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ge 12 1982 Research protects endangered animals is Karen Kaln sorority Sigma ~oceeds Home for m field, :cl dev, pj ol the 1 ill Enei cr Dep ;ing itst possjlJr^ See page 6 - h The Battalion Serving the Universily community 75 No. 123 USPS 045360 20 Pages College Station, Texas Wednesday, March 31, 1982 mm **• v * ■ ■? f f Paratroopers killed in parachute drop »> $ >> ,v '■ •, y * United Press International FORT IRWIN, Calif. — Four para troopers were killed and 71 injured in war games in the Mojave Desert — the largest airdrop since World War II — but an Army general denied the sol diers were dropped into dangerous winds. Reporters said cold winds were gusting up to 40 mph Tuesday as little as an hour before the nearly 3,000 troopers of the famed 82nd Airborne Division from Fort Bragg, N.C., bailed out of their 90 Air Force C-14 1 cargo planes. But Army Gen. Robert Kingston said winds were at an acceptable velocity shortly before the jump at 6:05 a.m. FST. Kingston, commander of the Rapid Deployment Force, whose military readiness is being tested in the Gallant Eagle 82 war games, said two soldiers died because their para chutes did not open and one was kil led when he landed on a piece of heavy equipment. The fourth victim was killed, or seriously injured, on im pact, then was dragged by his para chute. “This is why airborne soldiers get intensive training with frequent para chute jumps,” Kingston said. “Para troopers get hazardous duty pay be cause it is hazardous duty — other wise the Army wouldn’t pay them hazardous duty pay-” Kingston told reporters winds were about 7 mph in one of the two jump areas and 1 1.5 mph in the other. . T 1 - maximum allowable wind velocity in peacetime training exercises. Volatile Palestine issue heats up A&M debate by Laura Williams Battalion Staff “The Middle East: Where to Draw the Line” was the issue, and over 300 people attended a heated debate pre- W; staff photo by Sutnanesh Agrawal International Week begins President Frank Vandiver cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony of International Week, in the MSC, this morning. Seen looking on is Oussama Qawasmi, chairman of the cultural displays. Qawasmi is a graduate student from Palestine. Aside from the cultural displays in the MSC, is an international talent and cos tume show, and a food fair. Dr. Hatem I. Hussain sented bv MSC Political Forum Com mittee in Rudder Theater Tuesday night. David Schoenbrun, long-time journalist in the Middle East, and Dr. Hatem 1. Hussain, director of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s Information office in Washington, D.C., debated Palestine’s right to statehood for more than an hour as audience members shouted com ments and interrupted with applause more than 10 times. Many participants were asked to be seated as they shouted accusations to ward the speakers, and one man was removed from the theater. “The only Arab who got his land back from the Jews was Sadat,” Schoenbrun said. “Why? Because he offered his hand in peace.” Schoen brun said the Palestinians would nev er obtain statehood through violent means. Hussain countered saying: “No body leaves his home or farm because someone tells him to get out. They fight for it, and so will the people of Palestine. “The house of Israel has been built on the ashes of the house of Pales tine,” he said in opposition to Schoen- brun's claim that Palestinians were destroying Israel while trying to form their own country. In 1948 a United Nation’s parti tion ended British control of the countries of Palestine, Egypt and Jor dan, and the country of Israel was formed and Israeli occupation of Palestine began. Egypt and Jordan became Arab states. “Palestine has always been a geog raphic area. It has never been a state David Schoenbrun with its own government,” Schoen brun said, defending the Israeli occu pation of Palestine. “ 1 he people of Palestine will be more likely to gain their own state if they recognize the right of Israel to exist as a state." Target 2000 completes preliminary talks Group writing draft by Hope Paasch and Daniel Puckett Battalion .Staff A comprehensive plan for Texas A&M University's next two decades came one step closer to completion Tuesday when part of the Target 2000 Project completed its preliminary discussions. Target 2000 was created by the Board of Regents last year to define problems the System may face in the next 20 vears and to recommend solutions for them. The project’s engineering task force wound up its meeting when the chairman, Kenneth E. Montague, appointed a commit tee to write a first draft of the task force’s report. The draft will be completed by the end of May. The task force cancelled its next meeting, scheduled for May 6, and decided to »-ote on its report July 8. After the report is approved, it will be sent to the I arget 2000 executive committee, which will combine and edit the reports