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For private parties call Willie at 822-3743 Drink Specials Wed. & Thurs. 5-10 pm Open 5 pm - 1 am Wed. - Sat. 18 and older welcome WEDNESDAY 06/21 WEDNESDAY WIND DOWN w/KHRN urban contemporary FRIDAY 06/23 "fexas Twisters Classic Rock $5 SATURDAY 06/24 James Hinkle Johnny Mack Band R & B $5 | — cut here — — — — I DEFENSIVE DRIVING CLASS I Fri., June 23 (6-9 pm) & Sat., June 24 (8:30-11:30 am) Fri., June 30 (6-9 pm) & Sat., July 1 (8:30-11:30 am) Page 6 • The Battalion STATE APPROVED DRIVING SAFETY COURSE Register at University Plus (MSC Basement) Call 845-1631 for more information on these or other classes Student Appreciation Night Every Wednesday Free Pool w/ college ID 7 pm-1 am Happy Hour 4-7 pm M-F $1.00 Draft $1.25 Longnecks $2.00 Chuggers $1.75 Well OPEN DART TOURNAMENT Every 'Riesday starting at 8:00 p.m $5 entry fee • Double elimination • 1st, 2nd & 3rd place prizes • Bud Light Chuggers $2.00 IjVVim^Dixie^hopping^enter^-jrexa^Ave. 764-8664 Caivipcjs Briefs Tuesday • June 20, Blue Cross Blue Shield to manage A&M health plans ■ The Texas A&M University System has chosen Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas to manage its self-funded health and dental plans beginning Sept. 1. Patricia Couger, executive director of the System human resources office, said Blue Cross Blue Shield provides networks of doctors, clinics and hos pitals, which allow them to copay medical bills. Steven Hassel, assistant executive director of the human resources of fice, said the selection of Blue Cross Blue Shield and Advanced Paradigm, the plan's prescription drug provider, will be an economic benefit for Sys tem employees. Fred Davidson, account manager for Blue Cross Blue Shield, said the network will make health care more accessible for System employees. Diplomatic Corps holds first meeting Members of the Texas A&M/Bryan- College Station Council's Diplomatic Corps were given an overview of the challenges facing Texas A&M, Brazos County and the Twin Cities during the group's first meeting. Dr. Barry B. Thompson, Texas A&M chancellor, and Dr. Ray Bowen, A&M president, discussed with the 25 Diplomatic Corps members the chang ing trends in higher education. The 1995 Texas legislative session and its effect on A&M and the Uni versity's goals for the future was also discussed. Also on the panel were Lonnie Stabler, Bryan mayor; Al Jones, Bra zos County judge; Lynn Mcllhaney, mayor pro tern of College Station; and Harold Dean from the B-CS Chamber of Commerce. Chechen rebels, volunteer hostages leave on buses BUDVONNOVSK, Russia (AP) — Chechen rebels and as many as 150 people acting as human shields rode a slow convoy of buses down winding steppe backroads toward Chechnya on Monday. The gunmen gained passage by freeing most of 1,500 hostages held for six days in a hospital. The buses, most of their curtains drawn, were joined by police cars, an ambulance and a refrigerator truck car rying the bodies of Chechens killed in Russian raids on the hospital. The Chechens had been holed up in the hospital since they invaded Budyon- novsk in southern Russia on Wednesday to demand an end to Russia's war against their separatist republic. The rebels released most of the hostages after Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin agreed Sunday to de clare a cease-fire in Chechnya, resume peace talks and give the gunmen safe passage to their homeland. But there were reports of continued fighting in Chechnya. Supreme court rejects free speech challenge FORUM: President will hear student concern Continued from Page 1 Bowen said the necessary cuts would have a major impact on class availability. “The biggest impact on stu dents, I think, would be getting into classes, largely in liberal arts and science,” Bowen said. “It’s going to impact mostly on class access, in a major way on lower division classes.” Bowen agreed that the in crease was drastic, but said it was a conflict with no easy answers. “I think it’s a legitimate argu ment that dropping this on peo ple at this time is a big prob lem,” Bowen said. “The other problem is, do you want to pro vide the same quality of educa tion? It’s a hell of a dilemma.” Bowen also pointed out that raises could start a domino effect that could cause other agencies, such as Food Services and the Department of Residence Life, to raise their fees. “All of the auxiliaries have a cash flow problem - they dot get access to the generaltis fee,” Bowen said. “So the:: crease in the general use fee a: Vo !. 