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\ ThlnderCkoudSijbs H i$e ays ALL SUBS ARE HALF PRICE EVERY TUESDAY Now through the end of February Albertson’s Center Randall’s Center 2205 Longmire 693-6494 607 E. University 691-2276 E nglish Qecond language as aO L. Conversational English Classes For student, staff, family Beginning, inter mediate, advanced Individual and small group lessons For information call or visit 1:00 to 5:00 Monday-Friday 707 Texas Ave. Suite 303 Bldg. C (Across from Bonfire behind A R Photography) 696-6583 FREE ONE WEEK TRIAL! j SPRING RUSH 1996 Fraternity Life Seminar January 17,1996 - 7:00 PM Rudder Auditorium Meet the Fraternities Rudder Fountain January 18,1996 illiu Bid House Systems Building January 26,1996 i lllli CHOICE • VALUE • FLEXIBILITY • CONVENIENCE • FUN • GOOD NUTRITION SPRING 1996 MEAL PLAN OPTIONS for Students, Faculty and Staff. CHOICE • VALUE • FLEXIBILITY • CONVENIENCE • FUN • GOOD NUTRITION It’s Not Too Late to Sign-Up For A Meal Plan! The Department of Food Services offers a variety of meal plans to meet your dining needs. From 20 meals a week to 5 Lunches; you choose the plan that meets your schedule and lifestyle. Members of the Corps of Cadets are required to choose either the 20 Meals or 15 Meals plans*. Meal plan par ticipants may dine at Commons or Sbisa Dining Centers. Visit the meal plan office in the Pavilion 116A to sign up for a meal plan today, or call 845-0152 for more information. Plan Description Cost 20 Meals* Breakfast, lunch and dinner Monday- Saturday; breakfast and lunch on Sunday. The best value at only $3.24 per meal for all you care to ear! *964.50 Flex 20 Breakfast, lunch and dinner Monday-Saturday; breakfast and lunch on Sunday. You may enter the dining center more than once per meal peri od up to four times a day. ‘1048.94 15 Meals* Breakfast, lunch and dinner Monday - Friday ‘906.03 Any 15 Select any 15 of the 20 meals offered per week. ‘937.45 Any 10 Select any 10 of the 20 meals offered per week. ‘766.41 Any 7 Select any 7 of the 20 meals offered per week. ‘562.90 Any 5 Select any 5 of the 20 meals offered per week. ‘431.92 5 Lunches Have lunch Monday - Friday. ‘407.04 All plans are priced per semester and include tax. Prices and tax rates are subject to change without notice. Page 2 • The Battalion City & Nation Tuesday • January 16,1996 news BRIEFS Student killed in plane crash in California Brian Nippert, a 23-year-old Texas A&M student from Hurst, died in a plane crash in Northern Califor nia Jan. 12. Nippert died when the Cessna 150 aircraft he was in crashed near Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, Calif. A San Francisco Chronicle article reported that the plane, scheduled to land in Sacramento, was forced to attempt a landing elsewhere be cause of dense fog. Information about funeral ser vices is pending. Professor receives award for research Katherine A. Dettwyler, a Texas A&M associate professor of anthro pology, received the Margaret Mead Award in early January for Her book, "Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa." The book is a personal account of her 1989 Fulbright research in Mali. The Mead award is the highest award given by the Anthropologists Association and the Society for Ap plied Anthropologists to anthropolo gy publications. Reveille hospitalized after Dec. 28 seizure Texas A&M University's mascot, Reveille VI, was released Jan. 9 from hospitalization after suffering a seizure at the Alamo Bowl on Dec. 28. Dr. Claudia Barton, Reveille's vet erinarian, said the 2-year-old collie apparently became stressed by the excitement following A&M's victory over the University of Michigan. Test results may indicate epilep sy, Barton said, but a diagnosis has not yet been made. Many dogs suf fer from epilepsy, but the disease is usually treatable. No plans have been made to re tire or to replace Reveille. Camping ban takes effect in Austin AUSTIN (AP) — A camping ban on public grounds, considered by the city's homeless to be an offensive at tack, has gone into effect in Austin. On Monday, the Austin Police Department began distributing fliers that explain the new ordinance and its consequences. Police are giving campers a 10-day grace period be fore the ban is enforced in earnest on Jan. 25. Camping is defined as using a public area for living accommoda tions and includes sleeping — or making preparations to sleep, such as laying down bedding — storing personal belongings, making a fire, cooking, digging and using tents or vehicles for sleeping. Considered off limits for campers are streets, highways, parks, parking lots, alleys, sidewalks and the com mon areas of schools, hospitals apartments, offices and shops. Photo courtesy of Janet |obe GIG 'EM FROSTY Justin Jobe, a junior management major, stands with the gig 'em snowman and Texas A&M logo he made