Around town
Bank helps seniors establish credit
The Bank of the Southwest in Houston has developed a
program to help graduating seniors acquire credit without
meeting the usual stringent requirements.
The program includes a VISA card and a personal check
credit which gives students overdraft protection and allows a
student to write his own loan. Students also can get a low cost
checking account and an American Express Gold Card ftuth
the approval with American Express.
Dirk Smith, of the Student Government student services
committee, said the Bank of the Southwest will have repre
sentatives in the Memorial Student Center on Wednesday
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to assist graduating seniors in estab
lishing a credit program.
The Bank of the Southwest also will assist young profes
sionals in establishing their credit with the Credit Bureau of
Greater Houston, Smith said.
“The most important place to build your credit is with the
credit bureau,” Smith said. “Once you’ve established your
credit there, they can refer you elsewhere.”
Hansen named to Texas committee
Texas A&M University System Chancellor Arthur G. Han
sen is the new chairman of the Texas Committee for Em
ployer Support of the Guard and Reserve, announced Sec
retary of Defense Caspar Weinberger.
Secretary Weinberger’s announcement of the appoint
ment of Dr. Hansen cited the continuing need for support of
Texas employers on behalf of the their employees who serve
in the National Guard and Reserve Forces.
Dr. Hansen assumed the chancellorship of the Texas
A&M University System July 1. Before coming to Texas
A&M, he was president of Purdue University for 11 years
and previously served two years as president of Georgia
Institute of Technology.
In-state tuition offered to students
The Academic Common Market is helping students in the
south cut the costs of undergraduate and graduate study at
out-of-state institutions. This arrangement among 13 south
ern states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennes
see, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia) allows participating
students to pay in-state tuition while studying outside their
home states.
There are only two requirements: 1) acceptance in a prog
ram to which your state has made arrangements to send its
students; and 2) proof that you are a legal resident of that
state.
To participate in this program, write directly to the insitu-
tion for admissions information. After you’ve been accepted,
write to:
Frances Phillips, Director
Senior College Programs
Coordinating Board
Texas College and University System
Box 12788, Capital Station
Austin, Texas 7871 1
For information on the programs and schools available,
write to the Southern Regional Education Board, 1340
Spring Street, N.W., Atlanta Georgia, 30309.
Study abroad to be discussed
The MSC Travel Committee and the Study Abroad Office
are sponsoring a seminar to make students aware of the
study abroad possibilites available from Texas A&M.
The seminar will be held Wednesday from 10 a.m. until 2
p.m. in Room 205-206 MSC.
Custodial employees honored here
Seventeen intermediate-level custodial employees recently
completed an advanced custodial training program at the
Texas A&M University Physical Plant.
Graduating in the program’s first class were Doris Work
man, Esterline Leaks, Almarie Williams, Mae Hopkins,
Georgia Franklin, Verdine Bright, Berrie Ellison, Ladelle
Smith, Lola Lister, Jettie Mae Foster, Cruz Narro, Minne
Eastep, Patricia Hamilton, Deloris Hill, Victoria Quintero,
Lenora L. Hedge and Flossie Poole.
Besides attending seminars and workshops during the
five-month program, the women took six finals on job-
related subjects such as chemical mixtures and powered
equipment.
The graduates were recognized at the November Custo
dial Quarterly meeting. Also recognized at the meeting were
outstanding workers for September through November in
each of the 15 custodial crews.
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by Tom Dobrez
Battalion Reporter
On the surface, it may appear
that Texas and Kuwait have lit
tle in common, but one visting
professor says the two are quite
similar.
Dr. Da wood El-Sayed, an
Egyptian who was head of the
English department at Kuwait
University, came here to com
plete research on a comprehen
sive dictionary of linguistics. He
brought his wife and daughter
with him.
He has had no trouble adapt
ing to life in Texas.
“Both countries are very simi
lar,” El-Sayed said. “The climate
is the same. Both countries are
experiencing booms in the oil in
dustry. And both Kuwait and
Texks are growing very fast.
There are so many things in
common.”
The two universities also are
similar, he said.
Kuwait University is growing
as fast as Texas A&M, and both
are conservative, El-Sayed said.
El-Sayed is complimentary of
Texas A&M.
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are all the people who work
there,” he said. “The students
are also great. They are so se
rious about their work; it’s terri
fic. They have a good degree of
respect for their professors and
themselves. I think that’s great.”
But at least one thing about
the University needs to be
changed, El-Sayed said, and he
said he is trying to change it.
“I would like to start a prog
ram to teach students how to
teach English as a foreign lan
guage,” he said. “This way a stu
dent could get a (master of arts)
and go to Kuwait or another
Arab country and teach English.
There is a very lucrative market
for any young American.
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doesn’t teach Arabic. Tm look
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ture of my country. They teach
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