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jThe Battalion gSTATE & LOCAL Tuesday, November 7,1989 fergie ends five-day trip to Texas ith visit to inner-city grade school % JlOUSTON (AP) — After trips to lleill 'thq opera, a polo match and a pri- in S*tk(|ate ranch, the Duchess of York Won en|ed her Five-day visit to Texas at later minner city school Monday. >t)ea' • ara * 1 Ferguson, known as “Fer- Efie. ’ took part in an anti-drug pro- »' Hm and was serenaded by more AmSH 11 students at Blackshear El- %iem< ntary School. tes HShe seemed like royalty,” said 1 1- m NV . | speu- :re then i)d be;, 1 Of : indf: i don istiur more men Icials apologize lor death Diabetic woman dies after false arrest i? 11 ■ LEWISVILLE (AP) — Lewis ville police say they are sorry “t't' about the death of a 51-year-old ne ' t diabetic woman who was taken to ■il because symptoms of her con dition resembled intoxication. I Police department officials ^j^Hilled Sunday’s death “unfortu- .^f^ptte” and said an internal investi- ^Rtion into the Oct. 16 arrest of Lena Wells is being conducted. ■ Family members already have I : Bed a claim against the city seek- »gSK) million in damages, alleg- Htg officers violated the woman’s | Bvil rights by failing to get her proper medical attention, accord- Bg to the family’s attorney, Tom I Hoard man. J ’ H Two patrol officers found Wells on the floor of a self-service 5 Hundry and she was taken to the Hewisville City Jail, according to department spokesman Richard ^Houglas. The incident occurred in mid-afternoon, police said. I Police said she was discovered to be seriously ill within the hour. year-old Gary Williams, a fifth-grade student. The duchess, who is married to Britain’s Prince Andrew, came to Houston Thursday at the invitation of the Houston Grand Opera, which is saluting 300 years of British opera. Early Monday afternoon, she left on a flight to New York for a one-day visit there. Royal-watchers who gathered out side the school Monday morning ap plauded her and some shouted, “We love you Fergie!” The duchess participated in the school’s Drug Abuse Resistance Edu cation program, known as DARE, by joining students in an anti-drug play. She gave the school’s library autographed copies of the “Budgie” books for children she has written. In turn, students presented her a book they had written. “We thought she was very fun,” We thought she was very fun. We were excited to see her. She did some sketches with us.” — Gary Williams, 5th-grade student Williams said. “We were excited to see her. She did some sketches with The sketches involved students acting out criticism for students who are pretending to drink, smoke or use arugs. “I think she was really concerned about the program,” Blackshear principal George Mundine said. “She was very impressed.” The duchess then went to the school playground where students holding small U.S. and British flags were standing in a formation that spelled DARE. “Your Royal Highness, the Du chess of York, from the boys and girls of Blackshear School, may I present to you these flowers and ask for your permission to sing,” shouted 8-year-old Jermaine Thibo deaux, who gave the duchess a bou quet of yellow roses. A&M prof speaks on her book about Czechoslovakia’s creation By Andrea Warrenburg Of The Battalion Staff Dr. Betty Unterberger, Texas A&M professor of his tory, gave a lecture Monday night about her latest book, “The United States, Revolutionary Russia, and the Rise of Czechoslovakia.” Unterberger said her book is a heroic and tragic story of how the Czechoslovakians fought against tremen dous odds for their independence in the early 1900s. It also explores how and why former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and the United States came to sup port the Czechoslovakian movement of self-determin ation. The book is a culmination of 30 years of research from sources around the globe, including Czechoslova kia, the United States, France, England and Russia. A nationally and internationally acclaimed historian, Unterberger said she obtained some of her information from documents that had just been de-classified by the State Department 45 to 50 years after the events had taken place. “It required a good deal of sleuthing,” Unterberger said. “At times I had boxes of material stripped from my hands and was told I didn’t have the proper autho rization.” Published by the University of North Carolina Press, the book has already been described by the Washington Post as the definitive work on the creation of the Czechoslovakian nation. Among her honors, Unterberger has served as the first woman president of the Society for the History of