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The MSC Visual Arts Committee
Cordially invites you to attend
the Opening and Reception for Artist
Dr. Joe C. Smith
Monday, February 13,1989
7:00-8:00 p.m.
Msc Visual Arts Committee Gallery
Texas A&M University
After 60 years, LULAC tries
to become more issue-orienW
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CORPUS CHRIST! (AP) The
mission for the League of United
Latin American Citizens was clear in
the beginning: to legitimize the t it
izenship of Hispanics.
Sixty years later, LULAC has
moved on, turning to an aggressive
style of redefining itself.
LULAC President Jose de Lai a of
San Antonio said he believes the or
ganization is moving away from a so
cial emphasis.
“Today I think we are in more of
an advocacy role,” de Lara said
Arnold Torres of Sacramento,
Calif., LULAC’s national political
adviser, said the group is trying to
become more issues-oriented with
an agenda that includes high-quality
education, affordable housing and
freer immigration.
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“We wangtd^make IhiiIi, political
parties accountable for what they say
they will do for the Hispanic com
rnunity,” Torres told the Corpus
Chrisli Culler- Times.
“Hispanics are going to have to
stand up and do their own thing,”
Torres said. “We must not have the
attitude that the political pat ties are
doing us a favor, and they cannot
have an attitude that they are doing
us a lavor.”
Founded in Corpus Christi in
1929 with 25 charter members l.U-
LAC has grown into a 100,000-
member organization with chapters
in all 50 staies and abroad.
Watched by 125 Mexican-Ameri-
can observers, the 25 delegates met
in a two-story dance hall and signed
a document merging the Knights of
America, Sons ol America and the
League of Latin American Citizens.
LULAC s new role in 1989, mem
bers and observers said, is needed
not only to help Hispanics but also to
help the organization sharpen its
own image.
Rodolfo de la Garza, head of the
Mexican American Study Center at
the University of 1 exas at Austin,
said the group fiqes not have a clear
.mission..
It s not cleat what 1 l LAC does
de la Garza said. “MALUF.F (Mexi
can American Legal Defense and
Educational Fund) is a legal arm to
defend the rights ol Hispanics
Southwest Voters (Registration F’du
cation Project) mobilizes voter regis
tiation drives. What is LULAC
about?”
Bui he said El' FAC ma\ y
most influential Hispank ginuJ
the nation.
‘It has great standing," hn
It is the oldest Eatino organia
and as such lias legitimacy.’
E ndei de Lara’s administr*
the group lias renewed its 0|)i>
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movcmiem and joined a y
aimed al adjusting the U)90 in
to orreei what it feats will be,c
eh nountingoi minorities.
I UEAC also has active pr
in education and job training,™
ales housing projects and lobbies
Hispanic issues at carious level
government.
But Ruben Bonilla, a (,ni|
t hristi attorney and past nati
president, said LI EA( is Ial
short in us i ec ruiunein ot w
members.
“We have not aggressivel’
traded oi pursued the youngp
lessionals and entrepreneurs
form the nucleus torayerysii
presence in the Hispanic com
nity,” Bonilla said.
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Brazos Bowmen Archery Club
TAMU Sailing Club
Company L-2
Omega Phi Alpha
Floriculture/Horticulture Club
Agronomy Society
MSC Opas
MSC Variety Show
MSC Political Forum
Inst, of Chemical Engineers
Delta Sigma Theta
Eta Kappa Nu
Aggie Space Development
MSC College Bowl
Tau Alpha Pi
TAMU Scuba Club
MSC Visual Arts
Missionary Baptist Students
TAMO Surf Club
Squadron 11
TAMO Geographical Society
Aggie Allemanders
TAMO ORSA
Class of 90
El Paso Hometown Club
Schuhmacher Hall
Hillel Club
Mexican American Engineers
Partners for Special Olympics
SWAP
Phi Beta Chi
Circle K International
Asian American Association
Century Singers
MSC Pageant
Off Campus Aggies
Latter Day Saints Students
Onderwood Hall
Aggies for Diabetes Awareness
Chinese Sudents Association
(MSC) MBA/Law
TAMO Math Club
Biomedical Science Association
Student Y Association
Alpha Phi Omega
Pre-Vet Society
MSC Hospitality
Dairy Science Club
Company C-2
Phi Kappa Theta
12th Man Foundation
Texas Student Education Assoc.
Company G-2
Vietnamese American Students
Class of 91
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and Apriorities, so they tan attract
new businesses.
• Increasing awareness in local
communities about the problems
facing women-owned and minority-
owned businesses, and helping these
businesses take advantage of special
programs available to them.
