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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1971)
vv::: ■■ ' x-v::; Yell practice in front of Henderson tonight at 10:30 be Battalion Cloudy and rainy ’ "w?#ol. 67 No. 10 rather benf College Station, Texas Thursday, September 16, 1971 Friday — Partly cloudy, south erly winds 10-15 mph. High 91°, low 68°. Saturday — Partly cloudy to cloudy. Afternoon thundersowers, easterly winds 10-15 mph. High 88°, low 71°. 845-2226 ind and rain i mini : whip L 3thing shoe I ting quarto JL stem. omsiana %s Edith lands ehange qui Jring the [ ents now to prepare IAMERON, La. (A*)—Hurricane I he way t) |h’ s advance winds whipped illas both * virtually deserted coastal e up a dem today as the storm aimed as like ck>i» ur y a t the lowlands of Loui- r and a si siana’s western coast. Nearly all residents of the area had fled. But a small crew of Civil Defense workers stayed on to ride out the storm in a board- SC seeks to halt elations problem leads ve M -The Arkii their ofj chine" bd ieir quarterl iis unifor: Vowing to improve communi- istics lastijions between the Graduate ened wherient Council and the gradu- 1 by Calife P students and also between jrback Joeil graduates and the adminis- Bouthwest I Ion, Ron Tomas, president, ? and toti Bed this year’s Graduate Stu- completior.i t Council meetings Wednes- .-20 victor; | afternoon. f 34 play: fcmas stated the council’s Is in a special orientation {ichardson feting which new graduate stu ng with Is attended. Also at the meet- indem off) Iwas the Dean of the Grad- receivin; p College, Dean George Kunze. luring the meeting, the Grad- in null Student Council representa- offense es from each college were in- n pass di nduced. Also, the Department esentatives were called to attention of the audience, iiring the summer, the coun- iame up with two new plans ih improve the communica- needed by the council Tomas he first is the addition of rep- ptatives from each depart- [t. This should improve out- of the individual’s input, as added. mas also said that the Grad- Student Council is now in process of evaluating various ius committees in order to the ones in which graduate ents need representation, he problem is that less than percent of the student repre- ;ation on these university iding committees, administra- advisory committees and committees are graduate ients, Tomas said. The oppor- fty to help determine univer- policy is here but students will have to help and take advan tage of it, he added. “We function in making de sires of students known to the administration,” he said, “but it’s up to all of you to let us know what needs to be done.” Dean Kunze then introduced the Graduate college staff. Dean Kunze discussed requirements for graduation, mainly for the bene fit of the new students. He also stressed the impor tance of using the Graduate Stu dent Council. “This year’s council is the best working council we’ve had since I’ve been here. But they can’t do anything to help unless you go to them,” Kunze said. Also discussed at the meeting was a questionnaire which is be ing given to all graduate stu dents. The items are of a gen eral and controversial nature and the purpose of the questionnaire is to assist the council in repre senting the students on these subjects. In a newsletter distributed to all graduate students, a few of the issues were cleared up which were the result of last year’s questionnaire. One item was the distribution of the Battalion. Many students had complained of the availability of the campus newspaper. It was pointed out that there were five locations on campus for picking a copy up and that it was delivered to every house in College Station. The council also announced that a short Graduate Student Handbook for incoming graduate students would be available soon. ed up City Hall. The main force of Edith was aimed at Cameron, some 25 miles east of the Texas line, and it was carrying sustained winds of 100 miles an hour with highest gusts near the center. At 8 a.m. the National Hurri cane Center located the storm’s eye at 23.5 west latitude and 93.5 north longitude—about 25 miles southwest of Cameron moving northeast at 15 to 18 miles per hour. It was coming ashore at high tide, with water levels approach ing 10 to 12 feet higher than nor mal. A few tornadoes were ex pected along the coast. Heavy rain was falling in Cam eron, where winds early in the day were hitting 80 miles an hour. Roland Trosclair, Civil Defense Director for Cameron who was among the officials remaining, said, “Rain is blowing heavy into us, but it is nothing alarming yet.” Contacted by shortwave radio, reported, “We’ve got some water in the street, maybe ankle deep. Most of that is from the rain, however, not tides.” He reported power was out in the area and telephone commu nications no longer working. Cameron Parish county, which has about 5,000 residents, was virtually deserted. So was much of the coastal area to the east and west. In 1957 Hurricane Audrey kill ed 390 people at Cameron with a surge of water from the Gulf of Mexico 12 feet high. In this area, barely above sea level, the drown ing tides raged inland for miles. During the night a steady stream of cars loaded with people and trucks loaded with cattle moved along the lone highway which heads north out of Cameron Parish. The exodus also included thou sands from the coastal area