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Jamie Rogers, a junior marketing major,
skateboards behind the Blocker Building
Sunday afternoon.
► State
Oil royalties help fund
UT, A&M education
MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — Winning
bidders of a silent auction of West
Texas oil and gas leases will drill for
more than petroleum on those deso
late lands. They’ll drill for knowledge.
The University of Texas System
owns the land, and the Public Uni
versity Fund will benefit Monday
when UT officials open sealed bids
from their 90th mineral lease auc
tion since they began leasing the
land 71 years ago.
The System will announce the
winning bids for the 228 tracts on
Tuesday in Austin.
“No other state has that kind of
oil available for higher education,”
said Land Commissioner Garry
Mauro, chairman of the Board for
Lease of University Lands and an
A&M graduate. “It’s made Texas
A&M and the University of Texas
universities of first class.”
The rent payments and oil royal
ties from UT lands go directly into
the state’s Permanent University
Fund, established in 1838 by the
Republic of Texas. A 1923 gusher
from a Reagan County well, the San
ta Rita No. 1 now on display at UT-
Austin, turned huge tracts of semi-
lucrative grazing land into a 2.1
million-acre mint.
Cattle still graze there, and more
► This day in history
than 1,000 acres of wine grapes
also are in production, complete
with a full-scale collegiate winery
near Fort Stockton. Oil remains
king, however.
Thanks to a deal cut between the
UT and A&M systems in the 1920s,
when UT alumni ruled the Capitol,
Texas’ endowment fund receives
two-thirds of the PUF money, com
pared to a third for A&M schools.
That’s why the UT system’s $5.2
billion portfolio of securities ranks
second behind Harvard nationally.
But don’t cry for the Aggies: they
rank seventh at more than $2.2 bil
lion heading into 1996, according
to a study by the National Associa
tion of College and University Busi
ness Executives.
Most schools invest heavily in the
stock markets, and none owns any
where close to the petroleum inter
ests the UT and A&M systems have.
The PUF funds about 10 percent
of the systems’ budgets, mostly for
capital improvement projects with a
little scholarship money left over. It
has been criticized in recent years
for the merely average return its in
vestments are receiving.
Lawmaker: State
funds not for arenas
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas and Hous
ton officials may feel they have se
cured some local public support to
ward building new stadiums, but
► Weather
neither city should expect any state
subsidies, a key lawmaker warned.
“They don’t have an interest in
what’s good for the whole state, only
what’s good for their regional con
cepts,” said state Rep. Kim Brimer,
who killed a Dallas-backed bill last
session that would have let cities
pay for arenas with sales taxes col
lected at the facilities.
On Tuesday — the first day to file
bills for the next Legislature —
Brimer, an Arlington Republican, will
offer a bill that would bar the use of
any state money for stadiums.
It also would give cities sever
al arena-finance options, from a
citywide sales-tax increase to tax
es on parking, tickets, rental cars
and hotel rooms.
Like Houston, Dallas wants to
divert some state money in the
form of sales taxes collected at
stadiums. The cities argue that
professional sports means big
money for the state.
► Nation
Intimidation added
to list of charges
BALTIMORE (AP) — Army in
structors charged with raping
and harassing female recruits at
a training center are also ac
cused of threatening them —
sometimes with death — to
keep quiet.
"I’m going to knock yow
out and get away with
drill sergeant told a trainei
cording to newly released
documents.
Four drill instructors
captain at the Army Ordi
Center have been charged
with criminal charges and!,
administrative counts. The ,
15 others have been susp*?
in the widening investigatio
The five men facing chij
which range from rape toj
ing improper love letters:
trainees, were accusedi
rassing at least a dozen i
in their first weeks of trainifj
The average age of the i
was 21.
Army investigators plan
terview as many as l.OOOv
who were trained at thel
since the beginning of 1995,
After the charges were|
nounced Thursday, the Arm
up a hot line for anyone
to report sexual abuse
post, and 1,528 calls wei|
ceived by late Saturday.
