Eagans Dine Ith Governors Walters Named Miss Texas A&M Last Of

*■ 1 Coogs beat Hogs; I Aggies beat Horns ■ reca ptu re SWC titl e ■ in Austin, 72-57 I See page 9 1 Seepages ■hhhbwb Texas ASM ^ W A The BattalionServing the Gniversity community Vol 78 No. 103 CJSPS 0453110 10 pages College Station, Texas Monday, February 27 1984 eagans dine Walters named ith governors Miss Texas A&M By ED ALANIS Green, a former Miss Texas A&M to the safety of warships off the Leb United Press International Staff Writer and first runner-up to Miss Texas anese coast, completing a withdrawal 1983. Green performed a piano solo WASHINGTON — President announced Feb. 7 and begun one Amidst gala pageantry, reigning Pgan invited the nation’s gover- for the audience. week ago. Miss Texas A&M University Theresa Other entertainment included a ors to the White House Sunday to However, the officials acknowl Jones handed over her crown Satur derscore his commitment to a re- singing performance by the reigning edged these decisions — including day night to the new Miss Texas Miss Texas A&M and a song and ilignment of government power that further aid to Lebanon and special A&M, Kim Walters. pbroven difficult to accomplish. dance number by the Texas A&M envoy Donald Rumsfeld’s return to Walters, a senior secondary educa Reveliers. JkHne president and Mrs. Reagan, the Middle East — were among those tion major from Orange, entertained jack from a relaxing weekend at For the opening number, the discussed at a pair of top-level meet the audience with a medley of songs twenty contestants performed a song ggnip David, arranged a black-tie ings Thursday and Friday, involving from the Broadway musical, “A Cho Inner for state chief executives in and dance routine to a medley from Reagan and his key foreign policy rus Line.” Talent counted as half of the Broadway hit “It’s Showtime.” Own for the three-day winter meet- advisers. the contestants’ scores. Bofthe National Governors’ Asso- Reagan planned to use the occa Walters will go on to represent In the talent competition, finalists 3iation. sion to return to a favorite theme of Texas A&M in the 1984 Miss Texas danced, sang, twirled batons, played |j|After being wined and dined, the his 1980 campaign and one of the Pageant, to be held in Fort Worth in instruments, and one even acted out governors return to the White House fundamental goals of his presidency: July. As Miss Orange County 1983, a dramatic monologue. Deana Tun- Monday to hear such key figures as shifting the pendulum of power she participated in last year’s Miss nell, a senior from Nederland, re ludget director David Stockman and from Washington back to states and Texas pageant and received a special ceived the non-finalist award for tal ^itional security adviser Robert Mc- local governments. Judges’ Award. ent, for her oboe solo. ^llarlane explain — and defend — ad- Under pressure from Congress First runner-up was Dorothy ninistration policy. and state and local officials who Beeler, a freshman from Richmond. The non-finalist award for the The dinner came hours after the viewed his multibillion-dollar propo Beeler also participated in the 1983 swimsuit competition was given to jftj.S. Marines were airlifted from sals with trepidation, Reagan has Miss Texas Pageant as Miss Fort LaRhesa Moon, a sophomore from eir positions at the Beirut airport scaled back his New Federalism ini Bend County. San Antonio. tiatives. Carolyn Coffey, a sophomore 1984 was the fifth year of the Miss speech communications major form Texas A&M University Pageant, a Sanger, was second runner-up. project of the Memorial Student Midterms not mailed; Third runner-up was Christy Lang Center Hospitality Committee. Dur ford, a sophomore computer science ing its first year in 1980, the pageant major from Spring. Theresa Fritz, a was named Outstanding First Year be at the Pavilion junior from San Antonio in her first Pageant within the Miss Texas fran year of veterinary school, received chise. Several participants have gone fourth runner-up. on to receive recognition in the Miss costs still outweighed the labor costs, The 20 finalists participating in Texas pageants. By KARI FLUEGEL Carter said. Another plus to handing Saturday’s competition were picked Reporter out grades instead of mailing them is Photo by BILL HUGHES by a panel of judges in November. As the new Miss Texas A&M, Wal Midterm grades will be handed that students get the grades faster, he Judges for Saturday night were ters will receive a $1,000 scholarship, >14 again at the Pavilion instead of said. model Willa Bratcher, past president a $1,000 wardrobe allowance, use a JBig