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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1999)
THE TEXAS ELAQ ELtES AT HALE-MAST EOK THE AQQtES LOST LN THE BONEtKE TRAQEVY Sincerely, The Staee of Strictly Texas www. strictlytexas. com MSC Hospitality present s... Noonday Programs November Z9tli- December 3rd 12:00 MSC Come enjoy FREE holiday .f entertainment during lunch. . ^ Tree lighting ceremony will be held Monday 4 •> ! U0 ' November 29th at 7:30 pm in the Flagroom. Persons with disabilities please call 845-1515 to inform us of your ^ special needs We request notification three (3) working days C^. prior to the event to enable us to assist you to the best of our abilities If you can write, edit, design pages, draw, use a camera • • • Texas A&M’s award-winning student newspaper The Battalion is looking for you. SPRING ’00 STAFF APPLICATION FORM Name: Phone Number(s): E-mail: Major: Classification: Number of hours you will take in the spring: Expected graduation (semester): If you have another job, what is it: How many hours per week? Do you plan to keep it, if hired? 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Staff News Reporter Science & Technology Reporter Feature Writer _ Entertainment Writer Sports Writer _ Columnist Web Designer __ Radio Reporter Photographer Graphic Artist Cartoonist Page Designer Copy Editor Gain experience, work in a news room equipped with the latest technology, and make new friends. *Please type your responses on a separate piece of paper, and attach a resume and samples of your work (stories you have written for publications or classes, pages you have designed, photos taken, drawings made, or other creative samples—just show us what you can do. DEADLINE: Monday, Dec. 6 The Battalion 013 (basement) Reed McDonald Bldg. he Battalion oir WASHING Bush’s five [cut places the ublican presi [tial front-runn he mainstrea GOP tax cutte: far less aggres than flai acolytes sucl Steve Forbes. “You’re gi to get a big de now — do yoi proach or do > approach?” S libertarian Ca Democrats Bradley, mear ident Clinton modest tax bn cial goals, su< from overdev the poor. In a speec Bush never rr but labeled 1 projected bi gradually re New DENTON ( ling sued for a |ty officials alle The Dallas Iticle that attrib Bruce Isaacks was not clearl an area of the I ries, the lawsu The article [editions of the CLATE KEEN/SPECIALTOTHEBATi■ The Story Ponder boy v A U-Haul truck gets stuck in the entrance of the Central Parking Garage Wednesdays wr j t j n a a j j , ternoon after its driver underestimated the height of the vehicle B teacher and V I Judge Whit mon jailed. Isa East Texas city warns residents to not drink water JEFFERSON (AP) — Residents were warned yesterday not to drink or cook with tap water until the city receives the results of new tests for mercury levels. Metallic mercury was found dur ing a routine inspection of the East Texas city’s water tanks, officials said. However, Mayor Ned Fratangelo said in a statement that tests earlier this year by the Texas Natural Re source Conservation Commission found the city’s water supply did not reach acceptable levels of mercury. “We have no reason to believe the levels of mercury in our water exceeds state standards,” Fratan gelo said. More tests were ordered and the results expected tommorrow evening, he said. Church trying to repla memories of shootity I youth was rele The Ohserui I year-old Pond* I the children’s FORT WORTH (AP) — The car pet and several pews have been re placed in the sanctuary at Wedg wood Baptist Church. More difficult is replacing the memory of the Sept. 15 night when Larry Gene Ashbrook walked into a youth rally at the church with two pistols and a pipe bomb. Before fatally shooting himself, Ashbrook killed seven people and injured seven others. “Over the last three to four, maybe five weeks, a lot of the kids have come to a point to where the numb feeling is wearing off and they begin to feel something,” Jay Fan nin, the church’s youth pastor said. ‘They are able to talk about it, and that’s been very important in the healing process. It’s helped a lot in getting back to whatew«| normal will be.” Another step in there: process came yesterday* youth group tried to finisli had started during the see' weeks earlier. Forty Days, the Christi band on stage whenAsii -shooting rampage beg turned for another conceit sanctuary typically it nights for the church’s hold a prayer service. “We talked about them if! to come back, them wantiii| ish the concert that theyl to finish,” Fannin said oflhi which is fond of the Wf youth group that it went| with last year. $ COFFEEHOUSE PRESENTED BY MSC TOWN HALL Li±-ve Musi Comedy and Poetry, urd Fr'iday, Dec. 3^, 8pm Rumours Dell (in MSC) Persons with disabilities, please call 845-1515 to inform us of your special needs-!