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Page 6 • The Battalion • Monday, June 24, 1996 Don’t Worry when an accident or sudden illness occurs CarePlus is open when you need them 7 days a week with affordable medical care. CarePlus Family Medical Center 2411 Texas Ave. and Southwest Parkway 696-0683 10% A&M student discount ■i^- Parking The Following Leadership Positions are available in the MSC: *Vice President of Technology Director of External Public Relations * Director of Systems Management *Chair Cepheid Variable Applications can be picked up in the Student Programs Office (216-T MSC). Applications are due June 24, 1996. For more information contact Liz Rayburn at 845-9024. Continued from Page 1 readily and improperly approves forms for handicapped tags, which adds to the problem. He said much of the abuse of handicapped tags stems from ignorance. “A lot of students here will bor row Mommy or Daddy’s tag,” Jackson said. “They do this from ignorance. At least I’d like to think that.” Reasons students have for park ing in handicapped spaces vary. Janice Coffey, a junior market ing major, said she has parked in handicapped spaces. “In the parking lot by 4.0 and Go there is a parking spot that doesn’t have a handicap sign but has it painted on the parking spot pavement,” she said. “I’ve parked there before.” Some students who park in handicapped spots may not ap pear physically handicapped, but actually are. Christi Stiles, a junior agricul ture development major, has se vere asthma and is unable to walk long distances on campus. Because she does not appear disabled, Stiles said, many people leave angry notes on her car. “I get a letter on my car or some note every week,” Stiles said. “Most of them say ‘Ag gies do not lie, cheat, or steal’, but the most recent was a two- page letter calling me every name you can think of.” Stiles said before she obtained a handicapped tag, she was in the hospital every three months be cause of asthma attacks. Contrary to popular belief, she said, obtaining a handicapped tag is a difficult process. “You can’t just run out and say, ‘Can I have one of those?”’ she said. “You have to go and get forms and have a doctor verify them and then get more copies.” Stiles said PTTS officers are particularly watchful of her and readily give her tickets. “I get a lot of (PTTS) attitude,” she said. “One time I was parked over the line and I got a ticket for that. During the spring I got a $100 ticket for using my boyfriend’s car but my tag.” Jackson said the high intoler ance rate on campus for individu als who park illegally in handi capped spots is understandable. “It’s easy to see why officers and students think they aren’t handicapped when they just throw a backpack on and run into I class,” Jackson said. “People [ should consider them innocent until proven guilty.” Jackson said PTTS takes sev eral different angles in dealing with the problem. “We try to educate offenders and let them know they are tak ing up someone’s space,” he said. “We also thought about having all people with legitimate tags come in and talk with us.” Jackson said the problem ei tends beyond Texas A&M. “We don’t have an answer that makes sense,” he said. “’Phis is a nationwide problem, not just an A&M problem.” - Ags Continued from Page 1 the college students.” Shanna Nugent, a senior economics major, said the number of A&M students gave the University a lot of influence at the convention. “Considering at least 12 Brazos County delegates were current A&M students,” she said, “we formed a pretty cohesive group and could vote as a block to represent A&M.” GOP leaders recognized the strong Aggie contingent in San Antonio. Kevin Brady, who is running for U.S. Rep. Jack Fields’ congressional seat, said he welcomes the Aggies’ presence. “A&M and Aggies tend to dominate in this state,” he said. “They are involved in every aspect, politically and socially. They are real leaders in this state and real lead ers at this convention.” One Aggie GOP leader who played a key role at the convention was Dr. Richard Stadelmann, associate professor of philoso phy. Stadelmann, parliamentarian of the Texas Republican Party, commended the Aggie students’ behavior as delegates. “I’ve seen many Aggies at the last two conventions in many positions of responsi bility,” Stadelmann said. "... I think [Aggie delegates] are far more knowledgeable than the average delegate.” Aggie delegates also experienced full me dia coverage for the first time. Many were surprised by the media’s focus on perceived J division within the convention. “I didn’t think I was at the same conven- j tion they were covering,” Livingston said. “It was obvious they were there to find some story. They were looking for controversy' and that’s all they were reporting.” Machemehl was also confused by the media coverage. “The media tried to make the Republi cans appear divided, but that’s not what I saw,” she said. “My overall impression was that the party left the convention unified.” Still, Machemehl said she would be back again in two years. “It gets in your blood,” she said. “Once you get involved, it makes you want to do even more next time.” TUNE UP PLUS <o; Wednesday evenings from 7 - 8:30 p.m. Learn how not to get ripped off and how to properly maintain your vehicle. Starting June 26th 693-6189 and ask for Bruce 601 Harvey Rd C.S. RSVP Hutchison Continued from Page 1 abortion platform with the removal of a mother’s en dangered life as the only ex ception. They also collected signatures from delegates on a “pro-life pledge.” Dole didn’t attend the state convention, but offi cials on his behalf bargained to make sure Hutchison would be included in the na tional delegation and avert a potential black eye in Texas. “It was always our goal that the Texas delegation be one of the most aggressively and overwhelmingly pro-life and pro-family delegations, and that has obviously hap pened this weekend,” said Ralph Reed, executive direc tor of the national Christian Coalition. “We view this weekend as a major victory for the pro- family movement.” If four other states follow Texas with ardent anti-abor tion delegates, party dele gates say they could use parliamentary procedure at the national convention to influence Dole’s choice of a running mate. Reed and Pauken, howev er, predicted that Dole will pick a running mate accept able to delegates who op pose abortion. “He (Dole) shares the same goal that we have, which is to make it clear that the Republican Par ty is an unequivocally, unapologetically and un ambiguously pro-life par ty,” Reed said. Stacy Stanton, The Battauos Sen. 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All together, the fires had burned nearly 17,000 acres by Sunday night. In central Utah, lightning started more than a dozen fires, the largest burning about 8,000 acres by Sunday. A state road was closed for nearly two days be cause of the flames and smoke. In Nevada, at least three homes were destroyed and more than 125 were threatened by a wildfire in an upscale neighbor hood in Genoa, about 60 miles south of Reno. The fire, which officials suspect was caused by humans, broke out about 2:30 p.m. Sunday and had burned more than two square miles. “I had to turn out all the horses and all the cattle,” said Janice Sorenson, who made a quick exit as the blaze ap proached her family ranch. “1 could feel the heat and the noise was horrendous. I was running all over the place and the smoke was so black I couldn’t see.” Rangers at the Grand Canyon knew the hikers were on a trail at the North Rim because of permits that had been issued for the area. 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