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The Battalion
Thursday, February 13
Groups promote black history
What's Up
Greek Olympiad, cultural extravaganza showcase talents
THURSDAY
By Matari Jones
The Battalion
BLACK
HISTORY
MONTH
A Greek Olympiad and a cultural extrava
ganza exhibiting African art, dance and poetry
are highlight events sponsored by black
sororities and fraternities
here at Texas A&M dur
ing Black History Month.
"The main purpose of
the Greek Olympiad is to
provide a large-scale mi
nority event on campus to
showcase our talents,"
said James Quarles, presi
dent of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
The fraternity will award a $1,000 scholar
ship to the most deserving black male in the
Bryan-College Station area from the proceeds
of this fundraiser, he said. The Olympiad will
take place Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m. in Rudder Audi
torium
The Pan-Hellenic council is sponsoring a
cultural extravaganza Feb. 26 (time to be an
nounced) at Sam Rayburn Junior High School
in College Station. The event will showcase the
talents of various A&M organizations.
Dramatic interpretations, poetry reading
and dance performances will demonstrate to
junior high students the arts are not dead, said
event coordinator Will Adams, a member of
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.
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ent cultures to enhance history/Page 1
Currently there are six Pan-Hellenic organi
zations on campus. The fraternities are Alpha
Phi Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi and Omega Psi
Phi and the sororities are Alpha Kappa Alpha,
Delta Sigma Theta and Sigma Gamma Rho.
"The Pan-Hellenic Council serves as a gov
erning and coordinating board for all the black
greeks that makes and enforces rules," said
Madelyn Petty, president of the council.
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. and Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. will sponsor a pan
el discussion on Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in 502
Rudder. The discussion, titled "Shadows of the
Past: Illuminating Steps for the Future," will
emphasize the importance of black history be
yond the month of February.
"The main topic (of the discussion) will be
the role of the black male and female in the
past, present and future," Omega Psi Phi
member Byron Fletcher said.
A special selection of Negro spirituals and
a performance by the dance ensemble Fade to
Black are also scheduled for the evening, said
Ingrid Warren, chairperson of black history for
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. will host a
symposium Feb. 20 to stress the importance of
interacting with other ethnic groups, president
Tanya Woodside said. Time and place of the
event have not yet been announced.
HOSPICE OF BRAZOS COUNTY: Reservations fori
Hospice Hoedown and Celebrity auction are now being
Music for dancing by Donny Waller. Celebrity auction wi
of items donated for sale. Tickets are $40 per persorl
Reservations must be made by Feb. 18. Event is Feb. 28fro>|
7:30 p.m. to midnight. Call 776-8793 for more information.
TEXAS A&M BLOOD DRIVE COMMITTEE/THE
CROSS: Blood Drive from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Common
Lobby and the Academic Plaza.
Uni
cultural extravaganza Feb. 26 (time to be an- yond the month of February. c
Bentsen: Hire more guards
INS reports 745 inspectors needed for ports
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attor- "It is critical that we add addi- workers at land border crossings,
ney General William Barr's plan to tional people there to provide the because their salaries will be fund-
Petty said Black History Month is off to a
good start. She said Delta Sigma Theta Sorori
ty, Inc. presented a continental breakfast Feb. 1
in which several organizations on campus
gave short summaries of great black leaders
called "Moments in Black History."
FACES (FRESHMEN ADJUSTING TO COLLEGf
EXPERIENCES): Applications for Chair and Sub-Chairsc
Publicity, Finance, Programs, Freshmen, Mentors, M
Training and Administration for the 1992-3 school yearaie
available in the Student Affairs Annex (A-2 lounge at
corner of Moses and Hughes Halls). Applications are
Friday, Feb. 28 in the A-2 lounge by 5 p.m.
DEPARTMENT OF STUDENT ACTIVITIES: Applications fa
cubicle space in the new Student Services Building for (tie
Department of Student Activities will take place through 5p,
Feb. 14. Applications are open to all recognized student]
organizations in room 208 of the Pavilion and must be returnee
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Attor
ney General William Barr's plan to
add 1,300 Immigration and Natu
ralization Service workers falls
, short of what is needed along the
border. Sen. Lloyd Bentsen said
Wednesday.
