Fashion, food, talent show
spark International Week
THE BATTALION Page 3
MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1980
By JANA SIMS
Campus Reporter
« ; Some usually barren Memorial
Student Center hallways today are
| /"\¥T?|!Colored with culture, beginning the
I lYyBxth annual International Week
' ' Sponsored by the International Stu-
. dent Association.
E The ISA, which began in 1969, is
"■^1 C the organization linking the interna-
■ 1 J tional clubs and students of Texas
A&M University. Its governing gen-
... en. a ssembly and administrative
, 111 her St. Iwe&uncii are chartered similar to the
c he was English, i j| nitecl Nations .
s|H'n< part of the#J| Displays prepared by students
n Connecticut. 19 international clubs and six
1 for the big parade,|todividuals representing countries
he somehowmarneed*
m Mrs. Byrne, 't.ymRieyadh Chakmakchi, president
are called cheerson!;,Bf the International Students Asso-
toiution said there are problems be-
eturns came in, Eolhvee/i the ISA and Texas A&M —
nd Mrs. Byrne,aK-rk-ob/erns Q f image
tary (who also is hjJ
rning cartwheels, fipuch as Turkey, Spain and India are
iwamped. Ippen to the public today and Tues-
confused Chicago J av ,intil 3 P m > foll ° wing [ od * y ' S
bewildered. TwoJP emn S ceremony with guests Pre-
■, .m<> mio3lintp|!|®^ ent J arv * s State Sen. Wil-
*s came into a notel^ ^ ™ on t> i
micancounterpartsl™^ 6 ’ State Re P- 611 PreSnal
n At the end of today’s exhibition, an
iemWesthoseoflpB temational Center Open House
in( - ' ns ' st s ™ tttal iegin.s in Bizzell Hall. Nancy Sim-
■ang, a member of several commit
tees for International Week, de-
■ribed it as a faculty-student “get
■gether. ”
■ In addition to exhibits of hand-
| Brafts, posters, costumes, music and
■Rintry background information, a
" ^lini Folklore Show” will take place
^ Bom 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday
>Y)r oU? \ iltnd 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday in the
**i?;W*. MSC lounge, offering a preview of a
JP AYP Blent show — one of four events on
VCOie Wednesday.
—Speaker: Iran
news distorted
The first event, from 2 p.m. to 3
p.m. in Rudder Tower, is an open
reception for consuls from about 50
different countries. Students are free
to talk with the representatives while
sampling international snacks.
Tickets go on sale tody in the ISA
cubicle in room 216 in the MSC for
the remaining three events on Wed
nesday.
Five dollars allows the ticket bear
er to enter into a gala of international
food, fashion and talent from 6 p.m.
to 10 p.m. in the MSC. Visitors can
sample native foods of Europe,
Hong Kong, Lebanon and other
countries in a food fair, an event
which Simmang said is usually the
highlight of International Week.
The food will be prepared by stu
dents, and they will compete for a
trophy. Rosie Hassoun, vice presi
dent of social afiairs for ISA, said the
competition will be judged on ap
pearance, presentation and taste by
community citizens with some cul
tural exposure.
by the ISA for the raw materials the
21 participating clubs use to prepare
such dishes as a stuffed lamb, pre
pared by the Organization of Arab
Students.
At 7:30 p.m. a fashion show pre
senting the clothes of various coun
tries will begin. Gaby Eisele, chair
person of the fashion show commit
tee, said Colombia, Venezuela,
Korea and other countries will be
1 represented. _
In charge of the talent show commit
tee, Vietnamese Que Tran said audi
tions were held for interested stu
dents.
Twenty-four performances, repre
senting 20 countries, will comprise
the talent show, including a flamen
co dance and classical Indian and
Chinese dances.
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Evelyn M.
Collection Interp
Irahmi
By DIANE BLAKE
Campus Editor
I Both the media and the govern
ment in the United States are guilty
of distorting America’s view of the
[Iranian crisis, a former foreign cor-
pspondent for the New York Times
paid Friday.
I In a speech co-sponsored by the
Center for Free Enterprise and Sig
ma Delta Chi-the Society of Profes
sional Journalists, Harrison Salis
bury said the U.S. government offi
cials, “from Carter on down,” did not
understand the seriousness of the
Uranian crisis from its beginning.
I “We have yet to comprehend the
pormous force of the revolution,”
he said.
“There was a continuous effort (by
e government) to minimize the
isis in Iran. And it watered down a
deal of the press coverage.”
| Salisbury said both the editor and
the reader thought, “Gee, they
ought to know in the White House, ”
and did not listen to the foreign cor-
pspondents’ reports.
1 “The man on the scene knew what
he was writing about and the man in
White House and the people
iting about him did not know what
as going on. We got a distortion in
'Verage and a distortion in view-
int which to a considerable extent
^ colored the whole reportage of
an — even down to the present
;me.”
Calling the Iranian crisis a “Per
sian version of the Russian revolu
tion,” Salisbury said Americans do
not realize Iran is in the most explo
sive time a country can be in —
“when power falls into the hands of
anyone who can wave a fist or wave
a flag or shout a slogan.”
He also criticized the federal gov
ernment for what he called “a deli
berate effort to blame the media for
the bad tidings.”
However, Salisbury said he is a
strong advocate of straight-out re
porting regardless of the consequ
ences.
“It is the duty of the media, the
newspapers, the correspondents to
tell it like it is and if the consequ
ences are bad, that is part of the
job.”
Salisbury, who won a Pulitzer
prize in 1955 for a series of reports on
Russia, said the media in other coun
tries “don’t come within a country
mile to our press.”
He said Russia’s newspapermen
do not report facts, but try to decide
“what kind of plastic smile they want
to paste on events.”
Salisbury was a foreign correspon
dent in Russia during the Stalin years
and said he could not do a good job
then because of the censorship
there.
He also said that the United States
would not get good coverage in
Afghanistan until good correspon
dents could get into the country.
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Simmang said about 15 free films
will be shown Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, and the schedule will
be printed in fliers. Film topics will
range from Europe to Thailand,
“This week marks the first time
the administration has given its total
support to the ISA,” Chakmakchi
said, “both financial and moral. "He
credits Miller and international
affairs vice president T.R.
Greathouse and staff with the
change.
from China to the “Boat People” of
Cambodia.
The week’s final event will be an
all-night party on Friday in LULAC
Hall complete with a band and, of
course, international drinks. A
limited number of passes are avail
able at the ISA cubicle in 216 MSC.
Chakmakchi said he feels the
1,300 international students repre
senting 85 nations, attending Texas
A&M are a vast and helpful re
source of culture and language for
American Aggies. Also, he feels in
the past the administration has not
been responsive to international
student needs.
the administration has given its total
support to the ISA,” Chakmakchi
said, “both financial and moral. ” He
credits Miller and international
affairs vice president T.R. Great-
house and staff with the change.
He said there are problems be
tween the ISA and Texas A&M —
problems of image and communica
tions. The ISA is planning and hold
ing events to improve its image
which he feels has been damaged by
recent foreign events such as the Ira
nian situation. Chakmakchi said he
hopes to create a better understand
ing among international and Amer
ican students, not only for the pre
sent year, but as a trend that needs to
be continued. He said he is increas
ing contact with other student orga
nizations, MSC committees and
MSC directors to improve the pro
cess of education exchange of cul
ture, knowledge and experience.”
He stresses that the ISA is open
to American students because “the
association’s foundation is to get
everyone world-wide together.”
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