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Page 4 • The Battalion Campus Friday • February 23,1 r Grass fire burns out of control, destroys dozens of homes □ At least 49 people were injured Thursday. Ninety buildings were destroyed or damaged. POOLVILLE, (AP) — Linda Dixon stood ankle deep in the ashes Thursday looking for bits and pieces of her life. She was not having much luck. “There’s nothing left. Noth ing,” she said, her face ruddy and covered with soot from dig ging in 90-degree heat. Dixon’s small wood-framed ranch home was one of 65 houses destroyed by raging grass fires that continued to spread Thurs day in Parker and Wise counties, fueled by gusty winds and grass so dry from drought that it crack led beneath one’s feet. In all, some 16,000 acres had burned Thursday afternoon, down from earlier estimates, when firefighters had about 70 percent of the flames contained. The grass fire near Poolville, 35 miles northwest of Fort Worth, injured at least 49 peo ple, said Joe Clement, a spokesman for the Texas De partment of Safety. Another 90 buildings and an equal number of vehicles were also destroyed or damaged, he said. Unseasonably hot, windy and tinder-dry weather has been feeding fires across Texas. Gov. George W. Bush asked for a fed eral disaster declaration for the entire state. Officials instituted a ban on outdoor burning across a fourth of the state. They also warned of automobiles sparking dry grass, motorists tossing cigarettes or matches, and arson. Bush, who flew over Parker County to assess the damage, made state workers, National Guard helicopters and heavy equipment available to fight the blaze. He also mobilized a newly created fire-fighting task force to battle grass fires. The Federal Emergency Man agement Agency gave Texas ac cess to federal manpower and equipment as well as the poten tial for financial aid, FEMA’s re gional division director for re- The Battalion Classified To place a classified ad: Phone: 845-0569 / Fax: 845-2678 Office: Room 015 (basement) Reed McDonald Building Business Hours 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Friday Insertion deadline: 1 p.m. prior business day ‘AGGIE’ Private Party Want Ads $10 for 20 words running 5 days, if your merchandise is priced $1,000 or less (price must appear in ad). This rate applies only to non-commercial advertisers offering personal possessions for sale. Guaranteed results or you get an additional 5 days at no charge. If item doesn’t sell, advertiser must call before 1 p.m. on the day the ad is scheduled to end to qualify for the 5 additional insertions at no charge. No refunds will be made if your ad is cancelled early. 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Any occasion 1-800-435-6065, 694-8981 Sound Power Professional DJ - Service Dances/Mix ers/Weddings. Experienced 696-9754 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Cruise Ships Now Hiring - Earn up to $2000 + month working on Cruise Ships or Land-tour companies. World travel. Seasonal & full-time employment avail able. No experience necessary. For more information call 1-206-634-0468 ext. C58552 ALASKA EMPLOYMENT - Fishing Industry. Earn up to $3,000-$6,000+ per month. Room & Board! Trans portation! Male/Female - No experience necessary! (206)971-3510 ext.A58552 NATIONAL PARKS HIRING - Positions are now avail able at National Parks, Forests & Wildlife Preserves. Excellent benefits + bonuses! Call: 1-206-971-3620 ext.N58553 Molecular Biologist Tech Service, Ft&D, QC/production positions (#133); full-time. Require BS/MS & 1-2 yrs. Mol. Research - RNA work a plus. Reply to Ambion, 2130 Woodward Suite 200, Austin, TX 78744. HOUSTON Summer Jobs! Miller Swim Academy is now hiring swimming instructors & swim team coaches for this summer! Free training is provided. Excellent pay. Thirty locations throughout Houston. Swim team or teaching experience needed. 1-713-777-7946. Make $500/day. For free information Rush S.A.S.E. Harper, Inc. 1101 S.W. Pkwy #706 C.S. 77840 Ferret cage $65. Neon signs Bud Dry $85, Killian’s Red $115. Paintball gun semi-auto with air can $75. Call 779-5924 Super single waterbed w/ heater, bookshelf, head- board, complete $30.00. Call 845-5547, 8-5:00 Mon.- Fri Bicycles, Bicycles All fully reconditioned 16-speeds, Schwinn ‘spirit” $50, another used Murray 10-speed $30, only 1 mountain bike $75, Shannon 846-8295 Video Arcade Game tron $400. Baseball cards 1981- 90, BMX Pro bicycle $120, Leather Sports Jacket $50, leather trench coat $50; 846-7920 Floor length formal red sequin dress. Short-sieeved, low front & back, spilt on left side Paid over $300. $100/obo size 12. Angie 846-2056 Model L 100T JBL speakers pd. $1,000, sacrifice for $500. Call JC Properties 775-5239 Cannondale Road Bike. 56cm 2.8 series, Sill Shimano 105 package (crankset, deraillers, hubs, brakes). $1400 new, asking $600 obo. Judd 847-5608 Boston speaker for safe. HD-7, good condition & very new. $130 Please call TAO 846-8286. Full Sz. bed $60, 2-desks $40 ea., dresser $50, 3-nice chairs $15 ea., 2-night stands $20 ea. First Best Offer on anything gets it! 693-4124, Billy. Moving sale, Sat. Feb. 24. Trek Mountain Bike 950, $700 new asking $400 obo, TV, VCR, CD-player, leather jacket, dresses & casual clothes, sizes 3-7 & more. Call Laura at 779-2524 for directions. Giant Iguana SE Mountain Bike '95 model with Shi mano STX components, front suspension (RST), great condition, fully tuned, new tires, $325.00 847-1276 Tate Women's Diamonback Mountain bike. 21 Speed. All Shimano components. Used less than 1 year. $120 nego. Call Jill 696-5418. SERVICES FOR RENT THE HORIZON Housing for students, faculty & visi tors to campus. 