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990 Pitcher of Beer With Pizza ^ at PofLa i Pioaa Page 8/The Battalion/Thursday, September 20 1984 846-0079 Hours: 5-12 Daily Open early Thurs. & Fri. New York Style -The Best- 846-3824 16” Supreme H 2fori Drinks 990 each i x-tra item Cheese $6.99 fi 16” Deluxe Supreme Dream Politics Young Democrats work for more members • STEAK HOUSE is featuring two Aggie favorites each Thursday night from 4 p.m.-lO p.m. $ 2.99 Chicken Fried Steak • Cream Gravy • Your Choice of Potato • Texas Toast Reg. $ 3.59 $ 6.99 17 oz. Choice Broiled Sirloin • Sauteed Mushrooms • Your Choice of Potato • Texas Toast Reg. $ 7.99 SSTSHN SX22LXN 0 P enSunda y- Thursda y STEAK HOUSE Fri “ a a y ?nd 10 sL”day 1701 South Texas Ave. a.m.-n p.m. Next to Rodeway Inn-Bryan 779-2822 By MIKE DAVIS Reporter Texas A&M Young Democrats is not a large organization. But as the national election nears, Young Dem ocrats’ push for membership is in creasing. “We’re not the first YD group ever at A&M; we’ve just reorganized and reworked our constitution,” Garry Young, president of A&M Young Democrats, said. “But I’ve been told that we are quickly becom ing the most active since A&M was a Democratic university.” Young said the organization, re organized last spring, has about 50 active members, but he expects the membership will increase as the na tional election grows near. “A&M is not the kind of campus where you can walk down the hall and find people who are oriented to ward the Democratic Party,” he said. Young said the University has a large Democratic population, but few people will openly admit to be ing Democrats. “People don’t want to join a Dem ocratic group and be a minority, even if they agree with you,” Young said, but he remains optimistic about membership. “One of the lucky things we have, being a minority group on campus, is that the people who join know why they are Democrats,” Young said. “They’re a lot more committed, gen erally.” Young said eight members of A&M Young Democrats were dele gates at the state convention and two members were delegates at the na tional convention. “The state Party knows we’re here, and they take us seriously,” he said. Young said the push for active Democratic membership on campus has already begun. “We want to make ourselves really visible and make it easy for them to find us,” he said. “That’s really the only way we can do it.” The main thrust for increasing membership is through the political speakers the group is bringing to campus, Young said. Kent Caperton, Garry Mauro, Chet Edwards and Ann Richards are several of the state Democratic lead ers scheduled to speak this semester. “The one that we are really hope ful about is Kent Hance,” Young said. “He is very much a conservative Democrat. The purpose for bring ing him here is to show that you can be a conservative and be a Democrat too.” Young said that though the push for membership is strong, he hopes also to build a “permanent base” for Young Democrats at A&M. “Right now it’s easy to getpeopli involved,” Young said. “They’re ij. terested in the presidential a®, paign and the U.S. senate campaip. It’s going to be a lot harder next yen when all you have is the boringlegu lature going on. “Groups like the Republican groups are going to find that ths will loose all that mass suppporttb have,” he said. “They’re going to find that they’ll just have a handfui (after the national election). “We will, too." Young has high hopes fortheor ganization and expects it to be aim jor political group by the ’88 national election. “For a Democratic group to reals become a force on campus it’sgoitj to take time,” he said. “Youcan'ido it in a semester.” A&M Republicans push for voter registration By MIKE DAVIS Reporter Victory ’84, an organization aimed at voter registration, is mak ing a campus-wide search for hard core Repuolicans. Matt Holley, chairman of Youth for Reagan, said the search is going so well that Texas A&M may set voter registration records. “A&M is probably going to make history as far as the numbers that are turning out for registration,” Holley said. Holley, a senior industrial distri bution major from Colorado Springs, Colo., said the organiza tion’s main purpose is finding the Republicans on campus and regis tering them before Oct. 5, the last day of Voter registration. . The push for registration is aimed at getting straight-ticket Republicans Texas A&M is the “focal point of the youth movement” in Texas because the University is so “overwhelmingly conservative,” said Matt Holley, chairman of Youth for Reagan. “Because A&M is a very conservative school, they want to see how we organize the school to actually get the people out at registration,” he said. to the polls, Holley said. “Our main push is for President Reagan, Phil Gramm and Joe Barton as well as Richard Smith,” he said. Local Republican candidates also areincluded in the push, he said. In an effort to find the hard core Republicans, Victory ’84 has com bined the efforts of Youth for Rea gan and Aggies for Barton to can vass the campus, Holley said. “We’re canvassing people through a political survey,” Holley said, “to FRESHMEN & SOPHOMORES DON’T FORGET! Class photos for the Aggieland yearbook can be taken on campus or off. Both studios are open weekdays only from 8:30-4:30 (closed 124:00). Check schedule below for correct dates & locations. SEPT. 17-28 YEARBOOK ASSOCIATES OFFICE (1700 S. Kyle behind Culpepper Plaza 693-6756) OCT. 1-26 PAVILION (on campus, for more information call 845-2681) G T E & STUDENT ERNMENT S A&M UNIVERSITY Hey Freshmen! Get Involved As A Senator or Class of ’88 Officer Your Class Will be Electing 8 Freshmen Senators (At Large) Class of ’88 • President • Vice President • Secretary • Treasurer • Social Secretary Filing ends Friday at 5 p.m. In the Student Government Office 214 Pavilion find out how they are going to vote so that we can see how A&M is slan ted.” The 300 members of Victory ’84 are conducting the survey by pnone and door-to-door, Holley said. A lo cal bank has donated its phone lines to the group, and members are mak ing walks through heavily populated areas and dorms, he said. They are also registering people at the Republican Party table in the hallway of the Memorial Student Center, he said. Texas A&M is the “focal pointol the youth movement” in Texas lx cause the University is so “overwhei mingly conservative,” he said. “Because A&M is a very conserva live school, they want to seehowwi organize the school to actually gtt the people out at registration,” Hol ley said. “Even a lot of people ii Washington are keeping an eye on what we’re doing.” Holley said the state pany ab provides the University with mort supplies than most other univera ties. Victory ’84 should not be coo fused with Aggie GOP, though thei have many of the same members,tit said. “Aggie GOP is a social Republics organization,” Holley said. “We'tt an action organization. HEY AGGIES, DO YOU EVER “HULLABALLO IN THE KITCHEN” Nancy and Ronald Reagan, George and Betty Bush and Lady Bird Johnson all hullaballo in the kitchen with the Dallas Aggie Mom’s Cookbook. The Texas A&M Century Singers will be selling the Cookbooks in the Memorial Student Center on Saturday, September 22,9:30-4:00. 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