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-r Tuesday, December 3, 1985/The Battalion/Page 5 \ e0 j!udent fighting^ apartheid arinjA&M activist is spotlighted anci By MARK RUDOLPH Reporter ffhe apartheid situation in South Africa is a growing concern for many egmning ol i; pecple around the world. But for one e do all the reseai(i^K cu l ar "Texas A&M student, it is >elves lor ihefiisiLg num ber one issue facing the world today. ays (he hrstloun p ()r N orman Muraya, president of (I because t '0onf l tfo l , t i ents Against Apartheid at A&M, icr teams "ilhcthis issue has become an obsession. Afterward, tkI Everybody agrees to the injustice, (litierem aflii jj Ut n()t everybody wants to take ac- •ing used across; t j on sa y S Muraya. 11 prepare fortk Muraya, 24, of Kenya, Africa, be came involved with Students Against ,1 an oniroint;; Apartheid last May when the organi- r ess,” Kraemer tatLn was formeci. lurn’aments talttiHe appears to be a very calm, re- are lour prei served young man who expresses a hen the power-i great love for his homeland and a i tournament, h Jtfng belief in improving it. But it is igainst teams Mtkjhis eompassion f° r h* s fellow man from thepielimi[d an< f ^ people of South Africa about s “That poos on Muraya is outspoken, then the top thirdnl p f one neglects judgement on the o into the smelt fl:' n 5 st ' ce * n South Africa, one should , u | ()n io the fm wra P U P the Truman Doctrine and close the department of foreign can enter am affairs,” Muraya says, when they join,® "If we condone apartheid, we will ice division is for never be able to look another country id no college expc in the eye and make statements about Kraemer \u applying the Declaration of Inde- u go up to the in penuence to human rights, the Tru- ior or junior var® man Doctrine to outside oppression, it’s for peopled or Christianity and the love of God Lperience in died for all mankind.” istheopenorsem; He says the people in his organiza- hat’s for anybodt lion feel America has made too many >ate." misiakes in foreign policy and they saysdebaterscan levels after they the next level, also operates u m, a i debate per ience can be us asking for help now, or never, Kraemer says, beo arching, reasonuii .)gk skills. don't want to see it happen again. “1 think the U.S. and many other countries claim to be democratic, and this is their opportunity to show it,” audit Muraya says. The people of South Africa are luraya Muraya says. “I just don’t see how a person can work there,” he says, “seeing how the people are being misused by getting such small returns in comparison to the resources of the country. “I don’t See how they (South Afri can whites) can live with themselves.” Muraya asks American industry to stop being the main supporter of these people, to stop approving of what they are doing by supporting trade in South Africa. He says it is a denial of basic human rights and that people are forgetting that people are number one, not economics. Muraya says South Africa is one of the most strategic countries in Africa, and he believes it eventually will be come independent. “ The question is,” he says, “what countries will become the allies of the wealthiest and most powerful nation in Africa.” He says decisions have to be made right now concerning apartheid in South Africa, and American students are crucial in affecting these deci sions. Muraya says the students against apartheid group at the University of California at Berkeley recently re vealed the names of banks doing business with South Africa. As a re sult, many people withdrew their money from those banks, he says. Muraya’s involvement students Against Apartheid stems from his obligations to his fellow man, he says. Muraya says he derives longtime be nefits from helping others and wants to make the world a better place in which to live. A mechanical engineering major, Muraya came to A&M two years ago, after earning a liberal arts degree from Wheaton College in Chicago. He plans to graduate in August and return to Kenya, where he would like to work with geothlley. He says he appreciates some of A&M’s traditions — Silver Taps, howdy’s and standing during football games — but also says he thinks the University is somewhat segregated because of its low percentage of fninorities. He says segregation stems from the idea that everybody is natu rally suspicious. The realization that everybody basically has the same con cerns and interests comes from in teraction, he says. “University is the last chance for a major influx of ideas,” Muraya says. “It is the time to make choices.” He says he thinks A&M is losing out on this aspect. And Muraya says he notices many people who make living harder by bringing in unnecessary complica tions. His goals are simple — to have a wife and family and to better his country. He says he considers equal opportunity and the distribution of resources more important than wealth. A&M prof proud of ASEAN work :0ITO By JUNE PANG Staff Writer John Griffiths, professor of lalley’s Comet is idrJiftfteorology at Texas A&M, says he ■t depicted on a t > s proud to be involved in the first evrmth century. llUonipleted science and technology is the Great CoKP ro j ect °f die Association of South caused panic aiwT a si Asian Nations, vho thought it was®, Griffiths was invited by the United e capture of ConsticNaftions in 1979 to be a technical 1 in ks. adviser to a projet group preparing a climatological atlas and compendium (I comet tomes li of ASEAN countries. The project was ek“kometesaster, finished in 1983. 