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Outdoors make you want to go in? Free equipment, advice available By DILLARD STONE Battalion Reporter While a lot of us may not exactly feel at home on the range, the Memorial Student Center’s Outdoor Recreation Committee is trying to at least get us acquainted with the basics of life outdoors. The committee held a seminar on outdoor recreation on Friday in front of the Academic Building. Committee members gave demon strations in such fields as camping, backpacking and outdoor cooking. “Our main purpose is to sponsor trips, to get people in the out doors,” said Bryan Hall, a committee member. “One way that we do this is by renting equipment,” he said. “A lot of people don’t know we do this, but we rent sleeping bags, tents, almost anything involved in outdoor recreation.” Renting equipment for a weekend trip is easy. Hall said. Persons may rent equipment Thursday from 11 a.m. to noon and 2-4 p.m. or Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Check-in time is noon on the following Monday. Equipment is rented to faculty and students on a first come, first serve basis. The general public may rent items after faculty and students are through. Fun may be the goal of the committee, but safety and environmental awareness are its priorities. “One of our major concerns is that people get out with the wrong equipment and wrong knowledge and get lost or hurt,” Hall said To teach safe outdoorsmanship, the committee sponsors seminars every Thursday evening in Rudder Tower. Topics for seminars covet about any type of outdoor activity: caving, backpacking, camping, hiking, and fishing. “We also try to teach environmental awareness,” Hall said. “For example, how to hike and camp without destroying the wilderness. He added almost everybody who uses the outdoors frequently de velops environmental concern. In addition to the seminars, the committee sponsors several trips each year, including one each spring break to Big Bend National Park. However, there are many other opportunities available to in terested persons, Hall said. Individuals often sponsor their own trips by filling out a form, posting it, and letting people sign up. lid. an injc» tili c: “Every weekend there’s something going on," Hall said AirM debaters begin season ffmdkol©!? lanalill Team ready for national meets lien Cai eely at T iond Ele< lining Sc linemeri prchand ground ale techr hydraulic jst made the past. The schcx structors ppliers. 1 in $1 mil The Texas A&M University de bate team began its second season with the hope of placing in the top national standings. “We’re still a young team, but I don’t see any reason why we can’t end our season in the top 40 or 50 in the national standings,” said Dr. Dorothy Kim, the team’s coach. The team ended its season last year ranked 33rd out of some 200 schools in the National Novice MAMA'S PIZZA mk DELIVERS = 11 A.M.-11 P.M. 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This year’s team is expected to do almost as well in the National Varsity Class. “Things are really looking good for us right now,” Kim said. “The students have been able to hold their own against the national teams and it makes us proud.” The 10-20 hours a week the stu dents have been devoting to re search since the week before school started has really helped, she said. The team placed in the top 25 per cent during its first meet this year at Middle Tennessee State University. Later in the season the team has meets scheduled with the top con tenders in the Ivy League and with West Coast universities. “We placed third in the South west Conference last year,” she said. “I know we can do at least that well or better this year. “It is, however, a little different feeling going up against Ivy League schools,” Kirn confessed, “but we are getting used to it. ” The Aggie team has whipped every team in the Ivy League at . ' ^ ick u inds-on least once, save one, she “Harvard," she said, winci “One of our goals this year is to them. I can’t think of many the kids would like any better." Beside Kirn, the Univenity hired Larry Kraemer, formerly Lousiana State University, tant director of debate and and individual events coach, Another addition to this yes team has been the introductiot scholarships for team members,1 Bland McReynolds Family Sch ^ arships are enabling Michael She: ^ of Victoria and James Starr ofAuit to devote more time to theirdeh >nt Thurs “It’s costi to be her e of four ■d. “But t instructor You ca jyway, th< ck in a ' erybody 1 im us.” The traini ex] sions. 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