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)84 Wednesday, August 29, 1984/The Battalion/Page 9 :e ied iional socioln its and in t is unable to) f about tile collarctiit( ire field,yet J aecause of ti| ement effottif nforcement ;| n the rnedij rnd is curreto[ ■n greatly I .1 organizatojj ians. is’ represed )f organiratitj id BlueShieldl 1 and abusetJ uinimal and ij to heal atively irt. e doctors oliel with the del ler an u ostly d rselves IroniM ed r to stay thenl rs are chatjsl napping and J ult. The pare* grasated kidit:.[ t to fadlitattj assault" of "1 charged wtlii;| drugs beoii ild be minor:[ other chartti aid the Dofai e having seul ic (the motkl Detective i| ed under t lospital Tued to be refef the Watts h investie; ous call was volunu ivestigatorred ce as that of Util estigatorhadij years ago as' was accused! xually abusind er reported ay after he dffij >t staying ie race ’ clear that thei iponent has ’ the AFL-CIOi i a friend of or Gramm. “Ttal uth that, but ...is that now* ie U.S.$enatefii| ay from that n appearanct said Tuesdayo ight-to-tvork as a piece ofltf :d (in 1977) tosi. tent to the h permitted -work laws. What’s up Wednesday TAMU SAILING CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 137 MSC to discuss upcoming activities. A windsurfing video will be shown. Everyone is invited to attend. CAP AND GOWN: will meet at 7 p.m. in Rudder. All new members must attend. MSC HOSPITALITY: appli cations for membership are available in the Student Programs Of fice through Sept.6. TAMU WRESTLING CLUB: will have a organizational meeting at 6:30 p.m. in 260 G. Rollic White. For more in formation call Coach Walton at 693-1052. TAMU BOXING CLUB: will have an organizational meeting at 8 p.m. in 260 G. Rollie White. Contact Coach Walton at 693-1052 for more details, MSC MADRIGAL DINNERS: is holding auditions for vocal ists, musicians, jesters and jugglers. Contact the Vocal Mu sic Office in 003 MSC. LEGISLATIVE STUDY GROUP: applications for mem bership are available in the Student Government office, 213 Pavilion, through Sept. 10. TAMU LACROSSE: is practicing every day at 4 p.m. on the Main Drill Field. Anyone is welcome to attend. a “Burger Burn*’ at . All students are in- m BETA ALPHA PSI: Accounting majors who have comp! Acct. 230 with a 3.5 CPR or Acct. 328 with a 3.0 GPP Thursday AG ECONOMICS CLUB: is sponsoriny 6:30 p.m. at the Q-Huts. The cost is $ vited. GRADUATE STUDENT COUNCIL: will meet at 5 p.m 402 Rudder. deled *R are invited to attend a meeting at 7 p.m, in 165 Blocker. For more information, contact Lynne Frazier at 260-0621. VIETNAMESE AMERICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: is having a welcome back meeting at 7:30 p.m. in 308 Rud der. KANM STUDENT RADIO; will have an organizational and D.J. meeting for all staff members at 8:30 p.m. in 301 Rud der. MSC CEPHEID VARIABLE: presents the movie Mad Max (the original road warrior) at 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. Admis sion is $1.50. Friday INTER-VARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: will have an introductory meeting followed by a square dance in 601 Rudder at 7 p.m. MALAYSIANS IN AGGIELAND: is having a general meet ing and Merdeka Day celebration. CLASS OF ‘86: is sponsoring a back to school bash at the Q- Huts from 8 p.m. until yell. Admission and refreshents are free. KANM STUDENT RADIO: is having a “Fountain Float” from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Rudder Fountain. Swimwear, in- nertubes and rubber duckies are welcome. Teachers stop work, delay class United Press International Teacher strikes Tuesday ex tended summer vacation for more than 76,000 students in five states, including community college stu dents in Michigan and Illinois. Nearly 62,000 students were locked out of classrooms in Illinois, where more than 2,600 teachers were on strike from the Chicago sub urbs to the Mississippi River. Others strikes were in Louisiana, Pennsylva nia and Indiana. The teachers walked out over va rious issues, including salaries, class size, benefits and unfilled teacher vacancies. The largest strike canceled classes indefinitely in Rockford, Ill., the state’s second largest school district with 29,000 students. Classes were called off for 10,000 students at