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1/2 Price Margarita w/ Purchase of Any Entree Bryan Location 3610 S. College Ave. 846-4275 College Station Location 2005 S. Texas Ave. 696-2076 Ujima (Collective work & responsibility) c o ro c JJL ir MSC Black Awamess Committee Presents... PRE-KWANZAA CELEBRATION J.L E OJ cm q]' **'!!*5 mm3 QJ QJ 0J Q “The Culmination of Excellence Through Heritage" <U oo ro fO aa (U sz 3 o o o X3 CD OJ < n> n> o o 3 O 3 O cn NOV. 18, 1999 QJ C fO o' E 3) MSC 201 T3 c (Be 7 PM (Reception will follow) TO O CO <T> Persons mih d*vnh»Uties call 845-1515 l<* btfoni) us of vour special needs. We ri'qni'st imtlfU u«iou three working days prior to the event to euuhk us to assist >«u to the best of our abilities. 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VS f Open to All Texas A&M Students Entry Deadline: Nov. 18, 1999 Sign up @ A/ISC Room 216 info desk For more information Ask a MSC Rec Committee member Call 845-7575 Rules provided @ info desk May be extended to Nov. 19 (h- If special assistance is needed call 845-1515 * Page 10•Thursday, November 18, 1999 N ATI ON Battalion Woman fights for her life after attack NEW YORK (AP) — A Texan who moved to New York a year ago was fighting to get to her of fice after getting a haircut Tues day afternoon when a man slammed a 6-pound paving stone into the back of her head, muttered something and fled into the crowd on 42nd Street. “He just came out of the blue and assaulted her,” Police Com missioner Howard Safir said. As Barrett collapsed in a pool of blood, several bystanders chased the attacker without Two media giants fo newsgathering allian success. Safir said the attacker may be a homeless man known to frequent the area. The attack was the latest of several random violent inci dents this year in the city. In January, a woman was pushed to her death in front of a subway train by a released mental patient. Three months later, a man lost both his legs in a similar at tack. And in June, a 76-year-old man was fatally stabbed out side his home by a mentally ill woman. Barrett had come to New York from Dallas a year ago, ac companying a friend who had landed a job in the city. The pair took an apartment in Queens, with Barrett com muting each day to her temp job in Manhattan. She had just landed a full time position as an office man ager in Queens. The friend, Stacy McGlaun, said they had only recently felt their move was the right one. “The ironic thing is we were just starting to feel comfortable here,” Ms. McGlaun said. “We were just starting to think New York wasn't as bad as people think.” NEW YORK (AP) — NBC and The Washington Post Co. are joining hands to share news reports in print, on TV and the Internet. The partnership announced yesterday is the latest of several newsgathering alliances as media compa nies seek to boost their brand names at a time of heightened competition. Contributors to the alliance will be NBC News, the MSNBC cable network and Internet site, along with print and Web opera tions of The Washington Post and its sister publication, Newsweek magazine. The agreement, Newsweek editor-in-chief Richard Smith said during a teleconference, “al lows each news organization to programming and on MSNBC Cable, ini lar segments on its nightly program "Thi Brian Williams.” "You’ll see contributors both on the Web with original content,” Merrill Brow chief of MSNBC.co: “You’ll see contribu tors both on the air and the Web with original content.” — Merrill Brown Editor in chief of MSNBC.com maintain its independence but to work together to showcase their work on many more platforms.” In addition to newsgathering, the partners will share technology and offer joint advertising packages in a variety of media. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Starting immediately, journalists from The Wash ington Post and Newsweek will appear on NBC News tentially, we’ll bel ties together.” But the arrangemeti| elusive, allowing and Newsweek joun pear on other networtol Under the deal, Ms! will carry editorial cr* Newsweek.com and': magazine, along with: /I forward Kera Washington Ry$h ng - " tonpost.com. In turn, post.com and Newswedf have access to NBC News multimedia contei ering broadcast, cable and the Internet. But each outlet will decide where todtc in the collaboration. "Each of us has the right to declarecen; off-limits” to other outlets. Smith said. A merged Web site, Newsweek.MSM scheduled to launch early in 2000. l&M rith v BY BL T1 Clearer alcohol labels soug WASHINGTON — The govern ment is being asked to make the warning labels on beer, wine and liquor easier to find and read. First required 10 years ago, the labels were intended to cut down on drinking by pregnant women and motorists, but the Treasury Department has been lax in en forcing how the 42-word health warning appears, according to a petition filed yesterday by the American Medical Association and other groups. The government “has been asleep at the wheel in terms of as suring that the labels meet con gressional intent and even meet the requirements of their own regula tions,” George Hacker, director of the alcohol policies project for the Center for Science in the Public In terest, said. The alcohol warning said that “women should not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy be cause of the risk of birth defects" and that drinking impairs the "ability to drive a car or operate machinery." Although the wording cannot vary, the labels appear in myriad ways, depending on the product. The warning is wrapped around the necks of Molson Ice beer bot tles on a shiny label that obscures the print. On bottles of Budweiser, it is printed vertically, in black on a red background. On bottles of Corona, the warning is more legible, run ning horizontally in black letters on a white background. The petition asks Treasury’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to require something akin to the stark, rectangular pits final exhil injury nildltxl |all 'learn defeat I in front ot dm sday night. warning labels that m > ltl,ou 8 h * w u as on packs of cigarettes, 111611 ; s ^ as ^ et ,' ia A spokesperson forPl ease( -i v said brewers have ll) llu> l HM with both theletterandsp:'Bf e /„ s . we(a t law that mandated then Gillom "As a practical matter ing with each c is well-informed rightmf 01 niiscommui Becker, president of the.^ r0lat *on in, we tute, the industry’s resePL most notab lobbying arm, said. re senior lorwai “We shouldn’t godo lr d Amy Yates, t where changing a label 1 season. Also, create this additional, n e, preseason Bi that frankly is at satira 'netta Saunders right now.” things. Alcohol-related driv: Senior forward 1 have been declining stt:‘S’ cohesion over the past two decades, their ability to nc study by the federal? Disease Control and found that drinking by] women was on the rise. Now Taking Orders Mk Scholastic ‘Recognition ^Announcements, Caps dr (foztms ROTHER'S BOOKSTORES 340 G. BUSH OR. * SOT HARVEY ROAD 303 S. COLLEGE AVE. Pick up your FREE AGGIE RING pictures At the Senior E-Walk table located in the MSC. 11-8 to 11-19 $2.00 GUINESS or any other PINV. All pints are s 2.()() every Thursday from 7-i at Fox n \ lound “Voted Best Sports Bar in B/CS” - 2yrs Running I Join us for “Working Women’s Wednesday” Free Buffet, Prizes, *2.00 Margaritas - All Night The Fun Starts at 6:00 Tuesdays: *2 Fat Tire & *2 Tuaca - All Night Saturdays: German Beer Night Call for Details HOLIDAY SCHEDULE FOR STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES + HOLIDAY SCHEDULE FOR STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES The following services will be closed during the Thanksgiving holidays: A. P. Beutel Health Center 5 p.m., Wed., Nov. 24 to 8 a.m., Monday, Nov. 29 Dial-A-Nurse 3 p.m., Friday, Nov. 26 to 11 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 28 e^l ygs Ambulance Service/EMS will remain in service during the holiday. Call 9-911 for assistance. ONE 2 32 oz. CHUGGEI ALL NIGHT n ve BAR • MmM DRINKS till 696-5570 Party Safe