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MONDAY NOV 17
7:30m RM. 209 HECC
DR. CARLOS
PESTANA
topic: H 1STORY of SURGERY
ASSOC. DEAN UT.
MEDICAL SCHOOL
SAN ANTONIO
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845-2611
Have you ever heard of Aggies playing Bach?
How about Verdi?
Rachmaninov?
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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
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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
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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.
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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.