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THE BATTALION MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1981 ocal / State Page 5 Senior will represent A&M at Cotton Bowl Europe Club a foreign forum By JENNIFER CARR Battalion Reporter Jane Prior, a senior market ing major from Dallas, has been :hosen to represent Texas A&M Jniversity at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas Jan. 1. Prior said she applied be- ause a friend who works in the Student Activities office told er they weren’t looking for a eauty queen, they just wanted omeone who was enthusiastic Lout Texas A&M. “I’d like to ... show what kind >f traditions we have and try and portray the school in the pest manner I can,’ Prior said, f lfeel very strong about the tra- Iditions as well as the academic Standing of A&M. ” Prior was one of 40 applicants ir the position of Cotton Bowl J-epresentative. Other Southwest Confer- bnce schools will be repre sented by their homecoming queens. The Cotton Bowl Queen will be the homecoming queen of the University of Texas. Prior will represent the Uni versity at a series of parties and luncheons during her all expense-paid weekend in Dal las. She will ride on a float in the Cotton Bowl Parade and be pre sented during the halftime show. In addition to being Texas A&M’s Cotton Bowl represen tative, Prior is active in Fish Camp, an annual orientation session sponsored by the Stu dent Y; is the president of Beta Gamma Sigma, the business honor society; and is a member of Cap and Gown, the senior honor society. The University of Texas will play the University of Alabama in the Cotton Bowl. The game will start at noon. , v -;; ■ By JOHN BRAMBLETT Battalion Reporter Representatives from 22 coun tries gather together each week to eat, drink and be merry — and to talk about Europe. The 70-member Europe Club comprises Texas A&M students whose homes are in Europe, South America, Asia, Africa and Australia. They have met every Wednesday night since 1977 at Mr. Gatti’s, located at the corner of University Drive and South College Avenue. Members mix business with pleasure, said President Ulrich Trebus, a doctoral student in sta tistics from West Germany. “We meet here every Wednes day, doing business, drinking beer and eating pizza,” he said. John Todorvic, club secretary- treasurer, said, “Our philosophy for membership in the Europe Club is if you are European, have been to Europe, want to travel to Europe or are interested in meet ing different people, you are wel come.” On Friday nights a different member of the club hosts lan guage tables at his house, Tordor- vic said. Language tables are in formal get- togethers where a dif ferent language is spoken, he said. “We’ve had French and Ger man this semester and next semester we are planning on Sla vic and Spanish,” he said. On Dec. 2, club members rec ognized Mr. Gatti’s and its owner Ron Smestuen for special support and hospitality towards the club. “Letting the Europe Club have their meetings here started in the interest of business, but it became more than that,” Smestuen said. “They’ve reminded us that hospit ality is a way of life. ” Lioubov Diangar, a genetics student from the Soviet Union, said the opportunity to meet peo- plle from different countries and discuss different problems and cultures is what makes the club worthwhile. Task force fights oilfield crimes 4 $ 4 June Prior Economic benefits debated Prison divides Navasota By TERRI COULSON Battalion Reporter uane Prestwood and Robert mir have much in common. Both are natives of Navasota, h own local businesses and :h want the best for their com- nity. [But one thing they don’t have common is the opinion they !d of the prison being built in ir county. Last November’s purchase of a 19-acre tract five miles south of [avasota for use as the site of a -inmate prison facility has ched off a wave of controversy. Sorts by Navasota residents to ;op construction of the facility liled when a state district judge n hled in March that the prison sys- im could proceed with construc- |n. Now the citizens of Navasota st adjust to the prison, restwood, owner of Ober- pfs Drug Store, opposes the on because he doesn’t think it do anything for the com- nity. thereif But, since the fight is over and i the £ prison walls are going up, “all t we can do now is keep the der dry, be vigilant and pray hope nothing adverse hap- ,” Prestwood said. Those of us who are against the Ison will resist any enlargement at will remove more land from 1 ! flic lax rolls, he said. The tax- |:empt site has already decreased d taxes $2,432.50 annually. |Any change bringing more ryanljrisoners into the area will also be ofiifiught,” Prestwood said. “Our Tjitrol is limited, if we really have iy to speak of at all. the other hand, Nemir, Her of P. Nemir Dry Goods, |s the prison as an industry. The economic reasons are nifest,” he said. “The payroll Id the employment potential are There is the potential for cooperative effort between the |pxas Department of Corrections Navasota for progress of the m.” emir pointed out that sur- nding counties have state- ded institutions. fWashington County has its te school. Waller County has [aide View A&M, Brazos Coun- has Texas A&M and Walker County has the Huntsville prison system,” Nemir said. “I figure if they can do their part, so can we. ” Nemir compared the Navasota prison construction to economic expansion in Hollis, a small East Texas town located in northern Grimes County. Hollis is booming, Nemir said, because of construction on a new Texas Municipal Power Authority site. The prison construction could have a similar effect in Nava sota, he said. Another Navasota resident who believes the prison will aid com munity growth is Bob Rule. Rule, executive vice president of the Grimes County Chamber of Commerce, approves of the pris on because he said the prison will boost the economy with its $3 mil lion payroll and 225 new jobs. “The TDC needs the prison badly,” Rule said. “Why can’t we bear the burden? It has to go somewhere, and we have the place for it here. Betty Jane Burlin, the Navasota real estate agent who sold the pris on property to the state, said the prison will help the economy. It will not keep people from moving into the area or hurt the value of surrounding property, she said. “I ve sold three places within a two-mile radius of the prison site for a lot more than I sold the prison property for, she said. However, another Navasota real estate agent disagrees. “Navasota is an up-and-coming community,” John Milligan said. “And people from Houston (mov ing into the area) are not going to want to live next to a prison. At present, Milligan doesn’t know of anyone moving away be cause of the prison, but he said the prison will hurt further growth. United Press International DALLAS — The head of a spe cial task force on theft of oilfield equipment said a new state orga nization to combat the $100 mil lion annual problem will be estab lished within the next year. The organization will compile data on stolen oilfield equipment around the state and will handle an oilfield-theft telephone line where companies can report crimes, said Gene Wright, an in dependent Texas oilman. 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