The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, March 23, 1995, Image 6

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    The Texas A&M University Student Publications Board
is accepting applications for
Editor Editor
The Battalion The Battalion
Summer 1 995 Fall 1 995
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 1 2 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.
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time of appointment and during the term of office.
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Aggieland or comparable college yearbook.
Have demonstrated ability in writing through university coursework or
equivalent experience.
Have completed or be registered in JOUR 21 0 (Graphics) or equivalent.
Application forms should be picked up and returned to Francia Eldridge
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Deadline for submitting application: 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 29.
Applicants will be interviewed during the Student Publications Board
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Green-card holders rush
to apply for citizenship
□ U.S. government's desire of
curbing welfare monies causes
many legal aliens to seek ways of
protecting their benefits.
MIAMI (AP) — For seven years, Rosa
Dominguez has lived in the United States as a
legal resident. She hasn’t felt the need to become
a citizen — until now.
She’s learning English and taking citizenship
classes, but not because of some newfound affec
tion for the United States. She’s afraid the Re
publicans on Capitol Hill will take away her wel
fare benefits.
Dominguez is one of thousands of green-card
holders in Miami and across the nation rushing
to apply for citizenship as Congress debates the
Republican welfare-reform package.
A provision in the legislation, expected to pass
the House this week, would eliminate Medicaid,
Supplemental Security Income, Aid to Families
With Dependent Children and food stamps to
most legal alien residents.
Dominguez, a 70-year-old Cuban native, has
no family in Miami and lives on the $458 in Sup
plementary Security Income and $17 in food
stamps she gets each month.
“If the government cuts the SSI and food
stamps. I’ll be homeless,” Dominguez said tear
fully in Spanish, minutes after a class in prepar
ing for the citizenship test.
An estimated 2.2 million legal alien residents
nationwide would be affected by the reforms, ac
cording to the Health and Human Services De
partment. The only green-card holders who
would not be affected are those over 75 who have
lived in the United States for at least five ye©
political refugees and U.S. veterans.
Supporters of the measure, such as Rep.[
Clay Shaw, R-Fla., question whether U.S.tai
payers should be supporting immigrants whot
not allowed to vote and can’t run for mostelg
tive offices.
“If you want to come to this country andy;
want to enjoy all its freedoms, it's not unfair;
ask you to become citizens,” said Scott BrenK
Shaw’s spokesman. “You didn’t come tots
country to go on welfare.”
The Federation for American Immigrationli
form, based in Washington, is lobbying hard5
the measure.
“Immigrants today are bringing their elder
parents, brothers and sisters, whatever, anda
assimilating into welfare,” said Dan Stein,ti
federation’s executive director. “The longi
they’re here, the more likely they are to go
welfare. ... Why should immigration becoir.;
free lunch?”
Rosa Rosales, state director for the Ten
League of United Latin American Citizens,rc
tends the GOP proposal grew from racism.
“When people talk about immigrants, t’a
synonymously mean Mexicans and other It;
nos,” Rosales said. “They don’t want us tost
here permanently, but they want to use;
cheap labor.”
President Clinton is opposed to parts oh
reform package but has not said whether:
would veto it.
Support for the proposal is not unank
among Republicans on Capitol Hill. Reps.l;
coin Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of:
Miami area said they did not endorse theGCi
"Contract With America” because of it.
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