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local / state Battalion/Page 4 February 14,1983 Around town Lecture series set for February The Black Awareness Committee is presenting a “Black Awareness Forum,” a series of lectures by Ron Wilkins, member of the African American Education Commission, and the Los Angeles Unified School District. These lectures will be held on every Monday in February from 7 - 8:30 p.m. i;i 501 Rudder Tower. Topics for the lectures include: — Feb. 14 “African Liberation Struggles in the Post Vietnam Era.” — Feb. 21 “Malcolm X: A Review of the 60s, His Contribu tion and Legacy” — Feb. 28 “Issues Facing the Black World: 1983-2000.” the classes are free and open to the public. Pool tournament held to aid MDA Carlos O. Willies is sponsoring a eight-ball pool tourna ment Feb. 15-16 at 7 p.m. A singles tournament will be held on the first day and a doubles tournament on the second. Trophies will be awarded for first, second and third places and happy hour prices will be in effect all night for entrants. All proceeds from the tournament will go to through the Bryan/College Station Jaycees to the Muscular Dsytrophy Association. The entry fee is $5 per person. You can register at the time of the tournament or you may pre-register by calling Carlos O. Willies at 696-7277. Lecture series set for archeologists The Nautical Archeology lecture series will begin Monday, February 14 at 8:15 in room 3 1 1 Bolton Hall. The topic will be “Computer use in Nautical Archeology” presented byjim Baker. Camping trip planned for Europe The MSC Travel Committee is sponsoring a 22-day Central Europe Camping Trip, through Amsterdam, the Swiss Alps, Munich, Alszburg, Venice, Paris and more, June 5-26. The cost for the trip is $1,699 and includes: — 1 round-trip airfare from Houston — tour guide — meals — tips and transfers — ground transportation — accommodations — all camping equipment — most admission charges while on tour. Limited space is available and a $500 deposit is required on signup. For more information call MSC Travel at 845-1515 of stop by MSC 216. four of China planned for May The MSC Travel Committee is sponsoring a tour of China May 15-30. The price is $1,990 which inludes: — round trip airfare from West Coast to China — visiting Beijing, Xian, Shanghai, Waxi, Suzhou, Nanjing — all meals in China — all ground transportation in China — lodging in China — tour guide and transfers This price is based on the present international exchange rate and tariffs. If there is a price increase, MSC Travel reserves the right to adjust the total charge. A $500 deposit is required upon sign-up in Room 216 MSC. Another $1,000 is due on or before March 18. The balance is then due on April 8. For further information please contact the MSC Travel Committee at 845-1515. Registration for interview signups Western Paper Company will interview interested sales candidates on March 11. A group meeting will be conducted March 10 from 7-9 p.m. See the Placement Office for further details. Registration for the March 11 interviewing date begins on Feb. 25 at the Placement Office. If you have an announcement or item to submit for this column, come by The Battalion office in 216 Reed McDo nald or call Tracey Taylor at 845-2611. Police beat Friday, a 1983 Honda CM 250 was recovered behind the Soil and Crop Sciences Building. The vehicle had been stolen on Jan. 26 from the staff lot in front of Mosher Hall. A 1974 Toyota Celica was re covered today. It was stolen on Sunday. At 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, there was an attempted theft of a windsurf in parking lot 49. Over the weekend, there were three incidences of inde cent exposure. One was in the area of Sbisa Dining Hall, one in parking lot 50 and one on the northeast walkway by Kyle Field. Two females were arrested near the Zachry Building and jailed on Sunday for possesion of marijuana. The coin-operated machines in the Academic Building were burglarized Sunday. Health careers needs all majors by Kim Schmidt Battalion Staff Health careers are reserved not only for students in health- related majors but also for en gineering, accounting, and li beral arts majors, said a place ment center official. Judy Vulliet, assistant dire ctor of the Career Planning and Placement Center, said the health career industry is a large one and needs more than just doctors and nurses. “There is something for all levels and all majors,” Vulliet said, referring to opportunities in the health field. The idea that anyone can have a career in the health in dustry will be stressed at a two- part informational day on health career opportunities Tuesday. One part of the information day will feature the Conference on Careers in Health and Hu