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r'*;r zsiw ssaw. SRBBWWbiiwim. Jg| ittf* ssw ! mm lirtSE' Football October 28 vs. Houston 1 p.m. Volleyball October 25 vs. Houston 7 p.m. Soccer October 18 vs. Nebraska 4 p.m. Dillard’s has women’s game coupons! Soccer presents the: Pizza Hut “Kick on Goal Contest”! 7-8 p.m. Thursday on WTAW Radio The R.C. Slocum Call In Show Tickets for all sports: 845-2311 Page 6 • The Bat ialion Campus &c Briefs Monday • Octobe Hi, It? Steam line shut down to stop odor from manholes The Texas A&M Physical Plant has shutdown the steam line between main campus and West Campus to stop the steam and odor that is coming from manholes around campus. Ray Neff, Physical Plant interim manager of utilities, said ground water is getting the line wet. "The steam line is in the middle of some casing, and apparently the water is getting between the casing and the line," Neff said. "When the line is wet, it causes the temperature to go up, and that in turn causes the smell." Neff said Brown and Root, a con struction company, has completed work in one manhole and will start work on the other 16. Aggies help prevent delinquency A# ■ „ • gf i n , f iMi P □ A&M students provide tutoring services for children between the ages of 6 and 18 through the Beck Street program. By Lily Aguilar The Battalion Mor Octobc. ■ || ; Houston mayor likely shoo-in for third term CONTACT LENSES $ ONLY QUALITY NAME BRANDS (Bausch & Lomb, Ciba, Barnes-Hind-Hydrocurve) Disposable Contact Lenses Available 118 00 TOTAL COST.. .INCLUDES $ EYE EXAM. FREE ALCON OPTI-FREE CARE KIT, AND TWO PAIR OF STANDARD FLEXIBLE WEAR SOFT CONTACT LENSES. 149 00 TOTAL COST. .INCLUDES EYE EXAM, FREE ALCON OPTI-FREE CARE KIT, AND FOUR PAIR OF STANDARD FLEXIBLE WEAR SOFT CONTACT LENSES. SAME DAY DELIVERY ON MOST LENSES. Call 846-0377 for Appointment CHARLES C. SCHROEPPEL, O.D., PC. DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY 505 University Dr. East, Suite 101 College Station, TX 77840 4 Blocks East of Texas Ave. & University Dr. Intersection HOUSTON (AP) — Despite an FBI investigation into his administration and controversy surrounding his spending policies, political analysts say Houston Mayor Bob Lanier is a likely shoo-in for re-election next month. Lanier faces two less-than-formi- dable challengers — sign company owner David B. Wilson and former school trustee Elizabeth Spates — as he seeks a third and final term in the Nov. 7 election. Study finds nation's social health in decline NEW YORK (AP) — The social health of the United States declined in the first year of the Clinton administra tion, even as the economy improved, according to an index of government data on social problems. Researchers at Fordham University say their index reveals a startling trend over the past 20 years: The nation's quality of life has come unhinged from its economic growth. Fordham's Institute for Innovation in Social Policy at Tarrytown, N.Y. has issued an Index of Social Health for the past nine years, using data that go hack to 1970. The index tracks how well American society is doing in 16 areas, including infant mortality, drug abuse, unemployment, and the gap be tween rich and poof. In six categories, the index hit its lowest point ever in 1993: children in poverty, child abuse, health insurance coverage, average weekly earnings (adjusted for inflation) and out-of- pocket health costs for senior citizens. MSC Hospitality is reaching out to help underprivileged children in Bryan’s Beck Street community. Casey Reeves, campus and community executive for MSC Hospitality and a junior commu nity health major, said her orga nization began working with the Beck Street Delinquency IVeven- tion IVogram in September. The program, which targets underprivileged children in a section of Bryan where HUD housing and urban projects are located, gives children a place to socialize and study. MSC Hospitality members arc serving as role models for the children by coaching football and tutoring the children with their school work, Reeves said. “Beck Street is a new pro gram in itself, and we just started working with it this se mester,” she said. “1 was calling Steve Hagens, one of the pro gram directors, about service awareness when he told me about the program. “I wanted a new service pro gram. Steve told me what kind of help he needed, and 1 thought we’d be able to provide what he was looking for.” Hospitality members are try ing to raise funds for Beck Street through the MSC Coun cil. The money would go to im proving materials for the chil dren to work with at the club. The group is also trying to co-program with other MSC or ganizations, such as Committee for the Awareness of Mexican- American Culture, to provide role models from different eth nic backgrounds. “There are lots of cultures at Beck Street, and I think having Shane Elkins, The Bah Casey Reeves, campus and community executive for MSC Hew ty and a junior community health major, stands with Jacquelil Holkly, manager of Hancock Fabrics. The store donated I Beck Street to make cheerleader skids. people of different cultures to work with the kids would bene fit them,” Reeves said. Two MSC Hospitality mem bers are coaching the club’s foot ball team, and another member is working with the girls to form a cheerleading squad. Hancock Fabrics donated some fabric, and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of fered to make cheerleading skirts for the girls. "You should see the kids in teract with the football coach es,” Reeves said. “'They see the coaches as role models. It is very eye-opening. “The kids are hungry for at tention. When you go there, the kids come up and want to meet you because it is like, ‘Oh, a new person.'” Steve Hagens, Beck Street di rector, said the program is fund ed through a state grant from the department of criminal jus tice. Hagens was hired to move the program out into the commu nity in July, and he is building a foundation of volunteers and children in the Beck Street area., AH children between the ages of 6 and 18 are welcome to join the program. “Participation in the club is not mandatory,” Hagens said. “The children come in voluntar ily, but membership is not free. They have to earn their mem bership. either monetarily t hrough community service,' The tutoring program shown direct results, and Hag said ho hopes to see imprir merits in the community as youth begin to come to the dull “Kids join gangs because don’t have a sense of identitf f amily or respect,* he said* club can provide n family identity and teach them a of respect. These kids need? pie to listen, challenge andts them. They need people and respond well to the atten they re people ask me wl l hem I’m a trei telieve there is job is to see the t s ;ind bring it out ire the hardest to most.” " Shaeha, chair vitality and a set; jor, said he has* W K- ! ^ : “When do, 1 tell cause. My sure in kid kids that i need it the Danny MSC Hos biolotrv rm nity liketbisi service-oriect •om the Test ou an opportu perform more work away ft A&M campus. 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