Vol, 75 No. 35
12 Pages
Battalion
Serving the Texas A&M University community
Tuesday, October 20, 1981 DSPS 045 360
College Station, Texas Phone 845-2611
The Weather
Today
Tomorrow
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High
...80
Low
58
Low
...62
Chance of rain. .
....20%
Chance of rain
. 30%
Ironwork in the light
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The intricate ironwork over the inside of the
windows and doors in the first floor foyer of the
Systems Administration Building provides a
detailed outline as the sun shows through the
stained glass that it covers. The waxed floors
also caught the reflection of the design.
lalese to speak at 8 p.m. in theater
on ‘Sex in these United States’
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vest, and he’ll be in Rudder Theater at
8p.m. tonight to talk about it.
I His speech, entitled "Sex in These
llnited States,” will be sponsored by
tkMSC Great Issues Committee.
Talese is the author of "Thy Neigh-
icrsWife," a book about sexual atti-
udes among middle-aged American
Ben — what they seek, how business
aten to their desires and what forces
Bbelieves denies them sexual satisfac-
lon.
Lack of sexual information as a child
inspired Talese’s interest in America’s
sexual attitudes, he said in a New York
Times Magazine interview.
“It was all fire and brimstone,” he
said. “Sex was dirty, filth. I remember
sennons in my parish denouncing
books, lists of movies you should not
see. It was all right and wrong, angels
and devils.”
’Thy Neighbor’s Wife” is Talese’s
third best-seller. Since 1969 he’s writ
ten a book about mafia involvement,
"Honor Thy Father,” and one on The
New York Times dynasty, "The King
dom and the Power.”
Talese graduated from the University
of Alabama in 1953 and w’ent to work as a
copy boy and sports reporter for the
New York Times. He then moved up to
the paper’s city staff and, in the early
1960s, began writing profiles for Es
quire Magazine.
He describes his writing style as “an
attempt to write about people in drama
tic situations without influencing that
situation, without altering it, without
distorting it.”
Poland, Solidarity
attempt to end strikes
United Press International
WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s gov
ernment, ordered by Moscow to end
unrest, sought an agreement with Soli
darity today to halt an eruption of wild
cat strikes and strike threats by workers
defying the union and authorities.
In Paris, Solidarity leader Lech
Walesa said Monday the unpre
cedented concentration of powers in
Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski may help
solve the crisis and pledged “we always
are ready to sit down” with the new
Communist Party chief.
But Walesa’s leading adviser, Bronis
law Gieremek, warned “the dramatic
decision to give all the powers to
Jaruzelski may be a last-chance solu
tion.”
Solidarity and government officials
met into the night Monday trying to
stop a weeklong strike by 12,000 textile
and garment workers in Zyrardow, a
town outside Warsaw.
Other talks in Bydgoszcz, in north-
central Poland, sought to avert a strike
in 17 major chemical plants around the
country by workers demanding longer
vacations, access to better health facili
ties and extra pay for dangerous work.
Local Solidarity chapters defied
appeals by both union leaders and the
Communist Party to end strikes and
threats of strikes — most over dwind
ling food supplies.
“We checked the shops and there was
no improvement. There still was no
thing there,” a Solidarity member in
Zyrardow said Monday.
In Moscow, Soviet President Leonid
Brezhnev promised “understanding
and support” for Jaruzelski, who Sun
day became Communist Party chief in
addition to prime minister and defense
minister.
But the five-paragraph message also
told him to lead “against encroachments
by counterrevolution” and to overcome
“the political and economic crisis of the
country.”
A Western diplomat said it left no
doubt the Kremlin expects him to re
verse the disarray.
“He would have a hard time missing
the point,” the diplomat said.
Other Western diplomats suggested
Poland is near martial law. Jaruzelski
held a meeting Monday of the Military
Council, which only meets in times of
tension.
But in the province of Piotrkow Try-
bunalski, the local union chapter ex
tended the deadline for today’s general
strike until Friday to await the outcome
of a crucial meeting of Solidarity’s lead
ers Thursday.
Walesa, on a visit ending today, told
reporters he would cooperate com
pletely with Jaruzelski but Solidarity
will always oppose an “exported govern
ment,” apparently one imposed by a
foreign power.
Walesa said he was not prepared to
renegotiate all of last year’s Gdansk
accords with the government as deman
ded, but agreed some parts might need
revision.
In Washington, State Department
spokesman Alan Romberg said he
hoped the government and union would
use the “conciliation, compromise and
peaceful measures” shown in the past.
Ring time rolls around
for Texas A&M seniors
By BARBIE WOELFEL
Battalion Staff
It’s mid-term and students fulfilling
the correct requirements can soon be
gin ordering their senior rings.
To quality for a Texas A&M senior
ring, an undergraduate student must
have a minimum of 92 semester hours of
which 30 hours were completed at
Texas A&M University. He also must
be in good standing with the University.
And at least one week before order
ing, the student must leave his name
and identification number with the ring
clerk in Heaton Hall so his eligibility
can be verified.
Or, the student may present his mid
semester grade report to the ring clerk
proving that he has completed or is pas
sing 92 hours.
Graduate students may order rings at
the beginning of their last semester af
ter certain requirements are met and
formal application for a degree is made.
Oct. 26 has been tentatively set as the
day students who meet the require
ments can begin ordering their rings.
However, this date will be not be defi
nite until the manufacturer has agreed
to begin receiving orders, Carolyn
Swanzy, ring clerk, said.