Thornton Community College in South Holland, Ill. More than 10,500 students were out of Michigan schools due to strikes affecting three public school districts and Kellog Community Col lege in Battle Creek, where 5,000 students were locked out of classes. Officials of the St. John the Bap tist Parish school system in Louisiana urged parents to send 1,200 chil dren to school while teachers’ rep resentatives told parents to make other arrangements. Subsitute teachers and bus drivers were asked to keep classrooms open. “Our schools are open,” said a spokesman of the school board. “We are advising parents and encourag ing parents to send their children to school.” Five-hundred teachers and other employees walked off the job/’T'he board-offered increase is 5.8 percent of the portion of salary paid by the board, with the rest coming from the state. The teachers want a 5 percent hike in the entire salary, which amounts to a bigger raise. A strike by 74 teachers affecting 1,182 students in South Fayette School District near Pittsburgh was in its fourth day. Teachers missed two preparation days and two days of school were canceled. ONLY 4 APTS LEFT Large 2 BR 1V2 Ba Studio Court Yard APTS 600 University Oaks College Station, TX. 693-2772 Sororities help women find friendship, common bond £3 A By MICHAEL CRAWFORD Reporter On a campus teeming with more than 36,000 students it is easy, ironi cally, to feel isolated. But for some women here, the solution may be found by joining a sorority. Last week more than 350 women found a niche in the sorority system a system which has grown rapidly during the past several years and now has about 1,300 members. Delta Zeta member Angie Mote, a sophomore journalism major, said she enjoys the closeness and com mon bond which joins sorority women. Mote pledged after her first ; year at Texas A&M because she said she felt separated from the other students. Sorority Rush Director Penny Dit- ton says the main attraction of soro- Irities is the home-away-from-home atmosphere. The Greek sorority system at Texas A&M has been in existence since about 1975. Ditton said strong and prosperous growth is antic ipated. Because of the increased in terest in sororities, a tenth sorority will be established next fall. Applica tions from several national organiza tions already have been received, Ditton said. She said that the system’s organi zation has improved, as have stu dents’ attitudes toward members. Both Ditton and Mote agreed that non-Greek students seem to be in different to the growing presence of sororities. Mote said the stereotype of soror ity women as “preppy” is not true and membership actually is widely varied. Ditton said that members are chosen on the basis of friendliness, extra-curricular activities, and grades. Rush week ended August 27 for those pledging for the fall semester. All nine sororities held parties for the 450 women who rushed. Of those, 358 pledged and Ditton antic ipates at least 100 more than that will join next fall. All incoming womep accepted to Texas A&M by April 1 were con tacted by the rush coynmittee with mailouts during the summer. Ditton said that those accepted after that date usually hear about the program from their friends. The fact that sororities and frater nities are not recognized at Texas A&M has been overcome now that all the sororities have houses, Ditton said. v/\ V Pizraworks J WILD WOLL WEDNESDAY FWlEE PEPPEWONi WOLLS! 2 Wolls w/ Med. Pizza 4 Wolls w/ Lawge Pizza ® 696-DAVE 326 Jersey St. (Next to Rother’s Bookstore) OPEN 11 a.m. DAILY Jackson pledges broad support the of right to wot! ution,” he said a constitution^ ppeared therf it go down, l nf u think it was varrant killing 1 ' off my record. I 1 tate senator muing with a itive versus id he s to problems. nm a looks first I f how to get in a survey Cl , ial Journal, a 1 "'; ongressmeno": 1 , tort of comer) 1 ; amm ranked Perspective, GOP Sen. :le to the left I* United Press International NORTH OAKS, Minn. — Jesse Jackson, on the political sidelines since the Democratic National Con vention, pledged his “broad-based” support in a meeting with Walter Mondale Tuesday but reserved the right to “challenge and express my self.” The pledge of support came on a day when another prominent poli tician — former