The Battalion WORLD & NATION 5 Friday, October 6,1989 The Battalion Page 5 What’s Up ANon. Mito UOtT.; 1 WO; /. Friday AGGIELAND: Today is the deadline for organizations to turn in contracts for the 1990 Aggieland. Applications can be picked up in 230 Reed McDonald. INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have schedule distribution and logo submission for its 1989 mini Olympics at 7 p.m. in 410 Rudder. For more information, call Costas at 845-0547. CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: the regular Friday Night Alive meeting has been cancelled due to the fall conference. BAPTIST STUDENT UNION: will have a fall prayer retreat today and tomorrow The cost is $20 and transportation is provided. For more information, call the Baptist Student Union at 846-7722. A&M CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: will have its monthly rally called “How to Feel Good About Yourself" at 7:30 p.m. in 102 Zachry. BIBLE STUDY: will discuss today’s readings at 9:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s Student Cen ter. A&M HILLEL: will have Shabbat services at 8 p.m. at Hillel Jewish Student Center. TAMU CHESS CLUB: will have an exhibition by Senior Master Miles Ardaman at 7:30 p.m. in 510 Rudder. For more information, call Steve Harrington at 693- 2703. STUDENTS OVER TRADITIONAL AGE: will have a social gathering at 6 p.m. at Chimney Hill Bowling Center. For more information, call Frank Platt at 696- 9640. TAMU BADMINTON CLUB: will have practice and a meeting from 7 to 11 p.m. in 351 G. Rollie White. For more information, call Chris Hubbard at 846-8108. AUSTIN HOMETOWN CLUB: will have a “beat the hell out of Tech” party at 9 p.m. at 206 Gilchrist. For more information call Alicia at 846-0035. STUDY ABROAD OFFICE: will have informational tables on study abroad opportu nities from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the MSC main hallway. RECREATIONAL SPORTS: will have brackets posted for tennis singles at 1 p.m. in 159 Read. S0UTHSIDE HALLS: will have a free barefoot bonfire bash with live band from 8 p.m. until midnight at the new mod quad. For more information call Wayne at 847-1828 Saturday OFF CAMPUS AGGIES: will have its first bonfire cut at 8 a.m. at Duncan Field. INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have an international radio hour with music from Cameroon at 9 p.m. over KAMU, 90.9 FM. ASIAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION: will have a picnic at 11 a.m. at Central Park. GAY STUDENT SERVICES: will leave for the second annual intercollegiate party hosted by UT-Arlington. For more information call Terry at 693-0842. STUDENTS OVER TRADITIONAL AGE: will have an oldtime country coo- kout at 6 p.m. at Debbie Jasek’s home. For more information call Frank Platt at 696-9640. House chooses child-care bill Package designed to help families get off welfare WASHINGTON (AP) — Tens of thousands of Jow-income Texas parents will have a chance to put their children in day-care centers across the state under a $22.7 billion child-care package ap proved Thursday by the House, backers of the plan say. Supporters of the child-care legislation say regulations in the bill for day-care centers receiv ing federal aid will result in safer and better care for all children who attend day-care centers. “There's no question that it’s going to vastly improve day-care availability and quality,” said Rep. Jim Chapman, D-Sulphur Springs. “The bill we passed will provide 60,000 more day-care slots in Texas — that’s 60,000 mothers poten tially that we can get off welfare. That is a worth while goal.” But Rep. Charlie Stenholm, D-Stamford, and author of a substitute bill defeated on a 230-195 vote, said the plan that passed would result in federal micro-management of day-care centers. Stenholm’s bill would have let states retain their regulatory authority over child care, and would have cost $5 billion less. If the bill that passed the House on Thursday becomes law, Stenholm predicts the impact on Texas day-care centers will be “very negative. . . . A lot of the state and local people will be saying you did it to us again.” “The bottom line is that the federal govern ment doesn’t have a good track record in run ning programs at state and local levels,” Sten holm said. I here’s no question that it’s going to vastly improve day-care availability and quality. The bill we passed will provide 60,000 more day-care slots in Texas — that’s 60,000 mothers potentially that we can get off welfare. That is a worthwhile goal.” — Jim Chapman, state representative But Chapman said that if the federal govern ment is going to send billions of dollars in aid to the states, “I see nothing wrong with having some type of minimal standards that will apply to those that get the funds.” Rep. John Bryant, D-Dallas, said he believes the bill that passed will result in much more avail able day-care to lower-income Americans, “who in many cases are forced to let their children wander the streets after school.” “It will result in some assurances that child care centers are going to be safe places for their children while they go to work,” Bryant said. Chapman said Texas already has in place stan dards that will meet every test of the bill, except the requirement that day-care workers have 15 hours of training. “I don’t think that’s such an onerous provi sion,” he said. “I would hope people working in day-care centers would have two days of train- ing.” All eight Texas Republicans voted for Sten holm’s proposal, along with the author and Dem ocratic Reps. Ralph Hall of Rockwall, Marvin Leath of Waco, and Bill Sarpalius of Amarillo. The state’s 14 other Democrats rejected the plan. