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Vol. 75 No. 106 USPS 045360 18 Pages
College Station, Texas
Monday, March 1, 1982
staff photo by Colin Valentine
{Texas A&M students and Bryan-College Station residents Carta, currently on display in room 226 MSC. The Magna
waited in line up to an hour Sunday to view the Magna Carta is kept is a sealed case because of its age.
na Carta
Historical document attracts locals
Nearly 2,500 people viewed the
Magna Carta in the first eight hours
of the exhibit, said Robert Green, of
the Magna Carta in America Founda
tion, late Sunday afternoon.
The guest registry shows that most
of the visitors were from the local
area. Many brought spouses and chil
dren to inspect a charter which has
been called the father of the Amer
ican Constitution.
The 766-year-old document is on
display under dim light to prevent
fading. Cameras and flashes are pro
hibited for the same reason.
Guides, mostly local residents,
have volunteered time to be available
for answering questions about the
document’s history and meaning.
One of the guides, Ward Wells, an
associate professor of architecture,
said the most popular question comes
when people can’t find King John’s
signature on the document and want
to know where he signed it.
“Of course he didn’t,” Wells said.
“But people know it’s a contract and
they want to see his signature.”
Instead of signing such documents,
the king attached his seal to it. A facsi
mile of his round, embossed seal is on
display with the Magna Carta as is a
replica of his crown.
In conjunction with this week’s ex
hibit of the Magna Carta, a series of
talks on the document’s historical im
portance will be presented.
The Very Rev. Oliver Fiennes,
dean of Lincoln Cathedral in Eng
land, will speak today at 12:30 p.m. in
201 MSC.
Dr. J.R.Q. Adams, associate pro
fessor of history, will speak at 12:30
p.m. Tuesday in 206 MSC on “Magna
Carta — Good Guys versus Bad Guys?
See related story page 4
Assailants
attack top
politician
United Press International
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador —
Gunmen attacked the motorcade of a
top member of the ruling Christian
Democratic Party and rebels re
portedly wounded the commander of
government troops waging the
heaviest fighting in more than a year.
Unidentified gunmen Sunday
fired on a motorcade carrying Julio
Samayoa, secretary general of El Sal
vador’s ruling Christian Democratic
Party, near the town of Jiquilisco,
some 50 miles east of the capital, a
resident said.
Party spokesmen confirmed the
assault but would neither confirm nor
deny reports that Samayoa’s car was
hit. No deaths or injuries were re
ported in the attack.
The assault on Samayoa’s auto
mobile was the third in as many days
against politicians vying for posts in
the March 28 constituent assembly
elections.
Roberto D’Aubuisson, leader of
the right-wing Nationalist Republican
Alliance, was slightly wounded Satur
day in the town of San Sebastian. Five
party members were wounded in an
attack on the party headquarters in
San Salvador.
None of the in the three attacks
have been identified.
The insurgents’ clandestine Radio
Venceremos claimed rebel forces
ambushed and wounded Col.
Edmundo Palacios, commander of a
week-long, 1,000-man government
sweep of the Guazapa Volcano, about
30 miles north of San Salvador.
Poor communications to the area
hindered immediate confirmation.
Council to pick
new officers
A Historical Overview.”
The Magna Carta will be displayed
in 226 MSC today and Tuesday. The
exhibit is limited to school groups
from 9 a.m. to noon but is open to the
public from noon to 6 p.m. Admission
is free.
Texas A&M University is the first
stop on the 14-week national tour that
will take the document to Mississippi,
Tennessee, North Carolina, South
Carolina and Virginia. This is the
fifth time the document has been on
public exhibit in the United States.
Last year’s second runner-up gets title
by Johna Jo Maurer
Battalion Staff
The MSC Council will hear recom
mendations from the council nomi
nating committee on applicants for 21
council positions at tonight’s meeting
in 216T MSC.
Nine vice presidential positions in
the areas of development, finance,
operations, educational, cultural, en
tertainment and recreational prog
rams, public relations and student de
velopment will be filled. Twelve dire
ctor positions will also be filled.
Council President Doug Dedeker
said 30-35 applications have been
submitted. Applicants are asked to
specify a second choice in the event
that applications are not submitted
for all open positions, he said.
Applications have been received
for all positions but vice president of
educational programs, director of
non-MSC services, director of finan
cial procedures and director of
budgets and planning.
