«
BRAfcOSTRADER
•ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLE*.
Browse in our store for a
different shopping experience!
• M - F 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Sat 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Sundays by chance
210 West 26th St., Bryan (409) 775-2984
Visit Us Now
In Downtown Bryan &
Visit Us in the Fall at the
TX Renaissance Festival
\ 216 N. Bryan
f Downtown Brya
* 779-8208
Motor
Vehicle
Injuries
♦ JELartLi Art
jRAINSTICKS A KALEIDOSCOPIC i
WIND CHIMES f ETHNIC JEWICLRY 6
|T INDONESIAN WOOD CARVINGS
BEAUTIFUL JEWFI RV *, GIFT S FROM AROUND THE WORI
The Battalion
CLASSIFIED
ADVERTISING
• Easy
Affordable
• Effective
For.More Information, call
845-0569
Whiplash and low
back programs to
minimize the pain
and restore
function of the
neck and back.
2011 A Villa Maria
Bryan, Texas 77802
(409) 776-2225
CarePlus^trt
Roc, The Good Doc
PHARMACY
693-2957
MEDICAL CENTER
696-0683
"CLASSIC CASE OF ORIENTATION DIS ORIENTATION"
CarePlus Medical Center can take the confusion out of
orientation for new Aggies. Our services include routine
checkups and physicals, minor emergency care,
immunizations, female exams, sports injuries, and colds and
flu treatment. We even have an on-site pharmacy for one-
stop medical care. Come to CarePlus Medical Center for all
your medical needs. We'll orient you to quality care, plus
value and convenience.
A&M Students receive
a 10 % discount.
2411-B Texas Ave. S. & Southwest Parkway
Open all week in College Station
CarePlus
MSC OPAS PRESENTS
Opera & Performing A rts Society
Saturday, September 23 at 8:00 p.m.
Rudder Auditorium
Tickets are on sale at the MSC Box Office-TAMU,
or charge by phone at 845-1234.
The MSC Box Office accepts Aggie Bucks' M
New extended Box Office hours include Sat. 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Visit our Home Page at http://wwwmsc.tamu.edu/msc/opas/opas.html
Our E-Mail address is opas@tamu.edu
iv
Persons with disabilities please call 845-8903 to inform us of your
special needs. We request notification three (3) working days prior to
the event to enable us to assist you to the best of our ability.
Page 2 • The Battalion
Monday • September 18,1
Briefs Greenbacks get new look
New utilities carrier
expected to reduce costs
The College Station City Council
chose Texas Utilities Electric Corpo
ration to provide city residents with
electricity for four years, effective
January 1 996.
The contract, finalized during the
council's Sept. 14 meeting, will save
an estimated $32 million, or an 8
percent drop in College Station elec
tric bills.
□ The redesign of
American currency is
aimed at foiling
counterfeiters.
Garner named assistant
director of food services
Cheryl Garner, assistant director of
food services at the University of San
Diego, was named Texas A&M's new
associate director of food services.
Garner has worked as an area super
visor for Pizza Hut, Inc. and Durthers In
ternational Inc., a fast-food company.
She also worked at the University of
California-Los Angeles, where she su
pervised eight campus food locations.
WASHINGTON (AP) —
American currency is about to
get a face lift, a high-tech over
haul to thwart counterfeiters
that will have holders of green
backs seeing double.
Two portraits of an Ameri
can historical figure will be on
each bill, but you’ll have to
hold the bill up to the light to
see one of them.
It will be the first distinct
new look for U.S. paper money
in 66 years.
The changeover will begin ear
ly next year with the $100 bill, a
favorite of forgers. Existing bills
will remain in circulation.
“We have an interest in pro
tecting the integrity of our cur
rency,” said Treasury Under
Secretary John Hawke Jr. “As
technology develops the poten
tial for more sophisticated coun
terfeiting, it gives us increasing
cause for concern.”
The most visible change will
be to shift portraits off center.
An enlarged portrait of Ben
jamin Franklin will be moved to
the left on the $100 bill, making
room for a new watermark en
graving. The watermark por
trait, visible when the bill is
held up to the light, is one of
several new security features.
