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Can we talk a while?© Page 2 • The Battalion Thursday • February22,1) 845-2700 f Corps of Cadets hosts members of 1( military institutions, ROTC program l @ Call the Helpjftne at 845-2700 Parents Night Out A free babysitting program for all Texas A&M Faculty, Staff, and Students provided by the members of Alpha Phi Omega will be To find out about us, come to one of our informational meetings: Friday, February 23, 1996 6:30 - 10:00p.m. Pavilion Questions? call the APO office at 862-2525 E-i r-J t-i r* 3 t-i c-i WORK ABROAD \a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY of CAIRO NTERNSHIPS SlNFO meetings: s Z FEBRUARY 20 AT HAM Z <BIZZELL MALI. WE1T ,BM ii8) FEBRUARY 21 AT 2PM <BIZZELL HALL WEST,RM 154) FEBRUARY 27 AT 11AM <BIZZELL HALL WEST ,RM IS8) I nlernakt pa nl ike Americai UaiYeratlj of ( « iro provide ymtIouj em ploy men I opporI un i I i ea Ic graJualea of Texaa A&M. FEBRUARY 27 AT 7PM Inlernaklpa cover nn academic year and a (cn mon ik alipend la allolled lo eack participanl. /are uniw>rrally kouaing ia provided and free couraea offered. For more information, attend of ike ackeduled meetinga, come ky or call ike Study Akroad Programa Office. study abroad programs 161 blzzoll hall w«st 845-0544 S s g § § 1 g r*l Ll3 cJ r*l Ls cJ In r*l In r*l 11 A World of Endless Possibilities. At EpSOH, we know that it takes more than one compo nent to create results. That’s why our diverse selection of computers, printers and scanners delivers a kaleidoscope of options for self expression. And since today’s world thinks in color as well as black and white, Epson delivers speed, power and performance. Time after time. Image after image. With Ingenuity like this, it’s clear this is the place to get the big picture. 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By johanna Henry The Battalion More than 60 cadets and five officers from 16 military institu tions and ROTC programs will be visiting Texas A&M and stay ing with members of the Corps of Cadets for the 13th annual Military Weekend Review this weekend. Military Weekend centers on three roundtable discussions in which visiting cadets and Corps members discuss honor codes, dis cipline and student leadership. Erica Bobick, Military Week end Committee chair and a se nior Spanish major, said the dis cussions benefit cadets in their military careers both at college and after graduation. “It is a sharing of ideas,” Bo bick said. “Last year, we dis cussed how to set up an honor program, and this year we will discuss ways of enforcing it.” Mark Mulkey, a senior indus trial distribution major, said last year’s discussions were attended by so many Corps members that cadets had to be turned away. Maj. David Sahm, Class of ’82, said A&M has the largest program of this kind. “Other schools have adopted a similar format to ours for their program,” Sahm said. Bobick said other schools come to A&M hoping to get program ideas to take back with them. Friday night, cadets and their dates will have a chance to so cialize in a more relaxed setting at Combat Bash. Cadets dress up their dates in fatigues for this dance, which is the oldest Mili tary Weekend event. “It has been around for proba bly 50 years,” she said. “In the ‘50s, it was a sock hop on the Quad. We just decided to incorpo rate it into Military Weekend.” Saturday at 1:30 p.m., a Texas State Historical Marker honoring the Corps will be unveiled. The entire Corps will then march in review on Simpson Drill F'ield, and the Fish Drill Team will perform. Saturday night, Vice Adm. David Robinson, commander of Naval Surface Force Pacific within the U.S. Pacific Fleet " , " in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, will ad dress Corps members and visiting cadets at a banquet and formal military ball. Bobick said visiting cadets will be given a chance to relax and meet students from the University. “We want to show them some Texas culture and give them time to get out of uniform and relax,” Bobick said. Sahm said he has seen® crease in the past few ye® the number of women attei Military Weekend. “It used to be all men came,” he said, “ butnowcfe one-third of all those that are women. "In the '50s, it was a sod hop on the quad." — Erica Ut Military Weekend Committed^ Thi Thai Febru Mulkey said total confer?: attendance has risen since! year when 35 cadets andfii officers came. Military Weekend htj years ago as the Student Coif ence on National Affairs,! when A&M started accept; civilian students, the Corps cided to split from SCONAi establish a separate event. Hutchison backs Dole, Bush stays neutra □ Texas will send 123 delegates to the Republican National Convention. AUSTIN (AP) — With the Texas primary looming as a major prize for Republican presidential hopefuls, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison backed Bob Dole on Wednesday. A second top Republican, Gov. George W. Bush, emphasized he’s still not taking sides. The move by Hutchison was designed to help pump some momentum into Dole’s cam paign after his loss in the