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A r e»t door P* 41 hlito and drinks 5:00-7:30 p.m Live entertainment Come, let's celebrate your hard work and let us welcome you to The Association of Former Students... The Next Tradition. (Set your Association Sticker! TEXAS A&M THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS ' CENTURY CLUB MEMBER The Association OE FORMER STUDENTS Page 12 NEWS Monday. ILs THE BATTALION . i Vicente Fox scores victoi on first day as preside OAXACA, Mexico (AP) — On his first full day as Mexico’s presi dent, Vicente Fox scored a major po litical victory Saturday, bringing to the negotiating table a band of rebels who had frustrated his predecessor for six years. As Fox toured Mexico in a victo ry lap after defeating the party that has ruled the country for 71 years, word came from the southern jungle that the elusive ski-masked leader of the Zapatista rebels, Subcomandante Marcos, would restart peace talks with the government. The rebels had walked away from the table four years ago. Immediately upon taking office. Fox had made ending the seven- year-old revolt for greater Indian rights by the Zapatista rebels a prior ity, sending an Indian rights bill to Congress for approval and ordering troops to withdraw from sensitive spots in Chiapas. “The Zapatistas have accepted di alogue. There’s a new attitude, a new way of thinking,” Fox said at a rally Saturday night in the northern city of Monterrey. “Let’s have dialogue.” But amid the good news, there were rumbles that all might not be so rosy for Fox in the future. About 10,000 teachers, laborers and poor Indian farmers marched down the tourist-filled, cobblestone streets of Oaxaca Saturday afternoon to demand justice and aid. They were stopped by a police line about a block from the plaza where Fox spoke to a smaller crowd to stress his commitment to Mexico’s poor and Indians. “I am always open to listen,” Fox or /AS HI “There is no need for violent demonstra tions or blocking streets. 7 ' to the rule of bosses, k| nation, to public andpriva’s that have tried to margin communities -huithaihl able," said Fox, who was j nied by Venezuelan Presii Chavez. 4;’ » The 6-foot-5 presiden: Kf J ~ a ship through a seaofmi® ,, ^ n ’ c men and women mlBi«M nda y se high court ;d sole founts Untested — Vicente Fox President of Mexico told protest leaders who were brought into the plaza to meet him. “There is no need for violent demon strations or blocking streets,” he said, though the protest appeared to be peaceful. Fox vowed to concentrate devel opment efforts in Oaxaca and other poor, heavily Indian states in Mexi co's south and to treat Mexico’s In dian people with greater respect. “We can close our eyes to infamy an clothing who swarmedij ging him, frantically pass appealing for help. Fox has pledged tocook^ . ty with a national mica jp-' 11011 gram and to channel tii;N re an ^ from a growing ec< ® Us '' ‘ llK *" proving education and he, p 1 '' 01 P 11 He told the crowdtiis:.B within program “is not mean!: lp ed v successful slallslics l! JWlh • I an economic project tor life of each person.” Fox also planned tosi»E3 ment with thefj.N. sioner for human riglE Robinson, to promote him, in Mexico. The protesters organized teachers unions claim thatF.j nomie policies threatenpurJ and education and do not® the poor. Demands greater funding for schools^ prices for cooking gas. News in Brief Six more dead in train wreck NEW DELHI, India (AP) — Railroad workers using blowtorches and cranes to remove the wreckage of two trains that collided in northwestern India found six more bodies under the debris Sunday, bringing the death toll to 46, a news agency said. Rescue workers continued to cut through the man gled remains of the coaches a day after the Amritsar- bound Howrah Mail Express collided with a freight train in dense fog at Sara! Banjara, a small: the state of Punjab. Forty-six bodies had been found hearby hospitals, United News of India tew rv- Another 150 people were injured in the pit®uTG collision. ■ The Howrah Mail Express had hit fourCc:» Mau h had uncoupled from the freight train andtopp!?.®* Bat t its path on a parallel track at Sarai Banjara,® a mo 150 miles north of New Delhi. ®nNov around t ®:>m fot Id suns jFitr o f ‘Ran Inar cn] jhich a 1st fron |tra wc Irsalan Guidelines for Low-Risk Alcohol Use. before/ \ 1 ZERO DRINKS LOWEST RISK WOMEN; No more than one standard drink a day. STUDY, STUDY, STU Eat healthy foods, avoiditic too much sugar and caffein (including over the counter stimulants-vivarin, no-doze Get plenty of rest!!! Eliminate alcohol and other mood altering drugs^they upset normal sleep, | ower concentration, and decreasi memory abiliT' Stu ( uiochen Haqi illars c foimdat jaid M st, ant ms fa s - Hish plamic' 'tation. awjt giving, ‘N 0 rel th e >nvecl irougi Yon MEN: No more drinks a day. A Mandard drink b: • 12 ounces of fcgukr ktf (5% alcohol) - * 15 ounces of dis- tilled spirits C^akoW) »> ounces It’s always okay not to drink. onscj hind, heir p ; ating> Haqiu- 'etter jecan. Ns \\) Bni other | Driest] desir^ mater; more r ene\v r ene\v bettej- said. help^ fime c in R Data from June. 1998 CORE survey on a random sample of 861 students •Guidelines from FACE, Truth and Clarity on Alcohol At.,;,>!,<„. AN „ D„Lli KhuoatioN Ittp;//Etulifi;.taaiaiyldp