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College Station, Texas
Wednesday, September 13,1989
oland embraces Solidarity
'arliament denies majority control to Communists
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I WARSAW (AP) Parliament on Tuesday ap-
loved the first government in the East bloc not
by Communists, giving half the seats to Soli-
Irity but reserving the key ministries control-
Sg defense and police for the Communists.
[‘‘For the first time in half a century, Poland has
government that can be considered by millions
? people as their own,” said Solidarity leader
kh Walesa from Gdansk, where the indepen-
[nt movement struggled through eight years of
ommunist repression to its triumph.
J“My biggest dream has come true,” said Prime
jinister Tadeusz Mazowiecki, also of Solidarity,
Iter his Cabinet was approved by a vote of 402
j favor, none against and 13 abstentions.
The new Cabinet, called the Council of Min-
lers, includes Mazowiecki, 11 Solidarity mem-
ks, and a foreign minister independent but
Sympathetic to Solidarity. The Communists have
four seats.
[ The Solidarity-aligned United Peasant Party
aids four seats, and Solidarity’s other coalition
firtner, the Democratic Party, has three.
The Communists, in addition to controlling
le army and police, will retain considerable in
fluence through President Wojciech Jaruzelski, a
Communist. The new government also has
promised allegiance to the Soviet-led Warsaw
Pact military alliance.
Still, Mazowiecki, once a political prisoner,
promised an overhaul of Communist institutions
in an eloquent speech that he was forced to inter
rupt for 45 minutes when he felt faint from ex
haustion.
He called for reforming the police and the jus
tice system, liberalizing laws on associations,
gatherings and censorship, creating a new demo
cratic constitution, removing political and ideolo
gical barriers to promotion, giving universities
full autonomy and battling “catastrophic” envi
ronmental pollution.
The main focus was Poland’s economy. Mazo
wiecki said the ranks of the poor were swelling
and warned that production and living stan
dards, already lower than 10 years ago, were
likely to decline further.
“The new government will act under the pres
sure that at any moment the construction of de
mocracy that only just started can collapse under
the economic crisis,” he said.
He called for immediate steps to combat triple
digit inflation, including tax reform, making the
zloty convertible with Western currency and cre
ating a stock exchange.
Mazowiecki, a Solidarity newspaper editor
who became the East bloc’s first non-Communist
prime minister, rejected a past when the Com
munist government “wanted to rule not only
over the lives but the minds” of Poles.
“Poland can be lifted only by a society of free
citizens and by a government that enjoys the con
fidence of the clear majority of society,” he said.
Marian Orzechowski, the Politburo member
who heads the Communist parliament dele
gation, rose to support Mazowiecki.
“My party is not going into opposition,”
Orzechowski said. “We will govern together, and
together be responsible for the fate of the na
tion.”
In the Soviet Union, Foreign Ministry spokes
man Gennady I. Gerasimov said, “We are pre
pared to cooperate with (the new) government
and develop our relations with Poland.”
A&M at Koriyama’ teaches English
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j By Melissa Naumann
1 The Battalion Staff
Japanese city opens doors to A&M campus
-five Japanese citizens are
ore proficient in English thanks to
pilot program intended to pave the
ay for a possible branch of Texas
&M in Koriyama, Japan.
Deanna Wormuth, director of the
11-month program and of A&M’s
nglish Language Institute, said the
rogram was intended to determine
the methods they planned to use
lb teach English at the Koriyama
ampus were effective.
When the Koriyama branch
pens, the English language pro
ram will make up the first courses
iken by the Japanese students. Af-
er two years of studying in Japan,
tudents will come here to complete
IS® drool.
Most of the students involved in
ie program had some experience
ith English, Wormuth said, but
|ouror five had very basic skills.
“Their abilities ranged from no
nglish to students who would be ca-
able of studying here through our
rogram (ELI),” she said. “The skills
tudents are least proficient in are
listening and speaking. Most of the
tudents would need eight months to
The city assembly of Koriyama,
Japan, approved a resolution invit
ing Texas A&M to set up a campus
there, Dr. Jaan Laane, director of
the Institute for Pacific Asia, said
Tuesday.
The city will not allocate funds for
the campus until next week so the
scope of the project is still uncertain,
Laane said.
Although classes will begin in May
1990, he said, construction will not
begin until the second year of the
project.
