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Texas A&MW«% m m M # The Battalion lol. 83 No. 31 GSPS 045360 10 pages College Station, Texas Monday, October 13, 1986 Apartheid protest draws 100 Photo by Mike Sanchez Kevin Weaver and Jeff Jarvis post an anti-apartheid sign on the A&M golf course Friday. Iceland summit closes without arms decision Students, :faculty urge divestment By Hal L. Hammons Reporter I Chanting “Board of Regents — I Divest!" about 100 students and I faculty marched through the I Texas A&M campus Friday, con- Idetuning the University for its in vestments in South Africa. Initiated by Students Against Apartheid, the march coincided I with National Anti-Apartheid I Day. the march was highlighted by ■ speeches made outside the Rud- I tier Theater Complex and on the ■ steps of the Systems Administra- Ition Building. Speakers included I Dr. Larry Yarek, an A&M history I professor and faculty adviser for I Students Against Apartheid; and ■ the Rev. Mark Wilburn, an Epis- |copal chaplain. Norman Muraya, president of Students Against Apartheid, said the march might be enough to convince the regents to grant the group a hearing on its proposal for divestment of University funds. Yarek, who teaches a class on South African history at A&M, spoke strongly for economic sanc tions against the country, saying I all motives behind a reluctance to I impose sanctions are based fun- I damentally on racism. “Apartheid is the most perni- I cious political and social system I that exists on earth today,” Yarek I said. I Wilburn said, “Twenty-two ■years ago, I was a racist and a seg- ■regationist.” I He said that in the past he used Ball of the arguments for favor- litism based on race that he now ■hears from the other side. I “It does not hold water,” Wil- Iburn said of apartheid, “because ■it's wrong. I “It’s a nice way of saying, ‘We ■treat our slaves nicely.’ I Much of Yarek’s speech cen- Itered on addressing the argu- Iments against divestment. I Regarding the argument that Idivestment will hurt black South ■Africans, Yarek said, “It is the ■wish of black South Africans that Iwe do divest.” I He said black South Africans ■know their suffering is unavoid- lable, and are willing to endure ■sanctions now to avoid further discrimination by their govern ment in the future. He said another argument is that divestment will cause the University to lose money. He said, however, that equal or greater returns on investments were available for the University. He said that actually, most uni versities that have already di vested earned more money after divestment than before. Wilburn said, “You and I have a calling: to remind the Student Senate and the regents of this in stitution that if we choose to teach values, we have to practice va lues." REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — President Reagan and Mikhail Gor bachev, on the verge of an agreement to destroy all their offen sive nuclear weapons over the next 10 years, ended their summit in dis appointment Sunday over a dispute concerning the testing of American “Star Wars" technology. The hangup involved the Soviets’ insistence that research on the anti missile system be confined to labo- See related story, page 10 ratory work. Reagan declared, “This we could not and will not do.” Gorbachev said that he made “very serious, unprecedented con cessions and accepted compromises that are unprecedented.” But he said there was a “rupture” over U.S. insistence on being allowed to test space weapons outside the labo ratory. The Iceland impasse was so com plete that the leaders did not set a date for a third superpower meet ing, and the future of arms control talks was left in doubt. Gorbachev told reporters, “The Americans came to this meeting empty handed,” and top Soviet offi cial Georgi Arbatov described the summit here as “the dead end to which they (the Americans) have driven the whole issue of arms con trol." Secretary of State George Shultz said the two sides had verbally agreed to slash long-range missile and bomber arsenals in half in five years and completely by 1996. In ad dition, thev were prepared to elimi nate all but 100 medium-range mis siles on each side — including all those deployed in Europe — during the first five-year phase and the bal- ant‘e of thd'se in 19f)6 as well, Shultz said. “A tremendous amount of head way was made,” he told a news con ference here, “but in the end we couldn’t make it.” The problem: U.S. insistence on proceeding with testing of the Strat egic Defense Initiative (Star Wars) with the idea of using, it a decade from now as an “insurance policy” to prevent any enemy from launching a successful nuclear strike, Shultz said. Shultz said U.S. leaders were “deeply disappointed” in the out come. His early evening statement, the first yvord on the summit out come, folloyved hours of high hopes built upon statements of progress is sued bv both sides. Gorbachev told reporters in his post-summit neyvs conference, as he did after the 1985 Geneva summit, that “the yvorld situation is very dan gerous" and that “there is a shortage of neyv thinking” among U.S. arms control experts. Nonetheless, he said the progress in some areas amounted to “substantial gains here in Reykjavik.” Reagan, talking to American mili tary personnel at Keflavik Naval Air Base just before he boarded Air Force One for the nearly six-hour ride back to Washington, said the tyvo sides had “moved toward agreement” on drastic reductions in intermediate-range yveapons in Eu rope and Asia and on other issues. But, the president said, “there re mained at the end of our talks one area of disagreement . . . The Soviet Union insisted that yve sign an agreement that would deny to me and to future presidents for 10 years the right to develop, test and deploy a def ense against nuclear missiles for the people of the free yvorld.” Shultz told reporters, “The two leaders just decided they yvere not able*to agree. At that point, the tyvo leaders, being unable to agree, ad journed." Asked yvhether there would be an other summit meeting between Rea gan and Gorbachev, Arbatov said, “If the Americans do not change their position on this basic issue, I am afraid not." Shultz said the leaders had nearly agreed on yvays “to deal effectively yvith intermediate range missiles,” and had made progress toward an agreement on limiting underground nuclear tests, but that the potential agreements failed to materialize t>e- cause all the parts yvere interrelated. “It became more and more clear that the Soviet Union’s objective was effectively to kill off the SDI pro gram," he said. Max Kampelman, the chief U.S. negotiator at the Geneva arms talks, said the summit yvas “in every way except the end a fantastic thing. . . . It yvas the most appealing package ever negotiated by the two coun tries.” 