Republican and in dependent presidential candidate John Anderson — endorsed Mon dale as “the best hope for our na tion.” Jackson and Mondale met for two hours at Mondale’s secluded subur ban home, going for a long walk in the woods during their talk. The two then went together to St. Paul for a meeting with 40 to 50 black leaders, where Jackson said they would wrassle with the issues and likely will support the Mondale-Geraldine Fer raro ticket. “My support (for Mondale) will be broad-based,” Jackson said. “My in volvement will be deep and intense. We can be unified without being uniform.” Jackson was repeatedly ques tioned about what appeared to be a qualified endorsement, but he said that his support is unqualified and that Mondale has made tremendous rogress toward correcting prob- ems in his campaign, including add ing blacks, Hispanics and others to his staff. “First of all, I’ve not been attacks ing him, but I will always reserve the right to challenge and to express my self,” Jackson said. “I’ve not taken any vow of silence, nor have I taken anything to put an anesthesia on my self. /ackson, who bi o ugh t blacks to the polls in re cord numbers as a candi date in the Democratic primaries, embraced the Mondale-Ferraro ticket at the Democratic conven tion last month. P Ie “And yet strong leadership has the capacity to endure challenges. The issues that I raised throughout the last several weeks have been ad dressed meaningfully now. It’s im portant that we define our proximity in the campaign, and we have not done that before. It’s important that blacks and women be represented, not just in numbers and symbolism, but intellect in this campaign.” Mondale said he found the meet ing “very valuable” and said that “I’m very pleased that Reverend Jackson has decided to take that course.” Earlier in Urbana, Ill., former Rep. Anderson said he will actively campaign for the Democratic ticket. “It was Fritz Mondale who had the courage to take that historic action that led to the nomination of a woman for vice president of the United States,” Anderson said. “He is committed to setting a saner course for our nation.” Anderson received almost 6 mil lion votes, or 7 percent, when he ran for president four years ago. The Democratic presidential nominee arranged to meet with civil rights activist Jesse Jackson at Mon dale’s suburban Minneapolis home later Tuesday and to see about 50 black leaders in an effort to rebuild bridges and consolidate his black support before Labor Day. Mondale appeared with Ander son at a rally attended by 10,000 cheering supporters at the Univer sity of Illinois. Anderson, a Republican congress man from Rockford, Ill., for 20 years, said he would not become a Democrat and after the election will continue to develop his National Unity Party as a nationwide third party with a liberal bent. “But in the meantime, I enthusiastically endorse the election of Fritz Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro as the best hope of our nation in 1984,” he said. Anderson will serve as chairman of Independents for Mondale-Fer- raro, have his own staff and travel extensively on Mondale’s behalf with all expenses paid by the Mondale campaign. Jackson, who brought blacks to the polls in record numbers as a can didate in the Democratic primaries, embraced the Mondale-Ferraro ticket at the Democratic convention last month. But he has since hemmed and hawed on just how en thusiastic his support will be and his relations with Mondale have been strained. Reagan campaign spokesman James Lake told The Washington Post: ’’who’s John Anderson? “No body. He’s not a factor. People have forgotten who John Anderson is.” Mondale retorted: “This morning the White House said John Ander son is a nobody. Let me quote Rever end Jackson to say, ‘John Anderson is a somebody.’” Among the black leaders meeting Mondale was Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, who recently criticized the nominee’s staff. GET ORGANIZED FOR THE FALL WITH THE CURIOSITY SHOP A ..-css'" Also: Barware Bath Shop Fresh Whole Bean Coffee Gourmet Shop Lamps Men's Gifts Monogramming Picture Frames Posters Stationery Shower Curtains Wall Decor and much more - laza 1703 Texas Ave. C.S. 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