101, Nc the pay raises that come from _ could have a kind of dominof ■ feet on the rest of the units. “All of our auxiliaries at based on the fees they charts he said. “Those employees woii: get the same kind of raise, there’s no money for it. They -. going to have to raise their rat* or spend their reserves.” BILL: High-ranking officers may serve dual rolt Continued from Page 1 Corps commandant, said it has been a number of years since A&M had a professor of military sci ence serve as the commandant. “The University would probably prefer to keep " ... I don't see how an active-duty comman dant would be any dif ferent than a retired officer." Maj. Gen. Thomas Darling A dr M's Corps commandant the commandant a University position, rather than an Army position,” Darling said. “The Citadel wanted the option to do this, but even if the : passes, I don’t think the schools will change tW current systems.” Darling said he questions the ability of an;! tive-duty commandant to draw more commission from A&M. “Although it would depend on the person don’t see how an active-duty commandant won be any different than a retired officer,” Dari: said. “I believe A&M will see an increase inco:! missions in the future. Our goal is to getSOpr cent of cadets at A&M commissioned.” Col. Michael Boozeman, the Virginia Mili Institute commandant of cadets, said even if proposal is passed, VMI would probablyn: make a change. The proposal would affect A&M, the Citai VMI, North Georgia College, Virginia Polyte: nic Institute and State University and Non University. Three |eted fo [he air c hilled \ fy Wes Swl (HE BaTTAL Langford IcDonald Svans Libi jauls to in< ive the U: [nnually. The ener $3.26 mil state age POTATOES: Scientists increase nutrient level Continued from Page 1 equally distributed throughout the rest of the potato. Howard said they do not know how frying or boiling pota toes affects patatin levels, but they are working to find out. Dr. Leonard Pike, professor of horticulture and director of the Vegetable Improvement Center at A&M, said potatoes are only one of the vegetables A&M re searchers are analyzing for dis ease-fighting chemical content and trying to breed with higher levels of the chemicals. He said other experiments include producing carrots with more carotenoids; producing onions and bell peppers with more quercetin; and producing bell peppers with more vitamin C. He said the research is fo cused on onions, carrots and peppers because large numbers of these crops are produced in Texas. Pike said doctors from the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston are educating the re searchers about what is nutri tionally healthy and important. Increasing nutrient levels in vegetables has no known nega tive effects, he said, it just makes each vegetable healthier. “We’re only going to eat a cer tain number of carrots a day or week,” Pike said. “If we ever raise the nutritional content way above normal, we’ll check with the medical peo ple first.” The Aggie vegetables,” he said. “Either tf: - will have genetic markers likes maroon carrot, or they car marketed in special contain:.; with stickers.” Pike said physical qualities the enhanced vegetables will: tract people to them. “The Aggie carrots, maroor, the outside and bright orange "You always hear about broccoli being good, but we didn't know potatoes were too." — Dr. Lutehm TABS food stim maroon carrot, an example of an improved product, has high er levels of beta-carotene, is sweet and has a smooth tex ture, Pike said. Pike said such products can be marketed so they are easily recognized as healthier. “It’s possible to promote and sell these, identifiable from other the inside, make a real pre: product when you cut thf cross-wise and put them in 8 ads,” he said. When products are ready, It will be released to seed compar. and health food distributors, P said royalties from the proje. will most likely be put back: A&M research projects. Skotoh By Quatn BESlDE’S ACQUIRING A SPlFrr UNI FORM .HERE TS YET ANOTHER REASON TO AVOID PART-TIME EM PLOYMENT AT EAST Food JOINTS: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court rejected a free-speech challenge Monday to the year-old fed eral law that protects access to abor tion clinics. The justices, without comment, left intact an appeals court ruling in a Vir ginia case that said the law does not infringe on anyone's freedom of ex pression while protecting people who seek or provide abortions. Eight federal trial judges and two federal appeals courts have upheld the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, but a federal judge in Wisconsin has declared it unconstitutional. The Supreme Court action did not resolve the issue definitively, but was a setback for anti-abortion activists who say the law aimed at deterring vio lence and intimidation squelches peaceful protest as well. In the abortion clinics case, the court refused to hear an appeal filed by Concerned Women for America and one of its members. The high court in April struck down a federal law that made it a crime to have a gun within 1,000 feet of a pub lic school. The court said Congress' power to regulate interstate commerce didn't stretch that far. i UH. HOW 'BOUT PUTTIN' 'EM IN 'CURS -THERE ,7 E MY'j WELCOME TO NtcDADDY'S. 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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 •Mandatory for all students Study Abroad Programs • 161 Bizzell Hall West • 845-0544 □ A&M i developi can gro\ western bJuebon 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 Burlbaf 330 HECC 845-6195 Study Abroad Programs • 161 Bizzell Hall West • 845-0544