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THE BATTALION Page 3 THURSDAY, (XTOBER 16, 1980 Local Mideast accords n result of 'courageous acts , sayslsraelidiplomat jPeace progress beyond Israel’s expectation By JANE G. BRUST Battalion Reporter The unbelievable is now happen ing in the Middle East, Israeli diplo mat Tzion Evrony said Wednesday night. Evrony told 35 people gathered in the Hillel Foundation student center on Jersey Street that the peace pro cess in the Middle East has suc ceeded beyond Israel s expectations. Evrony, 31, has been Vice-Consul in the Consulate General of Israel to the Southwest, based in Houston, for two years. He has also served as Assistant for United Nations Affairs in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. “What was just a piece of paper is now real peace,” he said. “There’s an open border and exchanges of goods, students, scientists and tourists.” Evrony said the sale of Israeli beer and newspapers in Cairo is one sign of peace progress. He said the success of the Camp David peace agreement is due to great sacrifices. “Israel’s most pain- ful sacrifice was handing over the rich Alma oil fields.” Those oil fields supplied 25 per cent of Israel’s oil consumption and had the potential to provide 100 per cent, he said. “Now Israel will buy oil from Egypt for $2.2 billion this year. ” Evrony said Egypt’s sacrifice was President Anwar Sadat’s “courageous act” to end 30 years of hostility by visiting Israel and agreeing to begin negotiations. “It’s good news that Israel and Egypt stand today as islands of stabil ity continuing their peace negotia tions,” he said. Those negotiations resumed in Washington on Tuesday. Evrony said the concessions sug gested by Israel this week regarding the deployment of Israeli military forces on the West Bank and a pro cess of allowing settlers there to de termine their own fate, are sur prising. He said, however, that while Israel is willing to make concessions for peace, that nation has no inten tion of committing national suicide. The United States needs to support Israel, he said, in order to protect vital interests in the Middle East. Evrony, who was in College Sta tion this week for the first time, said the width of the Israeli nation is shor ter than Texas Avenue. “It takes less than one hour for a Soviet tank to cross Israel,” he said. Chamber Picks chief The Bryan-College Station Cham ber of Commerce has elected Swit zer Deason president in 1981. Deason, 39, moved to Bryan in June 1976 and bought Central Texas Hardware. Prior to the move to Bryan, he had served as chief finan cial officer for a manufacturing com pany in Ohio. He is currently serving on the Bryan civil service commission, the traffic commission, the hospital board and is a member of the Rotary International. TJ’s e irratii dishearti a], only politii ire gradi le studei , on W CC. pnator fc- StafT photo by Jeff Kerber Tzion Evrony PIZZA INN PIZZA If you like more on your pizza, this is where it begins. Drill team ‘fish’ for spring h By MARCY BOYCE If there ever was any truth to the saying “practice makes perfect, ” the Texas A&M University Freshman Drill Team is already well on their way. Donning fatigues, helmet liners and combat boots, the 72 freshmen on this year’s team drill Monday through Thursday afternoons on a vacant parking lot behind Kyle Field. The hour-and-a-half practice session entails drill under the direc tion of 10 upperclassmen advisors, all who were members their fresh man year. The sweat which beads the cadets’ brows may merely confirm an obser ver’s belief that this is some kind of strange self-inflicted punishment. But obviously, the 72 freshmen disagree since they voluntarily chose to be a part of the FDT which is open to any cadet regardless of prior drill experience — or lack of it. Perhaps one clue to what drives these freshmen, whom junior advis er Terry Duran calls “highly moti vated individuals,” lies in the drill team’s history of success. Established in 1947 by Maj. Cal vin Reese, the drill team was origin ally created to provide an activity for ^ freshmen since they had been rele gated to the university annex at the old Bryan Army Air Base to avoid P upperclassmen’s hazing. The fresh man soon proved themselves to be championship material in a long run * of trophy gathering, culminating in a five-year string of national cham- . -jpionships from 1968 to 1972. The idem 1 Washington D.C. competition was p netf; ended in 1974. 0, this* Winning the championship is refaiW quite an accomplishment, Duran ct the'#: said, considering freshman drill red to i" 5 teams are rare. ssiontl# * “Usually our team is up against . [jjj; upperclassmen. There are very few . aJ freshmen on any of the other teams. id SO j tpjjg on jy ma j or freshman drill ' ter n team is the Air Force Academy,” pus. Duran said. t on, t 11 After capturing the national chain- conti# pionship five consecutive years, the ve ry sot drill team continued to be a winner, ,s t diS!f by being declared the Texas state . ggj eS i« "champion in six of the last eight years ® with 1979 being the most recent 1 a meet at Tulane University in onors stin and College Station, however, will the FDT compete with other Texas drill teams for state champion. At all three competitions, military personnel will judge each team in three categories: inspection, a basic drill sequence required of each team and fancy drill. The team receiving the highest scores in two of the three competitions wins the state cham pionship, Duran said. Buy one pizza, next smaller size free. With this coupon, buy any giant, large or medium size pizza at regular menu price and get your second pizza of the next smaller size with equal number of ingredients, up to tljree ingredients, free. Present this coupon with guest check. Valid thru Oct. 21, 1980 __ # lozzaixmJ Pizza inn ^Ybu gciffAfore of thd^TtjingsyOiflove, 413 Highway 6 South-846-6164 In College Station Proudly Presents I I TWO WEEKS ^ OCT. 16,17 & 18 ^ i 22 22 I 5*^ — — ~ ^ ^ ~ —c? .ilj- Ncw Orleans during the spring Mar- ff di Gras festivities will kick off com- petition for the FDT this year. Drill teams nationwide will be competing , there as well as at a meet in I Anaheim, Calif. 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