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(AP) — The FBI pulled the plug on the electricity at the Freemen ranch Monday and flew a heli copter around the property, passing over a sentry post where an American flag has been flying upside down. A day earlier, the FBI had moved ar mored vehicles closer to the compound. The power was cut during the after noon in “another effort to persuade the Freemen to resume negotiations for a peaceful settlement” to the 71-day-old standoff, the FBI said in a statement. The Freemen compound appeared quiet. Some neighbors have said they are sure the Freemen have their own generators. But it is not known how long the fugi tives could hold out without any addition al outside power. A fuel distributor said his company made a delivery to the ranch last fall, in cluding 290 gallons of diesel that could be used to run generators. The FBI switched on portable genera tors to supply power to 41 neighboring homes that are wired into the same cir cuit supplying the 960-acre Freemen grain and cattle ranch. On Sunday, three FBI armored vehi cles were moved to within a few miles of the ranch. The FBI has said it wants the equip ment available for emergency rescues or a move onto the ranch. However, a government source, w TL spoke only on condition of anonymi June said the arrival of the equipment d< not mean the FBI is planning to en the compound. “We haven’t given up” trying to e the standoff peacefully, the source sau Agents also established additioi checkpoints Sunday along a rural r< between Jordan and the ranch. The FBI believes 18 people, three them children, are inside the ranch. Some of the adults are wanted charges including circulating milliom dollars in bogus checks and threaten to kill a federal judge. Cont news BRIEFS Highway 6 detour begins Wednesday Officials at the Texas Department of Transportation say motorists should be prepared for a change in traffic at the intersection of the High way 6 frontage road and Briarcrest Drive on Wednesday. Traffic will be detoured to the out side of the frontage road beginning at Briarcrest to the south limit of the project 1.1 miles away. TxDOT's Area Engineer Pat Williams said the traffic must be moved to the opposite side of the frontage road so work can begin on the inside lane. Work is expected to be complet ed by late July. A&M's Orman named U.S. Army consultant Dr. David T. Orman, an associate professor of psychiatry at the Texas A&M College of Medicine has been appointed the psychiatry consultant to the U. S. Army Surgeon General. Orman will serve a minimum of four years, will assist in policy deci sions and set the agenda for the psy chiatric care of Army personnel. Orman is chief of the psychiatry department at Fort Hood's Darnall Army Community Hospital, i . A&M's Reves garners y< Young Author Award Texas A&M doctoral student Alexander Reyes received the Out standing Young Author Award at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Circuits and Systems Soci ety May 14 in Atlanta. Reyes, a doctoral student in electri cal engineering, won the award for "A Wireless Volume Control Receiver for Hearing Aids," a paper that appeared in Part II of the IEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems last January. Reyes, a native Bolivian, received his bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering from A&M. Engineer Calhoun to receive Collins Award Dr. John C. Calhoun Jr., a petrole um engineering professor at Texas A&M, will receive the American So ciety of Engineering Educators' (ASEE) top honor for engineering education at the organization's annual confer ence later this month. The W. Leighton Collins Award is given to those who make highly significant contributions to the ASEE. Calhoun has a distinguished record of service at A&M, from his beginnings as engineering dean through his vice chancellorships in engineering and development to his service on the Vision 2000 committee. Land values drop in Texas as drought decimates soil, crops On new t image from being seen ] (AP) The prolonged drought is hurting not only crops but the land they grow on, accord ing to a Texas A&M Universi ty study. Rural land values in some parts of the state are dropping because of the dry weather, said Charles Gilliland, a re search economist with A&M’s Real Estate Research Center. Land values in the High Plains, San Antonio area and Lower Rio Grande Valley are weak, Gilliland said. According to rural land price statistics collected by the center, land along the Canadian River breaks aver aged $193 per acre, down 16 percent from 1994. Land north of that area is $364 per acre, down 9 percent from 1994 median prices, and south of that area is $301, down Myste the he seven percent. “I think most of that weak ness can be traced to the drought and the (poor) cattle market,” Gilliland said. Land values on the outskirts of San Antonio fell about 13 percent, from $980 