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\ BUSINESS IS BACK! Italy Spring Semester 1996 Page 6 • The Battalion Students will select a minimum of 12 hours: ECON 489/: IBUS 489 Economics of the Eur. Union Prof. Pier Luigi Sacco LEAR 332/: MGMT 489 Culture of Mgmt. in the Eur. Union Prof. Pier Luigi Sacco ARTS 350: Arts and Civilization* Prof. Paolo Barrucchieri Interested? ANTH 201: Attend any one of these informational meetings in 154 Bizzell Hall West: Introduction to Anthropology Dr. Sylvia Grider ANTH 205: Peoples and Cultures of the World Dr. Sylvia Grider PSYC 405: Psychology of Religion Dr. David Rosen Wed., June 21 10-11 Thurs., June 22 4-5 PSYC 306: Abnormal Psychology Dr. David Rosen *Mandator.y for all students Study Abroad Programs • 161 Bizzell Hall West • 845-0544 Post Oak Mall AND CARMIKE THEATRES CARMIKE Presents OVIE DEAL 11.99 MONDAY THRU THURSDAY NIGHT ONLY Valid until July 15, 1995 • 2 Chick-Fil-A Value Meals...(reg. $3.49 each) (Either a one sandwich or 8 nugget meal which includes small waffle fries and a cup of cole slaw.) • 2 Tickets for the Carmike Theatres... (reg. $5.00 each) (Chic-Fil-A is closed on Sunday. Some restrictions may apply to movies.) HOME EVENTS TEXAS AGGIE FOOTBALL September 2 vs. LSU September 16 vs. Tulsa October 14 vs. SMU October 28 vs. Houston 2:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. V November 18 vs. M. Tenn. State 1 p.m. December 2 vs. Texas 2:30 p.m. 1995 SEASON TICKETS 845-2311 (Local) See you this season at Kyle Field J DiXTOJ COPIESV MakiiV Copies! ^ f Copies, Copies, Copies 3 0^ Production & Sales of Course Packets Project Binding Color Copies Specialty Papers ^ f Transparencies jr Fax Service Self-Serve COPIES Hours: M-F 8 am - 10 pm Sat. Noon - 6 pm Sun. Noon - 8 pm 107 Dominik (Just off Texas - located close to campus) Phone: 696-8346 Fax: 764-0592 rtCtlOttt It happens when your advertise in The Battalion Call 845-2696 Cajviptjs Stwik Monday • June 19, ents Tenneco: searching for a settlement Continued from Page 1 30-hour academic year. “Texas A&M and the Uni versity of Texas are really a bargain” Bowen said. “I think what students are upset about is the change. We’ll still be very competitive.” House Bill 815 allows the re gents of any university system to set a general use fee as high as the tuition rate. The University of Texas is also planning to increase its general use fee to $22, Bowen said. He said if both increases are approved by the respective boards, Texas A&M and UT’s rates will be almost the same. Continued from Page 1 that it was discontinuing negotiations to finish the project. The Board of Regents endorsed the decision a few weeks later and construction on Phase II, which was the actual power plant, was canceled. “That breach of contract is why we are seek ing a settlement,” Johnson said. “We have put over $60 million into the project and want to be compensated.” Richard Lindsay, System vice chancellor for finance and operations, said the System can celed the project Recycling for legal and finan cial reasons. Ernst & Young, a utilities consult ing group, con ducted an indepen dent study of the cogeneration pro ject last spring. permission to sue the state of Texas and th: chancellor of the A&M System. ♦ The suit must be brought in Brazos County. \ .10 ♦ If damages are awarded from a lawsu;:-—— the damages must be paid from money appro - * 11 ® priated or otherwise available to the System. * No court records, pleadings, motions or di>“^ coveries made as a result of a lawsuit mayh^L | sealed from public inspection. " • The total of all damages awarded may no exceed $37 million. ^ ^ The cap at $37 million was set by theLegis^^ lature to limit liability, Thompson said. ijcld Tenneco rep "... we are seeking a settlement. We have put over $60 million into the pro ject and want to be compensated." — Russell Johnson Tenneco spokesman • ^ i if. - larly contribute^ Oi money to the Un; versity. Inl99i yves Tenneco andTet^j^, Continued from Page 1 can get enough people involved,” she said. Sanchez said he hopes to show University officials the money making value of the program. “The administration hopes the program works out,” Sanchez said. “If it does, then we can get some more support, including financially.” The summer program is fund ed by a $3,500 grant from ACUS funds, which are generated from residence hall long-distance phone service revenue. DeLarios said the program was modeled after those at sever al other universities, including the University of Texas, the Uni versity of North Texas and South west Texas State University. She added that she wants the A&M program to grow to be a bench mark for other programs. “We want to be a leader,” De Larios said. “This program has great potential. We think