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12th Man Student Foundation Meeting Weds. Nov. 13 in Koldus 111 @ 5:45 p.m. Speaker: Coach of the Women’s Basketball Team Candi Harvey After the meeting, join the 12th Man at the Men’s Basketball game: Texas A&M vs. Townsville ■&> @ 7:00 p.m. HOST/HOSTESS APPLICATIONS y Due This Friday Laptop Users Needed The National Science Foundation’s Center in Ergonomics located in the Safety En gineering Program at TAMU is conducting a research project about laptop com puter users. We need volunteers from the laptop user population to answer a questionnaire and/or to participate in environmental mock-up scenarios. In addition for your participation you will receive summary results and descriptive statistics regarding the mobile computer workforce. Our research projects involve a study of the mobile computing workforce,'thar is, those individuals who use laptop computers on a.regular basis as part of their normal job duties. Surveys were developed to acquire information on 1) the basic laptop user population characteristics, 2) laptop, software and peripherals usage patterns and 3) the “non-traditional” working force environments in which laptops are used, such as airplanes, automobiles, hotel rooms, etc. A general health survey follows for those who have experienced some pain or discomfort recently. The survey is available on the Internet (http://tiinity.tamu.edu/-ergocent/), IBM-format diskettes or paper copy. If you would like the survey on disk or paper copy or wish to participate in the envi ronmental mock-up scenarios please contact Kevin McSweeney or Steve Hudock at 862-2649 or by e-mail at mobile_computing@trinity.tamu.edu Your cooperation is very much appreciated. Gig ‘em, Ags Ad A™, E IMSF l/UORC in RCjONOIVlicS National Science Foundation Industry''University Cooperative Research Center in Hrgonomics THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM Attention all Business Students: The Undergraduate Programs Of fice Presents: "Surviving Pre-Registration Workshop ” Need help with next semester? Come see your UPO and departmental advisors! November 14, 1996 7-9 p.m. Rm. 159, Wehner Bldg. Please bring a copy of your degree audit to the meeting. Your degree audit is available at Heaton Hall (cost $1.00). Wednesday • November!: Gov. Bush criticizes curriculum rewri AUSTIN (AP) — Gov. George W. Bush on Tuesday criticized a draft of the state’s first major curriculum rewrite in more than a decade as vague and recommended clearer goals for Texas students. “The document will determine the learning landscape for all of Texas, from our textbooks to our testing system, so it’s important that we get it right and come up with a plan that is clear, concise and doable,” Bush told the Texas Busi ness and Education Coalition. The 1,444-page document has been worked on by educators, parents, curricu lum specialists and business representatives since 1994 and will go to the State Board of Education for consideration. The board will take public testimony next year as members consider adopting the cur riculum standards, which are used by publish ers as guidelines for classroom textbooks. Officials have said the rewrite’s key differ ence from current subject requirements is a subtle but important shift in focus: Rather than specifying what educators should teach, it will detail what skills students should learn. People involved in the process have said the goal fits with a state philosophy to de fine expectations clearly, then allow schools to design programs to meet them. Two board of education members who in the past have supported the curriculum rewrite, Rosie Sorrells of Dallas and Will Davis of Austin, did not immediately return telephone calls from The Associated Press. But Bush used an example of an objec tive laid out in the language arts section of the curriculum rewrite to show that it needs improvement. “When I read things like this: ‘The stu dent analyzes the influence of the speaker’s verbal and nonverbal behaviors on listeners’ perception and acceptance or rejection of the message, including the speaker’s use of tion that he would like addressed dm 1997 Legislature, which convenes Jan Bush said education would be funding priority and that lawmaker! increase the number of open-enro charter schools. Currently, there are publicly funded schools are indeper school districts, able to enroll stud La< “We must say plainly what we want students to know and when we want them to know it.” Gov. George W. Bush language, voice and gestures,’ I don’t know what that means,” Bush said. “Moreover, I don’t know how you test a child on that,” Bush said. “We must say plainly what we want students to know and when we want them to know it. “No touchy feely essays or learning by os mosis, no holding hands until the karma is right, just straightforward lists of state ex pectations is what I