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rise Jay i and support}: five years," er is expected I funding of i. dso will considtti Schubot Center!: y the Colie te. Thecentem: esearching nemi s and later studfs avian rept tg and endangt: ■alth center would te proceedsofaiit ished by a $1 mill :hard M, ■ntly wasm Available Uni'ttt ness, the regent! ing S3 million te; sts in exchange , the State Dept hways and Ptil of a four-lane fit iles from Tent Research Anna intersection so will: mt racts on sett ojects, including: e west campus us tion of the ci} and renovation! dormitories Friday, April 3, 1987AThe Battalion/Page 5 Crafts With Class Trey Shaffer, a senior environmental design stu dent, works on a jewelry display case in the craft Photo by Brian Oakley center, located in the MSC. Students can use equipment in the craft center for a fee. Ethnic awareness program aims to defuse prejudices r appropriau DALLAS (AP) — On a ski tr ip to preliminary dts New* Mexico . 17-ye rr-old Scott Seo erminal areaaii overheard a family makir ig fun of t. ! his Asian 1 eatures . Alth ough his lopting a rest'.: feelings wen hurt, te cou Id control urmer Board:: his' anger 1 >ec:ause of It ‘ssons he IV ells, who die: , learned froi n an e thnic twareness ■program at : ? i TYi rhomas Jeffei son High I 'i , 1 I Deioie t he pro gram, I would ■have picked a figli with the son,” [vreseillation tott KinlaysonatJpi Fmlavson, an 1 law firm of Mr omb in San Amt in labor lawb\ exas, and spca ror-related issutt )f Law. Hie program was funded by a met assistants!* 125,000 grant from the American d, graduatedfr'Bj, ish (;,' )nm i it ice. Its goals were to profhofe cultural awdrtij'ess 'and leadership among The students heard how Seo’s [family came to the United States from Korea and endured hardships in order to send his older brothers to the prestigious Massachusetts Insti tute of Technology. ting Mon<kj, will head a pa rug testing in i Rudder Theaie i Liberties l!r.c rd Chen and I of Environing Inc. of i|8j in the ted by Dr. Stein f professor of as conducted eas of sports eft g- graduate of ahfornia at Bede in cases involn or the ACLl ifornia, LaseU .S. Environmei ncy’s science is a consultant American andfc reception will' SC following t l 3 •Gil applies -F 7:45-6 Sat 9-5 45-8681 )kstore J DENTS i7 semester® isors beguiniiil :s should linn; | ■register if i k and a) note'I n but earned j | snaring tnei one another month projt lor program grow up bla Asian, The a junior honors student of escent. "But I ignored it. I t was the mother who was not the hoy.” ind ot awareness is some- t has come from students t life experiences with in the course of a five- ?ct. The students who 1 to participate in the pi- discussed how it feels to ck, Hispanic, Anglo or was funded by a They learned about Vanessa Duarte, a 16-year-old junior whose family came to the United States front Nicaragua. Although sensitive about her Spanish accent, she hopes to use her bilingual ability to launch an international career in public re lations. The students met seven times with project leaders, Dallas City Manager Richard Knight and Billie Frauman, a Dallas leadership consultant. At first, many of the students were skeptical about what the pro ject would accomplish. “The greatest challenge in the DISD is learning how to live with each other. This project is a dream come true. ” — School Superihtendant Linus Wright “I was thinking this was one of those showoff programs for the DISD,” Seo recalls. “A rich man gives money and it becomes the per fect time for the school district to show that everything is working.” Now that the formal portion of the project is over, however, he sees things a little differently. “We can influence our peers,” Seo says of the group. “That is how to exemplify the program. It has to come from us. We are supposed to be leaders.” In this sense, the program hasjust begun. A virtual rainbow of ethnicities, Jefferson boasts of an enrollment that is 40 percent Anglo, 30 percent Hispanic, 20 percent black and 8 percent Asian. For some of the students who par ticipated, the experience has en hanced feelings or attitudes they say they already have put into practice. Shelley Hallman, a 15-year-old freshman, says, “I have been friends with kids of other races, but now I have learned more about their cultu ral backgrounds and to appreciate them.” Shelley’s mother, Cindy Bird, says they have discussed what Shelley has learned. “I feel like she is really open to ev ery culture,” Bird says. “She can handle situations much better than I could at her age.” Frauman says creativity was stressed in the program. “We did not tell them the truth with a capital T,” she says. “We wanted them to plumb their own re sources.” Dallas school officials are hoping that the knowledge the students have gained will eventually spread throughout the school district and the city. School superintendent Linus Wright says, “The greatest challenge in the DISD is learning how to live with each other. This project is a dream come true. We picked TJ High School because it is representa tive of the city of Dallas. We hope we can replicate it.” aL 1WU reverses 86-year ban on alcohol DENTON <AP).