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OKYO — President Reagan, sur-
'h tent uded by pomp, ceremony and ex-
msas Cirordinary security, prodded
erperv; anese Prime Minister Yasuhiro
[enaJs asone Wednesday on the delicate
c J es of trade and economics.
While U.S. officials discouraged
ectanons of major breakthroughs
he talks, they disclosed a joint
ement on the yen-dollar ratio — a
II source of economic tension be-
00 e f & sn die two nations — would be
sity la et | w bile Reagan was in Tokyo.
A statement congratulating the
anese on steps toward opening
r capital markets to foreign invest-
, it and creating a joint commission
tin J 1 tud the dollar-yen issue was ex-
im has te d Thursday. U.S. officials say an
lervalued yen causes the trade im-
ince which favors Japan.
Hr GruBoth Reagan and his Japanese
wksaiK is stressed the close friendship be-
f DedsioMij
i is brod
stations t
tween the two nations as the president
began his first official visit to Asia.
Reagan, wearing a formal morning
coat and striped trousers, received a
red carpet welcome from Emperor
Hirohito at the ornate Akasaka Palace
as more than 1,300 American and
Japanese school children cheered and
waved paper Japanese and U.S. flags.
Joined by the 82-year-old Hirohito,
Reagan was driven to the lush
grounds of the moat-enclosed Impe
rial Palace, which provides a vivid re
minder of feudal rule.
Immediately after the formal audi
ence with the Emperor, Reagan and
Nakasone began their initial round of
wide-ranging private talks that lasted
nearly twice as long as scheduled.
Protesting the visit, more than
4,600 Japanese radicals wearing face
masks and shouting “use force to
force Reagan out” snake-danced
through the streets several miles from
the presidential party.
The protesters said Reagan’s trip
was aimed at forging a military
alliance that could drag Japan into a
confrontation between the superpow
ers. Six demonstrators were arrested.
Further demonstrations were ex
pected Thursday when Reagan visits
the Meiji Shrine, a religious memorial
that some Japanese associate with the
nation’s militaristic policy before
World War II.
The 90,000-man security force mo
bilized for Reagan’s visit was evident
at every Tokyo street corner.
a ra fat vows to repel
it Licks on his forces
United Press International
|UP( )EI, Lebanon — Yasser Ara-
o\yed Wednesday to repel Palesti-
rebel attacks on his outnum-
ed forces as a new burst of artillery
I mortar fire engulfed the heart of
rittsis poli and set back efforts to reach a
lampus'se-fire.
ector ol Shells fell on northern and central
ica,anaH s Lebanon’s second largest city.
Ip satur*
refnostof Arafat’s besieged fight-
set up multiple rocket launchers
litan art; rnprtar batteries close to densely
tablisb uhited apartment blocks,
i disdpl
Remnants of Arafat’s force of
5,000 Palestine Liberation Organiza
tion fighters remained in the Beddawi
refugee camp — his last outpost just
north of Tripoli — and fought off
waves of rebel tanks backed by artil
lery, Arafat’s second-in-command,
Abu Jihad, said.
Abu Jihad said the rebels lost 10
tanks and 14 personnel carriers in the
battle, but continued to hold Mount
Terbol, from which they poured
down shells on the tin-roofed, cinder-
block structures that house 22,000
civilians in Beddawi.
The Syrian-backed rebels began
their blitz seven days ago to oust Ara
fat from Beddawi and end his 14-year
reign of the PLO, claiming he had
grown corrupt and moderate and no
longer strove for open confrontation
with Israel.
Later, he told reporters there were
no negotiations under way for him to
abandon Tripoli to avert detruction
of the city and its 150,000 inhabitants.
