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'e whatit* CATHY SAATHOFF
dtion ottlif|. Battalion Staff
iut whatet! Qur intention was to see the royal wedding live, but after
: lull? Most getting up at 3:30 a.m. and enduring IVz hours of pre-
s bad. ceremony coverage, we almost didn’t make it.
! some soi|, The Munchies set in early and we found ourselves crun-
t work to( ching loudly on Doritos to keep ourselves awake. That was
after the supply of coffee and doughnuts was exhausted,
illyquitesi' As we dozed, the NBC broadcasting team fulfilled its
rigina!” so! promise of “marathon coverage of all the minutia.” We
as of big pjearned everything we never wanted to know about the royal
■evious ye couple.
a may ev J Did you know that Princess Diana has big feet? We don’t
ne he is v know what size, just that they’re big.
t’s probal! ■ But, as NBC commentator Jane Pauley pointed out, she is
er). Anyw iboon to England’s royal family. Her height (given by one
a dayorh aetwork as 5’7” and by another as 5T0” — anyway, hubby
tionoftbe still stands on steps when photographs are taken) will insure
ion may fc, that future generations of royalty will be tall. No flat shoes for
But then uture princesses.
it some of;-! Not that we ever saw Princess Diana’s shoes, even though
really like ABC’s Barbara Walters promised us glimpses of the royal
ugh to mal footwear — four times.
the resumpi?- just 35 shots of people being rudely awakened in Trafalgar
Square began to put us to sleep, the thought of finally seeing
hat else (i: fhe Dress made us snap back to coherency.
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wedding completed in splendor
Rumor had it that four different dresses had been made; if
details of one dress were leaked to the press, dress #2 would
be used, and so on.
But the secret remained safe and dress #1 was used. It was
made of ivory silk, hand-embroidered with sequins and
pearls, and had full sleeves and a hoop skirt. A 25-foot train,
secured with a diamond tiara, filled Lady Diana’s glass coach
with Cinderella clouds of billowing ivory silk tulle.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s dress, in comparison, was
unimpressive, but maybe that’s just because we watched the
ceremony in black-and-white.
Thousands of people lined the entire procession route
from Buckingham Palace and Clarence House, where Lady
Diana was being “tutored in the art of royalty by the Queen
Mother,” to the Cathedral.
The wedding vows (i.e. what the whole production was
about) lasted only 20 minutes. The royal couple said basically
the same vows — love, honor, for richer or poorer (but we
doubt they’ll be poorer), ’til death do us part, etc. — that any
normal couple would say — except that the princess did not
promise to obey the prince ....
She probably will, even though she pledged her troth not
to Charles Philip Arthur George but to Philip Charles Arthur
George. Does that mean she’s married to his father. Prince
Philip?
In spite of the goof, there could be no doubt, as they rode
away, that the prince and the princess will live happily ever
after.
Only early risers saw the real thing
United Press International
LONDON — Prince Charles, the
heir to Britain’s throne, married Lady
Diana Spencer today in a setting of such
magnificence even the archbishop who
married them called it “the stuff of
which fairy tales are made.”
Untroubled by a last-minute security
scare involving Buckingham Palace
footmen, cheered to the cloudy skies by
hundreds of thousands of their subjects,
the 32-year-old prince took the 20-year-
old blonde beauty as his wife, making
her the princess of Wales, the second-
ranked lady in the land and Britain’s
future queen.
“Here is the stuff of which fairy tales
are made — the prince and princess on
their wedding day, ” Archbishop of Can
terbury Robert Runcie told a St. Paul’s
Cathedral congregation of some 2,700,
including crowned heads and statesmen
from around the world.
In spite of urban riots that claimed
their first fatality on royal wedding day
and the hunger-strike tragedy of North
ern Ireland, in spite of dangers which
forced the most intensive security
screen in British history, a joyous and
festive atmosphere pervaded the land.
London exploded with color as it did
with fireworks on the wedding eve.