be tween Cameron and Morgan City. Public shelters were set up in the cities near the coast. THE COLOURS PERFORMED Wednesday night to a ca- in the Grove and for the Corps of Cadets. (Photo by Joe pacity crowd in the Memorial Student Ballroom. The folk- Matthews) rock singers with Town Hall performed earlier Wednesday Problems of housing Senate will discuss rent raise The housing question, specifi cally the rent raise versus the nation-wide wage and price freeze, is on the agenda for to night’s meeting of the Student Senate, scheduled for 7:30 in the conference room of the Library. Also to be discussed is the re port of the Sweetheart Revision Committee and a resolution re garding the changes accepted by the Rules and Regulations Com mittee. In other Senate action, it was announced that the Alumni Ad visory Board will meet again this year. Scheduled to get together Sept. 25 is the selected group of Former Students and student body leaders. Students on the Board are Sen ate President John Sharp, Civi lian Student Council President Gordon Pilmer, Memorial Stu dent Center President John Da- cus, Graduate Student Council President Ron Thomas, and Sen ior Class President Jerry Mc- Gowen. Debate over effects of oilspills I0USTON (A 1 )— The debate the effects of oilspills on ’ine life and ecology still con ies. tudies of the past two years e not resolved differences but arently are opening the way more amicable discussions mg government officials, in- try executives, scientists, and ct conservationists, he controversial oilspill of ly 1969 in California’s Santa 'bara Channel was followed by major spills and fires— ;vron and Shell—off the Lou- itia Coast. First details of a year-long scientific study of effects result ing from the Chevron spill were submitted at the recent Interior Department hearing on a pro posed December sale of additional federal leases in the eastern Louisiana offshore area. The Chevron fire and spill dumped an estimated 30,000 bar rels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico between Feb. 10 and March 31, 1970. Dr. John G. Mackin, professor emeritus in biology at Texas A&M, has made studies of in shore and offshore Gulf of Mexico ecology and marine communities since 1947. At the Interior De partment hearing, Mackin was a witness for the offshore operators committee which represents 50 companies that account for 95 per cent of the oil and gas pro duced from Louisiana and Texas offshore areas. After the spill, Mackin took 230 bottom samples ranging from near shore to deep water south of the Chevron platform that is about eight miles northeast of the Mississippi Delta main pass area. bourse in technical theater cheduled for the weekend A technical theater short course secondary school drama direc- s, students and community ater personnel will be con- [cted Sept. 18-19 at A&M. tressing basics of theater hnology, the course will cover nery construction, stage light- , scene design, scene painting (d the “unit set” concept of play uction. nstructors will be profession- in theater technology from Inking is a pleasure at First Ink & Trust. UT-Austin and El Paso, East Texas State, the Texas Inter- scholastic League and a profes sional theater’consultant. The short course, which begins at 9 a.m. Saturday with all ses sions in A&M’s Memorial Student Center, will be conducted jointly by the Texas Section, U. S. Insti tute for Theater Technology, and A&M’s Theater Arts Section. Robert Wenck, Texas USITT performing arts training and edu cation committee chairman, is short course chairman. He said A&M theater arts students and members of the UT-Austin US ITT student chapter will assist the professional faculty. The faculty includes Don Mid dleton, El Paso; Andrew Gibbs, East Texas; Lynn Murray, TIL; John Rothgeb, Austin; G. E. Dis- ke, professional theater consult ant of Dallas, and Glenn Martin, Texas Scenic Co., San Antonio. Wenck said from 30 to 50 drama directors are expected for the two-day pilot course. It will conclude with a Sunday luncheon. A year later, he took 51 addi tional samples. The 281 bottom samples, he said, were arranged in such a manner as to test all areas which coincided with slicks caused by the spill. Mackin said the fauna of the sound and shelf areas after the year-later samples “can only be described as fantastic.” “The extraordinary numbers of crustaceans, polychaete worms, mollusca, and other taxonomic categories encountered indicate this fauna is as rich as any ever studied in the Gulf of Mexico’s north shores,” he said. He acknowledged, however, a possibility the fire and spill pro duced a temporary depression of bottom fauna within a three- quarter mile radius of the plat form but emphasized the word temporary. “In that area, complete recov ery has been attained and a real limit of temporary effect has been established,” he said. Mackin said if any one pro cedure is capable of determining the effect of oilspills it is the testing for normality of the bot tom community. “This is because the bottom community is incapable of escape from alleged toxic pollutants and bottom communities are in a state of constant change—species ap pear, reach a peak and decline, to be replaced by other species,” he said. Also on the board are Corps Commander Tom Stanley, Nancy Evans, University Women Chair man, Black Awareness Commit tee Chairman Sidney Chaucere, and all the members of the Stu