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■ Tuesday, February 19, IQSb/The Battalion/Page 3 38 Hansen glorifies Martin Luther King tribute to blacks i By MARY MCWHORTER Reporter i Martin Luther King, Jr. had natu ral I elegance in his speeches, said Texas A&M Chancellor Arthur (i. Hansen in a speech Monday night forjthe MSC Black Awareness Com- niittee. H|he speec h was part ol ti series of programs presented by the conunit- teelin conjunction with Black His tory Month. “He (King) spoke in a biblical sen|e as a prophet,” Hansen said. “This is what attracted me to King. His philosophy transcended the civil rights movement.” Hansen received a doctorate in fmatliematics from the Case Institute Jo ^Technology, a doctorate in engi- V&neeimg f rom Rut (hie University mid a doctorate in science from Indiana University. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Na tional Action Council for Minorities in Engineering- Hansen said he first heard King speak in Tuskegee, Alabama. He said that he was very surprised when he first saw King. “He was a (]uiet man. He did not look like a leader,” Hansen said. “That all changed when he began to speak.” Hansen compared King to Mal- com X, whom Hansen said was “the image of a leader.” “He looked tough,” Hansen said. “He was not the elegent speaker of Dr. King but he was forceful. “King was a scholar ... a first rate scholar.” He said King was well prepared for the challenges he faced by be coming acquainted with other peo- Lecture series to focus on U.S./Soviet relations Dr. Arthur G. Hansen pies' thinking, particularly Mahatma Gandhi's. “He certainly followed in Gandi’s footsteps,” Hansen said. Like Gandi, King s knew “that vio lence ultimately leads to its own de struction,” Hansen said. He said King planned the civil rights demonstrations for the con frontations he knew would take place and for the impact the violence would have on the nation. “No sense in going off to some far corner where nobody was around to carry out a demonstration or a march.” Hansen said. “What he (King) wanted was the building of a national consciousness. “The thing that moved most of us was his courage and his concept.” Student body president to speak Q^ot Sully’s Symposium this week By ANN CERVENKA Sniff Writer The recent illness of President Konstantin U. Chernenko and the Soviet arms talks have sparked inter est in the United States. At Texas A&M, the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union will be the topic of the third annual Memorial Student Cen ter Wiley Lecture Series scheduled for April 4. “U.S./Soviet Relations: The Quest for International Security,” wall fea ture Arkady Shevchenko, the high est-ranking Russian diplomat ever to defect from the Soviet Union. “We chose Soviet relations be cause it is a timely issue,” Becky Sampson, director of public rela tions, said. “It is one that everyone is interested in.” Whereas the past lecture series looked back on history, U.S.-Soviet relations is a current topic. The arms talks in Geneva, Swit zerland between the two superpow ers are of primary international con cern, committee Chairman Matthew Kirst said. “This is a really good chance to The third minimi Wiley Lecture Series will femme Arkady Shevchenko, the highest-nu iking R ussmn diplomat ever to defect from the Soviet Union, provide history as it is happening,” he said. Four speakers have been chosen for the series. The top speaker is Shevchenko, who was featured on the cover of the Feb. 11 issue of “Ti me” magazine. Shevchenko is a former Soviet ambassador and was active in for eign policy decision making. In 1978, he became the highest- ranking official and the richest citi zen of the Soviet Union ever to de fect to the West. The U.S. govern ment is paying Shevchenko over $75,000 for information on the So viet Union. Zbigniew Brzezinski who served as assistant to the president for na tional security affairs in the Carter administration will also be part of discussions. Richard V. Allen, who was senior staff member of the National Secu rity Council and deputy assistant to the president on international eco nomic policy under the Nixon ad ministration, is another scheduled speaker. Allen was appointed national se curity adviser to President Reagan in 1981, but was forced to resign clue to political pressure. James Schlesinger, who has served as director of the CIA and secretary of defense also will speak. The name of the series changed last year from the Endowed Lecture Series to the Wiley Lecture Series af ter A.P. and James Wiley contrib uted $500,000 to the program. The series begins on April 4 with a panel discussion among the four speakers focusing on the deteriorat ing relations between the two super powers and on current nuclear arms control talks. Ticket sales begin Feb. 28 at the MSC Box Office. Kt)avid Alders, Texas A&M’s slu- more honor society, y^fldtru body president, will be the fea- I V#t tlire< * s P ea ^ er at bully’s Symposium, ■ ““Wednesday at I 1:50 a.m. in front of the statue ol Lawrence Sullivan ., . Ross, sidem, U “C Hysjfc he weekly symposiums are spon- i pe^itlsgTed by Lambda Sigma, the sopho- tintOtlKB 'tits SUffS because: /IeroLink LIMOUSINE SERVICES Daily Service to Houston Intercontinental and Hobby airports. Call 696-2901 Or 1(800)231-0745 Ext. 400 in Texas Resen>ations are required Approved by the Railroad Commission Alders said that during the sym posium he will make a few brief comments about student govern ment and how it works. Alders will then answer questions from the audience . Cindy Gay, Lamda Sigma presi dent said Alders will discuss the ac complishments of student govern ment over the past year. . Gay also said Alders’ discussion might include issues such as gay stu dents and women in the band. History today Associated Press Today is Shrove Tuesday. On February 19th, 1945, dur ing World War Two, U.S. Ma rines landed on the Japanese- held island of Iwo Jima in the western Pacific. In 1803, Congress voted to ac cept Ohio’s borders and constitu tion. (However, Congress did not get around to formally ratifying Ohio’s admission to the Union until.— believe it or not — 1953.) In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive or der that made the wartime deten tion of Japanese-Americans pos sible. In 1963, the Soviet Union in formed President John F. Ken nedy that it would withdraw “sev eral thousand” of an estimated 17-thousand Soviet troops in Cuba. teady (ora ii. Wtiat i • in textl® class is« s don't as their Ire itagnaie. interpret, re wouMfli’ for die nn ideas. Ik n would® rnaJism® ase. ifercnce I Board ditor ing Editor Jitor s Editor 'age Ediw Editor ;h-fkn® lie Aodtn, linah But aelCra*^ ■tz, Pallid rent L»T ! sjerrA ' nnRaf r KelleU . ’ Karen B'° Karla f Loren '....MilU DaleSf lathy itlteri'^: honyW Frank> ia, D calli; smut Hfitih mwr ADS Try our Battalion m trM .fit. aS" 845-2611 Engineers- Get your resumes ready! Engineering Careers Seminar February 20-21,1985 The Participating Companies Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) ALCOA ARCO Oil and Gas Company Army Corps of Engineers Arthur Andersen & Co. Baker Sand Control TEXTRON Bell Helicopter! 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