Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1988)
TIME FOR A RESUME Kinko’s can help you prepare for your future. We have a wide range of papers and envelopes to give your resume the professional look it deserves. kinko's Croat copies. Great people. 201 College Main 846-8721 Original Watercolor Paintings By ROSE MARIE LINDSAY •UP TO 60% OFF ALL FRAMED PAINTINGS •SPECIAL GROUP, MATTEPONLY $ 1 5-> $ 50 2 DAYS ONLY!! THURSDAY & FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 18 8:30 A.M. TO 5:30 P.M. 3500 SPRING LANE Comer of Broadmoor BRYAN,TEXAS ALL MAJORS INVITED TO APPLY The Battalion Staff positions Applications available for: Assistant city editor Assistant entertainment editor Assistant news editors Assistant sports editors Reporters Reviewers Feature writers Sports writers Columnists Copy editors Photographers Cartoonists Graphic artists Illustrators Clerks Applications can be picked up in Rm. 216 Reed McDonald Due by 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 28 ALL STUDENTS (Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors and Grads) can get their pictures taken for the 1989 Aggieland until the end of the week. Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. YBA Studio on Northgate above Campus Photo 846-8856 Page 6 The Battalion Wednesday, November 16,1988 Warped by Scott McCul prpoplv PRESENTS A WRPD PRODUCnOA/ BUCK WESTEIK is ONE OF THE KO0GHEST, TOU&riEST, KINPEST calvary scoots /tf THE OLP WEST... AIP/J/G HIF\ IS HIS FAITHFUL IVPIAV companion 1 , RUVVI/VG 6A6 WMTTE/V BY PAUL STORM, STAFF WRITER Waldo by Kevin Thomi £ LOOK 1 YOU DIDN'T PLANT TREES! IT'S ragweed rDOES - Toil LANDRY (HAVE DAY5 LIKE THIS? Persian Gulf places Navy in danger, commander says By Sherri Roberts Staff Writer The volatile situation in the Per sian Gulf places the U.S. Navy in a constant threat of danger, U.S. Navy Cmdr. Gerald J. O’Donnell said. In a lecture sponsored by the Mosher Institute for Defense Stud ies and the Military Studies Institute at Texas A&M, O’Donnell addressed this situation Tuesday. “The threat in the Gulf is a 24- hour threat,” O’Donnell said. O’Donnell, the surface operations officer for the USS Constellation, re counted his experiences as com manding officer of the USS Thach and its various assignments. Thach, which was deployed to the Persian Gulf from September 1987 to January 1988, contributed to “O- peration Nimble Archer” — the U.S retalitory strike against Iranian oil platforms in the Rostam Oil Field. The guided missile frigate also par ticipated in a night engagement in which three Iranian gunboats were sunk near Farsi Island. O’Donnell said the cultural differ ences between the Muslim-domi nated countries of Iran and Iraq and the Judeo-Christian influenced United States contributes to the ten sion between them. “The culture over there is alien to us and ours to them,” he said. “The concept of democracy is unheard of there.” Leaders in the Southern Gulf wel come the U.S. presence in the Gulf, he said. The United States, he said, helps maintain the flow of oil, which benefits them economically. How ever, he said, Iran’s Ayatollah Kho meini and his followers want to cut off the oil flow and the U.S. Navy’s involvement in the Gulf. O’Donnell said Iraqi air attacks are the largest threats to the Navy’s prescence in the Gulf. Explosive wa ter mines and Iranian attacks also are constant threats, he said. The Iranian attackers are meticu lous in choosing who they attack, he said. Tankers from the neutral countries of Japan and Greece are favorite targets, he said, because these countries respond with few re- _ taliatbry measures. O’Donnell said tankers from it vulnerable countries would soi times bury themselves amon^ ican frigates, to lessen their visift He recalled one such expere involving the refuge of a Japan tanker. An official from an Irar: frigate became suspicious aftersp ting the large red dot on the side the tanker, he said, and started(p tioning its commander. “You could noticeably hearfeai the voice of the Japanese cohie der,” he said. O’Donnell said Iranian offic furiously criticized the UnitedSu for its protection of the tanker. “It made you feel good to h you’d reached out and tout: someone,” he said. Although Soviet influence