out of the recent snowfall in Oklahoma City. Bevo Bum spices up grub □ Merchants in Bryan-College Station and Beaumont are selling an Aggie inspired seasoning. By Johanna Henry The Battalion A recently marketed food seasoning named for a legendary Aggie prank is spicing up food and raising money for college scholarships. “Bevo Burn,” a seasoning for meat, vegetables, salads, french fries, potatoes or popcorn, was de veloped by the Texas Coffee Company as a fund raiser for the 350-member Beaumont A&M Club. The story of how the University of Texas mas cot received his name is recounted on the Bevo Burn label. In 1917, five Aggies branded the steer with “13- 0,” the score from a football game in which A&M beat the University of Texas. “Aggies claim the brand was altered to spell BEVO, which was the name of a non-alcoholic beer popular among (University of Texas) stu dents,” the label says. The secret mixture of black and red pepper, garlic, paprika, salt and other spices, which is being marketed nationally, can be purchased in College Station at Starship Hallmark in Culpep per Plaza or in Bryan at Starship Hallmark in Manor East Mall. Karen Rice, assistant manager of Starship Hallmark in Culpepper Plaza, said Bevo Bum has been popular with customers. “We’ve only had it in the store a couple of months, and it is selling faster than our other Texas spices,” Rice said. More than 600 bottles of the spice were sold in Beaumont during the first three weeks it was available. Karen Kiesling, a former A&M student and member of the Bevo Burn marketing committee, said Bevo Burn was a popular holiday gift pur chase this year. “The stores ran out this Christmas,” she said. “They couldn’t keep it on the shelves.” Prewitt, a Texas Coffee Company officer and Class of ’83 animal science major, said Bevo Bum has a spicy Cajun flavor. “It has the flavor of the deep South,” he said. “It really gives food a lot of flavor.” Prewitt created the spice in his kitchen after talking the idea over with Arthur Berry, Beau mont A&M Club board member and Texas Coffee Company sales manager. Bevo Burn became popular when Beaumont A&M Club members used it to flavor brisket at the 1995 Parents’ Weekend Bevo Burn Barbecue contest held on the A&M campus. They won a first place prize for their recipe. Prewitt said all profit from Bevo Burn sales will be used to fund the Beaumont A&M Club’s en dowed scholarship program that provides money to four A&M students each year. “We did not create this to make money (for our selves),” he said. “It is to help the students.” GOP leaders woo conservative Democrats □ The Republicans are not expected to gain the votes needed to override a Clinton veto of the budget-balancing package. WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of laboring in the background, conservative and moderate Democrats are taking center stage in the budget fight. But Republicans face long odds in getting Democrats to line up with them against President Clinton. With budget talks between Clinton and Re publicans stalemated, frustrated GOP leaders say they will now try to romance right-of-cen- ter Democrats. Lining up significant numbers of Democratic votes for the Republican plan for eliminating deficits by 2002 could pressure Clinton to make concessions and produce a compromise, the argument goes. As election-year politics envelops the al ready highly partisan budget battle, it’s a scenario that even many Republicans are openly doubting. They say that lawmakers such as the so-called Blue Dogs — conserva tive House Democrats who have already be gun striking budget bargains with the GOP — will ultimately remain loyal to their par ty’s president. No one expects Republicans to attract enough Democrats to gain the two-thirds House and Senate majorities they would need to override a Clinton veto of the GOP budget-balancing package. Pulling conservative and moderate De mocrats onto the OOP’s balanced-budget bandwagon helps the very lawmakers whose congressional seats Republicans would love to capture, these Republicans say. That is because it would blunt the argument that the country needs a Republican Congress if the budget is ever to be balanced. To gain support from conservative Democ rats, Republicans would have to compromise with them over achieving savings from wel fare, domestic programs and tax cuts. This would be tantamount to Republicans bargain ing with themselves, GOP critics of this ap proach say, since Clinton’s signature would still be needed for anything to become law, contact lenses ONLY QUALITY NAME BRANDS (Bausch & Lomb, Ciba, Barnes-Hind-Hydrocurve) Disposable Contact Lenses Available $'7000 OR / TWO PAIR X JL V7 FOUR PAIR STANDARD CLEAR DAILY WEAR OR EXTENDED WEAR SOFT CONTACT LENSES. 00 FOR STANDARD TINTED iwoTair SOFT CONTACT LENSES. 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