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Thursday • February 6,15!
Campus
College of Education to
host career fair Friday
The College of Education and the Texas A&M Ca
reer Center will host an education careerfairin Rud
der Exhibit Hall Friday from 8:15 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Representatives of 75 school districts will be at
the fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Students attending
the fair should bring copies of their resume to leave
with recruiters.
A cooperating teacher with Oakwood Intermedi
ate School in College Station will host a morning
seminar called “A Positive Approach to Cultural Di
versity in the Classroom" in 601 Rudder. An after
noon seminar will address interviewing tips and
techniques in 601 Rudder.
Students should register for the fair from 8:15
a.m. to 9 a.m. Admission is free.
Barrientos said he wants language ensuring the
faculty’s involvement in the process as well as am
ple due process for professor’s facing dismissal be
cause of an evaluation.
“I think this will help get a good job done,”
said Bill Cunningham, chancellor of the Univer
sity of Texas System. “I don’t think our faculty is
afraid to be evaluated.”
Trial setting effected Routier
outcome, attorneys say
State
Senate committee proposes
bill for post-tenure review
AUSTIN (AP) — A bill that would require post
tenure evaluations of Texas professors moved out
of the Senate Education Committee Wednesday
with only one dissenting vote.
Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos, D-Austin, voted
against the bill, authored by Sen. Teel Bivins,
R-Amarillo. It would require all tenured uni
versity and college faculty to be subject to a
comprehensive evaluation process at least
every six years after tenure is granted.
The evaluations would be based on several fac
tors such as teaching, research and service, as de
termined by the individual institution.
KERRVILLE, (AP) — Darlie Routier’s fate may
have been sealed the day her capital murder trial
was moved to Kerr County.
“This is the wrong place to try a case like this,”
defense attorney Richard Mosty said after the
Rowlett homemaker was sentenced to death Tues
day for killing her 5-year-old son.
“Kerr County is just too conservative for this,”
said Mosty, a Kerrville lawyer.
Indeed, Kerrville has a history of being tough on
crime. And if questions are raised about the defen
dant’s lifestyle — as they were about Routier’s — it
could spell doom, experts say.
Routier, 27, was accused of stabbing to death
her two young sons June 6, 1996, at the family’s
suburban home near Dallas. Prosecutors alleged
she cut herself and staged a crime scene so she
could blame an intruder.
A seven-woman, five-man jury convicted Routier
of killing 5-year-old Damon Routier. A separate
charge for the death of 6-year-old Devon Routier like
ly will be dismissed, prosecutor Greg Davis said.
Correction
In a page one story of Tuesday’s Battalion,
Legett was not given credit as the oldest dor
mitory on campus. It was built in 1911.
This day in history
Today is Thursday, Feb. 6, the 37th day of 1997. There
are 328 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1756, America’s third vice president, Aaron Burr,
was born in Newark, NJ.
In 1778, the United States won official recognition
from France, as the two nations signed a pair of treaties
in Paris.
In 1788, Massachusetts became the sixth state to
ratify the U.S. Constitution.
Inl895, baseball legend Babe Ruth was born in
Baltimore.
In 1899, a peace treaty between the United States
and Spain was ratified by the U.S. Senate.
In 1933, the 20th Amendment to the Constitution —
the “lame duck” amendment which moved the start of
presidential, vice-presidential and congressional terms
from March to January — was declared in effect.
In 1943, a Los Angeles jury acquitted actor Errol Fly
nn of three counts of statutory rape.
In 1952, Britain’s King George VI died; he was suc
ceeded by his daughter, Elizabeth II.
In 1959, the United States successfully test-fired for
the first time a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile from
Cape Canaveral.
Today's birthdays
Former President Ronald Reagan is 86. Actress Zsa
Zsa Gabor is 80. Actor Patrick MacNee is 75. Actor Rip
Torn is 66. Actor Mike Farrell is 58. NBC news anchor Tom
Brokaw is 57. Singer Fabian Forte is 54. Actress Gayle
Hunnicutt is 54. Actor Michael Tucker is 53. Singer Na
talie Cole is 47. Actor-director Robert Townsend is 40. Ac
tress Megan Gallagher is 37. Rock singer Axl Rose (Guns
N’ Roses) is 35. Country singer Richie McDonald (Lon-
estar) is 35. Singer Rick Astley is 31.
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COMMUNICATION
Is The
Commimications Career Fair
& Workshops
Tuesday, Feb. 11, 1997 1-6 p.m.
5th Floor Rudder Tower
' Resume & Portfolio Critiques
1 Internship/Job Recruiting
• Scheduled Professional Workshops
• Great Door Prizes
Tickets 05 at Rudder Box Office
(Aggie Bucks, Credit Cards, Checks and Cash Accepted)
ALL MAJORS WELCOME!!!
Sponsored bp: Public Relations Student Society of America &
International Association of Business Communication
Informational
Meetings
Thursday, Feb. 6
3:30 - 4:15 pm
Friday, Feb. 7
3:15 - 4:00 pm
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If you have any questions call Holly Martin at 847-2400
Co-op Career Fair
February 10 and 11
Room 358
Bizzell Hall W.
Pick up an application at the
meeting or drop by the Study
Abroad Program Office.
Students currently or previously
registered in a Co-op class -
Pick up your
FREE t-shirt
at the Co-op booth.
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