New Hampshire primary to commentator Pat Buchanan. “There’s only one candidate in this race that has the ability to keep the promises that we made and that is the candidate I am en dorsing today: Sen. Bob Dole,” Hutchison said. “In addition to being the right person to lead America, Bob Dole has been there for Texas,” Hutchison said. She said Dole had supported legislation beneficial to the state and was backing the North American Free Trade Agreement. Texas will send 123 delegates to the Re publican National Convention, the second- largest total of any state. Most of the presidential campaigns had assumed those delegates would go to favorite son Sen. Phil Gramm, but the Texan’s with drawal from the race last week has made the March 12 primary a major prize. Texas Republican Party Chairman Tom Pauken said he sees no clear favorite in the state right now. "My pro-NAFTA position is very strong. So I'll look for ward to hearing what (Buchanan) has to say." Gov. George W. Bush “I think it’s a good debate that’s going on within the party and it really livens up the Texas primary,” he said. Pauken also said the New Hampshire re sults are a big boost for Buchanan in Texas. “It’s going to be much more competitive than people, including myself, had anticipat ed. He’s now shown he'can win a prim state,” Pauken said. Both Hutchison and Bush had endou Sen. Phil Gramm, who quit after doing pi ly in the Ixiuisiana and Iowa caucuses, While declining to throw his supports new candidate, Bush said he expects Tei will see some big-time campaigning. “The second-largest state in United States deserves a lot of tention. ... I want the candidate come to Texas, to debate on To soil,” Bush said. “It’s one thing to go uptolm and New Hampshire, wte there’s a lot of snow on the groin But you come down here where! hot and debate Texas issues Texas soil. I can’t wait to hear I'm holding my fire until I sect whites of their eyes.” Becky C By Rai The B L Bush sharply disagrees with Buchanan?: trade, as the governor is a strong support of the North American Free Trade Agr? ment and close ties with neighboring Mesi: “My pro-NAFTA position is very strong! I’ll look forward to hearing what he ( nan) has to say when he comes to Texaee” | Salt Lake City School Board bans all nonacademic clubs rather than recognize gay student organization □ The Utah Legislature is now considering two bills addressing homosexual clubs. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Chess Club — gone. The Ski Club — no more. The same with Students Against Drunk Driving and Bible clubs. Rather than let gay high school students form an organization, the city Board of Education voted to ban all nonacademic clubs. “Everyone suffers because of the gays,” complained Brett Shields, a 16-year-old at East High School and a member of the Beef Club, a social club that met last week to eat steaks and attend a “monster truck” rally. The 4-3 vote by the Salt Lake City School Board late Tuesday was the latest in a bitter statewide debate over a move by students .to form a gay-straight student alliance at East High. School board members said federal law and a U.S. Supreme Court ruling gave them only two options: allow all extracurricular clubs or elimi- members of the Legislature are Mormon, as are more than 70 percent of their constituents. The church condemns homosexu al acts and any sexual relation ship outside marriage. Some 30 service, ethnic or sports clubs at East will be affect ed by the board’s action beginning nate them all. The issue has reverber ated from the classroom to the Capitol as Utah’s conser- "As far as the activity, as far as the lifestyle, I'd like it not to be promoted." — Mike Leavitt governor o f Utah vative Republican-dominated Legislature scrambles for a way to ban gay clubs without closing down such student enterprises as the Beef Club and without being accused of discriminating against homosexuals. Roughly 85 percent of the 104 with the 1996-97 school year. The ban will also apply to the district’s two other high schools. Board president Mary Jo Ras mussen, who opposed the ban, said it remained unclear whether the high schools’ varsity teams would be eliminated, too. Doug Bates, attorney fortli state Office of Education, the new policy will cancel an) club not directly tied to a room. During the hearing, Bate sought to assure opponents the gay club that no studei! could “use the schools as a pi® to organize orgies.” 'The legislature is consider!! two bills addressing gay club One would require parental cd sent for participation in clubs th meet on school grounds; the otto would prevent school employ® and volunteers from support!! illegal conduct, such as sodomy. Gov. Mike Leavitt has not? ficially endorsed the legislate but has decried the formationi gay clubs in schools on person religious grounds. “As far as the activity, as If as the lifestyle, I’d like it not 1 be promoted,” he said. THROW YOUR HAT IN THE RING! ELECTION FILING FOR STUDENT BODY POSITIONS FEB. 26 - MAR. 1 KOLDUS BLDG. 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