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.
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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.
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1 he
is excited about
and supportive of the plan to
Senate meetings.
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glimpse of what’s going on with
that segment of public educa
tion,” he said.
Fee: Students react to fee increase
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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
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more parking.”
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