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This meeting has changed format.
It will not be Tacky Dress Night.
It has changed to a
memorial for Amanda Ritchie.
We invite you to come and share your
memories of Amanda with everyone.
When: Tonight («' 7:30 Where: College Station Conference Center
on Bush, next to the Barbara Bush Parents Center
Office: Koldus 137 Phone: 845-0688 http://oca.tamu.edu
Attn: Graduating Seniors
Open House
DCS has been in the custom software business for thirty years.
Headquartered in Houston with over 1600 employees, we are
looking for many different majors and backgrounds for entry
level positions including sales, customer service, training,
recruiting, accounting, consulting, programming and technical
support for our Houston, College Station and other regional
offices. For more information, please stop by and visit with our
department representatives:
Thursday, March 30, 2000
4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
200 Quality Circle
College Station, TX
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Joint Chief
visits Ft Bliss
FORT BLISS (AP) — Visiting what was home to five sol
diers killed during an anti-drug mission in Colombia, Gen.
Hugh Shelton said Monday such missions continue today and
will in the future.
“One of the threats to America’s interest is the large amount
of drugs that come in from that region,” Shelton, chairperson
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters at Fort Bliss.
“It is in America’s interest, I think, to do whatever we can
to slow the amount of drugs coming in,” he said, adding that
efforts also need to be made to reduce demand for drugs in the
United States.
Last summer, hundreds of soldiers, relatives and friends
gathered at this base in El Paso to remember five comrades
killed July 23 when their U.S. Anny spy plane slammed into a
peak in the Andes Mountains.
The crash, which also killed two Colombian air force offi
cers, highlighted the dangers of U.S. efforts to stem the trade of
illegal drugs from Colombia, the world's No. 1 source of cocaine.
“It is in America's interest, I
think, to do whatever we can
to slow the amount of drugs
coming in [to A merica]. ”
This is a come and go event with refreshments provided.
Business attire requested. EOF. If you are unable to attend
but still wish to apply, please fax or mail your resume to:
200 Quality Circle
College Station, TX 77845
979-595-2609
Fax (979) 595-2613
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The Texas A&M University Student Media Board
is accepting applications for
— Gen. Hugh Shelton
joint Chiefs of Staff chairperson
Monday’s visit was Shelton’s first to this base just north of
the U.S.-Mexico border, and the first by a joint chiefs chair
person since Gen. Colin Powell came in 1993.
The purpose of Shelton’s visit was to talk to air defense sol
diers and students at the Army’s Sergeants Major Academy,
which trains top noncommissioned officers in all U.S. military
branches and allied countries.
Asked during a news conference about a shooting at the bor
der last week involving the Mexican anny, Shelton called the
incident “unfortunate,” but said the law is clear on when the
U.S. military may become involved.
In a confrontation with Border Patrol agents on March 14,
two shots were tired from a Mexican military truck, according
to the Border Patrol. No one was hurt in the shooting, which
occurred on the U.S. side of the line. Nine Mexican soldiers
were briefly detained.
Shelton said he is a “big supporter” of the 1878 Posse
Comitatus act, which prohibits the military from performing
civilian law-enforcement duties. A presidential waiver would
be required lor the military to get involved.
UCS
STATE
THE BATTALION Tuesday. March 21,2000
Go long
PATRIC SCHNEIDER/Thk Batialion
Jeff Stokes (R), a sophomore business major, attempts to get a Frisbee from
Ryan Callbier, a freshman general studies major, outside of the Koldus Building.
F-16 fighter dies in crash
KINGSVILLE (AP) — Air Force investigators
on Monday began sifting through the scattered
wreckage of an F-16 Fighting Falcon that crashed
during a weekend air show, killing its combat veter-
an pilot.
Investigators arrived at Naval Air Station
Kingsville late Sunday, just hours after the 1 p.m.
crash, and began examining the wreckage at first
light Monday, Navy Master Chief Jim Rostohar said.
“The Air Force has taken control of the scene and
is in the process of investigation,” Rostohar said.
Maj. Brison Phillips, a 10 year pilot who flew 130
combat sorties over Iraq and Bosnia, was killed about
six miles north of the Kingsville base when his jet
went down during Air Show 2000. He was 35.
The fiery impact left debris strewn over half a
mile. Investigators plan to inspect the site for
about week before removing the plane’s remains,
Rostohar said.
“The investigation, according to the Air Force,
probably will take 90 days,” Rostohar said.
Defense Department officials could have a pre-
liminary report within 30 days, said Col. Dean
Atkins, commander of the 20th Fighter Wing at
Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, S.C. Phillips’
squadron was part of that wing.
Phillips was performing a “split-S,” in which the
plane begins inverting at about 6,500 feet, then arcs
downward until it rights itself at about 500 feet,
Atkins said. There was no visual evidence Phillips
tried to eject. Maintenance records for the plane were
being sent to investigators, he said.
Flags were lowered to half staff at the base, about
40 miles east of the state capital of Columbia.
Phillips “was truly at the top of the class,” said
Atkins, who said he flew in the back seat ofPhillips’
jet last week. “He was one of the best that we have
at Shaw. He had a very infectious personality — very
outgoing, very friendly.”
