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j^ r esh rnen ^ ea( ^ e rs In Progress presents:
RHA CASINO 2000
April X 4 ’ 2000
“A Night at the Oscars"
Sponsored by RHA & Food Services
On the marquis for Parent’s Weekend is the famous
RHA Casino Night, Friday, April 14th. This year, your
Residence Hall Association has teamed up with
Food Services to bring you “A Night at the Oscars!”
Enjoy a Vegas Style 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 from 7:00 pm until midnight on the second
floor. You can use your meal plan for dinner and your
guest meal option for their dinner meal as well. For
those students with Aggie Bucks or cash, the prime
rib buffet is 17.95. Avoid the off campus hassle and
park once in the University Center Garage (located in
Koldus Building) for a fun night of dinner, games, tons of
prizes and with time, midnight yell practice.
You will not want to miss
Palm Siimlav lirunili, April 16,
in the MSC Cafeteria (temporary home for Sbisa
Dining center) and the Commons Dining Complex.
Again, meal plans and guest meals (if not already used) are acceptable.
ALL YOU CAN EAT Brunch
Breakfast $5.95 - 8:00 am to 10:30 am crir to
Lunch $6.95 - 10:30 am to 2:00 pm
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Cynthia A. Zawieja
Josh Terkelsen Associate Director
RHA Casino Director of Food Services ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
WORLD
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THE BATTALION
Thursdav :
U.S. to miss
News in Brief
Fidel Castro comii
World’s Fair
capitalism to Hole
BERLIN (AP) — In the age
of the World Wide Web and
global telecommunications, does
anybody want to go to a world’s
fair anymore?
U.S. businesses apparently
don’t. The United States an
nounced Wednesday that it
would not have a national pavil
ion at the Expo 2000 this sum
mer — the first U.S. absence in
the world fair’s 149-year history
— because it couldn’t find
enough private sponsors willing
to cover the $40 million cost.
Unlike the dozens of other
countries that tap government cof
fers to build their pavilions, U.S.
law doesn’t allow taxpayer mon
ey to be spent on such events.
“We approached almost all of
the Fortune 500’’ companies,
said the U.S. Commissioner for
Expo 2000, William Rollnick.
“Nobody was interested.”
Instead, the United States
will build a virtual site on the In
ternet showcasing American cul
ture — including performances
throughout Germany by Ameri
can artists, writers and intellec
tuals during the June 1 to Oct. 31
event — for a lot less money.
German officials expressed re
gret that their first-ever fair would
be die first without a U.S. presence.
“I think it’s a great pity,” said
President Johannes Rau, visiting
the German pavilion in Hanover
on Wednesday. “The Expo with
out America is certainly not as
complete as we’d have wished.”
lie said exhibits from more
than 50 other nations ;md dozens of
organizations w ould help offset die
loss of the world’s biggest player.
“There are 190 other partici
pants,” Expo 2000 spokesperson
Angela Karmik said. “I think peo
ple will also want to sec them.”
IIAVANA (AP) — Cuban Presiderall
tro launched a scathing attack on the uni
talist system Wednesday, telling as
world’s poor nations that the econonrj
caused suffering comparable to the Nazil
Castro, wearing a suit insteadofhisi
itary garb, denounced capitalismbefel
40 heads of state or government at Ikt f
77 summit, and called for the eliminatj
International Monetary Fund, accie
spreading world poverty.
“The images we see of mothers ami j
in whole regions of Africa undertkl
drought and other catastrophes reminq
concentration camps of Nazi Germany,|
Referring to war crimes trial:
II, the Cuban leader said: “Welackah
to judge the economic order imposed j
\\ here every three years more men,W!
children die of hunger and preventable^
than died in the Second World War.”
( astro’s complaints of inequality t
b\ other speakers at the opening of thesi
the organization was likely to seek less n
lutions than the Cuban leader’s—wli
eluded a call for a I percent taxona
transactions to finance a global developd
I )rafi resolutions called for developed;]
to forgive the debts of poorer states, s
. poorer nations a grcater$i|
of international development funds.
Telstra forms alliance wit)
Chinese Internet group
HONG KONG (AP) — Tycoon
Richard Li’s upstart Internet group scored
a $3 billion investment from Australian
phone giant Telstra Corp. today, boosting
his ambitions to create “the world’s
largest broadband Internet business.”
The alliance between Telstra and
Li’s Internet group. Pacific Century
CyberWorks, was announced after the
Hong Kong and Australian stock mar
kets had closed.
It will extend Telstra’s reach signifi
cantly out of its home turf and into Asia.
The alliance also appears to solidify
Li’s bid for the top Hong Kong phone
company, which was accepted in Febru
ary — although the value of the deal has
fallen sharply along with the stock price
of Pacific Century CyberWorks.
Telstra said the partnership will pro
ceed only i f Pacific Century Cy her Works
closes on its purchase of the phone car
rier, Cable & Wireless HKT. Enthusias
tic traders pushed Cable & Wireless
HKT shares up by 14 percent today as
details dribbled out in news reports.
Telstra’s chief executive, Ziggy
Switkowski, heralded the alliance as
the “defining moment for Telstra’s po
sition in Asia.”
“Telstra is now in a position where
they realize there are advantages in try
ing to build their business beyond the
boundaries of Australia,” said Jamie Spi-
teri, a broker with ShawStaJ
Ltd. in Sydney.
Pacific Century CyberWortl
to gain a powerful partner,awe!^
fusion of cash and some a
the telecom industry.
Telstra will invest Si.5 bill
cific Century CyberWorks n«|
be converted later into shares.
The two companies are alsej
a mobile telephone joint vein
held 60 percent by Pacific Cel
her Works and 40 percent by id
Telstra also will give Pacift!
(YberWi>rks S1.5 billion in exfi^
assets Li’s company will add:; '
bile phone venture.
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