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Local / State THE BATTALION Page 5 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16. 1981 A&M international students featured in TV series By LAURA LARSON Battalion Reporter “Beyond Our Borders,” a TV program taped at KAMU-TV with the cooperation of the Texas A&M International Student Association ill feature several Texas A&M International students. The 10-week series was created ’in an attempt to give Americans nsight to different cultures. “Very few Americans know nything about cultures besides their own, ” Ruth Bomar, program producer-director, said. “If we understood other cultures and how their people think, I believe it would help international under standing and be reflected in our foreign policy.” Each part of the series features a different country which was selected by the ISA. However, the programs focus on the fact that the individuals are citizens of their country, rather than students at Texas A&M. There are between 1700 and 1800 foreign students Trom about 85 countries attending the Uni versity, Geraldo Alves do O, ISA president said. Alves do O is a graduate student in Agricultural Economics from Brazil. He said the countries featured in the series were chosen because they each have more than 15 stu dents in their organization. Fif teen is the minimum number that a group of students from a particu lar country can have to form a club. The selection also was based on regional location, he said. The series covers the Americas, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Euro pean countries are not repre sented because there aren’t enough students from a European country to form a club. Taping for “Beyond the Bor ders” began in mid-July and was completed the first week of Au gust, Bomar said. About 50 Texas A&M students are featured in the programs. The format for each country in cludes a presentation of an art form, a custom, tradition or music, a food dish typical of that country, a discussion on current political trends and a historical re view or geographical representa tion. Initial plans for the series in cluded 12 countries, Alves do O said, but two that were chosen dropped from the roster for poli tical reasons. He said ISA appreciates KAMU-TV for developing the shows because “they help open a window for Americans about other countries and show that there is some understanding between them.” ISA promotes cultural, social and political activities and spon sors seminars to help narrow gaps between foreign students and Americans, Alves do O said. Featured in order of their appearance will be India, Vene zuela, the Republic of China (Taiwan), Palestine, South Korea, Nigeria, Mexico, Lebanon, Tan zania and El Salvador. The prog rams will air on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. and Saturdays at 3 p.m. hree-car taxi fleet brings exas-style travel to Dallas b 'a ion. livifei re :an attf United Press International DALLAS — For the out-of- ;owner, Big D comes on like an musement park, and now there’s fitting ride to take you from one ittraction to another. Conceived on a typically Texan ild hair by writer Kirk Dooley nd banker DeWitt Ray, the Texas axi limousine service gives the raveler a taste of the mobile good - Texas style — in a white adillac convertible with lon- orns on the hood, Texas flags uttering from the fenders, and me Star longnecks in the fridge. “It’s really a grand sight to see the whole three-car fleet coming down the street at once,” said Ray, 26. But to hear Ray tell it, it’s hard to say who has more fun — the driver or the passenger. Since Texas Taxi opened May 3, Ray and Dooley have chaf- feured Larry Hagman, Linda will k: Gray, and others from the “Dal las” television show cast, plus such luminaries as Bill Cosby and Joel Grey. But you don’t have to be a celebrity. Ray said there’s something ab out the taxi that invites clients to be as expansive as Texas itself, concocting bizarre displays of affluence of the kind that makes the state famous. “There was the time we chaf- feured for the Screen Door Open, a golf tournament that brought together 24 people from all over the world,” Ray recalled. “We picked them up early Saturday morning and took them to the Reunion Tower, where they took helicopters to the Tenison Memo rial Golf Course. “We were supposed to pick them up at the 18th green, but when they got there they all started loading their golf bags into the cars, and we became the offi cial caddys for the rest of the course. Ray says some of his best times have been when Larry Hagman is in town, ever since the time he took Hagman down to Adair’s, an authentic West Texas honky-tonk transplanted in the heart of Dallas’ arty Oak Lawn district. Ray says Hagman pronounced the Texas Taxi crew “the craziest people I’ve met in Texas.” “We worked with him and Lin da Gray once, taking them over to Fort Worth to see Joel Grey and Liza Minelli,” he recalls. “We wound up taking Joel Grey over to Billy Bob’s (billed as the world’s biggest honky tonk). “Liza didn’t get to go, but as we pulled away she was laughing so hard she was in tears, because this is exactly the kind of thing you’d expect J.R. to do.” The experience aside, Ray said the taxi service — at $50 an hour with a two-hour minimum — is on the verge of breaking even, a cou ple of months ahead of schedule. But it’s hard to see Texas Taxi as just another business. Port of Houston Authority seeks foreign trade zone “different spokes for different folks” 403 University (Northgate) Open 10-7 Mon.-Fri. 10-5 Sat. 846-BIKE TUDENT NMENT UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC AFFAIRS STUDENT ACADEMIC COUNCIL forming to serve as liaison be tween administration, faculty and students. OR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Work to resolve issues dealing with: • Q-Drops • Grade Appeals • Senior Finals • Computer Facilities • Teaching & Research MEETING: TUES., SEPT. 22 6 P.M. 502 RUDDER APPLY SEPT. 16-25 216 C MSC United Press International HOUSTON — The Port of Houston Authority plans to seek a oreign trade zone for the port hich a spokesman said would sti- <1^—uulate local economy, create jobs 1,1 and increase foreign trade. ® Port spokesman Ed Home said ■f ompaiflj adiver, id Dr ‘a foreign trade zone — where im ported goods can be stored, pro- icssed or assembled without 0,1,16 ^ lending fees or time limits and ;hen exported duty free — would ie an asset to the Gulf Coast busi ness community. The authority Monday voted to make an application for the trade zone, but Horne said it would be at least six months before it could ie established. it the r$5. ;layse« induct; Career it Cent Although outside the jurisdic tion of the U.S. Customs Service, a customs officer must be sta tioned in foreign trade zones, Horne said. Foreign trade zones are not usually utilized by consumers, but used by manufacturers. Home said. The application will be for warded to the Foreign Trade Zone Board in Washington, D.C., which is made up of the Secretar ies of Commerce, Treasury and the Army, Home said. Presently, there are about 60 foreign trade zones in the country, although only about half of them are active, Home said. At least 24 local companies had expressed an interest in a foreign trade zone operated by the Port of Houston. Home said the board has not determined a site for the trade zone, but it will be some where in Harris County. 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Mexican Independence Day celebrates the beginning of Mex ico’s fight for independence from Spain. The Spanish monarchy had ruled Mexico since the Conquest in 1521, when it set up a feudal system of land ownership and so cial hierarchy under which In dians and peasants were oppres sed. Only Spaniards were allowed in the upper classes. On Sept. 16, 1810, Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla led a group of peasants and Indians in a revolt against the Spanish govern ment. Within days, other revolu tionary groups appeared through out the country. The war lasted 11 years, until the Mexicans won their independence in 1821. YOU CAN WAIT YEARS FOR A JOB WITH RESPONSIBILITY, OR YOU CAN GET RESPONSIBILITY IN THE NAVY NOW. A civilian job with responsibility may take years to obtain, even with a college degree. But if you meet Navy standards, after four months of Officer Candidate School (OCS), you can become a Navy officer. 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