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Hitting a high note SUSAN REDDING [lit Bai iaijon Cynthia Dorn Navarrete, member of New Arts Six, portrays early twentieth century opera singer Sissertta Jones in the 2-act bio graphical opera-drama. News Arts Six was presented by Aggie Encores in Rudder Theatre. Business Career Fair 2000 Linking The Present to Your Future February 8 ,h - 10 th • Wehner Visit our website Wehner.tamu.edu/bsc Tuesday, February 8 Wednesday, February 9 Thursday, February 10 ABB Inc. AIM Funds Arthur Anderson LLP Auto One Acceptance Corporation Bed Bath & Beyond Broad Vision Inc. Career Center Chase Bank of Texas Ciber Cintas Corporation Container Store, The Crane's Stationers Enron Entercon International Enterprise Rent-A-Car Ernest & Julio Gallo Winery Ernst & Young L.L.P. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Federal Reserve Bank - Houston Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. Frito-Lay, Inc. General Mills Glazer's Distributors Guaranty Bank Halliburton Harley Davidson Hastings Entertainment Inc. 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The tape starts with the crew discussing a problem with a part of the tail control, called the hor izontal stabilizer, which keeps the plane level. “The crew had diffi culty controlling the air plane's tendency to pitch nose down. The airplane descended, but the crew was able to arrest the de scent. The crew contin ued troubleshooting and preparing the airplane for landing. Then control was suddenly lost.” Hall’s account came from an initial review of the cockpit voice recorder, which was recovered Wednesday from the de bris of the MD-83. Searchers Thursday continued searching the ocean floor for the Right data recorder, the com panion “black box” that could provide details on the plane's mechanical operation. Friday, Februa Wo i tem hosi The NTSB has begun analyzing a recul ing of a radio call fl Flight 261’s pilots il Seattle maintenancec« about the stabilizerp:! lem minutes beforem crash. Investigates said.1 nestses saw no signs on or smoke when thejal , . f the water in one ptl Monday, killiugevern on board. As the plane pin o\ er Anacapa IslancM off the coast, a vor® BY heard several sounds and watched! jet turn and hit the»a NTSB member J I lammerschmidt Wednesday “The aircraft I twisting, flyinge ly, nose rocking," he reporters late W Poor students perform better in small schools AUSTIN — Texas' smaller schools reduce the harmful effects of poverty on student achievement and help narrow the achievement gap be tween poor students and those from wealthier communities, officials from a national group studying rural schools said Thursday. The Rural School and Community Trust examined every public school in Texas, Ohio, Montana and Georgia to determine what effects poverty has on student achievement and how those ef fects changed depending on the schools’ size. Only schools that did not have appropri- schools in 960suburban, urbananda| al districts. Researchers from Ohio® Marshall universities used Texas 1 ® sessment of Academic Success® scores in third, fifth, eighth and tec grades to reach their conclusions. K Overall, smaller schools prow higher achievement in poorer cor f: nitics than larger schools, they saic 1 Depending on the grade level.® tween 26 percent and 57 percen: f Texas schools likely would proditl lower average student scores if kI schools were larger, or higherSOTJ'f the schools were smaller, thestudv*1 “tas! As the A&M worr for their n Austin St£ Houston Si tion was no one’s mind In fact, even sure school in tli One thii A&M coac sure about should not 1 quishing th cats on theii Aggie term “It’s in c “1 told the we play up have any tr While squad to pi he said he factor. "You’vi [teams] lik “But I feel I play. We'v I three week I about play i Junior I: I initely reai forward to lineup fare: and Bearka “The p: pretty good so good thi “Anyor We’re stroi lineup, one The Ag; at 10 a.m. Saturday a Tennis Cei ate data were excluded. Poverty gen erally has a neg ative effect on student achieve ment, and the data in the study suggests that the bigger the School, the worse students do. “When you look at all the four states, our “As schools become larger the negative ef- Previi Co\ feet of poverty on stu dent achievement in creases. — Marty Strange policy director for the Rural School and Community Trust conclusions are that as schools be come larger the negative effect of poverty on student achievement in creases,” said Marty Strange, policy director for the organization. “The less affluent the community served, the smaller a school ought to be to get the best performance out of its student body,” Strange said. The Texas study examined 6,288 to achieve top student performance."!] report said. “All of these results argue strod for smaller schools in both urban a.j rural communities,” Strange said. | “If improving student scores] standardized tests is a policy g] Texas policy-makers should supp! smaller schools, especially in less] Third ba between sop Gamer. Porti the Aggies I seven home only appeart for A&M bu with his pres The con center field true treshm Evans both ’ the Aggies. Johnson Newco fluent communities,” he said. Microsoft gives tax film assistance to Texas towr COMFORT (AP) — Software giant Microsoft Corp. is setting out to show the tranquil town of Comfort the ease of preparing and filing income tax returns by computer. With a high school band playing and former Gov. Ann Richards lending her support, Microsoft “adopted” the town of approximately 1,900 tax filers Thursday. The company was publicizing its Mi crosoft TaxSaver tax preparation soft ware, new to the marketplace this tax season. It’s also playing off the name of the Hill Country town, suggesting that the new software will provide comfort for taxpayers. Microsoft hopes to get all tax filers in Comfort to use its software and at least 25 percent to file electronically. Last year, only about 15 percent of Comfort residents filed taxes electronically, and even fewer were believed to have used personal software. . The company is opening two free tax preparation and filing centers — one at the community center on the town’s main street and one at the high school — and is offering use of and assistance with TaxSaver, said company spokeswoman Gayle Cruise. Free help will be provided through out the spring by members of the Texas chapter of the National Association of Tax Practitioners. OKLAHOMA 200 miles 200 km Comfort | field as man; I many of then Ion the Aggie I Aggies an ea With sucl I A&M needs “It’s impc 1 that are going I body else,” h I you would h ■ fairly quick. Johnson a I before con lei (starting posit Leading 1 early impact freshmen wh on the diamo On the mi I the replacemi “We found that the town folks* were so enthusiastic and so welcoffl of this program that this was thep# place,” Cruise said. “What we re* want to do is to showcase the benefti electronic liling and the benefitsoff software.” Jl Microsoft wouldn’t release its!! mate of TaxSaver sales this seasoti said it hopes to tap into the growinsf preparation software market, which eludes offerings such as Intuit Inc.'s botax and Macintax, and Block Fin; Corp.’s Kiplinger Tax Cut. The population of Comfort, loc| about 45 miles northwest of San/ nio, isn’t exactly known because if] unincorporated community. Asm 8,000 are estimated to live in theto'| vicinity.