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' Warped by Scott McCullar TRIVIAL PURSUIT QOESTP/V V/^ATT PHILOSOPHICAL tmGH. m apraid vcl 1 lo^E /O Poi/VTS. ' er »iglhefo|. 9 a.m.-noon; i SCUBA on 0 ^' btingaf. fety tnoniior. up auk ' more infor- ■rformer; western gum. ^uppa Gamin >up perfonniiij iilxiard, spoons bass tin tub." cas A&M fe i how bysingini I liev Could Sfi i of Jim Budh e were mastm hholz was ik the 1983 Vam edy team p i act and did i about life u i. I Variety SW i red perform cal seleaions 1 CREEK ONUW In Advance Science fiction writer to give presentation By KIRSTEN DIETZ Staff Writer Steve Gould, a Bryan science fiction writer and Hugo Award nominee, will read some of his fiction at 7:30 p.m. in 504 Rud der today. He also will give a presenta tion, but has not decided on the topic. The reading and presenta tion are sponsored by Memorial Student Center Cepheid Varia ble. Gould was nominated for the Hugo Award for his short story “Rory,” which was published in the April 1984 edition of Analog magazine. Science fiction fans elect the Hugo Award winner at the World Science Fiction Convention. The convention will be Aug. 31 to Sept. 2 in Melbourne, Australia. Since 1953, Hugo Award win ners have included Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke and Harlan Elli son. Could is working on a novel called “The Class Helm,” which he says examines what education does to keep civilization intact. “Mental Blocks,” a short story set at a university, will be pub lished in the July issue of Amaz ing magazine. Gould says the story concerns a fantasy resulting from a graduate student’s psy chology experiment. Three of Gould’s stories have been published by Analog and Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. Gould, chairman of Aggie Con VI in 1976, attended Texas A&M from 1973-78 and 1981-84. ^SING FO MAKE RENTAL URE? 1 AVAILABLE L89 Plaza , - n THIWto' 1 * SiurtiflWl ' StudintnitW" jlluadiiliii 0 ' Seniir MU*# “LADY HAWKE 1 4jtth»w Brod,rick| J cheTs^ and ERIC STOLlt MASKj, Hit” ??:> Atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair to discuss 'Freedom From Religion' Tuesday night By ANN CERVENKA Staff Writer Athiest Madalyn Murray O’Hair, famous for winning a 1963 Supreme Court case which helped eliminate prayer from public schools, will discuss “Free dom From Religion” Tuesday. O’Hair has been politically ac tive since childhood. As a mem ber of the American Athiest Cen ter, she has been involved in almost 30 suits in an effort to sep arate church and state. O’Hair has opposed the words “under God” in the Pledge of Alligence, “In God We Trust” on currency, and prayer on space flights. How ever, she lost all the suits. O’Hair said that as a United States citizen, her duty is to change anything that is detri mental to the Bill of Rights. “I am constantly amazed that people are so full of apathy,” she said in a phone interview Friday. “We know that it might be rough going, but we can use a big case to educate the people.” O’Hair said she has believed in three things for as long as she can remember: women’s rights, poli tics and atheism. As a child, she read the Bible from cover to cover. “I rejected it because one part of the Bible contradicted the other,” she said. “It was repug nant to me.” She said she found the Old Testament full of ugliness, hatred and brutality. “I think that the New Testa ment is much worse,” she said. Although Jesus Christ is pro jected as a loving person, “that is such a lie,” O’Hair said. “Jesus Christ is a despicable K erson if he is viewed objective- she said. “Jesus Christ in real ity invented hell. “Anyone who disagrees with him is confined to a wretched existence after death for a millen nium of years.” O’Hair said because the Bible passages are read in fragments rather than as a whole, few peo ple challenge them. “We feel that if the Bible was objectively read at the junior high school level with a scientific ex amination, the Bible would be abandoned by every youngster who comes across it,” she said. O’Hair said the idea of salva tion is that one can overcome death by accepting Jesus Christ as his personal savior. “This is bizarre,” she said. The sin of Adam and Eve can not be imputed to the next gener ation, just as Jesus cannot impute goodness to people, she said, all c ‘We’re she our own man, said. “I didn’t eat the apple.” As an athiest, O’Hair does not believe in God. “An athiest is simply a person who is without theism,” she said. Several years ago William Mur ray, O’Hair’s son and the plantiff in the court case that helped to outlaw prayer in public schools, became an evangelist. However, O’Hair said she is not concerned with his conver sion because athiests have a dif ferent view of their children than Christians do. “I simply don’t get into it,” she said. “I reared my children as best as I could rear them. Whatever they do in their adult life is their game.” Because Murray has given nu merous speeches, she is used to opposition. “Students will be stu dents,” she said. “Nothing would surprise me.” The program is sponsored by Memorial Student Center Great Issues and will be in RuddeT Au ditorium on Tuesday at 8 p.m. Admission is $ 1. Fair to show off-campus housing options By ANN CERVENKA Staff Writer Off-Campus Aggies and the Off-Campus Center will sponsor a housing fair Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Rudder Exhibit Hall. About 30 property owners from Bryan and College Station will be on hand with information about their properties. Stephanie Palubicki, coordina tor of the Off-Campus Center, said now is the prime time that students look for housing. “The housing fair is an effec tive way for students to look at different property options,” she said. Many students who move off campus for the first time are overwhelmed by the number of housing options. “By putting everything in front of them, it gives them the chance to compare several different properties on the spot,” Palubicki said. Because of the housing abun dance, the managers are in com petition for tenants and are (breed to offer good deals. Stu dents should be aware of the op tions, and “comparative shop” with the managers and owners, she said. Texas A&M has never had a housing fair, but the Off-Campus Center got the idea from other universities. “We’ve gotten good response from the property owners,” she said. “We hope the fair will be come a regular event.” Palubicki said the fair is not meant to recommend where stu dents should live. “We are trying to provide in formation to help students be come wise consumers,” she said. Information about shuttle buses, furniture rental, utilities and legal issues will be available. Door prizes, including a color television and calculators, will be given away. .BY REO ■•jded A |,oU future? ,iu*t 117-526^ '921 ^ Wanted Fun-loving Students in search of the fine arts. Become a member of MSC OPAS -The opera and performing arts society. Pick up an application at an orientation session. -April! 5 or 17 -401 Rudder -7 p.m. If unable to attend call Jody 260-3563 Mike 260-7069 Texas A&M Flying Club COME LEARN TO FLY WITH US Interested people are urged to attend our meeting April 16 at the Airport Clubhouse. April 16 7:30 P.M. ■ min III III TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYMPHONIC BAND IT'S REGISTRATION TIME AGAIN - PLAN AHEAD — membership by audition each September — instrumentation set for 75 — activities include concerts and a spring trip — rehearsals twice a week — open to all students Begun in 1973, the Symphonic Band offers students at Texas A&M University the opportunity to play their instruments with others from across Texas and the nation. Rehearsing twice weekly, Tuesday and Thursday, from 12:30-1:45 p.m., the band allows students to play in a group while concentrating on their major field of study. For additional information, call or visit HEAR THE SYMPHONIC BAND APRIL 23 MSC FLAG ROOM 12:30 Bill J. Dean Director Symphonic Band E. V. Adams Band Bldg. College Station, Texas 77843 Phone: 845-3529 "Softly call the muste^ SUN. APRIL 21, 1985 3:00 P.M. G. ROLLIE WHITE COLISEUM SPEAKER: GEN. ORMOND R. SIMPSON '36