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William S h a t n e r , Leonard Ni- moy, and Kate Mul- grew will join other actors from the four TV series for “Star Trek 30: One Weekend on Earth.” Produced by Paramount Pictures and timed to coincide with the premiere of the TV show on Sept. 8, 1966, it will run from Sept. 7-8. “It’s Woodstock for Trekkies,” said Neil Newman, a vice presi dent for Paramount Pictures’ Vi acom Consumer Products. He said ticket prices proba bly will range from $30 for a single event to $300 for a week end package, including astro naut training and visits by sev eral former Apollo astronauts, including Alan Shepard and Fred Haise. SHATNER legs and a lot more romance. “I wouldn’t be surprised if you saw a ‘Babe IP in maybe four years,” the director of “Babe” told an audience of about 250 people, mostly children, at the Sydney Film Festival on Sunday. “I don’t think the final deci sion has been made yet,” he said, “but for my part I’ve decided ... I’m moving on to other things.” “Babe,” which won an Acade my Award this year for visual effects, tells the story of a pig who has to learn to be useful to avoid the slaughter house. After directing 850 animals, Noonan said he was craving a film about humans. “I’m working on a script which may be my next project which is a non-animal, human cast ro mantic comedy,” he said. “But I’m also reading a lot of scripts.” paid tribute to recipients of the nation’s highest military honor. Washing ton was recog nized for por traying heroic military fig ures in sever al films, in- eluding “Courage Un der Fire,” in which Ryan plays the first woman to be nominated for the Medal of Honor. He plays an army officer whose job is to de termine whether Ryan’s charac ter deserves that honor. The movie is scheduled to hit theaters July 12. WASHINGTON By claiming Gehry should have gotten less direct compen sation, the IRS is trying to force him to take a portion of income in dividends, said Bruce Hochman, a Los Angeles tax at torney. Gehry then would be subject to both dividend and in come taxation. The case in volves interpretation of compli cated IRS rules rather than criminal allegations. Gehry was named by Time magazine last week as one of the 25 most influential Americans. Late-night O'Brien gl shares a little secret Washington honored for military portrayals Frank Gehry's firm seeing red with IRS Another Babe not works for Noonan in SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — Chris Noonan got taken in by a Babe and ended up rolling around with a bunch of animals. Next time, he’s going after fewer HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — Den zel Washington had one humble wish after playing an Army offi cer in the upcoming film “Courage Under Fire.” “My only desire for this film was to make them (soldiers) happy with the work I was try ing to do, so hopefully they’d say, ‘Yes, you represented us well,” Washington said. The actor was joined Satur day by Meg Ryan and the movie’s director Ed Zwick at a black-tie dinner in which politi cians, veterans and dignitaries SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service claims Frank Gehry’s architec tural firm owes close to $1 mil lion in fines and back taxes. The IRS hit Santa Monica- based Frank O. Gehry & Associ ates with a tax-deficiency notice alleging Gehry awarded himself “unreasonable compensation” in 1992 and 1993. The notice, sent in March, claims he was deficient by $491,644 for 1992 and $393,951 for 1993. It sets fines of $90,331 and $78,590 for those years. “If I owe them money, we’ll fig ure it out,” Gehry said last week. NEW YORK (AP) — Now that he’s climbing out of the ratings cellar, Conan O’Brien can admit to past mistakes. “I wasn’t really listening to the person in an interview,’ the host of “Late Night” said in the June 22 edi tion of TV Guide. “I was worried about, T got ta make sure I fire the can non at the right moment and the duck falls.” The NBC show’s hold on young-adult viewers is up 10 per cent for a second straight season and regularly beats the competi tion on CBS, Tom Snyder. O'BRIEN Patrol Continued from Page 1 although Morales has formed a plan to repay the loan, the coincidental timing with his senatorial campaign raises questions. Deadbeat Patrol organizer Cari Eggspuehler said less money is available for college students who need financial aid because of Morales’ delin quent loan. “Forty-five young people could go to college next year if Victor Morales would pay off his loan now,” Eggspuehler said. A confrontation occurred be tween several of Morales’ sup porters and members of the Deadbeat Patrol. One supporter said the Dead- beqt Patrol was following Morales because Phil Gramm paid them, but the Deadbeat Pa trol denied this. Howe said the Deadbeat Patrol was not welcome at Morales’ rallys. “We have a right to be here,” she said. “We’re re spectful and we’re