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The Battalion Classified Ads Phone: 845-0569 / Fax 845-2678 Office: Room 015 (basement) Reed McDonald Building Page 4 • The Battalion o LU CL. CO ‘AGGIE’ Private Party Want Ads $10 for 20 words running 5 days, if your merchandise is priced $1000 or less (price musf appear in ad). This rate applies only to non-commercial advertisers offering personal possesions for sale. Guaranteed results or you get an additional 5 days at no charge. If item doesn't sell, advertiser must call before 1 p.m. on the day the ad is scheduled to end to qualify for the 5 additional insertions at no charge. No refunds will be made if your ad is cancelled early. Business Hours 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Friday Help Wanted Help Wanted GET PAID FOR SKILL TRAINING. The Army Reserve will train you in a special skill, then let you practice it regularly—usually one weekend a month plus two weeks’ Annual Training. You’ll be well paid for this part- time service—more than $17,585 during a standard enlistment. 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Macs & Printers for sale/lease from $30/mo Software, repairs, RAM/HD upgrades. MacResource, 775-7703. DJ Music MOBILE DJ. Experienced. Weddings, Parties. Reasonable rates. Will travel. Call The Party Block at 693-6294. STARZ Mobile Entertainment. Professional Sound/Lighting. Church/School Dances, Weddings, Parties. Any Occasion. 1-800-435-6065,764-9785. Boa for sale with custom aquarium. Very friendly, 2 yrs old. Will deliver in B-CS. $450 Or Best Offer. Call 696- 8589. Rottweiler/ German Shepherd mix. Biack/Rust. Protective. Large cage, automatic feeder, retractable leash, food, etc. Moving, must sell, $50. Call 778- 5131. AKC Siberian Husky Puppies. Absolutely gorgeous. Four white feet, perfect batman masks, beautiful eyes, sweet loving disposition, $195 694-2122. ADOPT - Dogs, Cats, Puppies & Kittens. Brazos Animal Shelter. 775-5755. 3bdrm-1 1/2bth, two-story, fenced yard, biking distance to campus. Call after 2pm at 822-2492. Sublease large efficiency at Gables Apartments. On shuttle route. Available August 23 - May 15. August rent free! Call Lori at 693-3446. Available mid-August, CS 2bdrm-Ibth upstairs four- plex, with W/D, water paid, $485/mo. Select Prop. 696-3107. Treehouse II. 2bdrm-2bth, close to campus. Lease August to May. 693-4665. Aggie Special - Year lease, $495, 2bdrm-2bth, W/D connections. Call 696-2515. Furnished 1 & 2 bedroom apartments within 1 mile of campus. Call 846-9196. Apartment for rent. Bus route, close to campus, fur nished. 696-9459. 2 bedroom mobile home, CA/CH, W/D, carport & store room, $350/mo. Available 5th. 822-6502. NORTHGATE 2bdrm-1bth townhouse, W/D, ready Aug. 1st. Small pet O.K. $525/mo. + electric. 691- 4631. Sublease 2bdrm-1 1/2bth apartment, walking distance, Aug.-May, $510/mo. Call 691-2425. Still available for August. Nice 2bdrm-1 1/2bth studio, 1014 sq.ft., pool, laundry, walk to TAMU. Recently ren- ovated. Call 846-2173. Fourplex, 2 big bedrooms, W/D included, new paint, shuttle bus, $515/mo. 694-8685. 2bdrm-1bth duplex. Large backyard. Pets accepted. 10 minutes from campus. $455/mo. 776-8698. Available in August. Fourplexes, Southwood Valley. Duplex, Bryan. $410-$550. 846-3391. Charming 1 bedroom cottage in Hearne. Furnished $350/mo., unfurnished $300/mo. (409) 279-2355. 2bdrm-1bth, pool, laundry mat, patio/balcony, water & sewer paid, $475/mo. Monterrey Apartments. 268- 0840 GREAT APARTMENT! New Washer & Dryer, 2bdrm- 1bth, intrusion alarm, shuttle. 823-7039. WILLOWICK APARTMENTS - AUGUST RENT FREEH Sign by July 15th. Great rates on our spacious efficiency, 1 & 2 bdrm apartments. Features plush car pet, wall-paper, ceiling fans, walk-in closets, most utili ties paid. Great community with lots of amenities. Pre leasing now. Only a few left. NOW OPEN 8AM-8PM MON.-FRI., 10AM-5PM SATURDAY & 1PM-4PM SUNDAY. 