Classy wheels
John Makely, Battalion staff
Many students were attracted to The Texas A&M Sports
Car Club’s car show Wednesday in/front of the Academic
Building, and voted on best engine, best paint, best
interior and favorite in show.
paign urges more active role
ominations open for prof awards
| by Debbie E. Warren
Battalion Reporter
in [advertising campaign has be-
i to get more students to nominate
irbest professors for distinguished
ieyement awards.
at is on; Each year the Association of For-
stianuT Students presents outstanding
cturer » Kas A&M faculty with the awards.
and cut
ections are made through Student
vernment and the Department of
at Goriidemic Affairs.
dassadi-Clinton Phillips, dean of faculties,
s many students were left out of
nomination process because they
n’t know they could make nomina-
s. Student involvement primarily
limited to students in special orga-
ations, because they were the only
dents informed of the awards.
“What we are trying to do is make
sure all students have an opportunity
to participate in the process,” Phillips
says. “And apparently the way it func
tioned before, they weren’t getting
that opportunity to the extent that we
would like.”
With the honor, the recipient is
awarded $4,000 and a framed certifi
cate. University level award recipients
are given an additional $1,000 and an
engraved watch.
Phillips says the amount of the
stipend may change because several
deans have suggested to the adminis
tration that the awards don’t have to
be as large to achieve the same affect.
To receive a college award, profes
sors must have completed three years
of service to the University and can
not have received another college
level teaching award within the past
five years or any University level
award within the same year.
To be eligible for University level
awards, the recipient must have com
pleted five years of service and cannot
have received an award in the same
catagory within the past four years.
Grant Swartzwelder, Student Gov
ernment vice president for academic
affairs, says students always have been
able to nominate professors for the
prestigious awards, but few students
made nominations because they
didn’t know how to do it.
“It’s just like so many other things
that are open to students,” Swartzwel
der says. “They just don’t know about
them, so what good do they do them?”
The awards are presented for
teaching and student relations.
Teaching awards are chosen from two
categories — professors within the in
dividual colleges and on the Universi
ty-wide level. All student relations
awards are on the University level.
Swartzwelder says it’s important
for students to submit nominations
because they are best qualified to
know which professors deserve the
awards.
“Students should be involved,” he
says. “They would be the ones to know
who has the best office hours, which
one is always there to talk to them, and
which one really cares about them
when assigning grades or lecturing.”
Swartzwelder also says he is aware
of the need for faculty input when the
final selection is made for the
teaching awards.
“We wouldn’t want the teaching
part of the awards to be like a popu
larity contest,” Swartzwelder says. “A
lot of the time other professors are in
a better position to see who really is
the best in their field. Their input is
important.”
Swartzwelder says both student
and faculty nominations will be tre
ated the same.
“All nominations should be written
as professionally as possible,” he says.
“When the Student Government and
faculty look at the nomination forms,
they’re going to take your nomination
a lot more seriously if you’ve taken the
time to make it look professional.”
All nominations should be turned
into the Student Government office
in 219 Pavilion no later than Nov. 22.
Application forms also can be picked
up there.
Lucas
convicted
in killing
United Press International
DENTON — Self-proclaimed mass
slayer Henry Lee Lucas was convicted
of murder Wednesday in the stabbing
and dismemberment of his teenage
common-law wife despite his tearful
claim the killing was a reflex action.
“Just what I expected,” Lucas mut
tered to reporters as he was led away
after the verdict.
Lucas sat motionless when the ver
dict was read in his first trial since he
began telling authorities of killing
more than 150 women in 17 states
during the past seven years.
The one-eyed drifter, who served
time in a Michigan prison for killing
his mother in 1960, was convicted in
the Aug. 24, 1982, slaying of 15-year-
old Frieda “Becky” Powell, a Jackson
ville, Fla., runaway Lucas referred to
as his common-law wife.
The jury, which could have con
victed Lucas of the lesser crime of
voluntary manslaughter, deliberated
an hour and 50 minutes before
reaching the decision. State District
Judge W.C. Boyd ordered the jurors
to return at 9 a.m. Thursday to begin
the punishment phase of Lucas’ trial.
