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Smith, Graduate Coordinator School of Aerospace Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia 30332 (404) 894-6046 Page 4 The Battalion Friday, October 7,1988 Sessions to explain Open Records Act By Alan Sembera Senior Staff Writer Texas A&M students, faculty and ad ministrators can learn more about the public’s right to gain access to govern ment records and meetings at a sympo sium to be presented Saturday in 201 MSC. Attorneys from the State Bar of Texas will present the seminars to educate gov ernment officials and the public about the Texas Open Meetings Act and the Texas Open Records Act. The panel discussion will begin at 11 a.m. and will be followed by a luncheon at 12:30 p.m. Howard Swindle, assistant managing editor of the Dallas Morning News, will be the featured speaker at the luncheon. Swindle edited and directed the pa per’s 1986 Pulitzer Prize winning project on segregation and unequal treatment in federally subsidized housing. The acts, passed in 1973 and 1974, are designed to prohibit governmental bod ies from closing meetings to the public and to guarantee public access to most government records. He also is on the board of directors of the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, which is co-sponsoring the symposium with the Texas State Bar. The sessions, which will begin at 8:45 a.m., will review the information cov ered by the laws, how the courts are in terpreting the laws, and what power jour nalists and the public have to enforce the laws. The symposium also will feature a panel of local government officials and media professionals who will discuss hy pothetical cases involving violations and circumventions of the Texas Freedom of Information laws. Nancy Monson, executive director of the foundation, said the symposium is the fourth in a series of six being held around the state to educate journalists, government officials and the public about their right to gain access to public information. Educating and informing the public is the foundation's major purpose, she said. The panel will consist of James Bond, deputy chancellor for legal and external affairs for A&M; Robert Borden, assis tant city editor for the Bryan-College Station Eagle] James Braun, news direc tor for KBTX-TV of Bryan; and Dick Holmgreen, county judge. “They have a right to know what their government’s doing,” she said. “Over the years, many government officials have found it easier not to tell the public what’s going on. That’s undemocratic.” The symposium is open to the public. The morning seminars are free, but the luncheon costs $15. Anyone interested in attending should make reservations with the Freedom of Information Foundation by calling (214) 977-6651. ‘For Crying Out Loud’ will perform at benefit Texas A&M’s Students Against Apartheid will sponsor a benefit concert at Eastgate Live Friday night to raise funds for needy families in South Africa. For Crying Out Loud, a local band which plays rock and roll with a slightly satirical edge, is scheduled to perform between 9 and 10 p.m. Cover charge for the concert will be $3. SAA president Jeff Dyess said the or ganization will use all proceeds from the concert to help needy families in South Africa through a contribution to the Af rica Fund, an American organization that helps families in South Africa with dona tions of food, shelter and clothing. Dyess said the benefit is different from any of SAA’s other activities because it actually will help people in South Africa, rather than just making a statement of protest. “This is something we haven’t really done in the past, but it’s something that we can really do to help all the people that are suffering in South Africa,” Dyess said. “What we’ve done in the past has gotten us a lot of publicity and attention, but now we’re actually doing something that is actually helping.” The most familiar of SAA’s actions is the shanty the group has built in front of the Academic Building several times during the last two semesters. Organization members say the main purpose of the shanties is to make people aware of the plight of South African blacks. Texan donates money to hurricane victims DALLAS (AP) — Dallas philanthro pist William Barrett is contributing $100,000 and hopes to raise as much as a half-million dollars more to provide shel ter for thousands of Mexicans left home less last month by Hurricane Gilbert. “Texas prepared for the storm that could have wiped out thousands of homes and businesses along our own coast and even beyond. We got lucky,” Barrett said. “Mexico did not,” he said. Barrett, who kicked off the Good Neighbor Fund at a news conference Wednesday, said that during a weekend visit to Mexico, church and government officials told him about 500,000 Mexi cans need housing in the states of Camp eche, Nuevo Leon, Quintana Roo and Yucatan. Barrett, who hopes to raise $250,000 to $500,000 in the next two months, said Catholic Charities of Dallas will collect funds locally and turn them over to Cari- tas, a Mexican charity supervising repair and construction of new homes. JPRESIDENTIAL IMAGE MAKING FEATURING MICHAEL DEAVER FORMER DEPUTY WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF and AUTHOR of BEHIND THE SCENES TUESDAY OCTOBER 11 7:30 P.M. RUDDER THEATRE