dent Senate Executive Commit tee. Executive Aides for the com ing year have been chosen. This program enables freshmen to work with the Senate, doing ad ministrative and clerical duties. The new Aides are John Nash and Chip Spence of Houston, Randy Gillespie of Fort Worth, Jim Lane of Wichita Falls, Terry Brown of Friendswood, Beverly Barnes of Corpus Christi, Steve Eberhard of New Braunfels, Richard King of Conroe, Barbara Cowan of Livingston, Tenn., Rog er Munk of Garland, Kay Seidel of Brenham, and Rusty Jones of Spring. An early project of the Senate to be discussed has been the “Free University.” This would be a type of experimental col lege, involving courses being taught by interested professors on any subject. No credit or grades would be given. In addition, the courses would be taught at night to avoid in terference with regular classes. 3-story fall badly injures worker here Sam Fachorn of Rt. 1 Box 242, Bryan, was seriously injured Wednesday morning in a fall from the third floor of the eight- story classroom - office building under construction at A&M. Fachorn, a laborer employed by Vance and Thurmond General Contractors of Bryan, was wreck ing wood forms when he appar ently slipped and fell from the southeast corner of the project. His injuries included a frac tured left forearm, fractured left leg, fractured pelvis and a com pression-type fracture to the second lumbar vertebra, accord ing to a Bryan Clinic spokesman. Fachorn’s condition was termed “serious but encouraging” by the spokesman late Wednesday. The accident occurred at 8:30 a.m. The classroom-office build ing is under construction in the former Academic Building park ing lot. University National Bank “On the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. Layne Kruse, Student Senate Life Chairman, reported at last week’s meeting that the MSC would co operate with the program. Senate Vice President Mike Essmyer has been making ar rangements for the use of refrig erators in dormitory rooms. He was contacted during the sum mer by several rental companies looking for a sponsoring organi zation. Fulbrights open for applications The deadline for various Ful- bright Awards applications is Oct. 20, advises Dr. J. M. Nance, TAMU History Department head and campus Fulbright advisor. A&M students may apply for Fulbright Scholarships and other U. S. government grants under the Fulbright-Hays Act for aca demic study or research abroad and for professional traveling in the creative and performing arts. Approximately 600 awards are available to American graduate students. Students at TAMU must apply through the local Campus Ful bright Committee chaired by Dr. Nance. Applicants who are not enrolled in the university apply directly to the National Commit tee but may obtain forms and assistance from the local commit tee, he noted. The applicant must be a U. S. citizen, preferably between the ages of 20 and 35, Dr. Nance said. He must also have a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent by the beginning date of the grant. Dr. Nance reports the trend in awarding grants is on advanced graduate study, although appli cations from graduating seniors are welcomed. Selections are made on the basis of academic and professional record, the feas ibility of the applicant’s proposed study plan and personal qualifi cations. Full grants are available to 29 countries and travel grants are available to 12 countries. Dr. Nance reported grants of fered by governments, universi ties and private donors of 14 countries are also administered through the Institute of Interna tional Education. Many of the countries require a working knowledge of the country’s language hut for others only English is necessary. Two types of grants are of fered—U. S. Government Full Grants and U. S. Government Travel Grants. A full award provides a gran tee with tuition, maintenance for one academic year in one coun try, round-trip transportation, health and accident insurance and an incidental allowance. Travel grants are available to Austria, Belgium - Luxembourg, Germany, Israel, Italy, Nether lands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and Yugoslavia. Fulbright program information is available from Dr. Nance in Nagle Hall Room 208. International Students plan officer elections for T! jrsday The International Student As sociation, in its first meeting of the year, announced the date for the election of new officers and discussed possible programs for the year Wednesday night. Elections for the Executive Committee will be held next Thursday at 7:00, the meeting place has not been determined. “If we start out this year by rolling up our sleeves; we can get something done,” said Mi chael Raphael, an instructor in mechanical engineering from Lebanon. The ISA discussed a possible international bazaar, with booths depicting the countries represent ed at A&M, and a reception for Literested students. Also discussed was a proposal for the ISA to help find places rather than the A&M campus for foreign students to live during the Christmas holidays. The main portion of the dis cussion centered on how the ISA could draw the foreign students to it. “This is the closest we have ever come to having an interna tional student association on campus,” said Fernando Gianetti, an animal science major from Argentina. “There are a lot of people waiting for us to start and get something going.”