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Wednesday • November 27,
Demolition Derby
Craig Bickley, a junior electrical engineering major, beats the "Bevo
"Old-Fashioned Car Bash" Tuesday at Rudder Fountain.
Dave House, The Battalion
Bash" truck at MSC OPAS'
Campus
First Turkey Trot to
benefit Austin poor
New Yell Locati
Capitol renovationp h e pii grim
The first man and woman Long
horn and Aggie to cross the finish
line of the Thunder Cloud Subs
Turkey Trot, which will be held
Thanksgiving day in Austin, will re
ceive an award to commemorate the
U.T. vs. Texas A&M football game.
Runners in the five-mile competi
tion must wear a shirt clearly identi
fying them as a Longhorn or Aggie.
The competition begins at 9 a.m.
at Zilker Park. Registration forms will
be available at the race. There is a
$15 entry fee, which includes a long-
sleeved Turkey Trot T-shirt.
All proceeds will benefit Caritas of
Austin, an organization that provides
emergency assistance to Austin’s
poor. Participants are also asked to
bring personal items such as tooth
paste, shampoo and paper towels to
donate to Caritas.
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15th Street and Congress viag holiday
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held on the front steps of!
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torney Frank Maco said Mc ,mema d e hali;
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phere of preparedness.” aves sa id.
Dylan was adopted byf^ e Italiar
and Woody Allen, who laterv* i Usa ge and pas-
cused by Maco molestin£p iS h ata ;
child, but was not prosecutetl || ae sa 'd h er
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► People in the news
Police seek alleged
Mia Farrow stalker
ay nke a festival.
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BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) - ^ g0 t j iat j s
were horses and giraffes a e (lo ()n Thank
ons — oh, my! — to celebrate navp ,
LITCHFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Au
thorities are keeping an eye out for
an ex-convict from Texas who is ac
cused of threatening actress Mia
Farrow and her daughter Dylan.
Carl Guichard, 59, has failed to
report to parole officials for nearly
two weeks, Texas authorities said.
In the past, Guichard has
claimed to be Dylan’s biological fa
ther and has threatened to try to
“recover” the child.
“We don’t want to create pn
n, , . *■' Daves said,
union of singer Paula Abdu carter Thoma
her new husband. senior English
Abdul and New Haven cl( j S | 0rv ma j or
manufacturer Brad Beckei j s f arn ji v eats a
married last month in Beverj ran[ j mot j ler . s
had a reception on Sunday;
This day in history
► Weather
(AP) — Today is Wednesday, Nov. 27, the 332nd
day of 1996. There are 34 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1839, the American Statistical Association was
founded in Boston.
In 1910, New York’s Pennsylvania Station opened.
In 1942, during World War II, the French navy at
Toulon scuttled its ships and submarines to keep
them out of the hands of the Nazis.
In 1970, Pope Paul VI, visiting the Philippines, was
slightly wounded at the Manila airport by a dagger-
wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest.
In 1973, the U.S. Senate voted 92-to-3 to confirm
Gerald R. Ford as vice president, succeeding Spiro T.
Agnew, who had resigned.
In 1978, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone
and City Supervisor Harvey Milk, a gay-rights activist,
were shot to death inside City Hall by former supervi
sor Dan White.
In 1983, 183 people were killed when a Colom
bian Avianca Airlines Boeing 747 crashed near
Madrid’s Barajas airport.
In 1985, the British House of Commons approved
the Anglo-Irish accord giving Dublin a consultative role
in the governing of British-ruled Northern Ireland.
In 1989,107 people were killed when a bomb blamed
on drug traffickers destroyed a Colombian jetliner.
Today
Tonight
Tomorrow
► Today's birthdays
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Beckerman said she pass% al we eat } iar
a chance to have the psrty; , jjQi na gQj a g a j(j
eral mansions around the si Aimee Dewee,
Too stuffy, she said. f a mily ea
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Rock musician Charlie Burchill (Simple Minds) is
37. Rock musician Charlie Benante (Anthrax) is 34.
Rock musician Mike Bordin (Faith No More) is 34. Ac
tor Fisher Stevens is 33. Actress Robin Givens is 32.
Rapper Skoob (DAS EFX) is 26. Actor Jaleel White
{Family Matters) is 20.
Mostly cloudy with
northeast winds
10 mph.
Cloudy with a 20
chance of rain.
Northeast winds.
Cloudy with a 40
percent chance of rain.
Northeast winds.
Tomorrorf
Expected
49°1?
Tomorrow’s!
Expected Low!
40°F
Information courtesy of 7M
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An Invitation To....
The Bridal Style Show of The Season
Presented By Ladies and Lords
Bridals * Bridesmaids * Tuxedos
1000’s of Dollars in Prizes
Sunday, December 8th
College Station Hilton
1 to 4 P.M.
Tickets $3
available at
Ladies & Lords
“Bridal & Tuxedo”
807 Texas Avenue
All Funds raised will benefit Habitat for Humanity
Compact
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Thousands In Stock
m
403 University Drive
(across from Campus)
We Pay Cash For Used CD’s.
If You Register
They Will Come.
