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Campus Page 2 The Battalion Friday, April 23,1993 DEC to sponsor rally against KKK By JENNIFER SMITH The Battalion The Diversity and Equality Coalition will sponsor a political rally Saturday in an effort to keep curious spectators away from the Ku Klux Klan rally. The DEC rally will be held from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the steps of the Administration Building. Jeffrey Brown, an English and history major, said the KKK is encouraged when the public is silent and apathetic. But going to their rally to protest will just encourage them further. "A lot of people go the the KKK rally because of the novelty of it," Brown said. "But going to the KKK rally out of curiosity is no reason to go at all." Another rally offering an alternative to the KKK rally, Whoopstock, also will be held Saturday at the A&M Polo Fields. Ron Going, a freshman political science major and member of DEC, said he expects an overflow of at tendants from Whoopstock to attend the DEC rally. "I would encourage them to attend both," Going said. "We wanted people to be able to go out and have a way to vent their frustrations and anger. I'm looking forward to attending both rallies." DEC decided not to combine its rally with the Whoopstock rally because the focus of the rallies is different. Going said. "We didn't see the necessity of having an enter tainment festival," he said. "The KKK is not a social organization. It's a political group, and there needs to be a political rally to go against it." Brown said the two rallies complement each oth er, but DEC'S will attempt to explore the problems and solutions of minority concerns on campus. "Whoopstock is just kind of like a party," Brown said. "We're offering a political alternative." Brown said regardless of which event people de cide to attend, they should not attend the KKK rally. "We don't want people to go to the KKK rally," Brown said. "History has shown that the KKK stays away from places where they are ignored. Going said DEC sent invitations to faculty and ad ministration members and all A&M student organi zations. Members of the faculty and staff will speak at the DEC rally about minority issues at A&M. Wendy Stock, assistant professor of psychology, will discuss women's issues and hate groups. Marco Portales, a professor of English, will speak about various minor ity issues at A&M. Going said he is especially looking forward to hearing Portales speak at the rally. "He (Portales) takes a different standpoint to this issues," Going said. "He takes a very non-activist standpoint to minority issues." Basking in the sun NICOLE ROHRMAN/The Battalion Sara Dark,a freshman Environmental Design Academic Building yesterday afternoon. The major enjoys the weather while sketching the high Thursday was 78. m Campus News Briefs Friends of Sterling C. Evans to host White House author Humorist Liz Carpenter, who served as Lady Bird Johnson's White House press secretary during Lyndon B. Johnson's administration, will be the fea tured speaker Saturday at this year's meeting of the Friends of the Sterling C. Evans Library. The Friends will meet at 1 p.m. in Duncan Din ing Hall, and the public is invited to hear Carpenter speak at 1:30 p.m. Admission is $10. Afterward there will be a reception, and Carpen ter will sign copies of her book, "Ruffles and Flour ishes", which account her years in the White House. For advanced reservations for the Friends meet ing call 845-8111. Basketball tournament to raise scholarship money The Omega Psi Phi fraternity is sponsoring a single elimination basketball tournament on April 24 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The grand prize is $150, and the final two teams will receive a trophy. All participants will receive a T-shirt. The proceeds benefit the fraternity's biannual Ronald McNair scholarship. For more information, call Brian James at 847- 1189 or Tony Taft at 823-7877. Graduate students receive honors in toxicology studies Two graduate students from the Department of Veterinary Physiology & Pharmacology received prestigious awards at the Society of Toxicology an nual meeting in New Orleans. Craig Rowlands received first place for meritori ous research from the Mechanisms Section of the Society for his paper entitled "Interactive Effects of fos with the Ah Receptor in Wild-Type Mouse He patoma Cells. Nyla Harper received first prize from the Im- munotoxicology section for the graduate student presentation for her abstract titled "An ELISA Spe cific for Antibodies to TNP-LPS Detects Aryl Hy drocarbon Receptor-Mediated Alterations in Serum Immunoglobulins and Isotype Switching." Tom Weber and Hong Liu, graduate students in the Department of Veterinary Physiology and Phar macology, received travel awards. Participants share views at human resource conference The National Research Conference on Human Resource Development will focus on issues, such as media presentations and networking opportunities, through Saturday at the College Station Hilton. Texas A&M University's Department of Educa tional Human Development is sponsoring