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he Battalion |ol. 75 No. 31 16 Pages Serving the Texas A&M University community Wednesday, October 14, 1981 College Station, Texas USPS 045 360 Phone 845-2611 The Weather Today Tomorrow High 88 High 85 Low 75 Low 75 Chance of rain 30% Chance of rain 30% ubarak sworn in s president today ty. Fil DR DRK 500 :rve United Press International IRO, Egypt — Hosni Mubarak more than 99 percent of the vote to fceed slain Anwar Sadat today as lident of Egypt amid growing ten- s with Libya. The tensions with Libya mounted sday when two bombs exploded ird an Air Malta aircraft that arrived i Tripoli, killing two airport workers injuring eight policemen, he Interior Ministry protested “this action and officials said it was the bombs were placed on the ie in Tripoli. The plane carried itly Sudanese workers. Egypt has re- edly accused Libyan leader Col. nmar Khadafy of threatening the Ian, Egypt’s southern neighbor, incomplete returns gave Mubarak, only candidate in a national referen- Tuesday, more than 99 percent of vote in an election ratifying his nination by Parliament, is swearing in and a subsequent cy statement to parliament were Jeduled to follow today’s official tally final results, continuing what has •n a smooth transition to the new emment. he killing of Sadat raised fears for h Egypt’s internal stability and ce in the region. IVitnesses said two civilian aiiport workers were killed and eight police men injured when two bombs exploded Tuesday while being unloaded from an Air Malta Boeing 737 that arrived from Tripoli, Libya, with at least 93 passen gers aboard. If the plane had not arrived 25 mi nutes late, the bombs would have ex ploded in the airport’s arrival lounge. If they had gone off early the plane would have exploded in flight, killing the pas sengers who were mostly Sudanese workers. Sudanese President Jaafar Numeiry, scheduled to precede Mubarak to the rostrum at today’s swearing in, cast a symbolic vote for Sadat’s hand-picked successor Tuesday. Mubarak has sworn to protect Sudan against Khadafy’s forces. In Washington, a State Department spokesman said the United States is considering accelerating its $200 mil lion program for Sudan — half for milit ary assistance, half for economic aid — but would not ask Congress for more. Secretary of State Alexander Haig said it would be "somewhat overdrawn” to say the United States is prepared to defend Sudan against Libyan aggression and ruled out a combat role. But Egypt’s internal security is major concern and Interior Minister Nabawi Ismail told a crowd outside a polling station that he personally would lead in purging Islamic fanatics, who assassin ated Sadat and battled police last week in the southern city of Asyut. "I will go down personally to the streets, leading my policemen in purg ing Egypt of these groups and this ter rorism,” he said. Police already had orders to shoot on sight anyone under mining the nation’s security. Police arrested five militants, includ ing two wanted for the Asyut riots, after a shootout Tuesday near the Cairo pyra mids. A sixth was arrested later. Televi sion broadcast photographs of four other men sought by police. Ismail said Moslem fundamentalists, who follow the line of Iranian religious leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, wanted to lead Egypt “to ruin and des truction.” The stiff new penalties Ismail announced included imprisonment and in some cases hard labor for anyone with unlicensed arms, wearing unauthorized uniforms, harboring fugitives or con cealing information about conspiracies. The newspaper Mayo, organ of the ruling National Democratic Party, said Mubarak and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin agreed to hold a sum mit meeting “at an appropriate time” to continue the Middle East peace process started by Sadat. enter finds employment 'or job-experienced grads id lace ie get tey the }US 100. ble ned o e. I By JENNIF'ER WAYMAN Battalion Reporter ■ Where does an experienced Texas A&M graduate go to find a job? The Bumni Placement Center is one place. | The Alumni Placement Center is t of the Career Planning and Place- ent Center, located on the 10th floor Rudder Tower. The purpose of the nter is to find jobs for Texas A&M aduates who have job experience in eir field, but who are either unem- loyed or looking for a job change. The center publishes a job call bulle- twice a month which is sent free of large to all alumni registered with the nter as well as to all departments on mpus, Lesa Colson, secretary for the lumni Placement Center, said. ■ The job call bulletin is a list of the |ames, addresses and phone numbers companies who call the center look- g specifically for graduates with job Experience. The alumni contact the companies rectly to set up interviews, and the r Established in 1972 companies usually make transportation arrangements for the applicants to come to the interviews, Colson said. “About 85 percent of the people that call wanting alumni are A&M graduates themselves,” she said, “and that’s why they go through us.” In order to receive its services, gra duates must register with the Alumni Placement Center by filling out a regis tration packet consisting of a standard resume form, a consent form to release records and a card which is used to file graduates by their respective degrees. This form is available at the main desk of the Career Planning and Placement Center. After returning the form to the cen ter, graduates are put on the center’s mailing list and files are created for them. Colson said graduates may put additional information in their files such as recommendations and transcripts, if they wish. There are currently 420 alumni on the mailing list; 95 percent of these peo ple live out of town. “Even if the alumni want to stop receiving the job call bulletin, their files are always kept,” Colson said. This en ables them to