I Ccun/Afford/
Me&^\
Be a part of... THE MELROSE LIFE!
♦ Your OWN private bedroom/bathroom suite
♦ Individual leases (Provides YOU financial
independence from your roommate.)
» Gate house with dusk-to-dawn courtesy officer
♦ Furnished and unfurnished units available
♦ Ethernet in every bedroom by August 2000
♦ FREE local phone, standard cable
♦ FREE 24-hour monitored alarm
♦ NO utiity deposits
♦ Keyless lock system
♦ Summer storage
« NOW AVAILABLE: 9-month leases
« COOL MONTHLY PARTIES
FREE food, live music & OJs
Ngy-'^
APARTMENTS'
“FREE Ethernat offw«ndj April 15, 2000
Equal Housing Opportunity
601 luthur Strnot Wnst « College Station, IX 77840 • 979 680 3680 ♦ vvww.melrose.com
http://sfulife.tamu.edu/ocss
Searching for
Roommates?
Aggie
Search
Searching for
Housing?
It's the best way to find roommates and
housing options in the Bryan/College Btation area.
\TULU» VAM l>
ENT
112 John J. Kojdus Building
(979)845-1741 phone
AIMM.T. ONAm'ATft, AMD ochousing@tamu.edu
Ovr Cam in« Stiidf-n-t 8hnvic»
M parR | £C5emp
2000
J?
"A Night at the Oscars"
Featuring RHA & Food Services
On the marquis for Parent's Weekend is
the famous Casino Night, Friday, April 14th
This year, Residence Flail Association has
teamed up with Food Services to bring you
"A night at the Oscars"! Enjoy a prime rib buffet
from 4:30 p,m. - 8:00 p.m. in the Memorial Student
Center (MSC) Cafeteria and a night of casino games
on the second floor, Your student can use their
meal plan for dinner and their guest meal
option for your dinner meal as well, For those
students with Aggie Bucks or cash, the prime rib
buffet is $7,95. Avoid the off campus hassle and
park once in the University Center Qarage (located
in Koidus Building) fora fun night of dinner, games
and midnight yell practice.
WMSM 8
Cynthia A. Zawieja
Associate Director
of Food Services
Josh Terkelsen
RHA Casino Night Chair
You will not want to miss
Piilm Suniliiv liriindi, l|iril 16,
in the MSC Cafeteria (temporary home for Sbisa
Dining center) and the Commons Dining Complex.
Again, meal plans and guest meals (if not alreafiy used) are acceptable.
ALL YOU CAN EAT Brunch
Breakfast $5.95 - 8:00 am to 10:30 am and
Lunch $6.95 - 10:30 am to 2:00 pm
STATE
| Page 8
the: battalion
Thursday,: Thursday. April
Austin judge prevents AB5!
from using informatioe
MINNEAF
ef in an l
used an
sifckened 1
AUSTIN (AP)—Ajudge Wednesday
issued a temporary' restraining order pre
venting The Associated Press from using
information obtained from the Texas De
partment of Agriculture regarding a state-
financed agricultural loan program.
Travis County District Judge Margaret
Cooper issued the order following a re
quest by the Permian Sea Shrimp and
Seafood Ltd. of Imperial and the First Na
tional Bank of Monahans.
The AP obtained the information un
der the Texas Public Information Act, hut
the company and the bank argued that the
agriculture department should not have re
leased the documents because they in
cluded trade secrets.
The information released included a
written summary supporting the Texas
Agricultural Finance Authority Board’s
approval of a loan guarantee for Permian
Sea Shrimp and Seafood.
"The horse was let out of the bam by
the TDA; we’rejust try ing to keep it in the
corral,” said Ben I lathaway, attorney for
the two companies.
Cooper said another hearing should be
held to determine whether the information
was public and properly released.
David Donaldson, an attorney for the
AP, argued that the judge’s order is an un
constitutional prior restraint on the news
media.
“Our constitutional principles require
freedom of the press,” Donaldson said.
Permian Sea Shrimp and Seafood rais
es shrimp in West Texas in Pecos County,
about 200 miles northwest of San Antonio.
new businesses in rural Texas:
from
jiave been
“Our constitutional
principles require
freedom of the
press”
from private lenders. GeneralliK 6 sew 1 ^ r
gram supports businesses thaiw^ 1 ^ sai '
raw materials, like cotton.that; [,. , R e OU „
ly sh i pped out of state and businr s j, 1S 6 n
grow exotic plants and animals tM . .