At least 50 calls were!
women, including many tra.
who reported a variety of I
er behavior ranging fromcrm
marks to severe sexual*
About 60 other callersi
plained of problems at othei
tary installations nation^
Army officials said.
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(AP) — Today is Monday, Nov. 11, the 316th day
of 1996. There are 50 days left in the year. This is
Veterans Day in the United States, Remembrance
Day in Canada.
On this date:
In 1620, 41 Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower an
chored off Massachusetts, signed a compact call
ing for a body politic.
In 1831, former slave Nat Turner, who had led a
violent insurrection, was executed in Jerusalem, Va.
In 1918, fighting in World War I came to an end
with the signing of an armistice between the Allies
and Germany.
In 1966, Gemini 12 blasted off from Cape
Kennedy, Fla., with astronauts James A. Lovell and
Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr.
In 1972, the Army turned over its base at Long Bihn
to the South Vietnamese army, symbolizing the end of
direct U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War.
In 1983, President Ronald Reagan became the
first U.S. chief executive to address the Diet,
Japan’s national legislature.
One year ago: With a partial government shutdown
looming, President Clinton and Republican congression
al leaders clashed over Medicare and bickered over who
to include in compromise budget talks.
Today
Tonight
Tomorrow
Highs & Low. indsey Tlan '
► Today’s birthdays
Former State Department official Alger Hiss is 92.
Author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is 74. Comedian Jonathan Win
ters is 71. Singer Marshall Crenshaw is 42. Rock musi
cian Ian Marsh (Human League; Heaven 17) is 40. Ac
tress Demi Moore is 34. Actor Philip McKeon is 32.
Rock musician Scott Mercado (Goo Goo Dolls) is 32.
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio is 22.
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Dates and Hours for Forcing for May 1997 Degree
Candidates into Technical Writing, English 210
and 301 Courses
The Department of English Writing Programs Office an
nounces forcing hours for graduating seniors for
English 210 and 310.
Spring 1997 degree candidates must bring a signed letter
( on departmental stationery) from their academic ad
visors to Blocker 224. No forces will be done during pre
registration period. To be forced, you must come into the
office on the dates and times listed below.
E-mail, phone requests or faxes will not be accepted.
There is no guarantee that all May 1997 graduates will re
ceive seats in English 210 or 301. For more informa
tion call 862-7724, the
Forcing Information Line.
Forces into these classes are limited.
Spring 1997 Semester
December 11 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
(Wednesday) and
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
December 12 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
(Thursday) and
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
English Department Web address:
http://engserve.tamu.edu/files/writingprograms/rulesforforcing.html
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Informational Meeting Times in November
MON. NOV. 4 at 3pm WED. NOV. 6 at 3pm
TUE. NOV. 12 at 4:30pm THUR. NOV. 14 at 3pm
MON. NOV. 18 at 4pm WED. NOV. 20 at 4pm
TUE. NOV. 26 at 3pm WED. NOV. 27 at 2pm
*AU informational meeting held in 358 Bizzell Hall West
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT
Prof. Howard Marchitello
Tues, Thurs, 10:00 - 12:00
2IOC Blocker
845-8320
Prof. Gary Halter
Mon., Wed., Fri. 9:00- 11:00
024 Bolton Hall
845-3127
Study Abroad Programs
161 Bizzell Hall West
845-0544
Study at the Santa Chiara Center in Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy and earn
Texas A&M credit! All classes in English! All majors Welcome!
ARTS 350 : The Arts and
Civilization
Prof. Paolo Barucchieri
LBAR 333: Italian Civilization
& Culture: Italian Renaissance
Literature
Prof: Howard Marchitello
POLS 316: Urban Politics
Prof. Gary Halter
STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS OFFICE
161 Bizzell Hall W. - 845-0544
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