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A&M official to discuss black history
Kevin Carreathers, Texas
A&M’s ethnic minority services
coordinator, will discuss the im
portance of black history at 7
p.m. Thursday in 507 Rudder.
The program is sponsored by
the Nigerian Student Association
in cooperation with the Interna
tional Students Association.
In the presentation, “Black
History: The True Story from
1200 B.C. to Present,” Carreath
ers will speak about the contribu
tions blacks have made through
out history.
He will talk about famous black
people, major events in black his
tory and how black history has
been distorted over time.
Nigerian National Day cele
brates Nigeria’s independence
from Great Britain in 1960.
The NSA also is commemorat
ing the holiday with a cultural dis
play on the first floor of the Ster
ling C. Evans Library.
Dukakis to hold teleconference at A&M
By Tracy Staton
Staff Writer
Democratic presidential candi
date Michael S. Dukakis, gover
nor of Massachusetts, will hold a
national teleconference Friday
from Rudder Theater, beginning
at 3:30 p.m. It is the first pro
gram in “Decision ’88: The Presi
dential Series” sponsored by MSC
Political Forum.
Dukakis will speak either about
education and research or U.S.
military policy, said Mitchell Da
vis, Political Forum’s program di
rector for the event.
After the speech, Dukakis will
answer questions from both the
live audience and teleconference
viewers.
Although the teleconference
won’t air until 3:30 p.m., people
should arrive at the theater by
3:15 p.m., Davis said. It will air on
closed-circuit television for news
organizations, colleges and uni
versities.
“The teleconference was their
(Dukakis’ campaign workers)
idea,” Davis said. “They are
bringing a producer from Boston
who has done a lot of work for
candidates in the past.”
The program won’t be shown
anywhere else on campus because
there will be plenty of room in
Rudder Theater for students who
want to see it, he said.
Political Forum has invited all
12 presidential candidates to visit
A&M. Davis said Republicans
Pete DuPont, Robert Dole,
George Bush and Alexander
Haig nave agreed to speak.
Democrats Jesse Jackson and
Paul Simon also have said they
will campaign here.
The Dukakis program is the
only one in the series this semes
ter. Most of the candidates will
speak in Spring 1988.
Sorority to co-sponsor talent contest
By Craig Calk
Reporter
Songfest, the tenth annual Chi
Omega Sorority talent contest,
will be presented at 8 p.m. Friday
in Rudder Theater.
The annual event will be co
sponsored by Chi Omega and
Texas A&M’s Inter-Fraternity
Council and will benefit the Bra
zos Valley Rehabilitation Center.
“This is the first year Chi
Omega has joined another orga
nization to help put on Songfest,”
Songfest co-chairman Kirsten
Olsson said. “We thought the In
ter-Fraternity Council would be a
great help in getting other frater
nities involved and since IFC is
recognized by A&M it would give
us (Chi Omegas) the opportunity
to use school facilities.”
This is the first time the event
will be presented on campus and
IFC President Stephen Parker
says that Songfest is a great way
of unifying Greek organizations.
“I am very excited about hav
ing Songfest on campus in order
to improve Greek relations and
give non-Greek organizations a
chance to get involved,” Parker
said. “We will be working with
more professional and organized
people this year and individual
students may get associated with
the Greeks.”
Songfest is open to all sorori
ties, fraternities and various non-
Greek organizations. Men,
women and mixed group are the
three different competition cat
egories. Each group must enter a
musical performance consisting
of a song or medley of its choice.
Trophies will be awarded to the
best overall, second-best overall
and for each competition cater-
gory.
Two weeks before the competi
tion there is an audition for the
14 spots in the contest. There are
21 groups, nine sororities and 12
fraternities vying for the available
spots. A panel of three judges will
conduct the auditions. The acts
will be judged on organization,
expression, voice intonation, clar
ity, creativity and overall appear
ance.
Olsson said, “The auditions are
set up to ensure the quality of the
competition because most of the
Greek organizations make their
pledge class throw together an
act.”
This years’ theme is “Hooray
for Hollywood” to commemerate
Hollywood’s 100th birthday.
Songfest generated $4,000 last
year for the rehabilitation center,
Olsson said. Tickets are available
at the MSC or from any Chi
Omega or IFC representative.
