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| Page 6 THE BATTALION MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1978 tit mi lie SUl IF to SUl pn rec IFi l iy i nn izt B >rc er: evi Jo e en co ri Cf)J niv eei *in es ect re nci 1 o oh tic ori y ■ is ; d IV( M, i a sa ro£ 1C U / < he ai thj ;m act )Id sy pii thj he as car Student leader to speak here The national president of the Student National Education As sociation will visit Texas A&M University Tuesday The Texas A&M chapter of the Texas Student Education Associ ation will sponsor a public meet- at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Room mg 228 of the Memorial Student Center. The national organization works with local chapters in planning programs such as work shops on leadership skills, human relations skills and minor ity recruitment methods. These programs help members become good teachers and help us en courage minority students to take advantage of the member ship benefits. Ags react deliriously to Dave Mason, ‘Exile’ DOTTIE’S LOSERS CLUB ATTENTION Students Teachers Mothers NO CONTRACTS Exercise to Disco Music 2 times a Week By SCOTT PENDLETON Battalion Staff The Aggies will still love Dave Mason tomorrow. And for a long time to come, judging by their de lirium over his concert Friday even ing. Mason himself has reason to be excited. Though the singer-guitarist has been performing since the six ties, his career hasn’t been de cidedly successful until the past year or so. Now, with several hits on the charts and steadily increasing album sales, Mason seems finally to have hit his musical stride. Nothing could have been more evident to the crowd at G. Rollie White Coliseum. Drawing mainly from his “Let It Go Let It Flow and “Mariposa de Oro albums. Mason kept up an exhiliarating pace from start to a standing ovation and double encore finish. The audience followed him untir ingly from the early peaks of “We Just Disagree” and "So High,” and stood during the encore perfor mances of “All Along the Watch- tower” and “Share Your Love. ” The night started as well as it end ed. Exile, the group whose single, “I Want To Kiss You All Over’ was fifth on the charts last week, gave a lively opening performance. Exile has a varied style, which the band calls “good time rock and roll. ” Generally, their music resembled the lyrics of Hall and Oates with a stronger rock beat. “1 Want To Kiss You All Over,” which is not in that style, was writ ten by Mike Chapman, the group’s producer. Otherwise, the songs were written by guitarist-vocalist J. P. Pennington. The audience was suspicious at first of lead singer Jimmy Stokley’s past shoulder-length hair and stereotyped rock star gyrations compared to the other band mem bers’ well-groomed appearence and subdued composure. Notwithstanding the discrepancy in appearence, the Kentuckian band performed cohesively, due no doubt to their 14 years together. The audi ence quickly shrugged off appear- ences and got into the music. In turn, the band members’ per formance became increasingly robust. “People make us feel good,” said keyboard man Marlon Hargis. He also attributed the group’s onstage vitality to “plenty of milk and Wheaties.” College Station was the first stop on a brief tour that will conclude Oct. 7 at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. They will perform there with Seals and Crofts, then go on another short tour with Aerosmith. The group had another reason' to feel good here. “We re indebted to Texas,” Pen nington said. He explained that Exile’s song became a hit because Clay Gish, of KRBE radio in Hous ton, pointed it out to the music in dustry. Exile also enjoyed their stay at Texas A&M. “People are friendly. We’ve been treated very, very well,” Stokley said. 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First noted in Texas in the Hous ton Zoo seven years ago, hydrilla has infested parts of Lake Conroe, Sheldon Reservoir, Lake Livingston, Huntsville State Park, Toledo Bend Reservoir, the San Marcos River, the Guadalupe River, and the Gulf Intracoastal Canal. “This problem is so formidable that it is going to take a substantial research effort to control hydrilla,” Newton said. “The problem won’t be answered in a day or a month. It will take years.” Let Sunshine into your life! SUNSHINE LAUNDROMAT 3815 E. 29th Street Featuring: coin operated machines attendant on duty at all times Wash, dry and fold services done in-house air conditioned lounge with T.V. Professional dry cleaning and laundry service Town and Country Shopping Center 846-7921 7-10 Mon.-Fri. 8-8 Sat.-Sun. 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Dr. Gerry Keim said the problem is that many lending institutions don’t consider differences in utility costs from house to house. If two houses are located on the same street and have the same basic construc tion design, they will probably be appraised at about the same value. “I would argue that appraising an energy-efficient home and a regular home at the same value is like say ing that two pieces of adjoining property are worth the same, even though one has an oil well on it,” said Kein. “You wouldn’t ignore the oil Dave Mason played and played some more for a packedCI Rollie White Coliseum audience Friday night. The singer [ songwriter-guitarist prompted two encores with his versaA ity in playing acoustical and electrical selections. Exile,i group of new recording artists, opened the concert forlorn Hall’s first event of this season. Energy-efficient houses uncredited, professor well and you shouldn't ignore the energy-saving construction featu res. struction features are paid to the owner over time, as the oil well pavs over time. It is just a matter of fig uring how much you are going to be saving.” Keim explained that in business there are some fairly simple ways to estimate the present value of sav ings which will accrue in future years. He said you don’t have to pump all the oil out to see how much it’s worth and you don’t have to wait 10 years to estimate the energy savings from a cost-effective house. Future dollar savings are worth something today. Two other Texas A&M resear chers, Dr. Frank Buffa and Dr. Bill Political Science Society The 1st meeting of the Society will be Tues., Sept. 12 at 7:00 P.M. in Room 129 of Bolton Hall. All are Wel come! For information: call 693-1263 e been working i Keim on energy programs for jm the ding institutions around theslalL. H “VV e want to make the lenfrm n ts o and I suppose the builders andwB'We’ sumers too, more aware that it move c are substantial operating costdiftBck tl ences from house to house, '■ bodies, Keim. "When an applicantCard for a mortgage, lenders willkk they v car payments, furniture paymen! thong) the washing machine payment health everything but the utility bills, toi and “Yet, utility costs may constitatsI "The larger monthly installment it from e many of the other payments, » biilie; said. bdbac Keim said lending institutions^ pdies. interested in the idea of appraisn treasi energy-efficient features, but it® /aren be a little early for Texas. Texasua Greis itv bills are not high compared: m p e (- some other states, though thedi as cor is coming when that will change, for pati predicted. Be said “Many lenders realize the imp mill tes tance of and cost efficiency willk |ming mindful of it in the future, said till Half professor. pofa The three Texas A&M busing ie pr analysts have already been invitfi ma j n by lending groups in Dallas, L a cc bock and Longview to present tM oups energy ideas. In the next if how months the professors will preset eir r< programs in Austin, San AntoB»Bth th Houston, Corpus Christi and Bean mont. The key is cost-effectivene$s| Keim said. “What is the use* energy- saving features if they an not going to be practical?” he asked. Some things, like high (energy efficiency ratio) rating ait conditioners, are clearly a goodi» vestment in Texas and will saveb more than they cost,” he said. “High EER air-conditioners atf ingw obviously a good investment, b#l double-insulated wood window wouldn't be all that cost-efficW here. That’s the point, what is ( effective for a particular area ordt lore 1 Biedita mate wouldn’t be practical fa another. 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