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Page 4 The Battalion Wednesday, November 9,1988 Men's & V_ad\es OME-P\tCE (NSUV-MED SUITS Reg. 40.00...$69.95 BOLLE GOGGLES $40 . . Lad\es STRETCH PM«S^ A\ra& Cabe U ord' ca “ Boots i Men’s & Lad\es CVC\ CA 1 1 *" 4a November 10thru 13 \TPWI I Col,e 9e station Hilton WCM w ’ !““■—“ GREAT FOR CHRISTMAS TOO! Imm — SCOTT&WHITE CLINIC, COLLEGE STATION 1600 University Drive East Audiology Occupational Medicine Richard L. Riess, Ph.D. Dr. Walter J. Linder Cardiology Ophthalmology Dr. J. James Rohack Dr. Mark R. Coffman Dermatology Orthopedic Surgery Dr. David D. Barton Dr. Robert F. Hines Family Medicine Dr. Art Caylor Dr. William R. Kiser Dr. Walter J. Linder Dr. Richard A. Smith Dr. Kathy A. Stienstra Dr. Robert Wiprud Otolaryngology Dr. Michael J. Miller Pediatrics Dr. Dayne M. Foster Dr. Mark Sicilio Plastic Surgery Dr. William M. Cocke, Jr. General Surgery Dr. Frank R. Arko Dr. Dirk L. Boysen Internal Medicine Psychiatry Dr. Steven Kirk Strawn Dr. Valerie Chatham Psychology Dr. Alton Graham Dr. Jack L. Bodden Dr. David Hackethom Radiology Dr. Michael R. Schlabach Dr. Luis Canales Obstetrics/Gynecology Urology Dr. James R. Meyer Dr. Michael R. Hermans Dr. William L. Rayburn Health Education Dr. Charles W. Sanders Sally Scaggs, RD Call 268-3322 For Appointment R1 Foreign Aggies’ intereCo in U.S. elections varies. . By Richard Tijerina Staff Writer International students as a whole at A&M are interested but not overly con cerned with either the American political process or the outcome of the presi dential election, according to Gabriel Carranza, International Students Asso ciation president. Carranza said international students he has talked to are not overly interested in the procc because they are not U.S. cit izens and cannot vote. “We look at the whole process of cam paigning, but of course we cannot vote so we look at it from a distance,” Car ranza said. “We are some kind of resi dents because we go to school in this country, so we do have some feelings about how it will turn out.” Carranza said the general impression he has gotten from other international students is that America’s position in world affairs with other nations is in jeopardy, mostly because of failed poli cies of the Reagan administration. “The last eight years have been very harmful to the rest of the world,” he said. “International students are very unhappy with Reagan’s policies. Many students from Latin-American countries are against Contra aid. Many of those coun tries are not happy with the U.S.” He said many Latin-American coun tries are unhappy with the United States because of unfavorable trade policies. He said these policies have caused many of these countries to import only half of what they imported eight years ago. However, Jaime Gutierrez, a member of the El Salvador international students organization, said he believed that most Central Americans are leaning towards a Republican victory because they are in favor of Reagan’s policies in the region, particularly military aid. “Most people in El Salvador and across Central America are backing Bush because of the way the Reagan ad ministration is handling international af fairs there, especially with military aid,” he said. Gutierrez said the political process in America is similar to the process in El Salvador, except that the United States is more organized and El Salvador deter mines its president by the popular vote, not the electoral college. By Ala Senio Soviets do not know much about the American political process, mainly be cause the government does not tell the Soviet public about it, according to Leon Galindo, a member of the Bolivian inter national students organization. He said that the American political process is very similar to that in his country, and he said he believes that the United States’ greatest problem is its low voter turnout. “I think with today being what it is, Americans do not take part in the politi cal process as much as they should,” he said. “The U.S. has so much power in its hands and it has the power to control what is going on in the world.” Galindo said voter turnout is not a problem in his Bolivia because the its citizens are more concerned with the sta tus of the country. “Generally, we living in the Third World countries of the world are living in a harsher reality,” he said. “We sec the poverty lying on thestrefis ; people that are suffering, so wj do something about it. American, as aware of these kinds of protj Students, faci we are.” gpi around the Carranza said even thougf ic° W >H examine tional students are not overly iconomic aspect; in the outcome of the election. ^ ora program T1 dents he has talked to would H(| a y ilt Texas A&l Michael Dukakis win. basedon; for a change in this country. Maquiladoras “America’s standing with ^Msxico that offe the world right now is not opportunity said. "If things continue, ihe[H ex ‘ C0 s lo w- P a going to keep going fartherdov® 8861 ' 10 ^ * n ^ will lose more ground in the ro^ufaelured in The U.S. needs to do somelh|BP T1 P te( ^ ^ rom don’t see George Bush as a sobf?i out ^ ex ‘ Cl temational students seem to thii^fi,, „ f kis and the Democrats can doir w ! e coa ‘ creni Pascal Hua pres,dem oflkCT mtcm,n..