The cost of a senior ring varies from
month to month because of the fluctuat
ing price of gold. However, the ring
manufacturer guarantees the price of
the ring through a certain day of each
month.
And orders must arrive at the factory
by a designated date to assure the price
at which the ring was sold.
All orders are sent in at the same
time, which keeps the price lower be
cause of less paperwork by the ring clerk
and the manufacturer. This also allows
for same-day delivery of all rings.
Contrary to what some students may
have believed in the past, Swanzy said,
senior rings are not funded in part by
the Association of Former Students.
The Association has never paid any
money toward the cost of the ring, she
said.
However, limited financial assistance
is available through the Student Finan
cial Aid Office in the YMCA Building.
Trade-ins of old high school rings are
also allowed, but full payment is re
quired when the order is placed. The
trade-ins are sent to the manufacturer
and refunds usually are received within
six weeks.
Requirements for qualifying for a
senior ring are established by the Senior
Ring Committee and the ring clerk.
The committee consists of members
representing various departments on
campus, class presidents and staff rep
resentatives from the Association of
Former Students.
The committee was formed to stan
dardize the design of the ring and con
trol its manufacture and distribution in
order to preserve the tradition and in
tegrity of the ring.
The oldest known Aggie ring is from
the class of 1889 which featured the let
ters AMC intertwined on the crest.
But, records indicate the current
Aggie ring was designed by E.C.
Joneas, class of 1894.
Insignia on the the ring were sup
posedly designed to symbolize virtues
of Texas A&M graduates.
The shield on the top stands for pro
tection of the good reputation of the
alma mater.
The 13 stripes inside the shield repre
sent the 13 original states and symbolize
the intense patriotism of graduates and
undergraduates at Texas A&M.
The five stars in the shield refer to the
phase of development of the student:
mind and intellect, body, spiritual
attainment, emotional poise and integ
rity of character.
The eagle typifies agility and power to
reach great heights of ambitions.
The right side of the ring bears the
state seal of Texas authorized by the
Texas Constitution in 1845. And the five
points on the star are encircled with a
wreath of laurel leaves which symbolize
achievement and a desire for peace. The
live-oak leaves symbolize the strength
to fight.
Engraved on the left side of the ring is
an ancient cannon, saber and rifle.
These three symbols are intended to
remind Aggies that men of Texas fought
for their land and are determined to
defend their homeland.
The saber stands for valor and confi
dence, while the rifle and cannon sym
bolize preparedness and defense.
The crossed flags of the United States
and Texas beneath the cannon, saber
and rifle recognize the dual allegiance to
nation and state.
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| Peruvians want ag research system
Staff photo by Dave Einsel
lx>ren Schulze and Raul Figueroa of Lima, Peru discuss potential plans System in Peru. Texas A&M may assist the country in the $14 million
to establish an Agricultural Research, Extension and Educational effort to further the socio-economic development of Peruvian farmers.
By NANCY WEATHERLEY
Battalion Staff
| Representatives from Peru arc at
Texas A&M University today, discus
sing the possibility ofTcxas A&M assist-
ingthe country in a $14 million effort to
establish a national Agricultural Re
search, Extension and Education Sys
tem in Peru.
I Loren Schulze, project officer and
rural development officer of Agency for
International Development, and Raul
ffigueroa, executive director of research
with the National Agrarian Research
and Promotion Institute, arc looking at
the capabilities of Texas A&M to assist
in the venture, Bill Ross, assistant dire
ctor of international programs, said.
The main goal of the project is to
“further the socio-economic develop
ment of the Peruvian small farmers so as
'to increase the production and income
ofthe rural population of Peru, " accord
ing to a news release by the Office of
[International Affairs at Texas A&M.
: The project was implemented in Au
gust 1980 when the government of Peru
land the Agency for International De
velopment signed an agreement and it
will last for approximately four years,
f Ross said the project is extremely
[large and will allow many individuals
[the chance to work abroad.
“This project will give international
experience to professors working in
[Peru, but will allow them to remain
[linked with Texas A&M,” he said.
I A decision should be made in about
three weeks between Texas A&M and
the University of North Carolina, Ross
said. The two universities were selected
from an original group of 11 institutions.
“I think the visits have gone very
well, Ross said. “It will be a very diffi
cult decision to make.
“North Carolina has had long involve
ment in the area, and they will have to
decide whether to go with an estab
lished friend or go with someone who
might offer something else.
Students
to vote today
on ERA
Texas A&M students can voice an
opinion for or against the Equal Rights
Amendment in a mock referendum
scheduled today.
The MSG Political Forum Commit
tee is sponsoring the project which
was to have begun at 10 a.m. Students
with Texas A&M ID cards can cast
ballots until 2 p.m. at these polling
locations: Sbisa Dining Hall, Memo
rial Student Center, Academic and
Agency Building, Zachry Engineering
Center and at the Corps Quadrangle.
Cindy Tannert, administrative
assistant for Political Forum, said the
project is intended to generate in
terest in a Political Forum debate
scheduled for Oct. 27 in Rudder Thea
ter at 8 p.m.
Phyllis Schafly, national chairman
of Stop ERA, and ERA advocate
Kathrine Brady will debate in the
program entitled, “Perverted Hoax or
Fundamental Freedom: The ERA.”
The proposed Equal Rights Amend
ment reads as follows:
“’Equality of rights under the law
shall not be abridged by the United
States or by any State on account of
sex.
“The Congress shall have the power
to enforce, by appropriate legislation,
the provisions of this article.
“This amendment shall take effect
two years after the date of ratifica
tion.”