iber 4,1997 hursday • September 4, 1997 S The Battalion TATE fuatro fiiTsr— : Ams From E HIS SH(X$I JED 'IZ?' 'ENTER continued from Page 1 The Student Employment Cen- ir, located on the second floor of j| lePavilion, plans to be in full op- 1 ation by late August of 1998. The | indent Employment Center plans j jhave the software accessible over lie World Wide Web available to indents by mid-October of 1997, awson said. Students will be required to at- nda short orientation session to eceive a password to access the inployment Center’s software over |e Internet. The service is free to students. Lawson said he did not want to ass on the costs of operating the enter on to the students benefit- igffom the service. “The first criteria that 1 put on it sthat it had to be really free for stu- Jents," he said. “The only thing it iould cost is time. But with access the Web anytime, it is the stu- ent’s time, on the student’s round. ” Jennifer Beach, a senior psy- a jqeMtric SVeiuisT. U*YT&DC UE't-L U Jrt physics AUSTIN (AP) —Those leasing the University I fTekas’ new luxury football stadium suites — | quipped with kitchenettes, sound systems and a lectronically operated sliding windows — in- ludesome big UT donors, the Austin American- 1 latesman reported 1 Wednesday. | The 14 new suites the stadium’s west le—and 52 more under instruction on the east side for te 1998 football season—are part Iihe university’s overhaul of Royal- llemorial Stadium. ' The university released the names of pants to the newspaper after it filed a buest for the information under the [late's open records law. Included are Freeport-McMoRan executive imBob Moffett of New Orleans, car dealer Red ilcCombs of San Antonio, Dallas investor and HIregent Thomas Hicks, and Austin lawyer and Wftind-raiser Frank Denius. UT athletics officials are using a list of 9,200 individual and corporate donors, giving them first crack at renting the 66 suites. The univer sity is considering the prospective leasehold ers’ cumulative donations, the American- Statesman reported. For the 14 suites leased for this year, three of the lease holders — Mc Combs, Moffett and Mike My ers of Dallas, chairman and owner of Myers Financial Corp. — gave more than $3 million apiece to UT over the years, the American-States- man reported. One donor — whose name wasn’t available — gave less than $20,000, ac cording to associate athletic director Chris Plonsky. UT said it still was finalizing the unidentified donor’s lease. “I think one reason for the big range is that some of our top donors wanted suites on the east side, which is closer to the parking garage,” Plonsky said. The average suite costs $50,570 a year to lease. Leaseholders must commit to a mini mum of three years. About 20 people have expressed interest in leasing east-side suites so far, but no decisions will be made until Jan. 15, when cumulative contributions will be assessed to determine the pecking order for lease awards. McCombs, who had given UT athletics $3.04 million by the July 1 cutoff for west-side suites, said he was pleased with his 12-seat sky box. “It’s more than I hoped for,” he said. “I didn’t ex pect the sight lines to be as good as they are... And the ability to open the window to give you the at mosphere of the stadium is a very exciting feature.” McCombs, however, won’t be using the suite when UT kicks off the first of its five home games in the 1997 season Saturday against Rutgers. He’s making the box available to key employees and customers. He prefers to sit in the 10th or 15th row so he can focus on the game and soak up the “squeals and feels” of the crowd. ggieland Soccer League New teams are forming for the Fall of 1997 season. If you have a team, a part of a team, or you are looking for a team, | then visit our Web Page, e-mail us or call us for more information. | • Meeting for new players and teams: Thursday, Sept 4 at 8 PM at| Engineering-Physics Building Rm, 216. • Second and Iasi meeting will be lues. Sept 9 at the same time and place. Last day to register a team is Sept 9. Last day to register a player is Nov 12. 696-1974, e-mail: asl®myriadjiet] Referees Wanted Web: http://PersonalWebs.myriad.net/titin 1 OQ/asl.htp i No money; less troopers AUSTIN (AP) — Not enough late troopers patrol Texas high- rays because the Department of ’ublic Safety spent money ear- narked for hiring new officers )n other things, a state audit says. The audit said the state’s main aw enforcement agency used the money to pay for salary increases, Juilding repairs, improved com puter and radio technology and other items. Higher speed limits have com bined with the state’s rapidly grow ing population to make roadways more dangerous at a time when the state has a trooper shortage. In 1996, for example, there were about 450 more fatal car accidents than in 1995. The report issued Tuesday by State Auditor Lawrence Alwin says that by redirecting the mon ey, the agency has given the im pression that “the number of commissioned officers protect ing the public was greater than the actual number of officers em ployed.” “In fiscal year 1997, the monies from approximately 140 of the 237 Traffic Law Enforcement commis sioned officer vacancies were be ing used to fund other expenses than hiring additional troopers,” the report said. The $4.7 million allocated to fill trooper positions in 1996 was spent elsewhere, the auditor said. The agency has 563 vacant posi tion and about half are trooper jobs. The DPS now has about one trooper for every 215 miles of rur al road. If the vacancies were filled, the state would have one trooper for every 125 miles of highway, DPS Director Col. Dud ley Thomas said. Despite the trooper shortfall, Thomas says Texas roads and highways are safe. He said the DPS has been forced to shift money for troopers to cover costs of legislative man dates that state lawmakers didn’t provide enough money for. He noted that half of a 3 percent salary increase lawmakers gave state employees in 1991 had to be paid for by agencies. Johnson owes millions after taking kickbacks AUSTIN (AP) — Convicted banker Ruben Johnson asked a federal judge to drastically reduce the $4.6 million he was ordered to pay the federal government for looting the financial institution he controlled. Johnson’s has entered a motion claiming he owes $109,741, at most, but has asked U.S. District Judge James Nowlin to reduce the restitution to the amount he al ready has paid. The U.S. Probation Office has de clined to release his payment records. Court documents show Johnson, who left prison in July 1994, had paid $1,684 as of Novem ber 1995, the Austin American- Statesman reported Wednesday. Johnson, former chairman of the failed United Bank of Texas, now gets $61,242 a year as an aide to Land Commissioner Garry Mauro, a politician to whom John son had made contributions and loans before Johnson’s 1989 con viction. Attorney Denise Tomlinson has said Johnson paid $100 a month after his release from prison and increased the amount to $200 a month after he was hired by Mau ro this year. Nowlin sentenced Johnson to eight years in prison, five years of probation, $4.6 million in restitu tion and a $65,000 fine for taking kickbacks from a contractor who worked on space leased to tenants at United Bank’s 15th Street head quarters. Johnson was general partner of the company that owned the building, and characterized the kickbacks as “developer’s fees.” In the court motion filed Tues day, he claimed the restitution or der is illegal because it is not con nected to the specific acts for which he was convicted. “There simply is no connection between Mr. Johnson’s actions re lated to the fees and the bank’s payments on the leases for addi tional space,” the motion said. PC REPAIR SPECIALIST Our College Station office seeks an experienced PC tech with knowledge of PC hardware and ability to perform component level repair. We can offer full-time or part-time hours to fit your schedule and offer $12 - $14 per hour. To apply, stop by our Recruiting office in the Metro Centre in Bryan, Tuesday - Thursday after 12 p.m. or call 1-800-883-3031. E.O.E. 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