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Women’s softball team wins two from Golden Gophers See page 11 Aggies must win them all to get to SWC tournament See page 13 The Banal ion Serving the University community 'ol. 75 No. 131 USPS 045360 16 Pages College Station, Texas Monday, April 12, 1982 aster brings loodshed, iots to Israel United Press International [JERUSALEM — Israeli soldiers to- wounded at least nine Palesti- fnians in violent confrontations of pro- Ht against the bloody Easter desecra tion of Islam’s sacred Dome of the Rock mosque, the military said. Palestinian leaders said as many as ;12 were wounded. A general strike paralyzed East Jerusalem and also brought commer- tl life to a halt from the occupied est bank to the Gaza strip in angry aonse to the killing of two Arabs [id wounding of 19 others in the osuue attack and ensuing clashes on .'Sunday. E The military said three Palestinian demonstrators were wounded by ^nshots in a large and violent de- “waHionstration at Dahaisha refugee outside Bethlehem where de monstrators hurled rocks and set up cjrlaming tire roadblocks. At the casbah in Nablus on the wVest Bank, a Palestinian demonstra- ,toi was wounded by gunfire and |hree others were hospitalized with c. Bnspecified injuries, the military said. ^Toother Palestinian suffered gun- |hot wounds in Hebron, the military laid. w i In one of the largest'confronta tions, Israeli soldiers shot and wound ed four protesters in the occupied Gaza Strip, where the Palestinians raised Palestinian and Moslem flags, burned tires and stoned Israeli- licensed vehicles. Public transport in the Arab areas came to a halt and Palestinian sources said Palestinian laborers employed in Israel stayed off the job. The latest outbreak of discontent followed protests that started last month in violent reaction to Israel’s dismissal of three elected Palestinian West Bank mayors that left six Palesti nians and one Israeli dead. The attack touched off the worst rioting since Israel annexed east Jeru salem in 1967. More than 100 people were injured, including 12 tourists. Following a 30-minute shooting spree, authorities subdued the gun man who was dressed in Israeli army fatigues and carried a U.S.-made M- 16 rifle. The Interior Ministry identified him as Alan Goodman, 30, who six years ago came to Israel from Ten- nafly, N.J. Later press reports said Goodman had lived in Baltimore. Ride like the wind staff photo by Kilccn Manton Cyclists take the sharp turn around the corner of Spence and Lamar streets during the annual Aggieland Lowenbrau Stage Race held Sunday. Sponsored by the Texas A&M Cycling Team, the event consists of three separate races, or stages, held over the weekend and attracted a number racers from Texas and other states. re-registration for Fall ’82 begins April 19 by Lisa Thompson Battalion Reporter I Pre-registration for next fall will be “eld April 19-23. Students can pick up card packets from their department next week, fill 3ut their class schedules and turn Ithem in at Rudder Exhibit Hall after an adviser approves the schedule. College pre-registration require- jments vary among the colleges. College of Agriculture: No speci fic GPR is required to pre-register, but students with a GPR below 2.0 must get departmental approval. College of Architecture and En vironmental Design: Overall GPR must be 2.0. Students with midterm GPRs between 1.0 and 2.0 can pre register if they have an overall of 2.0. Students with a midterm GPR of 1.0 or less cannot pre-register. College of Business Administra tion: Students with an overall 2.0 can pre-register. Students with midterm GPRs less than 2.0 can pre-register unless this is their first semester at Texas A&M. College of Education: Students with an overall GPR of 2.25 can pre register. College of Engineering: An over all 2.0 GPR is needed to pre-register. Students with midterms below 2.0 can pre-register with approval. College of Geosciences: Students with an overall 2.0 GPR or with a mid term GPR between 1.5 and 2.0 can pre-register. Students on scholastic probation with a midterm GPR be tween 1.5 and 2.0 can pre-register un less otherwise informed by their de partment. College of Liberal Arts: An overall 2.0 is needed to pre-register. Students with midterm GPRs under 2.0 can pre-register if they are not on scholas tic probation. If they are on scholastic probation, they may pre-register if they have met the probation terms set by their department. College of Science: Students six grade points deficient of a 2.0 overall GPR or in their major cannot pre- register. Students on scholastic prob ation may not pre-register unless they meet probation terms. Advisers for the College of Busi ness Administration will provide ex tra pre-registration counseling Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the second floor lobby of the Acade mic and Agency Building. . A" & • r^'^r 'WmT ■"ffc Blockade begins amid talks of mined waters United Press International BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — British submarines prowled a 200- mile blockade zone today around the Falkland Islands with orders to torpe do any Argentine vessel in their path. r p. Tr —y.And a report said waters close to the islands had been mined. Dame at work staff photo by Eileen Manton Theatre arts senior Melissa Bradley prepares a sign to be displayed in the Academic Building advertising the upcoming Theatre arts presentation of Dames at Sea. The