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TCU DAILY SKIFF Vol. 87, No. 22 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1986 Fort Worth, Texas Forum will host opposing views By Kevin Marks House is insuring a fair presentation of positions opposed to apartheid." Staff Writer Another bill introduced during last This week was productive for the week's House meeting made it back to Student House of Representatives, as the floor Tuesday. A bill to support members pushed through various government publications was passed pieces of legislation during the meet- with less controversy than the apar- ing Tuesday afternoon. theid lectures bill. The House Finance Committee The House voted to allocate $979 approved a bill to allocate $500 to in- from the Special Projects Fund to vite a member of the African National send the co-editors-in-chief and spon- Congress to speak at an upcoming sor of the yearbook to the Associated TCU forum featuring Helen Suzman. College Press National Convention in Suzman is a member of the South Washington, DC. According to the African Parliament. bill's author, the bill will provide the Steve Partain, a town representa- opportunity to learn important skills tive, asked that the House attach an and practices necessary to the year- amendment to the bill requesting that book staff, the Forums Committee be consulted In other House action, a bill to concerning the format of the Helen establish student recognition of Suzman lecture. teaching excellence was introduced to "Forums wants to insure a profes- members before being sent to the sional and non-hostile atmosphere Elections and Regulations Com- mittee. with both presentations," Partain said. The bill calls for the House to spon- Although the amended bill passed, sor a campus-wide election to recog- it was put to the test by opposing sides nize the 10 most-admired teachers at on the floor of the House. TCU. The criteria for recognition of Brett Miley, Tom Brown Hall rep- excellence are superior teaching, resentative, opposed the bill. availability to students and know- ledge in their fields. "If the House supports this bill, House members selected nominees that would in effect be saying that the for Homecoming Queen and Escort. House is supporting divestment," They are Stephanie Hunter, vice Miley said. "I'm all in favor of having president of Programming Council, an opposing viewpoint to Helen Suz- TCU Dally Skiff / Joe Williams and Keith Kirkman, House Universi- man, but I just don't think the House Study In solitude • David Hamilton, a psychology major, finds a quiet ty Relations Committee chairperson. Tuesday afternoon. Hamilton says he does most of his studying in the should sponsor it." place to study for an upcoming test on the second floor of the library libraryliK~ArV becausehpranco it'sit'c soen quiet-especiallynmot ocnori'ill./ onnn weekendsnmnLmn>Jn Susan Batchelor, director of Stu- David Artman, president of Stu- dent Activities, informed House dents for a Democratic South Africa members that some furniture in the and author of the original bill, said he Student Center Lounge had been was pleased with the House vote. stolen. A study table and four pink "I'd like to commend the House of side chairs valued at $1,740 were TCU students spread The Word Representatives and its members for taken from the Student Center being responsive to student con- Lounge last Friday evening. She said By Jerry Madden 'When we got in there, we weren't really sure "Sometimes it's discouraging, not cerns," Artman said. "Divestiture is anyone with information concerning Staff Writer being able to see the results of what an important issue and in bringing a the stolen items should contact the what we were going to say. But then, we decided you've done," said Leach, who representative from the ANC, the Student Center Office at 921-7927. At first glance, the weather-worn, to say the right thing by just saying what God teaches the 4- to 6-year-old boys. two-story building looks like a place "Sometimes you think that you where nobody would want to be at wanted us to say/ really haven't taught them anything," night. Given Minton, freshman education major he said. LaRouche says Located in a run-down, mostly His- After the stories are finished, the panic neighborhood, the yellow-gray sweltering room to pray. after each other than they are in kids do their craft of the week. This building serves as a gathering place "Lord, we just ask that we may listening to the Bible stories. time the kids write their name, make designs around the name and then for the neighborhood kids. show your love to all the children It's easy to understand why the kids he's innocent paint over the whole thing. WASHINGTON (AP)-Political ex- statement read by Warren Hamer- For 10 TCU students, this place tonight," prayed Doug Leach, a are so restless this week-the air con- symbolizes their chance to take the Many times the paint finds its way tremist Lyndon LaRouche, his inner man, head of LaRouche's National junior. ditioner isn't working. Democratic Policy Committee. gospel to those who might otherwise onto the floor and the kids instead of circle penetrated by indictments and After the prayer is finished, local "At first they d'dn't want to do any- LaRouche, a frequent fringe candi- never hear it. the paper. a sweeping federal fraud investiga- missions chair Eric Frey sees how thing, but later we got them into the date for president who says he is run- The Friday Night Club brings Sometimes the supplies are just not tion, declared Tuesday that he has not many helpers there are and assigns story," Lowe said. ning again in 1988, espouses bizarre together children in the poor neigh- there for the kids to do their work. committed a crime and will not wil- classes five minutes before they're The stories are the main part of the theories of global conspiracy involv- borhood and TCU students wanting This week, Frey has to improvise pap- lingly submit to arrest. supposed to start. half-hour to an hour the students ing the Queen of England, interna- to share their faith in Jesus. er towels for paint brushes. LaRouche, who was not indicted, spend with the kids. tional drug traffickers, the Soviet Every Friday night, TCU students The students said the hardest part responded to the charges against 10 of It's while they're painting that re- KGB and prominent Americans. go to the Baptist Community Center of the night is trying to get the kids to It is in the stories the kids are his followers and five of his organiza- listen. freshments arrive, He also blamed the raids, which to teach the neighborhood kids about taught about Jesus and what it means tions by saying the Reagan adminis- On such a hot night, the punch involved nearly 400 police and federal Jesus and the Bible. "We try to be sweet to them and get to be a Christian. tration will be "condemned by his- served is a welcome relief for students investigators, on White House chief While the Friday Night Club is a them into the Bible story," said Hope After the stories are read, the kids tory" if federal prosecutors seek to and teachers alike. of staff Donald Regan and Assistant part of the Baptist Student Union loc- Elaine Lowe, a freshman nursing are asked questions. Most show they charge him, after a massive raid seek- Ken Goode, the Community Cen- Attorney General-designate William al missions section, students from all major. haven't been paying too much atten- ing records at his headquarters in ter's neighborhood recreation associ- Weld, formerly the U.S. attorney in denominations participate in the The mostly Hispanic children, ages tion by the silly answers they give. Leesburg, Va. ate who helps coordinate the Friday Boston, where the federal investiga- weekly event 4 to 12, have a hard time staying in However, some show they have lis- "I will not submit passively to an Night Club, said that the number of tion of LaRouche s organization Before starting each night, the stu-, one place. They seem more in- tened-and that's what the students arrest, but in such a scenario I will began. dents come together in a cramped, terested in playing pool or running hope for. See STUDENTS, Page 5 defend myself," LaRouche said in a TCU doctor gives health talk Suspects Schwartz speaks at ISA seminar captured The Health Center charges are less ger who can listen to you in confi- SOUR LAKE, Texas (AP)-Po.ice By Aisha Saleem expensive than those of a private hos- dence." using tracking dogs from Huntsville Staff Writer pital, Schwartz said. The talk on health care is the Tuesday captured two men suspected second of six seminars sponsored by of fatally shooting a man who caught Foreign students should be aware Schwartz described common illnes- the International Students Office and them burglarizing his home and of that American doctors may practice ses found on the TCU campus and the International Students Associa- wounding two others, authorities medicine differently than doctors in said that viruses, colds and allergies tion. said. their own countries, said a physician are the most common reasons for stu- from the Health Center. dents to come to the Health Center. A three-day orientation is not One of the reasons for these prob- enough, Director of International Liberty County officials said a resi- dent of Sour Lake in Hardin County Dr. Burton Schwartz spoke Mon- lems is that students are crowded Students Affairs Al Mladenka said.