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j? Cadet to be commissioned ] ^dversii Texas it det who T1 with; I case in 'd fordi iy service, Honduran army Saturday ed on-caiti ^rs dismi 01 liazinj: problems, -xceptio| rawn ft dons that -r these It ram. esent. mure, Oscar A. Alvarez by Cyndy Davis Battalion Staff Amid all the green, white and blue uniforms at commissioning ceremonies Saturday, one khaki uniform will stand out. Oscar A. Alvarez, a senior member of the Corps of Cadets, will become the first cadet to re ceive a commission in a foreign army during a Texas A&M com missioning ceremony. Alvarez will be commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army of Honduras by his uncle, Brig. Gen. Gustavo A. Alvarez Martinez, commanding general of the armed forces of Hon duras. Alvarez, a political science major who will graduate in Au gust, will report as an airborne ranger instructor in the second battalion of his country’s army. Alvarez, a platoon leader in Company 1-1, learned about Texas A&M through Major Robert Epps, an Aggie who was Bryan man shot, —dies after clash behind local bar W. by Hope E. Paasch Battalion Staff argument behind Bud dies ’s Draw resulted in the H>oting death early Wednes day morning of a Bryan man. ^■Steven Lee Schenck, 23, of E. Street, died at St. Joseph Hospital from a single gunshot ^Bund in the chest. Capt. Ron ^jler, of the College Station police, said an autopsy will be jformed. [Miller said the incident began |h an argument which occur- behind Duddley’s Draw be- ben Schneck and two other lite males. Schneck left in a car Wen by a friend, and the two In followed in a pick-up truck. ■About 12:20 a.m., the two Today’s Almanac _ United Press International iToday is Thursday, May 6, 126th day of 1981 with 239 follow. ■ The moon is moving toward full phase. The morning star is Venus. The evening stars are Mer ry, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and founder of ychoanalysis, was born May 6, 56. On this date in history: In 1816, the American Bible ssociation was organized in New York City, though,■ In 1935, the Works Progress statemeii Administration was established ors d sinceif cere intc ipus work) to ity. The)' elves.' to help existing, nything assigned to the U.S. Army group in Honduras. Alvarez said it took almost a year for the U.S. Government to allow him to take Reserve Offic er Training Courses as an allied cadet. Since his situation was un ique, no one seemed to know what to do with him, he said. Upon the request of the Hon duran government, Alvarez was accepted. Since he was unfamiliar with the English language, Alvarez attended the English Language Institute here during the 1978 fall semester. He joined the Corps the fol lowing spring. Communication was his big gest problem upon entering the Corps, he said. “I had to learn three lan guages — English, Texan and Corps,” he said. “But when you are an Aggie, everyone takes care of you.” Even now professors some times use words he doesn’t understand, so Alvarez borrows notes from his friends so he doesn’t miss anything. Alvarez said he feels his ex perience in the Corps will be in valuable to him in the future. “You become a big family in the Corps,” he said. “They treat me like a brother. My room mate’s parents treat me like another son.” Twenty-eight people, includ ing family, friends and govern ment officials, are coming from Honduras for his commis sioning. Alvarez said he is glad his un cle is taking time to come to Texas A&M to commission him in light of the problems Hon duras is having on its Nicara guan and El Salvadoran bor ders. Texas A&M differs from Honduran universities because Honduran universities “spend too much time on politics,” Alvarez said. When he was a stu dent in Honduras, strikes some times prevented classes from being held. Graduation For Him 14k gold collar pin. IAMOND Room 3731 E. 29th - 846-4708 Bryan 707 Shopping Village 693-7444 College Station vehicles stopped in the 100 block of College Main, near Loupot’s Bookstore. Schenck got out of his car and started walking to wards the truck when he was shot once in the chest. The two men in the pick-up truck left the scene. Schenck’s friend put Schenck back in the car and took him to St. Joseph Hospital, where he la ter died. An employee of Duddley’s Draw told police she heard a noise like a firecracker at about the time of the shooting. No suspects have been arrested, Miller said. Schenck, a native of Iowa, was not a student at Texas A&M University. to provide work for the unem ployed in the depths of the Great Depression. In 1972, an armed man who hijacked a plane in Pennsylvania parachuted over Honduras the next day with $303,000 ransom. 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