Page 6 THE BATTALION Tuesday, July II,; Church Continued from Page 1 "To our knowledge, out of the 60 churches that we service in Brazos, Grimes, Waller, Madison and Leon Counties, 11 have voted to disaffiliate with the BGCT," Barton said. Other B-CS congregations have taken the same course of action as Central Baptist in re sponse to the BGCT. Raymiro Castillo, interim pastor for South ern Oaks Baptist Church, said that, before de ciding to break away from the BGCT two years ago, his church had been in disagreement with the BGCT forTO to 12 years. He said issues discussed in scripture that Southern Oaks views as very relevant to life in the 21st century are seen as obsolete by the con vention and are not given attention. "We believe that women should ultimately be under the man's control," Castillo said. "The BGCT believes that women should be seen equal ly in day-to-day decision making and shouldn't always be submissive to her husband, and our views should not be adhered to in today's soci ety. We are 100 percent supportive of Central's decision to leave the BGCT." Books Continued from Page 1 by A&M student body represen tatives and numerous bookstore owners. "A lot of the reason for what happened to the bill last time had to do with timing," Hockensmith said. "We had a good bill, but it came toward the end of the leg islative session, and now we real ize that you have to talk to the right people to get it moved through." John Raney, owner of the Texas Aggie Bookstore, said he support ed the bill during the last legisla tive session. "I will support the idea for tax- free textbooks, as long as they are tax-free for both on- and off-cam pus bookstores," Raney said. "Some states have passed similar laws that apply only to on-cam- pus bookstores, and that elimi nates fair competition and fair prices for students." Ferguson said the bill will be filed again for consideration by the Texas Legislature in Novem ber, but it will take active student participation by the student body to get attention. "This may sound trivial, but it is necessary for students to contact local legislators because it will take an outcry from the students for this issue to be passed and put into effect," Ferguson said. "And I don't really see why anyone wouldn't want this bill passed." However, Kendrick Wright, a junior environmental design ma jor, has a different opinion, "1 think they should held he said. "A textbook is just; any other product on the inl and it should be taxed assui Junior environmental de major Andy Smith hasmixedl ings on the subject. "On the outset, it seems! idea that you can get behind on the most part — it is so money that it is mostly justs; ting hairs when you coi looking at other ways to red costs for students," Smithsa; Lister for d Ch rai uper : y[ra:rrier ; V : ; S THE ORIGINAL TflCO C4BAtM BUY 1 TACO# GET 1 I S f I i !f •OF EQUAL OR LEff VALUE. OFFER COOD FOR UP TO 1 ORDERS. OFFER COOD AT BOTH LOCATIONS, THRU 07-10-00. COLLEGE STATION 701 TX. AVE. 693-1904 OPEN 24 HRS. BRYAN 2410 BRIARCRBfT DR. 776-0555 sixtti Kmudt VISA ggjjl Advantage Now accepting Aggie Bucks! . J I I *1 Rolled Sandwiches Prote j FREE Drink & Chips w/Purchase of Full Sandwich Expires 08/15/00 -| oor 2414 Texas Ave. O 2^ O — X £ JLO Parkway Square Shopping Center (near Kroger’s) I Smtm 'fyf ORIGIN- SMOOTHIE KING $ 1 OFF *1 any size smoothie* w/ the purchase of any extra "Excludes power meals & kid kups. Expires 08.31.00 9:OOam-8:OOpm M-F 1 l:00am-8:00pm Sat-Sun NORTHGATE 601 UNIVERSITY 268-7668 7:30am-10:00pm M-F 10:00am-1 Opm Sat 11:00am-1 Opm Sun KROGER CENTER SOUTHWEST PARKWAY 696-5464 .v'W'v'VA.- "• SM 2998 Texas Avenue South College Station (979) 764-3101 Next to Sonic Near College Station Wal-Mart *v:,* Jennifer Ge of the Ringl eshmar OIL, LUBE 8 FILTER WITH TIRE ROTATION F96 COMPUTERIZED ALIGNMENT *IT 25V. OFF Includes: Lube where applicable • New oil filter installed • Up to 5 quarts Exxon brand oil, most vehicles • 4 tire rotation Not valid w/any offer. Expires 01/10/01. Must present coupon Includes: Front caster, camber & toe set to manufacturer’s specifications, where applicable. Not valid w/any offer. Expires 01/10/01. mmmm w mwwww® « mmmm ® & mvwwsww)’ 88 mmmm