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Page 5 Thursday • April 3, 1997 times force second evacuation MSC FILM SOCIETY [Uthorities still have not located the source of the noxious odor. | ■ | lORT WORTH (AP) — About 30 people ofking inside an office building were hospi- ed Wednesday with symptoms similar to ose that sickened hundreds in the same ding Tuesday. he source of the noxious odor in the nine- Overton Centre Tower was still a mystery nesday afternoon. Fire officials said the ding would be closed indefinitely, and a Dal- company specializing in toxic fumes was d for assistance. We’ve just about exhausted our capabilities,” fire Lt. Kent Worley said. “We never like to get to the point where we put up our hands and give up. But there may be a point where they’re going to have to contact a consultant.” Building management decided to open the building Wednesday morning after an all-day evacuation Tuesday and an all-night exhaustion of the air, Worley said. The name of the building management firm was not immediately available. “We were back here at 6:30 this morning to go through the building one more time,” Worley said. “We couldn’t find anything with our meters or noses, so we left it up to building management and they decided to open it back up.” Within two hours, people on all floors began complaining of nausea, headaches and short ness of breath. Some were so weak they had to be wheeled out in their desk chairs. “As they were trying to make it to the bath rooms and stuff, at that time they started vomit ing and some of them passed out,” said Stanley Harris, a worker from the building. “It’s a big con cern, especially because they can’t find anything.” About 60 people were treated in a makeshift treatment center in the hospital. Ambulances took 15 people to four hospitals; about 15 more were taken by bus to a fifth hospital. “One lady said that from the time it began, within two minutes it got to the worst flu-like feeling you’ve ever had,” Worley said. Lorri Beauchamp said she had suffered a headache for three days before becoming over come by the fumes on Wednesday. She also said she was reluctant to return to work. “What’s frightening is that they keep sending us back into the building,” Beauchamp said. Now Showing: jg-'.toi The Battaijon Online Visit The Battalion Online on the Web at http://bat-web.tamu.edu cholarship proposal gets new twist he HOPE scholarship program would provide mandal aid for students nth 'B' averages. MJSTIN (AP) — Lottery players ild scratch for more than cash | a inder a state senator’s proposal. “y could help fund college I scholarships through a new 1 "!atch-off ticket. [‘Although I have never bought a [ery ticket in my life, people like [would certainly buy many lottery lets if we knew that that money— Jhe unlikely event we lose—would Pto funding the HOPE scholarship program,” Sen. Rodney Ellis, D- Houston, said Wednesday. His proposed HOPE (Helping Outstanding Pupils Educational ly) scholarship program would provide financial aid for Texas students who had a ‘B’ average in high school, maintain it in col lege and agree to perform com munity service. A similar scholarship program was created by Texas lawmakers in 1990 for lower- and middle-income families, but it isn’t linked to the lot tery and wasn’t funded until 1995. It currently receives $150,000 a year. Ellis’ bill would expand the cur rent program but still restrict it to lower- and middle-income families. “We think this is a doable idea.” Steve Levine Lottery spokesman Under his proposal, the Texas Lottery Commission would estab lish an instant-ticket game in which net proceeds would be placed in a tuition fund. Ellis originally proposed funding the HOPE program, which would pay tuition and fees for four years, with 5 percent of Texas’ share of lot tery proceeds. The two-year cost es timate is $134.7 million. Lottery spokesman Steve Levine said the new scratch-off ticket is considered a more viable option. He said other states have dedicated income from a specific lottery ticket to a project, such as a stadium. “We think this is a doable idea,” Levine said. “The nice thing about this is it focuses attention specifi cally on this project.” Levine cautioned, however, that it would take about six months from the time such an idea was approved to issue tickets for a new scratch-off game. The proposed operational date is Jan. 1, 1998. Friday, April 4 17:00 and 9:30pm GREASE I Avoid long lines, buy your | tickets in advance. Tickets $2.50 in advance and $3.00 the night of the showing. All films shown in Rudder Theatre Complex. j Questions? Call the Aggie Cinema Hotline (847-8478). IA Persons with special needs call 845-1515 within 3 days of the showing. 1*5* Website: http://fllms.tamu.edul F us your Classified Ad 845-2678 Include Visa, MasterCard, Discover or American Express Number and Expiration Date for FAX orders The Battalion 015 Reed McDonald Bldg. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday Call 845-0569 for more info Is f tew York cracks down on famous honkey-tonk Hogs 8c Heifers displays a collection of celebrity bras. NEWYORK (AP) — Hey, Julia Roberts — get wn off that bar! And Drew Barrymore — don’t |BaS ake your booty like that! City officials have put a halt to hoofing at Hogs Ha PHeifers, a downtown honky-tonk known for its collection of celebrity bras donated by visitors [fifiJike Roberts, Barrymore and Darryl Hannah. Icrg Those stars and other patrons have been known to mount the Hogs & Heifers bar in spon- taneous bursts of late-night dancing. But it turns |s^)Ut a Prohibition-era ordinance requires a 5alfbaret license for such footloose activity. | Last Thursday night, Hogs & Heifer owner AAAS The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is pleased to announce a program to provide outstanding summer oppor tunities for undergraduate and graduate students with disabilities pursuing technical careers. 1997 summer intern ships are available throughout the country at NASA centers and in private industry, such as IBM. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Currently attending an accredited college or university, with a major in: Computer Science, J Engineering, Mathematics, Physical Science ♦ Minimum B average ♦ Proof of US citizenship PLEASE SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING: Allen Dell said, a dozen police officers walked in, told him that undercover cops had witnessed dancing in the bar the previous weekend, and shut him down. “It’s a sad world when they padlock a guy for dancing,” Dell said. He went to court the next day and had the bar re opened. And despite signs in side and out reading “No Dancing by Order of New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, Cabaret Division,” at least a dozen patrons on a recent weeknight were bopping to country mu sic blaring from the jukebox. Roberts “Music is about dancing. Music is about therapy,” said Helen Glantz of London, gyrating with a friend to D.A. Coe’s “Never Even Called My Name.” Richard Levy of England called the ban a dis grace. He added: “This is supposed to be the land of the free and the home of the brave.” Shonna Keogan, a spokeswoman for the De partment of Consumer Affairs, said the city is simply enforcing the law evenhandedly. The ordinance is normally used against bars whose unlicensed activities annoy people living nearby. Hogs & Heifers is in the city’s meatpack ing district, and Keogan said she doesn’t know whether anyone complained, but “it would be unfair of us to be giving padlocks to bars in resi dential areas and not to Hogs & Heifers.” SPRING 199& INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS Room 1 S4-. Bizzei Hall West WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2 3:00 ~ 3:^5 PM THURSDAY, APRIL 3 3:1 5 - ^:OD PM FRIDAY, APRIL A, 1 rOO - 1 :AS PM ♦ Letter of introduction ♦ Resume ♦ Description of any required work accommodation ♦ Two letters of recommendation (one from faculty) ♦ A copy of your transcript Completed packages received before May 15, 1997 will be considered for placement in 1997, assuming all opportunities have not been filled. Send completed packages via E-Mail, Fax, or Mail to: Laureen Summers AAAS — Education 1200 New York Avenue,N.W. 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