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4 ,C Pre-Med/Dent Society] MONDAY NOV 17 7:30m RM. 209 HECC DR. CARLOS PESTANA topic: H 1STORY of SURGERY ASSOC. DEAN UT. MEDICAL SCHOOL SAN ANTONIO l Call Battalion Classified 845-2611 Have you ever heard of Aggies playing Bach? How about Verdi? Rachmaninov? TtW honk an IN CONCERT sometimes hearing is believing Thurs., Nov. 20,1986 Rudder Auditorium 8:00 pm $2 adult/$1 student Tickets Available in Rudder Box oofice and at the door lilb-s-.s, imP r ° vir»S ° r Admission nntf.Y? ThY^ 9 ^ ,i P 7 Ve ° r lnterfere With the normal course of Hoh . T h t ^ L ' Mlller Lecture Senes presents two days of active debate about the impact of biotechnology. Make plans to participate in daily symposia and evening panel discussions regarding the ethics of genetic engineering and the effects of government regulation on genetics, agriculture, medicine and religion. Panel discussions will be held in Rudder Theatre 8 p.m. Nov. 19 and 20. For information on daily symposia, call 845-1515. Admission is FREE for all events. November 19 SB ^MSC Political Forum • Texas A&M University • S^5-1515 Sponsored Py Coopei' IndusU -ies F oi n '(1, )t.K )i Page 4/The Battalion/Monday, November 17, 1986 GOP backs English as U.S. language AUSTIN (AP) — Texas Republi can officials turned a deaf ear to of fers of help from some Hispanics, the state leader of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly has told the state GOP executive committee. “In the media you indicated that something ‘Hispanic’ was being done by the party,” Jose Aceves said to Texas Republican Chairman George Strake. “Mr. Chairman, what was done?” The comments came during Ac eves’ Saturday speech to the State Republican Executive Committee, a meeting at which the committee voted to support the move to make English the official language of the state and nation. Aceves’ group opposed the En glish resolution and said GOP candi dates might have been hurt at the polls if the committee had approved it in August, when it was postponed. No committee members voted against the resolution. Committee member Holly De- cherd of Austin pushed the resolu tion as a way to make the nation “united with one language.” She said other nations, particularly Canada, have had difficulty coping with two languages. In Advance Explaining technology subject of tal Dr. L. John Lawerence, from the office of public affairs for NASA’s Johnson Space Center, will talk to students about the art of explaining science and tech nology to the public today at 7 p.m. in 301 Rudder. The Department of Speech Communications and Theatre Arts is sponsoring the event in conjunction with the 1986 GTE Lectureship Program. The series provides AK-M with funding to host outside experts andt them in contact with stuiit faculty and the local conum; The lectures focus on topic<g| lated to science, technolop S human values. Lawrence, Class of 73,Kill dress the problem of corJ nicating technical informal:.■j| audiences with limited led v backgrounds. Admission is free. A&M grad shows watercolor painting; Paintings by Deborah Odum Her work has been exhn | Hutchinson, a graduate of Texas Italy as well as locally atu A&M, will he on display today Houston. Her paintings art| Six states have votes to make En glish the official language. States GOP staff members said the resolution approved Saturday calls for amendments to the Texas and United States constitutions to make English the official language. Roy Ontiveros of Dallas, an offi cial with the American Ethnic Coali tion, spoke in favor of the resolu tion, saying, “For the sake of unity, . . . English should be the official lan- guage.” If English is designated the offi cial language, the requirements for bilingual ballots and other official documents could change. through Dec. 5 in the lobby of the Medical Sciences Building. About a dozen paintings will be on display. The lobby is open to the public Monday through Fri day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hutchinson graduated cum laude from A&M in 1979 with a degree in sociology. She then did her graduate study in art history and painting at A&M and the University of Hawaii. The paintings, primarily water colors depicting landscapes, sea scapes and figures, are drawn from Hutchinson’s experiences during three years she recently spent in Italy and Mexico. eluded in the permanent a* dons of the College of Meil and the Medical Sciences Bjf ing. Hutchinson is currently I ployed by the College of ill cine as an audio-visual tedinj and illustrator for Biomet (Communications. Hutchinson was asked to[ play her works at the medicall lege since it is trying to exhifej works of local artists, partioii those included in its permarl collection. For additional informat contact Mary Alice PisanuoJ nator of the exhibit, at 845-2 Limited-edition Texas flags on displa A series of limited-edition mu seum replicas of 10 historical Texas flags will be on display at RepublicBank A&M and the Arts Council of Brazos Valley of fice, located in the Republic- Bank A&M building, through Nov. 28. The 10 flags are reproductions of flags that flew during the Texas Revolution against Mexico and over the Republic of Texas prior to Texas’ admission to the United States. Of the original 10 flags, one was preserved. All of die j ers were destroyed in battled out or simply lost. The ontij cord of them is the eyewitnesJ counts written by the men a women in Texas 150 yearsaf I Each Hag on display is eci hand-made from silks and 1 tons that match the fabrics .