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Wall opens new problems
ByRebekahGlbbs
Editor In Chief
Tlic Berlin Wall bcina torn down is a
great accomplishment but the freedom
also may cause many problems said Ellen
Presley native German and part-time in-
structor of German.
She compared the broken wall to a small
child who has been asking for ice cream
for many years when the mother finally
gives in buys a gallon of ice cream and
dumps it in the child's lap.
The child does not know what to do
with all of the ice cream Presley said.
& East Germany has been asking for
freedom for years and now that it has this
freedom all at once it doesn't know what
to do with it she said.
Students
to donate
their blood
f to home
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Editor In Chief
Christian Homes of Abilene is sponsoring
a blood drive Nov. 28-30 in the Main
Room of the Campus Center.
Students can give blood from 10:30 a.m.
1p.m. and 2:30 5:30 p.m.
For each pint of blood donated to Chris-
tian Homes Hendrick Medical Center
will take $25 off the doctor bills the Home
already has at the center.
Christian Homes is depending on ACU
students said Jerod Van Landinghan
senior human communication major from
San Diego.
The most students have ever given wat
in September 1986 when more than 286
pints were donated said Tim Yandell
director of development for Christian
Homes.
Students gave more than 150 pints of
blood at the blood drive eight weeks ago.
Last year ACU students donated $21000
in blood Yandell said.
Social club
reviewers
conduct
meeting
By Chris Seldman
Optimist 8UK
The Inter-Social Club Council's Social
Club Review Board had its first meeting
of the semester Monday night said ISCC
president Matt Duncan.
"The board's purpose is to establish
standards of behavior for the social clubs
on campus" said Duncan senior youth
ministry major from Austin
The board which consists of three of-
ficers and five members of the ISCC will
convene when a club or individual be-
lieves that a university rule has been
broken by a club or members acting on
behalf of a club Duncan said.
The board will conduct a hearing to
determine whether the club member or
club is guilty of a violation and what ac-
tion should be taken against the guilty
party he said.
The board's chairwoman is Jena Jones
senior biology major from Abilene and
member of Sigma Theta Chi.
The other members of the board are
Dena Davis senior human communica-
tion major from Mertzon and member of
Tri Kappa Gamma j Mike Moore senior
human communication major from
Bridgcwater N.J. and president of Frater
Sodalis; Vance Herrold junior Bible
youth minister major from Littleton
Colo. and member of Phi Quag Mire;
Amy Halley senior biology major from
Clarksville and president of G ATA; Holly
Howard senior advertising major from
Dallas and member of GATA; Wendy
Huntington sophomore life-earth science
education major from Littleton Colo.
and president of Alpha Theta Chi Omega
and Dorothy Johnson junior English ma-
jor from Tyndell AFB Fla. and member
of Tn Kappa Gamma.
"I hope that this board will develop into
a solid committee which will have a posi-
tive cflcct on social clubs in the future"
he said
West Germany is a land of freedom and
now East Germany is taking all restric-
tions off.
East Germany's new premier Hans
Modrow said tearing down the Berlin
Wall would create "chaos" and the bar-
rier is needed to keep AIDS crime and
other Western problems out of his Com-
munist country a newspaper reported
Thursday
Modrow considered a reformer also
called for a coalition government and said
he has begun consultations on the cabinet
he must form.
"I like what has happened so far"
Presley said. It came so sudden she said
Many families arc united who were sepa-
rated. She said for both sides the situation is
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Department ol Undergraduate Bible and Ministry chairman Dr. Jim Mankin
climbs the rear stairway leading to the top of the Beauchamp Amphitheater
of the College of Biblical Studies Building on his way to class Wednesday.
Pistone
By Dena Bell
Wednesday Production
Former FBI agent Joseph Pistone spoke
about his undercover work in the Mafia
Tuesday night in Hart Auditorium
Pistone began his career in law en-
forcement as a special agent for the Naval
Intelligence Service from 1967-1969. He
then received an appointment to be a
special agent for the FBI and entered the
National Academy
After numerous investigative assign-
ments on the eastern seaboard of the Unit-
ed States Pistone volunteered for an un-
dercover position within the Mafia.
The operation which was scheduled to
last six months lasted six years.
Pistone who grew up in New Jersey
said he was well-prepared for the under-
cover work because of the area he lived in.
"I knew the rules and regulations"
Pistone said.
In 1976 Pistone rented an apartment in
New York and began establishing a new
background which did not include his
wife and three children. Visitations during
the operation were limited to telephone
conversations and overnight visits every
six or eight weeks.
Pistonc's new Identity was jewel thief
Donnic Brasco. As Brasco Pistone spent
seven days a week trying to make a "con-
nectlpn" with the Mafia.
Finally after eight months Pistone
more positive and provides a freer enter-
prise but frustrations lie ahead in the
East-West relationship.
Most of the refugees are young profes-
sionals who come from an uncapitalistic
and uncompetitive society and they are
going to a capitalistic and competitive
society.
"It will be totally new" she said.
The country will have to go through a
lot of relearning. Danger may not be prcs
cnt now but will occur later she said.
West Germany is the leading industrial
state in Europe even though it docs not
have any natural resources.
Presley said that now with the addition
of East Germany's natural resources such
as iron ore West Germany will be even
stronger.
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tells Mafia tales
became acquainted with a bartender who
introduced mm to someone on me 'in-
side." Through this connection Pistone
became associated with the Columbo
crime family one of five "families" in
New York. "Family" is the word used to
describe each group of organized criminals
in the Mafia.
To be a part of a crime family you do
not have to be blood related Pistone said.
Pistone also added that each family has its
own "turf that no one can "work"
without the family's permission. If some-
one does invade another family's territory
they will kill them Pistone said.
