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Page 6 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1979 inz continues their Rock and Roll Month with SUNDAY JAM SESSIONS Starting March 11 - Sunday “4 LIVE BANDS” 6-10 p.m. hosted by “BOYS TOWN BLUES BAND” 1802 S. Texas 693-0205 Psychic events happen, hut we dont know about it By ERIN BECKERS Battalion Reporter Psychic events occur most often in people’s everyday lives uninten tionally and without their knowl edge, a parapsychologist said here Thursday night. “These events happen in our lives in accordance with our inner needs and dispositions,” said Dr. Rex Stanford, in a speech to about 30 sponsored by the Upper Room Cris- tian Fellowship. Stanford’s speech, “Psychic LUNCH SPECIAL Summer Special With tea, coffee, or soft drink for only *04 Good Mon-Fri. &iue c RESTAURANTS 907 Hwy. 30, College Station (Woodstone Shopping Center) 693-2484 Phenomena in Our Daily Lives,” outlined current scientific findings about the role of psychic events in everyday life. “Psi-events and psychokinesis are mainly what parapsychologists study in the laboratory,” Stanford said. Psi-events are those that exchange with the environment, such as extra sensory perception, or ESP. “Psychokinesis (PK) deals with physical events influenced by ways related to our needs and wishes, ” he said. The basic findings of psi (mind- related) research show that both ESP and PK function unintention ally in persons who do not label themselves as psychic. “Most of us are used to thinking of psychic events as something to hap pen to the ‘rare bird,’ the so-called ‘psychic. ’” In one experiment, students were given a short-answer essay exam. Hidden in the general locale of the classroom was the same exam with half of the questions answered. The students did better on these questions that were close-at-hand but not in view, according to Stan ford. There are subtle things that can happen in life that might be psi- events, which one might not be aware of, Stanford said, citing an example: “These experiments suggest that there are certain types of coinci dences in everyday life in which psi may be guiding our behavior, but we do not know about it,” he said. The dramatic type of psychic events that most of us are used to hearing about, he said, are really “freak events.” “Freak events,” such as flying ob jects, books or tables, cannot be ex plained, he said, but there is usually an adolescent in the house. “There is a child deeply frustrated who cannot express his feelings,” Stanford said. It is usually a psychokinesis expression of this per son’s frustrations that result in the moving objects,” he said. Engineers/Scientists: TheTI Electro-Optics Division challenges you to a full spectrum prefects. The Electro-Optics Division of Texas Instruments is the No. 1 de veloper/producer of infrared/laser surveillance and target acquisition systems. Our engineers hold more than 200 patents involving optics, detectors/emitters, cryogenics and laser technology. We combine FLIR units with other Tl equipment to produce complete close loop fire control systems. This has created addi tional opportunities for electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, computer science engineers, chemical engineers and physicists. MICRO PROCESSOR POINTING SYSTEM INTERFACE RATE AIDED TRACKING FIRE CONTROL ALGORITHMS COMPUTE RATE COMMANDS Typical FLIR Fire Control System The diagram shows the various elements of a FLIR and fire control system. We have many of these types of projects active at any one time in the Electro-Optics Division. This provides abundant oppor tunities for all engineering disci plines in design, development and manufacture of state-of-the-art equipment. Electrical engineers are needed to work on the development of microcomputer controllers, digital logic design and solid-state analog circuits. Mechanical engineers are needed to work on the design of high accuracy gimbals and electri cal mechanical stabilization. Computer science engineers (software/hardware) are needed to work on distributed design architecture for microcomputers, pattern recognition algorithms and real time digital control. A spectrum of accomplishment. We invented the forward- looking infrared system (FLIR) in 1964. Our common module concept revolutionized the FLIR market by establishing module commonality from system to system resulting in great cost reductions. Tl FLIR systems are used in a variety of aircraft, surface vehicles and ships for navigation, recon naissance, target acquisition, at tack and night landing. We also are the No. 1 producer of infrared line scanners (IRLS). This is a growing market involved with detection of geothermal en ergy sources, crop diseases, water pollution, ocean currents, etc. A spectrum of equipment. At Tl you work with the world’s most modern equipment for en gineering, research, development, manufacturing and testing. A spectrum of challenge. If you’re looking for a company where innovators are championed, and where career latitude is wide and living locations are varied, then Tl is your kind of company. If you have not talked to Tl and you are interested in Electro-Optics, callco//ect 214/238-4583, Bill Norvell, Fire Control Systems Manager, or 214/238-5883, Bill Kanewske, Requirements Manager, Electro-Optics Engineering. Send your resume in confidence to: Ed Haynes, Employment Manager, RO. Box 2103 Richardson, Texas 75080 Texas Instruments INCORPORATED An equal opportunity employer M/F WHAT IS A PARALEGAL CAREER? A paralegal career is one of the most exciting new careers going! A paralegal is a lawyer’s assistant who is able to do many tasks traditionally done by attorneys. Not a clerical or secretarial role, the paralegal is a new legal specialty with excellent job opportunities in law firms, corporate legal departments, and banks. Three months of intensive training in courses taught by law professors and lawyers can give you the skills to interview witnesses, conduct legal research, prepare pleadings, draft transaction documents, and prepare cases for trial under the supervision of an attorney. The Basic Legal Assistant Course begins June 4, 1979; the fall ses sion begins September 10, 1979. In addition to the three-month daytime programs, the same course will also be offered two nights per week for eight months starting September 24, 1979. A representative will be on campus Wednesday, March 28, 1979 at the Career Planning and Placement Center. Sign-ups for interviews are available now. For a catalogue and further information, call or write: The Southwestern Paralegal Institute 5512 Chaucer Drive Houston, Texas 77005 (713) 528-3803 Approved by the Texas Education Agency MSC Camera Committee Salon 79 Print Pick Up March 23 9 a.m.