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/ EWS OFF CAMPUS STUDENT ALERT: If your lease ends in May, be sure to give your apartment manager a 30 DAY WRITTEN NOTICE OF YOUR INTENT TO VACATE the apartment, even if you are renewing your lease for the summer or fall. A sample letter of vacancy is available at the Off Campus Center. Come by the Off Campus Center located in Puryear Hall or call 845-1741 if you have any questions. Page 14 The Battalion Friday, April 7,1989 Pro-choice activists converge, petition court to let Roe stand Applications Available through April 19 in Reed McDonald Room 230 CALL BATTALION CLASSIFIED 845-2611 For FAST Results WASHINGTON (AP) — With the Bush administration pushing the Su preme Court to overturn its land mark abortion decision, abortion rights advocates are converging on the nation’s capital this weekend for what they expect will be their largest demonstration. They believe the stakes are higher than any time since the court’s 1973 decision legalizing abortion and are determined to pick up the gauntlet Bush has thrown down. “We have been silent far too long,” said Kate Michelman, exec utive director of the National Abor tion Rights Action League. Tens of thousands of students from 500 college campuses are com ing, mothers are bringing their daughters and granddaughters, a delegation from Capitol Hill will be there, and dozens of celebrities are flying in from Hollywood for the Sunday march, organizers say. The goal is to make the weekend a turning point in the national abor tion debate. Organizers feel that anti-abortion advocates have so far carried the day by focusing the ques tion on when life begins. Instead, they feel the issue is whether the government should intervene in what they believe should be a private decision. “Nobody likes abortion,” Michel man said. “It’s a difficult choice, and there are a lot of issues that women have to weigh when faced with a cri sis pregnancy. Women don’t have abortions they want, they have abor tions they need.” Organizers are reluctant to pre dict how many will turn out for the demonstration, but they expect the number will be far larger than the 90,000 who gathered for a March 1986 pro-choice rally in Washing ton. At least one anti-abortion group plans to mount a counterdemonstra tion of up to 300 people on the day of the march. The engine revving the weekend’s events is the Supreme Court and its pending decision on a Missouri case that could reverse or severely limit the high court’s 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision that legalized abortion. Oral arguments in the case are scheduled for later this month. The Reagan administration also pushed to overturn Roe vs. Wade and failed. But since the issue last came before the court, two new jus tices have been seated and Justice Lewis Powell, a key defender of the 1973 decision, has retired. Of the newcomers, Justice Anto nin Scalia is thought to favor over turning or curtailing the decision. Justice Anthony Kennedy’s views on the ruling are not known, but some observers think there may now be a one-vote majority for changing the law. “Women have felt abortion alwjj would be legal, but now that it’s cleat there’s a clear and present danger, they’re responding,” said Eleanor Smeal, president of the Fund for tin Feminist Majority. The message of the march isdj. reeled at the nine justices who wj decide the case, and who organizer; say are not immune to public ion. “They understand public opin. ion,” said Molly Yard, president of the National Organization for Women. A&] Polish government lifts 7-year ban on Solidarity WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A gov ernment minister said Thursday the seven-year ban on Solidarity would be lifted immediately, and Lech Wa lesa urged supporters to put their “political victory” into action by or ganizing nationwide. “The process of legalization of Solidarity should be completed be tween April 15 and April 20,” said Sports Minister Aleksander Kwasniewski, a chief negotiator for the communist government in two months of talks with the opposition that concluded Wednesday in a broad accord. Kwasniewski said the Sejm, or parliament, would meet Friday to enact the agreements on trade union freedoms, economic reforms and political changes, including creation of the first freely elected legislative body in the East bloc. Walesa, looking relaxed at a news conference after a grueling week of negotiations, outlined the tasks his independent trade union