The Battalion
Vol. 73 No. 21 Monday, October 1, 1979 USPS 045 360
14 Pages College Station, Texas Phone 845-2611
traffic computers
nay help solve jams
By JACKIE FAIR
Battalion Reporter
A plan that may solve the local traffic
oblem is on the way.
This month, computerized control
ixes will be installed in traffic signals at
intersections around Bryan-College
ation, said D. D. Willison, supervising
anning engineer at the Department of
ighways and Public Transportation,
iree of these signals will be installed at
itrances to the Texas A&M University
mpus.
“Most traffic signals in use are either
salvaged from another intersection in
town, or run on a fixed time clock that
doesn’t always adjust to a heavier flow of
traffic,” Willison said.
A traffic counter at each intersection will
relay the amount of traffic to a mi
croprocessor that will integrate each inter
section into the appropriate flow,
Williamson explained.
“The time clock signals in use now are
limited to three or four different cycles,”
he said. The computerized signals are
equipped with about 70 different flow cy
cles, he added.
The computerized method will relieve
the over-congested rush hour traffic,
Williamson said.
“The new method will improve the traf
fic flow at all other periods as well.”
The $753,000 project includes three of
16 computerized signals installed at
entrances to campus. The entrances that
will be affected are Joe Routt Boulevard at
Wellborn Road, Coke Street at Jersey
Street and Agronomy Road at University
Drive.
jead singer provides key
o success of Beach Boys
By KEITH TAYLOR
Battalion Staff
wrote a bad review of the Beach
I wquld get off easy with a death
mtence.
Because I realize discretion is the better
rt of valor, this will be a good review of
Beach Boys.
have never seen a band bring
eryone in G. Rollie White Coliseum to
feet, screaming for more. Put simply,
Beach Boys were flawless Sunday
ght. Their vocal harmonies, made possi-
e by Al Jardine and Carl Wilson, were
cellent; hut the key to their success was
[e energy and showmanship of lead
nger Mike Love.
He was obviously enjoying himself and
is rubbed off on the rest of the band. His
inter with the audience helped set the
rty mood of the show. The response was
'erwhelming.
[The band played all its hits, starting
Ith “California Girls’ and finishing with
Fun, Fun, Fun. All the songs were per-
[mied well, particularly “Barbara Ann,’
“Rock and Roll Music,” and the crowd’s
favorite “Be True to Your School.
One of the highlights was Bruce
Johnston’s T Write the Songs” made fa
mous by pseudo-singer Barry Manilow.
Johnston put Manilow to shame in his solo
rendition.
The crowd swayed, danced, sang and
screamed through the entire show. I had
to remind myself I was in College Station
Review
Unfortunately, the PA system fed-back
throughout the concert.
Prism opened the show, making its
Texas debut. Prism received good re
sponse from the audience, something
opening bands rarely do at Texas A&M.
Prism is a basic straight-ahead rock band
with top 40 pop overtones, reminiscent of
Sweet’s early days. After this band ac
quires a more confident stage presence
and gets rid of its overly long and boring
guitar and drum solos, it may go places.
Mike Love, lead singer for the Beach Boys, jokes
with the crowd at the Sunday night concert at G.
Rollie White.
Battalion photo by Ken Herrera
instead of Houston. It’s about time a good
band playing here received the response it
deserved.
Now for the bad parts of the concert.
The sound was the usual G. Rollie brand of
lousy, the public address system could not
handle the low notes, and Brian Wilson,
the band’s leader and songwriter, was in a
foul mood at the beginning of the set. " '
Fortunately, Wilson caught the
enthusiasm of the band and the crowd.
President to speak on troops in Cuba
United Press International
THURMONT, Md. — President Car
ter, backed by the “wise men” council of
his own and previous administrations, will
report to the ri-ition tonight on his knowl
edge of a Soviet combat brigade in Cuba
and his ideas for dealing with it.
While Carter was at Camp David Sun
day, alone with his wife and one personal
aide, the top figures of his administration
met at the White House for three hours qn
-the- issue. * i
The “wise men — former Secretaries of
State Dean Rusk, William Rogers and
Henry Kissinger and other top officials in
previous administrations, met earlier to
advise Carter on the major foreign policy
problem.
- Cuban -President Fidel Castro, in an
interview with Dan Rather of CBS, reiter
ated Sunday Carter’s charge was a false-
The sooner she finds the key that will determine
her prize, the sooner she can get out of the goo.
Come on, jump in!
