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PROFITABLE NUMBER! 845-0569 The Battalion Classified Advertising Bowfing Club Join the A&M Bowling League! Sign your team of 4 members up by simply calling Kevin at 847-1399 or Lisa at 696-5005. If you have questions, we'll be glad to help! Sign-Ups: 8/30-9/14 Aggies wanted for HOSTS program □ Bryan schools need volunteers to tutor students in reading. By Javier Martinez The Battal/on m&INC*CA&ET Now Through September 8, 1995 The Bryan School District is looking for 100-140 volunteers for its Help One Student To Succeed program, which helps disadvan taged students improve their reading. HOSTS uses volunteer tutors to enhance the reading skills of second- through fifth- graders in seven Bryan elementary schools. Marcie Spence, coordinator for Crockett Elementary School in Bryan, said each school will require 200 volunteers. “We need volunteers, and we need Ag gies,” Spence said. The program is based on the concept that children who are given personal, specific in struction develop a comfortable relationship with their tutors. Sandra Davis, director for compensatory learning for the Bryan Independent School District, said half of the program’s volun teers are Texas A&M students. The majority of volunteers come from campus organizations, sororities or businesses. F'unding for the program comes from Title I of the federal education law, which pro vides monetary support for academically challenged public school students. Qualified students are tested, evaluated and entered into the HOSTS computer database. Then, a personalized lesson plan is de signed for each child. Judy Sweat, a sales specialist with the HOSTS Corporation, said she supports the program. “I think it’s great, because the kids that need help are getting help through the school district,” Sweat said. Volunteers are asked to dedicate 30 min utes a week with a child, teaching recoi> mended skills through the use of flash cari or educational games. The classes are not held during the Uni versity’s Thanksgiving break and end fall semester classes are over. The spri classes do not interfere with spring break, The tutors build up the students’coi dence, Spence said, because the children ten look up to A&M students. “[The program) does a lot for the self esteem,” she said. “They really thinkAj gies are cool.” The program was created in 1971 William Gibbons, an elementary teacher Vancouver, Wash. The program blossom from one class into a $6.5 million-a-yearo poration catering to the needs of 42,000 dents in 700 schools in 38 states. Although the program is used only elementary students in Bryan, it is signed for middle and high school students as well. V Vocal Auditions Open to ALL Male Students Membership in the Corps of Cadets is NOT required. Room 003 MSC (Downstairs) 845-5974 Please stop by to make an appointment Rehearsal Schedule: MTWRF 4:10-5:15 Dole denounces bilingual education programs COISTC^ERT Singing Cadets Open Rehearsal 5:00 P.M. MSC Flagroom Fridays Before Every Home Football Game. Dates: 9/15, 10/13, 10/27, ll/17and 12/1 □ Hispanic-rights groups and bilingual education advocates denounced Dole's conservative planks. i 1 1 i I SOCIETY" WANTED: WASHINGTON (AP) — Re publican presidential frontrun ner Bob Dole’s support for mak ing English the nation’s official language and criticism of bilin gual education are drawing fire from Hispanic-rights groups and educators. “There is no problem in terms of Americans of all per suasions and from all different ethnic groups understanding the importance of learning Eng lish,” National Council of La Raza president Raul Yzaguirre said Tuesday. “So it’s a manu factured problem and it’s a manufactured issue designed to appeal to the prejudices and the resentments of a group of conservatives in this country.” A day earlier, during an ap pearance before the American Legion in Indianapolis, Dole announced his support for mak ing English the country’s offi cial language. “If we want to ensure that all our children have the same opportunities in life, alterna tive language education should stop and English should be ac knowledged once and for all as the official language of the United States,” said Dole, who is Senate majority leader. Several GOP presidential contenders already support the official English drive, including conservative television com mentator Pat Buchanan, Cali fornia Gov. Pete Wilson and Sen. Dick Lugar, R-Ind. Dole’s closest rival, Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas, hasn’t yet de clared his position. “We will wait to see what (Dole) propos es,” said Gramm’s press secre tary, Larry Neal. “Sometimes what he has to propose doesn’t quite match with what he has to say, whether it’s in English or any other language.” On the matter of bilingual education, Gramm’s position parallels Dole’s. “It has been my longtime po sition that bilingual education should be used only as the basis for teaching children to speak and write in English,” Gramm said Tuesday. Backers of the official lish drive contend the measure would encourage more immi grants to learn English and al low them to assimilate more easily into American society. Critics argue that official Eng lish laws, endorsed by 22 statesto date, constitute immigrant- ing and foster discrimination. Texas Gov. George W. Bush, Republican, doesn’t support ofl cial English legislation, said spokesman Ray Sullivan. Nearly 422,000 students Texas public schools during the 1993-1994 school year were identified as having only limit ed English proficiency, accord ing to Texas Education Agency statistics. ac Jan [HE B/ Percentage of foreign-born Texans increases mi| lartic ifominc Don- mot hi tandii w one jot sta: Don a Chic Kcame iarwh< We ilaces and ol< DANCERS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS □ A new Census Bureau report shows that more than 300,000 Texas residents are illegal aliens. Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Modern, and Cheap Aerobics offered weekly III Choreographers needed for Fall and Spring Concert!!!! Come by Read 268 Sun. - Thurs. at 7:00 for more information. HOUSTON (AP) — Nearly one of every 10 people living in Texas in 1994 was born out side the United States, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau report. The 9.9 percent of Texans who were for eign-born exceeds the 8.7 percent national average, the highest since World War II. About 75 percent of those 1.8 million im migrant Texans had not yet become natural ized citizens, the report said. The growth in the percentage of foreign- born Texans is accelerating. Since 1970, 1.5 million people born in other countries have poured into Texas, most from Mexico and El Salvador, most settling in the state’s bigger metropolitan areas. The census figures reflect changes in im migration law that began with the passage of the Immigration Act of 1965, which made it easier for immediate family members of recent immigrants to enter the country. The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, intended to staunch the flow of ille gal immigrants, actually fueled the numbers of foreign-born Americans. In one fell swoop, it granted amnesty to about 400,000 previ ously illegal immigrants living in Texas since 1982. . “And right now, the most significant change in law that is affecting immigration is the Immigration Act of 1990, which basi cally made it much easier for the extended relatives of current residents to immigrate into the U.S.,” said state demographer Steve Murdock of Texas A&M University. “Not just children and spouses can enter more easily now, but fathers, mothers and other family members.” California was home to 7.7 million for eign-born residents in 1994 — more than a third of all immigrants to the United States and nearly a quarter of the state population. Texas ranked fourth as home to 8 percent of the nation’s immigrants. Nearly 1.2 million Texas residents were born in Mexico, and another 110,000 listed El Salvador as their place of birth. While census officials made no effort to question people about their legal status, they estimate 4 million of the 22.6 million foreign-born U.S. residents in March 1994 were here illegally. If that 17.7 percent is applied to the Texas number of foreign-born, that would mean 318,600 were illegal immigrants. Does ai “\ domino* for the intopk Swai bow hi kf don Correction: In a Page 1 Silver Taps brief in The | Battalion Monday, the name of Craig Douglas Sloan was misspelled. MAIL BOXES ETC. John & Diana Hill Owners Congratulations AAA MAIL BOX SPECIAL Rent 3 Months, Get 1 Month Free Street Address or P.O. Boxes available with 24 hr. secured access fsjew Members Fax Sending & Receiving Custom Packing Service Copies - 24-Hr Access Available Office & Shipping Supplies UPS and Fed Ex Outlet Etc., Etc., Etc. 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The Battalion Editorial Staff Rob CLARK, Editor in Chief Sterling Hayman, managing Editor Kyle Littlefield, Opinion Editor Gretchen Perrenot, City Editor JODY Holley, Night News Editor Stacy Stanton, night news Editor Michael Landauer, acgielife editor Nick Georgandis, Sports Editor Stew Milne, Photo Editor Staff Members None of these positions require experience. Applications due September 18th, 1995 to MSC 216. kt ch Please contact Sarah Wilson at 845-1515 for more information. Applications available from Nancy Adams, 216 MSC. People with disabilities, please call 845-1515 to inform us of any special needs. We would like to serve you to the best of our ability. City Desk - Assistant Editor: Wes Swift; Reporters: James Bernsen, Javier Martinez, Eliza beth Todd, Courtney Walker, Tara Wilkinson, Javier Hinojosa, Melissa Keerins, Kasie Byers & Michelle Lyons Acgielife Desk - Assistant Editor: Amy Collier; Feature Writers: Libe Goad, Jan Higgin botham, Amy Protas, Brad Russell & Amy Uptmor; Columnists: Rachel Barry & Elizabeth Garrett; Pace Designers: Helen Clancy & Robin Greathouse Sports Desk - Assistant Editor: Kristina Buffin; Sportswriters: Tom Day, Philip Leone, Lisa Nlanre & David Winder; Stringer: Robin Greathouse; Page Designers: Rachel Frady & Christopher Long Opinion Desk - Assistant Editor: Elizabeth Preston; Columnists: Pamela Benson, Erin Hill, Chris Stidvent & David Taylor; Contributing Columnists: H. L. Baxter, Brian A. 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