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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1978
Building halted
by gas line move
By TAMMY LONG
Lone Star Gas Co. has tem
porarily halted construction of
the A&M Consolidated vo
cational center to re-route a gas
line that is too close to the build
ing site.
Trustee Bruce Robeck said
Tuesday that the combination of
recent rains and moving the gas
line may put construction behind
schedule a few days. The gas
company has begun work, so con
struction should resume “within a
few days,” he added.
Peggy Crittenden, public in
formation officer for A&M Con
solidated School District, said the
vocational center, located on N u-
eces Street, should be completed
by May, 1979.
The $2.8 million contract for
the vocational center and A&M
Middle School fifth and sixth
grade classroom building was let
to B-F-W Construction of Tem
ple on Dec. 20,1977, said Rodney
LeBoeuf, principal of A&M Con
solidated High School.
Crittenden said the revenue
for the construction had been
raised by a $6.4 million bond
issue in April, 1976.
The two-story vocational cen
ter will house facilities for vo
cational agriculture, homemak
ing, industrial arts, distributive
education, drafting, business
trades, carpentry, business edu
cation, photography, journalism,
printing and vocational office
education, LeBoeuf said. The
center will also include an expan
sion of the high school’s library.
Joe Wiese, counselor at A&M
Consolidated, said overcrowding
is a problem confronting the high
school. “The demand for vo
cational education is there, but
we just don’t have room, ” he said.
Wiese said present vocational
facilities will be made into class
rooms when the vocational
courses are moved to the new
center. LeBoeuf estimated that
the vocational center will ac
commodate 250 students.
“Enrollment in vocational
courses has received a tremen
dous push in the last few years,’’
LeBoeuf said. Wiese said he be
lieves the increase has resulted
from a more competitive job mar
ket and an increasing demand for
labor.
Parachute Club jumps into action
You’re standing at the door and
someone yells behind you, “Watch
that first step! It’s a big one!” That
step is 2,500 feet and there’s no turn
ing back.
Skydiving is rapidly being recog
nized as a national sport and Texas
A&M University is not to be left out.
The Texas A&M Sport Parachute
Club was organized one year ago as
the Brazos Sport Parachute Club.
On Tuesday, Dr. John Koldus,
vice president for student services,
gave the club approval to become a
school-affiliated organization.
The club is open to anyone stu
dent or non-student. Perry Dillon,
club president, urges anyone in
terested in becoming a member to
attend the meetings. There are 15
active members now, he said.
The club meets twice a month and
travels to Gatesville, 120 miles north
of College Station, every weekend to
practice jumping.
What’s it like to jump out of a
plane?
“It’s wild,” said Dillon. “You jump
out and it’s a complete transition
from noise to tranquil silence. It’s
fantastic.”
Francis Kirk, a member who has
been with the club from its begin
ning said he’s not afraid when it’s his
turn to jump.
“I know I’m in control of myself
when I step off of the strut,” Kirk
said. “I know how I’ll react when I’m
out there.”
Dillon said the club works in close
association with the American
Parachute Club in Gatesville. The
jump school and all jumps take place
in Gatesville. Dillon said the possi
bility of getting the drop zone moved
closer to College Station is being
checked on.
Beginning skydivers must attend a
seven-hour classroom session before
making their first jump.
“You can go through jump school
and take your first jump on the same
day,” Dillion said.
The jump school and first jump
cost about $55. The price for sub
sequent jumps depends on what
kind of fall it is, what type of
parachute is used, whether or not
the jumper packs his own parachute
and how high the jump is made from.
The price ranges from $6 to $10.
Equipment is available for rental
in Gatesville, although some club
members own their own.
Club members have the opportu
nity to participate in skydiving accu
racy meets held around the country,
Dillon said. An accuracy consists of
the skydiver jumping from at least
2,500 feet and landing on a six-inch
target on the ground. Some mem
bers have already participated in
competition and have won awards.
Dillon said he feels being a recog
nized organization will be a great
asset to the club. Members will be
able to use campus facilities for meet
ings amd guest speakers. Dillon said
the club might get funding from
Texas A&M by the beginning of the
fall semester.
The University waived responsi
bility for any accidents associated
with the club, Dillon said. Jumpers
are responsible for their own safety.
Prof studies salt with sonar
Studies expert to speak
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rofessor of psychology at the Uni-
ersity of Houston-Clear Lake City
nd a member of the steering com-
littee of the National Women’s
Indies Association, will discuss
omen’s studies and progams at the
iversity level at 8 p.m. Tuesday in
Memorial Student Center 205. The
ogram is open to the public.
Author of several articles on wo-
icn s studies, Bruckner is head of
Wien's studies at the Clear Lake
!ity campus and has consulted on
ograms nationwide. She will dis-
ss strategies and give a prognosis
lr the future.
There are nearly 300 women’s
studies programs on college and
university campuses in the United
States, said Bruckner. The growth
rate of thetfe programs in the last 18
months was 80 percent.
Women s studies can be found in
the District of Columbia and in 41
states. Although Texas A&M does
not have a women’s studies pro
gram, three women’s studies
courses are offered.
Bruckner is sponsored by Phi
Delta Gamma, professional wo
men’s honorary society at Texas
A&M.
By TERESA ROACH
Dr. Robert R. Unterberger is re
searching techniques to “see”
through rocks. He has a $260,800
grant awarded to him by the Na
tional Science Foundation.
“We develop these techniques to
see’ through rock by sending in
sonar sound waves to determine
what changes in rock might occur
ahead of mining, ” said Unterberger,
a professor of geophysics at Texas
A&M University. “Thus, miners are
warned of possible hazards to their
operations such as aquiflers, faults,
or changes in rock type.”
Sonar techniques could save lives
and property because miners pres
ently mine ahead by blasting into
unknown rock, Unterberger said.
“Presently we re doing our re
search in the mines owned by
Morton Salt Co. in Grand Saline,
Texas,” he said. “Were studying
the salt pillars. We look for anything
that isn’t salt.
“Certain salt mines have
moisture. Electromagnetic waves,
which are most commonly used in
mining, don’t work well in wet salt,
so the sonar sound waves are used.
The sonar waves are very useful in
wet salt. They can already reach
1,200 feet away and we wish to ex
tend this.”
The government is interested in
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the sonar research because this
technique could be used for tunnel
ing processes for subways, high
ways, and railroads, he said.
The government bought Weeks
Island, a salt dome in Louisiana,
from Morton Salt Co. for $40 million
to store 69 million barrels of crude
oil, he said. The oil doesn’t leak
from the salt mine.
“Presently our research is limited
to the salt mines,” Unterberger
said. “We hope to extend our re
search to other rocks. We re starting
the easy way and extending the re
search from salt to homogeneous
rock.“
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