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Class agent hopefuls
must attend meeting
By JULIE MYERS
Of The Battalion Staff
the class and the association.
Among the many duties class
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May, August and December
gradnating seniors interested in
seeking election to class agent for
the Class of ’90 will meet March
22 at 4:30 p m. in the Clayton
Williams Alumni Center.
Attendance is required in or
der to seek election. Voting will
be April 10 and 1 t at the Associa
tion of Former Students annual
Spring induction Banquet.
Requirements, qualifications
and tne duties of being a class
agent will be discussed by Jim
Jeter, Class of '70, associate exec
utive director of the association,
'and Class Programs Coordinator
Jean Hei ftet t-Wiesenburg.
“The importance of the posi
tion of class agent cannot be un
does tima ted, ” H erbert - W tesen ♦
burg said.
Class agents serve five-year
terms as members of the associa
tion's council, the longest volun
teer term of any position on ei
ther the board or council.
Presently, there are 138 class
agents representing 70 classes,
from the Class of ’17 through the
Class of ’89.
Depending on the size and
wishes of each class, members
elect one to four agents every five
years to act as liaisons between
association activities and news is a
priority.
Herhert-Wiesenburg said com
munication by class agents has
been a major factor in garnering
former student support for the
many programs of the association
which include academic, pro
grams, students’ loans, student
activities, and other special pro
jects.
Early in the 1890s. the class
agent concept was instituted into
the organizational structure of
what was then the Alumni Asso
ciation. This was designed to
maintain unity of classes after
graduation.
In June 1893, the idea was for
mally adopted by an amendment
to the Association's constitution.
The use of the class agent as a
point-of-romact for felkw Aggie
classmates has developed over the
years as one of the strongest at
tributes of today's association.
All seniors planning to attend .
the mandatory meeting and those
who cannot attend should contact
Herhert-Wiesenburg in the Class
Programs Office of the Associa
tion of Former Students, 845-
75M, for information regarding
eligibility.
Fraternity members get involved
Thirteen IFC representatives join B-CS Chamber of Commerce
By TODD L. CONNELLEY
Of The Battalion Staff
Members of the Texas A&M Intra-Fraternity
Council have found an additional activity to oc
cupy their time — Bryan-College Station Cham
ber of Commerce meetings.
Darren Smith, a member of Tau Kappa Epsi
lon and president of the IFC, came up with the
idea last semester as a way for fraternity mem
bers to get more involved in the community.
“I thought it would be a good way for us to
show community support,” Smith said.
The IFC is a 26-member organization made of
representatives of each fraternity. Thirteen of
these representatives are elected to the Executive
Council. It is this elite group that attends B-CS
Chamber of Commerce meetings.
The B-CS Chamber of Commerce is a mem
bership organization open to anyone who wants
to get involved.
These members of the community meet about
every other month and discuss financial and po
litical aspects of the Twin Cities.
K. Jack Speer, executive vice president of the
chamber, said various members of the local com
munity belong to the organization.
“Our membership really runs the gamut,”
Speer said. “We have everyone from local leaders
to the housewife who just wants to help build in
the community.”
He said the 1,300-member group welcomes
the addition of fraternity members.
“We are delighted,” he said. “We encourage
young leadership to get involved. We especially
like to get groups from A&M,” he said.
Smith said fraternity members play a passive
role during the educational meetings.
“Right now when we attend meetings, we just
observe,” Smith said. “It’s a learning process
right now. Our place is to let them conduct their
business.”
Speer strongly encouraged more students to
involve themselves in the chamber of commerce.
The only requirement for members are annual
dues of $145.
Awards announced for international week
By JULIE MYERS
Of The Battalion Staff
Contest winners from the 10th
Annual International Week were an
nounced this week by International
Student Services.
Cultural display gold awards were
awarded to Indonesia, Mexico, Paki
stan, Sri Lanka, Lebanon and Ban
gladesh.
International Buffet Gold Awards
were presented to the Arab Club, for
its roast lamb and rice, and baklava;
India, for its chicken and vegetables
in curried sauce; Indonesia, for its
peanut crisps and soft corn patties;
the Chinese Student Association, for
its ravioli and sweet and sour meat;
and Turkey, for its baklava and pilaf
with raisins.
Talent show gold awards were
based on different criteria than
other gold award presentations.
