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By ROBERT LEE
Campus Reporter
The Libertarian Party, which
ording to its own figures is the
ird largest political party in the
— United States, made its campus de-
or Bush is the; Tuesday night,
jcticut senator*® The Aggies for Freedom commit-
vent into the ftee attracted nine people to its Tues-
■d a coupleoftfej d a y gathering. Co-founded by
eaten twice forthfcmold Hite and Imre Karafiath, two
-d around in a T ex as A&M graduate students in
1 political jobs i ^gconomics, the organization plans to
ion for a presiM; become more active in campus
red to what: HajHairs during this election year,
of a conservatinffi Karafiath said the emphasis be-
find his party’s ideals is the indi-
idual.
“A libertarian is basically an indi-
ned the Navy.i
) the peanut l
gislature i
vemorship befo!;jiyidualist,” Karafiath said. “We’re
,nd then annouro
:ler of the Free II
against anything that infringes on an
individual’s freedom.”
The libertarian party favors the
legalization of marijuana, Karafiath
said, and it is opposed to the draft
and taxes.
Hite said that “between 75 and 90
percent of the students at Texas
A&M are closet libertarians. They
just don’t know it yet.”
As the meeting progressed, the
two students said their party’s candi
date for president this year, Ed Clark
from California, has a real chance to
pick up 5 to 10 percent of the total
vote.
Clark’s campaign is expected to
run in all 50 states this year, accord
ing to a brochure. He is not on the
Texas ballot, but his campaign work
ers expect to get enough petitions in
May and June to get him on the bal
lot, Hite said.
In 1978 Libertarian candidates in
America received more than 1.3 mil
lion votes, according to Clark’s cam
paign brochure. Clark, 49, a lawyer,
alone collected 400,000 votes (about
5 percent of the state’s population) in
his 1978 bid for governor of Cali
fornia.
The Aggies for Freedom commit
tee plans to become involved in poli
tical debates on campus this fall,
Hite said. The committee will set up
a booth on campus where members
will pass out literature and serve as a
voice for the party’s principles, Hite
said.
Ag trip to Washington planned
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By JEFF L. BRAUN
(I Campus Reporter
li On March 8, several students from
feBexas A&M University will leave for
. a seven-day tour of Washington,
j.v D C. The trip is the third Washing-
r< ton, D.C. Extravaganza sponsored
IK by MSC Political Forum.
PyBThr trip "gives people a chance to
A see government in action, to get
y dose to it, and to try and understand
it, said Deborah Davis, chairman of
the trip committee. “It gives people
a)chance to take a different view of
things than in College Station. ”
While in the nation’s capital, the
group plans to visit the League of
Arab Nations and the Israeli Embas
sy. Also, a reception is planned at the
Blair House with U.S. Chief of Pro
tocol Alvaredo Valdez. Valdez is a
Texas A&M former student.
Davis said the trip includes an ex
cursion to Williamsburg, Va., and
tours of Mount Vernon and Arling
ton National Cemetery.
Davis said the group had hoped to
visit the Russian Embassy, but Mid
dle East tension has made that un
likely. However, she said, the State
Department has scheduled a panel
discussion on the current world
situation for the group.
The trip costs $475. The limit for
the trip is set at 35, and 23 students
have signed up.
Davis said travel loans are avail
able for the trip and further informa
tion may be obtained from MSC
Political Forum in the Student Pro
grams Office in 216 Memorial Stu
dent Center.
By KATHLEEN HARTNEY
City Reporter
Farm and wildlife animals will be
exhibited at Manor East Mall in
Bryan Friday and Saturday due to
the efforts of agriculture-vocational
students from Stephen F. Austin
Junior High School.
The school’s Future Farmers of
America will present the Eighth
Annual Bryan Greenhand FFA Chil
dren’s Barnyard. The event begins at
10 a.m. Friday with Texas Sen. Bill
Moore opening the ceremonies.
Anna Beth Neason, vocational-
agriculture instructor at Stephen F.
Austin, said the barnyard is the chap
ter’s way of celebrating National
FFA Week, Feb. 16-23.
She said the 50 ninth-graders from
Stephen F. Austin have been work
ing to set up 15 exhibits for public
viewing.
The exhibits, Neason said, will in
clude farm animal displays with cat
tle, sheep, goats and poultry; a wild
life display with a skunk, raccoon and
an armadillo; and non-animal dis-
THE BATT
DOES IT
DAILY
Monday
through Friday
plays such as Texas crops and agricul
tural products.
“Besides educating the public ab
out agriculture,” she said, “the bar
nyard gives ‘vo-ag’ students a lesson
on how to work with the public.”
Neason said the exhibits will be
judged by the Brazos County Kiwa-
nis Club and the top four will be
awarded plaques.
The barnyard is free.
ATTENTION JUNIORS
If you are an active, involved Ag with a 3.25 GPR & 75
credit hrs., then you are eligible for selection into CAP
& GOWN/MORTAR BOARD, the senior honor socie
ty. Information sheets are available from Deans,
Dept. Heads, and Rm. 110 YMCA. Information
sheets are due:
Feb. 15; 5:00 p.m.
Rm. 110 YMCA
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: 845-5974 OR 693-2485.
NOTICE:
Effective Feb. 25,1980 the security lockers that are located in the
entry area on both levels of the Texas A&M Bookstore will be
cleaned out each day at 5:00 p.m.
All articles removed may be claimed at the main office of the book
store. There will be a $2.00 charge.
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Almanac
United Press International
Today is Wednesday, Feb. 13,
the 44th day of 1980 with 322 to
follow.
The moon is moving toward its
new phase.
The morning stars are Mars,
Jupiter and Saturn.
The evening stars are Mercury
and Venus.
Those born on this date are
under the sign of Aquarius.
On this day in history:
In 1635, the oldest public insti
tution in America — the Boston
Latin School — was founded.
In 1914, the American Society
of Composers, Authors and Pub
lishers (ASCAP) was formed.
In 1945, Russian troops took
Budapest after 49 days of fighting
in which more than 50,000 Ger
man troops were killed.
In 1975, the White House
announced President Ford would
name Carla Anderson Hills as
Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development.
A thought for the day: Broad
cast commentator Eric Sevareid
said, “Wisdom is esssential in a
president, the appearance of wis
dom will do in a candidate. ”
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