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jjfiMNA WREST if:'. Come to the Traditions Council Fair Wednesday # April 9 from 11 to 3 at Rudder Fountain to sumo wrestle # dunk campus leaders, and shoot some hoops• Learn about traditions and win prizes from: • Fajita Rita's • Outback Steakhouse • Hastings • Freebirds • Target and much, much more! Think You Ca " Manage. $3,000,000? That’s the average annual sales of a Walgreens store. If you’ve ever thought of •managing a business, Walgreens is a great place to start. The #1 pharmacy retailer in the country is averaging almost five new stores a week. That means opportunity for ambitious forward-thinking graduates. You could be running a $5 million busi ness within 2-5 years. MANAGEMENT CANDIDATES At Walgreens, our commitment to your professional growth is crucial to our contin ued success. Combine our comprehensive training program and promotional op portunity with your drive and commitment and the possibilities are infinite. We are the ideal company to develop the business skills you'll need to be a leader. • An excellent starting salary, mid 20s plus paid overtime • Comprehensive benefits • Promotion opportunities fueled by over 230 new stores per year • 22 straight years of record profitability • $50, $60, $70... thousand per year, your potential as a store manager is unlimited Take your career to the top in the fast lane. If you’re ready to manage, send your resume to one of our district offices listed below, indicating Walgreens District Office, Dept-C on the envelope, or on the cover letter for faxes. Austin 111 W. Anderson Lane Suite 217-D Austin, TX 78752-1118 Fax: 512-459-0398 Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex 350 Phelps Ct., Suite 310 Irving, TX 75038 Fax: 972-717-5269 2112 Tramwood, Suite B9 Houston Area & East Texas 8110 Kempwood Drive Houston, TX 77055-1095 Fax: 713-973-5859 San Antonio 2411 NE Loop 410 Suite 126 San Antonio, TX 78217 _ Fax: 210-590-0276 El Paso > El Paso, TX 79935 • Fax: 915-594-9741 The Pharmacy •^America Trusts Equal Opportunity Employer www.walgreens.com There if fuch 0 thing <IJ<I /ree ride.” Armounc ing the AT&T Ultimate Road Trip" Sweepstakes. Going abroad this school year? AT&T would like to help pay your way. 10 Grand Prize Winners — Round-Trip Air Transportation from the U.S. to the country where you'll be studying. Plus thousands of chances to win high-quality currency converters (hey, you may find it more valuable than the air transportation) . To enter, call i 8oo 2.57-54- 2 4- ex *- 3 00 Or you can enter on-line at h tt pr/^w w w.a tt .co m/ft u d e n t_a b ro a d Do i t today. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. Sweepstakes ends 5/1/97. Open to residents of the U.S., 18 years or older, enrolled at a U.S. college or university during the '97-'98 school year and traveling internationally for 14 days or more. See your Study Abroad Counselor or http://www.att.com/student_abroad for official rules and details. © 1997 AT&T States cling to tobacco stock (AP) — States are suing cigarette companies and passing laws to stamp out butts, but when it comes to making money, many consider tobacco a de pendable friend. State pension systems keep bil lions of dollars in tobacco stocks, and overseers are reluctant to dump “So long as tobacco companies make money, we'll make money off them." what has been a cash cow. “So long as to bacco companies make money, we’ll make money off them,” said Dee Williams, public pension system di rector in Utah, which has one of the nation’s lowest smoking rates. At the same time, other states are swearing off tobacco stocks. Mary land’s retirement agency last year di vested after joining 21 other states in a suit against major tobacco compa nies to recoup health-care costs as sociated with smoking. New Hamp shire, too, has sold its tobacco hold ings, after being branded as a bad investment. So utli Carolina lies deep in tobac co country, but its longstanding pol icy bans pension investments in wmmmmmmmmmmm any stocks. A pending constitu tional amendment could lift that pro