Thursday, March 24, 1983TThe Battalion/Page 3
ti-fi lovers
isit AggieCon
by Mallous Kazemzadeh
Battalion Reporter
Vstfevoids, nymphs, wizards
d aliens are among the topics
it attract thousands of people
Texas A&M for AggieCon,
pheid Variable’s annual sci-
ce fiction convention.
. AggieCon XIV, the 14th
nual convention, will be
trch 24 to 27, and is the largest
ence fiction convention in the
uthwest, says Cathy Rylander,
nenibei of the club and editor
displays.
Sfie said the club expects
priximately 3,000 people to
end. Delegates are expected
miithe Southwest and other
aslsuch as Washington and
kansas.
Rylander said the convention
ill feature science fiction au-
ors and .mists, p.mel discus-
nsj contests, art shows, slide
owk and a wide variety of sci-
Hfiuion and lant.is\ films
Some of the nio\ies to be
own are “Camelot,” “Excali-
■,T“Star Trek II-The Wrath
■pan,” “Something Wicked
antes This Way,” and “The
nal Countdown.”
COMCtrlC The convention will host pro-
issional writers who will discuss
- f'f such as how to write scien
ce fiction and the role of women
in science fiction, Rylander said.
The guest of honor at the con
vention will be Harry Harrison
who wrote, “Make Room, Make
Room,” and special guest Steven
R. Donaldson, author of “The
Thomas Covenant Articles.”
Other activities will include an
auction of rare books and items,
a costume party, a dealer’s room
where people can purchase sci
ence fiction items, and movies
that will be shown in the
Rumours Coffee House, Rylan
der said.
Cepheid Variable began in
the late 1960s as an English de
partment club and later became
an MSC organization. Rylander
said that from the beginning the
main objective of the organiza
tion has been to learn more ab
out science fiction and fantasy
and to meet others who also
have this same interest.
“Most of the excitement com
es from meeting strangers who
share the same hobby and the
professionals who create science
fiction,” she said.
Cepheid Variable shows sci
ence f iction and fantasy films ev
ery Thursday night and often
premieres films that are not yet
on the market.
Elections soon
for class agent
by Stephanie M. Ross
Battalion Reporter
The 1983 class agents, who
will have the responsibility of
planning the five-year class
reunion, will be elected during
the Association of Former Stu
dents’ Induction Banquet in
April.
The class agent application,
available at the Forsyth Alumni
Center, includes a petition that
83 members of the senior class
must sign. Candidates must re
turn their applications by Friday
to be eligible for the election.
The two class agents, typically
one man and one woman, must
be members of the graduating
class of 1983 to be eligible to
apply.
Several couples already have
applied this year, said Joe
Meyer, senior class president.
The agents serve a five-year
term which begins after gradua-
ent\&M group hosting
fip through Russia
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by Craig Harris
Battalion Reporter
Algroup of 47 Texans will
ave for Russia Friday after
ton. The trip is being spon-
n ed by the Texas A&M Center
>r Education and Research in
ree Enterprise.
Steve Pejovich, director of
te center; Larry Wolken, the
niter's associate director; and
al positioi met Joyce, a graduate student
nouth orfiTexas A&M who serves as set -
itah f or the center, are hosting
ations givttfj,''P-
Die remainder of the group
•thn.it the W 15 of I exas hi R h sch<K)l
udents, teachers and business-
len. Joyce is the only Texas
;&M student going on the trip,
c servicen !o Brazos County high school
ish beWCiticents will be on the tour,
nunicationj Pejovich will lecture on Soviet
ie ravelled‘ ,e(,rtorn ' ts during the trip, but
ill slnrnlx’Pefedit hours will be given for
ttending the tour.
, t The Texas A&M Center for
ou.iK 11 - dutation and Research in Free
l H ,ncl P le ' ntei prise is a non-academic de-
I of Right' artment that supports and en-
) ipRes learning about how the
ee; enterprise system works
i trough the classroom and
■ v/Vtual on-site experience.
I LC B 16 center chose to visit the
* * 1 fcV ovifet Union so interested peo-
lecould see for themselves the
l;| .difference between capitalism
■ n i|dcommunism,
isset ■ 1 “We could tell people over
the imp yJ) Ver how much better capit-
(1 thenusi«i sm is,” Joyce said, “but that
have been41 isn’t the same as their seeing
thought in for themselves.”
aggei'ingd The group will not have all
al com pan# freedoms they have in the
'nited States while in Russia.
,ny photographs taken first
. tust he approved by the Rus-
tasizelli an tour guides. Souvenirs must
'houldnoti’S c ] iec k e d and approved by
e membenlsjjan authorities before being
tain their iken from the country, and
tig notwejfiilp group members may carry
> he morecofhtble to read, they are not
Pejovich said many people
think traveling to Russia is a
dangerous adventure, but it is
not.
“It is a very cultural country,”
he said, “and it will be a pleasur
able trip. But you must be care
ful what you say and do, and
who you talk too, since it is a
police state.”
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between former students and
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“Essentially, they do the class
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Class agent duties include tak
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