in Gulf is not widespread, O’Don said Soviet leaders would lovt have more control of the area “Russians are big arms sellen both sides in the Gulf,” he said O’Donnell said he never f strained regarding rules of gagement — rules that detere situations which merit retaliation Groups urge passage of ‘equity’ amendment AUSTIN (AP) — The Select Committee on Education wrapped up its work Tuesday after urging lawmakers to consider a constitu tional amendment on the state school finance system — if a judge’s ruling against the system is upheld. The panel, appointed to examine the finance system and other issues, did not recommend specific wording to change the Texas Constitution. But members said an amendment should be considered because State District Judge Harley Clark’s deci sion would require such extreme changes to their educational system. Clark last year ruled the system is unconstitutional because it does not ensure each district has the same ability to obtain money to educate students. Committee Chairman Larry Jen kins of Austin said if equity is re quired for every student in every dis trict then compliance would be difficult to achieve. The committee on Monday rec ommended options to the Legis lature that would change the finance system to ensure most students are in an equitable system. The committee also recom mended other changes, including a foreign language requirement for all students and a longer school year. “Our constitution requires us to have equity,” Jenkins said. “No one S uarrels with that. Unfortunately, it idn’t decide what is equity, and what is the right degree of equity.” The committee turned down a recommendation by member Charles Miller of Houston that a constitutional amendment is needed to set such a standard apart from whatever the final court ruling may be. Miller said it is important to clar ify the constitution on one of the most important issues they’ll face. But board member Will Davis of Austin said a constitutional amend ment won’t be needed if the Su preme Court rules for the state. The ruling, which has been ap pealed by the state, now is pending in the 3rd Court of Appeals. Gov. Bill Clements is pushing for a constitutional amendment that would put authority for the school finance system solely with the Legis lature. “I’m not sure very many people think we ought to have the courts out entirely,” Jenkins said. “I think trying to leave it up to the courts to tally to define our standard . . . and how much money we ought to spend, is probably the other ex treme. Some place in the middle is realistic.” Rep. Gregory Luna, D-San Anto nio, said equity among all schools — exemplified by having just one statewide school district — would be desirable but would be politically im possible because of the state’s ded ication to local control. FHA mails credit notices to farmers WASHINGTON (AP)-Tli Farmers Home Administrate began mailing thousands of tices Tuesday to farmers who as past due on loans, with membts of Congress criticizing the post election timing and promising!!* move would be scrutinized FHA spokesman Marlyn At cock said about 83,500 lettc would be mailed through N® 25, with about 6,500 going Texas farmers. The agency had said earfe that 90,000 letters would best* in an effort to collect $8.8 bi§ in past-due loans but Aycock® : some had since been paid The collection effort comes der rules implementing nc credit legislation that took Monday. Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, a Te® Democrat and chairman of Senate Finance Committee cused the FHA of holding thelf ters back until after the Nov presidential election for “politic reasons,” although the ages 1 had the letters in hand “wef fore the election.” “That is no way to adminisM program that is so important our nation’s farmers, and it is way to treat the 6,500 or soft ans who are getting the lettet said Bentsen, the Demi nominee for vice president, Complete Computer System $1255 * * Students, staff, faculty, Depts. Texas A&M • Monitor-512k Memory DOS compute • Letter Quality Printer • 2 Disk Drives • Word Processor (monitor arm not included) retail over $2000 Ihe supply Store SUPPLY ‘Everything for the Office’ 123^E>25!H, William J. Bryan Parkway, Bryan A.B.E. Office Systems 779- 0057 '