we can get to that level.” Sanchez said he would like to eventually expand the recycling operation to include glass and plastic. He also mentioned improv ing the equipment and facilities, and possibly cooperating with Bryan and College Station to use the campus facilities as the central recycling center for the area. “We keep getting better and bigger every year,” Sanchez said. “As people become more aware of how they can make a difference, we keep growing.” The University began recy cling in campus buildings in 1990 in response to Texas Senate Bill 1051, which instructed schools to recycle cardboard, paper and alu minum. The current program covers 158 buildings and was named the best uni vers ity-run re cycling program in Texas in 1991. The study concluded that the University should discontinue negotiations and conduct a more detailed study of the University’s power needs. State Rep. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, voted against the legislative resolution allowing the suit. Ogden proposed adding an amendment to the bill that would have mandated an investi gation by the House General Investigating Committee before a lawsuit was allowed. The amendment failed. The Legislative resolution states the following: * Tenneco Power Generation Co. is granted neco Gas, pare: companies to Ter. p r ] neco Power Gent: w a t i o n Co., coc t< tributed $45,50' to rz In 1994, donations totaled $42,500, and tty ) Jju projected contribution for 1995 is $85,500. At a Their contributions primarily benefit the C: fcM E lege of Business, College of Engineering andtiirsity College of Geosciences and Maritime Studies, ddithi Johnson said there is no plan to reduce cor. tributions to the University because of negolit tions with the System. “Most of that money goes to help individu students and student programs,” Johnson sa: “The students should not be penalized becatir^® 0 '” of our problems.” woul edit 1 zes u: se fee: ■ Cun Former Lt. Governor Hobby readies fo challenges as UH System chancellor □ Hobby has served on the governing boards of UH, Rice University and St. Edwards. HOUSTON (AP) — Some ob servers were puzzled when for mer Texas Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby accepted the task of leading the troubled University of Houston System. After all, the revered politician could have simply rested on his achievements. But Hobby said he looks at the challenge as a way of capping his career. “I can think of few ways where I could make a better contribution to the city and state,” said Hobby, named last week by the UH Board of Re gents as its only candidate to become system chancellor. “And it would be a tremen dous honor for people to say at the end of my term that I helped make the UH System better —p or at least that I did n’t make it any worse.” Hobby’s new job won’t be easy. The 63-year-old will be the point man as the system seeks to find an organizational structure that results in better cooperation among its four schools. Intersystem tension played a role in the recent exodus of sev eral top leaders, including Chancellor Alex Schilt and UH President James Pickering. The board’s appointment of Hobby has been hailed as a stroke of genius, largely because of his statewide stature and status as a member of a legendary Texas po litical family. Hobby also is seen as the an swer to UH problems because of his reputation as an intellect and public servant above per sonal ambition. He took the job as chancellor for an annual “Unlike some politicia:>^r^-j salary of $1. He is no stranger to academia. A key advocate of higher educa tion as lieutenant governor, he has served on the governing boards of UH, Rice University and St. Edwards in Austin. He has taught not only at Rice, his alma mater, but also at the University of Texas’ LBJ School of Public Affairs. turned-academics, Gov. Hok f ▼ is an intellectual,” said Sarai: Tiede, project coordinatori!| Th< UT’s LBJ School. “Evenir heated debate, for exampTISn he’ll take the historical|ji philosophical view.” Hobby> who has a bachel iBfltl degree in history but no ma : ter’s or doctorate, shrugs wiy Kat asked why he never wentt H eB> to school to pick up ana: vanced degree. Fac “He describes working hang way from assistant professo ance full professor to deanship, ;s Jui to lose a vote because some® The didn’t get a parking span ate t because he didn’t vote forAqilkig cause a meeting ago,” Hobhhthdi quoted as saying in Sunday® class tions of the Houston Chronicer of “I think I have some expertoint with that kind of thing.” 