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Friday, March 2,1990 The Battalion Page? Globetrotting Today is National Day in the Kingdom of Morocco. Three Texas A&M students are from this country. Facts about Morocco: • Official name: Kingdom of Morocco • Area: 172,413 square miles (larger than California) • Population: 25.38 million • Capitol: Rabat • Languages: Arabic (official), French, three Berber vernaculars • Religion: Sunni Muslim • Literacy: 70 percent • Life Expectancy: 60 years • Monetary Unit: Dirham (8.74 equals $1 in American currency) • Per Capita Income: equal to $630 in American currency In Advance Phi Kappa Sigma hosts Millerball game Measles (Continued from page 1) haven’t been in contact with any re ported case. Sandra Juarez, director of per sonal health at the Brazos County Health Department, said in a Feb. 22 article in The Battalion that the mea sles symptoms are similar to those of the flu. The measles are also character ized by the appearance of a red pin point-like rash that could easily be confused for another rash, Juarez said. The immunization schedule for measles is a two-dose routine with the first vaccine administered at age 15 months and the second dose be tween ages 4 to 6. According to the Centers for Dis ease Control of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Texas State Department of Health, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee has certain guidelines for immunization. Anyone who has had the measles and has recovered and anyone who was born before 1957 is probably im mune from ever contracting measles again. Persons who have never had the measles or have not had a second dose of measles vaccine since 1980 are strongly advised to come to the health center or see another physi cian for consideration for a dose of the measles vaccine as soon as possi ble. Students have the option to re ceive the measles-only vaccine for $12 or the combination of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine for $26. Chemical (Continued from page 1) Phi Kappa Sigma will host a Millerball game at 8 a.m. Satur day at the Gen. Ormond R. Simp son Drill Field. A Millerball is a six-foot canvas ball, and the game is similar to rugby and soccer. Winners will receive trophies for their accomplishments. Entry fees are $30 per team. All teams, each composed of six members, must be registered for “Advance to Boardwalk,” an evening of entertainment loosely based on the board game Monop oly, will be presented at Texas A&M Saturday as part of the MSC-sponsored All-Night Fair. “All-Night Fair” will be from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday in Dun can Dining Hhll. Admission is $1 for faculty, staff, students and the general public. About 65 student organiza- Millerball by 8 a.m. Chuck Keith, coordinator of the event and a junior political science major at Blinn College, said the event’s proceeds will be given to the Brazos Valley Reha bilitation Center. Keith said the fraternity hopes to raise at least $2,000 to donate to the center. He said the fraternity will pub lish a balance sheet within two weeks of the event. tions will be on hand with a vari ety of game booths with both tra ditional and creative activities. Tickets for the games can be pur chased for 10 cents each. Free entertainment includes music, dancing, giant Twister games, a life-size chess match fea turing human playing pieces and Monty Python skits. An estimated crowd of 5,000 is expected to attend the event. do is prevent it from occurring again.” Stiteler said his department is aware of a similar incident that oc curred 10 years ago. The occurrences are not frequent and the likelihood of this happening again is not high, he said, but there is always the potential unless precau tions are taken to insure that refrig erators, or other means of storage, -<>-*= explosion proof their situation can change before they are willing to become interested in creating change. Galindo said for change to be pos sible, people must live in a free so ciety. Biles said the idea of opportunity Stiteler said cleanup of the old Chemistry Building started last week. The building will be cleaned and left as is for the time being, he said. He said it is his understanding that the labs will not be renovated now, because that wing of the build ing is scheduled to be renovated next year. The explosion and damage caused from the explosion have not affected daily operations in the building, he said. is an important part of freedom in American society. “Not everyone succeeds, but the opportunity is there,” Biles said. Biles said the two most important ideas the United States can leave the rest of the world are the respect for individual differences and an educa tional system that blends tradition and progress. Monopoly theme flavors All-Night Fair Round table (Continued from page 1) Skinheads convicted of racist acts Minority leaders hail guilty verdict