The nominating committee, made
up of two faculty members, two MSC
staff members, one former student
and 11 students from the MSC Coun
cil interviewed applicants this
weekend.
The committee, divided into three
groups, questioned applicants on Col
lege Union philosophy, future plans
for the position and leadership skills.
Formulation of the recommenda
tion to be presented at tonight’s coun
cil meeting is based on the applicant’s
interview, application and past per
formance in the MSC organization.
Input on applicants is also pro
vided by current officers, Dedeker
said.
Other council business will include
a report from the Building Studies
Committee concerning the proposed
electronic sign for promoting campus
programs. The proposal will be re
viewed and opened to discussion.
Dedeker said the council passed a
proposal for the sign two years ago,
but some changes have occurred since
then and he'wants to confirm that the
sign will adhere to its original goal set
by the council.
Because of a lack of information
about the sign, the Student Senate
Wednesday defeated a proposal
which would support the project
The proposed site for the electro
nic sign is the corner of Joe Routt and
Houston streets, in front of G. Rollie
White Coliseum.
Proposals for placement of large
objects on campus must be reviewed
by a siting committee to determine
whether the University can be proud
of them and really needs them, Dede
ker said.
The siting committee, chaired by
Wayne Stark, University President
Frank E. Vandiver’s assistant for cul
tural development, includes physical
plant and grounds maintenance per
sonnel.
The council also will hear a report
from the MSC Spring Leadership
Committee. This year’s trip, open to
campus student leaders, will be
March 26-28. Students will spend the
weekend in Houston attending oper
as, ballets and visiting a;, t museums.
The cost is $50 per student which in
cludes room and board.
Tonight’s meeting will begin at
7:30.
Senior chosen ‘82 Miss Texas A&M
Gina Geiger
1982 Miss Texas A&M
by Daniel Puckett
Battalion Staff
The second time was the charm for
Gina Geiger, 21, who won the 1982
Miss Texas A&M University title
Saturday night.
Geiger, a senior secondary educa
tion major from Houston, was the
second runner-up in last year’s com
petition. This year, she defeated 19
other women in Rudder Auditorium.
A transfer student from Kilgore
Junior College, Geiger is a former
Kilgore Rangerette and a participant
in a number of gymnastics competi
tions.
According to pageant rules, 50
percent of a contestant’s score is based
on her performance in the talent
competition. Geiger’s dance-
gymnastics routine to the theme from
the movie “For Your Eyes Only”
earned her wildly enthusiastic ap
plause.
Geiger won the right to represent
Texas A&M at the Miss Texas
Pageant in July. She also won a $ 1,000
scholarship to the University, a
$1,000 wardrobe allowance for the
Miss Texas contest, a year’s member
ship to Shape Way, some 14 karat
gold jewelry, an official crown and
trophy and the use of a 1982 Cadillac
for official pageant business.
First runner-up was Ronda Wil
liams, a junior education major from
Longview. Williams won a $500 scho
larship and will take Geiger’s place if
she cannot serve or if Geiger wins the
Miss Texas title.
Second runner-up was Theresa
Jones, a sophomore marketing and
management major from Hearne.
Jones will receive a $400 scholarship.
Third runner-up Tara Short, a soph
omore floriculture major from
Phoenix, Arizona, won a $300 scho
larship. Fourth runner-up was Corin-
ne Sloan, a sophomore health educa
tion major from McGregor. Sloan
won a $200 scholarship.
The non-finalist talent winner was
Martha Zerwas, a junior biology ma
jor from Houston. Zerwas sang an
original song and accompanied her
self on guitar. The non-finalist win
ner of the swimsuit competition was
Sharon Pickard, a junior bio-medical
science major from San Antonio.
Entertainment for the show was
provided by a number of former win
ners in various levels of the Miss
America pageant and by singer Dan
ny Fordyce.
The Texas A&M Jazz Band played
throughout the evening, and the
Showcase Dancers performed two
numbers.
The pageant, sponsored by the
MSC Hospitality Committee, marked
the end of Cindy Green’s term as Miss
Texas A&M. She assumed the title
1 after Sheri Ryman, the 1981 contest
winner, was crowned Miss Texas.
Both Green and Ryman attended
the pageant, and Ryman crowned
Geiger at the end of the competition.
Also present were several prospective
contestants in the 1982 Miss Texas
Pageant.
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