2c f th Hobby’s political skills sho- Dr. be invaluable. p4 er The UH System has btices, marked over the past yearb r p^ ! power struggle between then 1 '' : campus and satellite schoolsl; s1 ^ a 1 Downtown, UH-Clear Lako^j^® UH-Victoria. tude diole Health Tips V<7ithdrawal not reliable contraceptive By Stephanie Perez Special to The Battalion A recent Texas A&M health behavior survey showed that withdrawal was the third high est choice of pregnancy preven tion of A&M students surveyed. Withdrawal, or coitus inter- ruptus, is a very unreliable form of pregnancy prevention. Eigh teen out of 100 women who use this method will get pregnant. A more reliable method of contraception is the oral con traceptive and the condom used in combination. Withdrawal is when a man removes his penis from a wom an’s vagina before ejaculation. It provides absolutely no protection against contracting a sexually transmitted disease. Many college students are un aware that before ejaculation, the man releases pre-ejaculatory flu id, which contains enough sperm to cause pregnancy. Because there is no barrier, sperm and/or an STD can be transmitted through contact, pre-ejaculatory fluid and vaginal secretions. The only true barrier to any fluid exchange is to use a condom. If used correctly, the condom can be a reliable method of preg nancy and STD prevention. By using a condom, the responsibili ty of the man to withdraw is al leviated as well as the anxiety that may accompany both part ners when using coitus interrup- tus as a form of birth control. For further information about pregnancy prevention and STDs, students can contact the Health Education Center, Room 16, Beutel Health Center. Tuition proposal would let Texans prepay college □ Parents will be able to pay their children's fu ture tuition and fees at close to today's prices. Italy Spring ‘96 for Future Teachers! 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! Interested? Please come to an informational meeting in 154 Bizzell Hall West on: Wednesday, June 21 Thursday, June 22 3-4 10 - 11 For more information, contact: Prof. John Hoyle 203 HECC 845-2748 Prof. Lynn Burlbaw 330 HECC 845-6195 Study Abroad Programs • 161 Bizzell Hall West • 845-0544 DALLAS (AP) — Texans will be able to prepay college tuition under a new state law, but some officials and experts still wonder what the ramifications of the bill will be. Under a bill signed by Gov. George W. Bush on Saturday, Texans will be able to prepay their children’s future college tuition and fees at close to to day’s prices. But some experts wonder whether the day is approaching when college admissions officers take a student’s “fundability” into account, as well as his or her admissibility. “When you’re an admissions officer, looking at 10,000 stu dents with prepaid contracts and another 10,000 who don’t have prepaid tuition plans, and they’re equally admittable, who are you going to admit?” said University of Houston law pro fessor Michael Olivas. Olivas, author of “Prepaid Col lege Tuition Programs: Promises and Problems,’’ believes that needier students who are acade mically qualified would lose out. State Comptroller John Sharp, whose office will head the pro gram, said the prepaid-tuition plan is meant to “lock in” tuition and fees at current prices “from the point the child is bom.” “If they double, triple, quadruple over an 18-year peri od of time, you’re covered,” said Sharp. “It’s paid for.” But Olivas said he believes state legislatures may also even tually view prepaid tuition con tracts as university assets, mak- She lie O ecom omm &M’i The raws ing higher education more'-J-dro nerable to a budget ax. T> r Colleges would then siin;t uc i e] raise tuition, he said. h. e co “With higher ed, public ro “Th and public schools coming to; a g| all asking for more money, going to get cut first?” Olivas s The Dallas Morning News for re f a Sunday editions. “Schools' Lan gj have to jack up tuition.” p a - Dallas financial plannerE^] £ Perryman said the prog r; o r |Vt could be a good investment,^ suming that tuition and f®-— continue to rise as they havi recent years and the purcha® is shielded from tax liability. E x p ef If Gov. Bush also quest' whether t state m$ have to bs ; out the fur with taxpay money. The legi®- tion alio* people to b- two- or foii : year contra® from the st to prepay ® lege tuition and fees for childri’ under the age of 18. The buyers must be Tes- residents or the children Texas residents. When the child enrolls in a 1 * of Texas’ public colleges or# versifies, the comptroller tra® fers the cash value of the c tract to the school. The stud® would be guaranteed thatI s ition and fees would be covere® Many of the details haver to be worked out, but officii say the plan will pay for itself Legislators expect the ini® est that will accrue on the c/ tracts will be more than eno# to operate the program. The program goes into efk Sept. 1, and the state will bq. selling contracts after Jan. 1.