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"But lliertj he tiin'i belli tililer said liea e how lie win — The Battalion Serving the University, community tn.e.ut anotiier inuTi lie to Mmistint; i it I giiiicIoHi be with a pn College Station, Texas Wednesday, May 2, 1984 One red dot can halt seniors’ graduation around lin • said. “I fed players here a Mon will Iwti c fait By PAM BARNES Reporter Today, most graduating seniors llorive, walk or run to Heaton Hall check the final graduating senior If an infamous red dot is beside eg name they will have until noon jiursday, to clear the academic or rancial block. |Those who don’t dear their block then, won’t graduate,” says Asso- the track,' ite Registrar Don Carter. “It’s as plan would npleasthat.” )() to 3,000 bljmer says there are several rea- o pun hast ns why students are blocked, icsaid. “It could be that they are short of file points or didn’t transfer some I Mil,ills m ec *’ ls * n l “ ne or maybe they failed ip ... and Itii Miisiana citi/fl ay all tneir tees, Carter says. “The list is pretty self-explanatory.” Carter says if it’s a financial block, like parking fines or unpaid fees, the student may still graduate, but they have to clear the block before they can receive an official transcript. The real problem occurs if it’s an academic block. Seniors who have an academic block must clear up the situation be fore noon Thursday or they will not receive their degree and they can not participate in the graduation cere monies, Carter says. Major Morris Maddox, assistant chief of personnel of the University Police Department, says some grad uating seniors have already come in to make sure they don’t have any fines. He also says some students grad uate without clearing up their tickets and several years later find their transcripts are still blocked. They call and eventually have to pay the tickets in order to get an official transcript. “If we don’t get them now,” Mad dox says, “we’ll probably get them later. Unless, of course, they never need their transcripts.” It may be a rough, frustrating day for those graduating seniors who find the red dot next to their name, but to all those who visit Heaton for the last time, CONGRATULA TIONS! lusive ownen loherts said. Mondale, Jackson win big said lie nerf| triolo, ami ie track owiKfi United Press International ie meeting» Walter DC. easy win over WASHINGTON londale scored an Ry Hart in Tennessee Tuesday hile Jesse Jackson won a landslide ctory in Washington, D.C. — his J at Democratic presidential primary " dory of the year. ited Mark Ikffhe two primaries opened the men’s Ifplipnie stretch battle for the Demo- lavidson pUiatic presidential nomination — a s B-plus coii'le week battle that ends in Califor- ■•june 5. But Mondale could come Be to wrapping up the nomination hi fiom Dall| XL wee k> when there are 771 dele- usion and Hi* tes al sla ^ e > especially if he scores ' .1, ie victories in Texas on Saturday Uvid Utsev B!* al * e l "e nation s capital and its ^delegates will represent a symbolic ffiory for Jackson, Mondale went division,J jter a Tennessee win, with 65 dele- hsl and l ai ties, to kick off his final drive for ed second ie nomination he was once favored the men's I twin without much resistence. Hart, who surprised the political Orld with his upset in the season- ■ New Hampshire primary, f Oinked a win in Tennessee to keep « ■ V/ppin the race In incomplete returns from Wash- gton, D.C., Jackson had 24,199 or n list 63 percent, Mondale, 11,407 or 30 percent, and Hart, 2,921 or 7 per cent. With 52 percent of the precincts reporting in Tennessee, Mondale was leading with 69,557 or 40 per cent, Hart 51,752 or 29 percent and Jackson 46,419 or 26 percent. Mondale was leading in 34 dele gate races, which would give him 1,213 of the the 1,967 delegates needed for nomination. Hart was leading in 24 delegate races for a to tal of 647, and Jackson led in 22 races for a new total of 205, with 330 un committed according to the latest United Press International count. “The power-brokers of the Demo cratic Party — the special interest groups, the political action commit tees and those who want to protect the statul quo — want a low turnout on Tuesday,” Hart said. On the eve of the primary a statewide poll in Tennessee reported 39 percent favored Mondale, 30 per cent for Hart and 12 percent for Jackson, with 19 percent undecided. Hart said he expected to finish “at least a very close second” in the race, but his campaign staff said any hope of victory hinged on “undecided” voters getting to the polls. The primary was the first since Mondale’s “delegate committees” and their acceptance of political ac tion committee money became a ma jor issue. Hart hit hard on the PAC money theme in his Tennessee stops, calling on Mondale to give the money back. Mondale last week announced first that he would ask the panels to dis band and later that his campaign would refund money from the PACs, most tied to labor organizations. In Washington, with 70 percent of the city black and thousands of voters on the rolls for the first time, Jackson linked arms with Mayor Marion Barry and marched to the polls after a church rally where the crowd chan ted “Win, Jesse, win! Win, Jesse, win!” Jackson was the heavy favorite in predominently black Washington. He has carried the cities of Philadel phia and Hartford, Conn., in earlier primaries and won the caucuses in his home state of South Carolina, but has not scored any primary victories. Photo by PETER ROCHA Happy Birthday to Aggieland's First Lady Reveille IV snatches a piece of cake from other residents of the second floor of Dorm 2, freshman Hans Meinardus at a party given in presented Rev with cards, bones and other honor of Rev’s ninth birthday by Company E- gifts. 2. Meinardus, mascot corporal 1984-85, and ndustrial parks boom, invite competition in B-CS g career i y 1983, wliew led he had on his iy treatment^: from playiiifl| i a year ie of the otiist l * lt col |j0nly reeently, however, have the twin cit- 11 ' IIS |, come to realize this. The Bryan-College ~ ec t 11 ! 