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Page 6 THE BATTALION FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 16, 1979 Tech obtains home; hopes to sell old one United Press International AUSTIN — The Senate Inter governmental Relations Committee Thursday recommended passage of a bill by Sen. E.L. Short, D-Tahoka, to allow Texas Tech Uni versity to sell the president s home. Short said the university has ac quired a new home for its president and sale of the old home would give Tech a substantial profit. Short said the old home was pur chased with tax money for $65,000 in 1969 and now is appraised for $125,000. He said the home will be sold for $127,600. Look Into Your Future Thousands of career opportunities are listed daily in the nation’s largest CLASSIFIED ad section. Keep abreast of the changing job market with The Houston Chronicle, Texas’ largest newspaper. A&M engineers working to save energy Cheap groundwater cooling system tested al By KEITH TAYLOR Battalion Reporter A way to store groundwater in the winter for cooling use during the summer is being studied by three Texas A&M University engineer ing professors. Dr. Donald Reddell, Dr. Richard Davison and Dr. William B. Harris have been working on the project since last spring. The project involves pumping groundwater to the surface, aerating it, then returning it to the water table for storage, Harris said. The earth is a good insulator and the water can be cooled almost to freezing, Harris said. When summer comes, the cooled water can be extracted and used for air-conditioning, the chemical engineering professor said. Water cooling and storage began Christmas day and has been able to operate for 12 days since then, Harris said. Recent warm weather has temporarily stopped the cooling process. When in operation, the system will be able to process 150,000 gallons of water in a day, Harris said. The only limit on how much water can be processed is the size of the spray pond where the water is cooled, he said. At the spray pond, the water is exposed to the air through a sprink ler system. After the water is cooled, it falls into the pond and is pumped back underground. The process does not create any environmental problems because the water is pumped back into the water table and prevents pos sibilities of land subsidence, he said. The process is inexpensive. The main cost is the initial capital to construct the aeration system and buy the pumps. After this, only routine maintenance is needed to keep the system operating, Harris said. A mathematical model was made of the project and a computer showed that the system should work. The results of the project will not be known until summer when the water will be extracted and its temperature and quantity will be measured. Harris and Davison worked on a similar solar energy project in ST. L01 J excess) | Vet heal as real as Lliweike: L listen t 111 growl ie Mid pnoto by Lyle U t ; A sprinkler system sprays water so air can cool it. It will be pumped underground and used for cooling this summer, 1975. That project involved heating water by solar energy and storing Harris said he and Davison are also making a study on the possibil- it for winter use. The project, called Solaterre, stopped after funding Ry of using geothermal energy m the new dorms being built on the was discontinued west campus. This would involve using water heated by the earth's The present project is being funded by the energy storage depart- internal heat, Harris said. The professors are raising funds to test the ment of the U.S. Department of Energy. theory on the west campus. Jit’s the ports and I JCouncil tesentativf ithgrouf Bgovernn J Public ! Ihweiker ["When jdtistiy ai lost plan Idn’t thin The cur: jeEPAo EE $ls to 85 Unions Idustries ners int otectors Schweil ive noise fse the 1 high as Heavy ribels. Eddie Dominguez ’66 Joe Arciniega '74 1/2 price for students, faculty and staff. Entire semester for $6.35 (Feb. 12-May 11). Call 693-2323 or 846-0763 to start HOME or DORM DELIVERY immediately. Texas A&M Sports Car Club offers races, rallies for all enthusiasts If you want the real thing, not frozen or canned . . . We call It "Mexican Food Supreme." Houston Chronicle News you can use. Dallas location: 3071 Northwest Hwy 352-8570 By KIPP SHACKELFORD Battalion Reporter High performance car enthusiasts don’t have to go to the Indianapolis 500 any longer to see and participate in live racing events. Now they’re held locally by the Texas A&M Sports Car Club. The club sponsors a variety of ac tivities, including autocross, rally and drag races. The biggest event, held every two weeks by the club, is the autocross. It is a timed run, less than a mile in length, around a marked course. This event emphasizes driver ability and is usually held in the Zachry or Olsen Field parking lots. Autocross class rules are taken from the Sports Car Clubs of America rule hook. Cars are hand icapped, with some getting a head start, so that each will have an equal chance in the competition. Entry fees for this class are $2.50 for members of the club, and $3.50 for nonmembers. The rally is a timed scavenger hunt in which a navigator rides in the car along with the driver. At the outset, he is given a list of instruc tions giving him hints of where he will find certain objects, and guides the driver over a 30-50 mile course, deciphering the clues as he goes. Trophies and class points are also awarded for this event. The drag races the club sponsors are based on stock catagories and elapsed time (ET). The elapsed time is the time the car takes to cover a quarter of a mile. These races are held at local drag strips and are run according to the rules of the tracks attended. One of the most challenging events is the Aggie Cross, a high speed autocross, held annually at the Texas World Speedway. The club rents the track for a day with money earned by working there on such jobs as pumping gas in the pit areas during races and clean ing up the grounds afterwards. This year’s Aggie Cross is scheduled for April 21 and includes 11 classes for all production ears, race ears, trucks, four-wheel drive vehicles, and a special class for wo men. James Bittle, president of the Sports Car Club, said the club stresses that owning a car is not a necessary requirement for club membership. “Our club is for any high performance enthusiast, whether it he purely interest, or actual participation in the races,” said Rittle. has 80 members, of whom ith som< sco may After 21 iout 3 p [quency e perce: His cor ie way o it that i nise Coi iMeanw He said the organization is an ex cellent way to meet people with common interests in cars. The club holds car clinics, which give mem bers a chance to help one another with problems on their individual cars. Ic The club will travel to Austin Sunday to participate in an autoc ross with the Texas Spokes club, a regional sports car club with di visions in Austin, Houston, and Temple. The Sports Car Club currently I dirty ai women. ■“Noise “When the Sports Car Club fit icet. Tl began, more emphasis was plan ubatty on racing of small sports ears. No we try to make members, male female, with any type of car fef they have a place in our club, Vickie Becker, secretary-treasm of the club. Becker said she feels the cli much more organized this year in the past. Dues for the Sports Car' Club $5 per semester or $9 for a full w membership. Club meetings held the second and fourth nesday of each month, at7:3flp in room 502 of Rudder Tower. e. til LRSiBSOirs PEPSI 32 oz. DISCOUNT CENTER 9 A.M.-9 P.M. MON.-SAT. 10 A.M.-6 P.M. SUNDAY 1420 TEXAS AVE. returntable bottles 6 pack LONE STAR 6 pack non returnable bottles $1 39 BUDWEISER 49 6 pack cans goo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo o ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ vou COULD BE A STAR i j i ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ IN THE ALIL-UNII’VECSUTT 'VAKIETT SIH'OW APPLICATIONS DUE - FEE3RUARV 1B PERFORMANCE - MARCH 23 SPONSORED AND BV THE MSC DIRECTORATE FOR MORE INFORMATION - - ROOM 21B M.S.C. ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo COUNCIL