mailed to students. “It saves money and kids get their Miss TAMU 1984 of the Association of Former Stu 50-diamond pendant valued at over grades faster,” he said. “There are all Kim Elizabeth Walters receives her crown from Theresa Jones dents Jack Fritts, and former Miss $3,000, the official Miss Texas A&M ^ these pluses, so we think it was a wise at the Miss TAMU scholarship pageant in Rudder Auditorium Texas, Sheri Ryman. Ryman was crown and trophy, and the use of a decision and will continue to give out Miss Texas A&M 1981 and fourth 1984 Cadillac. ^ipiey will be handed out from 8grades. ” Saturday night. Walters is a senior secondary education major runner-up to Miss America 1982. The runners-up will also receive am. to 5 p.m. begining Wednesday, Carter said Texas A&M is one of from Orange. Mistress of ceremonies was Cindy scholarships. March 7. the few major universities that still The Registrar’s Office changed its gives midterm grades. He speculated edure of mailing midterm grade that midterm grades one day will be rts to students last fall, but cop- done away with. lof the grades still are mailed to “The question has come up before Iparents of students who have au Last of U.S. Marines leave Beirut to do away with them and it is usually thorized it. the AOC (the Academic Operation United Press International i “We think it is an effective way to Committee), which is made up of as commander front Cincinnati, Ohio. one U.S. plane had been hit, but at the same beach where the Marines give out grades and we will continue sistant and associate deans, that says BEIRUT — The U.S. Marines “The only peace I saw was them Hudson said the single F-14 from the arrived Sept. 29, 1982 — with heli it again this spring,” Associate Regis ‘No, let’s not do that,”’ Carter said. ended their 17-month peace-keeping shooting at us, shooting at each nuclear aircraft carrier USS Ken copters carrying men and equipment trar Donald Carter said. mission in Beirut Sunday with the other.” nedy returned safely. over the unseasonably calm waters of f I About 29,000 grade reports were Carter said many faculty members last Americans leaving their airport Forty minutes after the Marines The Caron’s rhythmic barrage of the Mediterranean Sea. Jfeduced on undergraduates last se- don’t like the extra work it requires to base 40 minutes before U.S. warships left for the safety of the 6th Fleet, 5-inch cannon fire came 12 hours af "Bester, Carter said, but only about compute an average in the middle of fired their mammoth guns at Druze U.S. warships opened fire for the ter the same American destroyer Inside the main compound encir 50 percent of the grades were picked the semester. He also said that the rebel targets. second time in 24 hours at the Druze- fired about 90 rounds at Druze rebel cling Beirut airport, units of the Leb ap. grades are often based only on one The last Marine amphibious as held mountains overlooking Beirut. positions. anese army’s 6th Brigade took up po ' “We had a few lines the first cou quiz and that the instructors some sault vehicle drove off Lebanese soil The roar of cannons, including Hudson said the first barrage was sitions. Amal Shiite militiamen were plet of days, because everyone was times give blanket grades. at 12:37 p.m. and churned its way to the huge 16-inch guns of the USS precipitated by rebel shelling toward on the perimeter. 'Jjiuous to get their grades,” Carter U.S. warships stationed off the Leb New Jersey, the world’s only opera “some U.S. forces — parts of the said, “but after that, it smoothed out anese coast. tional battleship, shook Beirut. multinational force.” Hudson did not The brigade, which had refused to “I feel the deans that deal with the fight the Moslem rebel takeover of fid there was very little waiting students feel the grades are impor .Six minutes later, Shiite Moslem “A routine air reconnaissance mis say where the troops were. A State fl militiamen, who are fighting to sion received hostile fire,” Pentagon Department source said the fire was west Beirut three weeks ago, manned tant, especially in flagging those stu posts on the road to the airport and Jtte.” dents who have all Ds or Fs,” Carter topple the U.S.-backed Lebanese spokesman Lt. Col. Bill Hudson said to protect U.S. artillery spotters in Part of the reasoning behind the on higher ground in the center of the m said. government along with other rebel in Washington. “The battleship New the Christian mountain town of Beit lfitch in operations was the savings factions, ran up their own flag over Jersey responded with 16 rounds of Meri.

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