The Living is Easy
& so is the rent
Eff., 1, 2 & 3 hr. • Exercise Room
Unfurnished • On-Site Management
Central A/C • Sauna
Close to campus • Pool
Shuttle Route • Lighted Tennis &
Rec. Room Basketball Courts
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1401 FM 2818, College Station
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Your #1 Live Country Night Spot!
Thurs. Night
- .98<t Night. .98$ 60 oz. pitchers ofbeer, .98<! margaritas and .98<?
tequila shots from 8-10 p.m. No cover over 21, $4 cover under
21. Doors open at 8. Dance 8-1.
Fri. Night -
$4. cover. $2. off with a current student/faculty/staflf ID.
all night. 25$ bar drinks & draft beer, 75$ longnecks 8-10 pm.
Doors open at 8. Dance 9-1.
Sat. Night -
Brian White & Pearl River Concert & Dance.
$8 advance tickets available at the Hall, Catalena Hatters and
Court’s Western Wear. $10. at the door.
822-2222
2309 FM 2818 South
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Cozumel May 15th-19th $499
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Bonaire June 10th-17th $1,149
Belize July 13th-17th $749
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WEEKEND ‘95
‘95 Achieving The Dream
Tickets on Sale NOW^ at the MSC Box Office
Package price for ALL four events — $85/couple.
You save $10.00 by purchasing the package.
SENIOR BASH
Thursday, April 20, 1995
Lakeview
$5.00/person $10.00/couple
8:00 p.m. - 1 a.m.
MUSTER
Friday, April 21, 1995
G. Rollie White Coliseum/ Rudder Auditorium
7 p.m.
SENIOR BANQUET
Saturday, April 22, 1995
Hilton
$ 15.00/person
$30.00/couple
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
9:00 p.m.- 1 a.m.
RING DANCE
Saturday, April 22, 1995
MSC-Rudder Complex
$27.50/person $55.00/couple
Includes: Five Dance Rooms -
Country, Tejano, Orchestra, Piano Bar & DJ
Programs &C Champagne Glasses
Ring Dance Pictures
Pre-packages sold April 17-21, 1995 in the MSC main hallway
Two packages available at $15.00 and $10.00
A VOID LONG LINES!!!
Take pictures all day Saturday, April 22, 1995
in Rudder Auditorium from 10:00 a.m. - 1 a.m.
SENIOR WEEKEND T-SH1
Available in the MSC main hallway April 10-13 and April 17-21.
SENIOR PICNIC
Sunday, April 23, 1995
Spence Park
1:00 p.m.
□ Extensive renovations
on the Texas landmark
will be concluded with
'rededication' cere
monies this week.
AUSTIN (AP) — Four days of
activities this week will cele
brate the “rededication” of the
Texas Capitol, 107 years after it
first opened and 12 years after
fire came close to destroying the
historic building.
The State Preservation Board,
which has overseen the $187 mil
lion project, is staging everything
from a model-building contest to a
parade to mark the occasion.
The massive project has been
the most comprehensive restora
tion of any state capital in the
nation, said Dealey Decherd
Herndon, executive director of
the State Preservation Board.
“No other state has done an
absolutely top-to-bottom, in-
side-and-outside restoration
like ,we have,” Ms. Herndon
said. “We’ve still got a few little
things left. But for all practical
purposes, it’s done.”
The work included renova
tion of the interior and exterior
of the Capitol and construction
of a 620,000-square-foot under
ground annex.
The 1856-57 General Land
Office Building, oldest surviving
state office building in Texas,
also was restored. It is located
on a corner of the tree-covered
Capitol grounds.
Workers demolished a maze
of add-on walls, mezzanines and
lowered ceilings, re
moved asbestos and
ead paint, and re
built original door
ways and spaces.
The outside of
the granite
building and
its metal
dome were
restored as
well. The
building was
scaffolded
stonework cleaned, mortar re
placed and windows repaired.
The work has spanned the ad
ministrations of four governors
— Mark White, Bill Clements,
Ann Richards and the current
governor, George W. Bush.
Its necessity became ch
Feb. 6, 1983, when official
a faulty television set spar
near catastrophic fire.Onejiit
son died, 11 firefightersai *
lice officers were injured,
people were rescued an
building was saved.
White saw it all from
Capitol lawn. The following
he said, “I think we shouldtn
restore it to the dignity
beauty that was there
was originally built.”
Later that year, lawmah
passed legislation to speni
million repairing the fire it
age and to create the S 1
Preservation Board.
The formal rededication
emony is scheduled
noon Friday.
Senate tentatively passes new hate crimes bl
□ The controversial proposal
would create harsher penalties
for any crimes committed
based on race, disability, reli
gion, or sexual orientation.
writing epithets on a synagogue — if the
crimes are committed on the basis of race,
color, disability, religion, national origin or
sexual orientation.
Current law targets offenses based on
“bias or prejudice,” but law enforcement offi-
AUSTIN (AP) — A bill to get tougher on
hate crimes was tentatively approved Tues
day by the Texas Senate over objections by
some that it would chill free speech and
make some thoughts a crime.
The bill by Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston,
was given preliminary approval with a 22-9
vote. After another Senate vote, the bill will
go to the House for consideration.
“What you’re trying to do (with the bill) is
send out a signal that certain crimes ... are
so outrageous to us that we choose as public
policy to enhance the penalty to make it
clearly known that we won’t tolerate certain
behavior,” Ellis said.
The bill would enhance penalties for as
sault and malicious vandalism — such as
"We're punishing a combina
tion of thought and action."
— Sen. Royce West,
representativefrom Dallas
cials say the statute is too vague and possi
bly unconstitutional.
Sen. Teel Bivins of Amarillo was among
the nine Republicans voting against the bill.
He said it amounts to “criminalizing what
people think by enhancing the penalties.”
“I believe that’s a dangerous thing for pol
icy makers to be doing,” Bivins said.
Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, said, “We’re
not just punishing thought. We’re punishing
a combination of thought and action.”
The inclusion of sexual orientation it.
measure was questioned by some.
Sen. John Ijeedom, R-Dallas, voiced
cern that someone would be subject toat
hanced penalty after getting into
with someone and only later finding outt!
person was homosexual.
Ellis also was asked during the
whether his bill condones homosexuality
said he was neither condoning norcondi
ing it, but that eliminating it from the
“would give the impression that thoseoli
in state government were declaringo]
season based on people’s sexual orientafej
Sen. Bill Ratliff, R-Mount Pleasant,
voted for the bill, said his concern is
some categories of crime would be coi
ered less heinous because punishment
others is enhanced.
“If I’m walking down the street
group of these punks decides they’re g
take me out just because I’m there, so
that’s a lesser crime ... If it’s methat’sbe:
assaulted, I don’t consider it any lest
crime,” he said.
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