get back on the mailing list at any time. She said about 50 percent of the alumni who use the services of the cen ter are successful in getting a job. Another source of job information for alumni is the Placement Center Library which is also located on the 10th floor of Rudder. Colson said the library has bin ders of job announcements from large companies that want to hire several peo ple at a time. These jobs are not limited to the Texas area, she said, and some are overseas. The Career Planning and Placement Center and its library are open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Fri day. During the recruiting seasons — September through December and February through May — the center is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Riding in the sunset Staff photo by Brian Tate This weathervane, depicting a cowboy riding a bucking bronco, is silhouetted against the setting sun of a cool fall day. The weathervane is one of two weathervanes located on top of the Forestry Building. The other weathervane shows a cowboy doing tricks with a lariat. Cavalry a reminder of past armed forces Parsons' Mounted Cavalry rides in for review before the Texas A&M vs. University of Houston football game last Saturday. The cavalry Staff photo by Dave Einsel participates in march-ins at home football games during the year and also serves as color guard at various rodeos. By JOHN BRAMBLETT Battalion Reporter It’s like a scene out of the movie “We’ve Never Been Licked”, the film about Texas A&M University in the 1940s, the college’s military back ground and spirit. Cavalrymen and their horses set in a rustic background of hay, mud, manure and tobacco spit. The 1940s scene is also a 1980s scene on Fiddler’s Green, the 57-acre home of the Parsons Mounted Cavalry. The cavalry, named in honor of former Corps Commandant Col. Thomas Par sons, is a group of cadets keeping alive the memories of an armed force that traveled on four legs. “ We re trying to preserve what A&M used to be and what we never want it to lose,” said Kenny Ray, a senior agricul ture education major from Grand Saline. Ray commands the cavalry. The cavalry was established in 1972. Three Corps members proposed the plan to Parsons, then commandant. He liked the idea and the Texas A&M caval ry was born. It was named after Parsons because of his interest in and support of the organi zation. “He supports us 100 percent,” Ray said. Parsons said the cavalry was estab lished for cadets who are not comman ding officers or Ross Volunteers but who are outstanding Corps members. The Corps tends to give a lot of awards to the same people, he said. “I wasn't an RV, but I always thought I was a good Aggie,” he said. But adopting this policy to reward the unrewarded recently created problems for the cavalry. “The cavalry became a collection bowl for anyone who couldn’t make it anywhere else,” Ray said. F urthermore. Administrative Sergeant John Mottley said, “In the past three or four years the cav has gotten a bad reputation in the Corps.” But, Ray said, the attitude of the Class of ‘82 has turned the cavalry in a more positive direction. One way the cavalry has attempted to change its image is by requiring its members to maintain high standards, he said. A cadet applying for the cavalry must have and maintain a 2.0 overall grade point ratio. If a member’s grades drop below this mark, he does not ride, Ray said. The cavalry also has benefited from outside groups’ generosity. Pin Oaks Stables in Houston gave the cavalry a 75- to 80-horse barn, Ray said. He said they hope to have it set up by the end of this month. And the Beaumont A&M Club has helped move the barn to the cavalry’s location on FM 2818 and Tur key Creek Road. Many of the Parsons Mounted Caval ry’s horses, as well as its mule, are don ated or loaned, Ray said. The seed for their oats and rye fields, a tractor, labor for sewing the pastures and the use of a gooseneck horse trailer were all don ated by W.P. Scamardo of Bryan, he said. In the fall the cavalry is visible at march-ins prior to the football games. In the spring they ride in parades and serve as color guards in various rodeos. Ray said the cavalry’s parading with American flags is an honor for the caval ry members. The cavalry has ridden in the Hous ton Livestock Show and Rodeo, the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show and the Dogwood Festival in Woodville. House ready to reject AWACS deal United Press International WASHINGTON — President Reagan’s proposed Saudi arms deal is headed for defeat in the House, but over in the Senate the fate of package — his first major foreign policy battle on Capitol Hill — remains in doubt. House Speaker Thomas O’Neill predicts the House, scheduled to vote today, would oppose the $3.1 billion measure on a 3-1 margin. The White House conceded defeat in this cham ber and focused efforts on the Senate. The head count in the Senate, plan ning to vote next Tuesday or Wednes day, shows Reagan still behind. For the $8.5 billion package to be stopped, both chambers must oppose it. The package includes five radar- packed Airborne Warning and Con trol System aircraft, eight KC-707 flying tankers, 202 special fuel tanks and 1,177 Sidewinder missiles for 62 F-15 fighters already ordered by Saudi Arabia. Reagan maintains the sale is vital to Middle East security, but foes con tend the planes could accelerate a Middle East arms race and add to the area’s instability. Senate Republican leader Howard Baker said the fight is to be won or lost on the Senate floor. He estimated opponents now have no more than 45 to 47 hard votes against tile deal. They need 51 to kill it. But a spokesman for Assistant Democratic leader Alan Cranston of California put the figure of rejection at 55. Ten of the Senate Foreign Rela tions Committee’s 17 members, schduled to vote Thursday afternoon, oppose the package — enough to re commended disapproval.