11 ^ .non area currently supports four indus- S l 1II 1 1 s .'iJ parks, three of which are less than two llshed and j| old. The oldest is but 15. t an ie. s } mu i laneous development of three . . , iustrial parks is just another example of <=> ctMril nt n 1 * J I : enormous growth sweeping the Brazos peels not "‘fipy. iTs also symbolic of the enormous ul " 1 l( inges that have taken place in city politics. By ED ALANIS Staff Writer [idustry. It’s what makes the world go ad. It’s the backbone of America. It’s the et to the future for Bryan-College Sta- College Station was incorporated as a city in 1938, and for about the first quarter-cen tury of its development the city was shaped by one leader — the late Ernest Langford. In 1954, Mayor Langford said, “The town will grow, but I personally would like to see it stay a college town, with the restful atmo sphere that only a college town can have.” And in 1961 Langford said, “We have no manufacturing and we don’t want any. We just want to keep it (College Station) a college town.” Langford was right about the town grow ing. As the sixth fastest growing city in the nation, it is still growing by leaps and bounds. Langford’s personal wish also holds true. College Station is still a college town. And with half of the twin city residents under age 23, the atmosphere has remained relaxed. Langford’s anti-industry philosophy has not survived, however. Ironically, the college he praised so much has played an important role in the recent industrial development of the city. Texas A&M University is what made Col lege Station the nation’s sixth fastest growing city. Texas A&M has served as a permanent research base for the area and has helped create a favorable atmosphere for modern industry. Today, the University is taking on a direct role in the industrial boom of the Brazos Val ley. The Texas A&M University Research Park is slowly transforming from a drawing board design into a reality. Amidst this overnight industrialization, there is competition. Tough competition. All four parks are on the prowl, looking for new companies to join them. And because of some upbeat marketing strategies, new com panies are facing a tough decision over which park to choose. All are in the immediate Bryan-College Station area. All offer mod ern, well planned facilities. All have the po tential for steady and prosperous growth. The oldest of the lot is the Brazos County Industrial Park, organized in 1969, to fill the void left by the closing of Bryan Air Lorce Base 11 years earlier. While College Station was guided by the “college town” philosophy of Langford, Bry an’s future was shaped for many years by a whole handful of leaders. Among them was the late Travis Bryan Sr. Bryan ignited an economic boom for his city when he helped re-aclivate the World War II military base. When the base was again closed, in 1958, Bryan lost its only in dustrial foothold. The loss in payroll was a hard lesson in economics. The Brazos County Industrial Foundation was organized in 1969 to re-establish that in dustrial foothold for the area. As a non profit organization, the foundation bought 470 acres just northwest of Bryan, near F.M. See INDUSTRY page 11 international students learn to adjust In Today’s Battalion ne way. By MELISSA ADAIR Assistant City Editor ^Editor’s note: This is the first in a two W series about international students at lexaj A&M. IlFor the first time in five years, ^hak Wong may go home this year, gin 1979, Wong left his family in Kong Kong to study in the United tales. j, “It was very hard to leave my fami- y,” Wong said. “I miss them so nuch.” |: Five years away from family and Buntry is a long time - but it’s worth I Wong is just one of the almost $!00 international students at Texas WcM who has left family and coun- ly to get an education in the United fctes. Unlike Wong, some interna- Imal students go home as often as two or three times a year. Others in't. However, leaving home and fam ily is just one of the difficulties that internationals face. They also must learn how to live in a new culture - a completely new world. And many have a hard time adjusting to life in the United States. Their difficulties in adjusting are different, but all are real. / Tina Watkins, international stu dent adviser at Texas A&M, said that many internationals are surprised at the cultural differences, but most ul timately adjust. And cultural differences for inter nationals can be anything from dif ferences in dating rituals to differ ences in food or language. Oscar Zaldana, a junior industrial engineering student from El Salva dor, said he was surprised most by the way people date. In El Salvador, he said, dating is considered to be more serious than it is here. People date more casually and more frequently here, he said. “There’s no such thing as a good night kiss on the first date in El Salva dor,” Zaldana said. For Josue Leos, a entomology graduate student from Mexico, the biggest adjustment was the language. “Most internationals come to the United States with a lot of training in English,” Leos said. “But being able to get into a conversation is a totally different story.” Leos said many students suffer be cause they are afraid to ask questions when they don’t understand some thing in English. “People (Mexicans) don’t want Americans to think they are dumb,” he said. Leos said many of his Mexi can friends say they see impatience in Americans when they cannot speak English quickly. For Kenan Alpan^ a Turkish grad uate student in mechanical engi neering, one major adjustment was American food. Alpan was only 16 years old when he left Turkey in 1977 and he had no idea how to cook. “I had to get used to Big Macs very quickly,” he said. Although each international stu dent has different adjustments they must make, almost all of them have the hardest time being away from their culture and their families. “It was hard adjusting to living away from my family,” Alpan said. “It was especially hard for me be cause I was so young.” Alpan said if his parents hadn’t written supportive letters he’s not sure if he would have made it. “They kept writing and telling me how proud they were of me and how they knew I could make it,” Alpan said. “That kept me going.” Wong said it is hardest when he thinks about how long it’s been since he’s seen his family. But on a lighter See INTERNATIONAL page 6 Local • Some helpful hints for studying for finals. See story page 3. • A new business fraternity was formed this semester. See story page 4. • The Off Campus Center will hold roommate ses sions beginning today. See story page 4. State • Eroy Brown was found innocent of charges Tues day. See story page 12.