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Al names logos and mascots aaaooHtad Mth uonersllleo are the exdualw pioperty of the isspmi™ umvenatles Colleoe Foothal USA na™ and I COLLEGIATE LICENSED PRODUCT I Earthquake shakes up nerves, I reminds Mexicans of "85 qual I I I □ Nearly ten years after the disaster of 1985, southern Mexico had its foundations shaken again by a quake of 7.2 magnitude Thursday. i i i MEXICO CITY (AP) — A strong earthqualce destroyed scores of buildings in southern Mexico on Thursday and shook the nerves of a region prepar ing to commemorate the 10th anniversary of a disastrous 1985 quake. The government’s Notimex news agency said four people died when houses collapsed near the epicenter of the quake in a rural, coastal region about 70 miles east of Acapulco and 190 miles southeast of Mexico City. Officials said scores of adobe houses collapsed and many oth ers were damaged by the force of the quake, the largest in Mexico since the great 8.1 quake of Sept. 19, 1985. Tens of thousands of Mexico City residents, some shouting and others weeping with fear, fled into the streets of the capi tal when the ground began to roll with a sea-like motion at 8:04 a.m. (9:04 a.m. CDT). Earthquake centers in Mexico and the United States measured it at magnitude 7.2 to 7.3 and said it was centered in Guerrero state near the town of Coapa. An earthquake of a 7 magnitude is a major quake capable of wide spread heavy damage when cen tered in a heavily populated area. Nearly 50 houses, most of adobe, were destroyed and 80 others seriously damaged in the state of Oaxaca, according to of ficials there. “The people here are almost psychotic” about quakes, said Alma Rosa Lopez, 31, who lives a few yards from where hun dreds died in when a quake col lapsed the 15-story Nuevo Leon Building on Sept. 19, 1985. II UNITED STA Preliminary magnitude of 7.2 400 miles Acapulco 400 km The federal Interior reported that 25 peo] hospitalized Thursday for vous collapse. It said there no reported injuries or death: “There was a lot of panic pecially among adults Thursday, said Sofia Siegler architect. “They live with the age (of 1985.)” That quake, recorded ati killed at least 6,000 people destroyed or badly damaf thousands of buildings. Arena: Regents name center | RALLY Continued from Page 1 will aid recruiting efforts. “It’ll provide the missing link,” he said. “We have a hard time scheduling good teams because of the horror stories that go around about G. Rollie White.” The arena’s electronic equipment will allow a wider range of events, such as more sophisticated and tech nical concerts, that are not possible at the coliseum. Kim Greebon, chair of the Muster Committee, said changes will be made this year to help ease the transi tion of the Muster ceremony into the new building. “It’s going to have some amazing effects on how our committee works and is run,” Greebon said. Only 8,000 people are ad mitted into G. Rollie White Coliseum Jqrjf jyiuster, so Greebon said shd^is pleased diat more people will be able ;o attend the ceremony in the future. “We’re looking forward to that tremendously,” she said. “It’s always sad to see people who want to get in be sent away.” The name for the special events center was chosen by the Texas A&M System Board of Regents to honor Dr. Chester J. Reed, a Hous ton veterinarian, and his wife, Billie Jean. Most of the funding for the Reed Arena came from the sale of 265 acres of land near Houston that the Reeds contributed in 1986. The Reeds have funded A&M scholarships and an endowed faculty chair in the College of Veterinary Medicine. They also provided fund ing for construction of the Reed House, the chancel lor’s residence. - leash of rain, the groandnreaking ceremony will be relocated to Rudder Theater. Continued from Page 1 Hispanic Heritage Month. Ortiz si the festivities have grown each with the number of Hispanic studec; attending A&M, especially studetl from the Rio Grande Valley. “In central Texas, a lot of peopS aren’t familiar with the Hispanic a ture,” she said. “Now, A&M has mo; Hispanic students coming here, cially a lot from the Valley. Those er. dents thought it would be good to celf brate their culture and heritage.” Mike Gayton, president of the Sot ety of Mexican-American Engineer and Scientists, said Hispanics haw played a vital role in making A&i more representative of the “real world “We’ve helped A&M become moredi verse,” Gayton said. “We’ve helpedit look more like Texas and the nation.’ The activities scheduled for the month include a screening of the film Mi Familia Sept. 22; a lecture on His panic folk medicine by Dr. Eliseo Tor res, a professor from Texas A&M Kingsville on Sept. 27; Caliente ’95,a carnival with food, games and miB, on Oct. 7; and a panel discussion on the role of Hispanics at Texas A&M. 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