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ave had |o<brdinating Committee. Their pri-
cadets, l|' a > v purpose is to improve coordi-
state stii(i a T ,n anc l communication between
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have peo(Brs, says Jennifer Betz, one of the
ervicesi eldphone operators for the State
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most pUtrupations to those who do not
faces is Wm )w about them, Betz says.
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;s want jiftncial aid and certain slate-li-
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Food drive
for needy
to be held
By TRENT LEOPOLD
Senior Staff Writer
Students witli extra food items
left over f rom the semester wilfbe
able let donate them — if they are
sealed — to the Brazos Valley un
derprivileged beginning Monday
in the Memorial Student Center.
Dan Warden, the president of
the Brazos Valley Food Bank,
said Thursday students can do
nate canned goods or other non-
perishable, packaged food items
Monday through Friday at either
of two tables that will be located
across the candy counter in the
MSC.
Students will be able to donate
the items between 8 a.m. and 5
p.m. any day next week, Warden
said.
The Brazos Valley Food Bank
is sponsoring a county-wide food
drive on May 11, but the tables
will be in the MSC earlier because
most students will be gone then,
Warden said.
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“This will be a good opportu
nity for students who are leaving
(for the summer) and want to get
rid of certain food items,” War
den said.
On May 11, food can be do
nated at either the Brazos Center
Picnic Area or the south end of
the Culpepper Plaza parking area
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
ley Ft
is a non-profit food distribution
warehouse system ciesigned to
collect, store and redistribute
large quantities of food to help
those in need.
The food bank also is attempt
ing to encourage the food indus
try to donate a large amount of
edible food that is often wasted.
Beta Theta Pi arrives
Aggie Cowboys go Greek
By TAMARA BELL
Staff Writer
Next fall there will be an addition
to the greek system at Texas A&M.
The Aggie Cowboys, considered by
the Interfraternity Council (the gov
erning body for fraternities) to be an
independent fraternity, will offi
cially join the greek system as the
Beta Theta Pi f raternity.
The president of the Aggie Cow-
boys, Rob Crawford, says because
the group is a local fraternity with
out a national headquarters, it isn’t
allowed to participate in Interfrater
nity Council activities such as rush.
“There were disadvantages to be
ing independent,” he says. “Because
we didn’t have a national base, we
couldn’t participate in rush at the
same time as the other fraternities.
We had to place ads in newspapers
to announce our rush. It was just a
hassle.”
The Aggie Cowboys chose the Be
tas because of similar goals in their
by-laws, Crawford says.
“When the Cowboys started five
years ago, it was an organization that
was based on no hazing,” he says.
“When we decided to go national,
that was a major criteria we were
looking for in other fraternities.
“We also Look into consideration
the fact that in this area, Bryan-Col-
lege Station, there are Beta alumni
who can help us get started,” he says.
Another reason the Cowboys
chose Beta is because of the fraterni
ty’s strong reputation in the South,
Crawford says. A good name can
help during rush, he says.
Although the name switch will oc
cur next semester, a pledgeship cer
emony scheduled for Saturday will
officially induct the 70 members into
the colony, Crawford says.
“It usually takes a year to become
a chapter,” tie says. “First we have to
go through a trial period when we
are a colony. Then, at the annual na
tional convention, we’re voted on.
We prove ourselves as a colony for
about a year, then we go to the na
tional convention and lobby to be
come a chapter.”
Texas farmers hurt
by international
monetary policies
By TAMMY KIRK
Staff Writer
The agricultural economy for
Texas and the nation is hurting be
cause of the law of supply and de
mand — a large supply of agricultu
ral commodities and a lack of
demand in foreign markets, says Dr.
Carl Anderson, an economist with
the the Texas Agricultural Exten
sion Service of the Texas A&M Uni
versity System.
“Abundant crop supplies, sagging
exports and a strong U.S. dollar
abroad are all hurting agriculture in
Texas and the nation,” Anderson
says.
The financial crunch for agricul
ture results mostly from policy ac
tions outside the realm of agricul
ture, he says.
“These include monetary and fis
cal policies that together make up
U.S. economic policy, trade subsidies
of other countries, tariffs, trade bar
riers and other forces that influence
interest rates, inflation or economic
conditions at home and abroad,”
Anderson says.
Another economist with TAES
Dr. Bill Black, says countries like
Brazil and Argentina owe money to
U.S. banks and one way for them to
pay off debts is to export their own
crops.
“Argentina, for example, will sell
its grain to Russia cheaper than the
U.S. will, thus taking away one of
our markets,” Black says.
If the United States competes to
regain lost markets, U.S. banks won’t
receive the money from those coun
tries that depend on revenues from
agricultural exports to pay off debts,
he says. The United States doesn’t
want the banks to foreclose on these
underdeveloped countries because it
would cause shaky foreign relations,
Black says.
“There’s a great attempt in the
world to be self-sufficient in food,”
Black says.
F.ven China is exporting now, he
says, because the country is adopting
more farming techniques.
He says farmers in China have a
personal incentive to excel because
they can sell their own crops due to
China’s free private enterprise.
Black says that this trend in ex
porting means that U.S. farmers
can’t produce as much as they want
because there is a surplus of agricul
tural products.
Black says Texas will be hurt more
than the rest of the nation because
the state, being near water, exports a
higher percentage of its production.
With the nation’s low grain prices
and lack of exports, U.S. farmers
could go bankrupt and lose their
farms, Black says.
He says the farmers affected most
are those who sell $40,000 to
$200,000 a year in agricultural prod
ucts. Black says these farmers, called
“medium farmers,” make up one-
fifth of the total number of farmers
in the country. The farmers in the
highest dollar bracket make
$500,000 or more in sales, he says.
“The livestock sector will fare
sorpewhat better than crop produc
ers this year due to lower cattle num
bers,” Black says. “However, large
crop supplies will continue to
dampen any sustained price recov
ery for major commodities.”
The outlook for agricultural ex
ports, which were largely responsi
ble for a booming agricultural econ
omy in the ’70s and early ’80s, will
continue on the bleak side, Ander
son says.
With exports dominated by world
economic and political forces, the
most likely outcome appears to be a
modest increase in the U.S. farm ex
port volume with a stable value re
sulting from somewhat lower prices,
he says.
“The current global supply and
demand picture will not provide the
boost needed in 1985 to bring U.S.
farm exports back to levels of a few
years ago,” Anderson says.
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