Women’s softball team wins
two from Golden Gophers
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Aggies must win them all
to get to SWC tournament
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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.
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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.
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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.