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I Earthquake shakes up nerves,
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□ Nearly ten years after
the disaster of 1985,
southern Mexico had
its foundations shaken
again by a quake of 7.2
magnitude Thursday.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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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