MSC Open House tables are on sale. Reserve yours at
MSC Box Office from now until January 15. Only $22feJ
recognized student organizations. Pay with cash or accow
(you’ll need an IDT).
Make sure you’re there.
Persons ’with disabilities please call 845-1515 to inform us of your
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special needs. We request notification three (3) working days prior
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to the event to enable us to assist you to the best of ourabifities.
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Public f
lation:
AGGIE RING ORDERS
THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS
CLAYTON W. WILLIAMS, JR. ALUMNI CENTER
DEADLINE: December 6, 1996
Undergraduate Student Requirements:
1. You must be a degree seeking student and have a total of 95 credit hours reflected on the
Texas A&M University Student Information Management System. (A passed course, which is
repeated and passed, cannot count as additional credit hours.)
2. 30 credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M University, providing
that prior to January 1, 1994, you were registered at Texas A&M University and successfully
completed a fall/spring semester or summer term (I and II or 10 weeks) as a full-time student
in good standing (as defined in the University catalog).
60 credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M University if your first se
mester at Texas A&M University was January 1994 or thereafter, or if you do not qualify under
the successful semester requirement. Should your degree be conferred with less than 60
resident credits, this requirement will be waived after your degree is posted on the Student In
formation Management System.
3. You must have a 2J0 cumulative GPR at Texas A&M University.
X. You must be in good standing with the University, including no registration or transcript blocks
for past due fees, loans, parking tickets, returned checks, etc.
Graduate Student Requirements
If you are a December 1996 degree candidate and you do not have an Aggie ring from a pri
or degree, you may place an order after you meet the following requirements:
2.
Your degree is conferred and posted on the Texas A&M University Student Information
Management System; and
You are in good standing with the University, including no registration or transcript blocks for
past due fees, loans, parking tickets, returned checks, etc.
If you have completed aM of your degree requirements and can obtain a “Letter of Completion”
from the Office of Graduate Studies, the original letter of completion, with the seal, may be
presented to the Ring Office in lieu of your degree being posted.
Procedure To Order A Ring:
1. If you meet all of the above requirements, you must visit the Ring Office no later than
Friday, December 6, 1996, to complete the application for eligibility verification.
2.
If your application is approved and you wish to receive your ring on February 19, 1997,
you must return and pay in full by cash, check, money order, or your personal Visa or
Mastercard (with your name imprinted) no later than December 11, 1996.
Men’s 1
Women’s 10K
.00 14K •
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Add $8.00 for Class of ‘95 or before.
The ring delivery date is February 19, 1997.
Film Developing Special
Double 3" Prints Single 4" Prints
12 EXP.
24 EXP.
36 EXP.
$2.69
$3.99
$5.99
$2.69
$3.99
$5.99
C-41 - 126 or 35mm
Color Print Film Only
Otter Good Nov. 25 thru Dec 2,1996
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located in the Graphic Arts Center adjacent to
REED MCDONALD on Ireland Street
Michael Landauer,
Amy Collier, Executive Editor
Gretchen Perrenot, Executive Editor
Heather Pace, Opinion Editor
Rachel Barry, Aggielife Editor
Tiffany Moore, Night News Editor
Helen Clancy, Night News Editor
Editor in Chief
Kendra Rasmussen, City Edii :
Tom Day, Sports Editor
Stew Milne, Visual Arts EdiK' :
Chris Yung, Web Editor
Tim Moog, Photo Editor
Brad Graeber, Cartoon Editc :
Staff Members
City Desk - Assistant Editor: Ann Marie Hauser; Reporters: Marika Cook, Brandon Hausenfluck, Melissa NuniW
Laura Oliveira, Wesley Poston, Erica Roy, Courtney Walker & JoAnne Whittemore
Aggielife Desk - Assistant Editor: Libe Goad; Feature Writers: James Francis, Kimber Huff, John LeBas, Aaron ML
Joseph Novak, April Towery & Shea Wiggins; Page Designer: Michele Chancellor
Sports Desk - Assistant Editor: Kristina Buffin; Writers: Jamie Burch, Sara Duesing, Jeremy Furtick, Colby Gains
Ross Hecox, Matt Mitchell, Dennis Ramirez & Nicole Smith
Opinion Desk - Assistant Editor: Erin Fitzgerald; Columnists: Jon Apgar, H. Baxter, David Boldt, Bryan Goodwin,
Shannon Halbrook, Michael Heinroth, Aja Henderson, Jennifer Howard, Mason Jackson, Stephen Llano,Scr
McAlister, Chris Miller, David Minor, & Jeremy Valdez
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Copy Editors - Katie Arnold, Brian Gieselman, Shannon Halbrook & Matt Weber
Visual Arts Desk • Photographers: Rony Angkriwan, Jennifer Fredrickson, Dave House; Pat James, Rachel Redii#
& Ryan Rogers; Graphic Artists: Jenny Maki, James Palmer & James Vineyard; Cartoonists: Michael Depot,Ei
Goodwin, Dave Hoffman, John Lemons & Quatro Oakley
Web Masters -Terry Butler, Dusty Moer & TungTran
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