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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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KIM McGUIRE, City editor
JENNY MAGEE, Opinion editor
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