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Jordan Institute for International Awareness Second Floor, Memorial Student Center Open Tuesday, April 11 FIJI PRESENTS PHI GAM SLAM • 3 on 3 Low Hoop Basketball Tournament • Benefitting Boys Clubs of the ^ ** • Boys and girls divisions : X * PRIZE for the champions of each division WHEN: Aprils, 1995 WHERE: FIJI house 3989 North Graham Rd. TIME: 9:00 a.m. f COST: $35 per team (includes 3 t-shirts) REGISTRATION: April 3-7, 1995 in the MSC and QUAD or call Rob Holloway at 260-9135 FOR MORE INFORMATION: Jason Barranco 847-4082 Dax S anders 846-4112 COPY Ltorner "Your One Slop Copy Shop" SPONSORED MSG FILM SOCIETY PRESENTS... because they serve you, Doesn t mean they lihe you. FRI. @ 9:30 & SAT. @ 7 & 9:30 AdmUUon 63.75 w/l.D. 63 w/out I.D. Person* with dUttbllltle* please call 845-1515 to Inforna as of your special needs. We request aotlflcatloa 3 working days prior to the event to enable us to assist you to the best of our ability. MSC SPO. 845 1515 Aggie Cinema Hotline: 847 8478 Rudder Box Omce: 846-1334 All films are presented in the Rudder Theater Complex e-mail: films.apr^msc.tamu.edu. Page 2 • The Battalion STATE &C LOCAL Friday • April"« Police Beat Frida Fun run to benefit Special Olympics The following incidents were reported to the University Police Department between March 31 and April 5. Alpha Phi Omega is sponsoring a fun run Saturday morning to benefit the Special Olympics. The race begins at 8 a.m. in the MSC plaza area. Registration continues today in the MSC for $12. Late registration begins Saturday at 6:30 a m. for $15. Prizes will be awarded to the top man and top woman finishers in the race and to the winner in each age group. Tournament to ben efit Scotty’s House The Charity Challenge II volleyball tournament will be Saturday at the University Tower sports area. Last year’s tournament raised more than $5,000 to benefit Jason Henson, who needed a liver transplant. This year’s proceeds will benefit Scotty’s House, a children’s advocacy center. The entry fee is $10 and the winner of the double elimination tournament will receive $150. Criminal Mischief Parking Area 51 - A 1990 Honda was damaged when someone walked across its hood and roof. Avenue B Apartments - The rear window of a vehicle was broken out. W-X Row - The left rear tail light lens of the vehicle was broken out. North Houston Street - The passenger’s side mirror was dam aged by a subject who was cross ing the street in front of her vehi cle. The subject stopped in the street and struck the mirror with his hand as the victim drove by. Americans jailed in India return home HOUSTON (AP) — Four American missionaries jailed in India for almost a week after a religious rally turned violent returned home to the Houston area Thursday. The group was in India leading a Christian crusade for Gospel to the Unreached Millions, a Houston- based missionary group. The men said the Indian government posted $3,000 bail for each of them. They were told to board the next available flight for the United States and that the charges against them, including attempted murder, inciting riot and assault, would be dropped. Making Alcohol Available to Minors East side of Dormitory 10 - Several individuals were ob served consuming alcoholic bev erages. Investigation revealed that two individuals purchased the alcohol and placed it in a dormitory room. They did not try to prohibit underage individ uals from consuming the alco hol. Citations were issued to the two individuals responsible. Ci tations were also issued to three minors for possession of an alco holic beverage. Rangeland Resource Areq/Dormitory 7 - Upon inves tigating reports of gunshots fired at the Rangeland Resource Area, the officers learned that 15 to 18 shots were fired from a handgun. They found 17 spent casings. The officers identified the two subjects who fired the weapon. A Ruger GP100 .357 caliber revolver, 221 rounds of a .38 Special ammunition and four 12-gauge shotgun shells were re covered, with the suspect’s coop eration, from his dormitory room. The weapon and ammu nition were placed in evidence storage at the University Police Department. Southside Parking Garage - A rifle in a case was in a vehicle parked on the fourth level of the garage. The owner thought weapons were prohibited in the dormitories, but were allowed in the parking lots. The subject was advised of the state law violation and was instructed to remove the weapon from campus