-3 p.m Main Hall of the MSC Entry Fee $ 1 00 per print Deadline March 23 Student survey says More fees wanted By DILLARD STONE Battalion Staff Texas A&M University students may look forward to an increase in student service fees and the institution of a user fee for intramural activities if the student government finance committee follows the guidelines set by a survey of students. In a survey conducted by the committee, students by a 53 to 4! percent count approved an increase in student service fees “in order to have more programs you are interested in.” Those surveyed also indicated by a 56 to 44 percent margin that they would be willing to pay a $5 entry fee for intramural team sports. Given the choices of 50 cents, $1, $2.50 or $5 increases in student service fees for next year, the respondents opted for an average in crease of $2.45. Wayne Morrison, student government vice president for finance, said his committee would recommend a $23 ceiling on the fees, in tended to replace the current $20 ceiling. Results of the survey and proposed recommendations were made available to the student body in a Thursday night committee meeting Three students, one himself a member of the senate, showed up to raise questions over student government’s allocation of student serv ice fees. The survey covered a wide variety of programs funded by student service fees, among them Memorial Student Center committees, student publications, students’ legal adviser, and intramural and ex tramural sports. The survey was conducted using telephone numbers supplied bya University computer printout. Morrison said the 75-student poll should provide a 75 percent degree of accuracy in determining how the student body feels about the type of programming it receives from student service fees. , Theresa Beshara, a finance committee member, told the meeting that, although students could expect a fee increase next year, the totd of student service fees would still be low compared with other areas CS council delays rate hike decision By KEVIN D. HIGGINBOTHAM Battalion Reporter The College Station City Council voted Thursday to delay Lone Star Gas Company’s rate increase re quest pending further study. The council suspended the rate request for up to 120 days. During that time the city manager and the city attorney will confer with Bryan officials to arrange for joint negotia tions with Lone Star. A. L. Bartley, local manager for Lone Star Gas, said that he wasn’t surprised by the council’s action and that similar action had occurred at the Bryan council meeting Monday. “We took a little different ap proach in this request,” Bartley said. “Rather than just asking for a base rate increase we’re asking for an increase in the service charges also. “I think this is fair because that cost is borne by the citizen receiving the service.” Bartley told the council that the rate increase would raise Lone Star’s net rate of return from 1.71 percent to 9.21 percent. “The rate now in effect is rather obsolete,” said Bartley, adding that even the new rate would be low be cause it is based on a study made in June, 1978. The average gas consumer uses 8,000 cubic feet at a charge of $16.74. Under the proposed rate in crease he would pay $19.15, Bartley said. According to Bartley the rate in crease is due to increases in the price of natural gas, increased cost of operation and maintenance and other factors. In other action the council con sidered several options for the use of the increased community develop ment fund entitlement to the city from the United State’s Department of Housing and Urban Develop ment (HUD). The entitlement doesn’t necessar ily mean the city will actually re ceive the money, though. Jim Callaway, community (If velopment planner for the city, posed three alternatives for i additional $30,000 if College Statin gets it from HUD: —Distribute the money amoi current activities —Identify additional street pa ing projects —Begin a new project suck parkland acquisition. Callaway suggested using! money to partially pave Churcl Street. Dozier, obviously wary additional HUD money due topi problems between the city ai HUD, questioned the reasonk hind the increase. College Station lost its community development fundsk cause it lacked an adequate housi plan. There is still some disagra ment as to what HUD considersi adequate plan. ■ ^ I “I’m just trying to nail thesel eral jokers down,” Dozier said, f getting fed up with the federal? ernment now. They have treated shabbily. “Are they throwing us a $30,i bone, or just a shadow of a $30,1) bone? “As far as I’m concerned theyo take the whole community Ji velopment program and stuff it Jimmy Carter’s rear.” The council approved Callawsi suggestion to use the money top? Churchill Street. The council also voted to contim to investigate the problem of a® transit system in the area and support Bryan’s application forliu ing on a proposed bus system suggested by the Public Tra® Study. Mayor Lorence BravenecaJ several councilmen, though,* pressed concern that the studyk neglected other forms of mass tfi sit and had chosen the bus syst* solely for cost and ease ofi* plementation reasons. 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