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► People in the news
Stern aims to win
Most Admired Man
NEW YORK
(AP) — Howard
Stern is looking
for the Good
Housekeeping
seal of approval.
The potty-
mouth radio
host is calling
on listeners to
join his write-in
campaign for
Good Housekeeping magazine’s
Most Admired Man award.
Good Housekeeping, known for
its helpful hints to housewives, did
not include Stern’s name on the
ballot in its September issue.
airport Tuesday
as he arrived
to kick off his
History world
tour.
Holding a
white umbrel
la, Jackson
greeted fans
who held up
signs saying,
Campus
San Antonio couple
funds scholarships
Jackson
Stern
Jackson gets warm
Prague reception
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) —
Michael Jackson is bigger than the
pope here.
Thousands of shrieking fans
welcomed the King of Pop at the
“We missed you too much” and
“We care about you.”
Other fans climbed trees and
roofs to see their idol, whose
entourage took five floors of the
Intercontinental Hotel and created
huge traffic jams.
The crowd was far bigger than
the one that turned out for a recent
visit of the pope, locals said.
“It’s just like the arrival of Yuri
Gagarin many years ago,” a
newspaper vendor on Evropska
street said, referring to the
Russian cosmonaut who was the
first man in space.
Promoters said more than
130,000 tickets were sold for the
Prague show, which will be followed
by concerts in Warsaw, Budapest
and Moscow.
A San Antonio couple donated
more than $50,000 to endow
scholarships for Texas A&M sci
ence students.
The Lee Endowed Scholarship
Fund will provide students from
Smithville High School and Medina
Valley High School who are pursu
ing a science degree with need-
based scholarships.
The scholarships' namesakes,
Robert Charles and Martha Lee,
made their donation as part of the
University’s “Capturing the Spirit”
fund-raising campaign.
than half a mile away.
Concentrations in seven chemi
cals rise sharply as mares
approach the date of ovulation.
Researchers believe that by
unlocking the secrets of the chem
icals, horse breeders can better
time encounters between horses.
the
Professors win
12 on the second floor of
Memorial Student Center.
The fair will feature more than
116 companies and nearly 400
recruiters, as well as a golf tourna
ment for students to meet the
recruiters.
For more information, students
can contact the SEC at 847-8567.
on the highways in an effort
reduce the toll, Department
Public Safety officials said.
In 1995, 27 people died
Texas roads over the Labor
weekend. Seven other people
later of injuries suffered in
wrecks, for a total of 34.
Best Paper Award ►state
Accused rapist
addicted to drui
A&M researchers
find aromatic urine
Texas A&M researchers may
have discovered what turns on a
randy stallion — horse urine.
Neuroscientists in the College of
Veterinary Medicine have analyzed
the ingredients of 45 aromatic
chemicals in the urine of mares in
season looking for a substance
that can attract stallions from more
Three Texas A&M chemical engi
neering professors were honored
by Fuel Science and Technology
International with the 1996 Best
Paper Award for Volume 13.
The paper, written by Professor
Emeritus Richard R. Davison and
professors Charles J. Glover and
Jerry A. Bullin, discusses separat
ing asphalt into smaller compo
nents by dissolving it in a solvent
and applying intense heat.
The process allows scientists to
create better asphalt.
Holiday weekend
death toll rises
Engineer’s Council
to host career fair
The Student Engineer’s
Council will host the annual
Engineering Career Fair Sept. 11-
AUSTIN (AP) — At least 39 people
died on Texas streets and highways
during the Labor Day holiday week
end, one less death than the number
estimated by state troopers before
the 78-hour period began.
The total could climb since any
other victims who may die within
30 days of their injuries also will be
listed for the Labor Day period.
The Texas Department of Public
Safety’s final report included three
deaths in one car-train collision in
Hale Center.
The DPS monitored traffic condi
tions from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight
Monday, with all available troopers
AUSTIN (AP) — The man po
claim responsible for raping
than a dozen women in Ausl
addicted to methamphetaiw
and was high on drugs duriig
attacks, investigators say.
Christopher Ted Dye, 33,
been linked to 15 rapes in
since 1993. He was an
Saturday for violatingliis pan
a burglary conviction and has
fessed to all but one of theatt
Police credit patrol ol
Joanna Gerbrands, who was
on the case full time threew
ago, with discovering throug * ,
computer search that thesui
had made specific comments
ing the attacks.
His physical description
matched that of the suspect's
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This day in history
Weather
(AP) — Today is Wednesday, Sept. 4, the 248th day
of 1996. There are 118 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1888, George Eastman received a patent for
his roll-film camera, and registered his trademark:
“ Kodak.”
In 1951, in the first live, coast-to-coast televi
sion broadcast, President Truman addressed the
nation from the Japanese peace treaty conference
in San Francisco.
In 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus called out the
National Guard to prevent nine black students from
entering Central High School in Little Rock.