of all three task forces and submit a finished proposal to the regents. The final report is expected by December. The engineering task force is one of three such groups within the project; it focuses on the Texas Engineering Extension Ser vice the Texas Engineering Expenment Station, the I exas Transportation Institute and the I exas A&M College of En- ^ On Tuesday, task force members discussed a number of prop osals which may be included in the task force’s final report. '.Trommeffi'fol'an advanccd-KchnCogy ,ndu„r a , complex in College Station; •A request that the ceiling on the amount of money a professor can earn from honorariums — usually money earned from speaking engagements — and consulting jobs be raised from us ptoem limit of $5,800; ._ rr •A plan for a public affairs office to publicize System efforts in foearch and oevelopment; and •Suggestions for strengthening System programs in pmU ssum- ^ continuing education, which is keeping engineers and mana gers abreast of the latest developments in their fields. Those proposals, and others, will l>e considered bv a drafting committee but they may not l)e included in the task force’s final report. None of the recommendations was presented in its final form I uesday and none of them was specific. 1 ask force members said the proposals were meant as broad guidelines for the development of a final report. Another part of the project is still in the discussion stage. I he academic task force, which deals with the System’s four campuses— I exas A&M L niversity. Prairie View A&M Univer sity, I arleton State University and T exas A&M University at Galveston — spent Monday and Tuesday discussing the System’s problems. However, task force members said they need at least one more meeting before thev will he able to write a preliminary report. At the task force wrap-up meeting Tuesday, work groups delivered reports which contained ideas for discussion at future meetings. The task force mav endorse none of the ideas; it could accept some or all of them. I he reports included: Admission and Records: The committee said that more undergraduate courses in marine sciences are necessary and that the library at 1 exas A&M-Galveston is “completely unaccept able. It cited problems at the College Station campus, including too few endow ments, a perception of deterioration of standards, a possible decline in teaching effectiveness, and defective promo tion policies. It also recommended that the System consider not hiring professors who cannot speak English well. Student Services: The group endorsed maintenance of the RO I(, program and suggested that new dormitories be equip ped with telecommunications devices to allow students to audit some courses from their dorm rooms. It also raised the possibility of moving the School of Veterinary Medicine to Tarleton State and changing that school’s name to Texas A&M-Stephenville. finally, it suggested raising admission requirements at Prairie View-. Work groups examine agricultural topics by Johna Jo Maurer Battalion Staff A Target 2000 group will soon have proposals to hopefully solve foreseen problems of the future at Texas A&M University System. The agriculture task force work groups Tuesday completed their preliminary discussion of proposals w hich w ill eventually be submitted to the System Board of Regents for possible im plementation. Agriculture task force members focus on the agricultural extension service, the agricultural experiment station and the College of Agriculture. Each task force is divided into work groups w hich limit discus sion to specific topics. Four work groups — mission and programs, clientele served, resources, and organization, management and interagency rela tions— w ill now begin writing reports of their recommendations to be presented at the next Target 2000 meeting May 26-27. Recommendations proposed bv the missions and programs work group include a national study to assess the actual cost of graduate research at Texas A&M. Graduate research is an im portant prov ider of manpower for other agricultural agencies, a group spokesman said. This study would generate tangible data to be used to lobby Congress for the Farm Bill, a part of which provides for competi tive grants for both land grant and non-land grant universities. The group also recommended that agricultural students be required to get a better foundation in agricultural business struc ture and biological sciences. A need for expansion of continuing education programs in the college of agriculture was also expressed. Continuing education and skill training is important toward thev ear 2000. Dr. HO. Kunkel.dean of the College of Agricul ture, said. inside Classified 16 Local . 3 National 6 Opinions 2 Sports 17 State 5 What’s Up 12 forecast Today’s forecast. Partly cloudy, warm and humid with a high in the mid-80s; low near 70. I hursday s forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with a high in the mid-80s.