ISS Student Adviser Tina Watkins
said the talent show was judged
according to organization, poise and
performance as opposed to the en
tertainment value of the presenta
tion.
“We should never judge cultures,”
Watkins said.
Consequently, Watkins said there
are no first, second or third places.
The countries that win a gold award
share five first places. Puerto Rico,
India, Vietnam, France and the Phil
ippines won gold awards in the tal
ent competition.
Their depiction of a living book
earned Puerto Rican students one of
IsS Student Adviser Tina
Watkins said the talent
show was judged
according to organization,
poise and performance as
opposed to the
entertainment value of the
presentation.
the five awards.
Indian students also received an
award for their stick dance.
Vietnamese students’ delicate fan
dance was cited for an award, as
were French students who took the
audience on a tour of Paris complete
with a subway and famous French
landmarks. A rhythmic coconut
dance earned the Filipino students a
gold award also.
Pakistan won the best of show
award in the art exhibit category.
The United States Student Associa
tion won the drawing and painting
awards. Pakistan won the photogra
phy and crafts awards for art exhib
its. The sculpture award went to the
Chinese Students Association.
The International Week overall
winner was Indonesia based on the
highest point totals in all categories.
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Group hits streets for clues to drug war
AUSTIN (AP) — A citizen-legislator group
searching for answers to what has been called a
drug epidemic in Texas will hit the streets to find
those answers, the chairman said Tuesday.
“We’re going to take you to some crack houses
we’re going to ask you to go on drug raids —
we’re not going to ask you to kick in the door,”
Sen. Ted Lyon told the Task Force on State and
Local Drug Control.
Lyon, D-Rockwall, also said the 14-member
task force would visit prisons to talk to inmates.
After additional hearings in Austin, as well as
nine other cities — McAllen, Laredo, Houston,
Tyler, Dallas, El Paso, Amarillo, Lubbock and
Beaumont — Lyon said he wanted a report com
pleted by mid-summer.
“I think we have a tremendous opportunity if
we get our report done” early enough “then per
haps that will be a focal point of the elections this
ill,” Lyon said at the first meeting of the task
force.
“What’s cooking in the kitchen? Crack’s cook
ing in the kitchen,” Rep. Carolyn Park, R-Bed-
ford, a committee member, said.
She said people talk about a “service station on
We’re going to take you to some
crack houses ... we’re going to ask
you to go on drug raids — we’re not
going to ask you to kick in the door.”
— Ted Lyon,
senator
every corner — we’re going to see the day when
there’s a drug treatment center on every corner.”
Charles Terrell of Dallas, chairman of the
Texas Criminal Justice Board, said, “If we could
cure our drug problems and correct our educa
tional failings, we could stop building new pris
ons.
“In fact, we could close half of what we have
today and rent them out as condos or motels for
those who are adventurous at heart.”
Terrell, citing a “drug problem that is out of
control,” suggested mandatory drug education in
every classroom, beginning with first grade;
funding of 24-hour drug courts in large cities;
use of former military bases as penal facilities for
drug offenders; and front-page newspaper no
tices identifying users.
He suggested life without parole for three
time drug offenders, “or better yet the death
penalty.”
“We should not call it a ‘War on Drugs,’ as they
do in Washington, unless we are prepared to
dedicate a ‘wartime budget’ to the cause, includ
ing the possibility of tax increases,” Terrell said.
Officials search for ways
to increase vaccinations
DALLAS (AP) — Investigators
from the national Center for Dis
ease Control are coming to Dallas
to find ways to reduce the num
ber of children who go without
measles shots and other vaccina
tions.
Dallas County health officials
said the 3-month-old measles epi
demic proves that too many chil
dren are not being immunized,
the Dallas Times Herald said.
By Monday, 1,013 measles
cases had been reported in the
county; more than half were pre
schoolers and most of them
hadn’t been vaccinated, the news
paper reported Wednesday.
The epidemic has resulted in
the death of a 26-year-old Dallas
woman and two unvaccinated
toddlers.
“We have had our noses
rubbed in the fact that we, like
health officials around the coun
try, let down our guard about im
munizations,” Dr. Gordon Green,
Dallas County health director,
said. /
“We’re making up for years of
not doing anything because we
thought people were getting their
immunizations,” he said.
The county’s chief epidemiolo
gist has asked the CDC to include
Dallas in a nationwide study to
help find long-term solutions to
prevent future epidemics.
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