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THE BATTALION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1977 Page 3 /VS lULAC president speaks Mexican-Americans face crises PROBLEM PREGNANCY? UNCER TAIN WHAT TO DO? ARE YOU SCARED AND CONFUSED? VICKKI AND JANE CAN HELP YOU BY TELEPHONE HOTLINE. CALL 454-1795 COLLECT. TEXAS INSTBUMENTS Has The Latest In Programmable Calculators Check Loupot’s Bookstore For Complete Selection re Indents P-m. in campus ■ty class , 17-20, >r more 3, Mary ;n up in n work ttend a il is been Jan. 12 English s made he first ;e saida 1 under ,(XX) to Counts lo y, from protest i newly a strike costs of buy no Texas to farm By CAROLYN BLOSSER I Mexican-Americans face a crisis jn civil rights, education and em- lloyment, says Ruben Bonilla, lexas state director for the League br United Latin American Citizens. Bonilla spoke before a moderate ow d Wednesday night in Rudder [oner. His talk was sponsored by he Committee for the Awareness of Mexican-American Culture. Bonilla said he was disturbed over ecent events which have abused dexiean-American civil rights, and jailed Houston’s Joe Campos Torres ase a "lack of justice.” In the alleged beating and drown ing death of Torres, two Houston Llice officers were found guilty of negligent homicide and were given ne year probated jail sentences. “We are witnessing an erosion of L r civil liberties in law enforce ment,” Bonilla told the predomi nantly Mexican-American audience. “The pattern of police abuse and vitality has existed for many gen- ■rations in Texas. There’s one brand if justice for the person who is fair- ikinned, and another type of justice br the person who is uneducated ind who is black or brown. ” Bonilla said he felt the two offi cers should face a maximum mnishment of life imprisonment, fliis, e said, would be a deterrent Tor “nonsensical, illegal and barbaric Ireatment of our citizens. ” The Federal government is inter vening in the Torres case. Bonilla Iredicted that perhaps as many as Iveofthe policemen involved in the eath of Torres will be indicted by [he Federal Grand Jury. Bonilla, a 31-year-old Corpus 2hristi attorney, became the ULAC state director a little more |han a month ago. LULAC is the rgest Mexican-American organiza tion in the United States, and works ate law datum,s lampos gate the of law punish- 1 rights iolators iximum in every pheld a nmittee ioor and nents of islation impor- nly one iximum bed in Richard fast and id on a on the testing, 179. n Atlantic jhenson but bad The two bout 80 an esti- AGGIES! Douglas Jewelry offers Student ID Discounts! 15% off of $ 5 0 00 or more 10% off of under $ 50 00 CASH PURCHASE ONLY We reserve the right to regulate the use of this privilege. 212 N. MAIN 822-3119 DOWNTOWN BRYAN Political Forum and Great Issues present a debate on os what is ince the ington, first jet io have have /hich yindsb lighto- - .•iN'VM"'; ■IX ^ Aik'*' no* L.yi'j Paul V' 1 Rusty (J " r C £ National .... T )’‘ . Bet 1 ' lll'H»» " " , Duvitl B"!^ ■ ■ "'u . Dcui; ^ ekin’* iihn " 110“ l)i Cli" 1 " 1 ' rubikii'* Health Insuranr^^ Direc_0 ?” o pa are Jar Corman Edgar T. ^eddingfield, Jr. Thursday, October 19, 1977 8:00 P.M. Rudder Auditorium equal right to share in the American dream, then the Bakke case must be reversed,” be said. There is a rising unemployment rate among Mexican-Americans Bonilla said. This problem and others faced by Mexican-Americans can best be solved if they join to gether in a massive political effort and vote in a bloc. “VVeneed to become a viable, political force,” Bonilla said. “Then we will see how responsible and re sponsive our government officials will become. Dredgers gather at A&M for lectures and workshops Ruben Bonilla to provide better opportunities for minorities in employment, housing, education and human rights. Bonilla said the Mexican- American also faces a crisis in educa tion. He said the standardized test ing system for entrance exams used by most universities has built-in cul tural biases, and has served as a bar rier to the admission of Mexican- Americans into college. He said the fight against Mexican-American discrimination in education rests heavily upon the Alan Bakke ease, currently being considered in the U. S. Supreme Court. Bakke, a white man who was re fused admission into the University of California at Davis medical school four years ago, is arguing that his equal rights guaranteed by the 14th amendment were violated and he claims reverse discrimination. The Supreme Court is not ex pected to make a final decision on the case until next spring. Bonilla said the Bakke case will represent a landmark Supreme Court decision. “If we want everyone to have an Two of the nation’s biggest events in dredging will be held at Texas A&M University in November — the Second International Sym posium on Dredging Technology and the Fifth Dredging Engineering short course. The International Symposium will be conducted Nov. 2-4 and has attracted speakers from West Ger many, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada. The meeting is jointly sponsored by BHRA Fluid Engineering of En gland and Texas A&M’s Center for Dredging Studies. It will be held in the Rudder Convention Center and the Memorial Student Center in conjunction with a field trip to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gal veston District. The subjects of presentations range from economics and invest ments through the use of sophisti cated electronics in dredging, to environmental concerns and dispo sal of wastes. “It’s expected that the discussion will be centered around the solution of problems that exist in this field and the meeting will provide another, opportunity for interested parties to meet and update their views with leading experts, operators, and consultants in dredg ing,” said Dr. John Herbieh, coor dinator of the Texas A&M portion of the symposium. The dredging short course will be conducted Nov. 7-11. Dredge operators, engineers, contractors, government opera tions, foreign government agencies, academic institutions and engineer ing consulting firms will all be rep resented in this program which is also sponsored by the A&M center and the National Sea Grant Pro gram. The program is arranged to in clude a balanced mixture of lec tures, laboratory studies and work shops on subjects ranging from fluid and geotechnical mechanics through application, instrumentation and model making, to equipment use and environmental effects. 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