| 150 years ago. The flags can be seen bev;: 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Monel through Thursdays and9;| and 6 p.m. on Fridays. A maroon bluebonnet? A&M researchers at work on state flower FORT WORTH (AP) — What flower could possibly replace the Texas bluebonnet in the hearts of Aggies? How about a maroon Texas bluebonnet? Law against picking flowe a tall tale after 73 change Researchers at TexaS A&M say the state flower 'will soon be avail able in new varieties that will be easy for backyard gardeners to grow in a variety of colors. Some of the research involves a maroon-colored bluebonnet that would match A&M school colors, according to Jerry Parsons, an A&M extension service agent. “It’s out there, and it’s going to come from the pink,” Parsons said. “Can you imagine the demand?” Researchers say they have re solved the problem gardeners have had for years because they could not get the seeds to sprout. Specially treated bluebonnet seeds that sprout easily are under cultiva tion on a South Texas farm, growing in three colors — deep blue, light blue and a newly developed white blossom, Parsons said. Parsons said white bluebonnet transplants will go on sale this month in San Antonio area nurseries. “Hooray!” said Lady Bird John son, who turned her wildflower pas sion into a national growth indus try.“I will be an early customer.” Bluebonnet research is largely fi nanced by a grant from the Wor thington Hotel in Fort Worth. Par sons named the new, light-blue bluebonnet the “Worthington.” A pink bluebonnet has been de veloped and researchers and are working on a strain that will bloom indoors at Christmas time. “Can you imagine how crazy Tex ans will go over that?” said Parsons. FORE WORTH (AP) — The tall est tale surrounding the Texas bluebonnet is that it’s against the law to pick one. Not true. But it used to be. A 1933 law that made it a crime to “pick, pull, pull up, tear up, dig up, cut, break” or mutilate a bluebonnet was repealed in 1973. ■ - if But .officials are certain Texan ever challenged theblu net ban. The appeal woulfl| been noted in the Texas Lawlij in Austin, and none is. But the old law still strM into wildflower enthusiasts. That’s the year the state penal code was revised and antiquated laws brushed from the books. For the previous 40 years, how ever, the ban against picking bluebonnets was part of the Texas criminal code, punishable by a fine of from $ 1 to $ 10. Whether violators caught with il legal bouquets were actually fined, no one in the Texas Attorney Gener al’s Office knows for sure. Natives warn Yankee traii not to mess with the state flow: “The notion that theres making it a crime to pickabli net is a myth,” David Risking source manager with the Staiij partment of Parks and WildEl What replaced the blue!* statute was a vague properf with no mention of flora andfe DPS legal counsel Jan Brt said: “It would be realhard(iO| ecute) . . . unless somebod wholesale bulldozed the side® road.” “Texans lose their minds over bluebonnets.” It wasn’t until state horticulturists dreamed of planting a Sesquicenten- nial flag out of bluebonnets that se rious research got under way at A&M in 1982. To do this they needed seed guaranteed to sprout, as well as white and pink flowers seen only rarely in the wild. Today, 20 acres of white bonnets are sprouting on the LaPryor farm of W.O. Moerbe, who said he ex pects to harvest 6,000 pounds of white seed by late spring. Moerbe has contracted to* large portion of white andbk to the Douglas King Seed Co ily-owned business in San that plans to market quick-spn* seeds in time for next fall’s Pink bluebonnets are pw more difficult to reproduo those rare seeds remain intbt ratory. When the red-white-and-bl# f quicentennial flag was finall' ted in the San Antonio Bo@ Center last year, native red were used in lieu of the state® 1 MSC Camera Committee Presents BONFIRE Photography Guest Speaker: John Ryan on Bonfire Photography MS# MONDAY-Nov 17 7:00 pm Rudder (see video display p room #) Everyone Welcome MSC Camera needs Photogn phers For Bonfire! Anyone is eligible ALL who are interested must atteni | meeting.