in 1994 to $856 per acre in 1995. “I sus pect that is associated with the drought as well as the ongoing water problems that people west of San Antonio are facing,” he said. In the Lower Rio Grande Valley, land values fell 10 per cent from $1,377 per acre to $1,242 in 1995. Statewide, the median value of land increased from $683 in 1994 to $727 per acre in 1995, still far short of the record high of $1,050 per acre in 1985. In the Johnson City area, the value of land rose from $1,016 in 1994 to $1,200 per acre, a re face fc suit of feverish real estate ac Am tivity taking place aroun<ofGa< Austin, Gilliland said. notbij “The one bright spot that’ Th on the horizon is an awful lot oDallas Texas rangeland and some seiege S lected areas that are purchase be rea for scenic beauty and recreand 7 ational amenities,” he said. seems “The income to support thos Mer kinds of purchases continues tandsk prosper even though agricultui LaC al income is being affected b zooks i the drought.” of the Gilliland said the rural lan oOs re price situation could reversiom tl with some clouds. been pi “All it would take to tunBrands things around in the agricultuiare bei al sector is for some good, heavaame t rains to set in and replenish th groundwater and so forth an) get us back to a more norms situation,” he said. Gallery Continued from Page 1 Beetlejuice action figure), their i arrangement and the messages they convey. “The appeal of her work is the universality of it,” Brown contin ued, “She takes human emotions kept hidden and brings them to the surface.” The kind of art on display is called assemblage which Wilzig describes as “collage in 3-D.” Her sculptures are mostly constructed of junk. She says her father’s pack rat nature rubbed off on her. He was im prisoned in Auschwitz during World War II and collected and used everything he could get his hands on. Many of the pieces in the exhibit contain parts of man nequins, which Wilzig said terrified her as a child. “I thought they were dead peo ple,” she said. In junior high, though, she saw a mannequin painted in psychedelic colors and realized she wanted to create works of art with them. However, it is not the mate rials that provoke controversy, but what she does with them. The themes of her art, Wilzig said, are “obsessions, passions, repressions.” “I don’t believe in politically correctness,” Wilzig said, ac knowledging that her work is controversial. “I try not to be offensive, but the work can offend peo ple,” she said. Still, visitors to the Visual Arts Gallery will not see her most provocative works because she has sold most of them. “This is pretty much the mild stuff,” she said. After surveying the exhibit, Mozola agreed with Wilzig’s assessment. She said, al though it was the most sexual ly provocative exhibit the Vi sual Arts Committee has dis played, she is very comfortable with the MSC Council’s deci sion to bring the exhibit. Drought hurh land values AP—The prolonged droug, .(( A Fees Continued from Page 1 “I used to use my loan money for outside expenses, but now more goes to tuition and fees,” Casey Shaeffer, a senior finance major, said. He also claimed few er people will be able to pay their way through school if fees continue to increase. Katie Arnold, a senior jour nalism major, agreed. “My loan amount is substan tial to cover the cost of school,” Arnold asserted, “but if fees keep increasing, it will be harder for everyone.” is hurting not only crops but land they grow on, according a Texas A&M University stud; Rural land values in soil parts of the state are droppi because of the dry weather, si Charles Gilliland, a resear economist with A&M’s Real l| tate Research Center. Land values in the Hi Plains, San Antonio area a Lower Rio Grande Valley £ weak, Gilliland said. According to rural land pr statistics collected by the cent! land along the Canadian Rh breaks averaged $193 per ac down 16 percent from 1994. La north of that area is $364 f acre, down 9 percent from Vs median prices, and south of th area is $301, down 7 percent. “I think most of that weakn* can be traced to the drought and I (poor) cattle market,” Gilliland sai Land values on the outski: of San Antonio fell about 13 p cent, from $980 in 1994 to per acre in 1995. “I suspect tl is associated with the droug as well as the ongoing wal problems that people west San Antonio are facing,” he sa In the Lower Rio Grande Vail land values fell 10 percent fr $1,377 per acre to $1,242 in 199E Statewide, the median val of land increased from $683 1994 to $727 per acre in 1|! still far short of the record hi of $1,050 per acre in 1985. 15 YOU B\is SlAVMlA\ev? This summer, get an edge on your graduate school or career plans with The Princeton Review. Our small classes, personal attention, and unparalleled service have earned us a national repuation as the number one prep course | in the country. 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