arkroom similar to hot air balloon
THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1977
Page 3
PEACE CORPS
TICKET TO EXPERIENCE
Pecial IjlRKROOM IS INFLATABLE
twchoMn inflatable photography dark-
>aeked . 00 in? Southern Methodist Univer-
)ack aii jty has one.
■’he head of the art education de-
s not yjg|tment has developed a darkroom
°f g r * m the same principle as a hot air
t sure! ,al)oon. A seamed piece of black
)icesdrastic is blown up with a floor fan.
* n 311 sir full y ' n fl atet l darkroom is 20
n they® wide, 30 feet long, and 15 feet
Pine;®.
ent ‘ darkroom will hold about 25
e at M pP le an d is usually set up in the
1 music,®! of the arts center,
rnedoffc
er beelfUDENTS SETTLE IN SUIT
IB’hree former University of Texas
Rosi it, Arlington students who brought
uit against the university for in-
es they received in a chemistry
Cfimb explosion in 1973, have settled
of court for $145,000.
he three students were injured
irpi
where I twin
foals
,;y;;,' to be month old
"'V'-this Sunday
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>luntee® By MICHELLE SMITH
■win thoroughbred foals, born at
-» but ieN is A&M University’s horse cen-
more er, will be a month old this Sunday.
[Twins are very rare and less than
fe per cent of those born ever
fe,” Steve Vogelsang, a graduate
pent in animal reproduction, said
esday. “The percentage of
Ithy twin horses is even less.”
he father of the twins, Mam-
etta, is a thoroughbred stakes
ner that belonged to the King
|ich. He was donated to A&M’s
mal science department in 1975
[Cletus Brown of Houston,
he mare, Coed, is also a thor-
hbred stakes winner,
tbirth, one foal weighed 35 lbs.
the other weighed 55 lbs. Both
B female and have not yet been
Bned. The smaller foal was too
rard Caijpak to nurse at first, so the animal
ter D! Cience students took turns
)allas,bo tiefeeding her.
Our main worry was that the
ns might catch pneumonia or get
i;rrhea,’ Vogelsang said. “We
v'r M3j)t them on penicillin the first few
lys and then we had the little one
\ a sulfa drug for a week.
J/ogelsang says the foals are
|.ilthy and eventually will be used
or breeding since they have such a
lod background. They will also be
Id ition research and horse
management classes.
We’ve sure had a lot of visitors
e e since they were born,” he said.
lioplebring their children and the
fidents are real interested in the
ts.”
The twins are very much on
5ir way to being spoiled,” he
led.
during an organic chemistry exper
iment, when ether fumes came in
contact with a hot plate, causing a
flash fire.
Eight students were injured in
the fire. Five were hospitalized.
The suit was filed under the Texas
Tort Claims Act, which says that any
Over the wall
judgement against a state university
must be paid by state appropria
tions.
The claim will be presented to
the legislature. If passed, $75,000
will be awarded to one student and
$35,000 to the other two.
Lawyers estimated that it would
take approximately 90 to 120 days
before the claim money could be re
ceived.
DORM LOTTERY HELD
We re not the only ones with
dorm space problems. Baylor Uni
versity has a novel way of solving its
problem — a lottery.
There are only 1,100 available
spaces for the 1,324 women who
want to live on campus in the fall.
The women drew tickets with num
bers on them, which designated a
dorm assignment. Other tickets had
“WL” printed on them. The women
who drew them were put on a wait
ing list.
Five hundred dorm spaces are
available for men. Approximately
750 men were involved in the lot
tery. Those who were not guaran
teed a room were placed on the
waiting list.
Those who were placed on the
waiting list have the choices of wait
ing to see if something happens or
going apartment-hunting. Sound
familiar?
BASENJI VISITS CLASS
A rare African Basenji dog visited
East Texas State University re
cently.
The barkless dog, used by the na
tives in Africa to help them hunt
food, spent her visit at ETSU listen
ing to a history lecture. Baba, as the
dog is called, is owned by a member
of the history faculty.
During her visit, Baba tried to eat
anything within reach, including
chalk, the class roll, a map of East
ern Europe, and a picture of Czar
Nicholas II.
The instructor assured her class
that Baba is safe, unless she smells
something that resembles butter
scotch swirl ice cream. It’s her fa
vorite.
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Open by appointment
Muster will be held April 21
On April 21, Texas A&M Univer
sity students and former students
will gather on the lawn of the Sys
tem Building to pay tribute to de
parted comrades.
This year’s Muster, the most re
vered of Aggie traditions, will fea
ture Air Force Maj. James Edwin
Ray as speaker. Ray was graduated
from A&M in 1963.
A San Jacinto Day tradition at
A&M since 1903, the campus Mus
ter will mirror similar events all
over the world, wherever Aggies
gather.
The main campus program also
will include a reading of “The Last
Corps Trip” poem and explanation
of Muster tradition. “The Spirit of
Aggieland” by the Texas Aggie
Band, “Silver Taps” by Band bu
glers, a rifle salute by the Ross Vol
unteers firing squad and the Singing
Cadets’ “Auld Lang Syne” will lend
the annual observance an almost-
religious tone.
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