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Locations given to
sign run-off petitions
Rudder
Zachry
Today is the last full day for organiz
ers of the yell leader run-off petition dri
ve to obtain the necessary number of
signatures. By 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, all
copies of the petition must be turned in
to the Student Government Judicial
Board for verification.
If the required number of signatures
is obtained, a referendum will be held
to determine if there will be run-off elec
tions for yell leaders. Unlike the refer
endum last spring, the results of this
referendum would be binding.
The following is a list of times and
places where petition organizers will
gather signatures for the petition:
8:50 a.m. - 9:10 a.m. — Blocker
and Bus Stop Snack Bar
10:00 a.m. -10:20 a.m. — Zachry,
Rudder Fountain, Heldenfels and Bus
Stop Snack Bar
11:10 a.m. -11:30 a.m. -
Fountain and Blocker
12:20 p.m. -12:40 p.m.
and Bus Stop Snack Bar
1:30 p.m. -1:50 p.m. —Wehner and
Bus Stop Snack Bar
2:40 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. — Blocker, Bus
Stop Snack Bar and Rudder Fountain
3:50 p.m.-4:10 p.m. — Blocker and
Bus Stop Snack Bar.
time a Brazos County Representative
has taken the oath of office in Brazos
County.
Roman, a retired Obstetrician/Gy
necologist, practiced medicine for 40
years. He owns a drug store and taught
at A&M for 24 years.
Routier to receive sentencing
State
New representative
sworn in Saturday
Partners propose
$5000 space ride
Dr. Bill Roman was sworn in as
state representative of House District
14 at the Brazos County Courthouse
Saturday.
Roman defeated Richard Smith in
a special election for the house seat
which Steve Ogden vacated in No
vember to pursue a place in the state
senate.
Saturday’s swearing in was the first
HOUSTON (AP) — A NASA engi
neer and his business partner want
to bring space to those willing to pay
$5,000 for the opportunity.
Jim Akkerman and Harry Dace en
vision the ultimate amusement park
ride: a Mercury-style rocket shot.
“Basically, it’s a Mercury shot,”
said Akkerman, a 59-year-old NASA
aeronautical engineer who is working
on the unusual project in his off-duty
time.
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — The
Kerr County jury that convicted
homemaker Darlie Routier of cap
ital murder begins deciding Mon
day whether she’ll be sentenced to
death or life in prison.
“We intend to forcefully argue
for the death penalty,” prosecutor
Greg Davis said Saturday after
Routier was found guilty of a cap
ital murder charge in the June 6,
1996, stabbing deaths of her two
young sons.
Routier was accused of killing
5-year-old Damon and 6-year-old
Devon Routier in a grisly knife at
tack at the family’s home in the
Dallas suburb of Rowlett, 20 miles
east of Dallas.
The capital murder charge ap
plied to the death of Damon be
cause he was under 6 years old. An
other pending charge covers De
von’s death, but prosecutors haven’t
said whether they will pursue it.
Prosecutors alleged Routier —
angry over money problems and the
burdens of motherhood — killed
both boys, slashed herself and staged
a crime scene to fool police.
After a month of testimony, a
seven-woman, five man jury
agreed, returning a guilty verdict
after 10 hours of deliberation.
Routier, 27, was sobbing before
Judge Mark Tolle read the verdict
and continued crying afterward.
Her family members, including
husband Darin, also were weeping.
“I did not kill by babies,” de
fense attorney Richard Mosty
quoted Routier as saying.
Defense attorneys
Routier wouldn’t have
Urip-O
from a “doting mother” into
“psychotic killer." They al
claimed she didn’t have time
stage the crime scene and tl
other suspicious people in t
neighborhood weren’t looked
seriously as suspects.
After the verdict, Routierw
whisked back to the KerrCoum
Jail. Her trial was moved to thisHl^ ome student
Country town about 60 mil
northwest of San Antonio becaiis
of publicity in North Texas.
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whether Routier should best
tenced to die.
This day in history
► Weather
Today is Monday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 1997.
There are 331 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1783, Spain recognized U.S. independence.
In 1809, the territory of Illinois was created.