The Jell-O’s fine
Debbie Truelove plunges into a chilly tub of strawberry Jell-O.
By CAROL AUSTIN
Battalion Reporter
The girl slid in head-first and
emerged a few seconds later from the
600-gallon tub of strawberry Jell-O.
She emerged triumphantly holding a
key and smiling for photographers. The
First Annual Sigma Phi Epsilon Jell-O
Jump had begun.
Tickets for the Jell-O Jump were sold
throughout September, and a drawing
was held Wednesday night to deter
mine the 92 lucky jumpers.
The people chosen for the jump slid
into the gooey mess and fished out one
of 92 keys suspended in the mess. Each
key corresponded to a prize donated for
the occasion.
Proceeds from the Jell-O Jump went
to the Leukemia Society of America.
The Jell-O Jump was sponsored by
Sigma Phi Epsilon and radio station
WTAW.
WTAW disc jockey Jim Miller em
ceed the sticky affair and as the contes
tants climbed out of the tub, the crowd
parted like the Red Sea.
“It was really gross. I’ll tell you,”
senior Ron Stroup said when he
slithered out of the red goo. Would he
do it again? “You bet!” he answered.
Local merchants donated the prizes,
which ranged from a $1,000 gift certifi
cate from Diamond Brokers to a $10
canister of Karmel Korn.
Liz Huskey won the gift certificate
from Diamond Brokers.
However, fate played tricks on other
contestants. For example, a small boy
won a $100 gift certificate to the Sports
Club and a middle-aged woman from
Bryan won $150 worth of record al
bums.
Rob Somers, chairman of the Jell-O
Jump, was pleased with the results.
“We’ve had great public support and
we hope to make it an annual event,”
he said.
Jell-O fights erupted after all the
keys were found. For a $2 donation,
spectators were allowed to splash to
their hearts’ delight. Unsuspecting
spectators received bear hugs from
Jell-O-clad friends, but the hose was
nearby, and the stickiness, like the
crowd, soon melted away.
hood and the Soviet troops in Cuba merely
operated a training center.
He also said he was willing to meet with
Carter, a suggestion that drew no im
mediate response from the White House.
In Hanover, N.H., Saturday night, Vice
President Walter Mondale indicated Car
ter plans to emphasize “balance and re
straint” in his speech.
Carter has contended “appropriate ac
tion” would be taken if the status quo was
not changed in Cuba. Brzezinski, saying
the situation was more similar to the Be
rlin blockade than the 1962 Cuban missile
crisis, ruled out U.S. military interven
tion, as had Carter himself earlier.
Some diplomatic observers believe Car
ter will beef up the U.S. Naval Station in
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; and in Key West,
Fla., and Puerto Rico in a stronger show of
might in the Caribbean.
The situation came after what Carter’s
aides called “the best week domestically . .
. in terms of accomplishment. ”
Housing woes
busy advisers
By ANGIE JONES
Battalion Reporter
Students who need legal advice about
housing problems may get answers
quicker by going to the Off-Campus Hous
ing offices than to the student attorney.
There is a five-day waiting list for ap
pointments with Jim Locke and Lowell
Denton, student legal advisers.
“There are just too many people and
only two of us, ” Locke said.
Part of the waiting could be alleviated if
the more than 23,000 students living off-
campus were aware of the services that
Off-Campus Housing offers them, he said.
Some students who live off campus,
Locke explained, are looking for help be
cause they can’t get their landlords to
make repairs. Some want to break their
leases because they can’t get along with
their roommates. Others want to move.
Still others drop out of school.
Delays also occur because students put
off seeking legal advice until it is almost
too late to help them. Those people have
to be “squeezed” into an already crowded
schedule, Locke said.
“We re seeing about 10 people apiece
each day and that doesn’t leave much time
to help people that need letters sent or
legal documents signed,” Locke said.
Jan Winniford, coordinator of the Off-
campus Housing Office, said, “This time of
year there are many students that have
repair-related problems, but now a
number of roommate problems are arising
because tests are coming up and there is
more pressure. Roommates are feeling the
pressure of not getting along.
“Usually it’s a simple situation so we try
to help them clarify what the real problem
is,” Winniford said. “We can’t give legal
advice,” she stressed, “but we can inform
them of the steps to take. ”
By next semester, the majority of com
plaints will involve students that haven’t
gotten their deposits on their apartments
back yet, Winniford said. The number of
students seeking legal advice increases at
that time. “We try to prevent problems
before they arise, ” she said.