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I Page 6 THE BATTALION MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1980 local A&M tour of Russia to go as scheduled By JON HEIDTKE Campus Reporter An Afghanistan invasion and a possible Olympics boycott by the United States have not deterred Dr. Michal Barszap from planning a summer tour of Russia that will be one of the most extensive student tours the continent has ever seen. Barszap’s itinerary, scheduled May 14-June 14, includes the usual tourist sites of Moscow, Kiev and Leningrad; but will also include first hand visits to Siberia, where no tourist has ever been; Moslem areas of Russia; and the Black Sea resort of Sun Theatres 333 University 846 The only movie in town Double-Feature Every Week 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Sun.-Thurs. 10 a.m~-3 a.m, Fri..$at. No one under 18 Ladles Discount With This Coupor. BOOK STORE & 25c PEEP SHOWS 846-980? Sochi, which is the summer playground of top Russian officials including Leonid Brexhnev. “It is my dream come true,” said Barszap, a professor of modern language at Texas A&M University. “This is the one I have wanted to do since I began leading tours five years ago.” For $2,150 a student will spend 31 days in first class hotels and cover more that 8,400 miles of the communist country. “It is a lot of money,” said Barszap, “but when you think in terms of what you pay for, it is a bargain.” Barszap, who led a tour of Russia last summer with Texas A&M students, said that his tour offers much more than a standardized tour a travel agency would. “I plan the itinerary and what we see in each town, ” said Barszap, who spent his first 16 years living in Russia and Poland,” and the Soviet officials usually approve it.” Barszap was able to schedule at least one free day in each city, where as standard tours tend to keep the participants in the move all the time. Barszap also conducts most of the tours himself, rather than Soviet officials, because he knows the cities and the language. Barszap also said students should have the chance to interact with the Russian people, so he scheduled a three-day trip on the Trans-Siberian railroad. “By staying in hotels,” said Barszap, “you only see other tourists, but by living and traveling on a train with the Russian people you can really get to know some of them.” In fact, one student on a former tour became such good friends with a Russian girl that he wanted to marry her. The tour will also take in performances of the world famous Bolshoi Ballet and Moscow Circus, along with a visit to the world’s deepest lake. Lake Baikal, in Irkutsk. Barszap, who will be embarking on his tenth trip to Russia in the past five years, said the Soviets seem more eager for his group to come this year, than they have in the past. He said the Olympic troubles might have something to do with that. If the United States boycotts the Olympics, the Russians will have to find another way to bring in Amer ican dollars. But what ever happens to the Olympics, it will not affect the trip, he said. He also said that the Russians will separate politics and human relations. “They lost image in a political sense when they invaded Afghanistan,” he said. “Maybe they will show us they are not the war mongers we think they are, but that they are still friendly. Barszap is eager to be leading a tour during what he calls a “hot” time. “I think it ill be very interesting for the students to hear what the Russian people have to say about Iran and Afghanis^ Barszap. “We will have a comu; topic to talk about. It will maletj tour that much more interesting,h said.” As of now, 32 students are si| up including 20-25 Aggies. The ginal deadline date to signupn Feb. 1, but the Soviets havea tended that to March 1, sou students could sign up. 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MEMORIAL STUDENT CENTER (CONTIKI) An altogether different experience for the 18-35’s 696-1748 ACLU director opposes draft AUSTIN — John Duncan, state director of the American Civil Liber ties Union, has told a group of Uni versity of Texas students that a “real public outcry” is needed to oppose registration of 18-26 year-olds for possible military draft. Duncan told an anti-draft rally attended by about 250 people that persons opposed to the draft must make their sentiments known to defeat a congressional bill calling for registration — a move initiated by President Carter in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. “We need a real public outcry against any registration. It is imperative that we defeat the registration bill, he told the mostly subdued students who were fighting 35 degree temperatures on the campus’ West Mall. “It is totally unlike an embargo of grain or an Olympic boycott,” Duncan said. “(The draft) is a direct interference in the lives of millions of young Americans'. ” The rally was sponsored by Students Against the Draft, a coalition of several campus organizations. Ken Carpenter, representing the American Friends Service Committee, said the draft movement could be stopped if the American public petitioned Congress. “There is no concensus in Congress and no concensus in this country for war or registration,” he said. “The best thing people could do is to refuse to register. There is no way the draft can work if people refuse to register.” Carpenter said thousands draft-age men during the Vietim War were never found or proseculii because they simply refused li register on their 18th birthdays. Dm Thompson, head of Ik Women Take Back The Nigl organization, said America fighting the draft are those whoa! drawing on their experiences b the anti-war era of the late 1960sa>: early 1970s. She said the Midi East situation was a serious one, In it was one that could not be settlo by war. ROOM 206 ■WfK yw/t ? % „ f ' , , . 1 iU: • - • i r ^ ^ g; " MANY Of™ FORALOT Former Bandido ordered to testify United Press International SAN ANTONIO — A former member of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club, serving time for a federal firearms violation, has been ordered to testify in a grand jury ’s continuing investigation into the ambush of a federal prosecutor. ’ * Timothy Kenneth "Larson, also known as “Timken,” received a subpoena to appear before a federal grand jury session scheduled for Wednesday. The heavily tatooed Larson, described by the FBI as a prime suspect in the attempted assassination of former assistant U. 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