hibition, however. West Virginia is also barred from dabbling in stocks, and In diana has not bought any since it got the go-ahead to invest pen sion funds last year. Dee Williams Public pension director, Utah But other states, including many that are suing tobacco companies, remain heavily invested in compa nies that make cigarettes. The investment board in Min-. nesota, another litigant, has $281 million tied up in tobacco-related stocks, despite challenges by Gov. Arne Carlson to justify it. “You have to do it,” said David Bronner, director of the pension sys tem in Alabama, which has almost $100 million in tobacco stocks. "It’s the same thing as making invest ments in the gambling industry.” James Tierney, a former Maine at torney general who is coordinating the 22 states’ cases, says the tobacco investments themselves are a gamble. “If we win one suit," Tierney said, “the whole industry will become a very bad investment. “If you’re sitting there running a pension system, you have to bet whether there’s goingto gressional settlement case, Tierney said. Health groups sayr: stake than money. “The governor and! feign this self-righteous ini over smoking, then the staled tobacco companies milk lars to play with,” said Rio who heads a citizens groin Alaska’s Permanent FundiolJ million in Philip Morrislnc Figures from the states ; I tal in tobacco stocksheldtj.j systems at $6 billion to S7t.| Most states say tobaca ments make up 1 percentc; their total portfolios.Thee portfolio of all of the states ; systems was about SI trillion! third quarter of 1996, saidf manager of the Government? f MTicers Association inWasl Security scanner sees through clothes, fat roj RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) —The next generation of weapons detectors is deadly accurate, able to look through clothes to find guns, explosives and even syringes and drug vials that can be tucked into rolls of fat. About the size of a voting booth, a machine man ufactured by Nicolet Imaging Systems of San Diego goes beyond metal detectors to show any solid ob ject. It is being tested at North Carolina’s Central Prison and the federal courthouse in Los Angeles. “It’s a very low-level X-ray,” Capt. Marshall Hudson, a correction officer said during a demonstration Monday. “It’s going to show everybody has something on them, keys and pens. Things you can’t identify are things you want to do a more thorough search on.” Hudson, who looked at the image of a fellow officer flashed on a video screen, said the $100,000 machine is capable of showing shin bones near the skin and even a person’s private parts on the “uncloak mode.” While police groups are intrigued, civil lib ertarians are concerned because the same technology is being developed by other man ufacturers into a hand-held model, which will enable police to detect a weapon hidden un der someone’s clothing up to 60 feet away. A version could be ready for testing in 18 months and in use in four years. “It becomes a question of how intrusive they are,” said Mark Kappelhoff, legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, which questioned law enforcement’s need to view the human anatomy. What's Up? The National Rifle Association also iJ cemed that the machines could hinderte ki some states to carry a concealed firearm. EL i )ftu ials a ho icpivsrntpoliceoffitasd v ’| ] “Anything that enhances publicsafayM ] fleer safety, we’re for,” said |im Pasco,ev* director of the Fraternal Order of Police,! tion’s largest police group with 277,000 Gerald Arenberg, spokesperson forthe'M n | al Association of Chiefs ut Pulice, notedu .fe j^ lice officer is killed every 57 hours in theliB^i Stales and that I H‘) cops are assaulted da:. fL 1 “I don’t think any police officer inh» n mind would say that’s an invasion of pit Arenberg said of the devices. "Those fe L ^ 1 tistics make the 600,000 swornofficttR}! everything they can get L sl f Inf Bui Tuesday Men’s Lacrosse Club: Practice will be held from 4-6 p.m. at the Zachry Fields. Everyone is welcome and no experience is necessary. For details, call Todd Hendreks