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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°.
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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-
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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-
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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.”