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■off be a but taste he judges ke it chim the meat! ili has tok ! ter somi other dl ) to tell tk H offer d but Don i add some’! rig preth ow,” he ■tes when the time 'It costs 51 the meat $145, e meat is rewen :he Aggie email El ^ on ags»"' ie rep® 1 ' ;aid. wrtant, if c me thi >nd M ip of a W alism, E fi eblamew icheider 8 : >uebla lli on of tlif? Christian ch makn ir brotliea i part ol J injustid national 11 an relat* 1 aults i" hich the 1 ientalp jr : chanp suffenn? y , of mas i sc riini»' aid. 0 I 16 » I THE BATTALION TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1978 Page 7 Space. . . Launch of space shuttle behind schedule United Press International WASHINGTON — The space agency announced Monday that it will launch the space shuttle on its first orbital test flight on Sept. 28, 1979, six months behind schedule for the important mis sion. John Yardley, associate space agency administrator, an nounced the tentative launch date in testimony to a House subcommittee reviewing the status of the nation s next major space endeavor. “If unforeseen problems arise or the tests are not entirely suc cessful, this schedule could be further delayed,” Yardley said. “However, NASA believes there is a good probability of flying the first shuttle flight during 1979.” Yardley said the new schedule aims toward a February 1981 date for the first operational shuttle mission. That means NASA hopes to carry out six orbi tal test flights in 16 months. The initial test flight will be pi loted by astronauts John Young and Joe Engle. The space shuttle is the key to the nation’s future in space. It will carry unmanned satellites to and from orbit and will replace virtually all the nation’s expend able rockets. It will be able to carry up to seven persons into orbit on research missions using a Spacelab module. The shuttle, a reusable space ship with a wing as wide as a DC-9 jetliner, originally was scheduled for launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla., next March 31. But persistent problems with the ship’s three main hydrogen- oxygen engines were responsible for the delay. Yardley told the committee that significant progress is being made with the shuttle engines but he said engine development “remains a top concern.’’ Nevertheless, he said NASA be lieves the current testing prog ram will be able to support a shuttle launch in 1979 “while al lowing some time to solve unan ticipated problems. The engine difficulties, along with efforts to reduce the shut tle’s weight and other problems, will force NASA to seek addi tional money to support the pro ject in fiscal year 1979, Yardley said. He said NASA wants to defer $80 million from fiscal 1978 fonding to the next year. The space agency estimates the shuttle development prog ram will cost 8 to 9 percent more than the original estimate of $5.2 billion in 1971 dollars. NASA approves plan for cloud research United Press International LARAMIE, Wyo. — A prop osed experiment by a University of Wyoming scientist has been accepted for execution aboard a special laboratory stationed in zero gravity above the earth. Atmospheric science Prof. Gabor Vali submitted and won approval for his project by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the university announced in Laramie. NASA is planning experiments to be con ducted in a self-contained laboratory launched into space aboard the space shuttle craft Spacelab. Vali said his project deals with the growth of ice crystals within clouds. Researchers will observe water droplets subjected to vari ous conditions, including temp erature and pressure. The work “will significantly improve man’s understanding of cloud formation, cloud condensa tion and other related formula,” the professor said. “This will allow the potential for improved weather forecasting, weather modification and new knowledge on the effect of atmospheric pol lutants. Experiments will be con ducted within the Atmospheric Cloud Physics Laboratory, a separate unit to be housed in the space shuttle craft. Numerous projects will be carried out in the laboratory, Vali said. Vali said he expects the exper iment to be conducted in mid- 1982. “We have one shot to make everything work,” he said. “Ev erything must be thought out in advance. We have to anticipate all possible problems and supply the cloud laboratory with neces sary materials to deal with all possible occurences. “Well train the payload specialists in advance of the mis sion . I will be in Houston during the experiment period to talk with these men via radio com munications and keep up with the experiment.” Aggies have ‘bang-up’ time Fridays, hurrying blamed By SUSAN SHILLINGS Accidents on the Texas A&M University campus occur more often on Fridays as a result of careless ness, according to an investigation conducted by the University Police. The police investigated a total of 