Neighborhood celebrations blanketed
the country like the wedding-eve spid
er’s web of 101 beacon fires.
Up to 2 million cheering people wild
ly waved their flags along the 2V4-mile
route taken by the triple carriage pro
cession from Buckingham Palace to St.
Paul’s — the pomp and pageantry for
which Britain is renowned, watched
and heard by an estimated 1 billion peo
ple around the world.
But the spectacle’s heart was the reg
ular Church of England marriage ser
vice, made magnificent by music
chosen by the groom and the splendor
of its setting. In it Charles and Diana
vowed to “love, comfort, honor and
keep,” although not to “obey,” and
plighted their troth “from this day for
ward, for better for worse, for richer for
poorer,‘til death do us part.”
“Those who are married live happily
ever after the wedding day if they perse
vere in the real adventure, which is the
royal task of creating each other and
creating a more loving world, ” said Dr.
Runcie, 60, in his sermon.
“That is true of every man and every
woman undertaking marriage. It must
be especially true of this marriage in
which are placed so many hopes.”
Charles may not be king and Diana
queen until the 21st century, and they
will have no power but influence and
example. Yet, an intensity of hopes fo
cused on them.
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Serving the Texas A&M University community
Vol. 74 No. 181 Wednesday, July 29, 1981 USPS 045 360
8 Pages College Station, Texas Phone 845-2611
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jRegents agree to pay fees,
approve committee work
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By JANE G. BRUST
Battalion Staff
The Texas A&M University System
loan ! of Regents Tuesday agreed to pay
117,000 in legal fees after hearing
ittorney General Mark White’s second
equest for payment of the fees
tdnday.
“I think that’s entirely appropriate,”
aid System Chancellor Frank W. R.
lubert.
Attorneys from outside the System
iclped System officials develop a
ninority recruitment plan acceptable to
he Department of Education. White
ias Said Texas A&M and University of
'exas officials are responsible for paying
lalfithe bill for the legal services, but
ystem officials, including Hubert, pre-
iously said they had not been advised
f any financial obligation.
" Following White’s initial request for
se payment, Texas A&M regents June
'declined to pay the University’s share,
iince that time, UT regents have
greed to pay their half of the bill total-
ag $117,000. White asked to appear
efore the Texas A&M Board, and he
lid so Monday to appeal to the Board
nee again.
Board Chairman H.R. “Bum” Bright
aid Tuesday that following White’s visit
donday, the regents went into closed
ession and a motion was made to recon-
ider payment of the fees.
I The regents’ reversed decision be-
lame official Tuesday when it was
Inanimously approved by the full
|oard.
“The bill was old, and we decided to
j ay it,” said Regent Joe Richardson of
Ipiarillo. “We need support from the
Jgislature, we need all the cooperation
Fecan get, and A&M definitely benefit-
ted from it (the legal services).”
Because the minority recruitment
plan was acceptable to the Department
of Education, System officials avoided
receipt of a letter of non-compliance
with Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights
Act. Title VI calls for desegregation of
public institutions of higher learning.
In other action, board members
approved the following proposals re
commended by committees Monday:
— tightened enrollment standards
effective the fall of 1982, including in-
“VFe need support from the
legislature, we need all the
cooperation we can get, and
A&M definitely benefitted
from it (the legal services)/’
said Regent Joe Richardson.
creased minimum Scholastic Aptitude
Test scores for incoming freshmen and
increased minimum grade point ratios
for transfer students
— operating budgets totaling a re
cord $528,605,983 for Texas A&M’s four
universities, seven state agencies and
System offices
— establishment of a University-
operated shuttle bus system effective
the fall of 1982, including a $1.4 million
appropriation to purchase buses and a
$1.1 million appropriation to build a
facility to house the buses
— repair of the All Faiths Chapel roof
involving removal of existing roof and
installation of a new roof made of ano
dized aluminum, including a $90,000
appropriation
— $70,000 supplemental appropria
tion for preliminary design of the Food
Services commissary to be built on the
West Campus
— $15,000 appropriation for a prog
ram of requirements for a University
resource center to house offices of the
Aggie Club, Development Foundation
and Former Students Association.