production will run from Wednesday thru Saturday in Rudder Auditorium. Bradley, who is head of the publicity crew for the Theatre Arts Committee, is from Houston. There were no reports of any con frontation in the South Atlantic archipelago and the chances of a nav al confrontation were greatly reduced when Argentina pulled nearly all its vessels back to unidentified shoreline posts before the blockade began Sun day at 11 p.m. EST. About 9,000 Argentine troops en trenched on the windswept archipela go and stocked with armored person nel carriers and heavy artillery were put on full alert. Mirage interceptor fighters stood ready on the island air port. More troops were massed in main land coastal towns 450 miles away and thousands more reservists were ordered to report to duty today in the capital. The New York Times reported to day that troops on the British island colony of 149 years had placed mines around the islands, as well as in the harbor and Falkland capital of Port Stanley. They quoted military sources as saying Argentina would bolster the Falkland force with more troops and equipment through air flights in com ing days. The Times said the sources con firmed the presence of four British subs in the South Atlantic. Previous reports said at least two nuclear-powered submarines of the hunter-killer type were expected in the region and that two others would join them. A Def ense Ministry of f icial in Lon don announced the start of the block ade and said British vessels were on orders to sink any Argentine boats in a 200-mile radius of the islands. The blockade is designed to isolate troops on the 200 islands over which both nations claim sovereignty. Argentina seized the islands April 2. In London, U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig arrived for a second round of talks f ollowing a weekend of meetings with Argentine President Leopoldo Galtieri in Buenos Aires. Gatlieri promised to go to war if a dignified peace with Britain over the conflict cannot be achieved. Foreign students face hurdles to get to A&M inside by Joe Tindel Jr. Battalion Reporter For the 1,500 international students at Texas A&M, gaining admission to the University was just one of the obstacles they faced in their attempt to get their education in a foreign country. The requirements of fluency in English, proven ability to pay, and excellent grades eli minate about 95 percent of the applicants, said Dr. Donald Boucher, director of International Services. The small percentage of international appli cants who finally are admitted to Texas A&M face problems such as language, cultural differ ences, financial problems and limited housing, he said. But these problems are secondary. A pros pective international student must first com plete the long and dif ficult process of gaining admission to the University. When a person living in another country re quests an application form, he often must wait three or four weeks for the application to arrive in his country, Boucher said. Before an application can be submitted, the applicant must go through several steps in his own country to get his transcript certified, and must pay a $2,000 deposit to prove he is able to pay for his education. After the student receives the application form, he must take it to the U.S. Embassy in his country to obtain a visa, Boucher said. But the international student who defeats the admission obstacle f aces a new set of problems. Tasks such as opening a bank account, buying insurance, or getting a Social Security number are often stumbling blocks for the new comer. Tina Watkins, adviser for the International Students Association, said housing arrange ments are another source of conflict for the international student. “Signing a lease for an apartment is really a confusing thing,” Watkins said. Cultural differences are also difficult for these students to adjust to, Boucher said. “How we interact male to female and profes sor to student is alien to them,” he said. While most of the international students are academically elite in their countries, some of them are socially elite as well, so it is sometimes difficult for them to adjust to being just another student, he said. “Some of these people are very important in their countries, and they come here and all of the sudden they’re another one of the very many students who are here,” Boucher said. Watkins said international students probably encounter money problems more frequently than any other students. Unstable economies in their countries can hinder their ability to pay for their education, which costs about $10,000 a year, she said. Boucher said the fluctuating value of the Mexican peso, for example, has caused the cost of attending Texas A&M for Mexican students to double since the beginning of last fall. To complicate the problem, financial aid for these students is limited, Boucher said. “The financial aid available for international students is minimal, and there are almost no scholarships available,” he said. But, in spite of the problems, international students continue to select Texas A&M, pri marily because of its reputation as an excellent engineering and agriculture school, he said. Classified 10 Local 3 National 5 Opinions 2 Sports II State 4 What’s Up 5 forecast Today’s Forecast: Early morning fog becoming partly cloudy and windy; high today near HO with a low in the mid-60s. Tuesday’s fore cast calls for partly cloudv skies with a high in the mid-HOs.