FREE ADMISSION In Advance Talk to focus on international students The law firm of Samuel M. Tid well & Associates will sponsor a seminar on “International Students,” at 7 p.m. on Oct. 7 in 402 Rudder Tower. The discussion will focus on inm gration changes and regulations, as lum and naturalization. The semin; is free and open to international si dents and the general public. Western Arts Trio will perform Mondai The Western Arts Trio, a world-re nowned chamber music ensemble, will perform Monday at 8 p.m. in Rudder Theater as part of the Uni versity Chamber Series. The trio consists of violinist Brian Hanly, cellist David Tomatz and pia nist Werner Rose, Texas A&M’s coordinator of music in the Depart ment of Philosophy and Humanities. The ensemble will perform three piano trios by contemporary com poser Robert Muczynski andDi®. ky” by Antonin Dvorak. Formed in 1973 when all werefac. ulty members at the University d Wyoming, the trio has toured Eir rope, Australia, South America ml Mexico. They have recordedsisi humns and plan to record “The Pirn: Trios of Robert Muczynski,” wkid will be released in late 1989. Tickets are $4 for students and for non-students and are available; the Rudder Box Office. NOV AGON IV events start Saturday MSC NOVA will be sponsoring NOVACON IV, a mini wargame convention, this Saturday and Sun day. Registration is 8 a.m. in 203 MSC Saturday and events will begin 9 a.m. Registration cost is $4 for both days. Open gaming will be held in the MSC ballroom and tournaments will be conducted in adjacent rooms. Tournaments will include Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Star Fleet Bat tles, Champions, Axis & Allies, Squad Leader and Car Wars. A l>eal- ers' Room will be provided forte interested in purchasing games,co& ics, miniatures and t-shirts. NOVACON IV will also havew deo showings featuring a Vieinr theme all day Saturday and panj Sunday including “Apocolypsi Now.” “Platoon.” “Full Metaliad et,” and “Hamburger Hill” as well others. Students seeking more inforaati should call the Student Programs!)! face and ask for NOVA at (409)81: 1515. Q. nals! A. nal 1 Council offers research opportunities The National Research Council is offering 1989 Resident. Cooperative, and Postdoctoral Research Associate- ship Programs to Ph.D. scientists and engineers. The programs offer re search opportunities in laboratories throughout the United States. The programs arc open to both re cent Ph.D. degree recipients and se nior investigators. About 450 full-time associatcships will he awarded for research in chem istry, earth sciences, engineering,^ plied sciences, biology, behavion! sciences, biotechnology, mafaii ics, planetary’ sciences and physic: For applications or more info® tion, write to Associateship Proms (GR430A-D1), Office of Sciete and Engineering Personnel. Nukk Research Council. 2101 Constk Avc. NW. Washington D.C. 2W or call (202)344-2760. Symposium will examine Texas By D’Ann Marie Aviles Reporter With the turn of the century not far away, Texas is concerned with what the future holds for the state. At Texas A&M, the History De partment is analyzing the history of Texas to prepare for its future. The Texas Committee for the Hu manities and the History Department are funding and sponsoring a sympo sium and round table discussion on “Interpreting Texas History.’’ Satur day from 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. in 510 Rudder Tower. Speakers from across the state will lecture on Texas history from the Spanish occupation period to the pre sent. By looking at and critiquing past writings, historians arc trying to de cide what action to take to ensure a better future for Texas. Three A&M history professors will participate in the symposium. History Department Head Larry D. Hill will discuss the effects of pro gressive reform. Associate Professor Walter L. Buenger will discuss economic de velopment in Texas since 1845, and Associate Professor Robert A. Cal vert will discuss changes in Texas ag riculture. The program will be divided into three sessions. The first session, led by Bike will cover the legacy of Spans Texas, the continued impact ofii revolution and the republic, statehood, the Civil War andrecot* truction and economic developing Hill w ill lead the second ses®. and after his discussion of refou other lecturers will speak about lets politics and Texas cities since 191: and 20th century cultural Texas. In the final session. Calvert »l discuss Hispanics, women am in Texas and agricultural changes! the state. Calvert said that Texas'oil ec» omy is becoming a service econoH and the population is changing! well. In order to be prepared for tkf.- ture and to gain a vital perspectives how to proceed into the 21stcentmv Texans must recognize and add the changes occurring in the state, said. By studying the past, he sail Texas can prepare for the future “Too many historians have metis address the history of Texas fas Anglo-Saxon, male point of vie* Calvert said. “But we arenowsectul only to California in Hispanic pope! tion. and the state populationist percent women.” The symposium is free and open* the public. B efore you consider this: A HONDA CIVIC DX A NISSAN SENTRA E 1 & A TOYOTA COROU r MORE h B spro Irazo Pel! jopuli ents. 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