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Wednesday, February 1, 1984AThe Battalion/Page V 0 the sty *'^cente t | )re he vaj, ■ alive had* in an t the Mi r injury tin )uttal filers menuarm ''uuchasl^ believing hard tore;; dng he is. Ruth, ft; ur despite 914, he« ue seasoeiv The Red; 'ho beam, do so, he it 25,000 att: id river wan >ff and hits •II Gretab 'sell thetb en? Pocltlt e asset. B; rcumstanii gh, Chita; •rdinarilvs guarantte s, that me:: id $1601" I how mi tarns in No ■believed] idown, SI square: session o!: C stand;:; 2 in craft! dihecotft for i 21 oulitj 1 Both teas Around town Scholarship deadline moved up Deadline to apply for the Good Neighbor Scholarship has been changed from April 1 to Feb. 15. The Good Neighbor Scholarship is available to students who are citizens of the western hemisphere excluding the United Stales and Cuba. Recipients of the Good Neighbor Scholarship have their tuition waived by the state. Recipients are chosen by the Texas Education Agency in Austin. Students interested can apply through the Financial Aid Office in 228 Pavilion. Bank assists in locating financial aid Students expecting to need financial aid or summer em ployment can write to The Scholarship Bank for information about financial aid from up to 50 sources. Private finacial aid donors consider applications on a year- round basis, but now is the best time to start looking for aid for the fall semester, Steve Danz, bank director, said. For more information students should send a stamped, self-addresed, business-size envelope to The Scholarship Bank, 10100 Santa Monica Blvd.,Los Angeles, CA., 90067. Honor society offers scholarships National Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society will award eight $1,000 scholarships and 28 $500 scholarships this year to seniors who plan to enter graduate or professional schools in Fall 1984. The recipients are chosen on the basis of scholastic record, evidence of creative ability, potential success in their chosen fields and character. Members of Phi Eta Sigma interested in the scholarships should contact Dr. Curtis Lard in 113 Systems Administra tion Building. The National deadline for submitting applica tions is March 1, but the local deadline is Feb. 23. International students host art show The Brazos Valley Art League, the Arts Council of Brazos Valley and the Texas A&M International Students Associa tion is sponsoring the Second International Arts Festival Feb. 4 at the Post Oak Mall. The festival will include an art exhibit, music show and booths representing countries from around the world. Those wishing to participate in the art exhibit or music show need to contact the Arts Council at 779-2193. TAMU Inter national clubs who wish to have a booth may secure further information from the International Students Association on campus at 845-1825. To submit an item for this column come by The Battalion office in 216 Reed McDonald. Florida stops use of EDB United Press International AUSTIN — The cancer- causing pesticide EDB is no lon ger being used as a fumigant on Florida citrus shipped to Texas, officials said Tuesday. “We stopped using it late last week at the request of your state government,” said Sal Alfieri, director of the division of plant industries in the Florida Agri culture Department. Tests disclosed last Friday by the Texas Health Department showed high levels of EDB — ethylene dibromide — in the skin and pulp of oranges im ported from Florida and tanger ines from Mexico. Alfieri said Texas has re- ? ;uired fumigation of Florida ruit to kill the Caribbean fruit fly, but had not specified the use of EDB. “We haven’t told them (Flor ida officials) not to use EDB,” said assistant Texas Agriculture Commissioner Ron White. Alfrier said Florida growers have switched to methyl bro mide, which apparently does not leave a residue in food although it is considered dangerous to handle. EDB, which has been used as a fumigant in fruits and grains since 1948, is still being used in Mexico. It is known to cause can cer in laboratory animals and is suspected of being the cause of cancer in humans. Tests in Texas during Janu ary found traces of the subst ance in numerous food samples, but there has been no contami nation of water supplies. 3 counties dropped from cowboy cose United Press International AMARILLO — A federal judge Tuesday dismissed three Panhandle counties from a $5 million lawsuit that was filed against them, the city of Borger and five officers concerning the death of a 6666 Ranch cowboy. James Crandstaff was shot and killed near his ranch home on Aug. 11, 1981, when he was mistaken by officers for a fugi tive they were hunting. Testi mony indicated Crandstaff, 31, had heard some commotion and gone to help police. In giving instructions to a three-man, three-woman jury, U.S. district Judge Mary Lou Robinson told them some defen dants had been removed from the suit. Mrs. Crandstaff was advised she would have to pay expenses the three counties of Hutch inson, Gray and Carson had gathered while defending them selves. The