„.,l lo most people from his country ceL*' ■ , deistaiul the American poltoi;:5; edStatcsa ^ because it differs from the prf France. Btarlos Perez, . Hanizers, said “1 don’t think they (studentsimL j s cre( jj tec j N ganization) understand it very y, jp Ndcx said. “I’ve been in the U.S. ((Mg 750,000jot three years and I was oneoflB^ ones who understand it. In Fmi^^lthough criti have many more candidates actjjnng jobs away more parties. Elections also k^me jobs would longer there.” Bway,hesaid. Hua said most international sJB» from France are in the United Ste*|§ to receive an education. They overly interested in the outcoiK presidential election, he said, !s| they don’t see much differenceKi k. the Republican and Democratic)! Bentsen beats Boulter, re-electe to fourth term as U.S. senator ie following Ing in Brazos 1 contains final County. STRAIGHT AUSTIN (AE) — Democrat Lloyd Bentsen, whose name also appeared on the Texas ballot as his party’s vice presi dential candidate, won re-election to a fourth term in the U.S. Senate, beating Republican challenger Beau Boulter. With 35 percent of the precincts re porting, Bentsen had 945,024 or 57 per cent, to 708,195 or 43 percent for Boulter, a two-term congressman from Amarillo. , Bentsen had the advantage of money and name recognition in his simulta neous campaign for the Senate and as Michael Dukakis’ running mate. Boulter, who was endorsed by George Bush and had hoped for help from the Republican presidential candidate’s coat tails, harshly criticized Bentsen’s dual candidacy in the campaign. As he looked to returning to the Sen ate, Bentsen said it would be difficult to avoid a tax increase. “It’s going to be a tough one,” Bent sen said Tuesday night in an interview on CBS. “The choices will be very diffi cult, and we’re facing this mountain of debt. They’ve almost tripled the national debt in the last eight years, and then all of this international debt. It’s going to be extremely difficult to handle.” While Bentsen waited for returns in Austin, Boulter was in Amarillo. “I have met so many friends all over this state, and there’s no other way 1 could be anything but joyful over this en tire campaign and this experience,’’ Boulter said. “Even before I decided to run, Bent sen hit with a barrage of publicity, some of it very, very negative. He tried to un dermine me here at home and in my dis trict, and I’m very grateful for the friends who have stayed with me in my home district.” Boulter criticized Bentsen for accept- l n Mublican ing the second spot on the lx' iw, presidential ticket. Such a di:-t ay,, dacy is legal under a 1959 state - New Alliancc ten to allow Lyndon Johnson to same time for U.S. Senate and tin 1 pm House. VICE! Boulter called the move a : ( grab.” ndidate Bush/Quayle (R) Dukakis/Bentsen(D But Bentsen said the dual ^Ml/Marrou (L) necessary to prevent him from f* !! ^ft n j/Mend e z (NA his Senate seat. Democrats, uniC law, could not have put a replrfli UNITED ST candidate on the ballot if he pul^ WMiHafp the Senate race. Beau Boulter (R) Lloyd Bentsen (D) Jeff Daiell (L) A three-term incumbent and Finance Committee chairman, i had raised $8.2 million for hisif|f U.S. REPRI tion effort as of Oct. 19, accord-fanriiHpfp. campaign spokesman Jack DeVort joe Barton (R) Boulter raised about $1.51® N.P. Kendrick (D campaign manager Greg Graves si- RAILROAD C Candidate Ed Emmett (R) Jim Nugent (D) Richard Draheim it. Lozano Jr. Unexpired term KentR. Hance (R Clint Hackney (D CHIEF. SUPREN Candidate Tom Phillips (R) Ted Robertson (D SUPREME Place 1 Candidate Paul Murphy (I Lloyd Doggett Place 2 Nathan Hecht ( Bill Kilgarlin (1 Place 3 Charles Howcf Raul Gonzalez Calvin Scholz ( ALL STUDENTS (Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors and Grads) can get their pictures taken for the 1989 Aggieland until the end of the week. 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