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opinion All’s well that ends in the Falklands by Dick West United Press International WASHINGTON — By the time the next campaign rolls around, President Reagan’s biggest political asset may be the slogan, “He kept us out of the Falk lands.” Meanwhile, it might be instructive to contemplate a penetrating analysis of the dispute by England’s own William Shakespeare. After all, the Immortal Bard made his mark as a dramatist during the flowering of the British Empire. So who is better qualified to detect any overtones of colo nialism in the current contretemps? If Shakespeare were alive today, I’m sure he would be a guest on “Face the Nation” or some such program. The in terview might go something like this: Q. Mr. Shakespeare, do you detect any • overtones of colonialism in the current contretemps? A. “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.” Q. Actually, sir, the Falklands are in ; South America, where they are known as ’ the Malvinas. A. “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Q. I’m not sure they grow roses in the Falklands, sir. What I’m trying to elicit is your view of why Argentina invaded a British possession. A. “Vaultingambition, which o’erleaps itself and falls on the other. What private griefs they have, alas! I know not. But in the gross and scope of my opinion, this bodes some strange eruption to our state.” Q. You agree that Britain should seek to regain control of the islands by force if necessary? A. “Arm’d at points exactly, cap-a-pe. I am tied to the stake, and I must stand the course. There’s a divinity that shapes our ends, rough-hew them how we will. Let’s do it after the high Roman fashion. Cry ‘Havoc!’ and let slip the dogs of war. Blow, wind! Come, wrack! At least we’ll die with harness on our back.” Q. Well-spoken, sir. But savage. You like the way Prime Minister Thatcher is handling the crisis? A. “The lady doth protest too much, methinks. She is troubled with thick coming fancies, that keep her from her rest. She looks upon them with a threatening eye. Talks as familiarly of roaring lions as maids of thirteen do of puppydogs! There’s language in her eye, her cheer, her lip.” Q. What about Britain’s allies? A. “Stands Scotland where it did?” Q. I was thinking more of the United States, sir. What would you say about Reagan’s reaction? A. “Policy sits above conscience. Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and fu rious, loyal and neutral, in a moment?” Q. Did you approve of Secretary of State Haig’s mediation efforts? A. “I thank you for your voices: thank you, your most sweet voices. For this re lief, much thanks.” Q. What might I as an individual do? A. “Gregory, remember thy swashing blow.” Res by Beverl Battalioi I [Fred j. Bei of the Texas Foundation, v end of Angus || Benson has dent of the f< 11980. He als< dean of engin president of e the deputy ch gineerine at T versity. Benson ah director of i gineering Exp and director Transportatic He has re tinguished Se e Research arch Board H. Bliss Avvai The new i [SC Council \ :o introduce |)uncil Presid Ood will seh live on the c Committees. Where does all the money Q. My name isn’t Gregory, sir. I was asking what America can do short of actual intervention. A. “Hang like an icicle on a man’s beard.” Q. Thank you, Mr. Shakespeare Dutch- Slouch By Jim Earle J “If he hadn’t locked it, he would ha ve lost his handlebars too.” “Where do you spend all your money?” my parents asked me in desper ation last weekend. I shrugged and answered, “On books, supplies, ... y’ know.” Well, I lied. And as much as I would have liked the matter to be settled, it wasn’t. Oh, my folks bought that explanation, but now / Ve been won dering where I spend my money. This has not been an easy question for me tb answer. I haven’t the slightest idea where my checking account drains to, since I never record my checks. Somewhere between Music Express, Austin, and the Coke Building lies and immense vacuum into which my savings of the last two years has disappeared. I set out to find that black hole (littered with green) and the best possible way, I decided, is to follow a chunk of cash as it is slowly, but surely, sucked into the point of no withdrawal. I had to decide on the amount to trail. Ten dollars would not be enough. That’s only a puff of smoke — vaporizing before I could say “IMPACT.” No, I need bil lows. Fifty dollars sounds comfortable. There is plenty of fun to be had with that wad, and it’s sizable enough to trace. And so I begin with a crisp $50 bill — Ulysses S. Grant staring up at me, beg ging to be released into circulation. My first inclination is to get the hell out of College Station. I have no car, so according to Greyhound, fifty dollars could get me all the way to Texarkana and back. A scenic trip, but I can do better. Ah, yes, Austin beckons me. And after bus fare, I’d still have bundles to spread ever so gleefully across Sixth Street, Guadelupe, and MLK. No doubt t.u.- ville could assist me in spending my funds, but that route has been so trod den. I must do something different with my precious treasury. A date! Now there’s something I don’t do enough. Let’s see, after the $25 bribe to get a date, I could entertain her with a quaint, candlelight, seafood dinner. Then a romantic, aphrodisiac Hum phrey Bogart flick at the MSC. Then a Norwood sy troduce every* e MSC coun< But what would I have alterwafi sides stiff fingers and strained ci( admit that I’d enjoy being BP.VKK Pac-Man on campus), yet the thrill; ephemeral for my tastes. 