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THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1978 Page 5 aj n ate " t testing | ert y vA Le said, ds is qI, |»P h distort n local ts are are< le taxni xpectej' ''ners «j °fintaa t mulasdi d to |2 RVs inducted Tuesday I By CANDICE HILL Battalion Reporter Joptimism of Lawrence Sullivan peals changed the image of Texas K? * \! University many years ago, a b r(l * \&M assistant vice president ' " f Tuesday night. And that op- iL ifdill prevalent on ,1,1s “ iis sa id Ed Davis, assistant president for business affairs. Ivas speaking to Ross Volunteers i induction ceremony in the ) 0 rial Student Center. old Ross Volunteers selected niors in the Corps of Cadets about 200 who applied. They i chosen on standards of charac- leadership, military bearing and all achievements nlTfl avis, a graduate of the Class of d at * md and the Corps Commander l ? e mi ,rp;ir contrasted the oes- school year, contrasted the pes- ^ s m in the United States with the mism shown by the Corps of jets, the Ross Volunteers and iasA&M. ’ He cited Lawrence Sullivan Ross, 5 J>; vhom the Ross Volunteer Com- , W as named, as an example of ptimist. Before Ross became the ident of Texas A&M, the col- was thought of as a reform [ol for delinquents. But after I came out, the image of Texas ,1 changed, Davis said. [ter his first year here, Ross re ed to the U.S. Congress that is A&M was not a reform school that it had many good students, in more people wanted to go to is A&M, hut there was no room those who applied, ass’ optimism gave Texas A&M . j ew image, Davis said. in “ ‘ the end of the banquet, each member was presented with »rd, ribbon and certificate. The and white cord, which sig- M u, suits)! 1 distrii 1 stateail th 101 ragetljj ■8r rho !gles tl state ll it hit on a the s C S to I: S30i'i thes its fort iwmab previu ibers a ban an the 19 [he 19S t beliei next ye ist lira Fishing may still be harmed Britain gives in to protests, sends hunters from seals United Press Internationa] KIRKWALL, Scotland — Bowing to “widespread public concern,” Britain has canceled a contract for Norwegian marksmen to shoot 5,000 gray seals to protect the fish ing industry in Scotland’s Orkney is lands. The British government an nounced Monday night it was send ing home the Norwegian hunters hired last week to kill the seals, which were consuming 60,000 tons of fish a year. The announcement of the planned mass killing set off protests led by the California-based Green peace conservation group which hired a trawler to shadow the Norwegian seal hunters. Other volunteers camped on rocks near the Orkneys, vowing to stand between seals and the Norwe gian hunters, causing government to postpone the start of the kill rather than risk human life. Monday night, Bruce Millan, the Labor government’s secretary for Scotland, announced the hunters were being sent home despite his belief the seals, whose population had doubled in 10 years, were harm ing the fishing industry. “Although I believe the plan (to go ahead with the killing program) is correct, I am conscious of the wide spread public concern on this mat ter,” Millan said. But Millan said about 2,000 seal pups would still be killed by local men. But the plan to shoot a total of 5,000 seals — including 900 breed ing adult females — would be scrapped. Greenpeace officials hailed the government’s decision to hack down and said they would not object to the lesser killing, which has become an annual event in recent years. “We are all overjoyed,” said Pete Wilkinson, spokesman for the Greenpeace base at Kirkwall. “Why couldn’t they have announced this last week and saved all the trouble?” A spokesman for the Royal Soci ety for Protection of Animals, which last week appealed to Prime Minis ter James Callaghan to stop the kill, said: “We are delighted that human ity has prevailed at last. “In these times of commercially orientated actions it is gratifying to know that nonviolent, reasonable protest and public reaction can still cause government departments to reconsider their decisions. Battalion photo by Michelle Scudder Your guess is as good as his is the company, was placed on lew Ross Volunteer by a senior outfit. This fellow seems to be expressing the doubt some college students have, at least occasional ly. He does appear to be taking it in good humor, though. This week may not be one of the best for joking about grades as mid-term reports will arrive in the mail any day now. The deadline for Q-drops is also approaching. Monday is the last day students may drop a class without penalty, a Q-drop. If a student drops a class after the deadline, an “F” will be recorded for that course in most instances. Keep smilin’. ongress creates ‘fishy’ obstacle nail darter faces another test United Press International fASHINGTON — Congress has d environmentalists to fight yet her battle to block completion ‘ennessee of the $123 million . u icoDam, the habitat of a species , e ^, hyfish called snail darter. e ur sderal courts have stalled work he dam since last November rulings it would destroy the home of the snail darters in the Tennessee River, in violation e 1973 Endangered Species ttl th ealthdf any con g ressmen thought this carrying species protection too The dam had already cost $111 ion. When the act came up for |8-month extension last weekend majority voted to remove snail darters from protection. But Sen. John Culver, D.Iowa, achieved a reprieve for the fish with a winning compromise that placed their fate in the hands of a new, cabinet-level commission that must decide the fate of the dam and the fish in 90 days. Environmentalist spokesmen told UPI they are unhappy at having to fight the battle again, after winning in the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Ap peals last year and the Supreme Court last April. Rep. John D. Dingall, D-Mich., who backed Culver’s compromise in the House, defended the new bill as possibly the best legislative form that could be arrived at in view of the “adverse mood” of Congress then. “We found the mood of Congress was much worse than expected,” Dingall said. “It would be a tragedy to have it vetoed. We see next year as much worse than this year.” Rep. John Duncan, R-Tenn., who sponsored the exemption amend ment, said in a telephone interview from his office in Knoxville, Tenn., he will reintroduce it next year if the commission votes against Tellico. Spokesmen for environmentalists nevertheless set out to try to win their case before the new commis- “We will involve ourselves to the maximum extent we can in the pro ceedings,” said Michael Bean, chairman of the Environmental De fense Fund’s wildlife program. -sm* 4410 COLLEGE MAIN 4 BLOCKS NORTH OF CAMPUS 846-9438 PRESENTS: U MIKE WILLIAMS (PLUS TEN MINUTES LATE) — THURSDAY (OCT. 12) U CLINT BROWN — FRIDAY (OCT. 13) U STRANGE COUNTY STRING BAND — SATURDAY (OCT. 14) U JAM SESSION (8 P.M.) — SUNDAY SUNDAY "42" TOURNAMENT (5 P.M.) 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