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riii b \i i \i io\ Sf EJ 1 wr Ef 113 jRk Wednesday • March2, Just cluckin’ JAKE SCHRICKLING/The Battalion Pamela Belicek, does her best chicken impression at the Ford Comedy Quiz on Tuesday outside the MSC. It was part of the CBS College Tour. I DREAM A WORLD <¥ Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America Presented by MSC Black Awareness Committee An Evening with Sonia Sanchez Professor and activist. Temple University Wednesday, March 25, 1998 Rudder Theater at 7 p.m. $3 pre-sale $5 day of program Tickets are available at the Rudder MSC Box Office. Cail (409) 845-1234. \UTmiwn m An Afternoon with Gloria R. Scott President, Bennett College Thursday, March 26, 1998 Lecture and Booksigning J. Wayne Stark Galleries at 2 p.m. Free of charge I DREAM A WORLD is an exhibit that displays images and portraits of Blade women who made great strides and has made a significant impact in die lives of people in America. The exhibit honors 75 of Americas most esteemed and profound Black women of distinc tion. The MSC Black Awareness Committee is proud to invite two of those women featured in the exhibit, Sonia Sanchez and Gloria Randle Scott. Sonia Sanchez is an activist and a Professor of English at Temple University. She has written several poetic and literary works such as We a BaddDDD People (1970) and Fve been a Woman: New and Selected Poems (1981). Our other guest, Gloria Randle Scott, is die president at Bennett College and the first black woman to serve as the national president of the Girl Scouts in 1975. Gloria R. Scott has hdd several other education and administrative positions at black colleges and has earned three degrees. Don’t miss the opportunity to meet these prolific and distinguished Black women. iih disabilities please call 845-1515 kv inform us of your special needs. We request three (3) working to the event to enable us to assist you to the best of our abilities. Visit us online at http://bac.tamu.edu For more information call the MSC Black Awareness Committee at (409) 845-1515. Budget cuts threaten space prod SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) — Johnson Space Center could fall victim to the same budgetary knife that has gutted Texas’ military bases unless state lawmakers be gin doing their part to keep it vi able, state Comptroller John Sharp said Tuesday. “Places like NASA and Fort Hood are taken for granted by too many Texans and far too many people in Austin,” Sharp said. “The last thing we want is to be in a position of, when budget cuts come, we haven’t done our homework.” Sharp made the remarks at a news conference to release the March issue of his monthly eco nomic newsletter, Fiscal Notes. The latest issue includes a report on the space program’s importance to the state’s economy. The focus on Johnson Space Center, which serves as the control base for NASA’s manned spaceflight operations, could not have been better timed. Earlier this year, the space shut- Professor Continued from Page 1 “A lot of people agree with this perspective but are not vocal about it,” Dettwyler said,. “Instead, people who agree with “The Bell Curve” idea are more outspoken.” tie’s prime contractor, Houston- based United Space Alliance, was forced to lay off hundreds of work ers due in part to a $100 million shortfall in this year’s NASA budget. At Florida’s Kennedy Space Cen ter, about 300 people lost their jobs. Another 40 people were laid off in Houston, while others were trans ferred to different jobs, said United spokesman Jeff Carr. NASA’s proposed budget for fiscal year 1999 includes a $173 million re duction in overall spending. Those cuts could lead to further job losses at Johnson and other NASA facilities. With such budgetary pressures, “having the support of the state and the community is important,” said JSC Director George W.S. Abbey. Sharp, noting that JSC has spent billions of dollars on con tracts and business in dozens of Texas cities, said lawmakers should provide the center with some of the same economic ben efits granted other corporations. “Whenever a large corporation Cohen said Americans need to understand other cultures and other systems of beliefs free themselves from the restraints of society. “We believe that we have so much freedom in America, but in actuality we really don’t,” he said. “We are not being denied freedom by a dictator, but by our cultures. Cultures are the FRISIAN improvisationed comedy I don’t get it. Fri & Sat, March 27 & 28 10 p.m. Dixie Theatre (doors open @ 8pm) Tickets are $6 available in advance at Rother’s Bookstores, Marooned Records, and Doublequick Food Stores http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~fslip TTIh® mi Tuesday and Wednesday, March 31st and April 1st, 1998 COLLEGE STATION HILTON BALLROOM GRAND BALLROOM - 6:15 RM. All May *98 graduating seniors and graduate students* are invited. Complimentary tickets may he picked up in the MSC hallway. March 24th, 25th, and 26th (9 a.m. - 3 p.m.) TICKETS QIVEN ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS Student l.D. Required to Pick Up Tickets Compliments of The Association of Former Students *Qraduate students who are not already a member may attend either night. decides to shop around for a new home, it seems there’s no limit to the financial incentives people will offer to persuade that compa- Places like NASA and Fort Hood are taken for granted by too many Texans and far too many people in Austin.” ny to stay,” he said. “But when members of Congress talk about cutting funding for the Interna tional Space Station or focusing grammar for people's behavior, logic and knowledge. It is essential to everything we do. When someone is raised by cultural rules it becomes difficult for them understand other cultures.” Cohen said for people to be more accepting of other cultures they have to understand that human morality NASA’s resources space programs, w; much from state go' “That attitude change," Sharp said should do whateverij vide the infrastruct and services that): thrive and grow." Ab! "There are bene state has given to in come into the state,; similar benefits that; vided to the federal; relative to all the kit we need to supportt ly,” he said. During the lastL spent $1.3 billiono related business in area alone. It spenu million in Dallas-For million in Bryan-C and $ 1.7 rnillioninA. Antonio, according' More than 20 otk including Amarillo and Waco, receivedc and American cultid same. “We can’t look at tti tian Bible and assume j rect for all societies,! polygamy is morally the other hand we aid accept killing someor: | reallv morally wrone w ■ THIS SATURDAY. MARCH 28, Rudder Auditorium Doors Open 7:00 • Show Starts Tickets On Sale Now! Ticket Prices: $8.00 A&M Students - $10.00 All Q MSC BOX OFFICE 845-1234 Presented By: MSC Town Hi Tiffany Inbody, Editor in Chief Helen Clancy, Copy Chief Brad Graeber, Visual Arts Editor Robert Smith, City Editor Jeremy Furtick, Sports Editor Jeff Webb, Sports Editor James Francis, Aggielife Editor Mandy Cater, Opinion Ei' Ryan Rogers, Photo Ed® Chris Huffmes, Radio PtK Sarah Goldston, Radio P® Dusty Moer, Web Editor Aaron Meier, Night News'- Staff Members City- Amanda Smith, Stacey Becks, Susan Atchison, Kelly Hackworth, Suzanne Riggs, Lyndsay Nantz, Jennifer Wilson & Katy Lineberger Science - Jill Reed. Sports - Assistant Editor; Jeff Schmidt; Michael Ferguson, Chris Ferrell, Travis Harsch, Robert Hollier, Al Lazarus, Colby Martin, Aaron Meier, Katie Mish, Philip Peter & Michael Taglienti. Aggielife - Marium Mohiuddin, Rhonda Reinhart, Night News - Joyce Bauer, JaclynnB*' & Shane Elkins. 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