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STATE AND LOCAL
Awareness groups
expose students
to different ideas
By LESLIE MALONE
Reporter
“Flouride affects more than
teeth.” “We want ecological con
sciousness.” “Human rights need to
be improved.” “Wearing a button is
not enough.”
What sounded like the lobbying
arena at the state capitol, was actu
ally Political Awareness Day held
Wednesday at the Memorial Student
Center.
Amnesty International, Green
peace, the Student Government
Legislative Study Group, Sanctuary
Advocate, Aggies Against Drunk
Drivers, Safewater Foundation and
the Brazos Valley Peace Action
League were among the 20 groups
which participated in the event.
Most of the representatives
agreed that the awareness day, spon
sored by Political Forum, was a good
idea for Texas AAL-M.
Martha Bebis, representative for
the Safewater Foundation, said Po
litical Awareness Day was a positive
thing for students because it exposes
them to the various political beliefs
they may encounter after college.
Exposure now can give a student a
head start, she said.
Three A&M students were on
hand to discuss Greenpeace.
“Most students don’t know' w'hat
it’s all about,” Gilbert Gonzalez said.
“We (Greenpeace) are mostly envi
ronmental and all that goes along
with it, like nuclear proliferation,
toxic waste and animal protection.”
Gonzalez said that the awareness
day was a chance to attract people to
the group.
Nader Kabbani, a junior electrical
engineering major from Jordan, was
reading an information sheet on
Greenpeace.
“1 think Americans don’t really
know what’s going on outside the
United States," Kabbani said. “When
I am with my friends and I start lis
tening to the news they don’t even
pay attention. They only know what
goes on here.”
The representatives for Sanctuary
Advocates, Hugh Stearns and Nita
Heiman, said they thought the event
was somewhat of a farce in that
A&M has a Political Awareness Day
when it should have a political
awareness environment.
“A&M should be politically aware
every day,” Stearns said.
Kris Parsons, who represented the
Brazos Valley Peace Association,
said: “It’s a wonderful opportunity
Photo by DEAN SAITO
Booths were set up Wednesday as part of Political Awareness Day.
for an organization to distribute in
formation. I have been here the last
three years and it is the high point of
spring for me.”
The Legislative Study Group was
at the event, attempting to get stu
dents involved in issues that concern
them. LSG is an student group
which lobbies in Austin on issues
such as the drinking age, tuition in
creases and the Landlord Tenant
Code.
The tenant code is one issue the
group is concerned with and is hop
ing, through the awareness day, to
get students involved in the issue.
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John Hatch, the committee direc
tor, said students have been losing
their security deposits from the
apartments that have declared bank
ruptcy.
“The landlords have been putting
the deposits in with the whole pot,”
Hatch said. “The deposits do not be
long to the landlord, unless there is a
breech of contract. We are trying to
get students to contact their rep
resentative, Richard Smith, and get
involved because it concerns them.”
of America heard in homes worldwide
Associated Press
PORT AR THUR — One blue and white
van is taking Texas into the living rooms of
the world, beaming a bit of Lone Star style be
hind the Iron Curtain.
The van is actually a recording studio on
wheels belonging to the Voice of America, an
international shortwave radio station oper
ated by the U.S. government. The Voice
speaks in 38 languages and broadcasts world
wide, primarily in Communist countries.
It spoke recently from the Port Arthur
Civic Center.
Three VO A correspondents and one engi
neer are currently taking the van through
Texas on a trip that will wind up in Fort
Worth at the end of April. The present crew
will be relieved by another crew, and the van
will continue to crisscross the country.
“Were talking to the people, getting to
parts of the United States that don’t normally
get covered,” said Robert Sivak, the English
language correspondent on the van.
The traveling van is a relatively new con
cept for the VGA. Engineer Bob Cole said the
van went into operation on Jan. 18 of this
year, beginning its never-ending trek in Nash
ville.
Built in San Antonio, the van carries com
plete multi-track recording and broadcast
equipntent. It houses a small studio, where the
interviews are made and sent to the VGA’s
headquarters in Washington, D.C.
The Voice of America was established in
1942 as part of the U.S. Gffice of War Infor
mation. The main broadcast signal is pro
pelled by two million watts of power and sup
plemented by over 100 relay stations around
the world.
Programs, everything from news to rock
and roll, are offered in mainly English, Rus
sian and Chinese languages. The VGA is
charged with promoting a positive image of
the United States, a duty some consider to be
pure propaganda.
Bill would let
Texans vote
in primaries
Associated Press
AUSTIN — Texas Democrats
urged the Senate State Affairs Com
mittee Wednesday to approve a bill
that would let the state’s voters take
part in the “super Tuesday” presi
dential primaries.
“It’s time we made our voice
heard in selecting a presidential
nominee,” said Sen. Chet Edwards,
D-Duncanville.
There were no opposing witnesses
from the Republican party although
two GGP members of the committee
closely questioned the need for the
measure.
At Edwards’ request the bill was
left pending in the committee with a
vote on it likely next week.
A similar House bill, by Rep. Clint
Hackney, D-Houston, was given a
public hearing two weeks ago but is
still pending without a committee
vote.
Edward’s measure, which has
been endorsed by the State Demo
cratic Executive Committee, would
change the state law to require both
Democratic and Republican parties
to hold a presidential primary the
second Tuesday in March, then a
second general primary election
later for selection of state and local
party nominees.
Anyone voting in one party’s pres
idential primary could not change
and vote in the other party’s general
primary election.
Texas Republicans have been
holding presidential primaries for
some time ^it the time they vote in
the May party primary.
Texas Democrats in the past have
chosen their delegates for national
conventions, where the presidential
nominee is named, through a caucus
system. Under Edwards bill, 75 per
cent of the delegates would be
named according to the popular
vote in the presidential primary and
25 percent through party conven
tions.
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