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Wednesday • October30, Rachel Redington, The Battalion Partisan Pet Sunny Lasley, a senior agriculture development major, pets Tom, a donkey owned by Sonny and Lynn Ellen of Bryan. The donkey was part of a display in front of the MSC sponsored by the Aggie Democrats. ► Campus PITS, UPD to help register bicycles There will be a bicycle identifi cation and registration program from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today be tween the Wehner Building and the West Campus Library. Officers from Parking, Traffic and Transportation will complete all necessary paperwork on regis tration, and officers from the Uni versity Police Department will en grave bicycles with the owner's dri ver's license number. The services are free. Symposium takes global approach The Department of Modern and Classical Languages is hosting an international symposium on litera ture at 5 p.m. in 226 MSC. The symposium is commemorat ing Jorge Luis Borges, a Latin Ameri can writer who died 10 years ago. Speakers from Australia, Eu rope and Latin America will be in attendance. Clinic, B-2 freshmen sponsor donor drive The Scott and White Marrow Donor Program is holding a drive on campus today for the National Marrow Donor Program Registry. The freshmen of Company B-2 in the Corps of Cadets are spon soring the drive. It is being held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Study Lounge B on the Quadrangle. ► State Cast, crew finish tribute to Selena SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Work has concluded in San Antonio on the movie about Tejano singer Selena. The cast and crew members of the movie celebrated with a bash at a San Antonio cafe Monday night. Now they move on to Corpus Christi, where more filming is scheduled to begin on Friday. The movie is scheduled for re lease next April. Actor Edward James Olmos is playing the role of Selena’s father, Abraham Quintanilla Jr. Members of the Quintanilla family were at Monday night’s dinner. Olmos says it’s the toughest role he’s ever taken, because of the tragedy. Selena was shot and killed at Corpus Christi in 1994. Surgeon deals to avoid prosecution FORT WORTH (AP) — A neuro surgeon has surrendered his med ical license as part of an agree ment to avoid further criminal prosecution in sexual assaults on three girls. Dr. Charles L. Webster Jr. has pleaded no contest to two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child. He surrendered his license in exchange for a 10-year deferred sentence and dismissal of two oth er assault counts. The State Board of Medical Ex aminers earlier this month accepted Webster’s voluntary and permanent surrender of his license. He had en tered his plea July 29 before state District Judge Wayne Salvant. Webster, 65, had been sched uled to go to trial in July following his indictment two years ago in the attacks on three girls under age 14. In a separate action on Oct. 5, the board revoked the professional credentials of Dr. Belden J.L. Coomansingh. The 57-year-old ob stetrician-gynecologist was ac cused of giving drugs to an under cover police officer for the promise of sex. He was fined $25,000 by the board, which had had suspend ed Coomansingh’s license after his arrest Aug. 3. ► Nation Gates, classmate help out Harvard CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — What’s $25 million between friends? If you’re Bill Gates, it’s enough to build a new computer science center at Harvard Universi ty with one of your best pals. The contribution from Gates and Harvard classmate Steve Ballmer is the fifth-largest in the school’s history. The building — named for their mothers — will house the computer science and electrical engineering programs. “What Harvard had as a facility — and I can say this, because I was there a lot — wasnot! facility," Gates said lues Seattle. “It's gotten bettei last years, but it's not as some of the other depart the school.” The gift “underscorestie ing importance of computers! formation technology in edi as well as in society,’ saitlt President Neil Rudenstine. Lawyers control conspiracy cte SANTA MONICA, Calif,|l Mark Fuhrman was never with the evidence neeii frame OJ. Simpson, a pcs pervisor testified Tuesci plaintiffs headed off effofi cast the disgraced detect! the villain. Detective Ron Phillips sa and Fuhrman arrived topi the condominium where's Brown Simpson and RonaH man were stabbed toc« hours earlier, and thatRili never left his side. “He was standingbeW Phillips said. “Did you see a secondgi plaintiffs' attorney Ertaa'ii vene asked. “I just saw one glove, Phillips said. Later in the morning ate June 12, 1994 slayings,Flit reported finding the mate!; glove on a pathway ne*tt guest house on Simpsobses The defense team in Simp criminal trial targeted Futa a racist who planted theglw plot to frame Simpson. ► This day in history (AP) — Today is Wednesday, Oct. 30, the 304th day of 1996. There are 62 days left in the year. On this date: In 1938, the radio play that panicked the nation, The War of the Worlds, starring Orson Welles, aired on CBS. In 1945, the U.S. government announced the end of shoe rationing. In 1953, Gen. George C. Marshall was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Dr. Albert Schweitzer received the Peace Prize for 1952. In 1961, the Soviet Union tested a hydrogen bomb with a force estimated at 58 megatons. In 1961, the Soviet Party Congress unanimously approved a resolution ordering the removal of Josef Stalin’s body from Lenin’s tomb. In 1974, Muhammad Ali knocked out George Fore man in the eighth round of a 15-round bout in Kin shasa, Zaire, to regain his world heavyweight title. Weather In 1975, the (New York) Daily News ran the head line “Ford to City: Drop Dead” a day after President Gerald Ford said he would veto any proposed federal bailout of New York City. In 1985, the launch of the space shuttle Chal lenger was witnessed by the schoolteacher scheduled to fly aboard the spacecraft the following January, Christa McAuliffe of New Hampshire. One year ago: By a vote of 50.6 percent to 49.4 percent, Federalists prevailed over separatists in Que bec in a secession referendum. ► Today’s Birthdays Today Tonight Tomorrow Highs & Lot Today’s Expecid 80°F lonightsfapt,:^ 61°F Tomorre:: Expected fa Actor Henry Winkler is 51. Actor Harry Hamlin is 45. Rock singer-musician Jerry DeBorg (Jesus Jones) is 33. Rock singer-musician Gavin Rossdale (Bush) is 29. Mostly cloudy with northeasterly winds of 5-10 mph. 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