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pice OLLECE Doctor«l Dtt| Y HCIDALEf | •NCE, DONE • 20. 1978 . Room 335 "ollcge UICE 3lS iterested maturing: d in ca- emester r gradual jO HOURS 1 " i-SEMESTEI LOWING 18 MON BUtf DVANCE I TO VERfl BRING thei : asked to ENIOR RING building DECEMBll AAV c , ferencea r 92 HOURS NE, EXCEPT /THROU® 1 BSOL10 ). 5:00Pi DECEMBE" ATELV FEB Won [illege Won' Ihe Coi ;h. ^ hmif 13 I er Ipleti' 1 exa^ what^s up? Tuesday GREAT ISSUES: Dennis Brutus will speak on “South African Civil Rights.” Brutus escaped from South Africa and is currently teach ing Afro-American studies at Northwestern University of Illinois. His personal experiences have given him a first-hand view of apar theid in modem times. Brutus will speak at 12:30 p.m. in Room 601, Rudder Tower. AGGIE CINEMA: “My Fair Lady v ” about a cockney flower seller who is tutored into the ranks of the gentry by Professor Henry Higgins. The winner of eight Academy Awards, starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison, will be shown at 8 p.m. in Rudder Theater. CHEMICAL ENGINEERS: The American Institute of Chemical Engineers will have its picture taken for the Aggieland at 7:30 p.m. in Zachry’s main entrance. A meeting will follow in Room 203, Zachry. Hazel Kreuz from Union Carbide’s Seadrift Facility will speak on “Development of a Revolutionary Process — Oppor tunities for Young Engineers.” HERPETOLOGICAL CLUB: Will have a program on “The Houston Toad,” with speaker Hugh Quinn at 7:30 p.m. in Room 312, Nagle Hall. Pictures will be taken for the Aggieland at 7 p.m. at Zachry. ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY: Will have a speaker from Brown & Root at 7 p.m. in room 204, Harrington Education Center. SENIOR PICTURES: Seniors with last names beginning with A-T can have their pictures taken today through Friday at Barker Pho tography Studio. EPSILON PI EPSILON: New members will be elected at 7:30 p.m. in Room 604A, Rudder Tower. AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS CLUB: Dr. Ron Knutson will speak at 7:30 p.m. in Room 108, Harrington Education Center. Wednesday GUEST LECTURE SERIES: Hugh Hardy, an architect from New York, will discuss design architecture at 2 p.m. in Room 601, Rud der Tower. Everyone is invited to attend. SAN ANTONIO HOMETOWN CLUB: Will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 137, MSC. SAN ANGELO-WEST TEXAS HOMETOWN CLUB: Will meet at 7 p.m. in Room 109, Military Science Building. SOCIAL DANCE CLUB: Will have a regular club meeting from 7-8:15 p.m. in Room 266, G. Rollie White Coliseum and will have exhibition group practice from 8:30-10 p.m. ACT: Will meet at 6:45 p.m. in Zachry for pictures for the Aggieland. A program will follow in Room 002, Reed McDonald Bldg. Thursday POLITICAL FORUM: Gen. William Westmoreland speak on “Trouble Spots Around the Globe” at 8 p.m. in Rudder Au ditorium. Westmoreland was commander of the U.S. armed forces in Vietnam and later chief of staff, the highest position in the Army. He will speak about military and political situations in the world today. Admission is 25 cents for students and 50 cents for non-students. OFF-CAMPUS STUDENT ASSOCIATION: All off-campus girls are invited to dine with the Corps of Cadets in Duncan Dining Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 25, at 6:30 p.m. Those who are interested should sign up today in Room 216, OSA cubicle, MSC. TAMU MICRO COMPUTER CLUB: Bob Weir will speak on “How to Write and Be Published,” and there will be a demonstration of the complete club system at 7 p.m. in Room 203, Zachry. WATER SKI CLUB: Will meet at 7 p.m. in Room 510, Rudder Tower. BAHA’I CLUB: Welcomes everyone to a public meeting on “Har mony of Science and Religion,” at 7:30 p.m. in the All Faiths Chapel. CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: Will meet at 7 p.m. in Room 302, Rudder Tower. HANG GLIDERS: The Robbins Aero Squadron Hang Gliders Club will meet at 8 p.m. in Room 704AB, Rudder Tower. CROSS COUNTRY: The men’s team will run in Austin at 4 p.m. MSC RADIO COMMITTEE: Will discuss Bonfire communications and have a presentation on message handling at 7:30 p.m. in Room 401, Rudder Tower. CEPHEID VARIABLE: Presents “Omega Man,” a terrifying look into a future where the world’s population has been decimated by bacteriological warfare. Charlton Heston is pursued by a group of black-robed fanatics bent on destroying all traces of the technology that ruined the world. The movie will be shown at 8 and 10:30 p m. in Room 601, Rudder Tower. 9 OUT OF 10 PUPPIES PREFER THE BATTALION / OFF CAMPUS STUDENTS filing for representatives to the C' (OSA) opens Thursday October 12th Sign up in Rm. 216 of the MSC THE BATTALION Page 5 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1978 Houston, Dallas? Democrats scope out 1980 convention site United Press International WASHINGTON — If the Demo cratic Party had to choose today, its 1980 presidential convention would probably be held in Houston or De troit, while the Republicans have nine cities to choose from, led by Dallas, Los Angeles and Min neapolis. Spokesmen for both parties stress that no decisions have been made on any cities. But a number of polit ical and logistical factors rule against certain cities even before party committees begin looking over sites. Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment will probably have a major role in determining where the 1980 conventions are held — since the National Organization for Wo men’s boycott of states that have not ratified the amendment is expected to still be on. The Democrats have a firm rule against meeting in these states. Re publicans backed ERA in their 1976 platform, and while they have no rule, it is unlikely they would take the political risk of going to an un ratified state. Traditional convention cities such as Miami Beach, Chicago, New Or leans, Kansas City and Las Vegas would be ruled out because their states have not ratified ERA. There is a good chance Florida may ratify ERA in time for the con vention to be held in Miami Beach, and an outside chance Illinois will, bringing Chicago strongly into the convention picture. “If we had to decide now, it would probably be between Hous ton and Detroit,” said Susan Morrison of the Democratic Na tional Committee staff. Miami, New Orleans and Los Angeles have also expressed interest in the Demo crats. When asked about Los Angeles, Morrison said, “We’d like some thing a little more centralized,” which is the polite way of saying they don’t want to go to California where Gov. Edmund G. Brown is a potential Carter presidential rival. The Republicans’ site selection committee will hold hearings in Washington next week on a conven tion site. GOP spokesman Pete Teeley said Detroit, Miami Beach, Kansas City, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New Orleans, Cleveland, Dallas-Fort Worth, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas have all applied for the convention. Four of the nine have ERA prob lems, and Cleveland and Detroit are short on hotel rooms, leaving Dal las, Los Angeles and Minneapolis as the early leaders. “But who knows, anything can happen between now and 1980,” Teeley said. First Arab conference held since 1976 war United Press International BEIT EDDINE, Lebanon — While Syrian forces and Christian militiamen traded sniper fire in Beirut, Arab foreign ministers Monday tried to work out a peace plan to end the lingering fighting. President Elias Sarkis late Sunday opened the first Arab conference on the Lebanon crisis since the 1975-76 civil war, telling the delegates the Lebanese were counting on the dip lomats to “free the country from its ordeal,” official Beirut radio said. The conferees — representing Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Sudan — drew up a “working paper,’’ conference sources said, for Monday’s talks at the 19th-century summer presiden tial palace in the southeast hill town of Beit Eddine. But 25 miles away in Beirut, Sy rian forces and Israeli-armed Christ ian militiamen traded sniper fire, and an occasional rocket-propelled grenade blast was heard. Eight months of fighting in Beirut peaked earlier in the month in the city’s worst rocket, artillery and mortar battles ever. The weeklong fighting killed 500 Lebanese — mostly Christian civilians — left 3,000 wounded and displaced half a million others, the Red Cross said. At one point in the battle, artil lery shells hit Beirut's main power grid, leaving the city in darkness with communications to the outside world severed. Fires raged, and TAKING THE M LSATP Join thousands of law school applicants nationwide in Amity’s LSAT Review Seminars CALL TOLL-FREE FOR DETAILS AND LOCAL SCHEDULE INFORMATION: 800 243 4767 Ext 761 Announcing the restoration, activa- ition, and hopefully motivation of the San Angelo-West Texas Hometown Club. The masses should converge at Mil. Sci. Bldg., room 109 at 7:00 p.m. on Wed. Oct. 18, 1978. > Discussion will in clude business and VACTIVITIES. city appeared to be under an atomic-bomb-like mushroom cloud. Senior Arab diplomats were pri vately skeptical of the chances for a long-term peace blueprint between the Christians and Syrian forces, who helped end the civil war and are in Syria as part of the Arab League peace-keeping force. But the diplomats said Sarkis hoped at least to consolidate the cease-fire announced nine days ago. Sarkis and the Arab ministers were expected to advocate renewal of the Arab force mandate, which expires Oct. 26, but also to trim Sy rian troop presence in some Christ ian areas. Each side has accused the other of violating the cease-fire. A statement from the mostly Syrian Arab League peacekeeping force Sunday said the militias were “trying to keep the security situation precarious, espe cially during the meeting of the Arab foreign ministers.” The communique said a Lebanese security officer was wounded by a sniper near Lebanon’s palace of jus tice on the dividing line between Christian eastern Beirut and mostly Moslem western Beirut. Saturday Special $1 Bloody Mary before the game Happy Hour doubles 4:30-6:30 Mon.-Frl. 913 Harvey Rd. (Hwy. 30) 11 A.M. Mon.-Sat. College Station 5 p.m. Sunday THE BATT DOES IT DAILY Monday " through Friday For That Big Merger vrir-"' ""Z'JzA '^Carl Bussells X/Diamond Room 3731 E. 29th 846-4708 Town & Country Center NOVA- 7B Radio /hack NOVA 7B Reg. 129 95 CELEBRATING AT BOTH LOCATIONS MON.-SAT. 10-6 Culpepper Plaza College Station 693-1444 1125 Villa Maria Bryan 846-7384 APO MUMS MADE BY PROFESSIONALS Five styles to choose from. Free campus delivery Saturday morning. t On sale before each home football game in the MSC, dorms, Commons & Sbisa. Tues. thru Thurs. and Friday in the MSC ONLY. LIMITED SUPPLY OF MUMS WILL BE SOLD ON SATURDAY MORNING IN MSC.