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ACAPULCO, Mexico — Stage,
movie and television actor Chuck
Connors, 54, was married here to
the former Faith Quabius, 35, also a
stage and television personality, in a
private civil ceremony.
“We’ve been playing man and
wife on stage so long, we decided to
get married,” Connors told United
Press International in a telephone
interview from his hotel room.
By SARAH E. WHITE
Living and going to school in a
foreign country can be a confusing
and frightening experience, Corkey
Sandel, Texas A&M University’s
International Student Adviser said
recently.
Foreign students face the routine
problems that citizen students face
— plus the hassles of immigration
laws and cultural differences. But
they can turn to two sources on
Loupot’s Bookstore
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Northgate - Across from the Post Office
THE CRAFT SHOP
located in the MSC Basement wants you
to join us this fall. Workshop registration
begins Sept. 12 at 11:00 a.m., so why not
come down and open yourself up to your
own creative potential!
CERAMICS
Beginning Pottery
Intermediate Pottery
Handbuilding
Ceramic Sculpture
LEADED GLASS
Leaded Glass Windows
campus
activities
Thursday
For Battalion Classified
Call 845-2611
Richardson Hometown Club meeting,
7:00 p.m.. Rudder 502
Outdoor Recreation Committee meet
ing, 7:30 p.m.. Rudder 308
MSC Radio Committee meeting, 7:30
p.m., Rudder 402
Mixer for Economics majors, 4 to 7
p.m., Gramm’s, 1201 Munson St., Col
lege Station
TAMU Botany Club meeting, 7:30,
p.m.. New Science Lab Building (SLAB)
107
Dr. Robert B. Abel will discuss
“Potomac River Oceanography” at 3:30
p.m. in Zachry 342. Dr. Abel is assistant,
vice president for marine programs.
Dr. George Reiter will speak on “Criti
cal Dynamics in Solitons" in the Physics
Building 146 at 4:00 p.m.
Bruce Bustafson will discuss "The For
mation of Atomically Dispensed Metals on
i Silica Gel and Zeoliteo” in the Chemistry ,
Xjluilding 231 at 4:00 p.m.
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Lath
Woodcarving
Wood Joints
Furniture Construction
JEWELRY
Construction & Casting
Lapidary
Copper Enameling
FIBER & TEXTILES
Baskets
Batik
Spinning
Loom Weaving
Punjabi Weaving
Quilting
Needlepoint
Crochet
Knitting
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MACRAME
Basic Macrame
Intermediate Macrame
Pot Slings
Hammocks
SPECIAL INTERESTS
China Painting
Sand Terrariums
Cake Decorating
Chair Caning
Silkscreen
Leather
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL 845-1631
campus for help: the International
Student Adviser and foreign student
organizations.
Sandel said that 75 nations are
represented at Texas A&M and that
Iran leads with 89 students. The
Republics of China and Hong Kong
combined, however, are the most
numerous group.
Sandel handles the problems
brought to him by the 1,076 foreign
students registered as of last week.
“There are probably 100 to 150
immigrants going to school here
whom I do not see,” Sandel said.
“The final figure on foreign students
will be in the neighborhood of
1,100.”
One service that Sandel performs
is counseling.
He counsels between 30 and 40
students a day in the areas of legal
status, grades and financial aid.
International students are re
quired to fulfill certain legal obliga
tions in the U.S.
All foreign students must have
visas in order to stay in the United
States. Immigration laws also re
quire these students to report their
addresses every January.
Anthony Gibson, a junior agricul
tural economics major from
Uruguay said these laws are easy to
forget and students who break the
laws can get deported.
Grades are another major con
cern of many foreign students, San
del said. Entrance requirements in
clude an English proficiency exam.
“We get a fairly high caliber of
international students, ” he said. “In
most cases they have to be good
students, especially if they are
sponsored. Compared in a group,
international students do just as
well scholastically (as American stu
dents). Their grade point ratio is
just as high, possibly slightly
higher.
“Oriental students come much
better prepared in science and math
than American students,” Sandel
said. “However, their education is
not as well-rounded as the American
students.’”
among the foreign student:
getting involved. One half or kj
the students participate, he
because they tend to stay at
and work very hard on their stu
American students are nc
volved very intensely in this or
zation because they do not L
that they are welcome, Gibson^
tinued. The main objective ist 0 j r
prove relations between thefo
student and the American, he
Financial aid is probably the most
frequent problem that students
bring in, he said. Many are on
scholarships and panic when their
checks are late. He investigates
these delays himself, he said.
Sandel also counsels foreign stu
dent organizations. He said that
Iranian students encounter an
tagonism because of protests they
have held in this state. He said he
allowed Texas A&M’s Iranian Stu
dent group to “hassle” ex-CIA di
rector William Colby “a little” last
spring although he does not agree
with their position. A university is a
place for free exchange of ideas, he
explained.
Fifteen foreign student organiza
tions are recognized and most of
these require members be citizens
of the represented nation. The
International Students Association
(ISA) is one large organ which di
rects, but does not dictate the ac
tivities of the smaller groups, said
Anthony Gibson, president of the
association.
He said there is a general apathy
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WASHINGTON - Cah,
Graham, 47, enlisted in the Nan,
1942 at the age of 12 and parfo
pated in the Guadalcanal and S®
Cruz seas battles in the Pacifi, ,
1942.
But in January, 1943,
mother sent a copy of his birth tt; ,
tificate to the Defense Department
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Navy.
Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Tex, iS1 |
Wednesday he would seek an h*
orable discharge for Graham, wls
now lives in Fort Worth.
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Graham’s case and decided beer*
not be honorably discharged k
cause he enlisted fraudulently (
lying about his age.
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Sunday
A.M. How to Win in Life
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Monday
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P.M. How to Know You’re Saved
Sermon Topics
Tuesday
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WEEKDAYS
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Six exciting performances by outstanding artists!
Philharmonia Hungarica — October 18
Julian Bream, Guitarist — November 4
The Houston Ballet — November 17
Andre Watts, Pianist — January 31
Texas Opera Theater — February 16
The Dallas Symphony — April 4
WORLD
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Tickets available at the MSC Box Office, Rudder Tower
For more information, call 845-2916.
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