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Monday, November 11, 1991
Institute gives world-wide view
A&M foundation deals with
international affairs, issues
JAY JANNER/The Battalion
Ron Hatchett, deputy director for programs at the Mosher
Institute. The institute informs people about international policy.
By Melinda Cox
The Battalion
It's located at the entrance of
Texas A&M's Research Park and
its sole concern is international
affairs and issues.
It has helped establish the
A&M campus as a center for in
ternational research and could
link the University with the rest
of the world.
It is the Mosher Institute for
Defense Studies and Dr. Ron
Hatchett is its deputy director
for programs.
Hatchett says the primary ob
jective of the institute is to help
inform people on issues the
country is facing in international
affairs and policy. He says this
form of education is important
because the better informed peo
ple are, the better decisions they
will make.
The Mosher Institute devel
ops its objective and helps in
form the public through the re
search done by “think tanks,"
Hatchett says.
Think tanks are small groups
of people who analyze and re
search different regions of the
world and the governmental,
cultural and economical aspects
of that region. Research is con
ducted on all levels of the gov
ernment from local to federal.
Members of think tanks are not
elected by the government to
conduct research; they are hired
by institutes or organizations.
Cory Ortigoza is a member of
one such 'think tank.' He is an
undergraduate student who
works for the institute and fo
cuses on the Soviet Union, con
centrating on the country's do
mestic situation.
Ortigoza has published sever
al articles in rtewspapers around
the country, such as the Hous
ton Chronicle and the San Diego
Union.
He says he pollects most of
his research from the Sterling C.
Evans Library and personal con
tacts of his own or through
Hatchett. He says he plans to ac
company Hatchett on a trip to
Russia in November to gather
more research and establish
more contacts.
Hatchett says the research
done by think tanks is important
because the demographic center
is shifting to the Sunbelt states
and Texas needs an articulate in
ternational voice.
This voice comes from com
mentary and published articles
researched at the institute by
think tanks. Because valuable re
search is being published by
those involved with the Mosher
Institute, the voice that is need
ed comes from A&M. He says
A&M is an appropriate area of
focus for this international voice.
"No university has a better
record than A&M in terms of.
servicing the national interests
and servicing the national de
fense interests and so it seems to
me that Texas A&M is the logi
cal place for that focus," Hatch
ett says.
He adds that A&M supports
this idea with a variety of inter
national programs and educa
tional connections with universi
ties around the world, but says
the University needs a center for
international security and for
eign policy.
Hatchett says he wants the
Mosher Institute to be the nucle
us for that element of A&M's in
ternational character, adding
that he believes the University
should have a degree in Interna
tional Studies.
Hatchett says the school
should emphasize international
policy and affairs because of the
attention these areas receive
from President Bush.
It would not be hard to struc
ture such-a-school because the
University^Tf+eady has many
staff mem tiers ca pab^pf putting
together an integrated program
that would result in students re
ceiving training for international
relations, Hatchett says.
But such a program requires
money and that is what the insti
tute has little of.
Hatchett says the institute re
ceives no money from A&M. All
funds are provided by Ed Mosh
er, Class of '28.
The institute was established
in 1988 and Mosher donates
$175,000 a year and will until
1998. The idea for the institute
came about at an A&M football
game. Mosher was talking to
then A&M President Frank Van
diver, and asked him what the
University wasn't doing to be
come a top school. Vandiver
said the University wasn't focus
ing on international issues. This
gave Mosher the idea for the in
stitute.
Budgetary restrictions are
one of the reasons A&M doesn't
provide funds to the institute, he
says. But Hatchett says he is en
couraged that changes might be
made because Mobley has the
vision and knows an interna
tional focus is the way to go.
However, Hatchett adds that
A&M cannot have a strong inter
national voice unless the insti
tute is provided with enough
funds to do the research.
"The lack &f sufffwrt from
governmental agencies and the
university limits the institute in
what we are able to do," Hatch
ett says.
Redistricting plan
faces unsure future
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
Justice Department is expected to
rule Tuesday on the validity of
Texas' state House redistricting
plan, but the verdict is far from the
end of the road for the controver
sial map.
Even if the Justice Department
decides the plan does not dilute
minority voting strength, several
legal hurdles must be cleared be
fore it can be used.
The House plan is one of four
approved earlier this year by the
Legislature. Only the state Board
of Education map has not drawn
the ire of minority groups and Re
publicans, who are fighting the
legislative and congressional plans
in several legal venues.
Challenges are under way in a
South Texas state district court
and federal courts in Austin,
Brownsville and Washington, D.C.
The Justice Department, which
will rule on the three other maps
later this month, likely will find
the House plan invalid, some con
tend.
"We think we're going to pre
vail not only in the Department of
Justice but in the courthouse/'
said Fred Meyer, chairman of the
Texas GOP.
An attorney for the Mexican
American Legal Defense and Edu
cational Fund, which also filed
suit against the House plan,
agreed.
"I don't think they are going to
preclear the House plan," said
MALDEF's Judith Sanders Castro.
But the attorney general's office
expressed confidence that no ma
jor stumbling blocks will block ap
proval of the plan.
"What we are hoping is that if
there are any objections that they
will be minor objections and that
we can resolve those problems
(and) make whatever correction or
compromise we need to make
with the Justice Department," said
Ron Dusek, a spokesman for
Texas Attorney General Dan
Morales.
Galleries reopen
MSC Forsyth Center
features glass artwork
By Melody Dunne
The Battalion
The MSC Forsyth Center Gal
leries celebrated its grand reopen
ing this weekend, showcasing the
glass art collection of Bill and Irma
Runyon.
Runyon, Class of '35, donated
the works in 1988 which feature a
variety of 19th and 20th century
glasswork.The Forsyth Center
Galleries opened in Febuary 1989.
Timothy Novak, curator of the
galleries, said the Runyon's art
collection is the largest monetary
gift Texas A&M has received.
The galleries closed early dur
ing the summer and reopened al
most one month ago after con
struction was completed on dis
play cases.
Novak said he would like peo
ple to know that there are many
new things to see in the collection.
Of about 1,140 art objects, only 150
have been seen before due to
space in the galleries. Glass cases
have been built in the galleries to
allow the smaller objects to be ful
ly seen.
Included in the collection are a
diverse collection of American
paintings and one of the world's
best collections of English Cameo
glass, Novak said.
The painting collections consist
of western scene paintings from
many major artists including Rem
ington and Sharp.
American Impressionists from
Mary Cassatt to Childe Hassam
are also included in the collection.
The MSC Forsyth Center Gal
leries are located in the southwest
corner of the MSC across from the
post office. Admission is free.
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