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Ennis, said Stenholm’s proposal “left a lot of flexibility” for parents and day-care centers, and gave states more discretion in setting day-care regulations. Dalai Lama wins Nobel Peace Prize OSLO, Norway (AP) — The Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tioet whose title means Ocean of Mercy, won the 1989 No bel Peace Prize on Thursday for de cades of non-violent struggle to free his country from China. He said in response, “My case is nothing special. I am a simple Buddhist monk — no more, no less.” He expressed hope the award would focus attention on compassion in ev ery human being. China called the award an insult and interference in its internal af fairs. One clear purpose of the Norwe gian Nobel committee was to deliver a message of support to the pro-de mocracy movement in China. Analysts also said it might help eventually to break the deadlock be tween China, which has occupied the Himalayan nation since 1950, and the Dalai Lama, who leads an exile government based in India. In its citation, the committee men tioned the Dalai Lama’s rejection of violence and his preachings of re spect for all living things. It praised his “constructive and forward- looking proposals for the solution of international conflicts.” Past prizes have been used to en courage human rights activists and support peace efforts. Polish Solida rity leader Lech Walesa won in 1983; the 1987 prize went to President Os- Sunday e lain:. re?i- n-. ityifc MSC RECREATION: will have MSC Playday all day at Hensel Park. For more infor mation call Kristie Buchman at 847-0266. A&M HILLEL: will have Yom Kippur services at 8 p.m. at Hillel Jewish Student Cen ter. GAY STUDENT SERVICES: will have the second organizational meeting of Coali tion of Lesbian/Gay Student Groups. For more information call Terry at 693- 0842. Items for What's Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216 Reed McDonald, no later than three business days before the desired run date. We only publish the name and phone number of the contact if you ask us to do so. What's Up is a Battalion service that lists non-profit events and activities. Submissions are run on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no guarantee an entry will run. If you have questions, call the newsroom at 845-3315. U.S. officials blame poor judgement, assumptions for failed Panama coup WASHINGTON (AP) — The aborted effort to over throw Panamanian Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega was doomed by a series of false assumptions and mistaken judgments by the rebels as well as by the American forces’ lack of flexibility, U.S. officials said Thursday. One U.S. official, evaluating the events of the past two davs, said the American forces in Panama were pre pared for any contingency —“from the maximum all the way to the minimum.” But this official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said constraints were placed on Gen. Maxwell Thurman of the Southern Command, who assumed his duties in Panama just two days before the insurrection. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said it was “hogwash” to suggest that the United States had refused an offer f rom the rebels to take custody of Noriega. But Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., did just that, telling the Senate, “They (the rebels) told the U.S. officers that they were holding Noriega captive, and requested U.S. assistance to take custody of Noriega and remove him to the United States.” Cheney said that rebels refused in a “face-to-face contact” with a U.S. military officer to turn over No riega during the coup attempt. Helms also said that coup leader, Maj. Moises Gi- roldi, had been executed in Panama, adding, “I have re ceived reports from Panama that Noriega personally shot the major.” U.S. officials agreed that Giroldi probably was killed but added they were not 100 percent certain. One of f icial, speaking anonymously, said if the rebels had delivered Noriega to a U.S. military facility, he would have been flown to Florida to face federal drug charges dating to February 1988. car Arias of Costa Rica for his Cen tral American peace plan; and U.N. peacekeeping forces were given last year’s award. The Dalai Lama, 54, was born Tenzin Gyatso. The son of a poor farmer, he was named spiritual and temporal ruler as the 14th Dalai Lama at age 5, just before the Chinese army marched into Tibet. He fled Tibet in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule. In Los Angeles, where he was at tending a conference, the Dalai Lama said, “I very much appreciate that kind of recognition about my beliefs. I always believed in love, compassion and a sense of universal respect. Every human being has that potential.” “This prize may open more peo ple’s eyes to look at their own qual ity,” said the Buddhist leader, who wore sandals and traditional red- and-orange robes. In the Himalayan town of Dharm- sala, India, the base of the exile gov ernment, Tibetans danced and sang in the streets. espi of i ClNEPLEX ODEON THEATRES REAL BUTTER SERVED ON FRESH. 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