faces. But he warned that the agreement could lead to disaster if Poland failed to take advantage of the changes. “The most important task for to day is to write applications immedi ately all over the country to provin cial governors and city mayors so we get the technical possibility to orga nize as soon as possible,” Walesa said. On the national level, the union plans to form an organizing commit, tee as early as this weekend toappl for formal registration by submitting a new union charter in court, said top Solidarity adviser TadeuszMj zowiecki. “Today we as Poland haveagreai victory, but a political victor) -] theoretical one which may turnout to be a victory or a disaster if we art not able to make use of it," Walesa said. “If we are not able to workintlte economic field to have more, pro duce more and better and in thepo- litical field to represent ourselves well . . . nice slogans will only stat slogans,” Walesa said. The government daily Kzeczpos polita called the agreements sealed by Walesa and Gen. Czeslaw Kiszc zak, the interior minister, a break through that created a chance that must not be wasted by “false solu lions, sham ambitions or ignorance of realities.” Texas A&M Univ :onfirmed a contr Utah experiment tl ruclear fusion usi rrocess, Ed Walra U:M,said Sunday. Dr. Charles Mart rat A&M, and Br neth Marsh with the periment Station onference at 9 a. they have achieved fusion, one of the r tific breakthroughs. Stanislaw Ciosek, a Politburo member and panic ipant in the talks said the agreement was a step to ward refor ms undertaken by the Communist Party, but it would not solve all of Poland’s problems. “These reforms have made the prospect of satisfying the working class much closer,” Ciosek said, ROM STAFFS WIRE Life Fli* copter c injures < HOUSTON (AP) helicopter crashed c hospital parking lot ing an estimated 1 riously injuring a th after a possible rnecl swirling winds, offic At least one wit loud crash before copter spinning to tl police officer said I drifting backward t story parking gara Hospital, prompting tail rotor may have ; structure. However, a Life said the pilot told hi am. crash that the helicopter malfuncti and a structural eng ined the garage sai sign of damage. It was the second < Texas of a BK-1 17 h ing a medical crew. Dillard's Is Pleased To Announce The Texas A&M University 1989 PRING COLLEGE ADVISORY BOARD Amy Thornton Mark Schwausch Ilf ® # ■'. i Michelle Moseley Todd Moody Elizabeth Jordon Thomas Donna Susan Gedeon Donna Johnson The Dillard’s College Advisory Board has been formed with the intention of developing a direct communication link with the Texas A&M University student body. Our goal is to better serve the student populous and relate merchandise trends to their specific needs. Participants serve on a rotating semester basis, attending monthly roundtable discussion luncheons, working in the store and initiating special projects on campus. Dillard's recognizes these outstanding students as they were chosen from many qualified applicants. They excel in academia and are active in honorary and service organizations. We look forward to their insights and ideas in this mutually beneficial relationship. Jenny Buttner Penny Webster Dillard’s Liz Wenzel Todd Johnson Three people wet entitie’s Day whet crashed in a woode tempting to retu Frances Hospital n foggy weather. The victims of were identified as J 40, a 20-year veter; structor who previo the helicopter’s man Helicopter Gorp.; 11 ami Windel, 42; and ricia Crain, 26. All of the victims - rious and guarded suffering spinal da being examined for injuries, Dr. Kenn The pilot also suffer after striking the cor The bright red copter fell flat on arking lot about I anding pad that wa renovation. Hospit; the parking lot, wh from traffic, was a r landing site. Astrc Univi from By Andrea Warn REPORTER A flag repres A&M and the Cc made especially f space shuttle Disc was presented to I rials Sunday by m Col. Robert C. Spri Col. Springer, 1 pany C-2 fres Springer, presentt accompanied him shuttle mission to j William Mobley, C dant Thomas E Commander Todc Deputy Corps Cc Kregel. Each astronaut carry a limited m sonal items on th Col. Springer chos memo to accompt first mission to spa “1 have always f by A&M,” Col. Sp Was an honor to thing to represent the Corps.” The 30-by-48 i maroon shield on with “Texas A&M SHOP DILLARD'S MONDAY THRU SATURDAY 10-9, SUNDAY 12-6; POST OAK MALL. HARVEY ROAD AT HIGHWAY 6 BYPASS, COLLEGE STATION 764-OOH. AMERICAN EXPRESS CARD WELCOME.