Bright told board members the
northwest comer of Parking Lot 60, lo
cated near Rudder Tower, is an excel
lent location for the center. “This is a
project that deserves everyone’s sup
port to get it funded and built,” he said.
The regents also approved the follow
ing University appointments:
— Dr. Don Hellriegal, System in
terim executive vice chancellor for
programs
— Dr. Ronald D. Johnson, assistant
dean of business administration
— Dr. Leland A. Carlson, assistant
dean of engineering
— Dr. Earl Cook, Distinguished Pro
fessor of Geography and Geology and
Harris Professor of Geosciences
— Dr. John J. McDermott, Disting
uished Professor of Philosophy.
All appointments are effective Sept.
1, except for McDermott’s which is
effective immediately. All appointees
are currently members of the Texas
A&M faculty, except Johnson, who
comes from the University of Wis
consin.
Regents also granted the title of Pro
fessor Emeritus to three faculty mem
bers: Dr. Howard L. Furr, professor of
civil engineering; M. Drahn Jones,
associate professor of civil engineering;
and Dr. Harry L. Kidd, professor of
English.
Former Iranian president
makes surprise appearance
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United Press International
PARIS — Ousted Iranian President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr
lew into a French military air base near Paris early today
iboard an Iranian military plane after five weeks in hiding
md immediately was granted political asylum.
Foreign Office spokesmen said an Iranian armed forces
107 jetliner carrying Bani-Sadr landed at a military airfield in
wreux about 60 miles west of Paris at 4:30 a.m.
Foreign Ministry spokesmen said Bani-Sadr’s request for
sylum had been approved on the condition he not use
france as a base for political activity.
Defense Ministry officials said decisions also would be
made quickly on the status of a number of other people who
ipparently were still aboard the aircraft.
The spokesman did not say how Bani-Sadr, who was im
peached June 22, obtained a military plane or how he
irranged the dramatic flight to France, his home in exile
during the reign of the late Shah Reza Mohammed Pahlavi.
fhere were unconfirmed reports the aircraft had stopped in
Cyprus en route from Iran.
; Bani-Sadr went into hiding two weeks before his ouster by
Ayatolah Ruhollah Khomeini, but made clandestine radio
broadcasts urging Iranians to boycott last week’s elections in
Iran.
Government spokesmen refused to say where Bani-Sadr
was being taken, and it was not known if he would stay at his
own home in a Paris suburb. Telephone calls to the house
went unanswered.
The former president spent years waging an opposition
battle against the shah before he joined Khomeini’s revolu
tionary movement and rose to become the first president in
the history of Iran.
Known as a moderate both during the hostage crisis and in
domestic policy, Bani-Sadr fended off hard-line Islamic fun
damentalist opponents for 17 months before his downfall.
During the Iran-Iraq war, he attained great popularity
with his visits to the front in his role as chief of the army —
the first post Khomeini stripped him of leading to his down
fall.
Even in elections last week that chose Premier Moham
med Ali Rajai as his successor, Bani-Sadr gained 600 write-in
votes.
Nearly 285 of Bani-Badr’s supporters have been executed
since he fled from his offices in Tehran.
Fwo research centers established
Two new research centers, one deal-
ig with theoretical physics and the
ther with approximation studies in
Sathematics, have been established in
exas A&M University’s College of Sci-
TSjf/'nce.
_JLN Both centers were created to coor-
j mate research efforts already taking
^ x A ‘ Jace in the physics and math depart-
nents, as well as to serve as a focus for
ttracting top scientists to conduct their
mrk at Texas A&M, said department
fflcials.
Creation of the Center for Theoretic-
1 Physics and the Center for Approx-
5-8751 Bption Theory were approved Tuesday
»y the Texas A&M University System
Board of Regents. In each case funding
will be provided primarily by public and
private research agencies.
