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--Forum to bring diverse political affiliates to A&M
By KIMBERLEE D.
NORRIS
Reporter
Political Awareness Day on
Wednesday will bring to cam-
js a range of politically active
toups far beyond traditional
tpublicans and Democrats.
|MSC Political Forum, which
msors the annual event, has
ited 110 political groups as
verse as the Communist Party
the Moral Majority,
icncan Atheists, Mothers
rainst Drunk Driving, the Ku
lux Klan, and four lesbian/gay
jhtslobbyist groups.
The event has dealt with con-
sy before. Last year, for
)le, transsexual Phylis
Frye was among the guests.
Frye is a former member of the
Corps of Cadets who rep
resented the Houston Gay Polit
ical Caucus.
Jay Simmons, 1984 Political
Awareness Day chairman, said
the controversial reaction to
Frye was caused by a handful of
people who didn’t feel comfort
able with the fact that there was
a transsexual on campus.
“Those who actually talked
with Frye learned a lot about
political activity in the homosex
ual commmunity and its effect
on government,” he said.
Simmons said the purpose of
the program is not to present a
side-show of freaks or bizarre
people, but to allow students to
see the workings of politics by
talking with people who are clo
sely involved.
“Nobody learned diddly-
squat just because they saw a
transsexual,” he said. “Those
who got something out of it did
because they overcame their
prejudices and spoke with a
member of a powerful political
organization.” he said.
1984-85 Political Forum
chairman, Kevin Brannin, said
he is concerned that students
understand the Forum’s mo
tives for sponsoring controver
sial groups on campus.
“We’re not bringing contro
versy for controversy’s sake —
just for open exchange of dif
ferent viewpoints,” he said.
Brannin said he feels the va
lue of bringing a group such as
the Ku Klux Klan is learning
from people who have not
learned from their mistakes.
“Any group that denies peo
ple their basic rights because of
skin color has real problems,”
he said. “We can learn from
that.”
Brannin said some students
seem to feel that beliefs which
are unlike their own are not
worth hearing. He said Political
Forum tries to challenge stu
dents to evaluate why they be
lieve the things they hold true.
“If you never hear anything
but what you already believe,
you tend to get the idea that
there are easy answers to hard
questions,” he said. “That just
isn’t true in the ‘real world’,’’ he
said.
Simmons said all of the
nearly 110 groups invited to the
program met criteria designed
to insure a representative sam
ple of political views.
“A list of potential partici
pants was sent to every profes
sor in the political science de
partment to be rated from ‘one’
to ‘ten’ in terms of political in
fluence,” he said. “For every
‘one’ an organization received,
at least three other professors
gave the same group a ‘ten’. It’s
hard for anyone to isolate who
affects political policy.”
Michaele Craddock, in com
ing vice-chairman of Political
Forum, said she does not sup
port the philosophies of many
of the invited groups.
“Whether or not I agree with
their political ideas doesn’t mat
ter,” she said. “They have the
right to express their opinions
just as anyone else. This pro
gram allows the expression of
both minority and majority
viewpoints.”
Simmons said not all the
groups invited attend the event
because of money problems or
time conflicts.
“We can’t reimburse them, or
pay speakers, so some organiza
tions can’t accept,” he said.
“Others have scheduling con
flicts, but we feel we attract
groups that really affect na
tional as well as local and state-
level politics.”
bsentee voting begins today
By THERESA CORNELL
Reporter
absentee voting for the May
emocratic and Republican
naries will begin today and
ntinue through May 1.
aunty clerk Frank Boriskie
voters who will be out of
county on the day of the
ttions may vote absentee,
hey will be asked at the absen-
voting booth to sign a
Jement testifying to their ex-
:ted absence.
Absentee voters may vote
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
through Friday in the county
clerk office in the Brazos
County Courthouse on West
26th Street in Bryan.
Voters should come to the
courthouse with their voter reg
istration cards. If their card is
lost or has not arrived in the
mail, the voters’ names can be
checked on an official voter list.
