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High quality medical care enhanced by research and education. Page 6 • The Battalion Tuesday • December 6,] Who’s got time? Science labs. All night study sessions. Aggie football.There’s no good time to get sick. Fortunately, at Scott & White’s newly expanded, multispecialty clinic in College Station, almost all your health care needs can be taken care of in one place. If you can’t wait to see a doctor, visit the Urgent Care Clinic where family practice physicians treat minor traumas and acute illnesses. If you have medical questions, just call the clinic’s Patient Advisory Nurse (PAN) between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. weekdays, and 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekends. Call PAN or the Urgent Care Clinic at 691-3387 or 691-3663- Serving Scott & White Health Plan members along with all other residents of the Brazos Valley. SCOTT & WHITE CLINIC, COLLEGE STATION 1600 University Drive East College Station,Texas (409) 691-3300 or (800) 299-1212 p a n Bentsen planning to resigi after two years in Cabinet WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen is planning to resign early next year to re turn to Texas, administration officials said Monday. The Cabinet departure would cost President Clinton one of his most respected policy-makers. Robert Rubin, who has head ed the president’s National Eco nomic Council for two years, is widely believed to be in line for Bentsen’s job. An announcement of Bentsen’s resignation could come as early as Tuesday, one admin istration official said. Plans also were afoot, although they were Bentsen Part of the Texas A&M University Health Science Center. less definite, to simultaneously announce Clinton’s choice of Rubin as Bentsen’s replacement, the offi cial said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. The administration officials, who all spoke on condition that their names not be used, said that Bentsen has long wanted to return to Texas and believed that now was a good time given that Con gress has finally passed the world trade agree ment, the last unfinished economic business from Clinton’s first two years in office. These officials said that while Bentsen and Clinton have discussed Bentsen’s desire to leave the Cabinet, no formal resignation letter had been submitted as of Monday afternoon. Speaking on Monday at the National Press Club, Bentsen sought to make light of the resigna tion rumors although he did not deny them. “Paraphrasing Mark Twain, the news is prema ture. I will let you know,” he promised the room full of journalists. “You will be among the first to know when it is news.” Rumors of Bentsen’s imminent departure have swirled around Washington ever since he pur chased a townhouse in Houston earlier this year for more than $1 million. When he does leave the Cabinet, Bentsen, 73, said he doesn’t plan to retire. “I think you rust out before you wear out,” he said. Associates expect Bentsen, who made millions of dollars in insurance before he beat George Bush for a U.S. Senate seat in 1970, will become active in business again, possibly with his son. The administration has so far floated only one name as a possible successor to Bentsen — Rubin, a multimillionaire who resigned as chairman of Goldman, Sachs & Co., the giant Wall Street in vestment firm, to become head of Clinton’s Nation al Economic Council. Rubin, 57, who spent nearly three decades at Goldman Sachs, is well regarded on Wall Street and has also won praise for his ability to coordi nate economic policy inside the administratio: “Rubin’s selection as Treasury secretary* | n’t cause any problems. Wall Street wouldlv ting one of its own,” said Bruce Steinberg, aj( I omist at Merrill Lynch in New York. “Rubim I be the obvious choice either for Treasury seat | or Federal Reserve chairman.” But some analysts expressed concerns administration was losing a respected gobe! with Congress in Bentsen at a critical time tl the administration will have to deal withaR j lican-controlled House and Senate. “If ever Bentsen was needed, he is needea to be able to work effectively with a much:® conservative Congress,” said David Jones | economist at Aubrey G. Lanston & Co. Others also worried that Rubin would beef; cult to replace as head of the NEC although ^ suggested that he could very well take somet: t, NEC’s powers along with him to Treasury.: as Henry Kissinger did when he moved tional Security adviser in the Nixon tion to Secretary of State. 