Happily married, Christian couple eagerly awaiting a baby to love, nurture, and spoil. Financially and emotionally secure household; both of us are graduates of TAM U. Stay-at-home Mom, devoted Dad. Loving, extended family awaiting this child. Call Tim and Ashlee toll-free anytime: 1-800-355-8307, pin 02. Legal/medical expenses only. Come meet the ladies of Alpha Phi Page 6 • Friday, March 26, 1999 N R ws The NEWS IN BRIEF Monday, March 29th 7:00 p.m. THE BATTALION CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION 845-0569 Alpha Phi Lodge 9 1 5 Harvey Road (behind Subway) Living in Austin this summer? Add some ‘class’ to your schedule. Austin Community College has a special offer for university students who are home in Austin this summer. Take summer classes at ACC and reap the benefits: At only $24 a credit, you can’t beat our tuition in Austin or anywhere else! Hundreds of classes are available; many transfer to Texas public col leges and universities. Take a class without the burden of a full load, and lighten your load for next fall. Fulfill required courses you’ve had difficulty getting, or take an elective for the fun of it. ACC has 6-, 9- and 11-week classes, as well as distance learning options. Add some class to your summer without breaking the bank or crowd ing your calendar! A Summer Schedule for Visiting Students has been sent to many university students who call Austin home. If we missed you and you’d like to participate, you can find out all you need on the ACC website. The application, course listings and course descriptions are available at: www.austin.cc.tx.us/visiting. ^CAustin Community College 1/mod Inspired by MOO SQUAD movie, the very limited 1/mod collection available @ levi.com + selected stores. ©1999 Levi Strauss & Co. ©1999 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Inc. All rights reserved. Water skiing classic to begin Saturday The Texas A&M University Water Ski Team will host the 24th Polar Bear Classic Saturday and Sunday, which is part of an annual colle giate tournament, and will include the number one and two nationally- ranked water ski teams in the na tion. The tournament will start Satur day at 8 a.m. with the slalom event and the trick skiing event. The 65 member Texas A&M Uni versity Water Ski team is not a scholarship team, but is ranked 12th nationally. Gaylon Koenning, a junior electrical engineering major and president of the team, said the only schools that beat A&M are the big scholarship teams. The tournament will take place in lola at Century Ski Lake, a private lake where the team also practices. The event is open to the public. Veterinary Medicine to host Open House Students in the Texas A&M Col lege of Veterinary Medicine will host Open House 1999 Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Texas Veteri nary Medical Center on University Drive west of the railroad tracks. Laura Ridge, publicity chair of the event and a second year vet erinary medicine student, said the open house will provide entertain ment and knowledge for adults and children. Attractions include a petting zoo, and exotic animal room and self- guided tours of the small and large animal clinic and teaching hospi tals. Each hour, there will be presen tations including the Round Rock Police Dogs demonstration, the Houston Rough and Ready canine agility demonstration, Last Chance Forever raptor rehabilitators and an appearance by Luke, the world Alpo Frisbee Champion. The event is free and ope' ie BattalL I - public. Brothers Under Cli to hold Island Pai fter a we Brothers Under Christi its fifth annual Island Part; day at the Polo Fields frorr; to midnight. This year's Island Party* ture six bands including ixtlwanked nickel &dime, SHANE&Smv^P^^ wl1 waiting. Chasing Furiesanc ; _ Seay. Robin Blakely, owne; sionquest, a business^ motes Christian athletes, speak. The event is expected 10,000 people. Island Party served asttiei ing event for Brothers Unde; at the University of Texas •; and for the Texas A&M ch: 1994. Man executed for 1981 murdf A. IV HUNTSVILLE(AP) — Charles Rector, claiming his innocence to the end, was executed Thursday night for the abduction, rape, shooting and drowning of an Austin woman more than 17 years ago. Rector was pronounced dead at 6:22 p.m., eight minutes after the lethal drugs began flowing into his body. “I want you to know I’m not guilty,” Rector said in a final state ment while strapped to the death chamber gurney. He turned his head and looked at five members of Carolyn Kay Davis’ family. “And I’ll say this to the family — I did not kill your daughter. Take it the way you want. I’m sorry for the pain,” he said. Rector expressed love to mem bers of his family, who' also watched through another window. He concluded his statement by reciting the words to a song he wrote, called “God Living With Us 24 Hours.” One of his witnesses, a sister, fainted and had to be assisted out of the viewing area after Rector had slipped into unconsciousness. Among Rector’s witnesses was former Dallas Cowboy Thomas “Hollywood” Henderson, now an Austin businessman active in com- Rector, 44, was convicted of killing the 22-year-old Davis, who disappeared from her Austin apart- And 111 say this to the family — / did not kill your daughter. Take it the way you want Tm sorry for the er slaying seven years earl: he was arrested nearDarii. ment a few hours after sh;. peared. He was wearing signer jeans, carrying hen his pocket and had iter from her apartment in hisc The University of Ttu dent's body was found ti- A pain. if — Charles Rector Executed for murder munity programs. ment Oct. 17, 1981. “Tonight does not give our fam ily any feeling of closure or satis faction,” Joe Irvin, Davis’ stepfa ther, and her two sisters, Kim Cole and Katherine Matthews, said in a statement released after the execu tion. “Katy is still gone and nothing can change that or bring her back. “We do feel that justice has been served... There is also a great sense of relief that the man who mur dered Katy will never commit any other acts of violence.” Rector was on parole for anoth- morning near an island in ■ senes a Town Lake. Although shehn The series shot once in the head, amt }ame homest aminer ruled drowningas »liria6-l m< of death. The U.S. SupremeCoun final appeals, and the Tex. of Pardons and Paroles rejat^ clemency petition, clearing.:^ I | K for the eighth execution ini this year. “I ain’t scared,” Rectorsl recent death row interview can take my life, but they make an innocent man Rector, called "Dr. Psyci other inmates because of hisl ty to tune out distractions ai nore others as he wrote music. VlhT/Ti prison cell, said he turned don offer to plead guilty before his in exchange for a life prison ie: 7 u ‘ “ ; [ 1 “I’m not son)'to have not tj} the life sentence," he said." rather die than say I’m guilty not my crime. It’snotmynatu kill for blue jeans. C’mon,itw take an animal to blue jeans.” BY E 12 act Q. Do you wonder what your future holds? A. Come talk to UCS and discover the answers. UCS has been in computer and automotive business for twenty-eight years. 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