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Jlood drive officials set goal at 1,200 pints
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a year in full English study.”
The students themselves differed
from students here, she said. The
average age was in the late 20s while
the oldest student was 61 and the
youngest was 18. Many were sent to
the program by their employers to
improve their abilities to commu
nicate with American businessmen
and about 20 were the “university-
type,” Wormuth said.
Students took courses in reading
and vocabulary, speaking, listening
and grammar and writing every day.
They also attended listening labo
ratory sessions.
In an effort to inundate the stu
dents with English, the students had
an opportunity to watch American
television shows such as “Family
Ties” and each Wednesday, a full
feature-length movie was shown.
They watched “Raiders of the Lost
Ark,” “Ghostbusters” and “The Nat
ural,” as well as films of Bush’s grad
uation address at A&M and the Uni
versity of Texas-A&M baseball
game.
In addition to the language of the
United States, the students were
given a flavor of the culture with a
Fourth of July picnic with fried
chicken, ice cream and watermelon.
Wormuth said the program was
more rigorous than some of the stu
dents expected but satisfying to all of
the participants.
“The Japanese value education
very highly, so the program must be
a quality program-to fit in with all
that A&M does,” Wormuth said.
She said the program was benefi
cial to the instructors as well as the
students.
“In fact, we benefited tremen
dously as teachers and then person
ally as well,” she said.
Five faculty members went to Ko
riyama: Wynell Biles, Rita Marsh,
Katherine Wood, Thomas Hilde and
Wormuth. Only three of them had
any experience with the Japanese
language, but this lack of knowledge
was intentional, Wormuth said. If
they knew Japanese, the instructors
might be tempted to help the stu
dents more by translating some
words, she said.
“Our main task was to have them
function in English,” she said.
One of the most rewarding out
comes of the program was that a
group of the students decided to
continue studying independendy,
she said.
“They asked us, ‘What will hap
pen to us when you leave?”’ Wor
muth said. “We actively encouraged
them to not stop.”
The five instructors lived in Ko
riyama and learned about Japan
through the students.
“They taught us about their coun
try, but it was a learning experience
for them as well because they were
doing so through the vehicle of Eng
lish,” she said. “We felt that we
learned as much from them as they
learned from us in a multitude of
different ways.”
Hosing ’em down
Photo by Mike C. Mulvey
TAMU 1985 graduate John Thomas of the TAMU flower crew
sprays water on the flowers outside of All Faiths Chapel.
Trees, flower beds
will serve to honor
donors to program
By Todd Conneliey
Of The Battalion Staff
iy Kelly S. Brown
The Battalion Staff
... . .
ns job is finished after the needle is removed
rom his arm, but actually the effects of what has
en done will live on in someone else’s blood-
tream.
Texas A&M faculty, students and staff will
lave the chance to individually help up to five
latients if they give blood today through Friday
the Commons and Rudder Fountain.
American Red Cross’s third annual blood
Irive challenge between A&M and Baylor Uni-
ersity is endorsed by Aggie Coach R.C. Slocum
nd Baylor Coach Grant Teaff.
The drive, which is sponsored by APO and the
jgie Blood Drive Committee, has set a goal of
ollecting 1,200 units. The past two years the
[oals have not been met.
For this reason, the theme this year is “Win,
Lose or Draw” — A&M will win if they meet their
goal, lose if they don’t, and draw blood in the
meantime.
The A&M drive helps push Brazos County to
ward the goal to have blood collections equal
blood usage. At this time, usage in Brazos County
has exceeded collections by nearly 1,200 units.
Every 17 seconds someone is in need of blood,
and in order to maintain a stable supply in the
community, blood drives like this are vital. Blood
must be in the hospital before the need arises, as
it takes a minimum of 24 hours to test and proc
ess the blood before the unit can be transfused.
The donor receives a fast, free mini-health
check and can donate again in as little as 56 days.
Before an individual donates blood, his pulse,
blood pressure, temperature and hemoglobin
and/or hematocrit (iron level in the blood) are
checked. Then the blood is taken to a laboratory
where routine tests are performed.
The tests check for ABO group (blood group),
Rh factor (blood type), rare antibodies (defense
mechanisms of the body), syphilis, hepatitis and
HTLV III antibodies (test for antibody to the vi
rus often associated with AIDS.)
