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Page 6 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1980 DIETING? Even though we do not prescribe diets, we make it possible for many to enjoy a nutritious meal while they follow their doctors orders. You will be delighted with the wide selection of low calorie, sugar free and fat free foods in the Souper Salad Area, Sbisa Dining Center Basement. OPEN Monday through Friday 10:45 AM-1:45 PM QUALITY FIRST Local B TI to present open house Brazos Republicans gaining By BERNIE FETTE Battalion Reporter Texas Instruments Inc. will pre sent an open house in Room 212 of the Memorial Student Center on Sunday from 4:30 to 9p.m. and Mon day from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Fields of specialty studies related to electronics that will be repre sented include Digital Systems Group, Geophysical Services Inc., Equipment Group and Semicon ductor Group. Also featured will be a guest speaker, Dr. John R. Hanne, assis tant vice president and manager of advanced technology research and design. Hanne will speak on “Semicon ductor Technology: Foundation for Data Processing” at 7:30 p.m. Sun day in Room 212 of the MSG. Caperton still has a fight ] When the JULIE NEVELS agg&S OCTOBER QUART CAN QUEEN JULIE NEVELS HAS BEEN ELECTED CELL BLOCK 5 QUART CAN QUEEN FOR OCTOBER. JULIE IS A SENIOR HEALTH MAJOR FROM SAN ANTONIO (CHURCHILL) WHERE SHE WAS ACTIVE AS A CLASS OFFICER, A MEMBER OF THE DANCE TEAM, THE TENNIS TEAM, AND A CLASS FAVORITE. HERE AT A&M SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE HPE CLUB AND THE AGGIE CLUB. YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE HER AS THE CAMERA GIRL FROM SKAGGS. JULIE IS 5'9" WITH LONG BROWN HAIR AND HAZEL EYES. SHE LOVES DANCING, THE BEACH, AND SPENDING TIME WITH HER FIRENDS AT CELL BLOCK 5. 1 I Block 5 is Where It’s At Julie’s at a Lot of the Time Too) NOTICE NOTICE ALL AGGIE TEAM DOMINO CHAM PIONSHIP TOURNAMENT SPON SORED BY TAMU TEAM HAND BALL STARTS AT CELL BLOCK 5 NOVEMBER 10. FOR INFORMA TION CALL 779-7642. By SCOT K. MEYER Battalion Staff On May 4, Kent Caperton defe ated incumbent William T. Moore in the Democratic primary. The victory came after a long and difficult cam paign, in which Caperton was the underdog. But the Fifth District seat in the Texas Senate was not Caper- ton’s yet, and he knew it. Caperton still had to face Republi can N.A. McNiel, and although the Texas Observer said “a McNiel vic tory over Caperton in the fall would be more startling than Caperton’s May victory over Moore,” Caperton had no intention of writing his oppo nent off. “The Republican Party in Brazos County is very well orqanized,” Caperton said over the summer, “and I have no intention of becoming overconfident.” McNiel said recent ly that he could beat Caperton be cause he was a conservative, while Caperton is a liberal. McNiel has said that the conserva- — tive-liberal split would be crucial in the election, with conservative Democrats joining the Republicans to defeat Caperton. Charles Bredwell, a worker at Bra zos County Republican Headquar ters, also said that conservative Democrats will be joining the Re publican Party, although he said it may not happen for a couple of years. “People who are Democrats in Texas would probably be Republi cans anywhere else in the country,” who are V. cLiqdsey’s JEWELERS “People Democrats in Texas would probably be Re publicans anywhere else in the country”’ says Charles Bredwell, a Brazos County Re publican worker. “As the population of peo ple from out of state in creases, you’ll see a split occur in the Democratic Party. ” he said. “As the population of people from out of state increases, you’ll see a split occur in the Democratic Party. ” Bredwell said the out-of-state Democrats are more liberal than Texas Democrats, and as the party moves to the left, conservative Democrats will switch to the Repub lican Party. Although in the long run Bredwell would like to see more voters think of themselves as Republicans, for the time being he will be content if they just vote Republican. “We need ticket-splitters,” Bred well