294 accidents which occurred from Sept. 1, 1977, through Aug. 31, 1978. Seventy-six accidents happened on a Friday while 46 occurred on a Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday were close in line with an average of 40 accidents each. “Friday seems to be the most popular day to have an accident probably because the students get in a hurry to leave for the weekend and do not pay attention to their driving,” Police Chief Russ McDonald said. One-third of these accidents were a result of failure to yield right of way, improper parking, and follow ing a car too closely. Other factors such as failure to control vehicle and improper backing accounted for 94 of the accidents. The majority of these accidents took place in parking areas. “Carelessness is the main cause in nearly all these accidents,” said McDonald. As for light conditions, 234 acci dents took place during the daylight hours compared to the 41 accidnets which occurred at night with the time of 19 accidents unknown. OPEN 11 A.M. Mon.-Sat 5 p.m. Sunday Happy Hour 4:30-6:30 Mon.-Fri. 913 HARVEY RD. (HWY. 30) COLLEGE STATION We Now Have ®Clanon CLARION 100 EQB-II Equalizer 15 watt/channel power booster, with 5 slide controls for superior tonal control at your fingertips. LIST $QQ95 $119.95 SALE O-T CLARION PE-703A AM/FM/8-Track In-dash car stereo, with push-button tuning & eject but- List $199.95 SALE $135 95 Freshmen aware of health, fitness; P.E. profs say no Concepts needed CLARION PE-683A In-dash AM/FM cassette car stereo. list $0095 $129.95 SALE 1-YEAR PARTS & LABOR WARRANTY ON ALL CLARION EQUIPMENT Additional 2-Year Wananty Available. By LIZ BAILEY Battalion Reporter This year, incoming freshmen at Texas A&M found something dif ferent in the required Physical Edu cation program than 10 previous freshmen classes found. Beginning this fall, students were no longer enrolled in Concepts of Physical Education. “The course, Concepts, as we had it, is out,” said Emil Mamaliga, chairman of the Required and Elec tive Activity Program and associate professor of Health and Physical Education. Each fall semester since the course began in 1968, the Physical Education Department’s staff had channeled freshmen directly into the course without allowing them to take other physical education courses. A spokesman in the registrar’s of fice said that Concepts is not re quired for graduation and never was, hut many freshmen thought it was. Mamaliga said that the need for a course like Concepts no longer exists at Texas A&M. Mamaliga said that he and Dr. Carl Landiss, head of the Depart ment of Health and Physical Educa tion, decided last spring that Con cepts should be dropped from the curriculum. He said its purpose was to “make people more knowledgeable of themselves.” Last year, approximately 3,950 students took the course. About 3,000 were enrolled during the fall semester 1977 and about 950 during the spring semester 1978. Mamaliga said that prior to the mid 1970s, very few public schools had health and hygiene courses. As a result, he said, incoming freshmen had been “woefully neglected” in being taught about about their physiology. Mamaliga said he noticed a change in public opinion concerning physical fitness in the mid-1960s. He said the public changed from being apathetic about physical fit ness and became very interested in it. Mamaliga said he thinks that the activeness of the American presi dents during that time influenced the public’s desire for fitness. This desire led many universities, includ ing Texas A&M, to begin health and hygiene courses for their incoming freshmen, Mamliga said. Also during this time, instead of merely doing their activities in physical education class without question, Mamaliga said students began wanting to know why their professors were telling them that they should be physically fit. In the mid 1970s, Mamaliga said, public schools began teaching more health and hygiene. Because of this, freshmen enter ing Texas A&M during the last one or two years adequately knew the material taught in Concepts prior to taking the course, Mamaliga said. A course similar to Concepts will be taught starting this spring. It is tentatively called Physical Fitness Evaluation and Aerobic Conditioning. The course outline has not been determined yet, Mamaliga said. The course is practi cally oriented and students will learn things they can use for the rest of their lives, he explained. Mamaliga said the course will have the same status as any other Physical Education course num bered 101 through 202. SOME ITEMS LIMITED QUANTITIES ^ niri r ltene ——At The Triangle Where Old College Rd. Meets South College professionals in SOUND systems (Across from Chicken Oil Co.) 846-4687 PACK’S PLASTER AND CERAMICS FALL SALE Sept. 25 - Sept. 30 Special Sale Hours 9 A.M. - 9 P.M. 20% off all unpainted plasters, candles, and candle rinqs. 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