In 1865, President Lincoln and Confederate Vice
President Alexander H. Stephens held a shipboard
peace conference off the Virginia coast. (The talks
deadlocked over the issue of Southern autonomy.)
In 1913, the 16th Amendment to the Constitution,
providing for a federal income tax, was ratified.
In 1916, Canada’s original Parliament Buildings, in
Ottawa, burned down.
In 1917, the United States broke off diplomatic re
lations with Germany, which had announced a policy of
unrestricted submarine warfare.
In 1924, the 28th president of the United States,
Woodrow Wilson, died in Washington, D.C., at age 68.
In 1930, the chief justice of the United States,
William Howard Taft, resigned for health reasons.
In 1943, during World War II, the U.S. transport ship
Dorchester sank after being hit by a torpedo. (Four Army
chaplains gave their life belts to four other men, and
went down with the ship.)
In 1988, the U.S. Senate voted unanimously to con
firm Anthony M. Kennedy to the Supreme Court.
Today
Tonight
Tomorrow
Highs & Lows
Today's birthdays
Author James Michener is 90. Comedian Joey Bish
op is 79. Comedian Shelley Berman is 71. Sen. Paul
Sarbanes, D-Md., is 64. Football Hall-of-Famer Fran
Tarkenton is 57. Singer Dennis Edwards (formerly with
The Temptations) is 54. Football Hall-of-Famer Bob
Griese is 52. Singer-guitarist Dave Davies (The Kinks)
is 50. Singer Melanie is 50.
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76°F
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lated showers and
thunderstorms.
Cloudy with widely
scattered showers and
thunderstorms.
Decreasing clouds.
Light north winds.
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Deliver Phone Books
Independent contractors needed. Men or
women over 18 years of age are needed to
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suggested. Liability insurance required.
This job involves lifting and extensive
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SPRING ‘MAKEUPS’
It's not too late to get in the '97 Aggieland
Don't miss out on this
final opportunity to
be in Texas A&M's
Aggieland yearbook.
Class pictures will be
taken 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Monday - Friday until
February 21.
Pictures being taken
ON CAMPUS
in MSC basement
Bookstore
Hullabaloo
Vocal
Music
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PLUS
across from University PLUS
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Yearbook class portraits by A R Photography
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MSC COMMITTEE FOR THE
AWARENESS OF MEXICAN
AMERICAN CULTURE
presents the
10th Annual Southwest Student
Conference on Latino Affairs
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$12 (Limited tickets will be sold @ the door)
Tickets may be purchased through MSC Box Office
(M-F) 9-6pm or call @845-1234. Deadline to
purchase tickets is Wed.. February 5. 1997.
For more information contact Lorena Raya,
Conference Director @ 845-1514 or stop by the
Student Programs Office, 216 MSC.
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Persons with disabilities please call 845-1515 to inform us of your special
needs. We request notification three (i) working days prior to the event to en
able us to assist you to the best of our abilities.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
WORKSHOP
Come learn the basics about Copyright, Trade Secrets, Patents,
and Trademarks. Get and examiner’s eye perspective on patent
ing and trademarking processes. Handouts will be provided.
Saturday, February 8, 1997
9:00 - 12:00 Noon
College Station Convention and Visitor s Bureau, 715
University Drive East
Registration: $10.00 public and $5.00 students
To register or for more information, contact Mr. Brian Carpen
ter, Patent and Trademark Librarian at (409) 862-1902 pr Mr.
Mark Gillar, Small Business Consultant at (409) 260-5222. You
may also check for more information at the workshop web page
at:
http://www.tamu.edu/library/govdocs/sdbcbcs4.htm
This workshop is sponsored by the Brazos Valley Small Business
Development Center and the College Station Patent and Trade
mark Depository Library at Texas A&M University’s Sterling C.
Evans Library.
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topics to be addressed:
Hopwood, Latinos in the Media, March on
Washington^ Action! What have “WE” done for
“US” Lately, Latina Entrepreneurship, Latino
music, and more...
Deadline to register is Feb. 5.1997
$30 TAMU Students / $40 Non TAMU Students
/ $50 other 5 ij|jY
Fpr more information contact Lorena Raya,
Conference Director @ 845-1514 or stop by the
Student Programs Office, 216 MSC.
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.
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