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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-
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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."
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utive vice president of 5
Southern Christian Leaden-
Conference (SCLC) wasselec
to speak in Mfume's pk
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civil rights work for 35 years?
has taught at universities k
as Case Western, Colum:
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Dr. Martin Luther Kinglrr
other civil rights activists esi-
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30 on average when they
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use. They included 136 sets
identical twins, who share I
same genetic makeup.
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marijuana users reported ti
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used harder drugs, tried by
percent of the early marijm
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cent of the non-early marijus
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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
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gram and we are not going punish lb
sands of interns for the actions of thn
said Eileen Hawley, newsroom manager
the space center.
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