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ii This evening's bonfire to be lit about 7:30 St. Mary's hands A&M cagers first loss of '84 Midnight yell in Austin on steps of capitol See page 3 See page 11 io! The" Battalion Serving the University community Vol. 80 No. 64 USPS 045360 16 pages College Station, Texas Thursday, November 29, 1984 Robert Dole wins showdown for leadership of the Senate United Press International WASHINGTON — Sen. Robert Dole, a tart-tongued Kansan with presidential ambitions, was elected Senate majority leader Wednesday on the fourth ballot in a fierce show down with four other Republican conservatives. Dole, a 61-year-old, three-term veteran, defeated Assistant Senate Republican leader Ted Stevens on the final ballot 28-25 in a secret elec tion held in the Old Senate Chamber at the Capitol. Sens. James McClure of Idaho, Pete Domenici of New Mexico and Richard Lugar of Indiana were elim inated in earlier ballots under the OOP’s low-man-out rule. Dole, who succeeds retiring GOP leader Howard Baker, will move into the position of political power, pres tige and high-visibility at the start of the 99th Congress. The Democrats will select their leadership for the next Congress Dec. 12, with no opposition expected for current leader Robert Byrd of West Virginia. President Reagan, after several unsuccessful attempts, got through to Dole by telephone to offer con gratulations. The White House stayed out of the cqntest, at least publicly, but Dole’s selection created some potential political problems for Reagan. During the past lour years. Dole ten was knocked out on the first round; Sen. William Armstrong was unopposed for chairman of the pol icy committee; Sen. John Chafee of Rhode Island beat Sen. Jake Garn of Utah 28-25 for chairman of the con ference; Sen. Thad Cochran of Mis sissippi beat Sen. Rudy Boschwitz of Minnesota 32-21 for conference sec See related story page 4. frequently crossed swords with Rea gan and his men over deficits and Social Security. A likely presidential candidate in 1988, Dole will be a fre quent White House visitor in meet ings with a prospective opponent. Vice President George Bush. The 53 Republican senators and senators-elect met for three hours to choose their leaders and settle com mittee chairmanships. Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming beat Washington’s Slade Gorton 31- 22 for the post of assistant majority leader, alter Wisconsin’s Robert Kas- retary, and Sen. John Heinz nar rowly edged Sen. Malcolm Wallop of Wyoming 27-26 for campaign com mittee chairman. The election was a setback for the New Right, which backed McClure for the top spot and Kasten for assis tant leader, and saw moderates Cha fee and Heinz knock off conserva tives Garn and Wallop. The Republicans also quickly set tled committee chairmanships af fected by the leadership race. Sen. Jesse Helms of North Caro lina, under heavy pressure from conservatives to take over the For eign Relations Committee, remained head of Agriculture; Sen. Bob Pack- wood of Oregon took over Finance; Sen. John Danforth of Missouri be came Commerce chairman, and Lu gar took over Foreign Relations. A jovial Dole, when asked about a 1988 presidential race, said, ‘Tin not worried about ’88 — I’m worried about lunch. “We’re going to retain the Repub lican majority in 1986 — that’s on our agenda and support the pres ident’s programs where we can. Def icit reduction has to come at the top of everyone’s agenda.” Stevens, known for his hot tem per, was bitter in defeat. “I’ll talk to the Alaska papers but I won’t talk to the national press,” he told waiting reporters. Domenici said it was a “genuine effort” by the small liberal-moderate bloc known as the “gang of six” that had kept Stevens alive until the final ballot and cost him, McClure and Lugar their chances. Christian group given $1,400 Photo by MIKE SANCHEZ Prime cuts Freshman from Corps of Cadets company K-l show their plans for a little weekend butchering with a spirit flyer. The Texas A8cM-University of Texas game starts at 6:45 in Me morial Stadium. ithiopia will get ons of U.S. wheat By DAINAH BULLARD Stuff Writer About $ 1,400 has been donated to Inter-Varsity Chrisitian Fellowship in memory of Bruce Dean Goodrich, a Corps of Cadets member who died Aug. 30 after participating in an off- hours exercise session. The donations, which were con tributed by family and friends, were given in lieu of flowers at Goodrich's funeral at the request of the Good rich family. John McIntyre, the fac ulty advisor for the Texas A&M chapter of IVCF, said the donations have been designated for the A&M chapter. Many of the donations came from members of Goodrich’s Rochester church, he said. “Bruce’s church in Rochester has been supporting