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D The Battalion B ::'t [ I Pag Monday • November 18,1 Ryan Rogers, The Battalion Posers Paul Reininger, a senior outdoor education major, takes the Squadron 1 picture for A.R. Photography Sunday afternoon. Campus Emt, Blood drive seeks donors this week BloodCare will be on campus this week with a goal of collecting 1700 units of blood. The drive will be today through Nov. 21 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Nov. 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Blood may be donated at Sbisa Din ing Hall, the Memorial Student Cen ter, the Commons, the Wehner Building or on the Quadrangle. Anyone 17 or older, weighing a minimum of 110 pounds and in gen eral good health is eligible to donate. BloodCare is a regional non-prof it blood center serving Dallas and six surrounding counties in north Texas. More than 600 people daily must pledge to donate blood to meet the demands of the more than 100 hospitals and health care facilities served by BloodCare. tion tournament. The band will compete a; the Stanford University Ma Band, which won against the. sity of Nebraska in the first n competition. The second I — match-up will be from noon I.’I'^ ^ to noon Nov. 21. The winnefi-n^cirl( round will advance to the fir: be held Nov. 23. P NEW YORk 1 Votes may be cast at: htt;faumatized pnet.sportszone.com/editors;Cy, he’s sure c sy/college/bands.html. ing it. | The failed ► State Hopwood decisii unfair, students! fPT' Aggie Band wins Internet contest The Texas Aggie Band received more votes than the Dartmouth Col lege Marching Band to win its first contest in the Battle of the Bands competition on the Internet. The Aggie Band received 74.4 percent of the 13,897 votes cast in the competition, part of ESP- NET’s virtual reality single-elimina HOUSTON — The Rock^ tain Black Law Students Ah tion, a division of the Nationa Law Students Association, a conference today at the Unj- of Houston Law Center to dis: complaint filed with the Dep; of Education, Office for CivilR;i| 0 l e was j nt; The complaint is in resp(r:d ucer Lome the changes within the Texas-iembe,- Norn education system as a resu ’iersonated Hopwood decision. %lampaign. Th The complaint alleges vicsBuits and ties of Title VI of the Civil Right; “Bob Dole 1964 by Texas institutionsfr ijieant to yoi ping affirmative action progrr show and Bot Discussion will focus omjole said to taken by the attorney gene: his own habit Texas Higher Education Coo:; in the third pe Board, the University of Texas But, he tol A&M and the University of Ho. show, “un ^^■Du’re out of v\ This day in history ► Weather Stockh (AP) — Today is Monday, Nov. 18, the 323rd day of 1996. There are 43 days left in the year. On this date: In 1820, U.S. Navy Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer discov ered the frozen continent of Antarctica. In 1928, the first successful sound-synchronized ani mated cartoon, Walt Disney’s “Steamboat Willie,” star ring Mickey Mouse, premiered at the Colony Theater in New York City. In 1949, Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers was named the National League’s Most Valuable Player. In 1966, U.S. Roman Catholic bishops did away with the rule against eating meat on Fridays. In 1976, Spain’s parliament approved a bill to estab lish a democracy after 37 years of dictatorship. In 1978, California Congressman Leo J. Ryan and four other people were killed in Jonestown, Guyana, by members of the Peoples Temple; the killings were fol lowed by a night of mass murder and suicide by 912 cult members. Ten years ago: The Internal Revenue Service un veiled its new, longer and more complicated W-4 income tax withholding form. Five years ago: Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon freed Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland, the American dean of agriculture at the American University of Beirut. Today Tonight Tomorrow Today's Birthdays Highs & Lo> P^cK s it I STOCKHOL Today’s Expected! ylor won the 70°Fjr e in t ema t ior tival for her Tonight’s F.xpect^Andv Warhol. 53°F Veteran Steiger and F Tomorrow:McPormand v Former astronaut Alan Shepard is 73. Actress Linda Evans is 54. Rock musician Herman Rarebell (The Scor pions) is 47. Comedian Kevin Nealon is 43. Actress Elizabeth Perkins is 36. Singer Kim Wilde is 36. Rock musician Kirk Hammett (Metallica) is 34. Rock singer Tim DeLaughter (Tripping Daisy) is 31. Sunny and seasonable with winds light out of the east. Clear and cool with light and variable winds. Partly sunny and warmer with south winds at 5-10 mph. Expected Hf celebrities att€ 7 „ 0 r wound up Sun f More tha TomorrowNi; screened at c „ ,, classics like - Expected li Kane Fafgo 56°F mand’s husba llrother Ethar S.r’g Information courtesy oft dpenjng movje Best script THIS Ift YOUR LAST CHANCE. 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I missed Au 1 In the origi the cold moth character, who warm relation dying of cancer I The Even in open later this rora and her gr SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • 3 Crucible and Presents... E.C.H.O. THE RIGHT TO DIE.... WHO DECIDES? You love the outdoors. You love athletics. You love life. Then within a blink of an eye, life as you know it is no more. Now your days are filled with agonizing treatments and your evenings filled with sleepless nights. Join us for a first hand account as Dax Cowart shares his personal experience of his forced treatment in an acute burn ward. Dax S. Cowart Associate Attorney at the Law Firm of Hillard 8^ Munoz and Writer and Consultant on Rights of Medical Patients. Monday, November 18th 7:30 p.m. Rudder 601 Persons with disabilities please call 845-1515 to inform us of your special needs. We request notification three (3) working days prior to the event to enable us to assist you to the best of our abilities. QoCden c K?y 9fationoC tHonor Society ATTENTION INDUCTEES!! Just a reminder. Our Fall Induction will be held on Monday, November 18 in Rudder Theatre. We hope to see all of you there. The Battalion proud o I NEW YORK Version of The Michael Landauer, Editor in Chief ■/ 01 t a tt Amy Collier, Executive Editor Kendra Rasmussen, City Ed-; Gretchen Perrenot, Executive Editor Tom Day, Sports Editor Heather Pace, Opinion Editor Stew Milne, Visual Arts Edi^ Rachel Barry, Aggieufe Editor Chris Yung, Web Editor Tiffany Moore, Night News Editor Tim Moog, Photo Editor Helen Clancy, Night News Editor Brad Graeber, Cartoon Staff Members ond with his s The young the movie lliller’s fame the Salem wi bat with studi year-old fathe jo write the sc “Arthur hadi City Desk - Assistant Editor: Ann Marie Hauser; Reporters: Marika Cook, Brandon Hausenfluck, Christie Carla Marsh, Melissa Nunnery, Ldura Oliveira, Wesley Poston, Erica Roy, Courtney Walker & JoAnneWhff' Aggieufe Desk - Assistant Editor: Libe Goad; Feature Writers: James Francis, Kimber Huff, John LeBas, Aaion 1 Joseph Novak, April Towery & Shea Wiggins; Page Designer: Michele Chancellor Derience of me Sports Desk - Assistant Editor: Kristina Buffin; Writers: Jamie Burch, Sara Duesing, Jeremy Furtick,ColbyGT' ^/|j| |gf gays in Ross Hecox, Matt Mitchell, Dennis Ramirez & Nicole Smith l. .. r Opinion Desk - Assistant Editor: Erin Fitzgerald; Columnists: Jon Apgar, H. 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