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The Battalion E I> ll ¥ 17 17 T IV oIt IIr 111 Pai Wednesday • November 13, Rachel Redington, The Battalion Shot it Karen Muehe gives a flu shot to Weidong Zhai, an MBA student. Muehe says she has given more flu shots than usual so far this year. Campus MSC lost-and-found auction held today MSC Hospitality will sponsor this semester’s lost-and-found auc tion today from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the MSC Flagroom. Items up for bid are belongings that were found on campus. Door prizes will be awarded. More information may be ob tained by contacting Cristi Govez, Brad Lockwood or Penny Ditton at 845-1515. ► Campus Fires cause concern for safety at Texas science lab burned. He said if the fire had reached those chemicals, many people could have been hurt. As a state institution, UT does not have to follow city fire safety codes or recommendations from the city’s fire department. But af ter Paulsgrove threatened to limit city response to fires on the cam pus, school officials said they will comply with recommendations, in cluding sprinkler systems and bet ter warnings of possible dangers. Monday’s fire started in file cabi nets in the storage room, according to a university official. The tower, where Charles Whit man killed 14 people 30 years ago, houses administration offices and a library. Tree gives way Austin construe ► Peo AUSTIN (AP) — that has created ’rince amily f Const' detouij headaches for Capitol since last summer will bloH CHAN HAS state’s annual Christmejh ! star forn from being installed. is happy to The state’s Christma;Cr|eation: his paid for and installed set, ‘Emanci Downtown Austin Alliance The other AUSTIN (AP) — A second fire in a month at the University of Texas has renewed concerns about safety on the campus. A storage room in the landmark UT Tower was damaged by a three- alarm fire Monday. No one was in jured and the extent of damages was not clear. A six-alarm chemical fire damaged a science laboratory on Oct. 19. After that fire, city fire officials blasted the school for lax safety stan dards. Fire Chief Robin Paulsgrove said there were potentially deadly chemicals in the building where the Young prisoners caught after escape GIDDINGS, Texas (AP) — Three youths convicted of crimes ranging from capital murder to aggravated sexual assault were back in cus tody on Tuesday after escaping from Giddings State School. The youths, ages 16, 17 and 18, fled their dormitory at 1:30 a.m. Monday after they grabbed a supervisor, locked him in a closet, and took his keys to unlock the fa cility, officials said. They crawled under a fence through a ditch officials say they probably dug themselves. ally placed at the south- iThe 38-yr the Capitol's Great Walkj^even confin Thanksgiving. has been boi But renovation of the w “Wheneve other sidewalks and driichildren, th around the Capitol hast acythmg,” h foot tree's usual restin.know their m blocked off by orange bant “Our chile chain-link fences. de cisions. ‘‘When they started this want to be kind of forgot about (howat’ s just : have always put a bigf their experie there,” said Lucy Buck, ass: Prince at director of the Downtown were expect Alliance. "In the spring. ■is month. they were planning thing;:. Reports c didn’t think about Christma ropean pres Buck said other sites al Enquirer tree were considered. B 1301 n premc said logistical problems wit h a defori have been too great. The construction arou Sirtc*'f*r’ < Capitol is part of an overa 1 ^ o' 7 ' vation project. Work ' ns roCBlIC This day in history ► Weather Today is Wednesday, Nov. 13, the 318th day of 1996. There are 48 days left in the year. On this date: In 1789, Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter to a friend in which he said, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” In 1956, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws calling for racial segregation on public buses. In 1969, in a speech in Des Moines, Iowa, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew accused network television news departments of bias and distortion, and urged viewers to lodge complaints. In 1974, Karen Silkwood, a technician and union activist at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron plutonium plant near Crescent, Okla., was killed in a car crash. In 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedi cated in Washington following three days of cere monies and marches. Ten years ago: President Reagan publicly acknowl edged that the United States had sent “defensive weapons and spare parts” to Iran in an attempt to im prove relations, but denied the shipments were part of a deal aimed at freeing hostages in Lebanon. One year ago: Seven people, including five Ameri cans, were killed when a bomb exploded at a military training facility in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The government braced for imminent partial shutdown as President Clin ton vetoed one budget bill and prepared to reject anoth er in a dogged fiscal standoff with Republicans. Today Tonight Tomorrow Capitol was completed s; years ago. I HOWELL ]W “Maria E y|u tonight?’ ■ That’s w steen calk Highs & Lon about his fii cent benefit ► Today’s Birthdays Producer-director Garry Marshall is 62. Actor Joe Mantegna is 49. Musician Andrew Rankin (The Pogues) is 43. Actress-comedian Whoopi Goldberg is 41. Actress Tracy Scoggins is 37. Rock musician Wal ter Kibby (Fishbone) is 32. 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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 The Battalion Michael Landauer, Editor in Chief Amy Collier, Executive Editor Kendra Rasmussen, CitvEd0| Gretchen Perrenot, Executive Editor Tom Day, Sports Editor Heather Pace, Opinion Editor Stew Milne, Visual Arts EdiWI Rachel Barry, Aggielife Editor Chris Yung, Web Editor Tiffany Moore, Night News Editor Tim Moog, Photo Editor Helen Clancy, Night News Editor Brad Graeber, Cartoon EdiwI Staff Members : I City Desk - Assistant Editor: Ann Marie Hauser; Reporters: Marika Cook, Brandon Hausenfluck, Christie Hi Carla Marsh, Melissa Nunnery, Laura Oliveira, Wesley Poston, Erica Roy Meredith Stewart, Courtney Wal JoAnne Whittemore Aggielife Desk - Assistant Editor: Libe Goad; Feature Writers: James Francis, Kimber Huff, John LeBas, Aaron Joseph Novak, April Towery & Shea Wiggins; Page Designer: Michele Chancellor Sports Desk - Assistant Editor: Kristina Buffin; Writers: Jamie Burch, Sara Duesing, Jeremy Furtick, Colby Ross Hecox, Matt Mitchell, Dennis Ramirez & Nicole Smith Opinion Desk - Assistant Editor: Erin Fitzgerald; Columnists: Jon Apgar, H. 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