Crandstaff family still deserved $5 million from the city of Borger and five Panhan dle officers despite the dismissal of the counties, attorney Robert Wallace of the Houston Haynes Sc Fullwider law office said. His comments came in closing arguments after the jury re ceived more than 50 pages of instructions. Attorneys for Bor ger, four Borger officers and one Hutchinson County deputy have denied responsiblity for the shooting. “Nobody thinks they went out there to kill James Crandstaff. This is about anybody shot down in their front yard,” Wallace said. “The training of these officers broke, they opened fire. “Mr. Crandstaff was trying to guard his children from the fugitive,” he added, saying the city of Borger was to blame for giving the officers guns and badges. “Borger sent them out there to do that. Borger approved what they did and Borger hasn’t changed to this day,” Wallace added. “Borger never asked who shot James Crandstaff and why did it happen.” me toniji;, hosts Owls areV. an upseiis >as Fridii in a confc For liberal arts graduates: good news on the job front United Press International t, leajiieJ ■ 1 host Tee Jobs besides those of taxi ontest ; driver, window washer and first hall! checkout clerk are out there for 4-4 recort English, art, music, psychology, -0, but It history and other liberal arts ma- as yet. jors. , i That word comes from com- s ‘ pany chieftans who huddled 7 rcc !: with college officials at Prince- 11 ton, N.J., cogitating about how wet j to get word around that corpo- j 0 ac • rate America’s putting out the fl0S welcome mat for liberal arts gra duates. i “The sixty participants J agreed that the study of such |§ subjects as languages, literature, ’ history, philosophy, compara nd qua® tive religion, ethics, and the his- 7 points ii tory, criticism and theory of the at a 58-4! arts can provide knowledge and ansas Cif® ve l°P skills necessary for suc- iroughtl*j cess in the business world,” a re- aredsev® potion the conference said. irka21'lfl| The conference was spon sored by the Association of :t basket* American Colleges and the Na- ie Kjnpf honal Endowment for the minutes' Humanities. enafi^l “There is a place and a central -out-^l ^ ace — ^ or Humanities and the sea# l ^ e liberal arts graduate in busi- ^jiess,” said Charles L. Brown, ^ jjjchairman of the board, Amer- • •••••••*>** *• ••••••«*••••• • • • • • | core npson 21 tnd La®' • . aty.*! : Please come join ican Telephone ad Telegraph, opening the conference. “That’s the good news. The bad news is that the good news is not better known.” To get word around, a copy of proceedings of the conference just has been sent to chief execu tive officers of hundreds of cor porations. The covering letter was signed by Brown and James L. Ferguson, chairman and chief executive, General Foods Corp. In the letter, Ferguson and Brown go to bat for liberal arts graduates, long poor relatives along the academic trail as a re- sult of heavy demand for wizards in engineering, busi ness, computers, math and sci ence. “We write to call your atten tion to the findings and recom mendations of an important conference on connections be- tween the study of the humanP ties and careers in business,” they said. Among vignettes in the re port: • Chase Manhattan Bank dis covered in a recent study of com mercial banking trainees that those with only bachelor’s de grees developed stronger tech nical banking skills than those with advanced degrees. Appro ximately a third of those with bachelor’s degrees majored in the humanities and over two- thirds in liberal arts. • American Telephone and Telegraph found in a study of its managers that humanities and social science majors were prom oted more rapidly than technical graduates. After 20 years, 43 percent of the liberally educated managers had achieved the fourth level of management — a sign of considerable success — compared with only 32 percent of the business majors and 23 percent of the engineers. How does the study of the humanities — fields like music, English, history, philosophy, psychology and foreign lan guages — build such a strong foundation for a career in busi ness? The answer, from the report: “It develops strengths that sci entific or technical training alone seldom provides —judg ment, an historical sense, know ledge of other languages and cultures, recognition of ethical issues, interpersonal abilities, communication skills, intellec tual flexibility, a capacity for in terpretive and creative thinking. “In a complex, changing busi ness environment, an invest ment in these qualities can offer important long-term returns. “Students in the humanities are well advised to acquire basic business skills — in accounting and finance, for example. But as broadly educated graduates they are better prepared for a lifetime of work than are stu dents who have narrowed their studies to secure a first job.” 1981 PULITZER PRIZE N.Y. DRAMA CRITICS’ CIRCLE AWARD nits last H Nj \N ;r r OUR AFFAIR! Business Career Fair Feb. 1 & 2 ProBLeM PREqNANCy? 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