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Page 8 • Thursday, November 4. 1999 THE ONLY WAY YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE FRIENDS WHEN YOU GET TO COLLEGE IS TO GO TO PARTIES EVERY NIGHT AND DRINK AS MUCH AS YOU GAN. 6IVE ME A BREAK, ACSU YOU HAVE MORE COINK FOR YOU THAN THAT. THlf 1/ COLLEGE. BE YOUR/ELF. i Student Life Alcohol and Drug Education Programs Peilt 222 Beutel Health Center (409) 845-0280 adep@stulife2.tamu.edu g You can request an ADEP presentation at http://stulife.tamu.edu/adep ...a part of the Division of Student Affairs Congratulations Upcoming Graduates! H i JST' ^ irt fi 1 OPEN HOUSE/JOB FAIR UCS, Inc. is hosting an Open House for all recent and upcoming college graduates. ALL MAJORS ARE WELCOME! If you are determined to succeed, we have a position for you. All departments will be represented including Sales, Client Support, Programming, Marketing, Purchasing, Technical Writing, Technical Support and Repair and many others. Positions are available at our headquarters in Houston, our newest College Station office, and regionally throughout the country. Come explore career opportunities with a proven leader or forward your resume for future consideration. Professional attire requested. EOE. Date: Thursday, November 4th Time: 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. 200 Quality Circle, College Station, TX Fax: 713-718-1401 For directions or information, call 595-2609 UCS...A TRADITION IN EXCELLENCE s TATE The a Battalion Insurance group says Texart need stricter speeding policj , State’s rank of first in auto fatalities prompts dem AUSTIN (AP) — Texas was ranked first in the country in the number of fatal motor vehicle deaths in 1998, prompting an in surance group yesterday to call on law enforcement officials to adopt a zero-tolerance policy for speeders. Tom Vinger, Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) spokesper son, said that while stopping speeders is a priority, zero-toler ance is impossible. ‘‘What is zero-tolerance? Is it 71? Are we going to pull over everyone who’s going 71? I don’t think that would go over well,” Vinger said. “You can’t argue with reality. The reality is, however, you can’t make everyone stop speeding,” Vinger said. In 1998, 3,576 people were killed in 3,160 motor vehicle acci dents in Texas, according to the U.S. Department of Tiansportation. California ranked second with 3,112 fatal crashes, followed by Florida with 2,548. It is up to Texas’ 13.4 million li censed drivers to slow down and drive more safely, Vinger said. Sandra E. Ray of Southwestern Insurance Information Service, the industry trade group that made the zero-tolerance suggestion, said lowering the fatality rate is the re sponsibility of drivers and law en forcement. Lower injury accident and fatality rates could result in lower insurance rates, she said. "/ think we need to stop people who are going 1 mph over the speed limit/' — Sandra E. Ray Southwestern Insurance “I think we need to increase the amount of troopers who are tracking speeders,” Ray said. “It doesn’t nec essarily just have to be increasing the number of police officers but just start cracking down more. 1 think we need to stop people who are going 1 mph over the speed limit.” “1 don’t think law enforcement turns a blind eye to speeders. The only way to truly improve the fa tality rate in Texas long term is the people,” Vinger said, who noted the DPS issued 506,067spi citations last year. Loqal forcement agencies als speeding tickets. The insurance group is dally concerned about speec rural highways. According to the DPS,2$ fic deaths and 43,934 dents occurred on rural to, 1998, accounting for 58 the statewide death toll. "The speed limit on mail lane Texas roads is now 70: Jerry Johns, president ofSomfl ern Insurance Informations said. “It is a judgment call tv ; these roads are designed font of speed limit, and it appears: 70 mph speed limitonatu: rural road is a bad judgment: Vinger said that more act: — 96,156 of which 688 wets — occurred in Texas wheni were going under the speec but driving too fast for cone such as bad weather, traffics gerous roads. Both Vinger and Ray sail hope the latest statisticswilj attention of Texas drivers cause them to use common and put the brakes on. Future Aj Universit IVoir Filmmakers unveil documentar on the 1993 Branch Davidians I DALLAS learned her Deeded a kic ry Austin dii I “Tell me 1 to do,” the 2 I Such sac, her family. WASHINGTON (AP) — The filmmakers who spurred renewed interest in the 1993 Waco siege un veiled their findings yesterday in a new documentary that suggests federal agents used an explosive charge to blast into the steel-reinforced concrete bunker where Branch Davidian women and children hid and died. Among the other startling allegations contained in Waco: A New Revelation is that cult members were pinned down by automatic gunfire as flames con sumed their retreat on April 19, 1993, cutting off their only route to safety. The film, produced by Colorado-based MGA Enter tainment, was previewed yesterday for reporters and others before it heads for direct-to-video sales and lim ited theatrical release. The latest outcry over Waco began earlier this year after the documentary’s main researcher, Michael McNulty, discovered a potentially incendi ary tear gas canister amid the thousands of pounds of evidence held in storage lockers. That discovery forced FBI and Justice Department officials to recant their longstanding claims that only non-incendiary tear gas was used. The government insists its agents played no role in the fire or Davidians’ deaths. Cult leader David Kore- sh and some 80 followers perished during the blaze, some from the flames, others from gunshot wounds. The FBI insisted Wednesday, as it has for six years, that its agents fired no shots during the 51-day siege that stemmed from a botched raid by the Bureau of Al cohol, Tobacco and Firearms. “We are aware of no incidents where gunfire emanat ed from any law enforcement source,” bureau spokesman Bill Carter said. “Our position has not changed.” Carter said he was unfamiliar with the allegation that an explosive device was detonated on the roof of the concrete bunker. He also declined comment about the documentary. Frederic Whitehurst, a former FBI scientist whose J'7V7y kit complaints about shoddv practices in thete crime lab led to a scathing inspector general 1? stuntet narrates the documentary. , They di The documentary claim 1 £ rew - • The Delta Force members served i tactical role. Kidne talk of setting the place aflame. Kay Bit • The White Houses' involvement*- daughter’s tends beyond what is publicolyknow [hree decad Baer a kidnev plants were • The FBI were aware of the Davidior and far less ! Today, B longest-sur . ,ents in the • Federal agents fired from a helicoping to the u at a Branch Davidian who ventured 8ai J n sl ] 1 t ™^ outside the compound 3 hoursbefc lore, and sh the blaze began. 1( >ved Elvis ■heerleadir 1 was also w • Video shows 2 people rolling cm time doyvn under a tank and firing dozens of three years rounds at the compound. f "iTJr^i' 1V . hours of di. • The same video shows thatfederc forces fired into the compound asif burned. 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