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! I A Page 8 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1979 Parachutists try to hit the spot By J. TRIGG CRAWFORD Battalion Reporter How’s this for accuracy: a 2,500- foot drop from an airplane onto an orange disk that’s only 10 centimet ers in diamemter? Even if this skydiving sport is a little too dangerous for you, you might enjoy watching the Texas A&M University Sport Parachute Club’s accuracy 3RD ANNUAL BILLIARD TOURNAMENT 8 BALL CAMPUS CHAMPIONSHIP STARTS FRI. APRIL 6 AT 7 P.M. MSC BOWLING AND GAMES. $3 ENTRY FEE JACK BREIT — appearing at 12 noon and immedi ately prior to competition for billiards exhibition. MSC RECREATION jumping meet Saturday at the Hearne airport. Club president Sid McDaniel said that 37 invitations were sent out for this collegiate and open division meet, and 40 to 60 jumpers from ELECT 1 John T. Groce Student Government Texas, Florida and Arkansas are ex pected. Trophies will be awarded for the first five places in each divi sion and a team trophy will also be awarded. “This is an officially recognized collegiate meet, but the number of participants we have will depend on whether people will travel that far,” McDaniel said. “We’ll just have to wait and see.” “In accuracy jumping, the goal is for the jumper to predict his exit point from the plane so that he lands in a pea^gravel pit as close as he can to the target — an orange disk 10 centimeters in diameter,’’ McDaniel said. “Each jumper gets three jumps apiece, and the person with the smallest cumulative total of inches away from the disk wins.” McDaniel said there are about 120 members in the Parachute Club and to be eligible to jump in meets, they must have gone through Texas A&M’s training program. He also said that parachutists receive licenses from the United States Parachute Asution according to the number of jumps they complete. In accuracy competition, jumpers leave the plane and immediately pull the cord that opens their parachute. But in free-fall jumping, parachutists wait longer until they open their parachute. “I think that a couple of other guys and I hold the record for a jump,” McDaniel said. “We jumped from 14,500 feet, with an 85 — sec ond free-fall.” McDaniel said that competition will start at daylight Saturday and will probably continue till dark. The Hearne airport is located east of Hearne on Highway 485. Only 29 days to graduation. . . Now is the time to have your portrait made at . - AR PHOTOGRAPHY : • 1 'Class of ’79 special' call now for information and an appointment. 846-0487 3711 E. 29th St., Bryan Town 6- Country Center AR PHOTOGRAPHY The Signature of Quality A BRAS CAMEO Custom Fitting at Ramada Inn Room 116 2 p.m. April 6 thru 2 p.m. April 7 The natural bra for athletic activities Remove Shoulder Weight Prevent Stretch Marks Obtain That Floating Feeling Look Fantastic! 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SOFTBALL: The women’s team will play Southwest Missouri Springfield Missouri today and tomorrow. GOLF: The men’s team will play in the All-American Invitation Houston today and tomorrow. TRACK: The men’s and women’s team will run in the TexasRela« Austin today and tomorrow. BASEBALL: The men’s team will play TCU in Fort Worth todap tomorrow. AGGIE CINEMA: The Clint Eastwood Festival begins with 1 Dj Harry,” about a detective Dirty Harry Calahan whoisontlietj of a crazed sniper terrorizing the city of San Francisco, at8p Rudder Theater. (R) “Magnum Force, about Lt. HarryCi who attempts to catch a group of local vigilantes who are killijji local mobsters in wholesale lots, will be shown at 9:45 pm Rudder Theater. (R) MIDNIGHT MOVIE: “Play Misty for Me, about a discjodtejj unsuspectingly spurns the attentions of a girl who turns outln 1 determined to possess him for herself or to destroy him, «|| shown in Rudder Theater. (R) Saturday BASEMENT COFFEEHOUSE: Shake Russell will perform p.m. Tickets will be available at the door for $2.50. DAIRY SCIENCE DAIRY DAY: There will be a heifer sb milking contest and a barbeque beginning at 11 a.m. PEACE CORPS: Will show the film “The Toughest Job You!& Drve at 9 p.m. in Room 206, Ag Building. CONCERT: Violinist Pinchas Zukerman will play in Rudder ditorium at 4 p.m. Tickets are on sale in the MSC Box Olio STUDENT Y: There will be a mandatory meeting for all fish a .,1- T.O/A .-v U ^^ /A 1 I) . . J „ — counselors at 7:30 p.m. in Room 601, Rudder Tower CLASS OF ’80 SPRING PICNIC: Will be held from noon p.m. at Big Creek Part at the north end of Lake Summervillej more information go to Room 216, MSC. SOCIETY OF MANUFACTURING ENGINEERS: Will meet i p.m. in Bee Creek Park. All members and prospectivemei are welcome. TAMU ROADRUNNERS: There will be a “Predict-yourli: 3-miler” run at 3 p.m. at the Beef Center, west of the railii tracks. All joggers are invited. Admission is 25 cents for members and free for members. GOLF: The women’s team will play at the Lady Cardinal Invitati^, in Vidor today and tomorrow. LACROSSE: The Texas A&M Lacrosse team plays the Universit [| Houston at 1 p.m. on the main drill field. TENNIS: The women’s team will play Southwest Texas State heir |j 1 p. m AGGIE CINEMA: The Clint Eastwood Festival continues with* jj Good, The Bad, and The Ugly," a western about onegunfighli quest for riches during the Civil War, which will be shorn p.m. in Rudder Theater. (PC) “The Outlaw Josey Wales, abot man obsessed with vengeance against a handful of renegades murdered his wife and children, will be shown at 11 p.m. Rudder Theater. (PC) Sunday LACROSSE: The Texas A&M Lacrosse Team plays LouisianaSs) University at 10 a.m. on the main drill field. 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