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J^dge iO ( Hfc BATTALION MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1979 Software Engineers Your education is about to continue with GTE in Phoenix. Your formal schooling may be coming to an end, but now it’s time for a real education—in the state-of-the-art environment of GTE’s Automatic Electric Laboratories. We’re currently staffing our new facility with Software Engineers and Computer Scientists who are eager to work at the forefront of technology. If you have a degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related discipline, investigate the following career opportunities: SOFTWARE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT: ON REAL-TIME MICROPROCESSOR BASED DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING SYSTEM. Operating System Software Responsible for task scheduling, input/output status control and message handling software. Call Processing & Administrative Software Involved in all areas of call processing application and the analysis and initialization of system software for traffic and switch network management functions. On-Line Recovery and Diagnostic Software Design of common control recovery and diagnostic software and development of system recovery and diagnostics of line and trunk facilities, service and digital network complex. Support Software Involved in compiler, assembler and simulator development. Data Base Software Responsible for logical and physical data base design and implementation related to telecommunications systems. Systems Control and Testing Development and execution of comprehensive test plans to evaluate the performance of large stored program switching systems. We^l Be On Campus October 1 5 See your placement office for details. Research and Development Or write to: Manager of Employment, Dept. CNP, GTE Automatic Electric Labora tories, 11 226 N. 23rd Avenue, j Phoenix, Arizona 85029. Equal Opportunity Employer \ ADVERTISEMENT Another life changed As I reflect back on the early days of my life, it is with many fond memories. Our family was close, and we had many enjoy able times together in our cozy home in north central Texas. Being a small agricultural com munity, I kept myself busy rais ing farm animals and competing in 4-H competition. My aspira tion for as long as I can re member was to someday become a veterinarian. As I grew older and entered high school, I found myself driven by an inward force to be successful in whatever I pur sued. I did well in football, mak ing all district for two years. I was president of our local 4-H chapter and elected president of the senior class. There was only one problem. Although I ap peared outwardly to be getting ahead, I was void of inner satis faction. My relationships with others seemed superficial and I had only a few close friends. My own insecurity and desire for ac ceptance pushed me into habits and a lifestyle I didn’t really want. I began drinking and smoking pot so that I would be numbered with the “in” crowd. I so badly wanted freedom yet found myself trapped by the bondage of peer pressure. As time went on, I became more and more insecure and with drawn from people. I began to wonder who the real me really was. By my senior year, it seemed that I was in a continual state of turmoil. I knew I wanted to go on to college but I lacked the funds. Owning my own pick-up truck had been a dream for years but that took money too. I be came increasingly more uptight and tense, tossed about by un certainty and indecision. I was glad when the year was over and I could leave that part of my life behind. I decided to work that fall, then go on to college in the spring- My job was very demand ing and seemed to sap most of my available time and energy. As I would lay in bed after putting in an exhausting twelve hours, I remember feeling frustrated and uncertain. Was this all there was to life? Was I to just eat, sleep and work for the next sixty or se venty years, then die? It seemed like such a waste. That December we spent the Christmas season with a few rela tives in western Arkansas. It was an enjoyable time • and ^ good break from work. Later on that week, one of my cousins and I began discussing the area of God and religion. I had gone to church all of my life, but had never found much fulfillment in simply attending services week after week. In fact, it always struck me as somewhat boring. As we continued to talk, I began to realize that my cousin had something that I had never ex perienced before. He had not only what I termed “religion” but a life that was peaceful and content. He explained to me that the emptiness and insecurity I had in me was the result of being separated from God by sin. All the going to church and religion in the world could not bridge this separation. He went on to ex plain how Jesus Christ, out of His tremendous love for me, had died to remove this barrier. I simply needed to respond to Him by asking Him personally to come into my life, forgive me, and take control of my life. As