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Debriefing Thursday • November 21 ► Campus Phi Gamma Delta to host fall concert The Texas A&M chapter of Phi Gamma Delta (Fiji) is holding its third annual Fiji Fall Concert tonight at the Texas Hall of Fame on FM 2818, with special guest Steve Wariner. The proceeds from the concert will benefit the Texas A&M United Way Foundation and the Doug Blaz scholarship fund. Tickets can be purchased in advance at Cavender’s or the Hall of Fame for $12 or at the door for $15. Adam Roark, concert chair and a junior business major, said the Fiji's are hoping for a good turnout. “We hope to see a lot of people out there so we can raise more money,” Roark said. ► State Tuition and fees in crease 26 percent Ryan Rogers, The Battalion R.C. Slocum reads from Oh The Places You'll Co, by Dr. Suess, Wednesday afternoon at Rudder Fountain, in celebration of Children's Book Week. DALLAS (AP) — Although the Texas Legislature in 1995 limited tuition increases for state colleges and universities, the institutions have taken advantage of the op tion allowing them t:| mandatory student fees. Lawmakers capped! creases at 6 percental ever, fees increased age of 26 percent this] top of last year’s fees* on average 12 percentli] cording to preliminary! by the Texas Higher E:| Coordinating Board. Tuition and fees for; ident attending college] this academic year rose j — a 16 percent hike, the heels of last years! cent increase in tuition i| the coordinating board re: The University of ! Austin recorded soiril sharpest increases inge fees of any state school, which can be used for; purpose, were $360 ini school year. This year! $960, 167 percent high;j “You have to look atfla over the past decade- stand why universities r revenue, Ed Sharpe, vice:! for administration at the I of Texas, told The Texas! the Wall Street Journal. In the 1984-85 acact j state funding account;:] percent of the university! ing budget, he says. Thai percent this year. ► This day in history p» Weather (AP) — Today is Thursday, Nov. 2$, the 326th day of 1996. There are 40 days left in the year. On this date: Nov. 21, 1877, inventor Thomas A. Edison an nounced the invention of his phonograph. In 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1922, Rebecca L. Felton of Georgia was sworn in as the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate. In 1942, the Alaska highway across Canada was formally opened. In 1973, President Nixon’s attorney, J. Fred Buzhardt, revealed the existence of an 18 1/2- minute gap in one of the White House tape record ings related to Watergate. In 1979, a mob attacked the U.S. Embassy in Is lamabad, Pakistan, killing two Americans. In 1980, 87 people died in a fire at the MGM Grand Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas, Nev. In 1985, former U.S. Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Jay Pollard was arrested, accused of spying for Israel. Ten years ago: CIA director William Casey defend ed secret U.S. arms sales to Iran during closed-door sessions with the House and Senate Intelligence Committees. Today Tonight Tomorrow Today’s Birthdays Baseball Hall-of-Famer Stan Musial is 76. Country singer Jean Shepard is 63. Actress Goldie Hawn is 51. Rock musician Lonnie Jordan (War) is 48. Singer Livingston Taylor is 46. Actress-singer Lorna Luft is 44. Actress Nicollette Sheridan is. 33. Pop singer Bjork is 31. Rhythm-and-blues singer Chauncey Han nibal (BLACKstreet) is 28. Baseball player Ken Griffey Jr. is 27. g Highs &Lc| lo day’s ^xpecitl 75°F Today’s Expect;! 65°F Early morning fog. Partly cloudy and unseasonably warm. Mostly clear with possible late night fog and light winds. Mostly fair skies. Sunny and mild in the afternoon. Tomorrod Expected Hij 66°F Tomorrow,!!: Expected T 52° Information courtesy of Assoc* COLLKGR STATION. TX. THIRSTY THURSDAY PEEPING TOM •/ 75# Bar Drinks $ 1.75 Pitchers 8-10 P.M. FRIDAY & SATURDAY $2.00 Chuggers $1 .OO Drinks ALL NIGHT LIVE ENTERTAINMENT TUESDAY SILLER BEES AFTER BONIFIRE ESI P3 GT| pa ESI HURRICANE HARRY’S BAS! ONLY $2 ALL NITE, ALL CLASSE ., NOV. 25 9PM ~ 2AM SPONSORED BY THE CLASS OF ‘9S p IVELZU TLitLz i ilzcwzLzu CT J fpost lDak <zMaCC One Day Sale Lowest Prices of the Year Saturday, Nov. 23 rd •Diamond Engagement Ring & Bridal Sets up to 75% Off • Loose Diamonds 20% Off • Seiko, Citizen, & Longines Watches 30% Off • Gemstones & Diamond Anniversary Bands, Inserts & Wraps up to 75% Off • Diamond Earrings & Pendants up to 75% Off • 1 4k & 1 Ok Chains & Bracelets up to 75% Off 846-1073 Theater Arts Program presents The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux I November 14-16 & 20-23 Rudder Forum 8 p.m. Wipliip if . j! 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Postmaster: Send address changes#’’' talion, 015 Reed McDonald Building .Texas A&M University, College Station,TX 77843-1111. A m3 Citizei |a rock ba Class! playing a1 The Tl ! Challiot £ Micha [at Copasr Miraru I at Sweet Peepir Tap. 10:3 Sneak playing at Ty & t ton, is pie Alpha a lip sync Class!) playing at Coura^ p.m. and Geno I is playing Half-Li with Miss Grove, a i The Tl- Chaillot a Mothe ner. 9 p.n Pushm Jerky, a rc The W< at Fitzwilly Big C 3rd Flooi Blue Groove, from B-( The “Bird Fe 11:30 a Clas< playing; Cour ety. 9:3 The playing The Chaillot