To receive an absentee ballot
from the voter’s hometown, the
voter must write down his cer
tificate and precinct number
from his voter registration card
and mail it to the county clerk’s
office in his home county,
asking for an absentee ballot.
Local voters in the May pri
maries will be choosing nomi
nees for the positions of U. S.
senator; 6th District U. S. Rep
resentative; 14th District state
representative; district attor
ney; Brazos County sheriff;_
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wards given for academic,
extracurricular achievements
peveral award winners were an-
lounced Saturday during Par
ous' Day ceremonies including
the Buck Weirus Spirit Award
ners and the Thomas S.
ithright Academic Excellence
A*ard winners,
he gifto!,'i Winners of the Weirus award
carillon W chosen on the basis of in-
ilvement in “the other educa-
0,” said Association of For-
ler Students President Charlie
tly at the awards ceremony
purday. The “other educa-
)n" includes activities, accom-
ishments and leadership posi-
[ns. The Weirus award was
f” Since* 1 st P ven * n 1982 in honor of
"hard “Buck” Weirus, whom
:ly said had given more to the
liversity than he could ever
:eive. Winners receive a wrist
tchand a framed certificate.
The Gathright Award is
imed in honor of the first
iesident of Texas A&M Col-
[e, Thomas S. Gathright, and
winners received framed
ificates for having the high-
grade-point ratios in their
lege classifica tons.
Winners of the Buck Weirus
irit Award are:
Freshmen: William B.
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Golden, Shannon Harris, David
Klosterboer, David Lawhorne,
Marae Lehnert, James Marek,
Matthew McKay and Mark
Monroe.
• Juniors: Philip Baker,
Dena Brown, Zack Coapland,
Jim Currie, Denis Davis, Paul
Davis, Anne Marie Dixon, Gina
Harlow, Jay Holland, Kevin
Jones, Melissa Martin, Karen
Pirtle, Tracey Quigley, Charles
Hutson Rollins III and Ann
West.
• Seniors: Brent Burchard,
Julie Caruthers, Patrick Choi,
Stephen Cone, Eric Connor,
Curtis Jefferson Crofton, Cyn
thia Davis, Teddy Dela Cruz,
Blaine Edwards, Kelly Graham,
Beth Hendrix, Jerry Allan Hill,
Philip Leopold, Joe Nussbaum,
Robert Ogdee, Mary Polinard,
Phil Rosenfeld, Thomas Salzer,
Kelsel Thompson and Julie
Walshak.
• Graduate students: Ken
neth Fredeen and Ramona
Krailler.
The Thomas S. Gathright
Academic Excellence Award
winners are:
• College of Agriculture:
Elaine K. Brown, senior; Mark
J. Pirwitz, junior; Michael D.
Mulcahy, sophomore.
• College of Architecture
and Environmental Design:
James Eustace Carrillo, senior;
Cheryl Renee Johnson, junior;
Margaret Mary Alsup, sopho
more.
• College of Business Ad
ministration: Walter Vance, se
nior; Lynn M. Wilmot, junior;
James M. Bailey, sophomore.
• College of Education: Ka
ren Anne Leach, senior; Sally
Jean Kirby, junior; Beverly Su
san Boyce, sophomore.
• College of Engineering:
James David Burnett, senior;
Douglas William Grant, junior;
Anne Marie Morillon, sopho
more.
• College of Geosciences:
Ginger Anne Barth, senior;
Robert Brent Boyd, junior; Ru
dolf Harald Petrini, sophomore
• College of Liberal Arts:
Erica Lee Krennerich, senior;
Daniel Craig Bitting, junior;
Michele Anne Mobley, sopho
more.
• College of Medicine: Joel
Jeffries,senior; Philip Scott Da
vis, junior; John Strayhorn,
sophomore.
• College of Science: Wil
liam Evan Secor, senior; Julie
Joyce Gibson, junior; Eric Le
roy Albers, sophomore.
• College of Veterinary
Medicine: Kathryn E. Kern, se
nior; Karen C. Tucker, junior;
Scott W. Brooks, sophomore.
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