Donors are asked to:
® Be in good health
• Be between the ages of 18 and 70 (Individu
als age 17 may donate with parental permission.)
• Weigh 100 pounds or more
• Be over a cold or flu for 48 hours
• Have had no surgery in the last six weeks
• Have had no tattoo or acupuncture in the
last six months
• Not have donated blood in the past 56 days
• Not be on certain medications
• Be off antibiotics for at least two weeks be
fore giving blood. (This does not include anti
biotics for acne treatment.)
Today through Friday, bloodmobiles will be at
the Commons from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and at Rud
der from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Texas A&M’s campus soon may
be graced with trees and flowers do
nated by employees, former stu
dents and friends of the University.
As part of the Memorial Planting
Program, trees and flower beds in
designated areas on campus will be
planted and named in honor of con
tributors. Some donations will aid in
the upkeep of existing trees.
“Trees and plants are a living me
morial and contribute significantly
to our campus environment,” Presi
dent William Mobley said in a press
release Monday.
“The University can now honor
individuals in a lasting way while also
preserving and enhancing the
beauty of the campus,” Mobley said.
Gene Ray, A&M director of
grounds maintenance, said one of
the program’s main goals is to plant
the trees near areas that lend them
selves to memorialization.
See Planting/Page 8
Clarification
The Battalion incorrectly
printed a headline Tuesday say
ing the Board of Regents visit to
campus Thursday will give stu
dents a chance to “air gnpes in a
forum.” The forum’s purpose is
not to air gripes; it is to ask for in
put from the administration, stu
dents, faculty, media representa-
dves and the general public on
major policy issues.
Anyone wishing to speak at the
hearing should first put their
proposal or issue in written form
and send it to the Executive Sec
retary to the Board of Regents of
TAMUS, College Station, Texas
77843.
Service honors memory of those killed in Beijing
By Steven Patrick
Of The Battalion Staff
Peter Lee, a representative from the Hong
Kong Students’ Association, speaks at a
Photo by Jay Janner
service marking the 100th day of the Beij
ing massacre.
A large crowd made up of mostly Chinese students
attended a memorial service Tuesday night commem
orating the 100th day since the June 4 Beijing Mas
sacre.
The memorial service, given in both Chinese and En
glish, served to both honor the memory of those killed
in the massacre as well as to reinforce and rekindle the
ideas for which they died.
The opening memory address read, “Brothers and
sisters, please rest in peace because we vow to carry on
your undertaking, together with all the Chinese people
and the people in the world to strive for a prosperous
and democratic free China, to end the cruel fascist rul
ing of the dictatorship. We promise that we will erect
the Goddess of Democracy in Tian An Men Square one
day. And that day will come before long.”
While an intense solemness accompanied parts of the
service, an underlying theme of hope for the future of
democracy in China prevailed.
“Tommorrow, in the light of the dawn, we will pray
for the beginning of a new page in history”, said Lee
Chi-chun, a representative of the Chinese Students As
sociation.
Calls for “freedom of the press, freedom of speech,
and freedom of assembly” in China were sounded re
peatedly throughout the service.
“We will never forget the massive demonstrations in
communities around the world,” said representative
Peter Lee of the Hong Kong Students Association. "We
will never forget how the people united together. We
will never forget the desperation on the faces of every
student after giving up all hope and retreating from the
square.
“We will always remember the pure patriotism of the
students. Their spirit linked our souls together.”
“You could see it in their faces; you could see it in
their eyes — a new spirit in Beijing,” said Larry Wolken,
a representative of the International Coordination
Board, in reference to the change which he noted in the
people upon visiting Beijing recently.
“Only when we are united can we achieve the goals
that our brothers and sisters dreamed of,” said one
Chinese student toward the end of the service.
Speakers during the memorial service also reminded
the Chinese students in America that it is through in
creased education that democracy will advance.
Chinese student Ke Zhou reaa, “In God’s name, let’s
E ray. Please let our heros rest in peace. We still have a
mg way to go in order to achieve the final goal of free
dom and democracy in China. But your spirit in heaven
shall give us the strength and wisdom to carry on the
histone responsibility.”At the end of the service, two
students present in Beijing during the massacre shared
their personal accounts of the massacre’s events, which
included recollections of poor medical conditions and
brutal killings.