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COLLEGE OF LIBERAI. ARTS
PRESENTS THE
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7:30 p.m. — Rudder Theatre
Gudny Gudmundsdottir
violin
(Concertmaster, Iceland Philharmonic)
Lawrence Wheeler
viola
with TMF Chamber Artisjs.
Program includes the stunning “Devil’s Trill”
by Tartini and Beethoven’s “Septet”.
A reception to meet the
artists, sponsored by Bryan Paint
and Glass/The Decorating Center,
will follow the program.
Supported by: Brazos Valley Arts
Council, the Texas Commission on the
Arts and the University Honors Program.
Tickets available at the MSC Box Office
Adults - $10.00 (season $35 00)
Senior Citizens (65+)— $7.00
(season $25.00)
Students — $5.00 (season $20.00)
Parking available in the University
Center Parking Garage. ($.60 p/hr)
Rudder Theatre is Handicapped
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1605 Rock Prarie Rd., Suite 312
College Station
(across from B.V. Medical Center)
696-4444
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Tuesday, June 13 10 - 11
Wednesday, June 14 4-5
For more information, contact:
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203 HECC 330 HECC
845-2748 845-6195
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conferred with less than 60 resident credits, this requirement will be waived after your degree is
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Pentagon to check possible intelligence gap!
□ The White House has asked
the Pentagon to see if a possi
ble failure to relay intelligence
on Bosnian Serb missiles con
tributed to the downing of an
F-16 over Bosnia.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House
has asked the Pentagon to see if a possible
failure to relay intelligence on a Bosnian
Serb missile site contributed to the downing
of Capt. Scott O’Grady’s F-16 over Bosnia,
White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta
said Sunday.
Panetta, speaking on NBC’s “Meet the
Press,” said there are always risks involved
in flying over hostile territory and “it is im
portant that we provide maximum informa
tion to those pilots.”
He said the Pentagon and Joint Chiefs of
Staff Chairman Gen. John Shalikashvili
have been asked “to look into this situation
to make sure that we do not repeat any pos
sible mistakes that may have taken place.”
The Washington Post reported Sunday
that the National Security Agency, which
gathers intelligence for the Defense De
partment, had detected tracking radar for
an SA-6 missile in the area before O'
Grady’s reconnaissance flight June 2.
However, this information was not con
veyed to the pilot’s commander. The Post
said, and the Air Force captain was flying
without radar-jamming escort when he was
shot down.
this instance,” Panetta said
when asked about the re
port. O’Grady, rescued af
ter six days of hiding in the
Bosnian countryside, eject
ed after his fighter plane
was hit by a Serb surface-
to-air missile.
Panetta noted that only
one U.S. warplane has
been shot down among
some 69,000 sorties over
Bosnia as part of monitor
ing the “no-fly zone” there.
“Obviously, we take a
huge number of precau
tions in order to pin down
those missile sites, try to
make sure the pilots are
aware of them and try to
provide maximum protec
tion to them.”
House Speaker Newt
Gingrich, R-Ga., speaking
on ABC’s “This Week With
David Brinkley,” said he
was “very concerned” by ac
knowledgments from top
military officials that they
had known since November
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in Bosnia
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At 5:45 a.m., a backup
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and helicopters is
and helicopters Is
launched. They will
remain offshore to
monitor the rescue and
assist If needed
At. 5 50 am, the
primary rescue
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Sea StaBiort assault
helicopters, two AH-1.
Cobra attack helicopters
and two AV-8 harrier
jump lets—are launched
from USS Kearsarge In
the Adriatic Sea.
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rescue aircraft
make radio
contact with
O’Grady in a
forested area
south of Bihac,
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released. The pilot runs ootofthe
woods, wearing his helmet and
flight jacket and carrying his pistol
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“I don’t know what exactly happened in
that the Serbs were building up their radar
systems, “and we did nothing to take them
down, and that was a political decision, that
was not a military decision.”
“The department is conducting a thor
ough investigation into the events sur
rounding the shootdown of the F-16,” Air
Force Maj. Tom Schultz, a Defense Depart
ment spokesman, said Sunday. He refused
to comment further.
Associated Press I he
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Defense Secretary William Perry sr ^ on da
Saturday that the United States might se ^tend
more radar-jamming aircraft, suchasE^w 3
Ills, to the Bosnian region to bolster pror^ 16 pr
tion for American planes. ^ a > B
Adm. Leighton Smith, commander i en L ^
NATO forces in Southern Europe, hast; A s
cided that in the future, all F-16 fligj arice
over Bosnia will be accompanied by rad r<
jamming aircraft. - ^
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Camp
Congress moving to banish $ 1 bill to save mone
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relationships with each other
and with cadets.
“They really get to be close
friends in one week,” Duke said.
“They develop a lot of team spir
it and bonding. Another high
light for them is getting to know
the cadets. We know campers
that have developed long-term
relationships with our cadets.”
Melcher said the Texas Aggie
Youth Camp was the idea of
Maj. Gen. Thomas Darling,
Corps commandant.