in white supremacist trial shouS: dom« useed jus i Cw DALLAS (AP) — Minority leaders say the con victions Thursday of five white supremacist “skinheads” on conspiracy charges indicates “the average American is fed up with racist igno rance.” An all-white federal court jury deliberated for about four hours over two days before finding five members of the so-called “skinhead” group guilty of racially motivated hate crimes against Jews, African-Americans and Hispanics. The five were accused of defacing a synagogue and chasing African-Americans and Hispanics from a park named after a Confederate general in 1988. “We’re gratified that the American judicial sys tem is working and that the people have affirmed that they will not accept hate crimes or violence directed at any group Dased on race or religious beliefs,” said Morris Stein, executive director of the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas. “When the civil rights of groups are protected, the civil rights of all are assured,” he added. The trial drew' national attention from such groups as the Anti-Defamation League, which is sued a statement from New York calling the ver dict “a major victory in the continuing battle against hate-inspired violence by skinheads around the country.” Skinheads, characterized by their closely sha ven heads, espouse a white supremacist philoso phy. All five skinheads were charged in two counts of the indictment with conspiring to violate the civil rights of minorities in the synagogue and parks incidents. A third count of the indictment charged three of them with firearms violations. One man, Mi chael Lewis Lawrence, 22, of Tulsa, Okla., was cleared of the Firearms charge but w as convicted with the others on the other counts. 'The defendants are Jon Lance Jordan, 19, of Garland; Sean Christian Tarrant, 20, and Daniel Alvis Wood, 20, of Dallas; Lawrence, 22, of Tulsa, Okla.; and Christopher Barry Greer, 25, of Irving. U.S. District Judge Barefoot Sanders said the earliest possible sentencing date would be April 19. All five remained in custody. Rabbi Kenneth Roseman, whose Temple Sha lom in North Dallas was vandalized, praised the jury’s verdict, but added, “Just because five peo ple have been convicted, that doesn’t mean there aren’t more radicals and bigots around.” Don Robinson, president of the Dallas chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, agreed. “Racism exists without a doubt,” he said. “Most of it’s been quiet and discreet. This (skinhead ac tivity) was just an outward expression of the way some people secretly feel.” ’^ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ^ZZZZZ Si s Si si s Si 3 TEXAS HALL OF FAME Your #1 Live Country Night Spot! Fri. night - Free Bar Drinks & Draft Beer 8-11 p.m. N Special FX - Live! Sat. night - Any Single Shot Bar Drink, $ 1 Longnecks, margaritas Bubha Cox - Livo! College & Faculty I.D.’s - $2°° OFF Admission 822-2222 2309 FM 2818 South \233Z32233323Z2ZZ33Z3Z, Mardi Gras jiazhj 5 not oue-Z ij^t' TONIGHT! 8:00 - 12:00 Semi-formal MSC Ballroom Tickets $5 at the door. 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He wishes Jackson’s course was available when he studied for his doctorate. This reporter attended the seminar and personally wit nessed the athletes use mem ory techniques to master French, Portuguese, anatomy names and faces. What impressed this writer the most is how memory tech niques are used in reading and listening. “Contrary to popular belief people are not born with good memories, it can be taught, I have taught thousands. I have taught it to those wanting to use it to increase their G.P.A. to those with perfect G.P.A.s who wish to cut down on study time while maintaining high grades,” Jackson said. “Our present educational sys tem gives high grades to those who can memorize. If you re member more of what you hear in lectures and remember all of what you read, you will get higher grades,” Jackson added. “I know many techniques and teach my students the one that fits them best. Right now all stu dents use the “Rote” memoriza tion system taught in school. Under “Rote” you have to go over and over what you want to learn. As far as I am concerned, “Rote” is the worst. What stu dent has that much time to re peat information enough times to get top grades?” says Jack- son. Jackson will be in College Station at the College Station Community Center, Monday, March 5, for two sessions. One in the afternoon at 2:00 PM. and a second session at 6:00 PM. The tution for the S-Vz hour ses sion is $55.00 for pre-registra tion, or $100.00 for two registra tions. Jackson is only accepting 30 persons in each class on a first come first served basis. His guarantee is strong and he means it unconditionally. He guarantees, at the very least, to double your memory. Make taking tests easier, and remember more of your educa tion. Registration is easy. 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