693-1325. Duplex- Wolfpen Creek area. 3bdrm-2bth brand new. Beautiful all brick, facing amphitheater. Ready for fall term. $900/mo. for 12 mos. All amenities including pool, hot tub, lawn care and sprinkler. (512) 327-1970 (Jay) For rent in August Sutters Mill 2bdrm-2 1/2bth, W/D, 1 yr. lease, $850/mo. 764-9570. Aggie Owned S Managed! Large 2 bedroom, great location, shuttle, microwave, intrusion alarm, laundry & swimming - $459/mo. College Court 823-7039, Sonnenblick 691-2062. For Sale ATHLETE’S FOOT STUDY PATIENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR RESEARCH STUDY OF NEW INVESTIGATIONAL MEDICINE FOR ATHLETE’S FOOT * Free physical exam, treatments, study medications and lab tests available for qualified partici pants * Patient stipend available for qualified participants * Ages 12 years and above * No topical (prescription or over- the-counter) treatment in the last 2 weeks For Details, call: J&S Studies, Inc. 846-5933 Part-time positions available now. Cleaning, general labor, assembly & moving. Call Manpower 846-3535. Free rent, utilities & boarcb for female students. Requires 7-10hrs/wk of work. Call 846-3376 Prestigious teaching position, we train, must have had Tx.D.L. 5.yrs. & college experience, work evenings & Saturdays, $5/hr. No DWI’s, Pi’s, etc. 694-2122. Telemarketers wanted promoting the circus. Work evenings that fit your schedule, 6pm-9pm, Mon.-Fri. No weekends. $5.00/hr. 846-8818. Healthy people needed to help save lives. Approx. 3hrs./wk. at your convenience. $ 130/mo. Donating plasma is so easy! Call 846-8855 for more info. Healthy males wanted as semen donors. Help infertile couples. Confidentiality ensured. Ethnic diversity desirable. Ages 18-35, excellent compensation. Contact Fairfax Cryobank, 1121 Briarcrest Suite #101, (409) 776-4453. Child Care Position Available. $5.00 per hour. Tues. & Thurs., 8:45am-1:15pm. Call 696-3862. Lawn maintenance needed. 10-20 hrs/wk. We supply riding lawn mower, etc. Start at $4.50/hr. Apply at Jack Hilliard Distribution Co., 100 Independence, Bryan. INSPIRATIONS. Wanted: friendly, intelligent, depend able & hard working individuals for part-time help throughout the year. Apply at Inspirations in Post Oak Mall. Typing WORD PROCESSING. Reasonable Rates. Call Ev’s Word Processing at 693-6294. Strong Office Services. Typing, Presentations & Graphics. Laser Printer Out-put. Fast Service. 694- 2120. Personal MEET YOUR MATCHI 1-900-884-7800 ext. 2740. $2.99/min., must be 18yrs. Procall Co. (602) 954- 7420. Call the Sports/Entertainment Line Today! Sports Fun!!! Scores, Point Spreads and much more!!! 1-900- 526-6000 Ext. 5437. $2.99/min and 18+. Procall Co. (602) 954-7420. DIRTY, LIVE, NASTY TALK. Hot, Steamy & Erotic. 1- 900-435-4SEX (4739). $2.50-$3.99/min., instant cred it, 18+. Roommates Roommate needed to share 2bdrm-1 1/2bth apart ment, W/D, $300/mo. + 1/2 bills. Call 823-5510 any time. Female roommate needed for fall. Walden Pond Apartments. Call Carmen at 764-1490 or (214) 681- 7011 after Aug. 9th. Female roommate needed to share spacious 2bdrm- 2bth apartment, $285/mo. + 1/2 bills. Call 846-2723. 1 or 2 female roommates needed. Cambi 846-4414. $ 168/mo. Call Female to share 2bdrm-2bth at Walden Pond. Christian, female, TAMU student. Alisa (214) 328- 7491, work (214) 480-8200. Roommates needed for 3bdrm-2bth studio duplex. Call 845-8089 or 696-6067. Female roommate wanted to share 2bdrm-2bth town- home. Great condition! On bus route; W/D. Please call 691-2233 anytime! Services GOVERNMENT TUTOR College Instructor with refer ences 696-2137. INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS- Visitors. DV-1 Greencard Program, by U.S. Immigration. Legal Services. Tel: (818) 772-7168. 20231 Stagg St., Canoga Park, CA 91306. AAA Texas Defensive Driving & Driver's Training. Lot- of-fun, Laugh-a-lotl! Ticket dismissal , insurance dis count. M-Tu (6pm-9pm), Tu (8:30am-3pm), Tu-W (8:30am-11:30am), W-Th (6pm-9pm), Fri (6pm-8pm) & Sat (10am-2:30pm), Sat (8am-2:30pm), Sun (12pm- 6:30pm). Next to Black Eyed Pea. Walk-ins welcome. $20 w/ad = $5 off. 111 Univ. Dr, Ste. 217, 846-6117. Wanted Real Estate 1985 2bdrm-1bth mobile home Good condition, close to campus, $8,000. 823-0377. Desperately seeking Graduation Tickets for Aug. 12th, 9am. Please call Stacy 764-6754. Leave message. GRADUATION TICKET, August 11th at 7:30pm need- ed. Will Pay 693-3368/ 693-5676. Need Graduation Tickets for August 11th at 7:30pm. Will Pay. 764-7975. Wanted: 100 students. Lose 8-100 lbs. New metabo lism breakthrough. I lost 15 lbs. in 3 weeks. R.N. Assisted. Guaranteed Results. $35 Cost. 1-800-579- 1634. Employment Opportunity Expert PC Programmer. Full-time only. Call 846-2340 or send resume to Elite Software, P.O. Box 1194, Bryan, TX 77806. HOW TO GET LUCRATIVE PROFE$$IONAL JOB$ I GET A JUMP ON THE COMPETITION! LEARN THE SECRET? TO UNCOVERING THE