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Wednesday, January 19, 1972
College Station, Texas
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s Swim team spends holidays in Brazil
By MICHAEL RICE
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u > time oy; ^ two-week Christmas vacation
would mean only fun and relaxa
tion to the ordinary tourist in
as a pro, g raz jj ( f or jq A&M swim-
! ! 1,1 mers who went there with Coach
l i l l !' Dennis Fosdick, it was one of fun
and a lot of work.
'' , RThe team left for Brazil De-
e Hmber 22 and flew via Miami to
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,o Paulo, the city it was to see
e most of during its stay. Sao
ulo, which is seven times as
ge as Houston, has the same
oblems as Houston only more in
umber and more complex because
the extreme poverty which fills
every comer of the city.
I Prior to leaving the states,
members of the group had seen
oReesi folders of Sao Paulo which gave
(them great expectations of a
beautiful city. Upon arrival they
found only poverty and frustrat
ed people who average yearly
earnings to the total of $50.
Swim practice was first on the
agenda for the Aggies with the
first meet scheduled the second
day of their stay. Their exposure
to the Brazilian athletes made
them feel like true “gringos” at
the outset, but after a while they
found that the Brazilians, too,
share a common desire to com
plain about workouts and try to be
lazy under a stiff coach.
While in Sao Paulo for work
outs and Christmas Day, the Ags
got their first opportunity to dis
cover what the Brazilian girls
were like and found them to have
overall “better personalities than
the girls at A&M.”
The stay in Santos was a brief
one as the weather was still rainy.
But the Aggies didn’t leave with
out splashing through another
swim meet against various clubs
in the area and rainy dips on the
beach which borders this small
town.
Mogi Das Cruzes was the next
stop for the swimmers where they
promptly split up to stay in dif
ferent homes in the town which
has a relatively large proportion
of Japanese. The Japanese, as
they found out, had emigrated to
South America many years ago
upon realizing Japan was becom
ing too crowded.
The music of the teenagers of
Brazil is very much like that of
the American teenager and is
very up-to-date with American
rock, complete live bands to play
at the various clubs where the
swimmers stayed and ate.
Rio de Janeiro was the final
destination of the team as it ar
rived in this beautiful city Jan
uary 7 to lose its second water
polo match out of two while in
Brazil.
However, the defeat was more
than made up for because arrival
in Rio meant no more workouts
and no more swim meets—just
complete rest and relaxation and
freedom to roam as they pleased,
by group or individually.
The midnight swims on Iponemo
Beach coupled with freedom made
the whole trip worth every penny
and effort expended to get there.
The city itself was more civilized
than Sao Paulo ever hoped to be
with beautiful scenery to match.
What did the people of Brazil
think of the Northerners who
came to visit them?
They thought that the students
coming to visit them would be
the best in America, but were
soon straightened out on that
point. They expressed a great dis
like for the Aggies in the Corps
as the Brazilians are greatly op
posed to Americans in Vietnam
and thought that they would join
the military to go fight in South
east Asia. That point was never
quite settled.
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ATLANTA <A>)_The national
coordinator of the new American
Indian Movement says the group
may file suit against the Atlanta
Braves to keep the team from
using an Indian as a mascot and
symbol.
“I believe within the next four
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against Atlanta,” said Russell
Means, a Sioux.
The symbol of the Braves is
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Means’ group has already filed
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Cleveland Indians and their mas
cot symbol, Chief Wahoo.
Means said in an interview
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“I understand that every time
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said Means, whose information
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“What if it was the Atlanta
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tary uniform began hitting a
Jew on the head with a baseball
bat?” he asked. “Or what if it
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a soft shoe?
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this label that depicts him to the
larger segment of American so
ciety as something to be laughed
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Means was surprised to learn
that Chief Noc-A-Homa is really
an Indian.
“What kind of Indian is he”
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way.”
The Braves say that Means
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“It’s a point of pride,” said a
spokesman. “We feel the name
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and all the characteristics of a
winning personality.
“It’s a shame for anyone to
negate the positive force that
Noc-A-Homa has been in Atlanta
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