Christian Fellowshi Inter-Varsity ip for several years,” said McIntyre, a physics pro fessor. IVCF is a nondenominational C’-hristian organization with more than 900 college chapters nation wide. The group emphasizes Bible studies and Christian fellowship among its members, McIntyre said. IVCF also encourages participation in local churches, he said. Though the Goodrich family’s church is a supporter of IVCF, Bruce Goodrich was not a member of the local chapter because he had lived at A&M for less than one week at the time of his death, McIntyre said. Goodrich’s father, Ward Good rich, became aware of the A&M chapter of IVCF when he came to A&M after his son’s death, McIntyre said. The money from the Bruce Good rich Memorial Fund designated for the A&M chapter of IVCF may be used to assist students who want to go to the Urbana Student Missions Convention in Illinois, McIntyre said. The convention meets every three years and attracts about 17,000 students interested in becoming mis sionaries, he said. “A number of Aggies are going to go (to Urbana),” McIntyre said. “But most Aggies don’t have a lot of mon ey.” The IVCF movement began at Cambridge University in England in 1877. A&M’s chapter was estab lished during the World War II era and peaked during the 1950s, McIn tyre said. However, the group has been regaining momentum in recent years, and there are now about 40 or 50 regular members, he said. IVCF officers attend a week-long summer camp at Bear Camp Ranch in Colorado to organize their chap ters. Texas chapters of IVCF have regional meetings throughout the year, such as the upcoming meeting scheduled for Austin this weekend, McIntyre said. The A&M chapter of IVCF has regular meetings on Friday nights at 7 p.m. in Rudder Tower. Students interested in participating in IVCF can contact McIntyre at 845-8624. United Press International WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary John Block said Wednes day he will release 300,000 tons of wheat from a special reserve to be sent to famine-plagued Ethiopia and other drought-stricken African na tions. The aid will be in addition to an increasing level of Food for Peace aid to the troubled African nations. Since Oct. 1, the administration has announced food assistance to Ethio pia of 215,000 tons valued at $97.5 million. For all of Africa, 537,000 tons va lued at $190 million has been ear marked this fiscal year. “We have been forthcoming with a very, very large volume of food al ready since this fiscal year began, so this security reserve will be used along with the total plan,” Block said in an interview. Block said recipients of the aid have yet to be determined. “1 wouldn’t want to say where it would go specifically because we have several countries that have se rious problems,” he said. The wheat is part of a 4-million- ton reserve created in 1980 after President Carter embargoed grain sales to the Soviet Union. The rea son for its creation was two-fold — to take wheat bound for the Soviet Union off the market and to create a reserve for emergency food aid. Block has been under pressure from the nation’s wheat growers and from members of Congress to re lease part of the special reserve for shipment to Africa. Disregarding the importance of any political pressure, he said, “The humanitarian need really has to be the overriding need.” Arafat to remain PLO chairman United Press International AMMAN, Jordan — Hailed by followers as “our leader until vic tory,” Yasser Arafat on Wednesday withdrew his resignation as Palestine Liberation Organization chairman amid a massive show of support for his battle with Syrian-backed rebels for control of the PLO. “I will remain in the leadership and stay where I am in order to shoulder my responsibilities because I am needed,” Arafat told jubilant delegates to the Palestine National Council, the Palestinian parliament- in-exile. Arafat also expanded on earlier charges of a plot to bomb the PNC, saying an unnamed Arab leader dis patched a bomb-laden Soviet-made Sukhoi jetfighter to a Syrian-con trolled airport in eastern Lebanon in preparation for the strike. “They prepared a Sokhoi aircraft loaded with bombs, and landed it in the Syrian-controlled Riyaq airport in the Bekaa (Valley), all ready to bomb the PNC,” he said. “However, Jordanian aircraft are patrolling air space 24 hours a day to protect your PNC.” He also accused Syrian-backed PLO rebels of planting a five-pound bomb that exploded behind the or ganization’s main office in Amman Tuesday night as Arafat was deliv ering his resignation speech. There were no injuries. Arafat every year has quit the chairmanship of the PLO executive committee in preparation for the se lection of a new panel. But he delivered his resigation a day ahead of schedule