1 ^ sl ‘ u ’ ^Griffiths said when he worked with ASEAN, it consisted of five coun tries: the Philippines, Thailand, Sing apore, Indonesia and Malaysia. In 1984 another country, Bruni, joined the organization, he said. In 1979 the five ASE.AN countries decided to gather climatological in formation about their area and put it. to use. But ASE.AN didn’t know how to gather the information and put it into useable form, so they asked the Un ited Nations for help, Griffiths said. Through the World Meteorologic* al Organization, the United Nations found Griffiths, who had been work ing on tropical areaclimatology. The organization gathered data on weather conditions of ASEAN coun tries from 1951 to 1975. Understanding past weather pat terns helps in estimating present and future weather conditions, Griffiths said. Climatological information can be used in planning and developing crop production, engineering pro jects, water distribution and tourism. All the countries in Soutfieast Asia - are in a tropical weather zone, he said. But some ASEAN countries are trying to grow temperate-zone plants such as apples and pears in high ele vation areas, Griffiths said, and past weather patterns can help them de cide when and where to grow. The amount and intensity of rain fall also affects engineering projects, Griffiths said. Weather affects prog rams during construction periods, as well as after construction. For inst ance, he said, pavements in heavy rainfall areas need firmer founda tions to prevent erosion. Weather patterns also affect travel. Most people like to travel in dry and sunny weather, Griffiths said, and tourist centers and government agencies need the information to launch tourism businesses. He added that knowledge of weather patterns also can help gov ernments to distribute water more fairly and efficiently. in this area >le schedule s to believe :ost contain- the travel in- wherever ance seat vo weeks of booking ish flow since 5 payable - sh advance pay the ement after about travel, welcome i Express. A Feast W* At The Hilton Lord and Lady Raleigh will throw open the castle gates Dec. 4-7 for a Yuletide feast in the splendor of renaissance England. MSC Madrigal Dinners presents jugglers, wen ches, madrigal singers and a hearty meal to put you in the holiday spirit. And should a touch of the devil get into you-you may pur chase wine from the lord’s private stock. Tickets are available at the Ticketron outlets in Dillard’s and Rudder Tower. Tickets are $18 for the public and $14 for senior citizens and A&M students. Call 845-1234 for more information. Overflowing With Good Cheer December 4-7 I*. , Start your own Fraternity... The Chi Phi Fraternity, the first social fraternity founded nationally in 1824, forming a colony at Texas A&M University. You the student have the opportunity to work together with other students in building a new organization. Learn valuable organizational and leadership skills in working toward establishing a fraternity and a place to come back to. Chi Phi is interested in those students who want to create a winning organization. For more information and details, call Baker Hart at 696-6240. The Chi Phi Fraternity... There is a difference... J YOU’VE GOT THE GOALS, WE’VE GOT THE OPPORTUNITIES You’ve studied hard to earn your degree. And you know where you want it to take you. Whatever your field, we’ve got a program that can help you make the most of it. As a Naval officer. In business management, engineering, law, personnel admin istration, systems analysis, as well as other professional fields, as a Naval officer, you start off with a manage ment position. And you gain experi ence and responsibility it might take years to get in a corporation. Good starting salaries and excep tional benefits include free medical and dental care, thirty days’ paid vacation each year and a host of other allowances. Minimum qualifications require a BA or BS degree, U.S. citizenship and security clearance. You must not have reached your 29th birthday by commissioning, and you must pass an aptitude and physical test. 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