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Thursday, March 28,1985/The Battalion/Page 5 by Scott McCullar A&M Debate Club hosts fiery forum on abortion DALLAS MO, Symposium er By GIGI SHAMSY Reporter Participants in a debate Wednes- py night found that changing their ind on the issue of non-thera- utic abortions was as easy as walk ing across the room. A non-therapeutic abortion oc curs only if the life of the mother or is in danger because of child- lirth. The Texas A&M Debate Club jpened the forum discussing Should government prohibit all ion-therapeutic abortions?” Mem- jersofthe audience were invited to nove between the “pro” and "con” iides of the room if they changed heiropionion. l>e true. Howevtt the characttnj er problems sttr. amount of tii spend togetb , friendships I* evolve, res “Days of On; “At the beginning of the debate, opinion for or against the govern ment outlawing all non-therapeutic abortions was almost split in half,” said Texas A&M Forum Chairman Robin Wranosky. In the first 15 minutes of the de bate, Chris Beshears, a junior ac counting major, presented support for the resolution against abortion while Robert Bondy, a junior man agement major, gave opposition to the issue. Beshears presented medical and psychological affects abortion has on the mother. Beshears further sup ported abolishing non-therapeutic abortions by saying a woman should not resort to killing her child if she is raped or she is a victim of incest. “For this and many other rea sons,” she said, “abortion in the case of rapes is not an answer because two wrongs don’t make a right.” Her presentation was followed by Bondy’s rebuttal which stressed the practical reasons for aborting a baby. “Most importantly,” Bondy said, “abortion should be the woman’s choice instead of the choice of some legislative body.” At the end of the debate, a count of the votes showed 131 people against government prohibition of non-therapeutic abortions and only 69 for the resolution, Wranosky said. Finnish architect to head lecture lother before tte T nercials you :i what you i By CHOYCE ELSIK Reporter Professor Reima Pietilae, Fin- and Jones. Tip (and’s leading architect, will lie the 'uest speaker at the fifth annual Now they aif|Kowlett Lecture Series on Friday, karch 29. Sponsored by the Departments of Architecture and Environmental character’s situ* )esign at Texas A&M, the theme for ou can find ouli [he lecture series will be “Putting just from thisom Modernism in Place.” Pietilae, who also is a member ot he Finnish Academy, will discuss . —:our recent buildings which exem- )lify his philosophy of design. The buildings are considered to ~ be both "modern” and “in place,” and include: the Church of Lieska, the Finnish embassy in New Delhi, the Tampere city library and the president s official residence in Hel sinki. Dr. Malcolm Quantrill, visiting professor to the Department of Ar chitecture, will chair the lecture se ries as well as speak on “The Organic Integration of Modernism.” Other lecturers for the program will include: Professor Juan P. Bonta of the University of Maryland, who will lecture on “The Last Two Gen erations in the U.S.A.: Architects and Texts,” and Professor Stanford Anderson of the Massachusetts In stitute of Technology, who will speak on “The Fiction of Function.” There also will be a panel dis cussion with all the speakers, as well as Fort Worth architect Martin Price. Many other distinguished ar chitects will attend the event includ ing: Professor Shivnath Prasad of the University of Illinois; Gerald Mc- Sheffrey, dean of Arizona State Uni versity and George Anselevicius, dean of the University of New Mex ico and president-elect of the Asso ciation of Collegiate Schools of Ar chitecture. The lecture series will begin at 9:45 a.m. in Rudder Theater. Ad mission is free and is open to the public. Touring musical group to sing and dance this Friday at noon By VERONICA MUZQUIZ Reporter Students from all over the world will be singing and dancing for Texas A&M students and faculty in the Grove Friday at noon. Up With People, a non-profit in ternational organization composed of students from 19 countries, will be performing such dances as a Chinese ribbon dance, a Russian “hopack,” a Scandinavian polka and an American hoedown during a free 45-minute musical mini-show. The students began their one- year world tour Jan. 18 to promote the Up With People philosophy, which encourages unaerstanding among people from all nations through a musical performance. Tobecome a performer with Up With People, all a student needs is the desire to learn; no drama or arts background is required. A&M is the first of two U.S. uni versities that Up With People will visit on its tour. According to Jay Carpenter, a cast member, “The international stu dents are excited to see what an American university is like.” In the past, Up With People has performed with symphonies such as the Boston Pops and the Royal Bel gium Symphony. Up With People has performed during three Super Bowl halftimes, and is planning to perform in the 1986 Super Bowl in New Orleans. Following their performance at A&M, the 135-member cast will pre sent a small show for Southwood Valley Elementary School. Saturday they are going to visit Greenleaf Hospital and the Boys Club. “We do a lot more than just our two-hour show,” Carpenter said. “People don’t see that we go to nurs ing nomes, psychiatric wards and mentally handicapped centers.” During their tour, the students in Up With People stay with host fami lies. By the end of the tour they will have stayed in 80-90 different homes. The theme of this year’s musical performance, which takes a look into the 21st Century, is “Beat Of The Future.” Up With People will end its stay in College Station with a two-hour mu sical performance Saturday in the Bryan Civic Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. This performance is being spon sored by the Bryan-College Station Eagle. Tickets for Saturday’s show can be g urchased at the Eagle, Hasting’s ooks and Records and Music Ex press. P r for adults and $6.50 for students. Tickets purchased in advance are $ 1 less. EARLY BIRD LEASING SPECIAL! TIRED OF ROOMMATE PROBLEMS! TIRED OF SHARED BEDROOMS! Twopeople-Two bedrooms $275 CASA BLANCA APARTMENTS 4110 College Main 846-1413 OPEN EARLY. 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