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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1979
New Xerox machines
convenient, profitable
By ERIN BECKERS
Battalion Reporter
Students in the Commons dorms
and on the north side of campus no
longer have to walk to the library for
use of a copying machine. Now,
each area has its own new Xerox
machine and, according to area
coordinators, the copiers have satis
fied an apparent need.
“The demand has been a lot
higher than what was expected,”
said Commons Area Coordinator
W.J. Ferris. Since the machine was
installed in the front of the Com
mons in September, there has never
been a problem of meeting the
minimum number of copies —
7,610 — required to pay for the rent
of the machine.
“We re well pleased with the op
eration,” Ferris said. “It looks like
we have met a need.”
There has also been a great use of
the machine on the north side of
campus in Lounge A-l, said Paul
Henry, assistant area director. Since
the installation two weeks ago,
about 9,000 copies have been made.
Profits from that machine will go
toward lounge improvements, said
Matt Bielamowicz, Resident Hous
ing Association committee member
for the indoor recreation facilities.
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“It looks like it’s going to pay for
everything itself, plus maybe a little
left over, he said, he has had the
idea for the copier since last year, he
said. “It’s really something we really
did need and it’s working out well,”
he said.
A special account for the Com
mons machine was made in the stu
dent finance center and Ferris said
“any money collected is deposited
there to pay for rental and
supplies.”
Bielamowicz said one lounge im
provement that might be made is
better lighting for the study
lounges, which are only bright
enough for television viewing.
New coin changing machines are
part of both of the new machines.
Dollar bill changers can be found in
the laundry room at the north side
of campus, the Memorial Student
Center or the library.
what’s up
F riday
AGGIE PLAYERS: Bertolt Brecht’s play “Threepenny Opera” will
be performed at 8 p.m. in the Rudder Theater. Ticket prices are $2
for Texas A&M students and $3 for all others.
AGGIE CINEMA: “Coming Home, ” starring Jane Fonda, Jon Voighi
and Bruce Dern in a tale about wounded Vietnam veterans, will be
shown at 8 p.m. in Rudder Auditorium.(R)
TENNIS TEAM: The tennis team will compete against Southwest
Texas here at 1:30 p.m.
AGGIE CINEMA: “FM, a contemporary story of the goings-on
behind the scenes of a popular FM station; accompanied by a terrific
soundtrack, will be shown in Rudder Auditorium. (PG)
PLACEMENT OFFICE: Graduating seniors who wish to interview
for the following companies may begin signing up today for inter
views on March 9: Armco Steel, Army Corp of Engineers (Ft.
Worth), Conoco, Construction Management, Data Resources Inc.,
Deans Food Co., Deloitte Haskins & Sells, Discovery Land Inc.,
Federal Highway, Fox & Jacobs, Hicks and Ragland, Honeywell,
Hughes Tool, Jones & Carter Inc., Jones Graduate School of Busi
ness, Kansas Department of Transportation, Mostek Corporation
(Data Processing), Temple Associates Inc., Temple Farm Bureau In
surance Co., United Energy Resources, H.B. Zachary.
Sunday
HILLEL CLUB: There will be a Bagel Brunch at 12:30 p.m. in the
Foundation Building. There will be an admission charged. For reser
vations call Sandy at 846-1492, Mark at 845-5670, or Ben at 845-3070.
AGGIE CINEMA: “Jonathan Livingston Seagull,” based on the
best-selling novel by Richard Bach, brings into sharp focus the in
tense determination of Jonathan to find a world where one does more
than live in order to survive, will be shown at 2 p.m. in Rudder
Theater. (G)
Monday
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AGGIE PLAYERS: Bertolt Brecht’s play “Threepenny Opera” will
be performed at 8 p.m. in the Rudder Theater. Ticket prices are $2
for Texas A&M students and $3 for all others.
JUNIOR BALL: “Around the World in 80 Days” will be the theme of
this year’s Class of’80 Ball, to be held in the MSC Ballroom from 9
p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets are on sale in the MSC and Rudder Box
Oftices, and may be bought at the door. The entertainment will be
“Dialogue. “
PLANT SALE: There will be a plant sale at the horticulture
greenhouses from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
TENNIS TEAM: The tennis team will play Southwest Louisiana here
at 1:30 p.m.
CHILD MOVEMENT PROGRAM: Registration for the Depart
ment of Health and Physical Education’s Child Movement Program
will begin today from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on the third floor of G. Rollie
White Coliseum. The program is designed to enhance the fundamen
tal motor and perceptual awareness efficiency of young children 18
months to 5 1/2 years old. For more information contact Dr. Carl
Gabbard at 845-6841.
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SOCIOLOGY CLUB: Jane Sell will give a speech at 7 p.m. in Room
607, Rudder Tower.
ACCOUNTING SOCIETY: Price Waterhouse will present a pro
gram at 7 p.m. in Room 701, Rudder Tower.
PLANT SCIENCES SEMINAR: Dr. James S. Gerik of the plant
sciences department will speak on Jacob J. Tabenhaus at 112 Plant
Science Building at 4 p.m.
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By PATTI SHOQUIST
Battalion Reporter
Log rolling, pole climbing,
crosscut sawing, and ax throwing
seem like pastimes only a lumber
jack would enjoy, but a group of Ag
gies is out to prove that there’s a
little backwoods in everybody.
Kent Colburn, president of the
Forestry Club, said students major
ing in the natural resources disci
plines are busy perfecting their
skills in such activities in order to
compete in Skidadoo, March 3 at
Texas A&M University.
Skidadoo is a competition be
tween students majoring in forestry,
range science, parks and recreation
and wildlife and fisheries science.
They participate in over two dozen
events, including archery, knife
throwing, bait casting, plant and
bird identification, chain throwing,
and surveying.
“A
lot of people wonder who
came up with the name Skidadoo
and no one really knows,” he said,
“but it is a catchy word.”
Colburn said some events take
skill and practice, others require
knowledge and a few are based on
pure luck.
For example, “it’s incredible to
see a guy climb a 20-foot pole in four
seconds flat, Colburn said, “but it
has been done before in competi
tion.”
On the other hand, he said, an
event like match splitting is not so
easy. “It’s pure luck to swing an ax
and split a match sticking out of a
stump.” It’s also funny to watch, he
said.
Colburn anticipates that this is
going to be the biggest year for
Skidadoo with 60 students from the
forestry department and 200 men
and women from the other natural
resources departments competing.
Eric Ploeger, the College Station
city forester, gave permission for
the Forestry Club to hold the event
on 43 acres south of the campus on
Krenek Lane.
“Skidadoo is more than just a
bunch of natural resources majors
getting together for the day,” Col
burn said. Winners of Skidadoo will
go on to participate in Conclave
April 6 and 7 in Monticello, Ark.
against 500 other students.
Conclave is a regional Skidadoo
competition where Texas A&M will
compete against 12 other southern
forestry schools in events similiar to
those at Skidadoo.
“The toughest school to beat in
Conclave is Arkansas,” he said.
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year.’ Colburn said. One practkt I about $1.7
stop will be March 24, in Nacoj pes, howevei
doehes, where the Aggies will con-1 cost at over $
pete in Field Day, Stephen F.Aas-
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nent site on which to hold the Con
clave and Skidadoo competitions,’
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host some contests for studentsout-
side of th* 1 natural resources fields.’
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