property. case, one of the subject^ residence hall attempj avoid apprehension byj from a second-floor The subject was apprell following a foot pursuit L the residence hall areal*: Simpson Drill Field, i By ^ pect was incarceratedpfTHE 1 Brazos County Jail. Theft of Service Northside Parking Ga.f witness observed an ini exit the garage without Driving While Intoxica: Ar Texas Avenue andtij 01 ' Bush - Two intoxicated it,; were arrested and incar® .orgai the Brazos County JailL two separate incidents. H: Possession of a Controlled Substance (Marijuana) Walton Hall - An odor of a substance believed to be mari juana was detected coming from a residence hall room. The in vestigation led to the arrest of three individuals. Places Weapons Prohibited Evading Arrest Walton Hall - During the in vestigation of the marijuana Misdemeanor Theft can n Sterling C. EvansLil: .Q nce The victim’s black LizC. manj purse, with a tan wallet I.D. card, Texas driver:L^ se j^ and two credit cards, was from a fourth-floor table 1 South side of SbisaBL Center - Recovered Pro; ^ous The victim’s campaigns rib: stolen. The sign was reik ai after being dumped inar# Y t’s yard on Glade Street. J ,. . I last v Harassment Keathley Hall - ThevicJi Rangers locate missing Capitol proper! Death Row Inmate is Killed in Fight HUNTSVILLE (AP) — An uncooperative condemned killer was in solitary confinement Thursday as Texas prison authorities tried to piece together a death row recreation yard fracas that left another condemned man stabbed through the temple with a prison-made knife. Maurice Andrews, 39, spared from death a month ago when a court issued a reprieve only hours before he could have been executed, was killed with the knife known as a shank. □ The pieces recovered include doorknobs and brass hinges. AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas Rangers have recovered more than 100 historic pieces of hard ware stolen during the recent Capitol restoration project, the State FYeservation Board said. The Rangers were called in last month when the items — in cluding Lone Star doorknobs and brass door hinges imprinted with the words “Texas Capitol” — could not be found. “We are relieved that these valuable pieces of Texas histo ry were recovered so rapidly,” Dealey Herndon, executive di rector of the board, said in a statement. Officials for the first time have acknowledged that they believe the items were stolen, but they don’t know when, the Austin American-Statesman reported Thursday. “If (the Rangers) identify who ever is responsible, we certainly will prosecute,” Ms. Herndon said. “This isn’t a game.” Spirit Su No arrests have been si*: said Laureen Chernow: Texas Department off Safety, which include;! Rangers. The board had not bee: to determine how many were missing, despite ic > of exp ries conducted as part ‘J An Capitol’s $187 million fa; .• “W Ms. Herndon sai said, batches of property havi T music found and the Texas R.l < Ta say more will likely be: make ered. She estimated the > “T of the recovered iter, like r $5,000 or more. TL A1 musn “E Tb Lie 4r EXCITING news 4r SPRING GRADUATES GRADUATION ANNOUNCEMENT ORDERS ARE NOW HERE !!! THEY MAY BE PICKED UP AT THE MSC STUDENT ORGANIZATION FINANCE CENTER ( if: ROOM 217 8 A.M. - 4 P.M. MONDAY - FRIDAY. LIMITED EXTRA ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE CURRENTLY ON SALE ON A FIRST COME - FIRST SERVE BASIS. ■will Italy Spring ‘96 for Future Teachers! T1 very e “11 Study with TAMU in Castiglion Fiorentino at the TAMU Study Abroad Center in Europe! Your international experience could be your students’ first look at the world! S By A f The E Interested? Please come to an informational meeting in Bizzell Hall West on: 7 Tuesday, April 11 5 - 5:45 Room 251 “Dody event kick 1 For more information, contact: Prof. John Hoyle Prof. Lynn Burlbaw 203 HECC 330 HECC M-F 9:30 - 11:30 T,Rll-2 M,T,R 2 - 3:30 M,W, R 3 - 5 845-2748 845-6195 Study Abroad Programs • 161 Bizzell Hall West • 845-0544 Xn e Battalion is now accepting applications for Summer 1995 and Fall 1995 for ALL POSITIONS Reporters • Columnists • Feature Writers Sportswriters • Photographers Graphic Artists • Page Designers Cartoonists • Copy Editors • Office Clerks NO JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE NECESSARY - ALL MAJORS SHOULD APPLY- Come by 013 Reed McDonald for an application, or pick one up around campus. Call 845-3313 if you have any questions. 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