expect from this study and so does the Commissioner of Education (Mike Moses),” Bush said. Bush cited several objectives for educa- gardless of district lines, and freer FheA& state regulations. They are separate from campusc 3 swee which may be granted by local schools “They’ve worked. Competition b By thing we shouldn’t be afraid of, and Th schools inject competition into the school system,” Bush said. 13th- Bush stressed literacy initiativesTeam sure every Texas child can read by third; 011 sweep oi Bush called on businesses and corpYhen it take for assistance, either by sponsoringu-ady Longho reading programs or through contributi he Frank lrv\ “This is not one speech. It’s nota ^ he Lady for me and then 1 move off the stage )ac k into the my passion,” Bush said. “This must; n ghi four ga if we are going to change Texas. And Y l ast Saturd ing to happen. Mark my words, and g|\&M (21Y your help.” .2) is aiming Bush called on Texas teaching univ° finish the and colleges to do a bettn )oh ie|son by “If reading is the goal and the fundivinning its gateway to knowledge, our universities inal six leges must do a better job of preparing natches to teachers to meet this goal,” Bush saiAWp pace many of our universities are wedded i vith Ne- ing methods that do not work. That Jraska in die ceptable to the governor of the state of Lace for the lig 12 Con- Man’s body exhumed to aid investigation CONROE, Texas (AP) — Nearly three years after he was buried, the body of a 29-year-old Spring man has been exhumed because of lingering questions sur rounding his death. “It’s been very draining," Glennie Beauchamp said of her son Paul’s unearthing on Monday. “But it’s a relief to know there could be a conclusion.” Beauchamp’s death was ruled an accidental drowning. But his family rejected the official finding by a former Harris County pathologist and Montgomery County sheriff’s detectives that Beauchamp was drunk, staggered into a pond, and drowned after leaving a Christmas party. A man who said he was target shooting on his grand mother’s property reported finding Beauchamp’s body in a pond on Dec. 26, 1993. The man said he fired at what he thought was a turtle, but it was Beauchamp’s head, visi ble just above the surface. Sheriff’s detectives said a lie-detector test and eyewit ness accounts cleared the shooter of any wrongdoing. Acquaintances said he regularly shot turtles in the pond. The victim and the shooter did not know each other, but they had mutual friends. Medical Examiner Chief Administrator Alex Conforti said he’s uncertain what a new autopsy might reveal. Beauchamp’s organs were discarded after the original au topsy and only skeletal tissue is likely to remain after such a long time. Justice of the Peace Edie Connelly ordered the ex humation last week because of differing opinions from at least two pathologists and inconsistencies raised by the family and the district attorney. Detectives theorized Beauchamp, who had been drinking earlier in the day and later at the party, drove into a remote area and got his pickup truck stuck in mud not far from the pond. His parents question why their son’s shoes were found about 200 feet apart near the pond and how he could have been lucid enough to walk 600 feet from his truck to the water but so disoriented or drunk that he entered the chilly pond and drowned. They also want to know why there was little water in Beauchamp’s lungs and why there was blood and swelling consistent with gunshot injuries when he was supposed to be dead at the time he was shot. Same-sex marriage, abortiC proposals among bills file i ert nee title, enior niddle dicker ^age White >aid the tea: AUSTIN (AP) — Proposals prohibiting the state from recognizing same-sex mar riages and two abortion bills — one re quiring parental notification, the other requiring a 24-hour waiting period — were among hundreds of bills filed Tues day for the 1997 Legislature. Rep. Warren Chisum, R-Pampa, filed the measure against same-sex marriages. The one-page bill says the state may not "give effect to a public act, record or judi cial proceeding that recognizes or vali dates marriages between persons of the same sex.” That bill, as all others, would have to be approved by both the House and Sen ate before Gov. George W. Bush could consider signing it into law. “I am against same-sex marriages in Texas,” Bush said Tuesday, adding that he would wait to see the bill before com- ance of the women seeking abortion service rai d to the c counseled on alternatives, inforr 5 ; “j n ort j er risks and the probable gestationa. :on f erence the fetus, and shown pictures of wp at that gestational age. ) UI c onfen Women would then have toci ;a j t j “qq u , ] ( in writing to the abortion. They jp a ^ Bu r 1 By IVD The menting on it. Diane Hardy-Garcia, executive di rector of the Lesbian-Gay Rights Lobby of Texas, said the group will fight