amy Whitley, of Richardson, looks at a selectic: necklaces on sale at tables set up behind the Academic building Monday afternoon. Parking Continued from Page 1 still be able to park in the temporary lot on the Special Events Field, the future site of the Spe cial Events Center. The field has about 500 park ing spaces. Parking Area 71, near the Rosenthal Meat Sci ence and Technology Center and the A&M cream ery, will be converted to a staff lot, and will no longer be available to students. “It used to be a staff lot, but we let the students park there this semester,” Williams said. Williams said parking will no longer be al lowed along the road from the West Campus Li brary to FM 60. “Rumor has been that we are taking away all parking along the road,” he said, “but it will only be that strip.” Parking Area 72, which is currently for faculty parking near the Medical Sciences Library, will be converted to visitor parking next semester. Williams said two new lots with 430 spaces will be constructed by the middle of the spring for faculty and staff. He said having the College of Business on West Campus may make parking easier for some students. Editor Continued from Page 1 Stew Milne/THE Battalion A sign for one of the parking areas that will be used to handle the increased traffic on West Campus. “The engineering students won’t be competing with the business students for parking anymore,” Williams said. He said several on-campus bus routes have been changed to accommodate the increased traffic to West Campus. Williams said he is encouraging students to pur chase bus passes and ride the bus to school instead of lighting for a parking space. 1993 and said he thinks Smith will be a great leader for The Battalion. “I think he’ll be an excel lent editor-in-chief,” he said. “I think what he’s done so far in selecting an editorial board proves that.” Robbins said above all else, Smith has excellent news judgment and knows what makes a good paper. “He knows what goes in it and what The Battalion should do for its readers,” he said. Smith said he doesn’t have any major changes for the newspaper in mind, except expanding entertainment coverage. “I do hope to see Aggielife, the features section, run more often,” he said. “Maybe even five days a week.” Smith started working for The Battalion in the summer of 1993. In the past five se mesters, he has held many po sitions. Aside from being night news editor this semester, Smith has also worked on the sports and city desks in positions varying from stringer to editor. Robbins said because Smith has worked for several desks at The Battalion, he is well- Robbins said on a persi "I think [Smith will] be an excellent editor-in- chief. I think what he's done so far in se lecting an editorial board proves that." —Jay Robbins, Spring 1995 Sr. Managing Editor acquainted with the responsi bilities of the positions he oversees. “He also knows the people he chose to fill those posi tions,” he said. and professional level, Si is very good at working* people. “I think that will bet greatest asset throughout;: semester,” he said. Smith said the rewarded tors get from their wort putting out a good product. “It is the best feelingtos everybody oohing and aah over the paper,” he said. Smith, who graduates: May, said there arealot; different things he would I to do after graduation. “I might write for a neis paper or I might go into pi lie relations,” he said. Smith said that his lot: term goal is to be a novelist “I guess that’s the Aim can dream,” he said. Tdil to write the great Araeffl| novel.” Smith said no matter c: he does after graduation,: experience as editor shoi help out. “The position teachesyt leadership,” he said, “andh; to interact with other people. Silver Taps CounseI .ine Silver Taps will be held in memory of one Texas A&M student tonight at 10:30 p.m. in front of the Acade- m i c Building. The campus will be darkened at 10:20 p.m. for Lan Kim Thi Pham, a sopho more general studies major from Dallas. The Ross Vol unteers honor guard will fire a volley salute and buglers will play a special arrangement of “Taps.” Holiday season can be stressful, depressing time for man) By Noel Rather-Salata Student Counseling Service While in theory the holiday season should be filled with joy and happiness, for many individuals it can be a very sad and lonely time. Some form of holi day depression is almost unavoidable for individuals who expect their holiday to be filled with only positive feeling and experiences. We often set up unrealistic expecta tions about the holidays and these usual ly go unfulfilled. For example, even if we typically do not get along with our fami lies, we may still expect a happy family gathering that will bring everyone togeth er and be filled with joy and warmth. Af ter all, it is the holidays and everyone is supposed to get along during this time. The extra stress of the holi day season can also lead to lack of sleep, poor nutri tion and a decrease in exercise. All of this can lead to feelings of irritability, disap pointment and de pression. In order to alle viate some of the stressors associated with the “holiday blues,” it is impor tant to put things in perspective. Listed be low are some sugges tions to help brighten your holiday season. 1. Avoid the blues by not go ing into the red. Set up a holiday budget and stick to it. 2. If you can’t spend the holiday with fami ly, get together with friends. If no friends are available, volun teer some time at a nursing home or a children’s hospital. Bring some joy to the world by reaching out to others who are lone ly or in need of a friend. 3. If you have to spend the holiday with individu als who are problematic for you, make the best of the situation, ft get caught up in arguing, instead u positively and enjoy yourself in spi:; the adversity. 4. Get proper rest, exercise and: trition. It’s much easier to deal stress if your body and mind are r.: ished and rested. 5. FVioritize and set up a holiday:: budget. Chances are you won’tb enough time or energy to do all you*: or need to do during this time. 6. Rediscover the true meaning e - holidays. Keep in mind, the holiday* son provides us with an opportunity to; fleet on our lives, the experiences*: had during the year and the chant: make the new year more positive thr® this reflection. PICK UP YOUR COPY. If you ordered a 1994-95 Campus Directory, stop by room 230 Reed McDonald Building between 8:15 a.m, and 4:45 p.m. Monday through Friday to pick up your copy. (Please bring ID.) If you did not order a Campus Directory as a fee option when you registered for Fall '94 classes, you may purchase a copy for $3 plus tax in the Student Publications office, room 230 Reed McDonald. 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