Ten years ago: Security forces in South Africa halted
a mass funeral for riot victims in Soweto, then swept
through the streets, breaking up other services and
battling gatherings of youths.
Five years ago: South African President F.W. de
Klerk proposed a new constitution that would allow
blacks to vote and govern; the African National
Congress rejected the plan, charging it was designed to
maintain white privileges.
One year ago: The Fourth World Conference on Women
opened in Beijing with more than 4,750 delegates from
181 countries participating. Attorney William Kunstler, who
spoke out for the politically unpopular in a controversial
career, died in New York at age 76.
Today
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Yesterday’s Loi
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► Today’s birthdays
ABC Radio commentator Paul Harvey is 78. Actress
Mitzi Gaynor is 65. Rhythm-and-blues musician Ronald
LaPread of the Commodores is 46. Actress Judith Ivey
is 45. Actress lone Skye is 25.
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widely scattered show
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lated showers and
thunderstorms.
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thunderstorms.
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SPRING ’97
Informational
Meetings
Friday, Sept. 6
3:15 - 4:00 pm
Wednesday, Sept. 11
5:00 - 5:45 pm
Friday, Sept. 13
3:30-4:15
Room 358
Biz/ell Hall W.
Pick up art appllcatton at the
meeting or drop by the Study
Abroad Program Office.
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Study Abroad Programs, 16 f IV. Bizz&tl Half, 845-0544
Dr. Kathryn Yorke
Certified Therapeutic Optometrist
IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE RELOCATION
OF HER OFFICE FROM POST OAK MALL TO:
THE HOMESTEAD PLACE
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Art-CTo-Wear • Wood • Ceramics and Aiucft tMore
On September 7tfi come in and get your copy of
tfte nezu 6oo(q "Anna tJVCegan, ‘The Aggie CindereCCa
Story”, written 6y Cindy %. ‘Boettcher and iCCustrated
6y Tommie L. Bissett. Both Cindy and Tommie wiCC
he therefrom 4-7p.m. to sign hoo/(s.
Also, see Tommie's newest addition to her coCCection
of Te^as A&9d reCated art worlds. "The Saturday ‘Evening
Aggies”. It captures the memories of the past, the excite
ment and strength of the present, and the hopes and
promise of the future.
You are cordially invited to
attend a
BACK TO SCHOOL
OPEN HOUSE
Sponsored by the Department of
Multicultural Services
ROOM 137 & 147 MSC
from 10:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, September 4, 1996
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The Battalion
Michael Landauer, Editor in Chief
Amy Collier, Executive Editor
Gretchen Perrenot, Executive Editor
Stew Milne, Visual Arts Editor
Rachel Barry, Aggielife Editor
Tiffany Moore, Night News Editor
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Tom Day, Sports Editor
Heather Pace, Opinion Eoi After meetir^
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Staff Members [anhour.”
City Desk - Assistant Editor: Kendra Rasmussen; Reporters: Matthew Flume, Brandon Hausenfluck.AnnekP mixed a
Hauser, Michelle Lyons, Carla Marsh, Melissa Nunnery, Laura Oliveira, Wesley Poston, Erica Roy, Melanii
Smith, Courtney Walker & Tauma Wiggins
Aggielife Desk - Assistant Editor: Libe Goad; Feature Writers: James Francis, John LeBas, Cecile Mazzola,^
Meier, Joseph Novak, Christopher Rivera, April Towery, Brent Troyan, Shea Wiggins & Tauma Wiggins; P*i
Designers: Michele Chancellor & Ann Nguyen
Sports Desk - Assistant Editor: Kristina Buffin; Writers: Jamie Burch, Sara Duesing, Jeremy Furtick, Colby®' 1
Ross Hecox, Matt Mitchell, Dennis Ramirez & Nicole Smith
Opinion Desk - Assistant Editor: Erin Fitzgerald; Columnists: Jon Apgar, H. Baxter, David Boldt, Bryan Good*
Marcus Goodyear, Shannon Halbrook, Michael Heinroth, Aja Henderson, Jennifer Howard, Mason Jai
Sean McAlister, Chris Miller, David Minor, Patrick Smiley & Jeremy Valdez
Night News - Page Designers: Marissa Alanis, Jennifer Bishop & Michele Chancellor
Copy Editors - Katie Arnold, Brian Gieselman & Gina Panzica
Radio Desk - Leigh Moody & Jamelle Wyman
Visual Arts Desk - Photographers: Rony Angkriwan, Dave House, Pat James, Rachel Redington, Gwendolyn
& Evan Zimmerman; Graphic Artists: Jenny Maki, James Palmer & James Vineyard; Cartoonists: Micbael
Depot, Ed Goodwin, Dave Hoffman, John Lemons & Quatro Oakley
Web Masters - Terry Butler, Dusty Moer & Tung Tran
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