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pm* s THE BATTALION Colkc* Station, Texas August 9, 1972 CADET SLOUCH by Jim Bark A&M enters computer chess match welcome home deam A AM and seven other institu tions across the U. S. will square off over the chess board next weekend, with computers pro grammed to play chess calling the moves. The third U. S. Computer Chees Championships will be held Sun day, Monday and Tuesday in Bos ton, in conjunction with the na tional conference of the* Associa tion for Computing Machinery. A AM participation is co-spon sored by the Data Processing Center and Industrial Engineer ing Department- Heading the TAMU team will be Rolf C. Smith and Prank Ce ra ti, graduate students who cre sted the AAM program in 1969 as part of the graduate project. They are Air Force officers as signed here for graduate studies tin computer science. Dr. Udo W. Pooch said AAM “ha* a reasonable chance for a good showing, though the com petition is better this year.” A member of the industrial en gineering faculty, he is advisor to the Memorial Student Center chess committee and the two graduate students. Other teams in the U. S. Chess Federation - sanctioned tourna ment represent Northwestern, Csrnegie-Mellon, Minnesota, Co lumbia, Harvard and two institu tions of the University of Cali fornia system. Play will originate in the Sher aton-Boston Hotel, with Ceruti phoning instructions for TAMU’s IBM 3«0 '66 computer to Smith at the Data Prseessing Center. A large chess display board showing progress of the games Economists’ articles published Four economists with the Tex as Agricultural Experiment Sta tion have had articles published in a book entitled “Symposium j Ver tical Coordination in the Pork In dustry.” Dr. Donald E. Farris and Dr. William R. Maach contributed “Vertical Coordination in the Pork Industry in the Southwest.” A&M scientists make report on effects of* shell dredging Dr. Vance W. Edmondson contrib uted “The -Danish System of Swine and Pork Production and Marketing” and Dr. John A. Hop- kin contributed “Financing a Technologically Modern Coordi nated Production-Marketing Sys tem.” All four are members of the Department of Agricultural Eco nomics and Rural Sociology at AAM. An interim report was made Tuesday by AAM scientists on studies they have under way t* determine environmental effects of shell dredging on San Antonio Bay. The bay southeast of Victoria forms part of the shoreline- of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, which Wntains endanger ed species such as the whooping crane. The San Antonio and Guada lupe Rivers empty into the bay. Sitting in on the interim re port were representatives of en vironmentally - concerned groups and state and federal agencies including the Environmental Pro in San Antonio Bay. Provision is made for immediate stoppage of dredging operations if detrimen tal effects are found. Studies by AAM personnel for one annual cycle of seasons is performed under contract with Corps of Engineers and the dredg ing firms. The latter provides for collection of data and field operations. Cost of preparing, assembling earlier studies and writing the impact statement is borne under the Corps contsact. “No influence nor control is ex ercised over the data or results,’’ Colonel Rhodes said. “Our intent is to keep the tests totally objec- will be set up and maintained at the DPC by the MSC chess com mittee, according to Recreation Chairman James Goode. Dr. Pooch said computer chess programs tie into a computer sci ence sub-branch known as artifi cial intelligence, in which pro grammer's “try to make the ma chine exhibit behavior that, if demonstrated in humans, would be called intelligence.” “The best computer program around plays chess at the low master's level,” he remarked. “The computer doesn’t play that well because, from the computer science aspect, we don’t know how to tell the computer to play well." IMPORTED 3 & 10 SPEED BIKES Sales - Service - Accenoriea 715 8. Main GHane 10-SPEED TANDEM Now In Stock CENTRAL SUPPLY CtoMd Man. Bryan 622-2228 1 1 ■ COLONY OAKS APTS. 200 Rebecca St. (1600 So. College) ’ See It —You’ll Like It ★ 1 or 2 ^ Bedroom ★ Pool ★ Furnished or ★ Game Room Unfurnished if Lots of Closets & ★ Ample Parking Storage ★ Close to A&M ★ 2 Laundry Rooms ★ Close to Shopping if Utilities Paid ★ Air Conditioned ★ Carpets & Drapes , Col..Jojlsn C. ftfstr Engineer of the Galveston Dis trict, V- S. Army Corps of Engi neers. The Corps is responsible