Friday, February 8, 1991
The Battalion
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What s Gp
Friday
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: general discussion at noon. Call CPDE for more in
formation.
CHILDREN’S DIVORCE GROUP: conducting open registration for a support group
for children 9 to 12 in a divorce situation at the TAMU Counseling and As
sessment Clinic. A concurrent parent group also is available. Call 845-8021
for more information.
COLOMBIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: general meeting and selection of design
for the association’s t-shirt — please bring designs — at 7 p.m. in 200 Kle
berg. Call Juan at 775-0645 or 845-3545 for more information.
UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRIES: weekly Bible study at 6 p.m. in A&M Presbyterian
Church office. Everyone welcome! This week's topic “Philippians.” Call
Stacy at 847-5300 for more information.
A&M HILLEL: will have Shabbat services 8 p.m. at the Hillel Jewish Student Cen
ter. Call 696-7313 for more information.
AFRICAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION: special meeting 7 p.m. in 308 Rudder to
complete revisions to the constitution of ASA. Call Lynn Hanson at 846-
0276 for more information.
BRAZILIAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION: Brazilian Carnival with Suzanne Sharp
and the Samba Police at 9:30 p.m. at Front Porch Cafe. $6 cover at the door,
costumes optional. Call Miguel at 693-0692 for more information.
OFF-CAMPUS AGGIES: dinner club at 7 p.m. at Captains Oyster Bar on Villa
Maria. Call Brian at 823-6517 for more information.
TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION COALITION: car caravan to tour Fossil Rim
Wildlife Center in Glen Rose will meet at 5 p.m. in Skagg's parking lot. Non
members welcome. Plan for overnight stay. Call Chris at 693-0676 or at 361-
4140, or Kerry at 847-4408 for more information.
Saturday
LITERARY ARTS: free writer's workshop from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in 501 Rudder.
OMEGA PHI ALPHA: Pledge-Active picnic from 2 to 6 p.m. in Hensel Park, or in
145 MSC if it rains. Call Sandra at 847-0188 for more information.
PAKISTAN CLUB: meeting for international students week at 7 p.m. in 401 Rudder.
TEXAS A&M FLYING CLUB: all-day plane wash at the Clubhouse beginning at
10:30 a.m. Call Kevin Pate at 847-7955 for more information.
KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY INC.: Greek Olympiad at 7 p.m. at G. Rollie
White Coliseum. Tickets are on sale at the MSC Box Office.
AUDUBON FIELD TRIP: field trip to the lakes of Brazos County to see wintering
waterfowl. Call Tonna Harris-Haller at 845-4606 or 776-8324 for more infor
mation.
Sunday
UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRIES: Sunday night study-discussion groups at 5:30. All
denominations welcome. Disciples of Christ in 145 MSC at A&M Presbyte
rian Church. Call Stacy Mills at 847-5300 for more information.
TAMU ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: guest speaker Doug Barr will discuss the Ecology
of Coral Reefs at 7 p.m. in 510 Rudder. Call Caryl at 268-1162 for more infor
mation.
BRAZOS VALLEY ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP: meet
ing to slate and vote on officers and discuss latest newsletter from “Alzheim
er s Disease and related Disorders Association” at 3 p.m. in 160 Medical Sci
ence Building. Call Jan at 776-2277 or Pat at 693-1680 for more
information.
LUTHERAN STUDENT FELLOWSHIP: fellowship supper and Bible study 6 p.m. at
the Lutheran Student Center.
SOCIETY FOR CREATIVE ANACHRONISM: dance practice of Middle Ages style
dancing at 8:30 p.m. in MSC 225. Call Star Fisher at 845-7768 or 846-3113
for more information.
Monday
MSC ALL-NIGHT FAIR: general meeting at 8:30 p.m. in 404 Rudder. Call Michelle
at 847-1757 for more information.
POLITICAL SCIENCE SOCIETY: Dr. Dixon will speak about internships at 7 p.m. in
229 MSC. Call Melissa at 764-6586 for more information.
R.C.I.A.: formerly the Inquiry Class, meets from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the St. Mary’s Stu
dent Center. This course is designed for ail those interested in becoming
Catholic. Call 846-5717 for more information.
PHI THETA KAPPA ALUMNI: general meeting at 7 p.m. in 230 MSC. Call Julie
Cowley at 845-1957 for more information.
TEXAS A&M SAILING TEAM: meeting and yearbook pictures in 104 Zachry. Call
Ron Rogers at 764-1929 for more information.
BAPTIST STUDENT UNION: Transfer care group and freshman care group
meet at 7:45 p.m. in the Baptist Student Union, behind Loupot’s. Call Craig
at 846-7722 for more information.
ALPHA ZETA: meeting at 7 p.m. in 113 Kleberg. Call Tracy at 696-1064 for more
information.
STUDENT ORGANIZATION FOR ANIMALS AND ANIMAL RESEARCH: Dr.
Duane C. Kraemer presents “Animal Research for the Preservation of En
dangered Species” during general meeting at 7 p.m. in 113 Kleburg.
UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRIES: will have an information table in the MSC main
hall from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for all those interested in retreat, Aggie Supper,
Bible study and Sunday study groups. For more information, call Stacy Miles
at 847-5300.