at 764-8561. Women’s Lacrosse: There will be prac tice from 4-6 p.m. at the Zachry fields. Beginners are welcome. For more In formation, call Monica at 694-6915. Aggie Toastmasters: Our weekly meeting will be held at 8:30 p.m. in the MSC. Check screens for location. Roadrunners: There will be a 3-4 mile run for runners of all levels. . Meet at 5:30 p.m. in front of G. Rol- lie White. For more information, call Dao at 260-2441. Catholic Students Association: A general meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in 504 Rudder. Contact Gus at 694- 2174 for details. Daily mass will be held at 12:05 Faiths Chapel. at TAMU’s Texas A&M Fencing Club: There will be practice from 7-11 p.m. in 267 Read. For details, call Bobby Thorn ton at 691-2296. TAMU Waterski Team: There will be a general meeting at 8:30 p.m. in 402 Rudder. For more information, call Mike Coyle at 260-5926. IL Circolo Italiano Di Tamu (Italian Club): “Tavola Italiana” — An infor mal time to get to know others inter ested in “things Italian” will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Copasetic Cafe. Everyone welcome! Contact Rachela for details at 847-2457 or e-mail at italia@tamu.edu. Agricultural Leadership Society: Adri an Knight will give a guest lecture and team leader elections will be held at 7 p.m. in 117 Kleberg. For details, con tact Stephanie at 260-9072. Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Aggies: ITS Tours will present information about Gay Games 1998 in Amster dam at 7 p.m. in 144 Koldus. For details, call GayLine at 847-0321. Society of Women Engineers: Officer elections for fall 1997 positions at 7 p.m. in 204 Zachry. For details, call Tiffany Rogers at 694-0170. Circle K International: There will be a general meeting at 7 p.m. in 407 Rudder. Everyone is welcome. For de tails, call Amy at 847-5783. Alpha Phi Omega: There will be a service meeting at 7 p.m. in 507 Rudder. We will visit the Crestview Retirement Home. Meet in the of fice at 3:45 p.m. NAEP: Arthur D. Little will discuss consulting for business, environmen tal health and safety, and technology at 7 p.m. in 504 Rudder. Contact Amy at 847-0460 for details. Aggie Alliance: There will beiBi eral meeting at 7 p.m. in22cP' Wednesday ^ Men’s Lacrosse Club: Practice I held from 4-6 p.m. at Fields. Everyone is welctwc^J experience is necessary. M: call Todd Hendreks at 764-8 j Wesley Foundation: There« ofaL informal worship service at7p.i*vn| 201 Tauber Street (behind AgT Credit Union). For more infoLBiell call at 846-4701. lid crkl What’s Up is a Battalion servie (tel lists non-profit student and I* st.’l events and activities. Items ste Pr| submitted no later than three« ite advance of the desired run date on| plication deadlines and notices af s events and will not be run in What her If you have any questions, pleased dl the newsroom at 845-3313. 1 tlf air The Battalion Applications for Section Editors for the summer and fall semesters are now available in Room 013 Reed McDonald Building. Applications are due Friday, April 11, in Room 0 / 3 Reed McDonald by 5 p.m. All majors welcome. Experience not required. For more information, call 845-331 3. I r^il w a n t s Y O Uh; lonf We need you to cover the Texas A&M community this summit FbJ fall! Find your niche at the city, lifestyles, sports or opinion desk' your hand at web and news page design or radio news broadtd: Take a shot at photography, graphic design or copy editing Battalion is a world of opportunity, and we are looking for wow ^ all backgrounds and points of view. EXPERIENCE IS HELPFUL 81/1 ^ j^ 1 j REQUIRED! Come by Reed McDonald 013 or call Stew, Helen old at 84S-3313 for more information. FEATURING The Bellamy Brothers Saturday, April 12th, 1997 Starlight Ballroom in Snook,Texas Doors open at 1 1 :OQ am Tickets $lO advance • $15 at the gate Available at Cavendar's • MSC Texas Aggie Bookstore Free Park & Ride From Zachry Parking Lot 1 1 am - 6 PM ——— For Questions Call 695-8371 DICKSON PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS i GREEH CD Release PARTY! i~ i < I IO/W \GGIE lln ONE NIGHT