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State Page 2 • Monday, July 19, 1999 Up to par Bryan resident Steve Conroy, Class of ’99, shoots for par Sunday during a game of disc golf at the Frisbee golf course at Research Park. Fountain repairs spark opposition DENTON, Texas (AP) — A fledgling effort to repair two side-by-side drinking fountains on a Civil War monument in Denton’s courthouse square has drawn some protest from local black community leaders. The proposal to reactivate the once-segregated 80- year-old stone fountains recalls memories of racism and an enslaved South, some black leaders in this North Texas city say. “Why don’t we have a replica of someone being hung and showing the facial expressions of a black man being hung and put next to him why he’s being hung because he looked at a white woman,” Willie Hudspeth, a black community activist in Denton, said. The restoration efforts, which are in their earliest stages, certainly will spark protests and generate feelings of ill will among blacks, Hudspeth told the Denton Record-Chronicle. The fountains were built and were last in working or der when “coloreds” and “whites” were supposed to use different public facilities, he said. They are mounted at the base of a monument that de picts a Confederate soldier and honors the Confederate army, he says. The soldier stands atop an archway that leads to the county’s historic courthouse on the square. Cards Continued from Page 1 “We are all more sensitive to this issue with the rise of electronic commerce,” he said. “It’s a timely thing to look at, and the technology is available to make the change.” Floyd said the first step is to find out how the Social Security Number is used in various areas across campus and determine which of those places it is not necessary. For this purpose, the committee has been split into two task forces. One task force will focus on what occasions the Social Security Number is used to identify faculty, staff and employees of the University. The other will focus on how the Social Security Number is used to identify stu dents. He said the committee will determine if these areas can be changed quickly and with few prob lems. “We will identify how it’s being used and em bedded in administrative systems,” Floyd said. “It’s really a question of systems and software.” He said there are still many technical ques tions that must be addressed and, therefore, a predetermined date as to when the numbers will be changed has not been set, but the committee hopes to move quickly. “The principle reason for this change is to in sure that individuals’ information will remain se cure,” Floyd said. ; $ 3.95 pager airtime Discount Paging System *Free Activation ‘Accessories ‘Calling Cards PrimeCo phones sold here RELOCATING TO DALLAS? 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However, Henkel will not go to prison until her appeals are ex hausted. State District Judge John Hyde said he will place Henkel on shock probation, requiring her to spend at least 180 days in prison. Then she will face a second hearing before Hyde, who will decide if Henkel will be put on probation or serve the re mainder of her sentence. Henkel and her husband, Billy Joe Henkel, 44, were charged with serving alcohol to a group of mi nors attending a party celebrating their daughter’s graduation from Greenwood High School. One of the partygoers, Jose De- LaO, drank at the party and then wrecked his pickup truck on his way home. The crash killed Craig Noland and Esteban Lara and seri ously injured two others. Prosecutors with the Midland County District Attorney’s Office said they could not find a case in the Texas Court of Appeals in which a party other than a motorist was tried and convicted for intoxi cation manslaughter. Though Henkel pleaded no con test, she signed an affidavit agreeing she committed the basiceM the indictment. That doerj her pleas provided grounds for a conviction,! Nonetheless, the caseiij peal. Court officials said Henij tends that the affidavitshtj does not state she wasthfl of the vehicle, and there! not guilty of the intoxica j fenses. Billy Joe Henkel was sen in February to a three-yeij pended prison term and pk probation for eight years In October, DeLaO, iw made a plea with proseem; 120 days in the countyjailar years probation. Last year, the HenkelsseMjtchei lawsuit filed by the victim;■ lies. The suit was settlrT $354,000 to be split roughly! ly among the four crash I and their families. New laws reduce prison suit HOUSTON (AP) — Laws aimed at curbing frivolous lawsuits filed by prison inmates appear to be having some impact. According to a survey of federal courts in Texas, the number of law suits filed by county and state in mates in federal court dropped near ly 25 percent between 1995 to 1998, from 3,903 to 2,949, the Houston Chronicle reported yesterday. Though few expect the state to start collecting significant amounts of money from prisoners who waste tax dollars in court, the sudden drop indicates that state and federal laws aimed at curbing frivolous lawsuits may be working. “The point is to provide some thought process in these suits,’’ said Carl Reynolds, general coun sel for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. “It’s to deter the getting-your-free-day-in-court sort of attitude.” “The point is to provide some thought process in these suits. Its to deter the getting-your-free-day-in- court sort of attitude." — Carl Reynolds General counsel Department of Criminal Justice Prisoner complaints most often deal with questions of constitution al rights, so as many as three-quar ters of inmates’ lawsuitsenil! federal rather than in state c l 1 To end lawsuits over; plaints such as no dessem: tary confinement (asuitl an inmate sentenced to sis I; in a 1992 manslaughter cal | 1996 act of Congress reel prisoners to pay a $150feei ing a federal lawsuit,ortol portion of that cost depecl upon the amount of morel their inmate accounts. Those who have threecasl missed as frivolous mustpoy;:| $ 150 for every new lawsuit. I Texas lawmakers, mear* crafted a similar measure a ye# Her that wipes out good-time#| toward early release ifaoDtinSj a prisoner has filed morethanill frivolous suits in a year. News in Brief Alumni group looks for past graduates Graduates of Texas A&M’s For est Science Department have formed an alumni association and are searching for all 675 gradu ates of the department, which was started in 1969. The association is also looking for those who graduated from the two-year forest science program that existed prior to the depart ment. Tat Smith, head of the forest science department, said the de partment is working on its rela tionship with the former students. “We want them to help us with feedback about the department,” Smith said. At a recent meeting, the Texas A&M Forestry Alumni Association chose Nes Blair Tesno as presi dent and Colin Townsend as vice president of the alumni associa tion. Four reserved lots closed for repairs Starting today, four of the re served parking lots on campus will be closed until Wednesday. Parking Areas 10, 15, 16 and 28 will be closed for seal coating and repainting, if weather permits. , Faculty and staff members who normally park in PA 10 may park in the Northside Parking Garage or the Central Campus Garage at no charge. Also, those individuals who currently park in PA 28 may park in the Central Campus*I versity Center parking garage I no charge. Faculty and staff whowisl park in these garages will (i« I enter through the visitor lanes I pull a ticket. When exiting the garage I the ticket must be presente the parking garage cashiere with a faculty or staff pH hangtag to have the ticket dated before attempting to the garage. If the garage’s “full” lights lit, faculty and staff are em aged to enter the contract and speak to an attendantvit intercom for entry to the gas People who park in PA 15 PA 16 may park in PA 54at 55. NUTZ BY R. DELUK ALU/)YS There's /) A Curious... 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