• Helping businesses gain access
to scientific and technical expertise
available to TEES in order to spur
technological innovation in local
areas.
® Providing technical assistance
to help local communities create and
maintain businesses.
Dorsey said the center will help lo
cal areas on a need basis. Areas with
high unemployment that have no
other sources of assistance will get
first priority from the center, she
said.
Some communities already have
applied for assistance from the cen
ter.
A six-county area in West Texas
has asked for help because the short
run railroad that serves the commu
nity has been pufup for sale, Dorsey
said.
Area companies rely on the rail
road to transport goods they pro
duce, so the community wants help
in evaluating the situation, she said.
The center can reapply for aid
from the Economic Development
Administration on a yearly basis,
and the funding could total
$600,000 during the next seven
years.
The center also will receive mote
than $70,000 from TELE'S every year
HOUSTON (AP) A woman in
jured when a pipe bomb rigged to a
videoeassette recorder exploded as
she plugged it in remained in fair
condition Sunday, officials said.
The explosion occurred Saturday
in a beauty salon operated out of Do
rothy Lee Gipson’s home. Gipson's
son had found the VCR earlier that
day outside an adult newsstand but
had not been able to make it work.
Gipson, 52. suffered a broken an
kle and several cuts to hex legs and
right arm and remained at Ben
faub Hospital on Sunday. She was
alone in the salon when the explo
sion occurred.
Arson investigators have made no
arrests in the case.
.\uii.hi c.ipson, 23, said liefai
recorder on the ground b
the di iver’s side of his carashead
friend were leaving a 24-hounir
stand around 3 a.m. Saturday,
He said he took it homeandtn
several times to plug the recon!
into his extension cord. He^
when that failed, he shook the
cordei onlv to find it filled with*
“i thought 1 might get eh
cuted so 1 quit trying,” he said.
flic youngei Gipson said hei
carded the machine at the.curb!
garbage and went to work,!
mothei found the recorder so:
time later that morning andplti|f
it in inside hei beauty shop, aulta
ties said.
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ice is essential if a company expects
to penetrate that marketplace.
According to Japanese culture,
employment is a lifetime commit
ment. Levy said the Japanese are
hesitant to work lot an American
corporation because U.S. companies
havq a reputation for operating only
a few years, then disappearing.
“This makes it difficult to hire
good employees,” he said. “Expe
rienced people aren’t willing to
switch from one company to ano
ther.’'
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pany operating in Japan, l.evt'
the needs of the Japanese mutt
accommodated.
"Mam companies trv to ente:
pan with all their materials and i®
uals printed m English,’ lies
and dial is not acc eptable.
Another needed adjusimentitt
length ol time ii takes mgel.paid
In the United States, suinef'
c hecks and most bills are based®
30 day period,” Levy said. *
operates on a 120-day period.
Wherever a company choose
do business, Levy said, dedicaw
the company and its operatioi
important.
ZBT
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Bowring said their national body
wants to go back to the basics of what
a fraternity is, and hazing is neat a
part of that.
ne doesn i ttiink banning pief 1
u ill eliminate hazing.
“I think we need to attack lb J
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on the basis of how the fraternity
members get along with them. New
members will continue tea go
through an initiation ceremony.
“We really won’t go by any set
standards,” former A&M ZBT presi
dent Kelly Bl owing said.
McDonald is supportive of the
new program and what it could do
for the chapter.
“1 think it’s a good idea,” he said.
“I don’t think it will be detrimental
to us at all.”
If the policy is successful with
ZBT, he said, the domino thecary will
take over with other Greek organiza
tions.
Bowring said since the ZBT chap
ter is new at A&M, organizing in
September of 1988, they won’t have
any problems with the policy be
cause they haven’t gone through the
pledging process. But fraternities
that have been in existence for 100
years might find it more difficult to
do away with certain traditions, he
said, and it may take time tor them
to adapt to the new program.
McDonald said he believes other
fraternities will have to adapt to a
non-pledging policy sooner or later.
Charles Goodman, A&M Interf
raternity Council adviser, said the
new policy is a novel idea. However,
sue head-on,” he said.
Goodman compared the tie"
icy with raising the drinking
saying it is not effective.
The Greek organizations®
been taught what hazing isand
it is wrong, Goodman said.bui
need to know more.
“Confrontation and plain-
skills to help bring about chan
need to be taught,” he said. “Ill*
that’s confronting the issue.'’
McDonald expects an increas
membership and doesn’t think
non-pledging policy will adveb
affect the f raternity.
He doesn’t think abolish
pledging will take the fun out
ZBT activities.
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