After a few months Pistone moved on
to the Bonanno crime family also located
in New York. This family had 87
"members" of the Mafia with at least 10
"associates" under each member. In order
to be a Mafia member a person must be a
white Italian male
"The Mafia is not an equal opportunity
employer" Pistone said.
Associates do not have to be Italian but
they do have to be money-earners Pistone
said.
Pistone held an associates status
throughout the undercover operation but
was due to become a member when the
FBI pulled him from the case Pistone
said he would have been required to kiU
someone or make a "hit" in order to galh
membership.
"As a part of the FBI I couldn't have
East Germany also is rich in china
wood carvings and symphonies.
With the occupation of two government
seats in NATO they will offer a free
economy culture and politics she said.
Presley is German and all of her
mother's family lives in East Germany
except her mother's brother. She said her
family was not allowed to cross the border
to visit relatives.
'Her family now lives in Wiesbaden
West Germany close to Frankfurt.
She said she now would like to visit East
Germany and see her mother's family.
Dean Castleberry sophomore accoun-
ting major from Odessa is half German.
The broken-down wall is great he said.
He has family on his mother's side on the
East side.
Holidays
dismiss
classes
By Lynanno Walker
Optimist Staff
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Classes officially adjourn at 1 p.m. Wed-
nesday for the Thanksgiving holidays. All
the dorms will remain open throughout
the holidays and the Bean will close.
Ms. Hazel Fillmon dorm director for
Sikes Hall said all students who need to
may stay 'in their dorms. However they
need to let their dorm directors know if
they plan to stay she said.
A special curfew will be implemented
during the holiday although a specific
time has not yet been confirmed Fillmon
saWf
Dorms will remain open
during Thanksgiving
holidays which begin at
1 p.m. Wednesday.
"It's mainly the ones who are stuck here
because of a job who can't go home for the
full break" she said.
Local churches such as Hillcrest
Church of Christ usually check with
Fillmon and other dorm directors to sec if
anyone is going to be in the dorms
Thanksgiving Day Fillmon said.
"If they're not going to a friend's .I'll
feed them" she said.
Some go home with friends but some
do not.
"I hadn't really thought about Thanks-
giving" said Sylvia Dyer junior public
relations major from Kingston Jamaica.
She said she has made no plans to go
home they do not celebrate the holiday
in Jamaica. She said she probably will get
some studying done.
The Bean will close after lunch Wed-
nesday and reopen Nov. 27 at breakfast
said Tom Minor director of dining.
"A Thanksgiving buffet with all the
trimmings will be featured after church
this Sunday afternoon" Minor said.
He said that on Wednesday the Bean
will provide the lunches-to-go as usualand
is planning to make extras for the stu-
dents' trips home.
become involved 'in violence unless I was
nrntectint? mvself or someone else."
Pistone said "It had to come down to 'am
I going to get killed or is he?' "
As a part of the Mafia Pistone was in-
Sec Pistone Page 7
Joseph Pistone
In-depth p. 8
The University 100 course required
of freshmen has some disadvantages
and some advantages.
"New Faces" p. 3
Lisa Lawrence senior drama major
directs a cast of freshmen in four
classic comedy scenes.
Basketball p. 6
The Lady Wildcats will begin their
season at home against St. Edwards
University Friday at 8 p.m.
Pentagon starts
war on drug
o
SAN ANTONIO (AP) A long-
awaited military headquarters to co-
ordinate the war on drugs along the
southern border of the United States
has been activated by the Pentagon a
military spokesman says.
Spokesman Buddy Gee of 5th Army
Headquarters at Fort Sam Houston
said Monday that Joint Task Force 6
commanded by Brig. Gen. Sherman
H'. Williford currently 5th Army
chief of staff; will have its head-
quarters at Fort Bliss near El Paso. "
Miliary wants
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land in four states
HELENA Mont. (AP) - The mil-
itary wantsmore land for war games
in four Western states but hunters
ranchers and environmentalists see its
plans as a land grab twice the size of
Massachusetts that menaces wildlife
and farming.
Four separate proposals by different
branches of the armed services would
expand areas for training with tanks
Warplanea and artillery by 16800
square miles in unconnected areas in
Montana Idaho Utah and Nevada.
The Pentagon says the proposals to
add military training to uses allowed
on the federally owned land aren't
part of a coordinated effort. But en-
vironmentalists say Congress rejected
a similar national program in 974v
Farmers receive
no big earnings
AUSTIN (AP) - Big Thanksgiving
dinners won't mean big profits for
Texas farmers and some actually will
lose money the state Agriculture
Department says.
A department economist com-
pleting the TDA's fifth annual survey
of the net return farmers earn from a
typical Thanksgiving dinner said that
overall farmers will earn just 2.8 cents
for producing the ngredicnts of a 10-
item dinner costing $2.46 per serving.
"Who is making the killing? The
food processors. They have done
enormously well" said Heather Ball
oftheTDA.
"Turkey farmers got caught in a
price squeeze between high feed
prices particularly for soybean meal.
The price of turkey rose but they
didn't rise nearly enough to coyer the
cost of higher feed" Ms. Ball said.
Mental programs
must give audits
AUSTIN (AP) - The state mental
health department no longer can keep
secret audits that show whether com-
munity programs run by state mental
hospitals arc properly caring for the
mentally ill a federal fudge says.
U.S. District Judge Barefoot Sand-
ers of Dallas in an opinion made
Eublic Monday ordered the Texas
lepa. merit of Mental Health and
Mental Retardation to release the per-
formance audits to anyone who wants
them.
"The reports must be made avail-
able to the public upon request"
Sanders said.
The department has refused to
release the audits to lawyers for men-
tally ill plaintiffs in the 15-year-old
federal lawsuit challenging the Texas
mental health system and to the
Austin American-Statesman newspaper
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