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J . v ’ Novell sday, November 8, 2000 NEWS THE BATTALION Page 5 iarly celebration PATRIC SCHNIEDER/Thk Battalion lid Be a r and Vincent Rosas celebrate while watching early returns the Brazos County Democratic headquarters. Gramm r, R-Texas | Railroad commissioners :eturn to oversee oil, gas Battai®' ss, Texas, esday. nd ||aUSTIN (AP) —Texas Railroad iommissioners Michael L. lliams and Charles R. Matthews fe returned to their jobs oversee- jtg the state’s oil and gas industry bsday. .JWilliams trounced Libertarian Ithony Garcia and Green Party f juMateCharles Mauch, receiving percent of the vote with 7,0 per il t pf precincts reporting. He be- mes thefirst black to be elected to ion-judicial statewide office. “I am obviously deeply hon- :d,” Williams, 47, said Tuesday ;ht. “I owe an endrmous debt of titude to the entire Bush family.” Matthews defeated Libertarian rolyon Fields and Green Party ididate Gary Dugger with 78 per- tofthe vote, with 70 percent of cincts reporting. The three-member Texas Rail ed Commission of Texas is the oldest regulatory agency in the state and one of the oldest in the country. It was established in 1891 to regulate the rail industry of the 1800s. Since that time, the com mission has been given responsi bility for overseeing the activities of many different industries, pri marily oil and gas. Gov. George W. Bush appointed Williams to Fill the unexpired term or Republican Chairwoman Carole Keeton Rylander, who was elected state comptroller in 1998. Williams served as special assis tant to Attorney General Richard Thornburgh at the U.S. Department of Justice in 1989 and served as a federal prosecutor in the 1980s. He was appointed by President George Bush as assistant secretary of educa tion for civil rights at the U.S. De partment of Education in the early 1990s. Texans go to polls in numbers DALLAS — Texans came out to vote in large numbers Tuesday, some braving the wind, rain and even snow in the Panhandle. Many turned out to support fa vored son Gov. George W. Bush for president, but others were firm in their support for Vice President A1 Gore, the Democratic Party candi date. “There’s jobs now,” said Ronnie Thomas, 44, after voting at an ele mentary school in southwest Dallas. “There’s a job for anyone who wants to work.” It was treacherous work for some voters in the Panhandle region to get to the polls. Residents there awoke to at least 4 inches of snow and snow- packed roads in some areas could af fect voter turnout. Statewide, however, turnout was expected to be high. At 3 p.m. the Secretary of State office had not re ceived any reports that would change initial predictions that about 7.5 mil lion Texans — 61 percent of Texas’ 12.3 million registered voters — would cast ballots. In the 1992 pres idential race, 6.2 million people, or 73 percent, voted. The turnout prediction is based on early voting totals from Oct. 23 through Friday, when at least 1.5 mil lion of the state’s voters cast early ballots. Voters began lining up about 6:30 a.m. outside Lovers Lane United Methodist Church in the Preston Hollow section of North Dallas. Some came with coffee and cellular telephones in hand. Not every Texan voted today in person, however. Two Dallas Coun ty voters cast their ballots via the In ternet as part of a program adminis tered by the Federal Voting Assistance Program. Stationed with the U.S. Air Force in Turkey, the military couple were the first in Texas to vote on the Web. Only three other states — South Carolina, Florida and Utah — had overseas personnel participate in the pilot project, which program managers hope to expand to broader popula tions of absentee voters. It is almost certain that Bush, the Texas governor since 1995 and the Republican presidential nominee, will take Texas’ 32 electoral votes. ie ner- e- H :k Pen)' )f Texas Attention All Members of NSCS National Society of Collegiate Scholars First General Meeting will take place Wednesday, November 8th at 5:30 PM Scoates Hall Room 208 New and Old members welcome! For More Information, Contact us at nscs_tamu @ yahoo.com i ate' ful J.coffl 4W Aggieland Ducks Unlimited Fall 2000 Banquet November 16, 2000 Brazos Center 7 pm Aggie land Uucks Unlimited ivww.geocities.com/tamu_jdu/index.html Presale tickets available <«> Tri- State Outfitters or Burdett and Son Outfitters Presale tickets $25/person or $40/couple $30/person or $50/coup!e at the door Ticket price includes Membership to Ducks Unlimited ($12 for food only) For more info email tamu_du@hotmaiLcom The Brazos Center is located on Briarcrest Va mile past Highway 6 he cmsicii He's not a magician But he CAN make a violin sing! Acclaimed on five continents for his extraordinary virtuosity, profound artistry and charismatic stage presence, you'll be Captivated by violinist, Daniel Heifetz, and the Classical Band. Combining his passion for violin with his love for teaching, Heifetz uses the stage (and even the aisles) as a classroom for inspiring arts patrons of all ages. Friday, November 10, 2000 7:30 PM at Rudder Theatre For more information, call 845-1234 ■ or visit opas.tamu.edu 2000-2001 Season Media Partners 192J jggie y TUff $ How’s Your World? Take a new course for tie Environmentally ciallenged AGRO 489-500 life 8 Tie Piystcal Envlronmenf Spring Semester 01 TR 11:10 - 12:25 5o Prerequisites http://soilcrop.tamu.edu/agro489/ It’s coming ... ISLAM AWARENESS WEEK November 13 - 16 http://msa.tamu.edu Muslim Students’ Association