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D The Battalion EBRIEFING Pagi Tuesday • October8,1! J Rony Angkriwan, The Battalion Homeward Bound Shaney Halim, a sociology graduate student, takes the Centerpole bus home Monday afternoon. ► Campus Freshman run-off elections set today Run-off elections to determine the leaders of the Class of '00 are today. Polls open at 8 a.m. at the Memorial Student Center, Sterling C. Evans Library, Commons Lobby, the Student Recreation Center, the Underground and Zachry Engineer ing Center. They close at 6 p.m. Election results will be an nounced at 10 p.m. in front of the Lawrence Sullivan Ross statue in the Academic plaza Dance Marathon meeting tonight There will be a meeting for peo ple interested in participating in the Texas A&M Dance Marathon at 7 p.m. in 301 Rudder Tower. The 40-hour Dance Marathon benefits the Children's Miracle Net work and the children of the Brazos Valley. It will be Oct. 11-13 at the Student Recreation Center. The marathon is sponsored by the Panhellenic Council, Interfraterni ty Council and Pan-Hellenic Council. ► City Meeting to discuss maternity home Living Heritage Ministries is sponsoring a community-wide meeting tonight to discuss the start-up of Heritage House, a Christian maternity home for preg nant single women. The meeting will be atlpjJ the Bryan Public LibraryAudtrxf More information is avas; contacting Sue Sorensen alii 1097 or 693-7462. Nation [rekkin. feat f Court avoids sen harassment topi WASHINGTON (AP)- Supreme Court on Moi passed up a chance tote whether educators violate i eral law when they failtos students from sexually toasj other students. A high court decision of outrageous conduct to several junior-highIi0)i Bryan, Texas, could havece enormous importance for set and students nationwide. Instead, the justicestai away the case without con Lower courts scuttleda suit against the Bryan Inte dent School District afterr that peer sexual harassmei students in elementary and ondary schools almostm amounts to a violation oftliei equality law known as TitleI). The law, which bans sen bias by schools receivings eral money, applies to virtue public and private schools. Debra Rowinsky sued the school district in 1993 ow treatment her two eighth- daughters received from son - : low Sam Rayburn Middle students over the course 1992-1993 school year. bicyc rolle We, as node o our nt doc ► This day in history Weather (AP) — Today is Tuesday, Oct. 8, the 282nd day of 1996. There are 84 days left in the year. On this date: In 1871, deadly fires broke out in Chicago and Peshtigo, Wis. The Chicago fire claimed more than 200 lives and destroyed more than 17,000 buildings. The Peshtigo blaze claimed an estimated 1,500 lives and scorched 1.28 million acres of timberland. In 1892, Sergei Rachmaninoff first publicly per formed his piano “Prelude in C-sharp Minor" in Moscow. In 1944, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet made its debut on CBS Radio, on Ozzie and Harriet Nelson’s ninth wedding anniversary. In 1945, President Truman announced that the se cret of the atomic bomb would be shared only with Britain and Canada. In 1981, at the White House, President Reagan greeted former Presidents Carter, Ford and Nixon, who were preparing to travel to Egypt for the funeral of Anwar Sadat. In 1985, the hijackers of the Italian cruise ship “Achille Lauro” killed American passenger Leon Kling- hoffer, dumping his body and wheelchair overboard. Five years ago: The U.S. Senate postponed its vote on Clarence Thomas’ Supreme Court nomination to in vestigate allegations that he had sexually harassed a former aide, Anita Hill. Today Tonight Tomorrow Highs & Lows Today’s birthdays Actor Paul Hogan is 57. Reverend Jesse Jackson is 55. Comedian Chevy Chase is 53. Actress Sigourney Weaver is 47. Rhythm-and-blues singer Robert "Kool” Bell (Kool & the Gang) is 46. Country singer-musician Ricky Lee Phelps (Brother Phelps) is 43. Rock musician Mitch Marine (Tripping Daisy) is 35. Partly Cloudy with North winds at 5-10 miles per hour. Clear with light North winds. Sunny with light and variable winds. Expected to 54°F Information courtesy of TAMSC Imagine a new Plasma Center on University that caters to New Donors!” Smartest, easiest way to ryi ^ '"’’‘■'/ff l ji! / earn extra money. Lie back, relax, y- X^ \ Utudy. or just visit: then receive cash for j'1 your time, and plasma!! 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