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— Page 6 • The Battalion • Wednesday, July 30, 1996 Politics Jackson sees weak links in movie NASHVILLE, Term. (AP) — Samuel L. Jackson says his tortured character in the movie A Time to Kill suffered even more in the edit- Mel Gibson to get back stolen "King Lear" Quayles fly south after nest empties mg room. "It's a good movie, and I'm proud of it, but it could have been so much better," the Chattanooga native said in an interview pub lished Tuesday in The Tennessean. He said a scene was cut in which his char acter was developed through a conver sation with his lawyer. Jackson plays Carl Lee, who kills the men who rape his young daughter. "Loss of that scene changed the concept of Carl Lee, even though there is a suggestion of his anguish later," Jackson said. "I don't usually complain about cuts, but that one really hurt." Warner Bros, executives did not immediately respond to a call for comment. FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — A stolen early edition of Shakespeare's "King Lear" has been recovered and will be returned to owner Mel Gib son, who played Hamlet in the latest film adaptation. The 1681 book, valued at $7,5.00, apparently was stolen from Gibson's home in Greenwich, po lice said. A dealer in rare and used books was asked two weeks ago by an undisclosed person to sell the book on consignment. Steven Turi said he became suspi cious when he found some papers inside the book indicating it had been sold recently in Los Angeles. He contacted police on Thursday. Investigators have a suspect, but a representative of Gibson asked that no charges be filed, Capt. Robert Comers said. Gibson starred in the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon movies as well as the 1990 version of Hamlet. PHOENIX (AP) — The empty-nest syndrome has the Quayles migrating to Arizona. Former Vice President Dan Quayle and his wife, Marilyn, are looking for a home in the Phoenix area, where he will teach next year at the American Graduate School of International Management. The couple, who have been living in Carmel, Ind., just north of In dianapolis, will not be bringing along their three kids, spokeswoman Anne Hathaway said. Son Tucker graduated from college last spring, and Ben and Corrine are still in college. Quayle grew up in Arizona and his parents live in Wickenburg. Continued from Page 1 “I just finished a book on Texas politics and found it (the Net) very useful,” he said, “but I haven’t found the (political party’s) web pages to contain much depth or be incredibly helpful. They are self-serving and contain a lot of ambiguity, like sound bites and ‘good old boy’ testimonies.” Balido said she disagrees. She said she feels web pages are helpful in addressing all of voter issues. While interning for a Texas senator Balido said one of her jobs was to place e-mail letters in leg islative assistant’s boxes so ques tions could be promptly answered. “All the web pages have e- mail addresses that the legisla tive assistants read every day,” she said. “They always answer you back.” Carl Baggett, Texas A&M student body president and a se nior accounting major, said he feels political web pages are just as legitimate as newspapers, magazines or television. “I think the more possible ways a student can become knowledgeable on candidates, the better,” he said. “What’s neat about America is if you want, you can find out the truth.” He said students might find it interesting to look into an Inter net source titled “Political Skeletons In the Closet,” which reveals interesting facts on prominent political figures. Though the Internet is a fast and extremely informative source ready available for A&M students, not all students use it. Emily Hatcher, a senior geogra phy major, said because of herun familiarity with computers,! Distance Continued from Page 1 can to alleviate this problem.” In 1992, the Center of Dis tance Learning Research was de veloped to perfect the program. Lloyd Korhonen, director of the Center of Distance Learning Research, said the Center has telecommunications technology to move distance learning into the future at A&M. “The mission of the Center is to provide state-of-the-art infor mation about using telecommu nications to develop education and training,” Korhonen said. “This is a new endeavor, but it’s the model that higher education has not used the Internet to lean! ol. 102, No about political candidates yet. “I’m not real big on comput ers,” she said. “I get most of my information from newspapers! and magazines.” However, after learning hov | easy getting into the Internet is, Hatcher said she plans on visiting an on-campus computer lab to gain political information soon. WASHING Halter said students can ob ffliton said tain more interesting if not accn ^publican 1 rate information from lookingatea federal j Net information put out by polit- sshtance to i ical opponents, such as “Political n^ctment as Skeletons In the Closet,” anc titers the fina reading major daily papers. K’he House 28 101, and is moving toward.” Bpp rove ^ ^ Storey said distance learning : Clinton plec will prove to be convenient for r^ ia campai students and teachers. V system, be “There is no way some people r® aver " au ^ P can leave their families and come p Congress, 1 here,” Storey said "They can goto p® of reneging the campuses in towns for A&M I j e „ s . aic , ( classes. The technology is here - all we need to do is catch up with elieve we h.a'v it. I want to be a part of it. 1 ■tunity it gi Turnout Continued from Page 1 Local political officials are also trying to deal with the problem. Roger Lewis, Brazos County republican chairman, said he un derstands why students do not participate in elections, but sees why they need to get involved. “I’ve worked with student voters for over a decade and have registered thousands over the years,” he said. “They (stu dents) tend not to be informed and they don’t want to make uninformed choices.” Lewis said students are in volved in the local community in many ways. “I own duplexes in College £>AH/ by Chuck Johnson By Quatro F E B R S » t tff 4 • * U A R Y 3 u n d » y * i: ’ 1 | ^ % * : ■ * Wx 1 ■’ <*t i ■ r * ' C ’ g| > « A BpFs.t. H 111- • r- m - • \ V ' * Station and one-fourth of the rent my tenants pay goes to tax es,” he said. “Every time a stu dent receives a citation on cam pus, it’s referred to a Justice of the Peace and they are elected to office too.” Lewis said student turnout is highest during state and nation al elections. “The presidential and guber natorial elections are the only ones students get excited about,” he said. “The only time students turn out is when they feel it (the election) will have a direct im pact on them.” In a combined effort with the Big 12 schools,Texas A&M Stu dent Government is trying to im prove student voter turnouts by holding a voter registration dri ve in the fall. Chris Reed, speaker of the Stu dent Senate and a senior finance major, said A&M will compete with other Big 12 schools to in a registration campaign. “The Big 12 is starting a voter registration contest,” he said “Most people don’t realize what you have to do to register, and we want to make it to where all they will have to do is fill out a card. We want these people to vote.” Carl Baggett, student body president and a senior account ing major, said he realizes stu dents have historically had a low voter turnout in the past and hopes it will increase this fall. “I know the numbers show that it (low student voting turnout) happens,” he said. “And I’m glad the Senate is working on that.” Lewis said if students get in volved, they will notice a difference. “They don’t realize the effects these elections can have on them,” he said “Students pay fines for speeding, they pay tax es, etc., but they just don’t real ize the impact they can make.” RMelissa Nu HI BATTALIOf WVhe Coalition Continued from Page 1 Dream Calendar be involved as citizens and voters.” The commission charged that the Christian Coalition distrib uted voter guides, identified Re publican voters and used mail and telephone banks to get them to the polls in federal elections in 1990, 1992 and 1994 — all with partisan intentions. The FEC said also said the coalition had used corporate funds on be half of Republicans. Such activities amount to “ex press advocacy” for particular candidates and legally should have been either reported as in dependent political expenditures or as in-kind contributions to the candidates, the FEC argued. The voter guides compare candidates in state, local and federal races on a series of is sues the group deems important. The coalition plans to distribute more than 60 million this year. en renox jng C. 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