— An 86-year era of prohibition has ended at Texas Woman’s University. The TWU Board of Regents voted Wednesday to allow alcohol on campus for the first time in ,llie .schpol’s history, said Dr. Glenda Simmons, vice president (or Student life.. Under the new policy, alco holic drinks will be available at the clubhouse of the TWU golf course and allowed in dormitory rooms of students who are at least 21, Simmons said. Organizers of student func tions can apply to have alcohol served at their gatherings and members ol die community may sint: alcohol at campus events, stlcft as wedding receptions. The new policy also allows fac ulty groups to serve alcohol in a .‘gyivate club environment” on campus, Simmons said. The full board approved the measure 6-1, with Regent Fran jChileS dissenting. Goy candidate to get time to refute attack DALLAS (AP) — A homosexual candidate for City Council will get some free television time before Sat urday’s election to respond to broad cast comments by Euless-based evan gelist James Robison. In a Tuesday broadcast of his “Daily Restoration” program, Robi son questioned how candidate Bill Nelson could “honorably” take an oath of office to uphold city and state laws, including the sodomy law, said William Waybourn, Nelson’s campaign manager. Robison didn’t mention Nelson by name but said he was disturbed that “right now we have a confessed gay activist running for City Council.” Nelson, president of the Dallas Gay Alliance and candidate for the District 9 at-large council race, said he asked for time to respond. “Robison . . . attacked me as one of the immoral elements attempting to take control of the city by running for the City Council and gave me the right to ask for equal time on the air waves,” Nelson said. Robison’s nationally broadcast program was shown on at least three Dallas-area UHF stations — KDFI, KLTJ and KDTX. Waybourn said similar comments about the political influence of ho mosexuals were made on Robison’s program by Dallas developer Jim Williams Jr., who serves as president of Citizens for Dallas, a group pro moting traditional values. Williams, who supports a candi date opposing Nelson, said he dis cussed a broad range of issues, “in cluding crime and public decency and public health.” Williams said he thought “it would be real interesting” to see a gay view point “on a Christian TV station.” Amy Zoslov, staff attorney with the Federal Communications Com mission, said agreements to grant Nelson equal time were reached Wednesday by telephone because the formal complaint process would make it impossible to provide time before Saturday’s election. In February 1979, station WFAA suspended Robison’s show for four weeks after he repeatedly quoted publications attacking homosexuals. WFAA officials said the fairness doctrine required the station give the Dallas Gay Political Caucus free air time to respond. Jr 4004 Harvey RcL 776-8979 ■ t;D9:45 ^ Closed Monday hm ftsmiHAHT Serving The Finest Mexican Food to Texas A&M Students and Faculty for over 15 years >9 Chimichikttgas Fajitas T-Bone Steaks Red Snapper Chalupas Compuestas Tostadas de Polio Menus vary between Borueu air? TRAVEL TO IXTAPA Mexico P £ MSC Travel ONLY $350.00 lodging. Roundtrip Airfare lINE: April 10 for $100 deposit Signups in 216 MSC Sponsored by MSC TRAVEL for more info call 845-1515 MOUNTAIN BIKING MOUNTAIN BIKERS! TIRED OF RIDING AROUND ON THE ASPHALT TRAILS OF CAMPUS? Join us for a day of riding in the outback. We will follow a 13 mile trail between Birch Creek Unit and Nails Creek Unit on Lake Somerville. The $8 fee for this adventure includes park permits, trans portation costs, and a guide. You must provide your own mountain bike. Sign-ups are going on now and will continue through Monday, April 6 in the Intramural-Recreationa1 Sports Office in 159 Read Building. The trip is limited to 10 participants. For more information, pleas,e cal 1 Patsy at 845-7826. Trip Leader: Steve Long 1977 WENDY’S OLD FASHIONED HAMBURGERS WITH QUALITY AND PRICES TO MATCH 3216 South Texas Ave. in Bryan Texas. 202 Southwest Parkway in College Station, Texas. Prices good thru Sunday, April 5, 1987. Warn