1f$ In his press club appearance Monday, Bet; | let it be known that he is still actively engage. | the administration’s efforts to put togethera | budget, which the administration hopes to use: pict Clinton economic policies as more respe: than the Republicans’ "Contract with America' Bentsen repeated the view that the admir; tion wants to offer a middle class tax cut asps: its budget, but he said no decisions had yelk made on what form that tax break will te how large it will be. “The president would like to do someth Bentsen said. “The problem is paying for it,IcB something meaningful, you are talking about! of money.” No decision had been made about anothei promise in the Republican contract to cut the tal gains tax, the tax levied on profits made d assets such as stocks, bonds and real estat<| sold, Bentsen said. But he said the administration would figt! keep from inflating the budget deficit and w^| not get into a tax cut bidding war with Her. cans like was done in 1981. “I voted for the ’81 tax bill that created the; get problem. That bill was complete with os optimistic assumptions and it ended in a be; war to see who could please the public more president or Congress,” Bentsen said. Asked why Democrats suffered such mas losses at the polls in November given howwel; economy is performing, Bentsen said, “I thin! 1 had a great product and were lousy salesmen, Tu< ( r r it( be er as wl ve of er bi re Ft ca th cc st U m tb B th m ca be Fa - about a dollar a day' botti will give you the power you need to survive this semester Only $33.00 a month f t * t r r # *** * « 4 r #■: *' y - •. t\ * i 4- ffl T V ft V V' V ' / »Y” IT “ ‘ 1 1; V r-A- V V Macintosh Performa" 636CD SMB RAM/250MB hard drive, CD-ROM drive, 14" color monitor, keyboard, mouse and all the software you’re likely to need. With the Apple Computer Loan and 90-Day Deferred Payment Plan, you can take advantage of already great student pricing on a Mac™—for about $33 per month* with no payments for 90 days! Students who qualify can take home any MacintoshT personal computer, printer, CD-ROM drive or other peripherals with no hassle and no complicated forms. Let’s face it, the holidays aren’t exactly conducive to saving money. In fact, they can leave you broke. But you can still buy the computer you want and not worry about payments until long after the decorations are down. The g Apple Computer Loan and 90-Day Deferred Payment Plan. The solution A that gives you the power every student needs. The power to be your best! llIJUlC PAY NOTHING FOR 90 DAYS M icroComputerCenter Computer Scdes and Seruice Located in the Texas A&M Bookstore next to the software department 409-845-4081 Hurry in today and shop before the holidays! Hurry! Limited time offer! Power Mac 8100/80 8/500 $2561 Performa 578 8/320 w/CD $1475 Color StyleWriter 2400 $370 'Deferred Apple Computer Loan offer expires February 17, 1995. No payment of interest or principal will be requiredfor 90 days. (Some resellers may require a deposit to hold merchandise while loan is being approved.) Interest accruing during this 90-day period will be added to principal, and the principal amount, as so increased, will thereafter bear interest which will be included in the repayment schedule. * J ‘Monthly payment is an estimate based on a purchase price of $1,93152, which includes 8.5% sales tax, for the Macintosh Performa 636CD system shown above. Including loan fees, the total loan amount is $2,044.00, which results in a monthly payment obligation of $3350. The monthly payment above was calculated using an estimate ofsales tax in San Francisco. If the applicable sales I®* 8.75% (Chicago) or 7.0% (Philadelphia), the monthly payment would be $3358or $33-04, respectively. Computer system prices, loan amounts and sales taxes may vary. See your authorized Apple Campus Reseller or representativefor current system prices, loan and tax amounts. Loans arefor a minimum of $1,000 to a maximum of $10,000. You may take out more than one loan, but lie ofall loans cannot exceed $10,000 annually. A 55% loan origination fee will be added to the requested loan amount. The interest rate is variable, based on the commercial paper rate plus 535% For the month of November, 1994, the interest rate was 10.85% and the Annual Percentage Rate was 12.44% 8-year loan term with no prepayment penalty. The monthly payment and the annual percentage rate shown assumes the 90-day deferment ofprincipal and interest described above and no other deferment ofprincipal or interest. Students may defer principal payments up to 4 years, or until graduation. Deferment will change your monthly payments. The Apple Computer Loan is subject to credit approval. Apple Computer Loan and 90-Day Deferred Payment Plan often available only to qualifying students, faculty and staff. Offers available only from Apple or an authorized Apple Campus Reseller or representative. ©1994Apple Computer, Inc. All rights resemed. Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, Performa and “The power to be your best" are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Mac is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. x h{ it fr Pi g« h< rc n’ lo Pi Y A N rt w M ec si U1 le N ai bi