Officials said the watermark
is extremely difficult to duplicate.
Eventually, there will be
similar redesigns for the por
traits on nearly all smaller de
nominations —- Ulysses S.
Grant on the $50 bill,
Jackson on the $20, Alex
Hamilton on the $10,,
Lincoln on the S5, andGe;]
Washington on the $1.
The exception could!
$2 bill, which bears thelika
of Thomas Jefferson. Noilsj
sion has been made on whetl
to alter the largely commem
tive hill.
Treasurer Mary Ellen\iij
row has said borders onif
new bills will be simplifil
with geometric designs!
placed by an assortment!
lines and dots that are in
ed to foil counterfeiters.
Also, color-shifting ink(
he used so that the green!
will take on a different^
when viewed from an
And government printersn
use computer-designed patt
that are made to turnwj
when copied improperly.
ieptei
A&M celebrates first
train emergency course
Gop rivals echo Buchanan themej
Dr. Barry B. Thompson, Texas
A&M chancellor, and Mary Nan West,
chairman of the Texas A&M Board of
Regents, will be among several digni
taries on-hand today to introduce the
first Passenger Train Emergency Re
sponse course.
The ceremony will begin at noon at
the Brayton Firemen Training Field in
College Station.
The course, a cooperative effort be
tween A&M and the rail industry, will
train emergency personnel from
around the nation to handle crisis situ
ations such as train wrecks.
□ Dole, Wilson, and Lugar have
taken ideas right out of the
presidential contender's speeches.
Miss America viewers
vote to keep swimsuits
The
ATFANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP)
swimsuits won.
Nearly 1 million people registered
their opinions during Saturday night's
Miss America pageant — 79 percent
were in favor of keeping the swimsuit
competition, 21 percent against.
After the votes were announced,
the 10 finalists marched down the run
way in modest red suits and bare feet.
Miss Oklahoma Shawntel Smith went
on to become the new Miss America.
If the viewers had voted "no," an
other production number would have
been substituted. Pageant officials de
clined to say what that was.
Pageant contestants competing in
swimsuits have created an ocean of
controversy almost since the first
bathing beauties paraded in 1921.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pat Buchanan thought
he heard an echo when GOP presidential rival Bob
Dole endorsed English as the nation’s official lan
guage and attacked proposed standards for teach
ing history.
“Right out of our speeches,” said Buchanan.
It was deja vu when Dole criticized “liberal aca
demic elites” for taking umbrage at President Tru
man’s use of the atom bomb.
Likewise when California Gov. Pete Wilson
came down on affirmative action and immigration,
and when Sen. Dick Lugar of Indiana promoted a
national sales tax.
“Been there, done that” could be Buchanan’s
campaign theme. While the conservative commen
tator is considered a long shot to capture the Re
publican presidential nomination, ideas he has
long espoused are making their way into the cam
paign speeches of his GOP rivals.
“In one sense, you’re a little exasperated be
cause it’s copyright violation,” Buchanan said in
an interview. “But it is heartening because what it
means is we’re winning the battle for the!
and soul of the Republican Party.”
Buchanan contends his agenda is helpings!
the 1996 campaign, just as he pushed PresiJ
Bush to the right in 1992, when his run fori
GOP nomination helped legitimize attackson|
president from within the party.
Now in his second run for the nominaii
Buchanan has remained a solid contender!
the pack of candidates vying to catch up«
front-runner Dole. He has stayed competitivejpilp
Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas, his rival for them
vative mantle, even though Gramm’s treasw
six times his own.
Nonetheless, Buchanan skeptics abound id !
publican circles.
Many say he is too extreme, taking issuer!;'
beyond what other candidates advocate. For®
pie, Buchanan has proposed erecting a fence||
the U.S.-Mexico border and halting all imB
tion for five years.
“He manages to rile even his allies,” saiti^
servative leader Paul Weyrich.
Still, Buchanan is credited with consistent
a time when Dole, the Senate majority leade:
trying to live down his reputation as a
compromiser and Wilson is having to explain:
ken promises and policy reversals.