HIP-QEN. JQB MARKET NOW! $MART TIPS TO SUCCESS. ORDER BOOKLET NOW! ONLY $2 TO: BERNAL PUBLISH ING 8491 SUNSET BLVD / SUITE 478 / L.A. CA. 90069 ALASKA SUMMER EMPLOYMENT - Students Needed! Fishing Industry. Earn up to $3,00- $6,000+/mo. Room & Board! Transportation! Male or Female. No experience necessary. Call (206) 545- 4155 ext. A58556. CRUISE SHIPS HIRING - Travel the world while earn ing an excellent income in the Cruise Ship & Land-Tour Industry. Seasonal & full-time employment available. No experience necessary. For info., call 1-206-634- 0468 ext. C58557. INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYMENT - Earn up to $25- $45/hr. teaching basic conversational English in Japan, Taiwan, or S. Korea. No teaching background or Asian languages required. For info., call (206) 632-1146 ext. J58554. Place Your Ad In The Battalion Call 845-2696 KnoH! It happens when your advertise in The Battalion Call 845-2696 Sports Thursday • August 3> ‘Bama officials see crimson Color printer Tandy Dot Matrix 136. Asking $125. King size waterbed w/drawer pedestal - $250. Call 567- 0090. Will sell cheap: bed, sofa, desk, shelves, night-stand, etc. 693-6261. Panasonic 24-Pin Dot Matrix Printer w/paper - $85; Optimus Car Cassette Player w/CD Input, 40 watt eq./booster - both $75. Call 696-9127. Loft with detachable shelves and desk for sale. Perfect for small apartments. Needs some modification for dorms. $75. Call 775-0720. 1 blue chair, 2 dining tables, 2 end tables, 2 bar stools & kitchen miscellaneous. 696-9077. Two piece couch - $35; Dining room table with chairs - $35. Price negotiable. Call 764-8561. Moving Sale - full size couch - $225; queen size bed - $125; desk - $25; bookshelves - $30; dresser - $50. Call 694-2539. Futon, queen, w/maroon cover - $100; kitchen table, 48"X3T - $60; CD player - $45; halogen floor-lamp - $10; desk-lamp - $10; 2 folding chairs - $5; telephone - $5. 693-7797. Kitchen table with 4 chairs. Like new. Paid $385, ask ing $225. Call Chris at 693-5901. Matching sofa & love seat, navy blue with flowers, $200 Or Best Offer. Call 696-9386. Washing machine for sale, G.E., $75. Call 693-9825. Starter Home. New copper plumbing, 2bdrm-1 1/2bth, minor work, $5,995. 823-1451. Remington Model 788 223 Cal. Rifle with Weaver 7 power scope & 5 shot magazine clip, bolt action. In good condition. $250. Call 691-4679. Brand New! Gas. Over & Under Washer & Dryer. Kenmore. $850 O.B.O. Original $1,300. Perfect for students. Call 589-3664. Cannondale M300 18", 1994, Aggie Maroon, Brand New. Must Seel- Call Vicki at 779-3006. $370 Or Best Offer. Ten speed bicycle, ideal for campus transportation, $30. Call 764-2916, Hide-a-bed sofa - tannish, very comfy! $80 Or Best Offer. Call Amanda at 775-1510. Getting Engaged or Married? For Sale: .28 Carat Pear shaped diamond ladies ring. 14K gold. $300. Call 694-1482, Car Discman Sony D828K. Remote control, ESP, pro grammable. Used 1 month. Retail $280, asking $220 negotiable. Call 693-2956. Mobile Home: 14X80, Fleetwood, 3bdrm-2bth. 18,000/nego. or $8,000/dwn & $240/mo. for 5 yrs. 778- 2183. Miscellaneous ATTENTION All Students!! Need scholarships from major corporations? Call 1-800-AID-2-HELP. FREE FINANCIAL AID! Over $6 Billion in private sec tor grants & scholarships is now available. All students are eligible regardless of grades, income, or parent's income. Let us help. Call Student Financial Services: 1-800-263-6495 ext. F58554. □ Alabama's sentencing includes three years on probation^ no bowl game in 1996 and 11 fewer scholarships. TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — The NCAA put Al abama’s football program on three years’ probation Wednesday, banning the Crimson Tide from the postseason for one year and making them forfeit 11 games in 1993 for using an ineligible player. Alabama was not banned from TV appearances, but will lose perhaps two dozen or more scholar ships over the three years. The NCAA cited the Tide football program, which has never been on probation during decades of prominence including six national championships, with exhibiting “a distressing failure of institutional control.” A statement released by the NCAA said Alabama was censured for three chief reasons: —A player obtained from boosters six impermissible deferred-payment loans totaling $24,400, during 1989 and 1990. The player, Gene Jelks, completed his career in the fall of 1989. The