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The Battalion I ll7l>r>T1717Tlvr M..F 1;s 11 it I 1. il ^^ Pag Friday • September 13,1! Evan Zimmerman, The Battalion Sailing Away Mark Pillow, a member of the TAMU Sailing Club and a senior wildlife and fisheries science major, demonstrates sailing techniques outside of the MSC Thursday. ► State Video commercials hushed at games AUSTIN (AP) — After it was booed by the home crowd, University of Texas athletics offi cials say they will turn down the volume on their JumboTron foot ball stadium video screen. Fans were vocal in their oppo sition to the big screen’s commer cials, which at times drowned out the Longhorn band. The university announced that three of eight video board sponsors — Taco Bell, Coca Cola and the University Federal Credit Union — have agreed to dump the sound from their commercials. The five other advertisers had not been contacted, the school said. The $3.5 million video screen, located above the south end zone, shows game replays plus the commercials. Fans at the Longhorns’ first two games, against Missouri and New Mexico State, booed the commercials as they overwhelmed the UT band’s music and blared over the crowds at Darrell K Royal- Memorial Stadium. Fans, many of whom flooded local radio talk shows to com plain, have said they like the replays but can do without the loud commercials. ► This day in history (AP) — Today is Friday, Sept. 13th, the 257th day of 1996. There are 109 days left in the year. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins at sunset. On this date: In 1788, the Congress of the Confederation autho rized the first national election, and declared New York City the temporary national capital. In 1948, Republican Margaret Chase Smith of Maine was elected to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress. In 1993, in a historic scene at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands after signing an accord granting limited Palestinian autonomy. Ten years ago: Miss Tennessee, Kellye Cash, was crowned Miss America at the pageant in Atlantic City, NJ. Five years ago: President Bush, who had suffered an irregular heartbeat because of a thyroid condition, was pronounced in “incredible physical condition” after a check-up by his doctors. One year ago: The FBI made at least a dozen arrests, capping a nationwide two-year investigation of pedophiles and pornographers using the America Online computer network. ► Today’s Birthdays Blues singer Charles Brown is 74. Singer Mel Torme is 71. Actress Eileen Fulton is 63. TV producer Fred Silverman is 59. Former White House spokesman Larry Speakes is 57. Actor Richard Kiel is 57. Rock singer David Clayton-Thomas (Blood, Sweat & Tears) is 55. Actress Jacqueline Bisset is 52. Singer Peter Cetera (Chicago) is 52. Actress Nell Carter is 48. Actress Jean Smart is 37. Tennis player Goran Ivanisevic is 25. ► Nation CNN sends news through pagers ATLANTA (AP) — It’s in your living room, on the Internet and at the air port. Now Cable News Network is in the palm of your hand. CNN began transmitting news Thursday to more than 600,000 customers of Dallas-based PageNet with alphanumeric pagers. The companies called it the most widely available service of its kind. “We want CNN to be available wherever and whenever people need access to news,” said Mark Bernstein, vice president for busi ness development at CNN Interactive, a division of the Atlanta- based cable television network. CNN will offer news and sports headlines updated each 30 min utes between 7 a.m. Eastern and 11 p.m. Eastern. The information can be called up free of charge by PageNet customers. Divers uncover explorer’s ship ABOARD THE BELLE, Gulf of Mexico (AP) — Toni Carrell can’t wait for each day to begin so she can get a better look into the past. She and more than a dozen other archaeologists are forming ► Weather a link with the famed French explorer La Salle and his crew of pioneers who hoped to build a colony in the New World more than 300 years ago. They wound up by mistake in steamy, mosquito- and snake-infest ed southeast Texas, facing hostile Native Americans, a brutal climate