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Thursday, October 23, 1986TThe Battalion/Page 5 Texastrends to cover state heritage By Rodney Rather Staff Writer The heritage of Texas and its futtitT development will be ad dressed Friday afternoon at the Texastrends Symposium in Rud der Theater. No admission will be charged. The symposium, co-sponsored by the Sesquicentennial Commit tee of Texas A&M and the Me morial Student Center’s Great Is sues Committee, will feature lectures by three prominent Tex ans: Clayton W. Williams Jr., Dr. James “Red” Duke and Lynn Ashby. The symposium marks the in augural program of the MSC Great Issues’ Texas Series. The series is designed to exam ine several aspects of Texas through a series of lectures given by influential Texans. The speakers will reflect on the history of their fields of expertise, said Michelle DeVoe, Texas Se ries subcommittee vice chairman. She said they also will discuss how those fields are changing and explain how those changes affect Texas. Williams, Class of ’54, will speak at 1:05 p.m. about agri business, technology and energy. A businessman who specializes in oil and gas production, ranch ing and communications, Wil liams is also the teacher of an en trepreneurial class for the University. Duke, Class of ’50, will talk about science, research and med icine at his 2 p.m. lecture. He currently serves as a profes sor of surgery at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston and is a special assistant to the president of the UT Health Sci ence Center at Houston. As current editor for the Hous ton Post and a UT graduate, Ashby will discuss politics, the arts and communication at 3 p.m. Each speaker will field audi ence questions at the conclusion of his lecture. A reception will be held after the symposium at 4 p.m. in Rud der Exhibit Hall. Editing workshop to be held Nov. 8 The International Association of Business Communicators of Brazos Valley will sponsor a workshop Nov. 8, designed to teach the basics of publication production to people with little or no experience in the field. The ‘Instant Editor Work shop” is open to anyone inter ested in either putting out a pub lication or learning more about production. The workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to noon in the Col lege Station Community Center, 1300 Jersey St. I he workshop will include "Pocket Pal — The Movie,” a vi deotape based on a graphic arts handbook, and discussions of planning, editing and copy writ ing, design, printing and mailing. A short question-and-answer ses sion will follow each discussion. The registration fee for the workshop is $7.50 for students and $15 for non-students. The deadline for preregistra tion is Oct. 31. Late registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 8 at the door. For more information and reg istration forms contact Jan McDa niel at 845-2588. A&M Greeks unite for Songfest Sororities and fraternities will go on Broadway Friday night to raise money for the Brazos Valley Rehabilitation Center. Seventeen groups will show off their musical talents in the ninth annual Chi Omega Songfest. Songfest begins at 8 p.m. in the Bryan Civic Auditorium. Tickets are $4 if bought in ad vance and $5 at the door. They may be purchased from Chi Omega members. Under last year’s “Texas” theme, the Aggie Men’s Club won the competition with its medley of Texas songs entitled “A Tout- Through Texas.” “The purpose pf the night is to raise money, but also to promote unity between sororities and fra ternities,” said Laurie Gordon, co-chairwoman of Songfest. “We want to show Bryan-College Sta tion that we can pull together and do things as a student organiza tion.” COIOfiERfS FORMAL WEAR RENTAL The Classic Black Tuxedo Perfect for Fall Formals $39. 91 Special Group Discounts White: Clements steps out-of-line with television ad AUSTIN (AP) — Gov. Mark White complained Wednesday that a Bill Clements television commercial unfairly blames his administration for an assault on a Texas woman, then released a letter in which the mother of a slain child says Clements did little to help crime victims. White said he believes his Repub lican opponent’s ad was out-of-line. He said, however, that he wanted to show that such tactics can work both ways. “That was not a fair attack,” White said about the ad that began showing this week. “We’re just setting the re cord straight.” In the Clements ad, Susan Key complains that she was assaulted by a criminal who was paroled during White’s term as governor. In response, White made public a letter from Glenda Page of Austin. Page is the mother of an 8-year- old girl who was raped and strangled by a parolee on Jan. 2, 1982, during Clements’ term. The killer, now serving a 30-year term, had been paroled after serving four years of a 20-year sentence, Page wrote. The letter praised White for sign ing into law the Crime Victims Bill of Rights and legislation to prohibit au tomatic release of violent criminals. “We never had such rights under Bill Clements,” Page wrote. “Maybe if we had, our daughter would still be alive today,” she wrote. White said he saw no contradic tion in protesting the Clements ad while making public Page’s letter. “He started that type ol attack, and I think it’s only fair for every body to realize that that circum stance (the Page killing) occurred,” White said. “He had those same re sponsibilities there.” White also noted that 19 criminals paroled under Clements have ended up on death row. “The fact of the matter is, releases made during his administration not only resulted in assaults on individu als but also resulted in the deaths of individuals,” White said. White’s comments came during a campaign appearance where he was endorsed by the Combined Law En- Clements: Early parole must stop HOUSTON (AP) — Republi can gubernatorial candidate Wil liam Clements called Wednesday for an immediate halt to the early release of prison inmates, blam ing incumbent Gov. Mark White for careless paroling of prisoners, including one who was convicted of trying to rape a Dallas woman shortly after his release. The end to early releases was the top priority listed in an in terim report released Wednesday by the Clements Criminal Justice Advisory Panel, which has held 10 hearings around the state with judges, prosecutors, law enforce ment officers and crime victims. “We will have a finished set of recommendations for the Legis lature in January of 1987,” Clem ents said. Clements said a statistic shows White has rejected only 3 percent of all paroles, while Clements turned down 25 percent. Susan Key, a Dallas w’oman who appears in a Clements tele vision commercial, appeared with Clements at a Houston news con ference. Boyd Ray Land, paroled May 24, 1983 in an order signed by White, was convicted of aggra vated assault for an attempted rape of Key. Clements said he previously rejected Land’s parole application three times. Clements said Key has been unable to determine if Land still remains behind bars. forcement Association of Texas, a 7,000-member police group. Association president Ron DeL- ord said White has done more for Texas crime-fighting than Clements. “In Clements’ four years in office, all we got was a lights and mirrors show,” DeLord said. “He put on a good show, but in es sence, it didn’t change anything for the officers in the squad cars,” he said. 2501 S. Texas • Park Place Plaza • 693 9358 PRE-YELL PRACTICE CCOUNTING D177A _ adtv SOCIETY PIZZA PARTY AT THE ■mo Fri., Oct. 24,1986 5-7 p.m. All the pizza you can eat and soft drinks WET CUT SIO. 00 REG $20.°° includes: shampoo & conditioner Tues. thru Sat. No Appt. necessary exp 10-31-86 A Cut Aboyi A CUT ABOVE 4004 Stillmeadow 2 red lights north of Hilton Hotel, Behind Circle K GALLERY ■■■NfSSAN 10% Student Discount Discount is on all parts & labor on Nissan Products only. We will also offer 10% dis count on labor only on all non-Nissan products. Student I.D. must be presented at time workorder is written up. We now have rental units available for service customers 1214 Tx. 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