Melcher said the camp is de
signed to be more than a recruit
ing tool. He said a survey taken
last year at the end of camp
showed that at least half of the
campers did not intend to join
the Corps.
□ The idea has been
around for years, but it
may finally come to a
vote as part of Republi
can leadership plans.
The camp is to get
the kids thinking
about college."
— David Melcher
camp chairman
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ali
Khan peels greenbacks from a
thick wad to make change as he
hawks shirts, shades and sun vi
sors outside the Treasury. He’d
rather deal in dollar bills and
thinks a plan to replace them
with coins is a big clinker.
“If I had all these coins in
my pocket I wouldn’t be able to
move,” he says. “Coins are
just trouble.”
Plans to replace the $1 bill
with a coin have floated around
Congress for years, but the idea
appears headed toward a vote
this time as part of Republican
leadership plans to banish the
buck to save dollars and cut
the deficit.
But inside the Treasury De
partment, government officials
argue against retiring old
George Washington, on the cur
rency since 1869.
“This is another attempt to
force the American people to ac
cept something they’ve rejected
twice in the past 25 years,” says
Mint Director Philip N. Diehl,
who’s afraid more $1
coins will end up in
storage than stores.
Remember the
1970s-era Eisenhow
er dollar, a near
coaster-size coin?
How about the Su
san B. Anthony?
Minted in 1979, 300
million of them are
being stored by the govern
ment. The Eisenhower was too
bulky to be popular and the
“Susie B” too closely resembled
As a result. Rep. Jim Kol ^ geve
R-Ariz., specified in his bill tE
the greenback must be elimk a f ac L
ed with introduction of a coin ^
a formula that has proven K m ^ ne
cessful in other industrialize
nations. Americans who woi
rather fight than switch willjn
have to grumble instead.
“People will get used to ill
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"This is another attempt to force
the American people to accept x
something they've rejected twict ne |
in the past 25 years."
the quarter, causing confusion.
More importantly, Americans
resisted change and kept using
paper dollars.
— Philip N. ft
Mint Dm:\ CW
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said Kolbe, who comes from Mr**-‘ ’
of the biggest copper-producirJ
states. “It’s long overdue.” X ar ‘
Australia, Canada, Frant HE
Japan, Britain and Spain af
among countries that haver Sixt
placed small denomination b:® crE ^
with coins in recent years. Lo.
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“The camp is to get the kids
thinking about college,” Melcher
said. “Then we get the kids
thinking about A&M.”
During the first year of the
Texas Aggie Youth Camp, 80
campers attended one week-long
session. Last year, the camp
grew to 200 campers at three
week-long sessions. Melcher
said that this year they are ex
pecting 250 campers.
Melcher said the Texas Aggie
Youth Camp brochures and ap
plications were sent to all
schools within a three-hour dis
tance of College Station. Most of
the campers are from Texas.
“We’ve had kids in camp all
the way from Oregon and Alas
ka,” Melcher said.
The first week of Texas Aggie
Youth Camp started Sunday, and
the second week ends June 24.
CLASSES: Network allows two-way learning
Continued from Page 1
Collaborative Network and other Texas universi
ties, There are also connections with community
colleges, libraries and the Satellite uplink/downlink
facilities at the Educational Broadcast Services in
College Station.
Each campus has a unit that includes two tele
visions, a video camera, a videocassette recorder,
a slide projector and an overhead projector.
Dr. Rodney Zent, director of Educational
Broadcast Services, said slides can be stored on
computer discs so professors can send graphics or
illustrations to viewers at other campuses.
Zent said signals from a necklace worn by pro
fessors allow them to be seen on camera from
anywhere in the room.
The video signal is compressed into digital im
ages with fewer frames per second than broad
cast-quality television, he said.
“It’s not broadcast-quality television - it’s not
intended to be,” Zent said. “This isn’t a produc
tion tool; it’s a communications device.”
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Norman Hockenberry, A&M training speciafe
for educational television, said the network is; e crui
convenient way for students and faculty to interadhe Co
“The key is that students are going to be abl: The
to have the experience of talking to people iniadets
videoconference environment,” Hockenberry saihe sai
“They can virtually speak face to face with peop: ;e nts
in Dallas, Austin, Houston or almost any meti' erest
politan area in Texas.” All
Hockenberry said corporations can use thi he Qi
technology to make group decisions faster 81% Ne\
with less expense than in a traditional meetinhttenc
He said this experience could give students ic The
the College of Business Administration ive p
competitive edge. ied as
“It can give us the ability to interact in a rea iefore
time format with students, business people anc
government officials,” Wichern said. “Obviously
it will enable people in other places to take cours
es we might offer.”
Texas A&M currently offers telecourses ins#
jects including education, oceanography, engv"
neering and computer science.
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worked Sunday to free a 600'’hi. g
foot luxury liner that raf
aground in the middle of thf Grj
night on a shoal near Nantuck l&m
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stuck 10 miles east of Naniisle:
tucket late Saturday, whib Of
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Boston with 959 passengertchols
and a crew of more than 500. terce
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refloated before highest tid:? all
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