1 needs* thing lasting. Unforgetable. Somi that I could point at on myshell'ai to my friends, “Look, thisiswhatl $50 on!” Newly elect resident Pat f Craf, RHA prt eluded, Norwc ■ The new c appointed on i slow, desultory stroll across a moonlit campus to her dorm. Then a seemingly endless gaze into each other’s eyes at her doorstep. She’d succumb to sheer passion and speak, “Gee, thanks, Dave. It was super. Goodnight,” and slam the door leaving me licking the messages off her Ziggy noteboard. There are definitely less frustrating ways for me to blow that kind of cash. Let’s see, $50 would buy me a huge supply of beer. Cases and cases. Easily enough for an ugly, bleary weekend lock ed in a stuffy cubical with my roommates and HBO. Gosh, it almost sounds too fun. A Pac-Man binge would certainly be another alternative. I can feel the game luring me into crowded, noisy game rooms. Athirst for my quarters. Insulting my intelligence. I could easily spend $50 (let’s see, that’s 200 games) proving that I’m smarter than that lousy computer. An album buying spree seemstoli answer — a frantic, fruitful rate the nearest album store, plucking the record bins whatever is in The Go-Go’s, J. Geils, 'fhe Stones, Diamond ... no, skip Neil Diamond just tear through the store, slamasi records on the counter — expen! damned (up to $50) — and be a bigsjj der for a precious few moments, that someone else is around to sees But once out of the store I’dluj half-dozen discs to listen to. Still an to titillate and soothe me long after purchase. Certainly a viable investi symj fro rr B .iMv I can’t think of many other com ways 1 spend my money. At leastt dollars is devoted monthly to fines. (My mother won’t takeim dii Twice a semester I break down and! dollar’s worth of laundry. And oil week my health and sanity requirell seek nourishment someplace elst sides Sbisa. Any remaining change in inyporff strictly reserved for my education: books, supplies,... y’ know. by Rebeca j Battali The Fort W Orchestra will | sponsored by and Performii Tuesday night: Auditorium. The orchesl tro John Chord; Weber’s overti lOberon,” suite The Three-C< -de Falla and umy No. 2 it 1^3.” ), Giordano is I son as the orche Pftor and conch ago, he formed Texas Little Syi the core of the fiphony Orches Little Sympho towns which w ..wise be able n Labor stands clear of the GOP by Clay F. Richards United Press International WASHINGTON — Some might think it a little mad of Republican Nation al Chairman Richard Richards to go courting the support of organized labor at a time when unemployment stands at 9 percent — the highest since World War II. Last week Richards took his case to the Building and Constrction Trades De partment of the AFL-CIO, whose 5,000 delegates were holding a convention in Washington. Only about a tenth of the delegates showed up for his speech. Richards knew in advance he was in trouble. Richards decided it was time to make an open bid to labor, especially since thousands of blue collar workers had voted for Reagan in 1980. But in the past year the New York Times poll showed that Reagan’s overall approval rating in labor households de clined from 53 percent to 43 percent — one of the president’s most dramatic poll losses. movement,” Richards told the union con- Two days earlier the delegates had booed President Reagan, an especially unfriendly greeting considering that one year earlier when he was leaving the hotel after adressing their meeting he was the target of an assassination attempt. But even though he knew he was in hostile territory, Richards asked for an invitiation to adress the builders — he had not been on their original speaking list. More than a year after taking over the Republican National Committee, At the same time Democratic Chair man Charles Manatt has moved effec tively to renew the coalition between his party and labor. That alliance had been strained in the past decade between the late George Meany’s insistence that labor remain independent and the unions’ un- easyness of the ultraliberal, anti-war drive of the Democrats 1972 candidate George McGovern and aloofnness of Jimmy Carter in 1976. But now labor feels uncomfortable back in the Democratic fold when faced with prospect like picking between Wal ter Mondale and Edward Kennedy for the party’s 1984 candidate. “I question whether a marraige of the AFL-CIO and the Democratic Party is in the best interests of the two party system, the nation and the future of the union vention. If labor binds itself to one party, Richards warned that “the Democrats would think that you belong to them and believe that you are in their hip pocket so they no longer feel they need to try.” “Organized labor will find itself out side the mainstream of American politics and this would be a tragedy of major proportions,” he said. “If you want candi dates to be more to your liking, you must be involved in the party process.” Richards’ predecessor, William Brock, devoted a great deal of his chairmanship to recruiting more black candidates for the GOP. That effort was highlighted by Brock’s inviting Jesse Jackson to address the Republician National Committee. There is no evidence that Brock’s effort, boosted by a big chunk of Republi can dollars, triggered any measureable black switch to the GOP. Nor have the policies followed by the Reagan adminis tration since taking office proved to blacks they were wrong in their decision. Likewise, there certainly isn’t much right now to convince the auto worker in Detroit or the steelworker in Birming ham that their future lies with the Repub lican Party. by Juli Battalioi Anyone intei closer look at t May Democra have the chan The Battalion USPS 045 360 Member of Texas Press Association Southwest Journalism Conference Texas A&M University administrators or faculty!! bets, or of the Board of Regents. The Battalion also serves as a laboratory nenf Tor students in reporting, editing and photogmpkpt ses within the Department of Communications, Questions or comments concerning any t matter should be directed to the editor. Editor Angelique Copeland City Editor Denise Richter Assistant City Editor Diana Sultenfuss Sports Editor Frank L. 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