The sentence could range from 5
to 99 years or life in prison.
Earlier Wednesday, Lucas took the
witness stand and, amid sobs, confes
sed to the slaying, but said he stabbed
Powell as a reflex when she struck him
during an argument.
“I loved Becky. I’ve always loved
Becky,” Lucas testified. “She was rais
ing cain with me about going to
Florida.
“I didn’t want to go to Florida be
cause I would be arrested and so
would she.”
He said after the stabbing he tried
to bury her, but could not dig a ditch
and tried to leave, but finally returned
to her body.
“I went back and I sat beside her
and I talked to her about what to do
with her body,” Lucas said.
Lucas denied his earlier statement
that he had sex with Powell’s corpse.
He said he cut the body into numer
ous pieces with a 10-inch kitchen
knife, scattered them around the field
and then fled by hitchhiking.
The bones were found 10 months
later, last June 16, and in the ensuing
investigation Lucas was arrested.
Defense attorney Tom Whitlock
said Lucas’ testimony and a
videotaped confession he gave au
thorities last June probably keyed the
jury verdict. In the videotaped con
fession, shown to jurors Tuesday,
Lucas calmy recounted the crime and
said he had sex with the body before
dismembering it.
Lucas pleaded guilty Sept. 30 to
the slaying of Kate Rich, 80, of Ring-
gold, and was sentenced to 75 years in
prison. He still faces seven murder
charges in Texas and one in
Louisiana.
“I am very disappointed,” Whit
lock said. “The jury had ample evi
dence to find him not guilty or at the
most guilty of voluntary manslaugh
ter, but we have a jury system and we
have to live with it.”
Active recruiting ups
out-of-state MBAs here
The lone woman...
Jane Beach, Battalion Photo
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igric
inly
nech
Balusek, a senior majoring in
ultural engineering, is the
woman taking the tractor
anics course offered by the
Department of Mechanized Agriculture.
Students must work in pairs to
take apart and completely rebuild
a tractor during the course.
by Bonnie Langford
Battalion Staff
Active recruiting by the College of
Business Administration is the reason
for the increasing number of out-of-
state students enrolled here in the
graduate business program, says the
assistant dean of the masters
program.
Dr. Ronald Johnson says 103 new
Masters of Business Administration
students enrolled this fall — a 63.5
percent increase over last fall. The
number of out-of-state students en
rolled is 47.5 percent, compared to 29
percent in 1981.
The M.B.A. program is reaching
its goals is through national recruit
ing, Johnson said. The business col
lege belongs to the M.B.A. Forum,
which sponsors five national confer
ences during the fall.
Johnson said the M.B.A. program
is gaining national recognition be
cause of these forums.
Doris Hill, admissions supervisor,
attended the last forum, which was
held in New York City.
“A good number of quality stu
dents turned out for this forum,” Hill
said. “They want to know about the
tuition, number of hours and job
placement, but they also want to see
where A&M is on a map. They ask
questions about the climate and the
male-female ratio, because they’re so
far away they don’t know anything
about A&M.”
The low tuition here impressed
many of the students, Hill said.
The standards in the M.B.A. prog
ram have not suffered because of the
increasing number either, he said.
“The average GMAT (Graduate
Management Admissions Test) scores
were 552 this fall, out of a possible 720
points,” Johnson said. “There were
also six students to receive graduate
college fellowships, which is a Univer
sity-wide competition.”
Although Texas A&M has offered
a Masters of Business Administration
degree since 1947, the business col
lege was not established here until the
late 1960s.
The M.B.A. degree was first
offered by the College of Arts and
Sciences, Johnson said.
After the College of Business was
established, he said, each department
in the business college offered an
M.B.A. In 1979 the graduate faculty
began revising the program. Two
years later the M.B.A. program was
centralized. The redesigned program
stresses high quality and national rec
ognition, Johnson said.
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