k Page 6 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1978 Construction effects on Texas coast studied Scientists at Texas A&M Univer sity will conduct 28 biological im pact studies on the Texas Gulf Coast under a contract with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The 13-month, $65,328 contract calls for the scientists to study pos sible environmental effects of project permits submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Millions of dollars worth of con struction projects from Port Isabel to the Sabine Pass could be affected, according to principal investigator, Fred Hendricks, Texas A&M Wildlife and Fisheries assistant pro fessor. “We do not make recom mendations for or against,” said Hendricks. “Our sole function is to give the ramificaitons of a project in a concise, understandable fashion. If we were to let our emotions into it, we would immediately lose our cre dibility,” he said. The team of professors and stu dents is in its third year of this type of biological research. In the past, Texas A&M has received contracts from the Fish and Wildlife Service to do ecological evaluations on ev erything from proposed marinas in the Houston and Brownsville areas to the superport proposal at Corpus Christi. Hendricks said most cases the project the group handles are biologically interesting. These cases also have the most sensitive issues attached, he added. “We are not talking about long- range projects in this case,” he stresses. “We are talking about 21 days to sample, seine, test, research and write a coherent analysis of what is, and what will happen to the biological life there.” The 21-day limit is included in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 30-day response time to a permit application. Anything built or modified along a Texas waterway must have Army Corps of Engineers approval to meet federal water regu lations. “The turnaround time puts a stress on us all,” said Hendricks. “Sometimes it would be simpler if I did it all myself, but that’s not why we are in this study. “Cases like the ones ahead give a student a place where he or she can learn and study with individual pro fessional direction and see that their work makes a difference. It is some thing we can do here, and do a good job of it,” he said. “We have several graudate and undergraduate students that take a very professional attitude toward the projects,” he said. “They get in terested and they get involved.” Hendricks said Texas A&M was selected to do the evaluations par ticularly for its extensive library and computer facilities, as well as for its suppply of researchers and technical research facilities. The contract “is roughly $2,000 a case, and that’s a bargain,” Hen dricks said. MSC AGGIE CINEMA SPRING T9 MOVIE ROLL The following is the MSC Aggie Cinema film poll for the Spring Semester 1979. Please turn in the polls at the Student Programs office (Rm. 216, MSC), or the Ballot Box in front of the Aggie Cinema display case on the first floor of the MSC. Deadline is Sunday November 5, 6 p.m. 1. Please circle one: a. Male b. Female 2. Please circle where you live: a. On-Campus b. Off-Campus 3. Please write your classification: a. Senior b. Junior c. Sophomore e. Faculty/Staff d. Freshman f- Graduate Student Have you ever attended an Aggie Cinema movie? YES NO Would you be interested in attending a movie on Sunday evenings at 8:00 p.m.? YES NO Circle 8 of the following International films that you would like to see. 1. Anne of 1000 Days 6 Los gividados (The Young and The Damned) 5" acb 1 eth 7. All Screwed Up (Wertmuller) 3. King Lear 8 S atyricon 4. The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob Q lllH r nmont af Nliromh organ izati local govt Bryan most citiz ie local Organ i; ,jgular in “aren t tl St; there’s ; jeer vote Barrel racin Aggie wins; benefit planned Photo by Liz Bailo Sharon Keen won the Reserve Championship of the All-Aggie Intramural Horse Show Sunday. The show was sponsored by the TAMU Horsemen’s Association and is an annual event open only to Aggies. This Saturday a horse show will be spon sored by the Saddle and Sirloin Club on campus. The show which begins at 9 a.m., will benefit the Texas Children! Hospital Cancer Fund. It is an open show, and anyone may enter. Environmentalists rate senators United Press International WASHINGTON — Senators from New' England had the best environmental record during the past congressional session, while those from the Southwest had the worst, an environmental group said recently. The League of Conservation Vot ers, releasing its annual rating of the Senate on environmental issues, also said President Carter, based on his announced positions, has a higher environmental rating than any senator. The group said “by far the most pro-environment region of the country was New England, whose six states had an 81 percent average score. In contrast the Southwest scored lowest with an 18 percent average. The other regions, with their scores, were Mid-Atlantic (66); Midwest (52); Far West (51); Great Plains and Mountain states (both 42) and Southeast (36).” The ratings for each senator were based on how he or she voted on 34 issues ranging from amendments to the Clean Air Act to expansion of the Redwoods National Park strip mining legislation. The average score for all Sei members was 52 percent, league said, adding that Carter, had he been in the Senals would have scored 92 percent based on his announced positions) various issues. French’s Care-A-Lot School is Now OPEN YOU ARE INVITED TO INSPECT OUR NEWEST CENTER AND LOOK OVER OUR QUALITY PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAMS WHICH INCLUDE: ALL DAY CARE, MORNING PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, & AFTER SCHOOL CARE. ALSO, ANNOUNCING NIGHT CARE EVERY THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY EVENINGS! 960 UNIVERSITY OAKS, C.S. (BEHIND BEEF & BREW) CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT. 693-1987 MARY PIAZZA, DIRECTOR The top 10 scorers were all Dei ocrats — Sens. Muriel Humpk? Minn., 98 percent; John Culver Iowa, Paul Hatfield, Mont., ani Edward Kennedy, Mass., 96per cent; Dick Clark, Iowa, and Palnl Leahy, Vt., 94 percent; Gary Hr Colo., 93 percent; Joseph Bidet Del., 92 percent; William Proxmii Wis., 91 percent; and Claibom Pell, R.I., 90 percent. nary drew flntributic esidents irimaries c Accordin ions and ; irazos Co er ~ andidates eceived m .3,569. Only the can b arison bei )r report i i s ;rent in the rfbutions ft sed either iplete. 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