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t THE BATTALION CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING •EASY •AFFORDABLE •EFFECTIVE CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION 845-0569 40: Medium One Topping Pizza $3.50 * Order 3 for free delivery e03-BMCM Page 10•Thursday, September 10, 1999 Nation Hispanics call for TV ‘brown Battalioi Apply for the GTE Visa* on the web and get up to of FREE calling time/ NEW YORK (AP) — A coalition of Hispanic organi zations is calling for a boycott of the four major networks during the first two weeks of the TV season to protest “the continued invisibility of Latinos on television.” The “brownout” of ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC begins Sunday and continues through Sept. 25. The National Council of La Raza, which is coordi nating the boycott, counts just one Hispanic — Martin Sheen, on NBC’s “The West Wing” — among the lead characters in the 38 new series premiering this fall. Three others continue on returning series: Bruno Campos (NBC’s “Jesse”), and, on CBS, Hector Elizondo (“Chicago Hope”) and Cheech Marin (“Nash Bridges”). While Hispanics constitute 11 percent of the U.S. pop ulation, they make up less than 2 percent of all charac ters on prime-time shows, according to Lisa Navarrete, a spokesperson for La Raza. The results of the boycott will not be measured by ratings, she said. “If we can educate a large proportion of the com munity and others who are interested in this issue, then we’ve succeeded,” Navarrete said. Responding to the planned boycott, G son Chris Ender said, “We have talentedL ing roles, but we recognize that there nee:| representation both in front of the earner; the camera.” “We are making improvements and® we need to do more,” ABC said in a statein an ongoing process and ABC is deeply coir; Fox declined to comment on the boya had no immediate comment. (ill arren. and 3 will t- Recent buss *3 of FREE calling time just for applying. Apply on the internet and get an additional *15 of FREE calling time when you make your first purchase. (*5 if you apply by phone.) Get a 5% rebate towards calling on all purchases/ • No annual fee. No credit history required. Targeting the “big four” networks forth; ?d him as not imply endorsement of UPN and WB. Viocratic pr- "And it’s not to s.iv that cable or film/ida to, but much better. We’re starting with thesefout ild be opti e cause they are what everybody has in comi! . The NAACP has similarly criticized 'he idea of over a dearth of blacks on screen. ling tor pr At its national conference in July, that >aper. the nation’s oldest and largest civil-right;^ has bees it was going to monitor how networks! or > Nn this= rate minority roles in their programs. a chy cou « eminent. www.gtecard.com 1-888-591-7900 *Calling time will automatically be credited to your GTE Calling Card account. ^When you carry a balance from month to month. Call our toll-free number or visit our web site for complete disclosure of terms and conditions. Educators end strike in Detroit DETROIT (AP) — Detroit’s teachers ended a nine-day strike and finally welcomed back 180,000 students from summer vacation yesterday, starting the first school year under a board appointed to turn the struggling district around. The students lost six days of school to the strike by the 11,500-member union. The teachers agreed Wednes day to go back to work after the union and the school board reached a tentative contract over the Labor Day weekend. The teachers defeated, for the time be ing at least, such refonn measures proposed by the board as merit pay and a longer school day. Parents were relieved to have their children back in class. Alice Martin, a 42-year-old mother of nine, had been relying on her 18-year-old daughter to babysit. “She’s been a lifesaver for me, actually, because I was try ing to get my other kids into day care. 1 don’t know what 1 would’ve done without her,” Martin said as she dropped off some of her children at a spruced-up Joy Middle School. The clean-up was among re forms sought by district chief ex ecutive David Adamany, who pushed through $80 million worth of renovations to most of the district’s 270 school build ings over the summer. Teachers still must ratify the contract. Ballots will be mailed out later this month. was to Tex. Qs im - Kappa Alpha Order will be hosting an information session Thursday, September 16 at MSC Room 292-B at 6:00 RM. and Friday, September 17 at Rudder Room 707 at 6:00 RM. Hors d’oeuvres and Refreshments Provided Contact: Director of Chapter Development Chip Brownlee 764-1206 cbrownlee@ka-order.org Switched-baby mother attempt to block settled teagan ma” d that Rea . sidbnt and Was it me H preside Jovvever, o his Warren RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A mother whose baby was switched at birth with another child lost her bid yesterday to overturn a finan cial settlement the hospital made on the child’s behalf. The Virginia Supreme Court re jected Paula Johnson’s attempt to block the $875,000 settlement for her biological daughter, upholding a judge’s approval of the settlement for 4-year-old Rebecca Chittum and the families raising her. Johnson claimed the settlement is too little and that the couple who have been caring for her have no right to any compensation. She is suing the University of Virginia Medical Center for $31 million. The case made national news when Johnson discovered the baby she had been raising was not her own. Her biological baby, Rebecca, had been sent home hejwool HI Rogers and Kevin ChiTd apatheti ■ days after her 1993b: tands for. s 11mple’s true daughie fronmmnc home with Johnson, chtunecoi Johnson learnedtbe:'e changed ■ ’art . in a car crash July 4,: Beatty coul ever K tiding in HT Since then the pa:; turn and Rogers have> ^ Rebecca. % On April 5, a judge;: r'" settlement between: I V/ l» I Rebecca and the grand; have been sharingcus -v yith Vi 1 Aihimmi claimesr, A / S ion to approve or reject m V 2020, for the child. ras A am Lawyers for the l iversity is i Mi tking to enri switch was made, said ‘ in College confirms ‘‘that the an/i ori by pro settlement is fair and::^ 11 ^ divers! interests of this child However, d te all their [ tas A&M an 1 ttion have f. Hit man cuts deal in co—- ■ The area’s 1 BOSTON (AP) — A mob hit man who said he killed 20 people has cut a deal with prosecutors that would allow him to get out of prison in as little as eight years, according to documents released yesterday. John Martorano, 58, agreed to plead guilty to 12 of the slayings. His victims included a million aire executive in THIsa, Okla., and two teen-agers in Boston who hap pened to be with one of his targets. U.S. Attorney Donald K. Stern said all of the killings probably would have gone unsolved without the deal, which requires Martorano to testify against his former cronies. Those other reputed mobsters include James J. “Whitey" Bulger and Stephen “The Rifleman” Flem- mi. who were ihemse,? 5 s hado' informants allegedly gh bvfheF^«//c^^- of murder. „?s and local Bulger, who\soMherf| M ,■ mi and Martorano are d; k in a federal racketeenng:^^ includes reputed Nevr 5usinesses mob boss Francis Cadilli^ t | ie consl Salem me. Defense lawyers sai/ or exa !f should be thrown outt bad enout , the cozy relationshipbe' v unbearab FBI and Flemmi and Buiq friends. A A federal judge is e>: rebeve [ he rule on their motion wit tban a coc “If we didn’t go for bo thie from this agreement, therealw|he owner have been the lingering j u i Ce 0 n that the reason wastor SO n, promt FBI,” Stern said. ed beverag 1 >eopIe. 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