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Friday, October 31,1986AThe Battalion/Page 3 State and Local Hill IB Moratorium set on destruction of Texas forest .e TO i / i wl ih, ge and pop:,: almosu::- ■ AUSTIN (AP) — The U.S. Forest \ Service agreed Thursday to a week- long moratorium on destruction of an East Texas forest while Attorney General Jim Mattox determines the environmental impact. ■ “The U.S. Forest Service agreed to stop crushing the trees, which has been going on seven days a week at about 30 acres a day, and not to na- i palm any of the crushed trees acre- i age during the moratorium,” Mattox | said. ■ Mike Lannan, supervisor for the U.S. forest lands in Fexas, said, “We felt it was quite a legitimate request. i This will give him an opportunity to look into it.” ■ Mattox told a news conference Thursday that the Forest Service was burning 2,600 acres of timber in the Four-Notch area near Huntsville. ■“It reminds me of the old adage about burning down the barn to get rid of the rats,” Mattox said. “Now thby’re burning the forest to get rid of the pine beetles.” ■Lannan said stopping pine beetle damage was not the reason for the dearingof land in the area. ■“The operation is a cleanup be hind the pine beetle infestation of several years ago and to prepare for reforestation,” Lannan said. “Pine beedes are generally inactive at this time.” ■Mattox said the Forest Service was destroying hardwood trees along with pines, and as a result destroying wijdlife in that part of the Sam H0uston National Forest. : a Russiatp > a FrencL rvasive is t vigorous, ik tguagepd aeir own id ■ drugstort: sue is na ) cannot spj ly, today's:/! )ly will etil ge aside. - ; hingourcd ■‘They are using a 52-ton machine to crush the trees, driving out va rious kinds of wildlife, including a type of woodpecker that is an endan gered species in the forest area,” Mattox said. Hannan said the area being de stroyed included a “few” hardwood trees Igl'All the trees in the area are being removed,” Lannan said. “However, we determined that about 30 per cent of the area had a potential for producing quality hardwood trees and that area is not being treated at all.’ ■r propose : what the — j - . ■ ' mr * j* m ■ * Ml Grease Is The Word A freshman “grease monkey” does a yell after greasing up a perimeter pole on the bonfire site Thursday. The oil is put on the perimeter poles Photo by Alex Luke so that support ropes can be pulled taut around them and keep the centerpole in place until the stack is completed. OPAS to present music and dance in Festival of India By Karl Pallmeyer Staff Writer The music and dance of India will be presented at Rudder Audi torium Monday at 8 p.m. when the Memorial Student Center’s Opera and Performing Arts Society pre sents Festival of India 1986. More than 30 performers, in cluding dancers, singers and musi cians, will be presenting various folk dances, religious rituals and tribal rites of India’s rich and varied cultural heritage. Several classic dances will be performed with the traditional accompaniment of sitar, tabla, bamboo flutes and other exotic instruments. Most of the dances that will be performed have a deep religious significance in Indian culture. “O- dissi,” a dance that originated in the Hindu temples of the Eastern In dian state of Orissa, celebrates spiri tual eroticism and mystic love. “Purulia Chhau” features danc ers wearing elaborate masks and costumes that represent good and evil. The dance shows the struggle between the opposing forces. A 12th-century martial art form of Kalaripayattu combines fencing and dance. Kalaripayattu requires total control over mind and body as the dancer performs with spears, swords, knives and daggers. Only masters of the art are allowed to used the “urumi,” or belt-sword. The “urumi” is a sharp, double- edged sword four to nine feet long that is flexible enough to be worn as a belt. One of the songs to be per formed is “Qawwali,” a devotion al song tied to the Sufi cult of Islam. The song dates back to the 13th century and is usually sung to praise Allah or Sufi saints during religous ceremonies. Tickets are available at the Rud der box office. Prices are $8.25 and $10.25 for students and $9.50 and $12.50 for non-students. Before the performance, the MSC Jordan Institute for Interna tional Awareness will sponsor a free program on the history of Indian dance and music in 201 MSC at 6:45 p.m. Speaker says Palestinians favor secular state By Olivier Uyttebrouck Staff Writer The great majority of Palestinians favor the creation of a secular state in which both Israelis and Palestin ians live together within the bounda ries of present day Israel, a Palestin- ian-American leader said Thursday at Rudder Tower. Dr. Mounit Bayyoud, who headed the Dallas office of the Arab States League from 1978 to 1982, said most Palestinians consider the Pales tinian Liberation Organization and its leader, Yassir Arafat, to be the only legitimate negotiators for them. In the program sponsored by the International Students Association, Bayyoud presented a history of Arab-Israeli relations from the Pal estinian point of view, beginning by tracing the origin of the Palestinian people to a time before the creation of the Hebrew state. Bayyoud was born and raised in Lebanon but moved to Palestine as a young man in 1933, where he lived until the creation of the Israeli state in 1948. He taught mathematics in Jerusalem and worked for the Brit ish government there during World War II. Bayyoud said that at the begin ning of the war, Zionist extremists such as Menachem Begin stepped up violent attacks against Palestin ians and the British government in an effort to force an Israeli state into existence. The Bureau of Labor was bombed three times while Bayyoud was working there, he said. About a month before the cre ation of Israel, a small Palestinian community was massacred by Jewish extremists, he said. He said he re members trucks driving through the streets of Jerusalem, reminding Pal estinians of the attack and warning them to leave the country. With the founding of Israel in 1948, Bayyoud moved back to Leb anon, working as director of a Pales tinian refugee camp for orphans. Later he worked for the oil industry, First in Lebanon and then in the Per sian Gulf state of Qatar. Bayyoud moved to the United States in 1958. In later visits to Leb anon, he said he was impressed by the social system the Palestinians built for themselves, including the schools and welfare institutions for the blind and the aged. Bayyoud defended the PLO ad ministration, saying the factional contticts and kidnapping of Ameri cans did not begin in Beirut until af ter the 1982 Israeli invasion. 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This “Superstar” combines spellbinding scenes with Broad way’s most dazzling visual effects and unforgettable musical scores. This season MSC Town Hall/Broadway will present “Romeo and Juliet” February 14, 1987, Cole Porter’s “Can-Can” March 1, 1987 and William Windom as “Thurber” April 23, 1987. Tickets for “Jesus Christ Superstar” are on sale at the MSC Box Office, 845-1234. VISA and MasterCard accepted. Catch this Superstar! 4^ MSC Town Hall Broadway 9-Piece Shrimp Dinner Special $4.99 Limited Time Only N It’s heaven for shrimp lovers. Nine of our large, juicy, batter- fried shrimp with cocktail sauce for dipping. Served with our freshly-made cole slaw and golden fryes. Enjoy it today! "“Si $ ■ SEAFOQDSHQPPEsJ Good at: 1808 Texas Ave., College Station & 3224 S. Texas Ave., Bryan