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Sellers Continued from page 1 began working as a distributor 29 years ago. “Back in those days, you just went and set up tables anywhere on campus and no one cared,” he said. “You used to be able to knock on people’s doors in the donns, too.” But McMurray says the stricter rules are a wel come improvement. “I applaud the rule changes,” he said. “They give the legitimate businessmen a fair chance to sell their papers.” McMurray said that being able to sell newspa pers to A&M students is crucial to his business. “In the fall we sell about 1,000 papers during the eight days we are on campus, and between 600-700 in the spring and summer, when we are only on campus for six days,” he said. “The Chronicle loses $12 per month on every subscription that it sells to students at the beginning of the semester because the prices are so low,” McMurray said. McMurray said it is worth it to newspapers because “they hope to keep the business of college students after they graduate.” Freshman biology major Roseanna Martinez said she had mixed feelings about the soliciting of newspapers on campus. “I think it’s good because it offers students here at college a chance to get the news from their home,” she said. “But sometimes it is annoying because even when you say no to them they still pressure you to buy a paper.” McMurray said that vendors don’t mean to annoy students. “The last thing (vendors) want to do is to annoy students,” he said. “They are there to sell stuff.” McMurray encouraged students to complain about vendors’ bad behavior. Durham said the concessions department addresses specific vendors who break the rules. McMurray said sidewalk vendors for the Chronicle make between $8-12 on every subscrip tion they sell to A&M students based on their sen iority. “Most of the people who solicit papers do it because they enjoy it,” he said. Stacey Nelson, a solicitor for the Dallas Morning News, said A&M students are generally friendly. “The worst thing they ever do is walk by with- THE BATTALIi NEWS IN BRIEF Mfume speech canceled; the Rev, Osburn filled in The National Association the Advancement of Colo: People (NAACP) Nafe President and CEO Kwt Mfume canceled his Tues: night speech due to illness. Mfume was scheduled speak in Rudder Auditorium 7:30 p.m. as part of the "Cam: with a Dream" program. University Relations Dep. Director Lane Stephensons the cancellation left spe sponsors "scrambling to fin: replacement." Rev. E. Randel T. Osburn,ei: utive vice president of 5 Southern Christian Leaden- Conference (SCLC) wasselec to speak in Mfume's pk Osburn has been involved civil rights work for 35 years? has taught at universities k as Case Western, Colum: Shaw and Malcolm X Colley Dr. Martin Luther Kinglrr other civil rights activists esi- lished the SCLC in 1957 1 today it remains a peopled- I tered, non-violent movemem ; Marijuana Continued from page 1 Denise Kandel of Colum; 1 University’s psychiatry dep: | merit said the study does i explain “whether or notar causal link exists” betweene ijuana and hard drugs. “An argument can be ik that even identical twins doi share the same environment^ ing adolescence,” she said. Study participants were: 30 on average when they asked about their teenage d: use. They included 136 sets identical twins, who share I same genetic makeup. About 46 percent of the e? marijuana users reported ti they later abused or beca: dependent on marijuana, and percent had become depend* on alcohol. Cocaine and other i® hints were the most commotl used harder drugs, tried by percent of the early marijm users, compared with 26 p cent of the non-early marijus users. NASA Continued from page 1 Suar was on her second tour, working with Structural Engineering and Thermal Design while pursuing an engineering degree at Lamar University. The previous summer, Suar worked with the experimental X-38 aircraft program. All three student workers were employed at the GS-6 pay-grade and had access to only their assigned areas. Following the incident, government agencies and private corporations are call ing into question the level of access given to interns and student workers. But officials at A&M hope NASA won’t change its stan dards regarding students because of one incident. “We have a long standing relationship with NASA and I can’t see them limiting the experience of the students,” said Martha Boerema, director of experiential education with the A&M Career Center. Boerema said employers know that A&M student workers have strong work ethics and perform at very high standards. Junior biomedical engineering mi Laura Crenwelge co-oped at NASA in fall. “I didn't notice any hard feelings tov- the co-op workers when I was there in: fall,” she said. “There didn’t seem to be: loss of trust.” NASA has not taken steps to limit access of other student workers at this tit “We are committed to our intern f gram and we are not going punish lb sands of interns for the actions of thn said Eileen Hawley, newsroom manager the space center. Need a New Creative OutletP lose the air guitar and learn how to play for real Complete listing of classes at uplus.tamu.edu. 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