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Editorial Board
Editor
Timm Doolen
Managing Editor
Todd Stone
City Editor
Sean Frerking
News Editors
Jennifer Jeffus
Callie Wilcher
Art Director
Richard James
Lifestyles Editor
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Rob Newberry
Sports Editor
Jayme Blaschke
Opinion Editor
Keith Sartin
Editorial Policy
The Battalion is published da
ily except Saturday, Sunday, holi
days, exam periods and when
school is not in session during fall
and spring semesters. Publication
is Tuesday through Friday dur
ing the summer sessions. The
newsroom phone number is 845-
3316.
The Battalion is a non-profit,
self-supporting newspaper oper
ated as a community service to
Texas A&M University and
Bryan-College Station.
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Program allows students to learn abroad
By Robin Goodpaster
The Battalion
Other cultures will not be so
foreign to some Texas A&M stu
dents thanks to the MSC Jordan
Institute for International
Awareness.
Luke Altendorf, director of the
institute, said a person with in
ternational experience will have
an advantage over a person who
Governor
pushes for
state lottery
AUSTIN (AP) — For lawmak
ers seeking to balance the state
budget, it boils down to approv
ing a lottery or
raising taxes.
Gov. Ann
Richards said
Thursday.
Richards,
who has
pushed lot
tery since tak
ing office as a
way to raise • . .
needed funds,
also said she believes lawmakers
this summer finally will agree
with her.
"1 mean, the choice is they're
either going to vote for a lottery
or they're going to vote for a tax
bill," she said in an interview
with The Associated Press.
"And I think their inclination is
to vote for the lottery."
Lottery legislation has died in
1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988,
1989, 1990 and earlier this year.
Opponents say they again will
fina the votes to defeat it.
But in the Legislature's current
special session, lawmakers are
struggling to bridge a projected
$4.8 billion spending deficit.
has no experience abroad.
The Jordan Institute is ded
icated to Leland T. Jordan by his
wife Jessie and has been in exis
tence since 1986.
The Jordan Institute offers sev
eral programs to help students
expand tneir horizons. The Jor
dan Fellows Program sends stu
dents interested in pursuing an
international career overseas.
Students design their own
program and are supported by a
grant from the Jordan Institute.
Students have traveled to Aus
tralia, China, Russia, Japan and
England.
With the Living Abroad Pro
gram, 10 students per year live
with a family in another counhy
and work at a job dealing with
their major. Last year, students
traveled to the Dominican Re
public for one month.
The Exchange Program is
somewhat different, trading stu
dents from A&M with students
from Germany. Students live
with families while they stay in
the foreign country.
The Jordan Institute also sup
ports other international pro
grams through the Jordan En
richment Program.
One example of this is the
Brown Bag Luncheon, a pro
gram where various musicians
and speakers perform to enrich
students culturally.
Altendorf said speakers spon
sored by the Jordan Institute also
help educate students about
their cultural opportunities. For
example, seminars about travel
ing to Europe are helpful to stu
dents who go to Europe on their
own.
Jordan and his wife lived in
various places around the world.
One souvenir of their travels is
Jordan's knighthood, granted by
the Queen of England. Other
mementos the Jordans gathered
are displayed in the Jordan Col
lection m 223 MSC.
Financial aid eases burden on young farmers
Department of Agriculture offers loans
By Jeff M, Brown
The Battalion
Texas' Department of Agri-
Jepc
culture will give beginning
fanners financial relief by cre
ating the Young Farmer Endow
ment Program, which estab
lishes interest-free loans for
individuals between the ages of
18 and 40.
Roland S aith. Agriculture
Extension Program leader, said
the intent of uie program will be
to provide the opportunity for
young people to get started.
Smith said approved appli
cants will be able to receive up
to $50,000.
Rossanna Salazar of the Texas
Department of Agriculture said,
"Eligible Borrowers" must have
four years of practical farm or
ranch experience, with no more
than two years of participation
in a 4-H or vocational agricul
ture program counting.
The applicant also must sub
mit a 10-year plan to his local
county agricultural extension
agent and then to the Agricultu
ral Finance Authority Tor final
approval.
The collection of an additio
nal $5 from the sale of farm li
cense plates will fund the pro
gram beginning Jan. 1, 1992,
with loans being reviewed sub
ject to the availabilty of funds.
"(Texas A&M's) Texas Agri
cultural Extension Service will
provide assistance to any indi
viduals interested in the pro
gram," Smith said. "We can
look over an applicant's 10-year
plan or the agncultural science
teacher in his local school dis
trict can help."
Salazar said the funds can be
used for many different pur
poses including the purchase of
feed, seed, fertilizer, livestock,
farm equipment, lease of farm
land and repayment of loans
made by other lenders.
An applicant's approval will
be judged on several different
criteria. The Finance Authority
will look at the applicants qual
ifications, his farm budget,
other sources of income and the
ability of the individual to keep
the farm going.
Smith said in the past pro
grams of this type have not had
a lot of requests, but loans that
are interest-free may make a dif
ference.
He also noted that $50,000 is
not a lot of money when it
comes to beginning a farm. Ap
plicants will probably need
other avenues of assistance.
"The intent of the Legislature
is admirable, but it's going to
take some time to get the pro
gram started," Smith said.
Polling place in gay area should be moved, GOP official says
DALLAS (AP) — County commissioners
should move a polling place from a gay and
lesbian center because some voters won't go
to the center to cast their ballots, a GOP
election official said.
"You just have to recognize that people
are concerned about going into that neigh
borhood because they fear for their safety
(in the high-crime area) and that it is a gay
and lesbian community center," said Ross
Brannian, a Republican election judge.
He said many older, conservative resi
dents of Dallas' Turtle Creek area are shun
ning the Gay and Lesbian Community Cen
ter.
However, Brian Drummond, a Demo
cratic election judge, said efforts to move
the polling place out of the community cen
ter are politically motivated.
"The gay thing is just a smoke screen,"
said Drummond. "The real issue is political.
Just because it is a gay community center
doesn't make it a poor place to vote. Voter
turnout proves that." ’ (
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