NCAA said he never repaid the loans. —Antonio Langham was allowed to play in 11 regular season games in 1993 even though he had signed with an agent and athletic officials were aware that a potential viola tion of rules had occurred. —The school’s faculty athletics representative provided “false and misleading information” to the NCAA. No names were given in the NCAA release, but Jelks, whose play-for-pay claims kicked off the probe, was listed in previous documents for receiv ing improper help from boosters. Langham admit ted signing with an agent after the 1993 Sugar Bowl when Alabama won a national title, then tried to get out of it and was allowed to play. According to NCAA documents, Langham told coach Gene Stallings something about the signing, and Stallings conferred with athletic director Hootie Ingram, but the NCAA was not alerted un til the season was almost over. The sanctions against Alabama call for the loss ^JR/MSONjipt of four scholarships for 1995-96, which Alabama already has given up voluntarily, plus four more for 1996-97, along with 13 from the initial number allowed in 1996-97 and nine from the initial num ber in 1997-98. It wasn’t immediately clear how many lost scholarships might be involved.The forfeiture of games puts an ugly asterisk on the Tide’s record book. The 1993 team went 8-2-1 during the games Langham played and 9-3-1 including the two games after he was declared ineligible. With the forfeits, Alabama’s record would be 1- 12, the worst since 1955. “Am I anxious to get it behind us? I am. Has it been a distraction? It has,” Stallings said before the announcement. “What I do not want it to be is an ex cuse for us to play poorly.” The investigation began three years ago with Jelks’ pay-for-play allegations. Eventually it uncovered improper loans to Jelks and mis handling of Langham’s signing with an agent, Darryl Dennis of Washington, D.C. Jelks’ accusations that he received money and gifts to sign with Alabama in 1985 did not hold up during the probe. But loans Jelks received from 1989 and May 1990 showed up in an NCAA letter of inquiry in Septem ber 1994. The NCAA also found out that Langham, a top defensive back, signed with a sports agent on Jan. 2, 1993, the morning after the Crimson Tide won the national championship by beating Miami in the Sugar Bowl. Langham quickly decided against going pro be fore his senior season and mentioned the meeting to Stallings, who got Langham’s name taken off the NFL draft. Then Langham was allowed to play 11 games before the agent began speaking up and Alabama declared him ineligible. The NCAA said Wednesday that if Alabama had acted more aggressively to find out and re port what Langham had done, the matter might not have grown into “a major infractions case be fore the NCAA Committee on Infractions.” Langham sat out the Southeastern Conference championship game, a 28-13 loss to Florida, and the Gator Bowl, in which Alabama beat North Carolina 24-10. Mantles doctors prepare for surgery □ Several cancerous spots were found on his right lung. DALLAS (AP) — Unless Mick ey Mantle’s doctors are set to per form further cancer surgery, the baseball great probably has less than a year to live, a research doc tor says. Mantle’s doctors at Baylor University Medical Center dis covered several cancerous spots on the former New York Yan kee’s right lung during a routine follow-up exam to his June 8 liv er transplant. “If they do not (operate to re move the lung tumors), the prog nosis is not very extended. It Bagwells sub helps Astros blast Cardinals ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mike Simms, subbing for the injured Jeff Bagwell at first base, homered and drove in two runs as the Houston Astros defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 Wednesday night. Houston has won 14 of its last 20 and 21 of 31. St. Louis has dropped a season-high six straight. Simms hit his first home run since Sept. 9, 1992. He also doubled and drove in a run with a sacrifice fly while taking the place of Bagwell, who broke his hand. Shane Reynolds (7-6) allowed two runs on six hits, walked none and recorded six strikeouts in six innings as he won for the fifth time in his last six decisions. Scott Cooper, 6-for-37 since the All-Star break, went l-for-3 and drove home both of the Cardinals’ runs. St. Louis starter Donovan Os borne (0-4) got the loss. The