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things I noticed is that the
Japanese appreciate people who
try to communicate in their lan
guage,” Mills said. “Japanese
people get to know you first,
then they do business.”
Mills said that there has been
an increasing emphasis on in
ternational business in the
United States.
“You may work for an Ameri
can company and still have an
international component,” she
said. “Being aware and under
standing other cultures and lan
guages can really help you get a
leg up when dealing with any
situations and issues you may
come in contact with.”
Scott Pillittere, a graduate
student of the A&M College of
Business, said he thinks there
is a definite need for interna
tional language classes, espe
cially for those business stu
dents and faculty members
planning to work abroad.
“The United States is no
longer a local market,” Pillittere
said. “This is making it neces
sary for business people to un
derstand and learn other cul
tures (which) they could, at
some time, come into contact
with,” he said.
LeFlore said this non—credit
class has no prerequisites. It is
open to faculty members, gradu
ate and undergraduate stu
dents, or anyone else interested
in learning the Japanese lan
guage and culture. She said
classes in Spanish, French, Ital
ian, German and Chinese are
also available.
She said business majors are
not the only people who take the
classes. LeFlore said quite a few
people enrolled are planning to
go on vacations overseas.
Scattered violence mars Mardi Gras,
but most revelers don’t seem to care
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other cultures.
“These groups encompass
different races not just
African-Americans,” Harrison
said. “I’m hoping we get sup
port from the masses. These
programs are not just for
African-Americans at Texas
A&M — they are for everyone.”
Traylor said he wants the
festival to remind students to
observe black history daily, not
just for one month.
Traylor said he is expecting
a good turnout because of the
number of groups represented.
The Harambee Fest starts
at 7 p.m. at the Rudder Foun
tain. If it rains, the program
will be moved to 164 Plead and
will begin at 8 p.m.
□ Today marks the
climax of the New
Orleans festivities.
So far six people have
been wounded by
gunfire during the
citywide party.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) —
With more than 300,000 visi
tors in town for Tuesday’s rau
cous climax of Mardi Gras, city
officials reassured revelers
Monday that the citywide party
is safe despite two shootings
near parade routes.
Six people have been wound
ed in the gunfire so far — two
early last week and four Sun
day night during the highly
popular Bacchus parade, in
which television star John Lar-
roquette was the grand mar
shal. Witnesses said the shoot
ing was near Larroquette’s
float and he climbed down from
his throne as other riders
ducked for cover.
“This incident was in no way
related to Mardi Gras,” Mayor
Marc Morial said Monday when
asked about the latest shooting.
“We expect Mardi Gras to be its
usual rowdy but nonviolent self.”
Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday,
falls each year on the day be
fore Ash Wednesday and the 40
days of Lenten sobriety in this
heavily Roman Catholic city. It
wraps up 11 days of bawdy
Carnival parties and parades.
Despite the scattered vio
lence and a threat of rain, city
officials say this year’s crowds
appear bigger than ever.
Tents, sleeping bags and
lawn furniture lined the trol
ley tracks on St. Charles Av
enue, the main parade route
on Tuesday.
Crowds in the narrow
streets of the French Quarter
have been shoulder-to-shoulder
since Friday.
Both recent shooting inci
dents erupted from what police
said were private disputes.
Police Superintendent
Richard Pennington said 600 po
lice were along the parade route
and they quickl> restored order.
Officers on the lookout for
trouble confiscated 22 guns
during the Bacchus parade,
Pennington added.
There was one arrest in the
Sunday shooting, none in the
shooting last Tuesday.
“There’s some violence in
general in any city,’’ Morial
said. “I’ve long been a propo
nent of reasonable gun control
and I definitely think that
would have helped here.”
Morial’s assurances weren’t
enough for one New Orleans res
ident who said she will no longer
go to night parades. She was
standing among the Bacchus
crowd with two small children
when they heard the gunshots.
“I started screaming. I didn't
know what to do. Everyone was
going in a different direction,’
the woman, who asked not to
be identified, said.
But Monday’s revelers were
for the most part oblivious or ap
athetic about Sunday’s violence.
“No one around here was
able to run by the time Bacchus
got here,” joked Bob Morris, of
Camden, N.J., who staked outa
parade spot early Sunday and
was still there Monday.
“The only thing we saw wasa
fight on Bourbon Street," said
Robert Savage of Orangeburo,
S.C., who was visiting the
French Quarter with his wife,
Sheila. “The cops stopped it in
no time. They did a good job.”
Ixocals joining the swarms of
tourists swelled crowds to what
Pennington estimated at 1.2
million people.
Morial used a time-honored
New' Orleans measuring stick
for gauging the size of the
crowds: “It appears as though
the amount of garbage pro
duced thus far is double that
produced last year,” he said.
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