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r2L ursday • September 21, 1995 Page 5 • The Battalion )uake shakes California The magnitude-5.5 rthquake was felt in to« [os Angeles, Riverside, n Bernadino and range counties. RIDGECREST, Calif. (AP) A powerful earthquake cen- Ishiprtleriid beneath this Southern 'lyconv-pilifornia desert town on igthmWi’dnesday rocked an area ftbm the Pacific Ocean to Neva da There were no immediate ■ports of injury or damage. B“The earth bucked. That’s what it felt, like,” said Scott Ffirwell, managing editor of thr Ridgecrest Daily Indepen- ■nt, “It shook for a good long Biile, maybe as long as 30 to 40 seconds.” T He said he was at a bowling rself DUS alley when the quake hit at 4:27 p.m., “and all the pins fell down.” The magnitude-5.5 quake was centered 10 miles north of Ridgecrest, said Jay Aller, a spokesman for California Insti tute of Technology in Pasade na. A magnitude-5.4 earth quake centered in the same area hit on Aug. 17. Wednesday’s quake was felt in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino and Orange coun ties, and as far away as Las Ve gas. Ridgecrest, population 28,000, is about 100 miles north of Los Angeles. Floyd Hickey, who lives in Tehachapi, about 65 miles southwest of Ridgecrest, said he was laying on the couch “and the couch just started moving and I thought the house was being ex orcised or something.” PUBLICANS tinued from Page 1 lolicy on soliciting funds and a efated concern about the accu racy of several statements in- ped in the letter in question.” he letter, written by former lege Republicans President ia Percival, was mailed out as t of a fund-raising campaign, letter gave examples of a “lib- agenda” at A&M and asked 1 money to help fight it. ^ercival was contacted by Dr. rolyn Adair, student activities ctor, who stated concerns that letter contained misinforma- h. A meeting was held between air, Faculty Senate Speaker Dr. Pierce Cantrel, Dr. Jan Win- niford, associate vice president for student affairs, and representa tives of the organization. Brown said the charges against College Republicans, which include violations of regu lations, are not the real issue, but rather the positions stated in the letter. “They would very much like to focus on content,” he said. “A lot of the things they’re com plaining about are the exam ples used. These examples are hypothetical.” Brown said some mistakes were made by College Republi cans in the letter, like falsely identifying a Faculty Senate com mittee and attributing a decision by the Liberal Arts Student Fossils of new dinosaur found NEW YORK (AP) — New found fossils reveal a beast that may be the biggest meat-eating dinosaur known, scientists re ported today. The dinosaur, which resem bled T. rex, was 41 to 43 feet long and weighed 6 to 8 tons when it roamed the plains in what is now Argentina looking for food to chomp with its huge serrated teeth, scientists said. It lived about 100 million years ago, which is about 30 mil lion years before T. rex appeared, said paleontologist Rodolfo Coria of the Carmen Funes Museum in Neuquen, Argentina. A bone-by-bone comparison with remains of the largest known specimen of T. rex sug gests that the newfound creature was slightly longer and maybe 3 tons heavier, Coria said. Council to the Faculty Senate. However, Brown said the con tents of the letter are still true. “We’ll stand by them,” he said. Brown said the policy in the A&M student organizations 1995-96 Policies and Procedures Manual that restricts what orga nizations can say in their fund raising letters is a violation of the Constitution. “The allegations that we vio lated the University funding pol icy may be true,” he said. “How ever, that policy is illegal in the first place.” Brown said College Republi cans will challenge the policy, which he said restricts all orga nizations that are not eligible for University funds, such as politi cal and religious groups. .ENATE jntimied from Page 1 S lloway said. “I think it’s important that the I mate understands everything about the cul- ■re classes.” The proposed multiculturalism requirement as brought under scrutiny when College Re- p|iblicans were charged with violating Universi- regulations by mailing former students a nd-raising letter that criticized the multicul- iralism proposal. I Reed and Miller’s motion was intended to in form the senators and their constituents of what the proposal entails. Silloway said this action should not be per ceived as an attack on the College Republicans’ fetter or their views on multiculturalism. “This shouldn’t be seen as us debating the con tent of the College Republicans’ letter,” she said. Toby Boenig, student body president, agreed with Silloway, saying the multiculturalism re quirement should not be confused with the charges levied against the College Republicans. “These are two totally separate issues,” Boenig said. “What the College Republicans did is an issue of violating the rules. This is an is sue of multiculturalism.” 14 people, 28 hands, 1 piano 2 shows! Friday and Saturday, Sept. 22 & 23,1995 Rudder Forum 9 p.m. Doors open at 8:30, so get there early. Tickets $3 Come check out OUR pianist! KKK wK FREE TOWING • WHEN WE DO REPAIR 693-6189 601 Harvey Rd. 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