3 survivors pulled from quake rubble in Salvadoran city ■SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador : (AP) — Rescuers digging through Spllapsed buildings pulled out three lElire survivors Sunday, but of ficials jlsakl it was impossible to say lunv jjliiiianY people remain buried after an Hrthquake that killed hundreds. ■Rescuers pulled at least 24 survi- i Its from tyvo buildings on Saturday Uni! worked through the night un- pei lights in hopes of finding others, gjiefshocks from Friday’s quake continued to lock the city. ■“It is impossible to say how many Hire are trapped,” said Dr. Antonio Siha Carranza, a member of a vol- ilteer Guatemala rescue squad. ■There yvas no official casualty cfiint. ■The International Red Gross said if Geneva on Sunday that 350 peo ple were killed and 6,800 injured, "|lh 600 requiring hospitalization. It Freshman election sites I Voting hours for today’s fresh- fitian runoff elections will be from a.rn. to 6 p.m. in the main ; lounge of the Memorial Student [Center, in front of Sterling G. Bans Library and outside Sbisa lining Hall. ■ In the event of rain, the Sbisa situ will be moved to the A-l lounge. ■ Freshmen must present a cur rent Texas A&M I.D. card at the polling site in order to vote. t- said about 30 people yvere still trapped under debris. The organization said immediate medical needs have been met and no epidemics are feared. It said electric ity has been restored to about 60 percent of San Salvador, the capital. Telephone service is being restored and distribution of Water has begun. Many countries, including the United States and El Salvador’s neighbors, Mexico and Nicaragua, pledged to send aid, including emer gency supplies and rescue teams. Four American volunteers yvith trained dogs helped in the search for bodies, crayvhng yvith their animals through dark tunnels and passages. “It takes experience and some guts,” said Garoline Hebard, 42, of Bernardsyille, N.J., yvho also helped in the rescue efforts in the Sept. 19, 1985, earthquake in Mexico Gity that killed at least 9,500 people. “You look at the building and as sess the risk," Hebard said. “Eve seen some buildings so shaky that I yvouldn’t go in." On Saturday, 21 people yvere pulled alive from the five-story Ru ben Dario clotvntoyvn office building, and three tvomen yvere rescued from the presidential palace. John Carroll, 33, a member of the Miami, Fla., Metro Fire-Rescue De partment, helped supervise the ex acting rescue effort at the Ruben Da rio building. “We listen for the voices and start digging toyvard them, and sooner or later yve can get to them, yve can touch them, yve can reassure them, yve can comfort them a little bit and keep them from losing it mentally until yve can get them out,” he said. Children find fun, therapy at clinic Photo by Anthony S. Casper Patrick Nichols rides through an obstacle course set up to teach the children some “rodeo-style” riding Saturday. By Janet Goode Reporter The Texas A&M Horseman’s Association gave handicapped and learning-disabled children and young adults a little therapy and a lot of friendship Saturday at the association’s Special Stu dents Riding Clinic. Forty-five participants chosen from Bryan-College Station spe cial education classes learned how to ride horses rodeo-style at the Louis Pearce Pavilion. Terri Estes, riding clinic chair- yvoman, said three groups, each composed of about 15 children yvho attended the clinic, are ex pected to return for. the remain der of the program Oct. 17 and Oct. 24. The participants, rang ing in age from three to 22, rode in relay races and took part in games after a brief orientation. Toyvard the end of the class, they learned the “how-to’s” of brushing and saddling a horse. In each event, the safety proce dures for the clinic were elab orate. Three group leaders su pervised each rider, and two medics from A&M’s Emergency Gat e Team yvere on hand. Estes said the leaders rode the horses Friday night to yvear them out a little. “If there’s a horse that’s the least bit spooky, yve don’t use it," she said. Estes said most of the leaders at the clinic are members of the as sociation, animal science majors, and have had previous experi ence in working with hand icapped children. But Estes said the organization encourages peo ple to volunteer. Jodi Murray, publicity officer, said that yvorkers are needed be cause usually more children ap ply for lessons than the associa tion can handle. Usually yvhen this happens, Estes said, the children yvho the association and the special educa tion teachers think yvould benefit the most are accepted. Estes also said this is the first time she knows of that deaf chil dren have attended the clinic. The main emphasis at the rid ing clinic is on fun, Estes said. Each Saturday, the clinic will have a different theme, she said, such as circus or rodeo day. At the last session all the partic ipants yvill Yvin prizes. Last year they received trophies but Estes said this year the leaders are con sidering T-shirts. Jeff Lemons, vice president of the association, said the leaders have just as much fun as the chil dren. He said he tries to keep the friendships made at the clinic by staying in touch with the children throughout the year. Besides fun, Murray said the riding lessons give the children a sense of control. “It gives them a chance to have a responsiblity,” Murray said. EsteS said the clinic gives the participants a break from their everyday routine. “The clinic gives them the op portunity to do something differ ent,” she said. “As (the children) come here throughout the years, they gain confidence.” One parent, Jamie Templeton, said she believes that’s held true for her son, who has attended the clinic for seven years. She said be cause her son has autism, he really can’t express w'hat he gets out of the program. But Temple ton said she knoyvs he enjoys it. “It makes him a more complete person,” she said. Another watchful guardian, Joe Fabian of Schulenburg, said 14-year-old Patrick broke the splints on his legs playing ball and needed to go to Houston. In stead, Fabian patched the splint yvith tape and glue anc} drove him straight to Gollege Station. “Patrick wouldn’t miss it (the clinic) for the world,” Fabian said.