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l a senior computer sci-
3r, said he looks forward
ed communication with-
ween the Student Senate
, 2S-
raid like to see all leaders
/ dp each other,” Atkins
would like to see a lot
nmunication within the
Senate and SGA. We are
trying to be more organized and
people oriented, such that there is
better communication.”
The Student Services committee
handles all legislation concerning
campus services such as Aggie
Bucks, PTTS and food services.
Magee said students who are
not senators may participate in the
committee planning and voting.
“The only difference between a
student that is a senator and one
that is not is that a senator can
vote on the floor,” Magee said.
“Students can vote within the
committee and they can have a
significant impact on the progress
(of the committee). We want stu
dents to be involved.”
Elections for five freshman sena
tor places will be held Sept. 29 and
30. The Student Senate will hold a
candidate informational meeting on
Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. in 504 Rudder.
Magee said their main focus
during the summer was commu
nicating with the students and re
sponding to their concerns about
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litical free-speech lawsuit
es before Supreme Court
&
N (AP) — People’s right to
tney to influence a political
; butting up against a law
them to report the expen-
i a timely way in a case be-
■ Texas Supreme Court.
I court heard arguments
'% in the case involving the
Mmpaign finance law on in-
nt expenditures. It took the
nder advisement,
ase stems from television
hng purchased by Robert
;g, 70, using checks signed
dfe, Olga, in a 1994 judicial
n El Paso.
■berg opposed the re-elec-
state District Judge Peter
who had earlier presided
k ase involving the couple,
commercials, which cost
were described by Oster-
(“informational ads.”
Peca won the campaign,
a lawsuit contending the
:ouple failed to report the
Iture by the deadline in
Action law. He won after a
festerbergs were ordered to
^Jta twice the ads’ cost, plus
That figure has grown to
0, said the Osterbergs’
[Larry Zinn of San Antonio.
8th Court of Appeals in El
Paso upheld the decision against
Osterberg but found there wasn’t
enough evidence against his wife.
In their appeal to the Supreme
Court, the Osterbergs contend that
the state Election Code violates their
“The state cannot
take away your
right to engage in
that core political
speech”
— Peter Peca Jr.
State district judge
rights by restricting independent ex
penditures, which Zinn called “a
core First Amendment activity.”
Zinn said the way the law is
worded, independent expendi
tures are illegal unless they fall
under specific exceptions, includ
ing being reported. He said while
the state can require reporting, it
can’t take away someone’s First
Amendment right to make the ex
penditures if the requirement is
not followed.
“The state cannot take away
your right to engage in that core po
litical speech,” Zinn said.
Among other points, he said
the Osterbergs also are challeng
ing the law’s provision allowing
private lawsuits for damages and
contend that the evidence does
not show they knowingly violat
ed the law, which they say is nec
essary for a violation to have oc
curred.
“We do not want to punish peo
ple for the unsophisticated exercise
of their free-speech rights,” Zinn
argued to the court.
Justices asked whether the law
only requires a person to know
ingly make an expenditure, not
necessarily know it was a viola
tion. El Paso lawyer Michael R.
Milligan said if the law is inter
preted to require a knowing vio
lation, it will not work.
“We cannot prove someone’s
thoughts,” he told the court. “If
that is the requirement, this statute
has no teeth.”
Milligan also defended the law’s
provision allowing private lawsuits
for damages, saying it saves tax
payers money by avoiding the need
for a state bureaucracy.
“This is capitalism at its best,”
he said.
ice’ll get you seen by a doctor without much delay.
Sometimes, there won’t be any delay.
But if they pile up on the highway,
we get piled up here...”
The Emergency Department at College Station Medical Center was created to provide prompt care for patients
^.vith serious illness or injury. We usually have a doctor with the patient in a matter ot minutes. It is unusual foi a
patient to wait as long as an hour to be seen by a physician.
Our goal is to treat everyone with courtesy and respect, but the more serious cases are seen first,
which can cause a few minutes delay.
Our staff of specially trained doctors, nurses and technicians are on duty around the clock to meet the growing
;eds of a growing community. This team of professionals is committed to treat patients like family. That means no
:edless delays and no non-essential rules during situations of crisis. For both the patient and the faculty, ot course,
there will be some paperwork. Our goal, however, is to treat the trauma first, then finish the forms.
/e hope you never need us. But if you do, we’re always open and easy to find. There is plenty of parking, a earing
staff standing by and the resources of a major multi-disciplinary hospital at your service.
If you have an emergency, we’ll see you soon.
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Miles (and minutes) Closer.
Rock Prairie Road
construction in the Southgate
area, and working within the
committees.
Interim chairs filled the places of
Senate committee chairs who left
campus for the summer.
“This year, we have very com
petent chairs,” Magee said. “I am
very excited. We are moving for
ward fast.”
Updated information on the
Student Senate and legislation can
be found on the Web at http://
senate.tamu.edu.
Tanks
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Gerald Frye, professor of phar
macology, said if a person was to
breathe only nitrogen, he would
pass out because of the lack of oxy
gen. Frye said that since the tanks
are located outside, there is no
health hazard.
“If you were in the manhole, it
could be a problem,” Frye said.
Frye added that because of the
weight of the tanks and the
strength of the nitrogen, the only
plausible safety concerns would be
the tanks falling or the valve break
ing. Magnussen said the tanks are
surrounded by barricades to pre
vent this type of situation.
“As long as the students honor
the sanctity of the barricaded area,
there is really no hazard at all, re
alistically,” Magnussen said.
Open House
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The goal of CAMAC and the His
panic Presidents Council is to pro
mote unity among members of the
Mexican American culture.
Chris Fernandez, a junior con
struction science major, said the
event helps students find a place
on campus.
“This open house not only helps
students to be involved in campus
activities, but also helps in making
connections and also lets them find
a group to belong to,” he said.
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skills at Hispanic Open House Tuesday night in the MSC.
Del Rio students return to classrooms
caused deadly flooding.
Floodwaters claimed at least
nine lives and left hundreds
homeless as the storm dumped up
to 20 inches of rain in and around
Del Rio in a 24-hour period be
ginning Aug. 23.
Six people remained missing
Tuesday, according to the Texas
Department of Public Safety.
DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — Two
weeks after this border city suffered
the worst natural disaster in its his
tory, townspeople moved closer to
recovery Tuesday when thousands
of youngsters returned to school.
All 15 public schools had been
closed, keeping some 10,000
pupils out of class, after the rem
nants of Tropical Storm Charley
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