Kathy Reed, counsel Mttl rved Mar(
partment oi Agriculture, saidirkgr t t
tic^ relied to the AP was^tsstartir
a IWX letter from the TexasattcrM ms seN
cral s ollice. Bid abdomi
"We were relying on a previt i|y| arC h g,
ney general opinion that deten ff
—- David Donaldson
Attorney for the AP
The Texas Department of Agriculture
prov ided an AP reporter Wednesday with
a copy of the application for a loan guar
antee for Permian Sea under a program in
which the Texas Agricultural Finance Au
thority guarantees loans to small agricul
tural businesses.
The authority was created to encour
age entrepreneurs to start innovative
The Hee
these credit reports are putt efjrmed six st
Hon.” Reed said. He E. COli (
In that 1998 decision, art.ng^gj^jpg
companies seeking to prevent ititj^udents.
tore department from releasinglKp Two of th<
mation was denied. hospitalized
"We believe that the publicLirecovering
imate interest in how and towt Bealth De[
awards agricultural loans.andrfBuddy Fergu
that this interest is served byrekJj Meat con
summary finandal infbnmticn. itbeen shippi
letter signed by Assistant Attome ischools fro
al Karen Hattaway. plants since
A hearing for a temporal) k®lake, a spo
on the matter is expected to lies jfbod and Sa
for next week. | "It's poss
i recall of tl
d
Death penalty opponents call for moratoriuic
AUSTIN (AP) — A group of death penalty opponents again
on Wednesday asked for a statewide moratorium on executions,
saying the support of a U.S. representative
may help the cause in Texas.
The Texas chapter of Campaign to End
the Death Penalty planned a late afternoon
press conference at the Capitol to coincide
w ith its national parent organization’s eft’orts
in Washington, D.C.
A spokesperson for Gov. George Bush
said Wednesday the governor would stand by bush
his decision not to halt executions in Texas.
The anti-death penalty organization is supporting a resolution
proposed by Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Iil., that would halt exe
cutions nationwide for seven years.
The leader of the Texas chapter said Jackson’s proposal is sim
ilar to what the Texas group has been asking for here.
“We want to get the message out there again,” said Carl Vil
lareal, president ofTexas chapter. "We want to do something in
j at that stag*
Blake wo
lessing piar
solidarity with the press conference in Washington,D.C..ti FAAre
1 exas really is the death penalt\ capital oi the nationkr*
is anyplace for a moratorium, it’s here in Texas.” TrOITl
Although Bush cannot pardon a death row inmaiif
slate law lie max grant a one-time 30-day stay ofex«K WASHINC
suing a moratorium is out of the governor’s haik|)igrew as air t
spokesperson Mike Jones. Bn civilian at
"i ndei ihe ( fexas) constitution, the governor doessibBo contact g
authority to issue a moratorium on the death penalty,’’JeTLearjet, whic
” I he governor believes that we have a system wiiifland not res
cheeks and balances to ensure that only guilty peopleare^before it era
ed. Tlie death penalty is part of a strong criminal justice^ “We’re ...
that we have. It’s just one part of it,” Jones said. that’s unres
\ illarcal said he believes Bush has ignored picas ui. ^probably goir
cutions and should follow the lead oi'Illinois Gov.GeorgJjadioed, hou
w ho issued a statewide moratorium there. Control lei
"Just as the governor of Illinois didn't pass anynewk'->rihe doomed
gov ernor here can use his influence to push for a mew - other pilots
Villareal said.
It’s Almost Time To
Explore The Expo!
www.txbusinessexpo.com
t e x
business and
technology
/iood
The Texas Business and
Technology Expo 2000
Friday, April 7th • I Oam - 7pm
Reed Arena
Free Admission • Free Parking
Attend Free Seminars, Including:
• Business Applications -
M icrosoft Excel, Power Point,Publisher, & Access
• E-Commerce
• “What A Business Needs To Know About
Web Page Design”
► “Identifying and Eliminating Waste In Business”
The following sponsors helped make this year*s Expo happen:
three hours
lublic Wedr
viation Adrr
While the
cause of the
3lete, everyc
nay have L
scious by thi
After takir
on a flight to [
:o high altituc
- probably fl
inally crashe
Nuns i
For fail!
WASHING
Jhist nuns v
day for failin
nentwitnes:
in which Den
r Maria Hsi
ranging mon
legal donati
presidential
Justice D'
John Russel
bles Yi Chu
country aftei
for their test
to be in Taiw;
ury here oh
tempt of col
in January, a
bid to quash
Dally issued
dictments br
of people cl
nient’seamp
The two
about one o
elements of
April 29, 19!
Pie in Haciet
Platinum Sponsors
cox
Internet Services
ZE5f
Gold Sponsors Aggie 96/ Mix 104.7 - Silver
The Eagle
Texas A&M University Licensing
& Technology Office -Bronze
TXU Electric & Gas - Bronze
C.E Jordan, L.R - Bronze
Frame By Frame - Bronze
Viatel - Bronze
The Albrecht Agency
Flying higher every day