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Tuesday • September 17,1!
Play ball
Pat James, The Battalion
Miles Zuniga, guitarist and vocalist for the
Austin band Fastball, performs on the
steps of the Wayne Stark Galleries during
a midday performance Monday sponsored
by MSC Town Hall.
Campus
Rape suspect’s dad
still jailed Monday
Don Davis Sr. remained in jail
Monday on charges that he helped
his 23-year-old son disappear five
days before his trial on charges of
rape was set to begin.
Davis’ son, Don Davis Jr., a 1995
Texas A&M graduate, was indicted in
March on charges of aggravated sex
ual assault in connection with two
rapes on the A&M campus.
Davis Sr. and his wife, Linda, were
indicted Thursday for hindering the
prosecution and apprehension of a
felon. Prosecutors maintain the cou
ple gave their son money and a car
shortly before he fled.
Linda Davis was released this
weekend on a $20,000 bond.
der of the week.
Students may donate blood from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at any of the five
campus locations through Friday.
Locations include the Memorial
Student Center, West Campus and
the Commons.
er adult supervision.
The rule was issued in January
by the Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services
Administration, which distributes
$1.2 billion a year in drug treat'
ment and prevention funds.
Americans flui
toilet hygiene
Nation
Minors urged to aid
state tobacco stings
Lucid to return
home Wednesday
APO, Red Cross host
campus blood drive
The Red Cross and Alpha Phi
Omega service fraternity are
teaming up to sponsor a blood
drive on campus for the remain-
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a little
publicized provision, President
Clinton’s crackdown on youth
smoking encourages states to
use minors in sting operations to
detect illegal tobacco sales — or
risk losing federal aid.
The government says its new
rule did generate a many
responses from citizens about
the physical and psychological
safety of undercover children and
their ability to understand legal
issues like entrapment.
But it says examples around
the country — including an Illinois
town where stings using junior high
school students have had a dra
matic impact — show that such
problems can be solved with prop-
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) —
Relief is on the way for NASA
astronaut Shannon Lucid.
Space shuttle Atlantis blasted
off Monday on a mission to bring
her home from the Russian
space station Mir, where she has
spent a record-breaking six
months in orbit.
Atlantis, more than six weeks
late because of mechanical trou
ble and two hurricanes, is sup
posed to dock with Mir late
Wednesday, despite the failure of
a critical power unit that could
force NASA to cut the flight short.
NASA briefly considered mov
ing up the docking to Tuesday
because of the mysterious shut
down of one of three hydraulic
power units minutes after liftoff.
NEW ORLEANS (AP)-
Americans routinely ignore
Mom’s most important pie:
advice: Wash your hands ate
to the bathroom.
This unsettling item of
gathered in the only way
by actually watching what p«
(or don’t do) in public restri
The researchers —
what they should be called
in stalls or pretended to
their hair while observing
men and women do the
ness in five cities last moi
Among the results:
—Just 60 percent o
Yorkers using restrooms ir
Station washed up afterwi
—The watchers in Chics;:
78 percent take the time to
after using the bathroom:i
Navy Pier.
—The survey found 74 k
wash after using the toilet
with 61 percent of men. Only-j
York and New Orleans did me'
soap and water slightly im
than women.
► This day in history
Weather
(AP) — Today is Tuesday, Sept. 17, the 261st day of
1996. There are 105 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1787, the U.S. Constitution was completed and
signed by a majority of delegates attending the
Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
In 1862, Union forces hurled back a Confederate
invasion of Maryland in the Civil War Battle of Antietam.
In 1920, the American Professional Football
Association — a precursor of the NFL — was formed in
Canton, Ohio.
In 1966, “Mission: Impossible” premiered on CBS.
In 1976, NASA publicly unveiled the space shuttle
“Enterprise” at ceremonies in Palmdale, Calif.
In 1983, Vanessa Williams of New York became the
first black contestant to be crowned Miss America. (The
following July, she also became the first Miss America to
resign in the wake of her Penthouse magazine scandal.)
Ten years ago: Seven people were killed and 51
wounded when a bomb exploded outside a Paris
department store.
Five years ago: The U.N. General Assembly opened
its 46th session, welcoming new members Estonia,
Latvia, Lithuania, North and South Korea, the Marshall
Islands and Micronesia.
One year ago: Hong Kong held its last legislative elec
tion before the 1997 takeover by China, with some of
Beijing’s fiercest critics the big winners.
► Today’s birthdays
Today
Tonight
Tomorrow
Highs & Low:
Yesterday’s Hi|
94°F
78°F
Today’s Expecit
(AP) — Actress Anne Bancroft is 65. U.S. Supreme
Court Justice David H. Souter is 57. Cartoonist Jeff
MacNelly is 49. Actor John Ritter is 48. Actress
Cassandra Peterson (“Elvira, Mistress of the Dark”) is
45. Rapper Doug E. Fresh is 30. Rhythm-and-blues
singer Marcus Sanders (Hi-Five) is 23.
Partly cloudy with
easterly winds 5-10 mph.
Increasing clouds with
east winds near 5 mph.
Mostly cloudy to
cloudy with isolated
showers and thunder
storms.
High
95°F
Today’s Expecte
Low
74°F
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Undergraduate Student Requirements:
You must be a degree seeking student and have a total of 95 credit hours reflected on the
Texas A&M University Student Information Management System. (A passed course, which is
repeated and passed, cannot count as additional credit hours.)
30 credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M University, providing that
prior to January 1,1994, you were registered at Texas A&M University and successfully com
pleted a fall/spring semester or summer term (I and II or 10 weeks) as a full-time student in good
standing (as defined in the University catalog).
60 credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M University if your first
semester at Texas A&M University was January 1994 or thereafter, or if you do not qualify under
the successful semester requirement. Should your degree be conferred with less than 60 res
ident credits, this requirement will be waived after your degree is posted on the Student
Information Management System.
3. You must have a 24) cumulative GPR at Texas A&M University.
t. You must be in good standing with the University, including no registration or transcript blocks
for past due fees, loans, parking tickets, returned checks, etc.
Graduate Student Requirements
If you are a December 1996 degree candidate and you do not have an Aggie ring from a
prior degree, you may place an order after you meet the following requirements:
1. Your degree is conferred and posted on the Texas A&M University Student Information
Management System; and
2. You are in good standing with the University, including no registration or transcript blocks for
past due fees, loans, parking tickets, returned checks, etc.
If you have completed Ml of your degree requirements and can obtain a “Letter of Completion”
from the Office of Graduate Studies, the original letter of completion, with the seal, may be
presented to the Ring Office in lieu of your degree being posted.
Procedure To Order A Ring:
1. If you meet all of the above requirements, you must visit the Ring Office no later than
Wednesday, September 18, 1996, to complete the application for eligibility verification.
2. If your application is approved and you wish to receive your ring on June 5, 1996, you must
return and pay in full by cash, check, money order, or your personal Visa or Mastercard
(with your name imprinted) no later than September 20, 1996.
Men’s 10K-$311.00
14K-$425.00
Women’s 10K-$175.00
14K-$203.00
Add $8.00 for Class of ‘95 or before.
The ring delivery date is November 13, 1996.
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