'Furnished rooms w/all bills paid 'Reasonable rates 'Free shuttle to and from Texas A&M 'Optional meals plans -Short term housing available -Various amenities Call 779-7091 Today! Planning on getting married soon? Where are you going to hold the reception? Have you ever considered the Faculty Club? Yes, it is possible. For more information, please call Chuck Murray at 862-2988. 2 bdrm/1 ba pool, patio-balcony, laundromat, water/sewer paid. $475/mo Monterrey Apts. 268-0840 2 Bdrm/1 ba apartment $365/mo. or try our dorm plan - own bdrm., furnished, all bills paid $245/mo. Casa Blanca Apartments 846-1413 2 bedroom apt. $250/deposit. $325 rent. Northgate area. Call 268-8299 Available now 1/1 efficiency, fenced patio, stackable W/D conn., built-ins, pool, shuttle, some bills paid. 846- 4409 Bryan 2/1 & 2/1 1/2 Duplexes, fenced yards, W/D conn., some bills paid. 846-4409 Available now. 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Word processing, proofreading: resumes, class papers, articles, publications. Professional results, reasonable rates. 694-2900. Sublease available - Meals included, female student. University Tower. Call (214)363-5253 Do you need a baby-sitter? Responsible, caring, expe rienced, affordable. 260-0028 1 and 2 Bdrm apartment available now. Free gas and cable. 822-0472 Mature woman - child care, light house work, your house, ironing drop-off at my house. 690-7182 No deposit 2/1 apt. 10 mins, to A&M. $415/mo. 776- 6173/862-1179 Laura Sublease 2-1 CS $390/mo. Feb./July. Shuttle. ASAP 693-6906(H), 862-2801(0) The Mary Kay ColorLogic Glamour System helps you make confidential makeupcolor choices. Call for a pri vate consultation. Melissa Ermis, Independent Mary Kay Beauty Consultant, 690-7462 Sublease 2 bdrm/1 1/2 ba. duplex apartment. $500/mo. Available ASAP, shuttle,deck. 691-8311 Summer Pre-leasing - C.S. duplexes, four-plexes, 2 bdrm,3 bdrm w/ W&D, $475-$675. 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Window System Operator Texas A&M Aggie Outreach Program Job Description - The Systems Operator is responsible of maintaining & supporting a 20 station network used by part-time student employees. This includes training the students, supporting the other pro gram managers & reporting all results to the appropri ate managers. The System Operator reports directly to the Program Manager. Please call for more info, at 845-0425 Part-time delivery & installation of tents, tables, & chairs. Must have clear driving record 20-25 hrs./wk. M-Sat., possible full-time in summer. Apply in person. Party Time rentals - 1901 Texas Ave., Bryan Part-time office & delivery individuals needed for Med ical Supply Co. Must be willing to learn w/ good com munication skills. Applications being accepted at 700 E. Univ. Suite 103, C.S. 846-3831 Part-time research technician positions available at local technology company. Candidates should have a BS, MS or Ph.D degree in chemistry, chemical engi neering, biochemistry or a related subject. Graduate students are encouraged to apply. Send resume or drop by Lynntech, Inc., 7610 Eastmark Dr. Suite 105, C.S., TX 77840 EOE. To fill by 3/8. $ Cruise Ships Hiring! Students Needed! $$$ + Free travel (Caribbean, Europe, Hawaii!) Seasonal/Perma nent, no experience necessary. Gde. (919)929-4398 ext. C1023 Alaska Student Jobs! Great $$$! Thousands of jobs available. Male/Female. Room/Board/Transportation often provided. Great adventure. Gde. (919)933-0188 ext. A1023 SPRING BREAK EMPLOYMENT - The Texas Trans- portation Institute is looking for students from the fol lowing cities to survey child safety seat use during Spring Break: Amarillo, Austin, Beaumont, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, Ft. Worth, Houston, Lubbock, San Antonio, Tyler, & Waco. $6/hr. + gas. Call 845-2736, 8am-5pm for interview. HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME. 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But no decision had been made on the request for an emergency disaster declaration, which would allow the federal government to pre-position fire fighting equipment and crews across the state in preparation for other blazes possible in the dry heat, said Dell Greer, divi sion director of FEMA’s regional office in Denton. “Our emphasis right now is on the immediate situation” in Poolville, he said. “I compare this to Vietnam,” said Dallas firefighter Mike Bar rett, who was among some 23C firefighters battling the blazf Thursday. “Those flames move through and it looks like Nepalm. The fire is going2(l miles per hour.” Firefighters used small tanker trucks called “brusk trucks” to maneuver through the stands of trees andtotryto douse the flames. “But those trucks can’t go everywhere,” Barrett said “You use a shovel. A hoe.A broom. Whatever.” Amarillo donations build Texas Tech School of Pharmacy, state’s fourth AMARILLO (AP) — Donors in Amarillo injected a large doseo! cash to build the Texas Tech School of Pharmacy. The city’s economic development group, hospital district and pri vate citizens combined to give $13 million toward a facility that wil open in August for 55 students. The state will pay operating