for an environmental impact statement on the effects of shell dredging In the bay. To be written from data and findings of the TAMU scientists, the statement forms the basis of extending or denying state and federal permits to shell dredgers to continue operations Tfr Arnold H. Hotfma, ocean ography professor who works with nine other TAMU faculty members in biology, wildlife and fisheries sciences, geology, me teorology and oceanography, said the interim report serves as a guidance device for the San An tonio Bay study. “Reactions to data presented may turn up other areas or ques tions that need consideration,” he explained. “Our goal is the most accurate possible determination of the effects of shell dredging on the San Antonio Bay environ ment.” Plant and marine life in the shallow-water bay are important in the food chain that supports animal life in the Aransas Refuge. AAM was selected for the study on the basis of Corps of Engineers interviews with sports and envi ronment protection groups. Sev eral institutions were considered in narrowing the selection to the TAMU group. Working on the San Antonio Bay project are Dr. Sewell Hop kins and Dr. Jack Anderson, biol ogy; Dr. Resnest M. Darnell, oceanography and biology; Dr. Wayne M. Ahr, geologyDr. George L. Huebner and Dr. Den nis Driscoll, meteorology, and Dr. C. Wylie Poag, Dr. Clarence Dineen and Bouma, oceano graphy. Coordination is provided by Dr. Don Harper, biology lab etwrdi- nation; Dr. H. D. Irby, wildlife and fisheries sciences; C. A. Bed- inger, biology field coordinator, and Barry W. Holliday, geology, circulation and chemical coordi nation. "WHIM YOU GUI OH US f Off ~ MCMBtn v .• MEMORIAL STUDENT CENTER University Cam pas 846-3773 TOWN SHIRE SHOPPING CENTER 1997 Texas At#., Bryan 823-0961 BEVERLEY BRALEY UNIVERSITY TRAVEL 8 VA continues research funds - 4 for car controls, artificial limbs Continued research into artifi- fleial limbs and a new study to design automobile controls for se verely disabled persons have been funded by the Veterans Admini stration to AAM’s bioengineering program. Dr. Paul H. Newell, associate dean of engineering and bioengi neering head, said the artifical limbs research is funded for the third year. The auto mobility aids program included in the 1972-78 grant brings total VA funding for the past three years to 1268,000. Currently bioengineers at TAMU are conducting clinical trials in Houston on a new arti ficial leg which attaches to the hip. Dr. Newell said under the new grant the researchers will con centrate on producing an arm to attach to the shoulder. * “This technology has produced a new hip prostheeis that weighs eight pounds and has better func tions than a prescription device weighing 16 pounds and with less function,” Dr. Newell said. He noted a Houston veteran is being used in the hip research with a prototype being prepared for personal use outside the VA Hoepital. Dr. Newell said the automobile driving controls study will look at what type of controls can be prescribed for various levels of disabUity. For example, a person paralys ed from the waist down has a problem getting in and out of a car. Once inside he must be sta ble and able to work the brake, accelerator and light dimmer. Dr. Newell reported the re search will include a variety o. disabilities as they relate to safe driving and driver safety. The TAMU research will be conducted in cooperation with the Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Lewis A. Leavitt, chairman of Baylor’s physical medicine pro gram, will be the medical consult ant for the work. Refrigerator program seeking business manager Applications are being accept ed now by the Student Govern ment for the Job of manager of the refrigerator program. Vice President Randy Ross ex plained that this is a part-time poeition with pay. It will be necessary for the manager to start working Aug. 21. Roes pointed out that the main part of the Job is promot ing and selling the program to the students. Forms may be picked up in the Student Government Office, and they must be turned in b y 6 p.m. Monday. Cbe Battalion Opinions hi The BmtuUon ere thorn of th« student •niters only. The Bottolion is e non-tmx- supported, non-profit, self-supporting edurmtionml enter prise edited end operated by students os a university and community newspaper.. LETTERS POLICY Letters to the editor must be typed, double spaced, and no more than 3C0 words is length. 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