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Simel & Lewis By Mel NEWS IN BRIEF Sen. Hutchison to speak in support of cancer stamp U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison will convey her support for the im plementation of a breast cancer stamp today at 9:30 a.m. at the Bryan Post Office on East William J. Bryan Parkway. Hutchison, a Republican from Texas, is the first woman to rep resent the state in the U.S. Sen ate. Bailey is also serving as the deputy majority whip. Fair to ease planni for college experie BY MELISSA JORDAN The Battalion Corps of Cadets names commander for 1999-2000 TUBULARMAN BY BOOMER Tubularman Sober! Texas A&M Corps of Cadets members Forrest C. Lane, a ju nior political science major, and Mark C. Macicek, a junior busi ness administration major, will serve as corps commander and deputy corps commander, re spectively, for the 1999-2000 school year. Maj. Gen. Ted Hopgood, com mandant for the Corps, an nounced the selections Thursday at 4:30 p.m. at the Corps of Cadets Center. Lane and Macicek were select ed from a field of 26 cadets by a board of military officers and cadet leaders. The College Planning Fair Thursday in the MSC, sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Administration, helped em ployees prepare themselves and their children for the college ex perience. Tom Dew, landscape and paving maintenance superinten dent in the Texas A&M physical plant and recipient of a $500 scholarship for his children at the planning fair, said the fair provid ed insight into necessary college preparations. “It’s kind of eye-opening," Dew said. “There’s a lot more to it than I thought.” Dew said the fair provided in formation about how to prepare children for college and finance their college education. He said fi nancing his children’s educations was a major concern for him. “I didn’t realize there are so many scholarships available,” Dew said. Schools Continued from Page 1 Spade Phillips, PI By Matt Kowalski Construction closes main access roads to coastal areas U.S. 77, the main access high way to North and South Padre Is land and other coastal areas, has been reduced to one lane travel ing each direction due to con struction, according to a press re lease from the Texas Department of Transportation. Travelers are encouraged to se lect alternate routes. No left turns are allowed, and there are five traffic signals in operation along the route. school choice program was imple mented in schools and vouchers were given to children. Meier said 40 percent of the the spots avail able were unclaimed. Meier said there are not many skilled teachers willing to accept pri vate school salaries, which can be lower than those in public schools. He said poorly trained and inexperi enced teachers are employed in pri vate schools as a result. Meier said public schools can not reform themselves. 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Texas Department of Transportation TxDOT Three Year Federally Funded Project Plan NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will conduct a public meeting to present the proposed 2000- 2002 Bryan District Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for review and comment. This process is a requirement of the Transportation Efficiency Act for the 21st Century(TEA-21). The meeting is Tuesday, March 30, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. at the Brazos Center. The address is 3232 Briarcrest Drive in Bryan. Our 2000-2002 Bryan District TIP is part of the process for selecting anticipated federally funded construction projects for the next three fiscal years. We will present the meeting in English. Any person who has special communication or accommodation needs and is interested in attending the meeting is encouraged to contact the District Advance Planning Engineer at 409/778-2165. Requests should be at least two working days before the public meeting. We invite all interested citizens, affected public agencies, transportation agencies, private transportation providers and other interested parties to attend this public meeting and make comments. TxDOT requests spoken or writ ten comments. These comments may be presented at the meeting or in writing to Mr. Bob Appleton, P.E., Bryan Director of Transportation Planning and Development at: TxDOT, 1300 N. Texas Ave., Bryan, TX 77803 by 5:00 p.m. Friday, April 9, 1999. Those interested may send E-mail comments to : bapplet@mailgw.dot.state.tx.us The Texas A&M University Student Publications Board is accepting applications for Editor The Battalion The Battalion ■ Including radio and online editions Summer 1 999 (The summer editor will serve from May 24 through Aug. 6, 1999.) — Including radio and online editions — Fall 1999 (The fall editor will serve from Aug. 16 through Dec. 10, 1999.) 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Mary Walraven of tbl Education PartnershipPn the Bryan Independen: ■ District spoke to fair pan® about the parent-child ship in college preparat; B Walraven encouraged® t s h pants to work with dn:H theii decision making, focus .11 ti 1( . strengths, set limits forpac be understanding wtieKn. le make mistakes. ■sprii ‘‘Decision making i? dent be raising a successful stude®re th said. slopes. Mary Miller, assoc pro assi dent for administratcBieity 117 employees attendedtl^fcs of ning fair. lecture She said comments fe ticipants revealed thatthea helpful. Miller said A&M prese fair each year as a ways employees with person family needs, rather than* lated needs alone. g- “ We try to make [A&V 4 ployee-centered organiz® 11 Miller said. 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