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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1990)
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He said he has seen things that do work and things that do not work. He said he supports victims’ rights. Burdett said he has been a victim of burglary four times, and it is time for victims to have rights. “I promise to make an impact on this community by supporting vic tims’ rights,” Burdett, a Southern Methodist University Law School graduate, said. He said he also supports strict nunishments for people convicted for driving while intoxicated. Burdett practiced private law in Dallas upon graduation and moved to Bryan-College Staion in 1982. Calliham said he is qualified for this office because he has practiced law for 20 years and has been a judge for 16 years. “Qualified experience is the key for office,” Callin am, a graduate of Baylor University Law School, said. He has served as Justice of the Peace in College Station, and taught business law and political science at Blinn College and A&M. He said he has dealt with numerous types of civil and criminal cases. Calliham said he supports victims’ rights and fair and impartial laws. Smith said that because of his ex perience, he knows what College Station wants, and he is not going to have to learn to be a judge. “The accused should have all rights,” Smith said. “I have been firm with criminals in the past and I will hold my reputation.” He said he feels this way because he too has been a victim of crime. Smith, a graduate of the Univer sity of Texas Law School, has prac ticed law for 13 years, and he helps train other municipal judges in Col lege Station. jerman exchange students learn cultural lessons at A&M 3y NADJA SABAWALA )f The Battalion Staff are interest' lerated sinct .n is thedatt exoneration proper pun- void wife’s fit the am* (ietyr ; uider armed Vliat you are i ruel and iti- vc as long as t|iiick deatli a capital of- lankind. A new' decade brings new hope — not only for Texas A&M, hut also for the world. With hopes of increasing cultural awareness, \&M and West Germany’s Georg August Uni- ersity are participating in a student exchange jrogram. H David McGough, director of the MSC Jordan Institute for International Awareness student ex change program, said 10 German students and Two advisers arrived at A&M Feb. 9 and will stay for one month. Although they are here during a regular se- nester, the students are here on a strictly cultural Idsit. “They aren’t taking any classes, but they have lisited some classes,” McGough said. “We made contacts for them with people in the departments (who are familiar) to what they’re studying in >ermany.” McGough said most of the students are inter ested in agriculturally related fields, but there are other students that have social and political science as well as economic interests. Martina Sonnenberg, a political science and journalism major, said she has found A&M to be quite different from her university in Gottingen, about 20 minutes from East Germany. The lectures are organized differently at Georg August, she said. Rather than a straight lecture from a professor, the students have more time to discuss topics among themselves during the class. “We have two types of lectures,” she said. “One kind, you are able to speak yourself and discuss with other students working about some theme. “The other type is when one teacher reads something that he has written,” she said. “I think that is most similar to your type of lectures.” McGough said the students met with Dr. John Koldus, vice president of student services. They discussed the differences in Germany’s and America’s education systems. “They found it very interesting that people here like Dr. Koldus — the people far up in the administration — those people actually get to know their students and have meetings with stu dents,” McGough said. “Their administrators only administrate, and they don’t have much contact with the students.” The students are staying in Bryan-College Sta tion with host families affiliated with A&M. Son nenberg said they spend some days together as a group and others with their host families. “We have visited farms and gone to cele brations, and some of us went to Austin,” Son nenberg said. A delegation from A&M plans to leave May 22 for Germany and also will stay for one month, McGough said. “I don’t really know what to expect, but I’m going to keep an open mind and not try to expect too much,” tie said. “I think that if I expect too much, I might be disappointed.” The delegation consists of 10 A&M students and an adviser, all of whom were chosen by an application and interview process. Photo by Scott D. Weaver David Wilding, a junior computer science major from Bryan, looks at a Puryear Hall prank as he returns to Law Hall. Wilding said there are always ongoing pranks between the two dorms. This time a bike was thrown into a tree. epublicans cite hard work as job qualification for county commissioner By DAPHNE MILLER jfThe Battalion Staff ■ The war on drugs needs more attention fin Brazos Valley, the two Republican candi- lates for Brazos County Commissioner, irecinct 4, said Tuesday at a Texas A&M m the deatl meis suffer' i eight milt' head on the || was therer I hocks lo kill did not sat s. ■ of sleeping 1 wonder it ition, under lorn, can he | iR. c College Republicans meeting. Frank Lewis Jr. and Dick Britten are run ning for the office. Lewis has lived in Brazos County all of his life, and he has served as firefighter and police officer. “I am not asking you to vote for me be cause I am a minority, but because I am qualified to do the job,” Lewis said. Most of the people who live in Precinct 4 are minorities, he said. These people usually vote for Democrats, Lewis said, so he needs support from the student body. Lewis said that, as county commissioner, he will try to get better equipment and more employees for the fire departments, in crease funding to fight crime and supple ment funding to build better rural roads and bridges. Britten, Class of ’68, said he has the abil ity to say what he thinks and be fair and square with everyone. “I agree with the saying, ‘A day’s work for a day’s pay,’ ” Britten said. He said that phrase reveals sincerity and that is what he is about. He supports waste management, Brazos Beautiful and new industry. on Feb, 13, eported in- (hi in edit lellti' guumnlet llitl on, nddmintl o Cum fins Mm! on V'fcAtc.t.-- \Jf_- .-.y .*'■ J r Computer Science and Computer Engineering Major&: If you want a job apply anywhere. IF YOU WANT SUCCESS APPLY HERE. Over the past 15 years,-Mead Data Central, Inc, has developed its LEXIS and NEXIS® services into the world's largest on-line, full-text databases of legal, news, business, and general information. 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