“The concept for the Center in
Theoretical Physics is to bring together
experts in various areas of specialized
study such as elementary particles,
solid state and atomic physics to share
the expertise that can be applied in
other areas,” said Dr. Robert Tribble,
head of the physics department.
Tribble said the center is expected to
coordinate the work of about 15 faculty
members and as many as 10 postdoctor
al students from the physics and mathe
matics departments.
The Center for Approximation
Theory in the mathematics department
initially will involve the work of Drs.
Charles Chui, Larry Schumaker and Joe
Ward who are using computer models
to approximate solutions to mathema
tical problems where exact solutions
cannot be calculated.
“We want to show that Texas A&M is
emphasizing research in this field,” said
Ward, “by inviting scientists from
abroad to study here and attracting new
faculty members to Texas A&M.”
Ward said the mathematics depart
ment also hopes creation of the center
will be instrumental in bringing editor
ship of the JVOURNALOF Approxima
tion Theory to Texas A&M.
Eastern Onion
Staff photo by Greg Gammon
Harry Green, president of the Aggie Club on
campus, Monday received a “no occasion” sing
ing telegram from Janus Refferer, courtesy of
Bill Gouldin. Refferer is a representative of
Eastern Onion, a nation-wide franchise which
delivers singing telegrams in person by uni
formed messenger, complete with a mechanical
monkey. Eastern Onion is new in Bryan-College
Station and will deliver over 95 different mes
sages from birthday greetings to no message.
Student radio KANM-FM
looking for new station home
By DENISE RICHTER
Battalion Staff
Wanted: good home for KANM-FM,
one ofTexas A&M University’s student-
operated radio stations.
The eight-year-old station used to
broadcast from the B-l Lounge, located
between Moore and Crocker halls. But,
because of the division of the North
Area residence halls, the B-l Lounge
will now serve as the North Area Office.
The existing North Area Office will
house the Central Area Office, Assistant
Area Coordinator Tim Sweeney said.
KANM Station Manager Todd Gross
said: “The North Area Office has done
everything it could to help us, but space
on this campus is hard to come by.
We re desperate — if we don’t find
something soon, we may not be able to
operate during the fall.” Gross is a
senior chemical engineering major from
Dallas.
The Department of Student Activi
ties is also helping KANM in its search.
Department head Dr. Carolyn Adair
said, “We have a possible room in the
basement of the health center, but the
room is filled up with telephone equip
ment. This equipment would be moved
out as soon as GTE finishes its
changeover on campus so, until then,
we’re in a holding pattern. We’re still
continuing to look though.”
KANM broadcasts by means of tele
phone lines strung between the studio
and the Midwest Video station. It takes
IV2 months to have these lines installed,
Gross said.
“We need to find a studio as soon as
possible,” he said. “If any building has a
12-foot space that’s not being used, we’d
be glad to put it to use. If anyone knows
of anything we could use, please contact
the Student Government office or the
Department of Student Affairs. ”
The station would need the space for
IV2 years, Gross said, because KANM
will move to the Animal Science Pavi
lion after it is remodeled. However, the
remodeling of the pavilion won’t be
completed for IV2 years.
The station, which broadcasts con
tinuously, has become more popular
over the past year. Gross said. “We
have a lot of good announcers, and each
week we broadcast two album shows in
conjunction with the record stores in
town. This fall, we’d planned to put in
phone lines and have a talk show — a
type of on-the-air letters to the editor’
show.
“Were one of the few stations in the
state that plays such a broad range of
music. We have albums ranging from
the Sex Pistols to Hank Williams in the
studio and, unlike some stations, if
someone calls in and wants to hear
something played, it will be played.”
The station is funded primarily
through donations. “We don’t need
much money,” Gross said. “We get
most of our albums free from the record
companies and all of our announcers are
student and staff volunteers. The only
thing we need is a place to operate. ”