in what he later admitted was part of an orches trated move to show he still com manded the support of the PNC de spite a challenge to his leadership by Syrian-backed dissidents. At least 10 members of the exec utive committee reportedly rose af ter the speech to demand that he stay on as head of the bitterly di vided guerrilla group. Shouting “You are our leader un til victory,” cheering PNC delegates and observers from Palestinian refu gee camps hoisted Arafat onto their shoulders and carried him to the po dium Wednesday when he an nounced he was retracting his resig nation. “I say, in all objectivity and from my position as a leader, that when I submitted my resignation I wanted to prove that the conspiracy could not force me to resign,” said Arafat. “It is not the right of any Arab country, or any Arab parasite to ... say who the leader of this organiza tion should be,” said Arafat, chair man of the PLO since 1969. The PNC meeting, convened Nov. 22 to map a new strategy in the PLO’s fight for a Palestinian state, has been overshadowed by the dis pute between Arafat and four PLO factions of the Damascus-based “Na tional Alliance.” Arafat moved to reassert his con trol of the PLO by convening the PNC and launching a purge of his opponents. Seven rebel leaders face expulsion and the pro-Syrian PNC speaker was replaced. liberal Arts College increasing Editor’s note: This is the first of a two- Ipart series on the College of Liberal Arts |af Texas A&M. By KIRSTEN DIETZ Reporter While most schools across the jcountry report a decrease in enroll- Jment in liberal arts and an increase I in “practical” fields, such as business land engineering, fall enrollment sta tistics at Texas A&M show a reverse | trend. Since the Fall of 1982, undergrad- [uate enrollment in the College of Liberal Arts has risen from 1,667 to 2,288 — an increase of 37.3 percent. In the same period, undergraduate enrollment has fallen 10 percent in I the College of Engineering to 9,837, and 2.6 percent to 3,306 in the Col- j lege of Agriculture. Erollment in the College of Business has remained al most unchanged. The College of Liberal Arts has grown for several reasons, according to Dr. Candida Lutes, associate dean for student affairs of the College of Liberal Arts. “We do have very good programs, and I think we have been artificially depressed for a while in liberal arts at this university,” she said. “Since students do expect to come here for engineering or agriculture, they get here and find out that these (liberal arts) are really exciting programs.” Lutes said tradition also is helpful to the increase in enrollment. “A lot of people come to A&M be cause it’s family tradition,” she said. “Those people are prime candidates for a liberal arts education because A&M and not thinking of a partic ular major.” Lutes said another reason for the increase is because many students transfer into liberal arts from other majors. She said some of these stu dents aren’t sure what they want to major in when they start college and some have a change of heart after they come to A&M, so they end up switching majors. Compared with national and state statistics, A&M is unusual in its in crease in liberal arts majors. A study by the National Endow ment for the Humanities reported a decline of 37 percent in the number of English degrees awarded, and a 57 percent decline in the number of history degrees awarded nationally from 1971-1980. According to the Coordinating Board of the Texas College and Uni versity System, between 1972 and 1982 the number of business de grees granted in Texas increased 79 percent, engineering degrees in creased 45 percent and science de grees increased 44 percent. But the interest in liberal arts ma jors at A&M probably is due in part to tougher standards in the “practi cal” fields. The students who find they can not pass in one major choose to switch to a major in another college instead of pursuing their major at a See LIBERAL ARTS, page 9 Schedules and feeslips will be available today Dec. 5 in Pavilion “It is important for students to jck up the invoices because we ave had lots of problems in the — 'etting the invoices to the BobPlWonka, manager of student financial services said. "Many students change their ad dress "before the end of the se mester and the post office is un able to deliver the invoices and many of them aie returned.” ' Having students pick up the in voices allows the student financial services to put them in the stu dents* hands, Piwonka said. “Dec. 18, is the deadline for paying fees. If fees aren’t paid by * pstration will be Between 24,000 and 25,000 students have pte-registeted for the spring semester. There will be a table set tip at the Pavilion for students who have fee inquires, Piwonka said..