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I Battalionff March' local/state Battalion/Page 5 March 1, 1982 ivns tns dgmcnt of their pe I hc Magna Can;, e selection of 251® me this judgnttir . 10m are responsiUt, the king with pfi, o allows the baron. , ; king in any wai l ining him or his Ballew pointed ther case are tht [•executed. Magn Bill of Rightsart y are enforced, kti fhe Very Ret norable Olivet ijtleton-Wykehaa| in of Lincoln, ue of this copy of Itp Iso spoke, iennes, who <% 511a Carta when land, said thel he Nfagna Carat existing copies ! :a was originalhl he barons at : 15, 1215. Itan June 24 and basil, since. believe it sayss mous import try," Fiennes s I erenc Students ‘major’ in camping skills Program set to build leadership by Steven B. Larkin Battalion Reporter Rappelling down a 100-foot cliff or withstanding the rigors of a 12-day Rocky Mountain ski trip are ways a new' Outdoor Leadership Program plans to develop stu dents’ leadership qualities. A part of the MSC Outdoor Recreation Committee, OLP is partly modeling it’s curricu lum around that ofleadership program “Outward Bound”, OLP Director Morris Salge said. There are four phases to an Outward Bound program: pre-course orientation to eadership, the actual Out ward Bound course — usually held in a rugged wilderness [setting, the post-course wrap- up and putting what is learned into real world situa tions. The Texas A&M course will include seminars about [various aspects of wilderness leadership. Those interested in OLP ill be asked 10 sign up for a major” in either rockclimb- [ing, canoeing, kayaking or " ackpacking. They then will attend lectures that deal with topics ranging from nutrition to camping techniques. Professionals from the Uni versity and guest speakers will be the instructors of OLP stu dents. The curriculum will be di vided into three levels: • Recreation — upon com pletion a student will be able to handle himself safely in the out-of-doors. • Enthusiast — upon com pletion a student will be able to lead his peers safely in the out-of-doors. • Professional — this sec tion never is completed be cause no person can be com pletely knowledgeable in all aspects of outdoor education. The course instructors will de termine what level must be obtained to qualify a student as being knowledgeable enough to lead and instruct beginners safely in the out-of- doors. OLP is combining its prog ram with that of Outward Bound to provide the partici pants with an opportunity to test themselves in a wilderness situation. From May 16-30, OLP students will join up with a similar group from Kansas State to take part in a 12-day Outward Bound moun taineering course in the Col orado Rockies. Walter said the trip will be a true test to get out of the clas sroom and try out what has been learned. “By getting out there anc. doing it, you have developed a judgmental talent and accom plished something by con quering a challenge,” Charlie Walter, Outdoor Recreation Committee advisor, said. Four universities across the nation currently are trying out programs similar to the one Texas A&M is starting, said Ron Gager, director of program development for the Colorado Outward Bound school in Denver. One private California col lege tried its own type of leadership program and found it to be a successful edu cational tool, said Scott Har ris, associate professor of eco nomics at Chapman College and coordinator of that school’s leadership program. The Chapman College program took 14 students on a combined Outward Bound/ Leadership Program and Harris has reported 100 per cent success among the stu dents who participated. Playboy attacks drug committee United Press International DALLAS — The Texans’ War on Drugs Committee is part of a bureacratic drive to undermine basic civil liberties and is equaled only by the McCarthy era, an article in the April issue of Play boy magazine claims. The Texans’ War on Drugs Committee, headed by Dallas billionaire H. Ross Perot, cur rently has an estimated one mil lion members and recently drew national attention when First Lady Nancy Reagan met with committee members in Texas to promote the federal effort to stamp out marijuana use by minors. The article, written by Laur ence Gonzales and scheduled for distribution Tuesday, credits the Texas committee with pushing through laws that allow police to break into and enter homes to wiretap phones and create a central computer re pository for persons receiving certain prescriptions. The committee, supported by Gov. Bill Clements since early in his term, has done “more to undermine basic civil liberties than any other movement since Joe McCarthy’s anti-Communist crusade,” the article said. “I fell asleep after reading the first two pages (of the article),” was Perot’s only