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TRYOUTS!!! 1 p.^,2 A&M Mens Soccer Team will be hosting open tryouts for the fall season. Where: Simpson Drill Field When: 5:45, Wednesday, August 30th, Thursday, August 31st, Friday, Sept. 1st, Saturday, Sept. 2nd, Monday, Sept. 4th, and Tuesday, Sept. 5th The Battalion Friday • September 1, 1995 Doctor accused of trying to murder over bad letter of recommendation KAMU Any questiosn? Call Flunter at 696-5190 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Security cameras in the Vander bilt University Medical Center parking garage spotted Dr. Ray Mettetal in a wig, false beard and shoes with lifts. In the pocket of the neurolo gist’s padded trenchcoat was a large syringe that investigators say contained a lethal solution of salt water and boric acid. Mettetal, police say, was bent on revenge: He was out to kill the department chairman whose re fusal to write him a letter of rec ommendation more than 10 years ago destroyed his dream of be coming a brain surgeon. Mettetal, 44, faces a prelimi nary hearing Friday on charges of attempted murder. If con victed, he could get up to 25 years in prison. He has been held without bail since his arrest Aug. 22 by cam pus police who had been monitor ing the garage’s security cameras and got suspicious because of his shabby disguise. The target of the alleged mur der attempt, Dr. George Allen, chairman of Vanderbilt’s neuro surgery department, was never harmed. Authorities said they don’t know whether Mettetal had previously tried to contact him. Continued from Page 1 in there, that’s when we are go ing to do it.” If a Senate meeting runs long, then only the first three hours of the recording will be broadcast. Funding has been the main area of concern for Newman, who is responsible for imple mentation of the Television Communications Bill. Newman said she plans to save the Senate money by utiliz ing student film crews and bor rowing video equipment from campus departments. “The funding situation of the Senate is definitely in lim bo,” she said, “so we won’t be using a professional crew to film the meetings.” Rodger Lewis, KAMU televi sion program director, said pro fessional crews, which charge up to $125 per hour, are not neces sary for this project. Programs on cable channel are not subject to the same f eral communication standards as public television channels Lewis said. Amateur videos, which would not meet picture quality or technical standards of public television stations, are ac ceptable for KAMU. Lewis said 1 he is excited about and supportive of the plan to Senate meetings. “It would give people glimpse of what’s going on with that segment of public educa tion,” he said. Fee: Students react to fee increase Continued from Page t WALK-ON INFORMATION MEETING Monday Sept. 4 6:00 p.m. - Locker Rm. For more info call: 845 - 0374 a fee to help bring down the University’s deficit and provide for increased salaries for facul ty and staff, but he doesn’t like the timing. “We just got the Rec Center,” he said. “That’s a $50 increase. They seem to have added a few other things. They even raised the dorm fees. “I’ve paid a lot this semester, and I haven’t even paid that second bill. That’s $100 more.” Jessica Smith, a freshman biomedical science major. Said she would support cutting the University deficit, but sees the raise as too much. “If it was maybe $4 {instead of the proposed $8 increase], I would support it,” she said. Smith said the amount was not too much to pay, but the University should cut some thing else first. Chris Dale Johnson, a senior mechanical engineering major, said if A&M is going to pay its faculty better, it should invest in better quality professors. “I’d like quality teachers that are more interested in teaching, . rather than research,” he said. "If they’re going to increase fees, I would like to actually see, not just hear about, more qualified professors.” Jennifer Johns, a freshman business major, said she doesn’t pay her own tuition and fees, so it doesn't hurt her much, but for others, it will be harder. “It’s not too drastic," she said. “But there are so many fees that it will all add up. I’m sure for some people it will be very bad.” Chad Estes, a freshman bio medical science major, said there is little A&M students can do about it. “They’re going to do whatever they want to do,” he said. “I think that they already have enough.” The A&M System will begin mailing new fee statements im mediately. The new statements will require that students pay the difference between the old fee and new fee All five stud fact the fee w< immediately. “It’s unfair,”. “For those wl up every penny them in t Estes disliked the be charged oh ns said. 1 who have to scrape nny, I think it puts ly bad situation.” i that if the Univer sity wanted to raise fees, it should apply it to something more visible. “I know what they need to do,” he said. “They need to add more parking.” Johnson said A&M needs to change its i “If we’r< much mone then spend he said. going to spend so • on the Rec Center, core on the library." 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