American Foreign Relations, as an A&M visiting lec turer on Soviet—American relations at Peking Univer sity in Beijing, and has received the American Histori cal Association Award for her book “American Siberian Expedition: A Study of National Foreign Policy.” Also in attendance for the evening from Charles Uni versity in Prague, Czechoslovakia, were Ladislav Sevela, director of international programs, and Eduard Klika, professor and vice rector. Texas A&M has an interna tional memorandum of agreement for cooperative studies with Charles University. About 100 people attended the lecture sponsored by the MSC Literary Arts Committee and the A&M De partment of History. A reception and book signing followed Unterberg- er’s lecture in the MSC Forsyth Center Galleries. Committee sponsors activities to increase unity of Class of ’90 By Steven Patrick Of The Battalion Staff As part of its class awareness week, the Class of ’90 Awareness Committee is sponsoring activ ities and events all this week de signed to increase unity and in volvement within the senior class. Kenny Martin, a senior in eco nomics and chairman of the awareness committee, said events for seniors range from roller skating and 90-cent scoops of ice cream to yell practice and happy hour. “The purpose (of the events) is to get seniors more aware of their class and increase their involve ment at the University,” Martin said. Co-chairman and sociology se nior Tracy Hammonds said this week’s activities also are aimed at unifying the senior class and boosting its class spirit. The Class of ’90 awareness week officially began Sunday when seniors gathered at Kyle field and formed the figure of a “90” for a class picture, Martin said. The senior class also sponsored a placement center orientation program Monday night which rovided seniors information on ow to register and use the cen ter, he said. Martin said one of the events designed to increase class involve ment is senior attendance at to night’s silver taps ceremony. Other events scheduled this week include roller skating at Rolling Thunder skating rink at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and happy hour at Taco Cabana from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, Martin said. Hammonds said a senior yell practice will be held at 9:00 p.m. Thursday at the bonfire site and will be “a time to promote senior involvement with bonfire” and help “keep the spirit of bonfire al ive.” Martin said local businesses also are supporting senior aware ness week by providing dis counted merchandise to mem bers of the Class of ’90. All this week, seniors can have their senior rings cleaned for free at Service Merchandise, receive discounts on dry-cleaning at Ag gie Cleaners, and purchase 90- cent scoops of ice cream at Baskin Robins in College Station, he said. Martin said tables set up in the MSC from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today through Thursday will provide seniors with more information on this week’s activities. GM offers $500 scholarships General Motors is sponsoring an auto expo at Rudder Fountain from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday featuring 10 display cars and a drawing for two $500 schol arships. The purpose of the expo is to showcase the latest GM products, services and technology, a GM col lege coordinator said. Representa tives from GM will be on hand to ex plain the college graduate finance program and the smart leave pro gram, two finance programs aimed at college students and recent grad uates. The drawing will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday and Texas A&M head football coach R.C. Slocum is scheduled to choose the winners. Any A&M students or faculty can register at the expo. .kaH r~Y. ..... '( Q jhtGj m ON CAMPUS ral l [ a !• The Fords have always driven Volkswagens. Ask Kimo Ford why he bought a Volkswagen and get ready for some family history. "Everyone in my family has driven a Volkswagen at one time or another. My dad had a Microbus in the Sixties. My mom and sister both drove Beetles. And my brother, who's also a student, drives an '83 Volkswagen Rabbit. "So when I saved enough money to buy a car there was only one logical choice. A Volkswagen. My car's a '79 Rabbit. With 145,000 miles on it. Ten years old and all those miles and it's still running great. "If you ask me, it's the perfect student's car. Good on gas. Fun to drive. And big enough to carry four friends." Even so, Kimo is already think ing about his next car. Another Volkswagen? "Absolutely. A GTI. White. Gotta have white." /^Bj\ It's time to think about Volkswagen again. 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