Chisum’s bill. “Mr. Chisum’s bill does nothing for Texas,” Hardy-Garcia said. “It does noth ing but spread hate and intolerance. It will be difficult for us to stop him.” Tuesday was the first day of bill fil ings for the next biennial session, which convenes on Jan. 14. Issues ex pected to dominate the session in clude property tax relief, educational reforms and deregulation of the elec tric utility industry. Sen. Florence Shapiro, R-Plano, filed the so-called parental notification abor tion bill. It would require parents or guardians to be informed if their minor daughters seek abortion services. Rep. Frank Corte, R-San Antonio, filed the so-called informed consent abortion bill. Among other things, it would require have to wait 24 hours after getti, rou don - t wa information before the oper. )ffs too cock ^ujd be done. f Junior sett Chisum, who was not availaD' rder to deke; comment Tuesday, filed a 22-page tari , | |( , m<|| ' establish a 12-member board — im of lawmakers — to consider tleregu of the electricity market in Texas, The bill also would have theh Utility Commission, which regulati electric industry, set up a pilot prof in which electricity sellers would f pete to sell a state agency power. The PUC could not move to df ulate the industry unless autho| It is getting by law. season whe Other bills filed would: falls start tall — Have juveniles 14 and oldtbowl bids ar matically tried and sentenced as2 worthy of tf they committed felony crimes A&M Footbc deadly weapon. Currently, hearing there is still a be held to determine whether a jimud 1 work tc will be treated as an adult. ; “We can no longer tolerate jw who flagrantly disobey the law,” si Jerry Patterson, R-Pasadena, who the bill. — Allow Texans to initiate 1® challenge laws passed by the Lego at the ballot box. The so-called and referendum bill would allow pt ; drives to get proposed laws on thet; or to challenge measures already into law. — Eliminate parole for violent nals, including those convicted of der, rape, assault, child molesting bery, arson and kidnapping. Kemp, Reno discuss public policy at Rice conferenc HOUSTON (AP) — Failed vice- presidential nominee Jack Kemp and Attorney General Janet Reno offered their two-cents-worth on public issues Tuesday but kept quiet on their own futures. The two were the headliners at a public policy conference at Rice University in Houston. Kemp stumped for lower tax es and an overhaul of the tax system. Reno discussed the im portance of prevention in fight ing crime. But the two were virtually silent when asked to comment on their plans. As President Clinton restruc tures his Cabinet for a second term, Reno repeated she would remain at his request. “I intend to keep on doing the best I can, the best I know how,” she said when asked about a tenure that has included the FBI files flap and the Branch Davidian standoff. “I intend to keep on do ing it until the end.” When pressed on whether she had talked to Clinton about stay ing on in Washington, Reno would only say, “He’s in the process of forming his new ad ministration now.” Meanwhile, Kemp talked about the need to change the current tax system. He kept mum about his future and about the presidential campaign. Bob Dole’s running mate said it is up to Clinton to take care of Medicare spending, recalling De mocratic assertions that Republi cans were out to gut the health program for the aged. “(The Republicans) are not going to bail him out of Medicare when he absolutely al lowed that issue to be dema- gogued to such a degree,” Kemp, a former housing secretary, said. “We want to help but let him come up with his solution after banging on the Republicans and Dole for the last six months.” Kemp, who believes tax cuts stimulate the economy, criti cized Clinton for making a bal anced budget, not economic growth, his top priority. “This economy is not at all fast enough to eithei| ance the budget or to provif lutions to many ofthe' A&fv| senior Lak< problems of our county q Ualterback ,, told reporters. Hesgothisp: ties wrong.” L Kemp said he was not re. comment on his and Dole’s) bid for the White House. “Tm too close to the end) campaign,” Kemp said. Tnv to have some reflections! right now.” The former New York! gressman sidestepped que:j about whether he would rii| president in 2000, offering« two-word hint. “Stay tuned.” HOUSTC Utive 3-poii Shaquille O out as the 126-115 Tu first loss of t Cedric started th overtime v fiet and the LEARN TO AT UNITED FLIGHT SYSTEMS We’re now located at College Station Easterwood Airport. Learn to fly the Cessna Pilot Center Exclusive Integrated Flight Training System at United Flight Systems, the experienced flight school. ?! Cessna Private thru advanced training I Aircraft rental, Pilot Shop I F.A.A. approved 141 school I VA Eligible Benefits United Flight Systems, Inc. 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