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when a person is intending to do harm to
themselves or others, abusing a child or
abusing an elderly person.
Dobrovolsky said students have paid for SCS
in their student services fee.
“I think that it’s one of the best deals on
campus,” he said.
Student Counseling Services is in Hen
derson Hall (behind All Faiths Chapel). The
phone number is 845-4427.
Stalker
Continued from Page 1
The drawing depicts distinct
characteristics of the man, such as
a pointed right ear, a silver loop
earring in the left ear and a pro
truding forehead.
The suspect is identified as a 19-
or 20-year-old, stocky white male.
He is said to stand approximately 5
feet 8 inches tall and weigh about
170 pounds. He has been identified
as having short, straight blond hair
and blue eyes.
Other drawings of Taylor’s have
led to the conviction of several crim
inals, 11 of whom are on death row.
Hoelscher said the likenesses are
remarkably similar to the suspects’
actual appearances.
“When you arrest the person,
they really look like the picture,” she
said. “There is quite a resemblance.”
UPD requests information stu
dents may have about the case. Stu
dents with information can contact
Detective William Wade with UPD
at 845-8055, TAMU Dispatch at 845-
2345 or Crime Stoppers at 775-TIPS.
Leaders
Continued from Page 1
“So when you look at
A&M, you just don’t see
one group, you see several
different groups coming
together to enhance the
spirit of Aggieland.”
Chris Torn, a senior agri
cultural development major
and current head yell leader,
said he felt much like Mc
Donald felt the night he was
elected. Torn said he had di
verse supporters, ranging
from nonregs to Greeks, pat
ting him on the back.
McDonald said it is impor
tant to be yourself and not get
caught up in what students
want you to be because you
cannot please everyone.
“One thing as a student leader
is that people are going to ask
you to be a lot of different
things,” McDonald said.
Torn said people want yell
leaders to say particular things
and act in a certain way. Torn
said the criticism comes from all
different angles, but you have to
do what is right.
“As long as you’re looking out
for what’s best for A&M, you
can’t go wrong,” Torn said.
McDonald said one of the keys
to campaigning is to not target
certain groups who candidates
feel have enough important peo
ple in them to get votes. He said
talking to and forming relation
ships with individuals to whom
people seldom talk is important.
“My advice to yell leaders is to
get to know the people you’re
representing and realize you’re
not representing part of the Uni
versity, but the whole Universi
ty,” McDonald said.
Town Hall
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“With ‘Say Anything, Play
Anything,’ students can get on
stage and have fun with an open
microphone,” Conejo said.
Christine Ogilvie, vice chair
of special events and a sopho
more industrial engineering
major, said she is in charge of
any event that is not a big con
cert or comedy.
“I run things like the lunch
box concerts,” Ogilvie said.
“Like on Friday we are having
Fysher come and play outside of
the MSC. We are calling it ‘Hot
Bands, Hot Chocolate’ and we
plan on serving hot chocolate
because it will be cold.”
Town Hall also programs an
event called “Coffee House,”
which is held at Rumors in the
MSC once a month.
“‘Coffee House’ is like a for
malized ‘Say Anything, Play Any
thing,’ Conejo said. “It is sched
uled and structured. People
come in and read poetry, short
stories and things like that.”
Because Town Hall involves
live entertainment, Schmidt
said she wanted to get involved
the minute she found out about
the organization.
“I knew right away Town Hall
is where I wanted my niche to
be at A&M,” she said.
AOL agrees
to offer refunds
(AP) —Threatened with lawsuits across the coun
try, America Online agreed Wednesday to give re
funds to customers who have not been able to log on
because of the overwhelming demand created by
AOL’s flat $19.95-a-month rate.
Customers will be offered either cash or a month
of free service. AOL had no immediate estimate of
how much the settlement will cost. However, if every
member was able to get a full refund for the two
months, an highly unlikely scenario, the agreement
would cost America Online about $320 million.
The settlement was reached with 36 state attorney
generals but applies to all 8 million of AOL’s customers
nationwide. Several of the states had threatened to sue
America Online unless it promised refunds.
The nation’s largest online service also agreed to
make it easier for dissatisfied customers to cancel and
said it will suspend its advertising for a month.
America Online, based in Dulles, Va., previously said
it was selectively giving refunds. But it had refused to
give blanket reimbursements.
The states had complained that AOL signed up
hundreds of thousands of new customers without
the means to accommodate the heavy usage. Some
computer users trying to get online have gotten
busy signals for hours on end.
“Under the consumer fraud laws of this state and
many other states, you can’t offer something to a sub
scriber and then not be able to deliver,” Illinois Attor
ney General James Ryan said.
AOL chief executive Steve Case acknowledged that
the company underestimated its ability to handle the
increased usage. The company previously said it plans
to spend $350 million by June on new equipment and
staff to handle the demand.
Analysts viewed the setdement as a necessary move
by America Online to get past a barrage of negative
publicity at a time when its online service is threatened
by people’s easy access to the Internet.
“A long, drawn-out litigation would inevitably dis
tract management at a time when AOL needs to criti
cally focus on the right mix of gaining new customers
and retaining existing customers in the threat of the
wild frontier of the Internet,” said Peter Kastner, an an
alyst at Boston-based Aberdeen Group.
America Online stock shot up 5.7 percent, or $2 a
share, to $37.25 on the New York Stock Exchange.
In addition to the busy signals, AOL users have also
seen a recent rash of technical glitches such as e-mail
“brownouts” that occurred while America Online was try
ing to upgrade its network to accommodate the new users.
Refunds will be based on how much a customer was
able to access AOL during December and January.
Customers will get a full refund for each month
in which they connected for less than two hours.
Customers who used less than eight hours during
the two months will get back 50 percent.
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Browning-Ferris Industries
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Spring Business Career Fair ‘97
Texas A&M University
College of Business
February 3-6, 1997
February 3 - 7:00pm Reception at the Hilton
February 4 - 9:00am - 4:00pm Recruiters in Wehner
7:00pm Banquet at the Hilton
February 5 - 9:00am - 4:00pm Recruiters in Wehner
7:00pm Banquet at the Hilton
February 6 - 9:00am - 4:00pm Recruiters in Wehner
* Tickets for Reception and Banquet go on sale
January 27th outside of room 159 Wehner
For more information, call 845-1 320
Texas A&M Business Student Council
IBM/Intergrated Systems Kaplan Educational Center
Solutions Corp. Koch Industries
JC Penny Inc. Kroger, Co.
JC Penny Insurance Group Lever Brothers Co.
Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc. Lowe's Flome Improvement
JPI Luby's Cafeterias, Inc.
Mervyn's
Mervyn's California - Corporate
& Stores
Motorola
Northwestern Mutual Life
Norwest Financial
Oakwood FHomes Corporation
OLDE Discount Stockbrokers
Owen FHealthcare, Inc.
Perot Systems
Pier 1 Imports
Pizza Flut of America
Prelude Systems
Price Waterhouse LLP
Princeton Review
Prudential Preferred Financial Services
Randall's Food Markets
Royce Homes
Ryan & Company, PC.
SBC Communications
Sears Tire Group
Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
Sewell Motor Co.
Shell Services Company
Sunbelt Nursery Group
Sherwin-Williams Company
Stage Stores, Inc.
State Farm Insurance Co.
Target
Texas Commerce Bank
Texas Department Of Banking
Toys "R" Us
Universal Computer Systems
USAA
U.S.A.F.-Air Force Officer
Accessions
Variable Annuity Life Insurance
Group
U.S. Gypsum
Walgreens
Wells Fargo
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Western Auto
Xtra Lease
Zale Corporation