Phillips became commander of the Ninth Air
Force demonstration team, which helps recruit and
retain Air Force pilots, in October.
Aggieland
2001
Qualifications for editor in chief of the Aggieland yearbook are:
• Be a Texas A&M student in good standing with the University and enrolled in at least six credit
hours (4 if a graduate student) during the term of office (unless fewer credits are required to
graduate);
• Have at least a 2.00 cumulative grade point ratio (3.00 if a graduate student) and at least a
2.00 grade point ratio (3.00 if a graduate student) in the semester immediately prior to the
appointment, the semester of appointment and semester during the term of office. In order for
this provision to be met, at least six hours (4 if a graduate student) must have been taken for
that semester; ■.
• Have completed JOUR 210 (Graphics) and JOUR 301 (Mass Communication, Law and
Society), or equivalent;
• Have demonstrated ability in writing through university coursework or equivalent experience;
• Have at least one year experience in a responsible position on the Aggieland or comparable
college yearbook.
Application forms should be picked up and returned to Francia Cagle in the Student Media
office, room 014A Reed McDonald Building. Deadline for submitting application: noon
Wednesday, March 22, 2000. Applicants will be interviewed during the Student Media
Board Meeting beginning at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, in room 221F Reed McDonald.
An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer Committed to Diversity.
Car wash robbery leaves 4 dead, 2 wounded
Suspect may have retaliated due to his termination for exposing himself
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Five people
were shot to death and another was criti
cally wounded early Monday in an appar
ent robbery at a car wash.
The victims were discovered by an
employee arriving for work at the Mi-T-
Fine Car Wash, police spokesperson
David Tull said.
Police said they were looking for a sus
pect in the slayings — an ex-employee
named Robert Wayne Harris, 28. Televi
sion news reports said Hands was fired Fri
day after police arrested him for exposing
himself to two women at the business.
Investigators said they are looking
into whether Harris may have returned to
the car wash Monday seeking revenge for
his tennination.
“We haven’t seen anything this grue
some, this vicious in quite some time,”
Tull said.
Police identified three of the dead as
car wash employees Dennis Lee, 48;
Rhoda Wheeler, 45; Augustine Vil
lasenor, 36; all of Irving. Villasenor’s
brother, Benjamin, 32, and Roberto
Jimenez, 15, died at Parkland Memorial
Hospital in Dallas. An unidentified man
was in critical condition at Parkland.
Police declined to say if the other
victims were employees of the full-ser
vice car wash.
There was no immediate indication
when the shootings happened, but a for
mer employee said workers generally ar
rive about 7 a.m. The business closes at 6
p.m. on Sundays.
Three of the victims were dead at the
scene, Tull said.
“There is no factual, rational, or logi
cal explanation for this act of criminal lu
nacy,” said Mi-T-Fine owner Luke Ram-
“We haven't seen
anything this
gruesome, this vi
cious, in quite
some time.”
— David Tull
police spokesman
sey in a brief statement released Monday.
Pete Reyes, owner of a nearby jewel
ry store, said he complained two weeks
ago to police because people he believed
to be employees were still at the car wash
after hours and threw a beer bottle at him.
Lance Turner, a former employee of
the car wash, said he recognized several
cars parked at the business as that of his
co-workers.
“They’re my friends,” he said. “I
worked side by side with them. When
hardworking people get hurt like that, it’s
a sad deal.”
Turner said company practice would
have called for weekend receipts to be
stored in a safe until an annored car picked
them up Monday morning. Several thou
sand dollars probably would have been in
the safe, he said.
The car wash is located along a busy
thoroughfare in a residential section of
Irving, a suburb on the northwestern
edge of Dallas.
“We chose to live in this area because
it’s safe,” said John Nutting. “To see
something like this happen ... my God.
The Texas A&M University Student Media Board
is accepting applications for
The Battalion
— Including radio and online editions —
Summer 2000 Fall 2000
(The summer editor will serve (The fall editor will serve
May 22 through Aug. 11,2000.) Aug. 14 through Dec. 15, 2000.)
Qualifications for editor in chief of The Battalion are:
• Be a Texas A&M student in good standing with the University and enrolled in at least six credit
hours (4 if a graduate student) during the term of office (unless fewer credits are required to
graduate);
• Have at least a 2.00 cumulative grade point ratio (3.00 if a graduate student) and at least a
2.00 grade point ratio (3.00 if a graduate student) in the semester immediately prior to the
appointment, the semester of appointment and semester during the term of office. In order for
this provision to be met, at least six hours (4 if a graduate student) must have been taken for
that semester;
• Have completed JOUR 301 (Mass Communication, Law and Society), or equivalent;
• Have at least one year experience in a responsible editorial position on The Battalion or
comparable daily college newspaper,
-OR-
Have at least one year editorial experience on a commercial newspaper,
-OR-
Have completed at least 12 hours journalism, including JOUR 203 and 303 (Media Writing I
and II), and JOUR 304 (Editing for the Mass Media), or equivalent.
Application forms should be picked up and returned to Francia Cagle in the Student Media
office, room 014A Reed McDonald Building. Deadline for submitting application: noon
Wednesday, March 22, 2000. Applicants will be interviewed during the Student Media
Board Meeting beginning at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, in room 221F Reed McDonald.
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