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Wednesday, September 5,1990
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We asked and here’s what you said...
Do you support President Bush’s decision to send troops to aid in the
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Bill Braden
Assistant to director of Texas Ag
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“Absolutely. I think we have a
lot of things at stake as far as sup
porting not only our country, but
the world as far as the energy sup
ply goes. The main thing 1 am con
cerned about is, here’s a case of a
leader from a country invading
another country and taking over
and that can happen anywhere.
We need to prevent that sort of
thing from happening.”
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Chad Engelgau
Junior— History
Urbana, III.
“Yes, I think they need to be
there to aid other nations, sanc
tions and finish the conflict.”
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Richard Helmick
Professor — Environmental De
sign
University of Missouri
“I support his decision to send
troops to the Middle East for de
fensive purposes only. What I’m
worried about is his sending offen
sive units — I question whether
that’s appropriate.”
Suzie Sewalt
Senior — Marketing
Fort Worth
“Yes, because the United States
needs to exert a presence in the
Middle East. Sometimes when
people get caught up in the emo
tional issues of what is going on,
they are not so aware of the eco
nomic issues.”
Michael Modisette
Junior — Business Management
Corpus Christi
“I do, because we have to de
fend Saudi Arabia because they
are an important ally and we have
important economic interests in
the Middle East.”
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Lenny Supnet
Junior — Biology
Corpus Christi
“I do because I don’t think it is
right what Iraq is doing to Kuwait
— like they don’t even have an
identity. I think America could
really help out in the situation.”
Editor’s note: “We asked and here’s what you said” is a feature in which a re
porter and a photographer randomly choose 10 people from around campus
Mark Hattan
Senior— Marketing
Hot Springs, Ark.
“Yes I do because we have inter
ests in the Middle East that we
need to protect.”
Shanta Chambers
Freshman — Business
Bryan
“Personally, I don’t think we
should be involved. We are too in
volved with foreigners — some
times we should just leave them
alone.”
Brad Wilson
Senior — Finance
Beeville
“Yes, I think he
our interests.”
David Bilbo
Professor— Construction Science
“I support it primarily because
is protecting our economy and well being is de-
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By SEAN FRERKING
Of The Battalion Staff
Armed with a terse new slogan
and TV and radio commercials, the
same agencies that created the
“Don’t Mess with Texas” anti-litter
campaign have teamed up to tackle
the more serious problem of traffic
fatalities and accidents.
The State Department of High
ways and Public Transportation and
Austin’s GSD&M Advertising have
launched a public awareness cam
paign meant to inform Texans about
safety on the state’s highways.
The safety slogan is “Drive safely.
Don’t wreck your life.”
The new one-year advertising
program, which started during La
bor Day weekend, will target men
aged 16 to 30. This group has been
determined by state research as most
responsible for traffic fatalities and
accidents.
The campaign is using three TV
commercials to try to educate the
public.
One of the three commercials
starts with a teen-aged boy hitting
the winning run of a softball game.
“What we are trying to
do is to get peopie,
and especially young
men, to think.”
— Karen LeFevre,
Highways and public
transportation department
His team celebrates the victory with
beer. The game’s hero gets in his car
and then swerves and drives off the
road.
The TV screen switches to black
with the following message in white,
“It was a time to celebrate. So Matt
killed his best friend.”
“It only takes a second for an acci
dent to happen. Be a safe driver.
Don’t wreck your life,” an off-screen
announcer warns.
Karen LeFevre, special programs
director for the highways and public
transportation department, said the
new campaign is meant to shock the
target audience into thinking about
the consequences of reckless driving.
“Yes, they are shocking commer
cials,” LeFevre said. “What we are
trying to do is to get people, and es
pecially young men, to think.”
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