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Page 6B/The Battalion/Friday, September 2, 1983 K ° re f„ doggedly wooulg tourists ‘Friendly, but they eat too much’ Foreign tourists judge Americans United Press International SEOUL, South Korea — The government ordered all dog meat restaurants and snake shops closed in central Seoul be fore thousands of American travel agents arrive for a con vention in late September, offi cials said today. It was the first time a city wide ban was imposed on the re staurants. In Korean tradition, dog meat and snakes are believed to supply good health and in creased sexual desire. ALPHA PHI OM’JiA Football Mums LOCATIO 'IS: MSC Sbisa Commons T~Th F 9-2 5-7 Prices: free on-c/>mpus dpi ivery 2 off-campus pickup locations United Press International NEW YORK — How do fore ign tourists view Americans these days? One group, after a month long tour, was agreed that we are friendly — but eat too much. The group of 29 from South Africa had glimpsed a good por tion of the United States in a coast-to-coast bus tour and were interviewed as they headed home. For most, it was their first visit to this country. What they saw, many said, was far different from what they expected, after watching at home such TV shows as “Dallas” and “Magnum.” “We expected the people to be six foot six inches tall and big ger than life. We found out they are ordinary people, just like us,” said Ken Oakley, a quality control engineer from Johan nesburg. But if Americans weren’t all six-foot-six, the travelers said they did find them large in another way. “Americans are fat! Every where we went they were always NOW HIRING A eating,” said Embre Gouws, of Cape Town. “Even your food portions here at restaurants are quite large, more than the aver age person needs.” New York also was a bit over powering on first sight. “Our first day here we felt like getting into bed and putting the covers over our faces, the city was so big. Now, because every one has been so friendly, we are used to the bigness and feel like we owm the place!” said Maryna Strauss, of Cape Town. “We could not comprehend the vastness of it all unless we came to see for ourselves,” said her psychiatrist husband, Dr. Clive Strauss. The group’s tour took them through the Midwest to Califor nia and back by way of Florida and Washington, D.C. “We were amazed at the di verse climates and land shapes. We had snow, then 24 hours la ter we were getting scorched by 110 degree w'eather in Death Valley,” said Dr. Strauss. “We were overwhelmed by the Grand Canyon. We have ca nyons in South Africa, but they wouldn’t be the filling in a tooth compared to this one.” Strauss said she was impress ed by the orderly, efficient way large crowds of people were handled at Disneyland in Cali fornia and at the White House tour, “Nobody jumped queue even once or tried to be pushy,” she said. “We thought the cabbies in New York were especially help ful and friendly,” said Strauss. But some group members were shocked by the derelicts in New York City, sleeping on park benches and in subway entr ances. “We saw this one poor man without any shoes on and his clothes tattered. I think it is shocking and your government should do something to help those people,” said Robert Bowen of Bloemfontein. Her husband, owner of a shoe repair factory, also said they were surprised to see so many drunks on the streets. Bowen said American scenic sights were nice, but the Cape in South Africa was more beautiful than all of Miami. Tour guide Robert Brouwer said most of the group liked the West coast better than the East. “They were impressed more with California than anywhere else,” he said. He said many South Africans are taking holidays in the U.S. this year. “I am booked up to guide several groups all through November.” Group members were be mused by people here saying they are “stuffed” after a meal. In South Africa the word “stuf fed” has a very different meaning. “You don’t go into a store and ask for a stuffed animal, either,” said Jan Woods of Johaness- burg. “You ask the clerk for a ‘soft animal.’” Sharon Nunes, also of Johan nesburg, said Americans were a much more outgoing people then she had expected. “People here are much more open. Women walk down the streets in skinny bras (bikini tops). If you did that in South Africa, people would stop and stare at you. But we don’t worry about that happening because most people there are too con servative to ever do that had your f ood ready for you I fore you could reach in n pocket to get the coins to pay it with,” said Strauss. U.S. television also made, impression. Oakley said the medium been available in South Afi for only six years and mostpr ramming is American. “Your television is incredi you have so many shows choose from” his wife, Pi said. "But I didn’t like ‘adverts’ every few minutes,( TV shows a few ads, butil don’t disrupt the middle ol program." )0 1 . in, u w , Dr ' L y nnHanse Mr. and Mrs. H. Verraen rce liaison office of Cape I own said their o myinEastGerma complaint was the noise of 1C ed the comman cities. We weren t usedtoall; eKorean ; umbo je sirens and horns. It was hard the ears, quite hard,” \ meulen said. anyway! Grour members said they p m ileasa American food. “We thought the fast food re staurants were amazing. il, 77 No. 3 L by Michel Battalion An expert on th< ■s the Soviet decisi (orean airliner la ide in Moscow. They Vermeulen said anotl noticeable difference was amount of activity in TS.ct on Sundays. "That’s the when all our shops close di and families have dii together. In America, Si| seems to be the day whenew one tries to go out to eal r East and that ached Moscow. Hansen, now a r the Center for St yat Texas A&M, in to shoot down tl ade by military l :ved they Good benefits. Good pay! Free uniforms and food! Flexible hours. Apply now! WORK FOR NUMBER ONE! See a Manager for an application. 2420 TEXAS AVE., COLLEGE STATION 825 Villa Maria Road Bryan 801 University Dr. College Station McDonaicts f \ r\ <£C/ou.l V Y Texas lawyer climbs the ranks United Press International AUSTIN — Sarah Wedding- ton evolved at breakneck speed from a West Texas preacner’s daughter to the attorney who convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to legalize abortion. highest court. It was the first contested legal case for the for mer high school English teacher from Abilene. A decade after the landmark 1973 abortion ruling, Wedding- ton shows no signs of slowing her quick advancement through the world of state and national politics. “It was a feeling of great re sponsibility,” she said. “I felt I was there to represent thousands and thousands of other people. was asked by the Carter adminis tration to become the first female general counsel of the USDA. A year later, she was Carter’s special adviser on women’s issues. In the past 10 years, she has been a three-term Texas state legislator, first woman general counsel to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and a top adviser to former President Jimmy Car ter. She now heads a 19-member staff in the Texas Office of State-Federal Relations, divid ing her time between Austin and Washington. “In some ways, it was very appropriate that it was a young woman addressing the court. If it had been a man in his 60s, he could have argued it as well from a technical point of view. But I don’t think he could have argued it as well from a position of understanding the impact of pregnancy upon a woman’s life.” Weddington points to her Methodist upbringing and her experience as a “preacher’s kid" as direct influences on her deci sion to enter politics. "Some writers have said that, to be a leader, you have to be willing to feel different,” she said. “I always felt different be cause I wasn’t asked to do a lot of things other kids did because I was a preacher’s kid. 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