win allowed the Astros to remain four games behind the Cincinnati Reds in the National League Central Division. would be a year — maybe,” said Dr. Isaac Djerassi, a research on cologist at Mercy Catholic Med ical Center in Philadelphia. Djerassi said the drugs needed to keep his body from rejecting his new liver would also mean he cannot reject the new tumors and fight the cancer. He suggested removing the tu mors and giving Mantle “aggres sive” chemotherapy and radia tion treatments. Dr. Goran Klintmalm, director of the Baylor transplant program, said “we do not believe there is a place for surgery” in Mantle’s case. He would not give a prognosis for Mantle’s survival, but said the center has treated other pa tients who have developed cancer after a transplant. “We have some patients that have not survived more than a year and we have some patients eight years out,” he said. Mantle’s cancer is a potential ly aggressive form known as a hepatoma. It can easily recur in his new liver or migrate, because even after a transplant, cancer ous cells can remain in a recipi ent’s blood and lymphatic sys tern, experts say. While Mantle’s doctors wen planning aggressive chemotherapy treatments on the 63-year-old Hall of Famer, they warned Mantle there was a chance the newfound cancer could spread. Dr. Robert Goldstein, Mantles transplant surgeon, said “we are treating this very aggressively and we are hopeful.” Williams: Teams on the move Continued from Page 2 an economic standpoint. If the city of Dallas builds the proposed $141 million arena to replace Reunion Are na, it will be keeping the NBA’s Mavericks and NHL’s Stars from moving to a suburb like Louisville, Ky. or Arlington. Donald Carter, owner of the Mavericks and Sidekicks, said he might consider building a new arena on some land he owns outside of Louisville if the city of Dallas doesn’t get its act together. It gives me chills to think of the Mavericks in Louisville. Such a move would be devas tating to Dallas’ economy. However, a new' arena would have the opposite effect. Sports franchises bring in rev enue from sources outside the market they play in. Most of this money comes in the form of media rights, licensing and sponsorship and nothing could be finer than outside cash flowing into a city. When cities build new sports facilities, they bring in even more money. Just look at the Texas Rangers. As bad as they’ve always been, they still manage to pull in more than a million people each year. Last year, with the opening of The BallPark at Arlington, the Rangers were on a pace to draw more than two million in attendance before the strike ended the season. New arenas and stadiums are also the only way to host the major sporting events. If Dallas ever wants to host an other NBA All-Star Game or NCAA Final Four, then it is faced with the fact that it will have to build a new arena. Jerry Jones, owner and gen eral manager of the Dallas Cowboys, wants to modify Texas Stadium. He plans to add a retractable roof as well as remove the Astroturf and replace it with natural grass. Jones’ ultimate goal is obvi ous. He wants to bring a Super Bowl to Dallas and knows this is the quickest way to do it. Owners usually do every thing for their own personal gain. But by building new facil ities, they are ultimately giv ing back to the community. Surprise, surprise. Questions to Ask When Choosing Child Care NOW ENROLLING FOR THE FALL! :on§ pin9 IOOI Child Development Center “Committed to Excellence” 900 University Oaks Blvd. • 693-0074 (Near Campus, 3 blocks from Texas Ave) “I have not encountered another day care with the same consistent quality to teachers and program exhibiting such a loving, supportive environment for children.” • Stepping Stone Parent I. CENTER ENVIRONMENT * Are the classrooms designed for small groups of children? Is the playground divided for different age groups? Are the classrooms arranged for active involvement and hands-on learning? II. TEACHER TRAINING AND INVOLVEMENT * Does the staff have a positive attitude towards you and your child? Are the children spoken to gently and with respect? Is the staff enthusiastic about children's learning? III. PARENT INVOLVEMENT * Is there some form of planned daily communication between teachers and parents? Does the center provide support to families through parent education and information about the center's activities?