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Final agreement by the 21 par ties at the talks came late Wednes day to applause from the weary delegates. A signing ceremony in which party leaders will endorse the constitutional package began soon afterward. A smiling Nelson Mandela, the ANC leader, shook the hand of President F.W. de Klerk as he walked to his seat for the ceremony. "The day of liberation has been uppermost in our minds," Man dela, the longtime political prison er likely to become South Africa's first black president, said earlier on state-run television. "We are not there yet, but the cornerstone of our efforts to achieve national liberation ... has been laid down." Led by de Klerk's National Par ty and Mandela's ANC, the nego tiators' task was to find a peaceful way to transfer power from an af fluent but nervous white minority to the oppressed and impover ished black majority. Mandela and de Klerk got the Nobel Peace Prize last month for leading the negotiations process. Both have said the real prize would be getting through the coming years without bloodshed. The historical accord depended on a last-minute deal in which the government abandoned its long standing insistence that the next government take decisions based on a fixed percentage of votes in a multiparty Cabinet. It settled for a vaguely worded promise from the ANC, the ex pected winner of the first multira cial election on April 27, to rule "in a consensus-seeking spirit." The ANC agreed to a strong fed eral system in which nine provinces can adopt their own constitutions. It also agreed that South Africa's final constitution would require at least 60 percent support from voters or the parliament. Observers said the ANC and government both made conces sions to complete the protracted negotiations and satisfy demands by an alliance of pro-apartheid whites and conservative black groups boycotting the talks. The boycotting groups, known as the Freedom Alliance, want greater autonomy in a post apartheid South Africa. "For South Africa, this is a dis aster," said Corlea Kruger, chief negotiator for the conservative white Afrikaner Volksunie. "They have railroaded this deal through." Government spokesman Dave Steward called the agreement an important step to get the boycottets involved in the transition process from apartheid to democracy. "The spirit that guided thebi lateral negotiations was that of give and take," said ANC Secre tary-General Cyril Ramaphosa, "All this has been done with the aim of ensuring that we reacha settlement." Faculty Continued from Page t Watson said companies like GE Corporation, Conoco and Texaco have all included multicultural- ism in their training. After an audience member questioned whether requiring stu dents to take these classes was fair, Mazzullo and Watson ex plained that all classes that are deemed important to a student's degree are required. "If we made classes an option, we wouldn't produce a single electrical engineer," Watson said. "It would be wonderful if it was an option, but for the marketplace my students are in, this is not an option." Mazzullo said faculty members have experienced more and real ize the importance of multicultur al education. "An 18-year old may not know or understand why they need these classes," he said. "But we know they need them." Mazzullo said he hopes the Faculty Senate will one day re verse their decision because the classes are are not necessary. "I hope to be on the Faculty Senate on the day the University repeals the multicultural require ment because it is present in all classes," Mazzullo said. But, Watson said, it will proba bly be a long time before that day arrives, and this requirement is the first step to educating stu dents about other cultures. "To me, it is such an obvious and trivial step," Watson said. "The requirement is a first step, but we need to do much more that that." Mazzullo said the University needs to go beyond this require ment by making all students feel welcome bt A&M. "Our University has a conser vative reputation," Mazzullo said. "But whether or not someone is liberal or conservative, it's impor tant for a university to show thal everyone is welcome." Mazzullo said he is optimistic about A&M's future. "A&M has been slow in the past," Mazzullo said. "ButTve been here since 1981, I've seen many people dedicated to diversi ty. It's a slow struggle, but were getting there." As people's understanding of diversity increases, a rising tided openness and understanding will occur, Mazzullo said. "We want to send a messageto people within this University and beyond it," Mazzullo said. Texas A&M Chapter of DUCKS UNLIMITED Annual Banquet November 19, 1993 K.C. 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