Tickets are $4 in advance and $5
at the door.
Burglary rampage
of 16 businesses
baffles community
WIMBERLEY (AP) — An un
usual one-day outbreak of burglaries
in this town of 3,100 people may
spark interest in a community crime
watch program among outraged
business owners, one Wimberley res
ident says.
“I think you’re going to find a dif
ferent attitude around here,” said
Terre Jacob, executive secretary
with the Wimberley Chamber of
Commerce, after 16 businesses were
broken into early Tuesday.
“People probably are going to be
more watchful of each other from
now on,” Jacob said. “It’s going to
change community attitudes about
caring for our own.”
The FBI, Texas Rangers and De
partment of Public Safety have been
called in to help Hays County Sher
iff Alfard Hohman investigate the
burglaries, which included a savings
and loan office, a gas station and an
assortment of stores and restaurants.
Byron Sage, supervisory special
agent in the Austin FBI office, said
that he has never seen a series of
crimes like this in his 16 years in law
enforcement.
The burglaries are believed to
have been committed by more than
one person, Sage said, but investiga
tors are not certain whether the job
was done by professional thieves.
“We’re trying to develop as many
suspects as we can,” Sage said. “Ob
viously, it was a well-coordinated,
well-thought-out effort. This could
be a very significant burglary ring or
a group of independents that gath
ered together to target a rural com
munity.
Wimberley is 15 miles northwest
of San Marcos in Central Texas.
The 16 break-ins are believed to
have begun around 3 a.m., DPS
spokesman Mike Cox said.
Burglars apparently tried unsuccess
fully to break into two other busi
nesses, authorities said.
The burglars took time to eat pe
cans at one location.
A $20 bill that represented the
first money made at one business
was taken from a frame.
FBI agents are involved in the in
vestigation because of the break-in at
“People probably are
going to be more watchful
of each other from now
on. Ifs going to change
community attitudes
about caring for our
own. ”
— Terre Jacob,
Wiml :rley Chamber of
Commerce
the Wimberley branch of the First
Federal Savings and Loan Associa
tion of New Braunfels.
Investigators said the burglars
broke into a safe and took an undis
closed amount of cash and valuables.
At first, investigators thought the
break-in at First Federal was unre
lated to the other burglaries, but
later found evidence some of the
business burglaries were to get
equipment to attack the savings and
loan, Sheriffs Sgt. Ed Fletcher said.
Scott Owens, an employee of King
Feed and Hardware, said the bur
glars did not take money at his busi
ness but stole several hand tools, in
cluding hammers and pry bars that
were later found at the savings and
loan.
Immediate openings for 1987/88 Graduates and Co-op Candidates
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IBM INFORMATION DAY
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resume and, if available, your transcript.
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under the 1986 Immigration Reform and
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November
17
Memorial Student
Center
Rooms 212 & 224
10am-4pm
(Stop by anytime)
A HANDS-ON WORKSHOP
Progressive
Parenting
Part of the St. Joseph F&spital & Health Center
“Learning to Live” series
You are invited to the first of three
hands-on workshops for parents with
Dr. Mahesh Dave, M.D., Psychiatrist
Dr. Ronald Lewis, Ph.D., Director of Counseling and Testing Services
NOVEMBER 19, 1987
St. Joseph Hospital & Health Center
Cafeteria
6:30 pm to 9:30 pm
$3.00 per person or $5.00 per couple for WORKSHOP ONE
PROGRESSIVE PARENTING
WORKSHOP 1 - November
Understanding and influencing children’s behavior
1. Goals of behavior
2. Behavioral modification
WORKSHOP 2 - December
Interactive communication between parents and children
WORKSHOP 3 - January
Identifying and preventing children’s emotional problems
BABYSITTING
Special rates provided by (jintr^e-A-fereafc
846-1143, 505 University Dr., Suite 101
REGISTRATION FORM
PROGRESSIVE PARENTING
Parent(s)
# of children for babysitting Ages of children
MAIL FORM AND CHECK TO:
St. Joseph Hospital & Health Center
Community Relations Dept.
2801 Franciscan Dr.
Bryan, Texas 77802
OR CALL 776-2458
Registration deadline - November 17, 1987
ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL & HEALTH CENTER