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The Vintage House at
Messina Mof
Introduces Three Great Weekday Evenings
Enjoy three special menus served in the
most romantic restaurant in the Brazos Valley.
Wednesdays...
An Evening In Tuscany
Every Wednesday evening, it’s just a short
drive to Tuscany. You’ll love the traditional Tuscan
cuisine served with a vineyard view. It’s four courses
for only $49.95 per couple, plus tax and gratuity.
Romantic Thursdays
Every Thursday evening from 5 to 10pm, the Vintage
House offers a new, special menu just for couples. You'll
love everything, including the price. It’s four courses for
only $49.95 per couple plus tax and gratuity.
Fridays: Aggie Strip & Shrimp
Every Friday evening, get the very best Aggie made
strip and the very freshest Gulf shrimp...combined to
make this four course evening the highlight of your
week...just $59.95 per couple, plus tax and gratuity.
Reservations or more information,
www.messinahof.com or call 778-9463, ext. 31
LIVE, ONSTAGE
Michael Martin Murphey
with Bruce Wood Dance
Cowboy singer Michael Martin Murphey
comes to the MSC OPAS season for a
one-night-only performance with
Fort Worth-based Bruce Wood Dance.
Buy your tickets today. One lucky
TAMU student ticket holder to
this event will get to meet
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Bruce Wood Dance Company
with Michael Martin Murphey
Performance to be followed by Q&A
with audience members
Thursday, September 25
7:30 PM in Rudder Auditorium
Support Provided By:
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Farm workers, industry agree to proposal
By Suzanne Gamboa
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — The
agricultural industry and farm
worker advocates have agreed
to a legislative proposal that
would allow about 500,000
undocumented immigrant farm
workers already in the country
to become legal residents and
make employing farm labor
easier.
The groups, which for years
have fought over wages and
working conditions, hailed the
proposal. The bill could help
ensure a stable work force for
the nation’s fanns, while also
bringing undocumented farm
workers and their families “out
of the shadows,” said Rep. Chris
Cannon, R-Utah, one of the
sponsors.
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American agriculture, farm
workers and consumers. What
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sis today and will be a catastro
phe if we do not act immediate
ly,” said Sen. Larry Craig, R-
Idaho, another sponsor, along
with Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-
Mass.. and Rep. Howard
Berman, D-Calif.
About 7 million undocu
mented immigrants, mostly
from Mexico, are believed to be
in the United States. U.S. nego
tiations with Mexico for an
agreement on hiring migrant
workers stalled after the Sept.
11, 2001 terrorist attacks, when
U.S. focus shifted to enhancing
border security to prevent the
entry of terrorists.
The agriculture proposal
would reform the H2A visa
program under which agricul
ture employers can hire immi
grants as temporary farm hands
after showing they can’t find
U.S. workers. Growers have
often complained that the pro
gram is too bureaucratic and
burdensome.
The legislation would ease
some of the program’s rules.
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wages for certain farm workers
for three years at the level in
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