said. "Anytime a Republican is elected, it’s because Democrats have voted for him, because there are more Democrats than Republicans.” Bredwell, who is coordinating Jeff Brown’s county attorney race, said the Republicans have two things going for them in November. First of all, this is a presidential election year. “Reagan and Bush might pull votes for the Republi cans,” Bredwell said. The other factor Bredwell sees as helping the Republicans is a tenden cy towards less straight-ticket voting. “Fewer people are just turning the lever at the top towards ‘Democrat,’” Bredwell said. “More people are looking at all the choices.” But the Republicans still consider themselves underdogs in the upcom ing race. Bredwell said the state par ty office has a goal of getting someone in office in this county in 1984. The state office is not confident of win ning races in Brazos County this year, he said. In his book, “Texas in 1964 — A One Party State Again?,” author Douglas Weeks argued that, at least in 1964, the Republican Party in Texas “is no real party at all.” Katye Kowierschke, Brazos Coun ty Republican chairman, said she campaigned door-to-door for Barry Goldwater in 1964. Goldwater’s campaign, which served as the basis for Week’s book, was not successful — either in Brazos County or in Texas. Kowierschke worked for Sen. John Tower, R-Texas, in 1966, as a co-chairman for the county, and the chairman of Woman Power for Tower. “The Tower campaign was the turning point for us.” she said. “That was when we began to put the party together.” The Republicans have been very successful in Brazos County since then, Kowierschke said. The county carried for Tower, and has continued to go for Republican candidates in most national elections. Brazos County is listed as “mostly Republican” in the book “The Chal lenge of Texas Politics.” By "mostly Republican,” the author means that Brazos was carried by the Republi can candidate in two of the following three elections: the 1976 Carter- Ford and the 1978 Hill-Clements and Tower-Krueger races. All of which might lead one to be lieve that the Republican Party is no longer the underdog, at least in Bra zos County. But its successful record in national elections has not been matched by equal success in local elections. with rain, so on wading tl lower en Kowierschke said no Repii candidate has ever won an eU for a county-wide office in [P° nl ^ 0iK County. I° s( J“* toe s? John Raney ran for countyj J ie ^ 1978, “and ran a really good]^ ( ir s 1 ame Kowierschke said. Ip 3 )' 5 ^ een He carried 42 percent oftt*® * n a , \ eav Raney said he did perceiveht® 1011 ^ 1 <ara ' 1 an underdog, and that Reptlr?~f r ] vat ^ candidates will be underdogs lie br id election. But the party ij . ? V< now, he said, and all AeraceKTr saK ' familiar with “are very winal* sa ^ s n Republicans. Raney is currently workiDtjji; A the Billy Beard campaign, or''land in hi Kowierschke said one re Republicans have not wonii is that very few candidates k hy to drain ..J Clark sai< troblem. ! A few doc « (laryWashi lies in a low ! Mr. Wash “Fewer people areji >ni! nights turning the lever top towards Dei Mrs. Wa crat, ” Charles well says. “More ps pie are looking at alh hard rain choices. “I can’t gr ts so bad, rd. “Out i ■ in this li Both said “The best out that dite Hervey Stre This year, though, Kowien said, “We have four qualifiedp running in county elections'] The four are: Beard for ( commissioner, Brown for attorney, Paul Madison for able, and Winfred Pittman fora able. Whether this will be thei that turns the Republican Prt| a viable force in county pot something no one will venti guess. But Kowierschke, Rant] Bredwell all say that sooner O') the county will become two-p all levels. ‘The voters should be g choice, ” Kowierschke said. IIS The Tex [lartment o pew lectur ng Texas i The J. ft (Texas Hist rofessor v exas A&ft * f % 1 I I i I Prints accepted: Oct. 30-Nov. 4 Nov. 5 8:00-5:00 8:00-2:00 in the MSC main hallway. Entry \ Prints should be 8 x 10 or larger and must be matted, < * DIRECT ANY QUES11UNS 1 u i tie | MSC CAMERA COMMITTEE, RM. 216 2806 ( J Ust