man Resources. Sponsored by the College of Education’s Inquiry Group on Education in Diverse Settings, the conference will highlight presentations on: — health and human services in state and government agen cies. Representatives from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and the Texas Department of Human Resources will speak. — youth agencies and activi ties as careers. Dr. Barbara Gra ham will tell of opportunities with youth organizations. — commercial health ser vices. Representatives of Bryan Hospital and the New Age Hos pice in Houston will speak. — the importance of volun- teerism. Topaz Hughes of Bryan and an American Red Cross representative will talk. — interviewing strategies. Representatives of American Scientific Products hospital supply and M.D. Anderson Hopital in Houston will speak. The first annual conference will begin at 10 a.m. on the third floor of Rudder Tower with pre sentations held throughout the day until 2:45 p.m. In conjunction with the con ference, the Career Planning and Placement Center is spon soring its third annual Health Careers Opportunities Day. Health industry representa tives will set up booths from 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in room 226 of the Memorial Student Center to answer questions students may have, Vulliet said. ss7 James Raster, a sophomore finance major from San Antonio, listens to Sam Miller, a freshman electrical engineering major from Chicago, he plays in the MSC. Miller in playing a ballad he had composed. V i 260-9030 260-9031 V I v Exhibit honors German- Fexan JGIVE YOUR SPECIAL t <7 VALENTINE v TANNING (in our special tanning booths) 1 MONTH or 20 VISITS for ■ , Z .C •/■>„ 3* T u.- s 25' ki HAIRCUT, STYLE & PERM for t 30 m OFFER EXPIRES 2/28/83 OPEN LATE WED. & THURS. 4403 S. TEXAS 9 A.M.-8 P.M. (Next to Luby's) % ¥ \ <7 ♦ $ by Scott Griffin Battalion Reporter The Lone Star and Eagle ex hibit will be on display at Texas A&M Feb. 26 through March 12, says David Franz, chairman of the MSC Great Issues Com mittee. ducai promote German languagt kado culture in the United Stats ay. Tl The Houston branch of inent organization is one of six bn offices in the United State The exhibit was constr LeQuang said, to “tea German-Texas immig 1 JSTI The exhibit, co-sponsored by Great Issues and the history and modern languages depart ments, consists of reproductions ofidocuments, photographs and paintings by early German- Texan immigrants, said Henfy Dethloff, head of the history de partment. Dethloff said the exhibit is a project of the Goethe Institute of Houston. and its importance to the p of The st; topittei ted f v Jo Ann LeQuang, cultural arts coordinator for the insti tute, said the group is a “non profit organization funded by West Germany and designed to immigration of Germans U.S LeQuang said 1983 it 300th anniversary of Ge | boat presence in this country “The first significant w immigrants came tolexas 150 years ago,” she said, hope the exhibit will prf-Bmad good visual summaryoftbt of these early immigrants LeQuang said the [ which will be displayed at museums and state unive] has received some funding! the Texas Center for Hm ties in the peo (but n You gotta love McDonald’s special Valenti Box companies guilty of price fix United Press International HOUSTON — A federal court jury has ruled five corru gated box manufacturing com panies conspired over an 11- year period to fix prices, but the jury refused to award damages to the plaintiffs. The jury deliberated seven hours over two days before reaching its verdict Friday. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit claimed the five manufacturers conspired to fix prices on boxes between 1963 and 1974 and overcharged plaintiffs more than five percent. The plaintiffs — which in cluded Pillsbury Co., U.S. Gyp- sum Co., Dean FoodsCo.,ft Giant Go., Anchor Hw Gorp., Kraft Inc., Armour Co. and Wilson Foods" had sought $50 million ii ages. I he jury agreed thatW fendants violated federal trust laws with the pricing spiracy, but the panel sap plaintiffs were not entitl damages. The defendants ini Container Corp. of Amend Stone Container Corp., Chicago, St. Regis Paper0 New York, Longview Fil of Longview, Wash., and lamette Industries Inc., land, Ore. February 12, 13, 14 Saturday, Sunday, Monday Serving hours: 30 minutes after Breakfast til close Limit 5 Per Customer 1982 McDonald s’Coi McDonald's; * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Ju MSC TRAVE nr OVERSEAS LOAN FUND Applications will be available on a first come, first served basis Feb. 14-21. (FOR SUMMER AND FALL TRIPS ONLY) MSC TRAVEL COMMITTEE CUBICLE. ROOM 216 MSC FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL MSC TRAVEL AT 845-1515 C Bryan - College Station