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We can accept files from: PowerPoint 4.0 Persuasion 3.0 And many others! Cartographies" Hours: M-F, 8 to Noon, 1 to 5 Eller OSM Building, Room 712 Phone: (409) 845-7144 Fax: (409) 862-4487 Page 2 • The Battalion Campus Wednesday • October | Visiting lecturer gives foreign viewpo □ Dr. Eckart Conze, an invited speaker from Germany, spoke about the influence of Cold War America on European politics. By James Bernsen The Battalion The aftermath of World War II profoundly changed world diplomacy and the social structures of European countries, especially Germany, a visiting professor from that na tion told a group of about 25 people Tuesday. Dr. Eckart Conze, from the University of Tuebingen, said the 19th century diplomacy of multiple alliances in Europe was destroyed in favor of a polar arrangement of power be tween the United States and the Soviet bloc. “The year 1945 is beyond any doubt one of the great epochal years of world history,” he said. “The Second World War and the Cold War put an end to Europe as it was. “The time for Europe had passed, and we have seen the emergence of a new principle of international order.” Conze said the traditional system of the 19th century, which had survived the until the 1940s, was one of competing territorial demands and issues. The Cold War trans formed conflict into a global one based on ideologies, he said. “Europe had escaped German domina tion, but the cost was its independence,” he said. “The countries of Western Europe be came junior partners of the U.S., but that is nothing compared to what happened to the countries in the east.” “Even if Winston Churchill tried to get in every photograph with Roosevelt and Stalin, the crucial decisions were made in Moscow Evan Zimmerman, The Battalion Dr. Eckart Conze speaks of the "Americaniza tion" of Germany and the rest of Europe after World War II. and Washington,” he said. “They alone had sufficient resources to maintain and extend their power and to confront each other. Conze said the American ideal of democ racy and that of Soviet-sponsored commu nism dominated the world geopolitical land scape like no issue before, turning every con flict into a battle for the two sides. “Almost every country in the world aligned itself with one of the two capitals,” he said. “The time of limited war aims was over. The new wars ... now added an ideo logical dimension. “The Cold War brought former enemies together as friends,” he said. “A Germany alienated to the U.S. could never have be come an ally to Western democracy.” Conze said the German defeat and the “Americanizing” influence broke down party structures from their basis o nominations and erased the: the state, which had traditionally I thoritarianism in German goveiftuj The importance of local conflicts! down because of the Cold War,( but the way they were addresset] United States and Soviet spheresj ence were different. “The Western governments a t hem with compromises,” he saii'j Eastern countries were kept ini Dr. Charles Johnson, headoftW ment of Political Science, saidtt^ was a good discussion of Germanjj post-Cold War world. Christoph Steppich, a Germanp who lived through the Cold Ware Germany, said the lecture wasabo things he knew first-hand. Steppich said the previous; racy in Germany in the 1920s! people didn’t know how to make one “Democracy before the Second HV; was still very weak and superficial,'! “It wasn’t ingrained in the Germans.' Dr. Arnold Krammer, an professor, said he invited Conzetoi give students a different viewpointolij “When we only study Americana from America, with American scl don’t see the whole thing.” Johnson agreed that having^ professor give his view of historical4 ments was important. “We’re at a university, and thee is about ideas,” he said. “Foreigna bring with them an understanding!! enrich the students. “They’re looking at the samet hut with a different set of lenses a have to understand what those lense f edr lober 1 n Legend of Aston lives on with influence, pri m 1 □ The "ultimate Aggie" passed away Oct. 2 after suffering two strokes. By Tara Wilkinson The Battalion James W. Aston, Texas A&M Class of ’33 and namesake of As ton Hall, passed away on Oct. 2, but left a legacy as a devout Aggie. Though best known as the former president of Republican National Bank and as a key player in the development of Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport and UT Southwestern Medical Center, Aston’s inter ests were not limited to the Dal- las-Ft. Worth area. Described as the “ultimate Aggie” by his stepgranddaugh- ter, Lindsay Harris, a sophomore general studies major, Aston lived with A&M at heart. “Everything about him was Aggie,” Harris said. “He lived A&M. It was so much of his house, his life, his stuff and what he gave his money to.” Aston’s financial contribu tions to the University include the establishment of the Aston Endowed Chair of Institutional Development and a President’s Endowed Scholarship. He served on the Easterwood Trust Fund committee, a Dallas- based group that provides finan cial support to members of the Corps of Cadets. Dr. Robert Walker, A&M vice president for development and Aston Professor of Institutional Development, said Aston was one of the University’s strongest supporters. “He was always supportive of the good things A&M stood for, such as character and leadership,” Walker said. “He was very sup portive of the Corps of Cadets.” Aston was cadet colonel, the highest rank in the Corps, and captain of the Aggie football team during his days as an A&M student. Confined to a wheelchair after a series of strokes, Aston used a golf cart painted maroon and white and plastered with A&M stickers to ride outside for fresh air. Last year, in celebration of Aston’s 83rd birthday, the Aggie Band formed Aston’s name on Kyle Field while playing “Hap py Birthday.” Aston died after suffering two strokes in one month, and was buried wearing an A&M tie. After graduating from A&M with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, Aston became city manager of Bryan in 1939. In 1941, he joined the Army Air Corps and eventually be came a colonel. He was awarded two bronze stars and Merit award for his sera ing World War II. After the war, Astonls Dallas’ youngest dtyw ever at 27. Harris said she andkii Katie, Class of ’94, beca first Aggies in their fail cause of Aston’s influence. Harris said she was as to Aston as she is to heras! grandfather, and describe! as a sincere, religious loved to tell stories. “You knew he was in« down to the end,” she said never let anyone win in versation. It was just hi: that didn’t function; his was still so sharp.” Harris said she consii responsibility of carryingc: ton’s devotion to A&M a pm' “I’m proud to be hisgc daughter,” she said. “I wish I claim him as a blood relative. 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