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Friday, March 30, 1984/The Battalion/Page 3 Cultural displays in MSC International Week begins Day” exhibit that will be featured in the lobby of the architecture building from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today. The ex hibit is sponsored by Students Con cerned for the Handicapped. he Big Event scheduled lor Saturday afternoon By BETTY SCHULTZ Reporter Observance of International Week ’84 at Texas A&M begins with an opening ceremony Monday at 10:00 a.m. in the main hall of the Memorial Stu dent Center. The ceremony marks the start of Five days, April 2-6, of cultural awareness. During the week, the interna tional students of Texas A&M want to show others the cultures of their countries. There are nearly 2,500 stu dents from 100 foreign coun tries attending Texas A&M this year. “International students were brought to Texas A&M to en hance the education of the American students,” said Tina Watkins, adviser of the Interna tional Students Association. The purpose of International Week, she said, is to bring inter national and American students closer by helping the Americans understand different cultures. This year’s International Week begins with cultural dis plays in the MSC main floor on Monday and Tuesday. An in ternational Film festival will also be featured in the MSC lounge showing how people live in other countries. International Cuisine Night will be Wednes day at 7:00 p.m. on the second floor of the MSC. Tickets are $6.00 per person. An International Talent Show and Traditional Dress Pa rade featuring students from 20 different countries will be held Thursday in Rudder Audito rium. Students will give perfor mances that illustrate lifestyles in their respective countries. “Every act is completely dif ferent. That’s what’s so interest ing about it,” said Amer Ben- Ali, member of ISA. “This is the First year that we will have the U.S.A. participating in the tal ent show. And more people have become involved this year than the three years before.” Tickets for the talent show and fashion show are $2.00 per person. Tickets for all activities are available at Rudder Box Of- Fice. The week will end with an awards night on Saturday. The outstanding talent acts and win ners of the food fair will be hon ored. There will be a preview of In ternational Week ’84 today at 12:00 in the MSC lounge. A belly dancer and singers from Spain and Bangladesh will per form. By BETH HRDLICKA Reporter meeting at I jj, e jjjg £ ven t ( a group com- timmVy service project, begins ®turday at 1 p.m. but it’s still ftt too late to sign up for the Brussels isked each memotfl| n) g ram - ■ Anyone ere ing -olved mail ances andli s. I recall oi icher who If a computer jther quote illiams whid is nothing iy this, I'm n mind, heduled dep id with the nited Scm who needs work ane or want to participate in the Big Event, call the Student ivernment office for informa- m. Participants from different oups will do various projects r the community. For exam- Je, the Kappa Alpha fraternity ‘will collect money for the Mus- Rilar Dystrophy Association. | Members of Corps of Cadets ompany B-2 will take some children roller skating and out for pizza. Members of the Engineering Technology Society will clean up a Girl Scout camp, Camp Howdy, by mowing and trim ming underbrush. Mars candy bar is challenging Jaycees nationwide to gather 100,000 signatures. If they do this, then Mars candy bar will give $250,000 to the Summer Olympics. The local Jaycees will attempt to obtain 3,000 signa tures to add to the national to tal. Businesses also are making their contribution to the Big Event this year. Swiki Anderson and Associates Inc., has raised $250 to help with advertising for the Big Event. In return for the donation, Big Event helpers will clean up trash in ditches in the Industrial Park where the company is located. Chairman Joe Nussbaum, said the Big Event this year is a great improvement over last year. About 5,200 people are involved, which is 1,000 more than last year. “The community has so many needs,” Nussbaum said. “We proved ourselves last year and now people really know we are here to work.” The Big Event starts with a rally at the Grove. The speaker, Don Murray, the national pub lic relations chairman for the Christian Children’s Fund, will speak on volunteerism. •MUM -/Si 76 ~ - fisa -'^158' JtifcfAM 3828TEXAS AVENUE‘BRYAN 846-2738 RECORDS MAGAZINES COMICS!! con.: were en beaten and licia ighorn'st it all oil,) ided into instead of e situation :o face the ft ng my molt; ! listening to late on new egative stgna e maladies tty nuances tother Tuesi William E, ioore is pr olessor in ll >gram. A Prairie View rticipated ini five summefl You’ve Already One Day of A Science Fiction Spectacular MARCH 29 - APRIL 1 : as a laboraW 1 •porting, ed/fiit i the ~ licy should not atf orial staff restf 11 de and length 'main the aittk 1 ■ signed and D •phone nunittf 1 is and guest tii all inquiries iti 1 published exas A&M rcjt* y and examinil are $16.75 pit, ■ and $35 petti d on request talion, 2161 A&M Univenit mal is entitled Juction of abf bts of reprodud erved. ud at College DON’T MISS ANOTHER! Friday Dragonslayer Time Bandits Dr. Who: Invasion of the Daleks Featuring art shows, games, masquerade, dealers’ room, banquet, contests, readings, auction, panels and of course THE MOVIES Saturday Bladerunner Tron Galaxina Movies start at 7*30 each evening in Rudder Auditorium. One day pass - $4.00 Full convention - stdnt. $6.50 - other $10.00 For more information call 845-1515.