THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1978
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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-
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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
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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.
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