Health Tips
Endeavour astronauts
work on clogged sewer
Beutel’s Health Education Center is lookin
for students to speak out about contraceptioi
CAPE CANAVERAF, Fla. (AP) — A
clogged shuttle sewer had Endeavour's
astronauts "working like dogs" Sunday
as their trouble-filled mission drew to a
smelly close.
Instead of relaxing and taking their
time packing for Monday's trip home,
the astronauts found themselves drain
ing urine and other waste water from a
storage tank into a smaller emergency
container.
"The phrase 'working like dogs' has
taken on an entirely new meaning for
us," space shuttle commander David
Walker said.
Fong before their flight began 1 1
days ago, Endeavour's five astronauts
nicknamed themselves the Dog Crew
in order to relieve the tension and
have some fun.
It's a good thing; They had to con
tend with numerous equipment prob
lems in orbit, most notably a pair of
balky science satellites.
By Erin Foley
AT. Beutel Health Center
Want to talk about sex?
Well, this is your chance. The
Health Education Center at
the A.P. Beutel Health Center
has launched a campaign to get
contraceptive information to
students.
We are looking for energetic
people who are interested in
educating their peers about
contraception and abstinence.
Currently, students are re
quired to attend a Methods of
Contraception, MOC, class be
fore obtaining a prescription
for oral contraception. Those
classes are offered at the
health center on Tuesdays at 4
p.m., Wednesdays at 2 p.m.
and Thursdays at 10 a.m. Stu
dents can call 845-6111 to sign
up for classes.
Our new goal is to bring these
programs to more students. We
want to make these programs as
accessible as possible. We h^ve
changed the class to make it
more enjoyable and educate in an
effective manner. f
Rather than you coming to
the Health Center for the class,
we are going to bring it to you.
We will target different cam
pus organizations, residence
halls, sororities and private
housing complexes. We will
also work on projects such as
taking MOC programs into the
community to places where stu
dents gather.
The Health Education Cf
ter is looking for students
work on a planning commiti
for the MOC programs.!
students will learn how toed
cate others about contract
tion, evaluate target popul
tions and design programs
meet their needs and coord
nate programs.
Interested students canco
tact Erin Foley, assistac
health education coordinato
or Emily Pruitt, graduate assi
tant in health education
845-1341.
Our goal is to educate)
many students as poi
about their contraceptive
es. We want to make your exp)
rience at Texas A&M as!)
volved and healthy as possible
AGGIE RING ORDERS
THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS
CLAYTON W. WILLIAMS, JR. ALUMNI CENTER
DEADLINE: September 20, 1995
Undergraduate Student Requirements:
1. You must be a degree seeking student and have a total of 95 credit hours reflected on the
Texas A&M University Student Information Management System. (A passed course, which is
repeated and passed, cannot count as additional credit hours.)
2. 3Q credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M University if you
successfully completed one semester at Texas A&M University prior to January 1,1994.
60 credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M University if your first
semester at Texas A&M University was January 1994 or thereafter, or if you do not qualify
under the successful semester requirement. Should your degree be conferred with less than
60 resident credits, this requirement will be waived after your degree is posted on the Student
Information Management System.
3. You must have a JLQ cumulative GPR at Texas A&M University.
4. You must be in good standing with the University, including no registration or transcript
blocks for past due fees, loans, parking tickets, returned checks, etc.
Graduate Student Requirements
If you are a December 1995 degree candidate and you do not have an Aggie ring from a prior
degree, you mqy place an order for a ‘95 ring after you meet the following requirements:
1. Your degree is conferred and posted on the Texas A&M University Student Information
Management System; and
2. You are in good standing with the University, including no registration or transcript
blocks for past due fees, loans, parking tickets, returned checks, etc.
If you have completed all of your degree requirements and can obtain a "Letter of Completion"
from the Office of Graduate Studies, the original letter of completion may be presented to the Ring
Office in lieu of your degree being posted.