not here to cause problems.” jfa, nty'Acr- !in fan ^ ■ v' Gwendolyn Struve, The Battalion Eva Darski, junior political science major, and Glenn Janik, sophomore political science major, campaign for the Deadbeat Patrol at Victor Morales' political rally. Morales Continued from Page 1 When asked what issues he will emphasize if elected to the Senate, Morales said issues are not his primary concern and he does not have easy answers. “What would be the point (of emphasizing issues)?” Morales said. “They (other senators) won’t know me, you have to establish who you are,” Morales said, “I’ll meet with them, discuss with them and then I’ll get ideas and thoughts.” Later at Heritage Park, Morales briefly discussed abor tion. He said he is pro-choice but has a problem with the number of abortions. Morales, a Vietnam veteran, said he would be sympathetic Aggie Hostel Continued from Page 1 Lollapalooza Continued from Page 1 and it would have put College Sta tion on the map as far as the acts that Eire playing.” Ticketmaster, the agency in charge of selling this year’s tickets, said they have not yet heEird any thing regarding tickets for the Texas date. Some local merchants were dis appointed over the economic loss from the concert’s change in venue. Chris Penn, an employee at Ma rooned Records, said Lollapalooza would have been an enormous boost to economic growth. “It definitely would have helped out our store,” he said. “The city should have lobbied harder for it. It would have been weird to have a lot of people here, but it would have been good for the economy. I don’t know why people here would not have wanted it to come here.” Jackie Smith, a freshman ocean engineering major, said A&M might not have been ready for such a dra matic change in the music scene. “The year the (Smashing) Pump kins played it was great,” she said. “But the crowd at A&M is different.” in the world except in another group of Aggies. We’re cele brating our 48th anniversary. The Ring Dance is our favorite part because we love to ball room dance.” Each couple or individual former student is assigned a host or hostess to show them the A&M of today. “The student hosts like to show them the modern Texas A&M,” Rosser said. “They tell them what it’s like to be a stu dent today. It’s interesting to hear them talk back-and-forth. Sure, things have changed, but it’s amazing to see how much things have stayed the same.” Hosts and hostesses view Hostel as one of the only oppor tunities they have to meet for mer students. Laurie Peebles, a hostess and senior nutrition major, said work ing with Muster prompted her to get involved with Hostel. “I’ve been involved with sever al groups on campus but I guess this is a real good opportunity to work with former students,” Pee- to veterans facing situations like Gulf-War Syndrome and Agent Orange. He said he wants to create jobs and maybe establish a Veterans Affairs hospital for South Texas. Morales, a former high- school government teacher, said he would stress education reform if elected. Ryan Runkle, vice-president of Aggies for Victor Morales, said Morales will presently con centrate on a grass-roots cam paign and plans to move to the mass media later. Morales said there has been much name-calling from the op position, but he will wait until the Congressional debate be fore rebutting. “If I have anything negative to say about Phil Gramm, I’ll do it at the debate, mano y mano, face to face,” Morales said. tores a Thes duced tc 'they do i tiffion or What >f these I legal j Peter iei Christim ivid Wine ,£ Battai hies said. “We’re lucky enough to be here because they helped make the school what it is today. They helped establish traditions and carry on existing ones. Just like we’re doing today.” Many of the former students said even though A&M has been transformed into a mod ern university, they do not mind the changes. Tom Robb, a member of the class of ’43, said the change he likes the most is the inclusion of females. “The most magnificent change — and I’m mad they didn’t think of it then — is the girls,” Robb said. “Everything is bigger and computerized. When I was here, no word was in the dictionary for computer.” Peebles said she hopes the former students will realize A&M has been left in good hands. “I think it’s important that we show them that there’s still a bunch of Aggies with the same spirit,” Peebles said. “Even though A&M is changing, the same principles still apply that were here when they were here. We’re still based on family and tradition. We’re changing, but we’re still the SEime.” to All m 'tect those tois spri: a master both Tex >at stood b 5 summe] “’s of a 14- pen Kte toage da :e( l. He th tom but fell. "There i s tod till tt JyProta tolALlO] by Chuck Johnson Sk(Btf(£h By Quatro THE T0Y5 OF CAMPING PLEASE TELL ME THAT YOU QDJERED THE TOILET. FAFER. \ cool... 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