costs. Construction of the pharmacy school — Texas’ fourth, the only one outside of Austin and Houston — comes 23 years after stats leaders first gave their approval. Legislatures since 1973 had never found money to build it. So 99 corporations and individuals in Amarillo started donating in 1993 to a cause they saw as elevation of the region’s prestige and capacity for education. “It was pretty much a home-grown effort from the folks in the Texas Panhandle who said we’d like to have that pharmacy school, said state Sen. Teel Bivins, R-Amarillo. “It’s a great deal for Texas because I just don’t know if the money was there for a new capital investment like that.” People who keep up with pharmaceutical trends say a new train ing site is long overdue. Dr. Arthur A. Nelson, dean of the new Tech pharmacy school said Texas currently has three: at the University of Texas, Universi ty of Houston and Texas Southern. Baylor University operated pharmacy school in Dallas until 1931. A 1993 report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board noted that the three schools graduate 360 baccalaureate-trained pharmacists each year. The Texas Employment Commission, mean while, predicts 705 annual pharmacist job openings in the state through the year 2000. “The shortage is a result of a lack of school out here” in West Texas, Nelson said. “Everybody has had to be imported. That’s difficult to do.” And sources said the demand for pharmacists will continue mount as Texas’ population increases and grows more elderly. Nelson said the school in Amarillo will focus on rural areas in its mission. Baylor Continued from Page 1 newspaper, Singletary's appear ance in the magazine went nearly unnoticed. “I don’t have a comment as to how that may have happened, but I want to emphasize the fact that it’s not only the posing, but it’s the entire philosophy of Play boy. It’s the entire anti monogamy, anti-women, anti family outlook they portray,” Sloan said. “I certainly want Baylor Uni versity and all of our faculty, staff and students to be as completely distant from everything that Playboy represents as we can possibly encourage.” Although the 1980 pictorial caused the biggest controversy, other Baylor students have posed Lecturer Continued from Page 1 Religious issues surfaced at the program when Grundy told students that they should not form the habit of looking for God and spirituality in church. An A&M student panel, who commented on campus events and attitudes, contributed com ments to Grundy’s speech. Octavia Evangelista, a panel member and junior political sci ence major, said the key to progress is educating with books and healthy discussion. Evangelista challenged stu dents to become more aware of what is happening in the world around them. Students, such as Quinton Haskins, a sophomore general since then. Two Baylor women posed for the 1988 Southwest Conference pictorial, but neither re-enrolled the following fall semester. In 1989, a male Baylor studffl! was disciplined for appearingin Playgirl. The student, whoap peared wearing a bikini-style swimsuit, said he did not know the magazine would mention him as a Baylor student. At the time, neither the stu dent nor university officials would release details of the sanc tions, but the student said they involved community service. Playboy Sports Editor Gary Cole said very few players decline Playboy’s invitation to the team. “There have been a few inci dents where a player will object, usually on religious grounds," Cole said. “We’ve had a few in stances where coaches have said T don’t believe in it, so I don’t want my players to come.’” studies major, were asked by Grundy to articulate why they came to Texas A&M. “I came here to learn to get along with a variety of people and to get an education,” Haskins said. The program closed with Grundy’s prediction that racism would end in the 21st Century. “Racism is breathing its last breath,” she said. Students continued discussing the issues Grundy presented al ter the program ended. Jemia Midget, a junior jour nalism major, said the program gave insight into the history and future of African-Americans. “I honestly think we were edu cated on important issues that African-Americans deal with in day-to-day life, as well as on this campus,” Midget said. “She has given us tools in which to combat racism and other situations.” Statue Continued from Page 1 of Texas,” he said. “The next step is an aggressive fund raising effort.” The Gaines statue could cost $200,000 and take nearly two years to erect. Tina Harrison, chairwoman of the Black Awareness Com mittee, said that because of the positive symbolic message the University would send to African-American students by erecting a statue of Gaines, money contributed to the pro ject would be spent well. “Providing an accurate ac count of history and paying proper homage to all A&M leaders represents a change for the better,” Harrison said. “This statue won’t make stu dents honor others any less. It should serve as an acknowl edgement that there are some unsung heroes that are equal ly as deserving of tributes.” Harrison said the proposed Gaines memorial inspires a renewed sense of Aggie Spirit within her. “It makes me feel part of the University more, knowing that a black man took part in establishing all land grant in stitutions in Texas,” she said. “It shows that all races have a stake in this institution.”