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Aggie Cinema Hotline: 847-8478 Rudder Bo* Office: 848-1334 AH films are presented, in the Rudder Theater Complex Page 12 • The Battalion Gjmvirus & Nation Friday • April 12,19% Survey Continued from Page 1 or below you,” Buzzell said. “In a house, you only have to worry about your roommates, and that’s something you can control in your own environment.” Another problem students living off-campus face is parking, both at school and at home. Of those responding to the survey, 29 percent said that at least once a week they were unable to park in their housing unit or designated area. They also raised concerns about park ing lot lighting. Overall, older students seemed happier with their living conditions than younger students. Graham attributed this trend to a growing sense of maturity in older students and to older students having been away from the comfort of their hometowns and parents longer. Students returned 85 percent of the surveys sent. Graham predicts the housing survey will be conducted every five years. Crash Continued from Page 1 airport in the face of the rain and snow. “It stalled over my build ing, winged over and went straight into the ground like a dart,” he said. Johnson, whose office is halfway between the airport and the crash site, said the airplane never got any higher than 400 feet. “I kept thinking, ‘Please! Please get some altitude!”’ he said. “It just went right into the ground. I knew no one survived. It would have been impossible.” The plane took off at 8:25 a.m. after spending the night here. The 4-foot-2, brown-haired Jessica was so short she needed extenders on the plane’s pedals in cider to reach them. “It’s been a long day,” Jes sica said after landing late Wednesday. “I enjoyed it. I can’t wait until the next day. I can’t wait to sleep. I had two hours of sleep last night.” According to the plans, Reid wasn’t supposed to touch the controls except in an emergency. Her father was to sit in the back seat of the Cessna 177B. Cheyenne Airport Manager Jerry Olson said surface visi bility was about five miles and the temperature was 38 degrees, “right on the edge of icing being a problem.” Amy Browning, The Battalion BALLOON BONANZA Misti Morris, a sophomore special education major, blows up balloons Thursday afternoon in the MSC courtyard to advertise Aggiewood, the Residence Hall Association Casino being held Friday night as part of Parents' Weekend. Abortion Continued from Page 1 voters don’t. Asked, “Should the Republi can platform support a constitu tional amendment to ban abor tion?,” 54 percent of GOP prima ry voters said no and 40 percent said yes — even though such a plank has been in the party plat form since 1980. The exit polls were conducted by Voter News Service, a partnership of The As sociated Press, ABC, CBS, CNN and NBC. Despite the poll numbers, many GOP strategists think the abortion issue will be a winning one for them in November. In part, that’s because anti abortion organizations plan to target battleground states — mostly in the Midwest — that Clinton carried in 1992 but where anti-abortion support is strong. These include Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri and Pennsylvania. Clinton’s veto angered many Catholics, who have sizeable numbers in these states. “If we deny the humanity of a child as it is being born, whose humanity will be denied next? Thoughtful Americans should keep this in mind as they ponder their choices on Election Day,” Cardinal James A. Hickey, the archbishop of Washington, said in a statement. Democratic strategists pri vately concede Clinton needs to carry most of these states to be re-elected and that opposition from Catholics could be a signifi cant problem. But publicly, they assert Clin ton’s veto won’t cost him many votes, in those states or elsewhere. “This is an attempt by Repub licans to reframe the issue away from the issue of ‘choice,’ where they know they are out on the edge, out of the mainstream,” said Ann Lewis, Clintons deputy campaign manager. “It will not succeed. The president did the right thing in choosing to protect women’s health.” The abortion issue is one that can cut both ways politically, and analysts suggest polls don’t always tell the whole story. “People generally say, Train favor of choice.’ But when yon ask them about specific restric tions, like parental notification you see a fair degree of sup port,” said pollster Andrew Ko hut, director of the Pew Rf search Center for the People and the Press. EARTH WEEK April 17th - April 23rd Join in the celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Earth Day! EARTH WEEK EVENTS: Monday:Earth Day: 25 Years, Now What? • A look at the history of Earth Day, our present situation and where we are headed. 7:30 p.m. in Rudder Theatre. Wednesday: Greenhouse ■ An informal gathering, poetry reading, musical performances, and a special reading of Dr. Suess’ The Lorax. 8:00 p.m. Copasetic Cafe (formly Dead Lazio’s) on College Main, next to Marooned Wednesday - Friday: Earth Day Extravaganza: 3 days of fun and information in the Rudder Fountain area from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday: EARTH DAY!!!!!!! FREE DAHVEED GARZA CONCERT @ Wolf Pen Creek Amphitheater. Show Starts at 3 p.m.. Sunday: Willie Nelson Concert @ Wolf Pen Creek Show scheduled to begin at 7 p.m., tickets available at the MSC Box Office, 845-1234. STUDENT GOJVERNMENT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY What’s Up eIc. Important Earth Week Dates: Celebrate EARTH DAY Monday, April 22, at Rudder Fountain. Environmental Career Fair Wednesday, April 24 from 10-4 p.m. in the MSC Flagroom. Career Fair Banquet 5-7 p.m. (Buy your tickets in the MSC Hallway Apr. 16-19) H.S.PR. SQUARE Applications for our Executive Council THE UNITED WAY PACK Texas A&M University Chilifest (SAE) benefitting United Way on April 20th!! David Allan Coe & Jason Manning will be out and available soon in the S.G.A. office. Keep your eyes open! MUSTER Come out and celebrate tbe AGGIE spirit witti tbe class of 1946 Sunday, April 21, at Aggie Muster. Tbe day begins witb tbe BBQ from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in tbe Academic Plaza. Tickets are $5, and Aggie bucks are accepted. Live entertainment is provided. Conclude tbe day witb tbe annual roll call for tbe Absent Ceremony in G. Rollie Wbite Coliseum. Tbe ceremony begins at 7:00 p.m., and additional seating will be available in Rudder. Sponsored By: ^LOUPOT'S^ BOTHERS BOOKSTORES Softly call tbe Muster! Now Accepting Aggie Bucks: University Bookstores [T^ieBOOKst^] Three Off-Campus Stores to Serve You Northgate - Culpepper Plaza - Village Northgate playing. All the chili you can eat! Tickets $10 in advance-tables in MSC and Wehner. ATTENTION! Applications for Student Government Committee Chairs for next year will be available soon!! Come by the SGA Office soon for more information!!! Vbl. 1C S By Hes The B/\ A v parent this w< Kell ketinj Weeke their i learn e “Thi weeke: gies Horine Pan parent nior ir jor, sa Weeke broad ; “Th: gy Pre Lil ce: The £ By Eric The Ba Evans 10:30 £ ebrate that w update Wo but tin Parent ■ting p to atte Dr. the ex overdi “Tc bring the le\ The underg puting tions 1 all to c Joy rector squar compr hours The work t eventi databi Dr. the E\ the pr versio: advan gradu; He; $40 m Ste was h but h Evans plann He come the ns l By Thi 1 leg get da\ Da; son ] me; to j con rail me Col 1 Ch: eng ser onl sai are