"Not one border port inspector
would be added even though INS
itself estimates an additional 745
inspectors are needed at land-bor
der ports of entry immediately,"
Bentsen, D-Texas, wrote in a letter
to Barr.
Border crossings already are
congested, swollen by the in
creased traffic between the United
States and Mexico, understaffing
and the need for more crossings.
"I urge you to add land-border
inspectors to your hiring plans,"
Bentsen wrote. "They are needed
to help eliminate bottlenecks that
slow the flow of traffic and com-
"It is critical that we add addi
tional people there to provide the
service that is necessary so that we
can get this trade moving, improv
ing and creating further jobs,"
Bentsen told reporters.
workers at land border crossings,
because their salaries will be fund
ed from a restricted user fee pro
gram.
"The money collected in the
user fee program is collected at
airports and sea-
Not one border port £P rt . s of entr y-
deled That money can
Comptroller
checks lottery
offices for taps
there. Please call 845-1133 for more information.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: General discussion from
a.m to 12:30 p.m. Call the CDPE at 845-0280 for
information.
inspector would be
even though INS itself es- st a/fi n g for air-
timates an additional 745 ports and sea-
inspectors are needed at ports," said INS
land-border ports of entry spokesman Duke
immediately/' Au ® / t j n -
- Sen. Lloyd Bentsen ., h . ope that
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nized that."
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merce to a snaiTs pace at our bor
der ports of entry."
Passage of the proposed North
American Free Trade Agreement,
which would increase economic
ties between the United States and
Mexico, would add to the border's
burden, Bentsen noted.
While touring the border area
near San Diego Sunday, Barr an
nounced the INS would add 300
Border Patrol officers to patrol
along the border, 200 investigators
to probe crimes by illegal aliens,
and 700 other INS airport inspec
tors and immigration workers to
process immigration, asylum and
refugee applications.
An INS spokesman in Wash
ington said the government is
barred from placing the additional
law, anyone arriving from over
seas at an American airport or sea
port must pay a $5 user fee that is
added onto their ticket.
But a Bentsen spokesman said
the INS could fund additional
staffers from other sources.
"I'm not sure I understand the
distinction they are trying to
make. They could certainly pro
vide additional inspectors at bor
der crossing points this year," the
spokesman said.
AUSTIN (AP) - State lottery
offices have been checked for tele
phone wiretaps — but the action
wasn't related to a news leak
about awarding of a multimillion-
dollar lottery contract, a
comptroller's office spokesman
said Wednesday.
However, phone records were
checked from the Y.O. Hilton in
Kerrville after a team from
Comptroller John Sharp's lottery
division spent time there evaluat
ing bids for a contract worth an
estimated $200 million.
Steve Levine, a spokesman for
Sharp's office, said the phone tap
probe was ordered Jan. 22, well
before news reports were pub
lished about the possible selection
of lottery vendors.
"We asked the Department of
Public Safety to help us establish
as tight a security as possible for
the lottery, and that included
sweeping the phones," he said.
"Nothing was found," he said.
"And there was no connection
whatever with the (phone) sweep
and the concern about news
leaks."
STUDENT Y PROJECT XOXO: Charity fundraiserfoi
American Heart Association. Balloons only $1. You
a prize attached to the bottom. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the
hallway. Call 847-4357 for more information.
Excel (EXCELLENCE uniting culture, EDUCATIONS
LEADERSHIP): Applications for Student Development
Finance, Programming and OSA Chair are available in 148
MSC. Applications are due at 5 p.m. Feb. 20. Call Verlon
Johnson or Pamela Wells at 845-4565 for more information.
AGGIE ANTHROPOLOGISTS:
Duddley’s.
Meeting at 4 p.m. at
GAY AND LESBIAN STUDENT SERVICES: In observanceof
National Condom Week, the meeting topic is “Condom-sense, :
Safer Sex and AIDS.” Ms. Susie Griswald and representatives
from Project MAIN will present the program. Free condoms will
be distributed. 7 p.m. in 401 Rudder. Call the Gayline at 847-
0321 for more information.
FACULTY CLUB: Book review luncheon'featuring Arthur H
Blair of Mosher Institute and his new book At War in the l
A Chronology. $7.50/members. 11:45 aim. at the Faculty!
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