comment. The article charges the re newed war on drugs is a priority in Congress, and President Reagan is using the federal program and the state and local organizations it is spawning as a political tool. In Austin, Gen. Robinson Ris- ner, executive director of the ac tion-arm of the Texas anti-drug committee, took issue with the article’s claims and said grass roots support — not bureaucra tic influence — helped the laws pass. The article also charges cur rent anti-drug proposals being considered in Washington in clude using soldiers to enforce drug laws and allowing court admission of evidence seized illegally as long as police act in good faith. In the article, Texas Civil Liberties Union Executive Dire ctor John Duncan, asked to eva luate the impact of current anti drug legislation, is quoted as saying: “If we’re going to create a police state, why do it piecemeal? Let’s just tattoo a number on everybody’s arm.” ulen! Federal report says Texas has tage to the coni(|, JL / ost deficient, obsolete bridges tage able to present ial ? papers topic inorganic and ents to bioche ind computer r said. United Press Internationa] AUSTIN — The chief bridge engineer with the Highway and iublic Transportation Depart- awards presen t fent said Thursday that most 1 6 urn <fiW exas bridges cited as deficient rradua.es. The.) in a federal . re P ( ? rt c, ° not fa,i riot , director J Unde u r state jurisdiction. The federal report says near- tL fun and f ^ a quarter-million U.S. bridges uKe defective in some manner, of chemistry,Hr tuh Texas having the largest student may» number of structurally deficient rnce; registr riday in 305 • Tower for ind in 212 MSC undents. Tic m and dinner purchased atthtf iks. or funtionally obsolete bridges. Wayne Henneberger, bridge engineer for the highway de partment, said “only a couple” of bridges on the state’s highway network were considered defi cient and none suffered from structural problems. Although he had not seen the government report, Henneber ger said he was not surprised by findings that say Texas has 15,197 structurally deficient or functionally obsolete bridges. But he says those structures are off the main highway system and are not the state’s responsi bility, but the responsibility of the counties or cities. Henneberger said the state keeps a detailed inventory of failing bridges and advises the cities and counties if a bridge be comes unsafe. Under federal law, the state must spend between 15 and 35 ey devoted to bridge work on off- highway bridges. “We work on a system of priorities,” Henneberger said. “We know which ones are worst. The cities or counties have to pay 20 percent of the cost of the IFUmS MABSEf I . 1 .1 1 1 1 1 L, 1 1--L- COUPON SPECIAL ' i CJ REUBEN $ -i Guvnu/im J I 69 L ™ th tudents learn economics; run paper plane companies - . • , . I The Reuben consists of Corned Beef, Sauer- srjon’t want 5 t™o that." " » I b ra . ut ° ur s P ecial Dossing topped with State law prohibits the depart- I Swiss Cheese or Homemade Bread, ment from using state funds on | Not Valid With People Book Coupon. Coupon the off-highway bridges. I good through Sun., March 7. 329 University Northgate United Press International If DALLAS — Sure, the money Was simulated, the airplanes were paper and the tycoons were only second-graders, but financially strapped airlines Blight consider going back to hool. Teacher Jean Seymour de- was commas violed to give her class at Hyer it the U.S. ^Elementary School an econo- from 1975 tcB 1 * 08 l esson this week after a class Jeriod followini trip to Dallas Love F’ield. hing scandalxi' Students formed their own com- nti-military 'P an i es and w ith $500 worth of Vietnam \VatMP rnidated capital, launched into profits, Doll finished second to 8-year-old Glenn Stotts’ Paper Express. Stotts won only $390 in prize money, but he earned $800 in profits through a shrewd business move. Stotts early on acquired Areo Tool Co., with assets including three pairs of scissors. Refusing to sell his acquisition, Stotts lent scissors in exchange for other materials or rented them for up to $20 for five minutes. Stotts’ monopoly sliced through the competition. “We paid $ 190just for the air planes,” groaned Sara Kraemer of Famous Flyers. Magna Carta rs two Silver! :ars, an Air Mfj d three », during his >od, enhanced eputadon for rn for troop idem welfare is a two-tinte istinguished ! e nation’s * ard; two SilvS er decoration! e aviation industry. Young Matthew Doll, presi dent of his own Famous Flyers orp., produced the best paper lanes, winning $550 in play prize money because his planes tayed aloft longer and flew more accurately than other com- anies’ planes. But in the paper chase for Come Join Us For Happy Hour!! 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