and a shortage of provisions aggra vated by the loss of one of their sup ply ships, The Belle, during a storm in January 1686. Sucked into the mud of the Gulf of Mexico’s Matagorda Bay, The Belle withstood natural decay and today is being painstakingly retrieved, literally piece-by-piece in a $4 million project of the Texas Historical Commission. Historical commission divers confirmed the find last summer by recovering a bronze cannon that was crusty with mud, shellfish and stones after spending more than three centuries on the sea floor. The discovery capped a search Arnold began in 1978. Gulf Council votes for excluder devices NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Shrimpers would need trap doors for fish as well as sea turtles if rules endorsed Thursday become part of federal regulations. The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council recom mended “bycatch redi devices” on all shrimp other than small test nets eral waters up to 100 fatt deep from Cape San Bias, on west across the Gulf. About three-quarters oftli! council members present! for the proposal, said Rit Leard, the council’s seniw eries biologist. Although 150 species of molluscs and crustaceans up in shrimp nets, the l))t reduction devices are nt mostly to preserve threali red snapper stocks by !e immature fish swim away. For every pound of shrimp comes up in a trawl in theG, Mexcio, at least four pouns dead fish are tossed overttie ► World Mi Fireworks fact# explosion killsl nile Agei the < a line lies , Austin mi Michele NEW DELHI, India (AP) explosion at a firecracker‘i: in southern India killed 14i ers Thursday. Police told the Press Trui India news agency that thee irtedhermi sion occurred when a fireoa Solberg sa accidentally went off inside the tory in Sivakasi area. Sivakasi, in Tamil Nadu, center of India’s fireworks ini r I jng with reat Bool lent, and si irhome in Tonight, S ’eet Eugene The 24-yea mt to even ssions, she rich has be< Solberg sai red her from Solberg rele Solberg se usic career Today Partly sunny with light Northeast winds. Tonight Partly cloudy with light and variable winds. Game Time in La. Highs & Lows ^ris her p Solberg sai Yesterday's 92°F Yesterday's Lo" j°F Today’s Expectei Higii 93°F Alanis bridge con They havi 'ginning,” S )me record c nlyas novel t: Once, whil ossible con cord label, Partly cloudy with iso lated showers. Temper ature at kickoff in the upper 80s. JM Solberg th Today’s Exper/f# 10 many wor Low 71°F ^ fee roster Solberg sa Mr com mi Information courtesy of TAMSC st| monial tc °men have 'are she pi a fee shops. She said she fits accepta Sardless of e was disg Discuss questions and concerns with yout Vice Ptesident for Student Affaii-s hi disregan fone anothe "The same f doorstep fc fl no one i The 12th Man Foundation is now hiring outgoing A&M students for our 1996 telemarketing campaign. • $5.50 per hour • Gain valuable sales experience • Looks great on your resume DR. MALOM SOUTHERLAND Light refreshments available. Be a Part of CHAT 6 CHE SEPTEMBER 1 t rOO 1=00 PM Apply at the 12th Man Foundation Office, Room 109 of the Koldus Building. Applications will be accepted through Monday, September 16. Learn to fly with the Cessna . Pilot Center 1 Exclusive Integrated Flight Training System THE EXPERIENCED FLIGHT SCHOOL FLY NOW at Our New Location: College Station Easterwood Airport 409 260-6322 ■ Private thru advanced I training ■ Aircraft rental ■ Pilot Shop ■ F.A.A. approved 141 school ■ VA eligible Benefits THE AMERICA IV STEAK HOUSE SATURDAY FOOTBALL BASH gj A&M vs SW Louisiana 6 TVs / r r m During the Game 5 1.50 Longnecks $ 1.00 Drafts $ 1.50 24 oz. Drafts 1/2 Price Chicken Tenders 6 Texas Toothpicks 809 E. University (Next to Hilton) 846-6823 ly :T| IP fr i Memorial Student Center Committee for the Awareness of Mexican American Culture U El Diez y Seis de Septiembre” Celebrating Independence Day Friday September 13, 1996 7:00 p.m. 201 Memorial Student Center Join us for free music and food! Everyone is welcome!! L Persons with disabilities please call 845-1515 to inform us os your special needs. 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