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Page 2 • Tuesday, April 13, 1999 Campus Fish You That LiBRAZ'/ Wokkek hates aie? "x Xhiajk H E 'S Tpyi^oI To Me ajovj// DisokomTc£0 WHo mp —n (i|n Till BV R. pELUNfl Ogden’S bill awaits House’s app BY AMANDA SMITH The Battalion Simel & Lewis By Mel Penalties for individuals charged with causing in jury to a pregnant woman could become tougher if the Texas House of Representatives passes a bill al ready approved by the Senate (SB-188). The Criminal Jurisprudence Committee in the House is considering passing the bill that would make causing bodily injury to a pregnant woman a third-degree felony offense and would increase the penalty to a second-degree felony if the injury re sults in miscarriage or stillbirth. Sen. Steve Ogden, who authored the bill, said the reform is needed to target the large number of women who are battered in Texas. “The percentage of women who; while they are pregnant is alarming,"ft a press release. “Still Texas is among of states, which has no civil orcrimir dressing a mother's loss ofherunbc:; bill would protect women whohavec- their babies and would penalize the- duct prevents their ability to delive: child." The bill would allow for a civile, based on a miscarriage or stillbirth wrongful or negligent act orcommis; A third-degree felony is punishable years in prison and/or a $10,000fine A second-degree felony is punish 20 years in prison and/ora $10,000;:] OPAS Continued from Page l Salaries Continued from Page 1 TUBULARMAN BY BOOMER Spade Phillips, PI By Malt Kowalski The Program Advisory Com mittee is responsible for choosing performances and is a mixture of students, faculty, staff and mem bers of the community. “The Program Advisory Com mittee takes people from all as pects of the community and is about 20 individuals total,” Ori- abure said. “Students from the OPAS stu dent committee, student execu tives, faculty and various mem bers of the community work together and manage to come up with what the Brazos Valley would like and what would not only entertain, but what would educate about cultures and events from around the world." Each spring, OPAS will sponsor Duck Race, an annual fund-raiser to raise money for the upcoming season. This year’s race will be April 19 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Rudder Fountain. According to in formation provided by OPAS, the race is the organization’s largest fund-raiser and accumulated $3,000 last year. Tickets are available at the MSC Box Office before the perfor mance nights. Students may also purchase six vouchers for any of the 27 performances for $150 when registering for classes by telephone. school, so it is complicated to compare the faculties’ salaries," he said. Krumm attributes A&M facul ty members' lower salaries to a combination of factors including a low level of state funding and the fact that tuition and fees are lower than most other public uni versities’ rates. In a press release, a represen tative from the Texas Faculty As sociation said public universities in Texas are experiencing diffi culty recruiting their top candi dates for faculty positions be cause the salaries they offer are often not competitive, especially in high-demand areas such as engineering and science. Joe Newton, exe ate dean of the Cc. ence, said A&Misir: schools that expen: f ties. “It is documents sion 2020 plan that :» salaries of facultyat.l rently at 92 percer.; I schools,” Newton::;, only have problem| the best faculty, b:| problems retaining i top faculty who are.; sent because they anI other universities^* fering more | salaries.” If the rider isapf::| 76th Texas LegislarJ salaries in the statei| versities will increase tional average by uf 2000-2001 academic. CAMPUS CALENDAR TUESDAY Texas A&M Mens Rugby: There will be practice from 7 to 9 a.m. at the Rugby Field by the Polo Fields behind the Zachry parking lot. All male students welcome. 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