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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 olitical re drama cri j the seco s surely f the pi te. i pithy vlien pet tor Is he 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.” Now you know United Press International WASHINGTON — The life span age gap is growing between men and women. A life insur ance industry newsletter says American women now outlive men by 7.6 years, on average, and the figure may rise to 8.5 years by the year 2050. The American Council of Life Insur ance bases its prediction on the latest Census Bureau projec tions that assume women’s life expectancy will rise from the 1981 figyre of 78.3 to 81.3 years in 2005 and 83.6 years in 2050. Comparable ages for men are 70.7, 73.3 and‘83.6 iorps act™ llowed to distribute them. Aren’t You Curious? \s e$ the Curiosity Shop Culpepper Plaza — College Station wn-reg acn The tour group will visit eningrad and Moscow before t K. burning on April 3. BUY, SUL,TRADE OR RENT THROUGH THE ■-1-4^1=11=1 m sen lev hi 1 :• Suiiiin. 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They will act as the link between former students and the school. “Essentially, they do the class officers’ jobs when we gradu ate,” Meyer said. Class agent duties include tak ing the money remaining in the class treasury and putting it in a bank account until it is needed for the class reunion in 1987. The class agents are the chief organizers of the reunion, and new class agents are elected at the reunion to take over the job for the next five years. Providing information for the Texas Aggie, the former stu dents' magazine, also is a duty of the class agents. 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