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Wednesday, May 2, 1984
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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!
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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
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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
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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.