TAMU HISTORY CLUB: will have a general meeting and view the Martin Luther
King Jr. movie, “I Have A Dream” at 7 p.m. in 507 Rudder. For more informa
tion call Eric Lopez at 693-8561.
LAMBDA SIGMA SOPHOMORE HONOR SOCIETY: will have a make-up informa
tional session about Lambda Sigma requirements and qualifications at 7 p.m.
in 208D Pavilion for those who missed the previous meeting. Applications
will be handed out at this meeting.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general disscussion at noon. Call the
Center for Drug Prevention for more information: 845-0280.
STUDENT COALITION AGAINST APARTHEID AND RACISM: will have a general
meeting and lecture by Joe Srrtith at 8:30 p.m. in Rudder (check monitor for
room number). There will be further organization of the benefit. All new
members welcome.
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come, first-served basis. There is no guarantee an entry will run. If you have ques
tions, call the newsroom at 845-3316.
Mosbacher
urges approval
of free trade
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Com
merce Secretary Robert Mos
bacher Thursday urged business
leaders to push their congressio
nal representatives for a swift ap
proval of a free trade agreement
with Mexico.
“There are a lot of congress
men that need convincing that we
need to extend the fast track,”
Mosbacher told the San Antonio
World Affairs Council.
Fast-track negotiations would
ensure quicker
passage of the
agreement be
cause Congress
could not
amend the pact
and “pick a
little, pick a
little” before
voting on it,
Mosbacher said.
“We don’t Mosbacher
want that to
happen because even the young
est here might not live long
enough to see a finalized
agreement,” Mosbacher said.
Formal negotiations are expected
to begin in March and conclude
by the end of the year.
A free trade agreement would
eliminate tariffs and other trade
restraints between the nations. It
was announced earlier this week
that Canada also will be involved.
Supporters say a free trade
agreement with Mexico would ex
pand business opportunities and
make North America more com
petitive worldwide.
But some opponents, including
organized labor, contend it could
take away jobs from the United
States because of cheap labor
available south of the border.
“I’m not sure we can persuade
their leaders, but I think we can
persuade their membership,”
Mosbacher said of labor unions.
Mosbacher said he will con
tinue providing examples of trou
bled companies that have moved
some operations to Mexico but
kept jobs here, thereby staying in
business.
Companies already are moving
jobs from the United States to
countries with cheaper labor,
Mosbacher said. By moving them
a shorter distance away, he said,
those companies use the U.S.
transportation system and infras
tructure and create jobs.
His counterpart in Mexico,
Jaime Serra Puche, secretary of
commerce and industrial devel
opment, also spoke to the about
500 Texas business people at the
World Affairs Council gathering.
Guardsmen return to Fort Hood
Others attempt
to join defection
KILLEEN (AP) — Louisiana Na
tional Guardsmen, some of whom
had been absent without leave, be
gan returning to Fort Hood Thurs
day, saying they had accomplished
their goal of drawing attention to
conditions at the U.S. Army post.
Guard commanders, meanwhile,
said they had blocked an attempt by
others to charter buses and join the
exodus.
Sixty-seven members of the 4,387-
person 256th Infantry Brigade had
left the central Texas post by
Wednesday, Brig. Gen. Gary
Whipple said Thursday; 40 of them
were declared absent without leave
and 27 had one-day passes.
He said 38 had returned by mid
afternoon, and “we expect all will be
back this evening.” He would not
provide a breakdown of how many
of the 38 had been declared AWOL.
Whipple said another large group
had been planning to leave and had
chartered a number of buses to take
them to Shreveport, La., but “we
canceled their travel yesterday.”
Whipple said 22 guardsmen were
questioned and three were detained.
He declined to give further details.
“I was disappointed these soldiers
sought to solve this problem in this
manner,” Whipple, who commands
the brigade that traces its roots back
to the Civil War, said.
In New Orleans, Maj. Gen. Ansel
Stroud, head of the Louisiana Na
tional Guard, said top Army brass
was upset by the incident.
“You’ve got a platoon of four-star
generals concerned,” he said.
Whipple promised “senior grade”
officials would investigate the
guardsmen’s complaints but gener
ally dismissed their claims of mis
treatment and racism.
“The training is very intensive,
very difficult, physically demanding
and stressful, but that’s what combat
is like,” Whipple said.
Stroud also said he saw no evi
dence of mistreatment or unreaso
nably harsh training when he went
to Fort Hood last month to check out
complaints by a New Orleans-based
unit.
The commanders also disputed a
claim that the entire brigade had
been confined to the post.
“I have no reason to believe any
administration action has been taken
by units of the 256th,” Stroud said.
Specialist Derrick Guidry, who
said he had been arrested by military
police and federal agents, told his
hometown television station the en
tire brigade had been confined to
the post.
Meanwhile, two of the returning
guardsmen said they had accom-
E lished what they set out to do: pub-
cize their mistreatment by the LT.S.
Army.
Sgt. Byron Lloyd and Pvt. Eric
Hall came back after a nearly 13-»
hour bus ride from their homes in
Shreveport. They said they had left
Tuesday night without passes.
No military police were visible
Thursday at the Killeen bus station,
where returning guardsmen were
expected to arrive throughout the
day. The Army said the defections
was the first mass protest by U.S.
troops training for the Persian Gulf
War.
Fort Hood, located midway be
tween Waco and Austin, has de
ployed about 23,000 troops.
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