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Sat. February 3 SILVER WINGS Tickets: BALLR0)))0)))M Hwy. 105 Brenham 836-4836 $10 Adv. $12 Res Available at: Cavenders Boot City College Station f’ONE *2.75 Pitchers 500 Bar Drinks Thurs. thru Sat. 8-10 p.m. Thursday Logan Brothers Band Friday “Ladies Night” CD Release Party Peeping Tom Saturday “Ladies Night” CD Release Party Sun Flower (fiom Austin) WIN $500.00 For your student organization AT ACCiE BASKETBALL SATURDAY • EEB.3 • vs SMU • ^ IVleit @ 2=00 p.m. Women @ 7=00 p-itt. On Saturday, February 3rd, at Half-time of botH tbe Men’s and Women’s basketball games witH SMU, we will Have a paper airplane toss witH tHe closest to tHe target winning $500 for tHeir favorite recognized student organization. Each student will have the opportunity to throw one airplane, so the more that attend from your organization, the better your chances of winning! 4.0 & Go Tutoring 700 E. University Dr., Suite #108 Mark from CBK Begins Management 211 this week Sunday Feb-04-96 Monday Feb-05-96 RHYS 218 Part I 4pm - 6pm ECON 202 Part I 4pm-6pm Tuesday Feb-06-96 PHYS 218 Part II 4pm - 7pm ECON 202 Part II 4pm-6pm Wednesday Feb-07-96 PHYS 218 Part III 4pm-7pm ECON 202 Part III 4pm-6pm Thursday Feb-08-96 ECON 202 Part IV 4pm-6pm For Professor Allen * Mark's CBK packet & all tickets on sale at 5pm MATH 141 Part I 5pm-7pm MATH 141 Part II 5pm-7pm ECON 203 Part I 6 pm-8 pm ECON 203 Part II 6pm-8pm For Professor Ullmer MATH 141 Part III 5pm-7pm ECON 203 Part III 6pm-8pm MATH 141 Part IV 5 pm-7 pm ECON 203 Part IV 6pm-8pm MATH 152 Part I 7pm-10pm ACCT 209 Part I 7pm-9pm FINC 341 Part I 8pm-11pm FINC 341 Part II ACCT 209 Part II 7pm-9pm 8pm-11 pm FINC 341 Part III 8pm-10pm ACCT 229 Part I 9pm-11pm ACCT 229 Part II 9pm-11pm *MGMT 211 Test Review ACCT 229 Part III 9pm-11pm MATH 151 Part I MATH 152 Part II 7pm-10pm MATH 152 Part III 7pm-10pm ACCT 209 Part III ACCT 209 Part IV 7pm-9pm 9pm-11pm MATH 151 Part I MATH 151 Part I 10pm-1am MEEN 327 MEEN 327 MEEN 327 ± TyrrT', • :• - Part 1 Part II Prac. Test 11pm-1am 11pm-1am 11pm-1am iHMBii For ticket information call 846-TUTOR Page 2 • The Battalion Campus Thursday • February 1, System dives into oil business, cashes in □ A&M is receiving 25 percent of royalties from oil drilling projects on West Campus. By Eleanor Colvin The Battalion The Texas A&M University System is get ting its feet wet — with oil — in a money mak ing venture with the oil and gas industry pio neers of Union Pacific Resources Company. Union Pacific was recently praised in the Wall Street Journal for the innovative drilling procedures implemented on the Texas A&M campus. The System began contracting Union Pa cific in 1994 to remove oil deposits from Sys tem properties, including the A&M campus. Terri Parker, System director of commu nications, said money raised by the drilling is sent to the System general land office and is then invested as needed. “The money is redirected throughout the System so that all seven universities and eight agencies benefit from the drilling,” Parker said. “Texas A&M receives about 25 percent of the royalties earned from the in vested money.” Union Pacific has been drilling on West Campus near the George Bush Presiden tial Library Complex site for two months and recently placed a well next to Easter- wood Airport. System Real Estate Office employees said they anticipate that this venture will be profitable, though productivity reports are not yet complete. “Union Pacific paid us about $744,000 just for the right to drill,” Parker said. “Ob viously, they must think that there is some thing of value here.” Glen Dowling, executive director for plan ning, evaluation and institutional research, said Union Pacific’s techniques are innova tive and its drilling process is admirable. “The Union Pacific people are very effi cient,” Dowling said. “There was minimal noise at the site, and they were in and out as quickly as possible.” Union Pacific uses a horizontal drilling style that is uncommon in the oil and gas in dustry. In the A&M horizontal drilling oper ation, workers drill 7,000 feet down and then drill sideways. Dr. James E. Russell, head of the petrole um engineering department, said Union Pacific’s methods are recognized as one of the major oil and gas industry advances of the last 10 years.’ “One of the best parts is that you can ac cess more of the layers of oil through hori zontal drilling,” he said. “Of course, A&M can benefit tremendously from the royalties of the oil once it is sold.” Texas A&M is the only System school with wells on campus, but the System also has wells on property in neighboring Fayette, Burleson and Washington counties in Central Texas. M ICC hre Gwendolyn Struve, The Battai# Manhattan Construction Company workers guide wet cement Tuesday into a wooden frame to form a column on what will be the George Bush Presidential Library Center. Rony Angkriwan, The Battalion OFF WITH THEIR HEADS Dawn Dorsett, a Class of '92 wildlife and fisheries major, removes the otholith (part of a hearing organ in the head cavity) of a striped bass. Dorsett works for the Texas Park and Wildlife Department as a fish eries technician. HEWLETT PACKARD 48G / 48GX Advanced Programmable Graphing Calculators 48G $ 99.95 48GX $215.00 University Bookstores Three Off-Campus Stores For You Northgate • Culpepper Plaza • Village Now Accepting Aggie Bucks! “Your Source for Hewlett- Packard Calculators” Poultry science prof runs for Congress □ Fred Thornberry said his top campaign issue will be education. By Heather Pace The Ba h align A Texas A&M professor de scribed by supporters as a “problem solver” is running for Congress. Fred Thornberry, a professor and extension specialist in the poultry science department, is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives. Thornberry, who has taught at A&M for twenty-five years and has done consulting work for environmental and industrial firms, said his background pro vides him with the experience necessary to make a difference in Washington. “My long-term experience with people of all walks of life has giv en me a wide breadth of knowl edge and experience that can be utilized in serving the people of the state,” Thornberry said. “I’ve listened to the problems these people have faced, and I know what their feelings and hopes are.” Thornberry said his top cam paign priority is improving ed ucation. He supports research funding and state and local control of primary and sec ondary education. “It is of utmost importance that we maintain a strong edu cational system and a strong re search effort to develop our in dustries and advance our tech nology,” he said. Those who have worked with Thornberry emphasize his willingness to work for the common good. Lee Cartwright, associate professor and extension special ist in the poultry science depart ment, said Thornberry’s involve ment with youth programs such as 4-H Club and Future Farm ers of America show his dedica tion to helping people. “His emphasis has been on al lowing people to develop their own resources to make a living,’ Cartwright said. Thornberry has proven him self, Cartwright said, by taking action to improve citizens’ lives, and will continue to impact the community with his problem solving ability. “His interest has always been on the grassroots level, with the average citizen of Texas, trying to give them an edge in improv ing their standard of living,’ Cartwright said. “He i,s„one of those rare indiyiduals who is good in emergency situation and just doesn’t give up.” Elizabeth Erwin, a senior en- . vironmental geography major, said that even though she is un familiar with Thornberry’s plat form, she will not vote for him because he is a Republican. Erwin, a Democratic, said that even if some of Thornber ry’s ideas mirror her own, she does not think he represents the bulk of her political views. “He’s a Republican, and I don’t support any of their plat form,” Erwin said. “It’s hard to believe he is supporting educa tion for one thing. And he proba bly doesn’t support welfare and probably isn’t pro-life.” Erwin said she feels like a political minority on campus because so many professors are Republicans. “I do feel like I’m in the mi nority, big time,” she said. “And when I do get a professor that seems liberal to me, I completely freak out.” Rachel Bi heBaitai.k The Battalion Sterling Hayman, Editor in Chief Stacy Stanton, Managing Editor Stew Milne, Photo Editor Michael Landauer, Opinion Editor Tara Wilkinson, City Editor Tiffany Moore, Night News Editor Gretchen Perrenot, Night News Editor Amy Collier, Aggielife Editor Nick Georgandis, Sports Editor Dave Winder, Radio Editor Toon Boonyavanich, Graphics Editor Brad Graeber, Graphics Editor Staff Members City Desk - Assistant Editor: Lily Aguilar; Reporters: Marissa Alanis, Pamela Benson, Linn Bowden, Eleanor Colvin, Gregory Eahrenholt, Johanna Henry, Lisa John son, Michelle Lyons, Headier Pace, Kendra Rasmussen, Wes Swift, Angela Thompson & Courtney Walker Aggieliee Desk - Assistant Editor: Amy Uptmor; Eeaturf Writers: Rachel Barry, Krislina Buffin, Helen Clancy, Amber Clark, Marisa Demaya, Krislin Deluca, Thomas Dougherty, Jonathan FaJier, James Francis, Libe Goad, leremy Hubble, John LeBas, Amy Protas, Daryl Sinkule & Alex Wallers Sports Desk - Assisiani Editor: Tom Day; Sportswriters: Philip Leone, Lisa Nance, Slephanie Christopher, Nicole Smith, Jody Holley, Kristina Buffin & Wes Swift Opinion Desk - Assistant Editor: Jason Brown; Columnists: H. 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