the con ference which will provide an opportunity for par ticipants to share ideas and expand viewpoints be tween different working environments. Conference topics include: systematic monitor ing for leadership development, total quality man agement in higher education, the application of quality improvement in training, and the develop ment of foreign language programs for a global work force. For more information, contact Ann Yakmoviczat 862-2638. Experts Continued from Page 1 gotiators, giving excuses and ram bling on about religion, he said. Negotiators were given no indica tion that Koresh ever had any in tention of keeping any of his promises. ■ "I've said from the beginning that time is your ally and patience is a virtue, but this went on for 51 days," Wiatt said. "They were dealing with a totally irrational megalomaniac who wanted to fulfill his prophesy, and he did so." However, Stadelmann said he believes the FBI's action on Mon day came because neither the public nor the media would have supported a prolonged standoff. "I doubt if the press or the public at large would have been willing to wait a year and a half, or even one year, of dealing with Koresh in a very low-key way," he said. When the FBI decided to use tear gas and armored vehicles against Koresh on Monday, it had no way of knowing that Koresh would respond by igniting the compound, Wiatt said. "The bureau took the appro priate steps," he said. "They did not anticipate, based on all of their information, that Koresh would commit suicide. It was a catastrophe the way it turned out, but it was not foreseen." Stadelmann said the armored vehicles and the tear gas forced Koresh to take action or see his prophesies proven wrong in front of the Branch Davidians. "It would be very hard for him to back down with his followers there," he said. "It's very hard to admit defeat with all of your fam ily around you." He said the cult's fiery ending does not surprise him because the book of Revelations in the Bible, which Koresh often referred to in his teachings, frequently men tions the appearance of lakes ol fire in visions. Stadelmann said his biggest fear as a result of the entire stand off is that a nqw threat to religious rights may -emerge, i State and na tional agencies may begin incor rectly classifying many legitimate religious groups as cults and plac ing them under heavy scrutiny, he said. "There are people out there who are going to call every un usual group a cult," he said. m What's Up Friday KANM 99.9 FM Cable: Big Blast from the Maroon Bayou - weekly Cajun Music and Zydeco music program starting at 2-4 p.m. For more information, call the KANM request line. Every Friday from 6-7 p.m. listen to "Out in the Open," the weekly gay, lesbian and bi radio show. Also included is "This Way out," the interna tional gay and lesbian radio mag azine, local news and events and homoscopes. We dare you to tune in! For more information, call the Gayline (847-0321). We will be passing out information about the Benefit April 24 and copies of the Alternative Maga zine today (10 a.m.-4 p.m.) in the MSC. Eppright Hall Council: Live bands to perform, including Complicated Twist, Covenant, Id, Mr. Plow, Midnight Jam, and Whitehouse. 50 cents admission; profits go to the Bra zos food pantry. This event will take place today from 4p.m.-2a.m. Korean Church of A&M: We will be showing a Billy Graham production of "The Eye of the Storm". Everyone is welcome! Meet on April 24 at 7 p.m.and 9:30 p.m. at the Korean church of A&M on the Ray Stotzer Freeway. For more information, call David (764-9454). Students Over Traditional Age: Supper Club meeting! Meet tonight at 6 p.m. at Confucius Chinese (2322 S. Texas Ave.) For more information, call Robert Dickens (778-3372). Understanding Relationships Group: Meet on Monday, April 26 from 3-4:30 p.m. The topic of discussion is "Letting Go and Moving on, Part I". Register by calling the Student Counseling Service (845-4427). Friends of Sterling C. Evans Li brary: "Student Book Collector's Contest" Awards Ceremony. Winners of this years contest will be awarded - 5 awards of $250 each and an honorable mention award will be presented. Guest speaker Jeff Carroll. Meet in room 204C of the Evans Library today at 2 p.m. For more infor mation, call Roberta Pitts (862- 4231). Muslim Students' Association: Friday Prayer and Islamic lecture. Meet at the Mosque at 12:50 p.m.- 1:30 p.m. For more information, call Agus Rohmat (846-4786). Audubon Field Trip: College Station's favorite park for natural ists is amazing for its varied plant life. Our guides will help identify the many flowers and plants as well as the spring warblers such as Black-throated Green, Bay breasted, Chestnut-sided, and Blackburnian. Lick Creek Park is the location we will be at. For ad ditional information, call Bert Frenz (846-9042) or (693-3214). Century Singers: Spring Concert - Italian and American composers and American folksongs and spir ituals. This concert will take place in Rudder Theatre. For more information, contact Jess Wade (Vocal Music Office) (845- 5974). 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