Procedure to Order A Ring:
If you meet all of the above requirements, you must visit the Ring Office no later than
Wednesday, September 20,1995, to complete the application for eligibility verification.
If your application is approved and you wish to receive your ring on November 15, 1995,
you must return and pay in full by cash, check, money order, or your personal Visa or
Mastercard (with your name imprinted) no later than September 22,1995.
Men’s 10K-$310.00
14K - $423.00
Women’s 10K - $174.00
14K - $203.00
Add $8.00 for Class of ‘94 or before.
The ring delivery date is November 15, 1995.
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 Edito
Michael Landauer, Agcielife Ennw
Nick Georgandis, Sports Editor
Stew Milne, photo Editor
Staff Members
City Desk - Assistant Editor: Wes Swift; Reporters: lames Bernsen, Javier Martinez, Elizabel)
Todd, Courtney Walker, Tara Wilkinson, Melissa Keerins, Kasie Byers, Michelle Lfofe
Lori Young & Leslie New.
AcciELirE Desk - Assistant Editor: Amy Collier; Feature Writfrs: (an Higgenboth.im, Ann
Protas, Brad Russell & Amy Uptmor; Columnists: Rachel Barry & Elizabeth Garrelt
Sports Desk - Assistant Editor: Kristina Buffin; Sportswriters: Tom Day, Philip Leone, Lisa Nance &
David Winder & Robin Greathouse
Opinion Desk - Assistant Editor: Elizabeth Preston; Columnists: Pamela Benson, Erin
Chris Stidvent & David Taylor, H. L. Baxter, Brian A. Beckham, Jason Brown, Erin
Fitzgerald, Juan Hernandez, Adam Hill, Alex Miller, Jim Pawlikowski & Lydia Per-
cival; Editorial Writers: Jason Brown & Jason Winkle; Editorial Cartoonists:
Graeber & Gerardo Quezada
Photo Desk - Assistant Editor: Tim Moog; Photographers: Amy Browning, Robyn Calloway.
Louis Craig, Nick Rodnicki, Eddy Wylie & Evan Zimmerman
Pace Designers - News: Missy Davilla, Michele Chancellor, Kristin DeLuca, Zach Estes & Tiffany
Moore; Sports: Christopher Long; Aggillifl: Helen Clancy & Robin Greathouse
Copy Editors - Jennifer Campbell & Janet Johnson
Graphic Artists - Toon Boonyavanich & James Vineyard
Strip Cartoonists - Quatro Oakley, Valerie Myers, Brandon Onslott, Ed G„ John Lemon & DaveD
Office Staff - Office Manager: Julie Thomas; Clerks: KasieByers, Valerie Myers, AbhieAd'
daway & Heather Harris
News: The Battalion news department is managed hy students at Texas A&M University in the
Division of Student Publications, a unit of the Department of Journalism.
News offices are in 013 Reed McDonald Building.
Newsroom phone: 845-3313; Fax: 845-2647 E-mail: Batt@tamvm1.tamu.edu
The. Battalion Online: The Battalion offers photos, stories and the clay's headlines on the
worldwide web. Web Site: htlp://1 28.194.30.84
Advertising: Publication of advertising does not imply sponsorship or endorsement by The Bat
talion. For campus, local and national clis|)lay advertising, call 845-2696. Forrlassi-
fied advertising, call 845-0569. Advertising offices are in 015 Reed McDonald and of
fice hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Tax: 845-2678.
Subscriptions: A part of the Student Services Eee entitles each Texas A&M student to pick up a sin]
copy of The Battalion. Mail subscriptions are $20 per semester, $40 per school year and $51'
per full year. To charge hy VISA, MasterCard, Discover or Amerk an Express, call 845-2511
The Battalion (UPS 045-360) is published daily, Monday through Triday during the fall and
spring semesters and Monday through Thursday during the summer sessions (except
on University holidays and exam periods), at Texas A&M University. Second class
postage paid at College Station, TX 77840.
Postmaster: Send address changes to The Battalion, 230 Reed McDonald Building, Texas A&M
University, College Station, TX 77843.
(