I continued to listen, it all began to make sense. I knew I was guilty and frustrated and needed help. I had tried so many things but nothing seemed to satisfy. There, in the stillness of the house, at two in the morning, I asked Jesus Christ to come into my life. All at once, things seemed dif ferent. I felt new and clean, like taking a breath of fresh air. Even though it was late, my new found joy and excitement made it im possible to go to sleep. I was a new person! Since that night four years ago, I’ve never been disappointed in my decision. I now am secure in His unconditional love and free from the guilt that used to plague me. Although I have failed many times. He has never let me down. My happiness and inner contentment is no longer depen dent on always having to be the best or most successful. I have at last found satisfaction and full ness of life in the security and love of my creator. “I found myself trapped by peer pressure” . . . ADVERTISEMENT A l-J 846-67 846-6714 & 846-H 51 UNIVERSITY SQUARE SHOppinr fFNTFflf Now CINEMA Showing - A temptingly tasterm comedy for adults who can count DUDLEY MOORE ^JULIE ANDREWS 'BO DEREK in Food, energy controls solution to inflation? BETTER & MORE ENTERTAIN1NG THAN "GRAFFITI 1" HI I 1M1-TTM I 1111-1111 United Press International AUSTIN — Letting unemploy ment rise as a deterrent to inflation is an unworkable idea, says Labor Secretary Ray Marshall, but teach ing citizens the causes of inflation and controlling food and energy prices should do the trick. Marshall, who was a University of Texas economics professor before joining the Cabinet, said Friday the administration has rejected the idea of fighting inflation by permitting unemployment to rise. “Permitting unemployment to rise is unworkable, Marshall said. Marshall said an accord reached between the Carter administration and organized labor would help strengthen the economy by educat ing the public and giving the private sector more incentive to train new employees. “We will not solve the unem ployment problem in the United States with the public sector alone, even as important as that is,” he said. The labor secretary said energy and food prices would have to be controlled before the inflation could be solved higher energy and rectly affect wages and trols, making it more fight inflation. Marshall said he did®, what kind of economic coal country would be during4] six months, but hedidnotll employment would reachSj as many economists predict ployment last month decliufi] percent from 6 percentthep; month. “8ft”: Fellir impasse t Theater, BONFIRE I* Thursday >0 MUM to 4 p.m. SIGMA IO! in Room preparati lARSHALl i meet at 1 audition l VA said to be liable for unpaid bill Officer evicted from nursing hoi United Press International AUSTIN — A retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, evicted from a NOON BUFFET Monday through Friday 11-2 WITH COUPON ONLY... $239 at College Station Pizza Inn $2 19 at Greenfield Plaza Pizza Inn (VALID THRU 10-16) ALL THE PIZZA (thick or thin crust) SALAD AND SPAGHETTI YOU CAN EAT B 1803 Greenfield Plaza 846-1784 413 S. Texas Ave. 846-6164 Barcelona APARTMENTS NEWLY REMODELED ! ALL UTILITIES PAID and... Individual Heating and Air, Cable T.V., 3 Laundry Rooms, Swimming Pool, Security Guard, Party Room, and Close to Campus. 693<0261 700 Dominik, College Station Tt’x. \ V * ’ • ^ A«\N Gol ! Foul si* >- "2 ri.; -i KAKCFLOVY •• nursing home for not paying a $5,561 bill, says he can afford to pay but won t because he believes the Veteran’s Administration is respon- si ble for the bill. Alfred Fox, 64, was evicted Fri day from the Rebekah Baines Johnson Center for refusing to pay the bill. The center, operated by a firm for the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, filed suit in state district last month seeking to have Fox pay the bill. But Fox refused to pay, although he draws more than $1,000 a month in retirement benefits. He said he was financially able to care for him self but won’t pay the bill “because of the principle of the thing.” About a year ago. Fox underwent surgery at the Audie Murphy Veter ans Hospital in San Antonio. He was sent to Austin to recuperate. The VA contracted with the nursing home to care for Fox for 90 days. When the contract lapsed in Feb- rurary. Fox was asked to check out p.m. in memorizi jANAGEV p.m. in 5 STUDENT p.m. in I LAST DAY: I p.m. RIO GRAN p.m. in I ICIETY C tion on t (particula hry. Committ Aggie Be and re-enter on his own. He refused. Fox claimed the VA neve IjjgLE STl him that the agency would4 I pi ar t m an $24 a day payments after S I Everyon( Jerome Betting, the cet EFF-GAMI torney, said several socials I agencies and the VAwereal I help Fox, but "because oik I come they were unable to resp I Fox, who would not saywk | would move to, said he wo suit against the VA and HI “They are the ones who here,” he said. Fox, who has lived in Auslii he retired from the Air Fi 1960, was bitter and defianl the confrontation with the officials before he was evicted “This is the sorriest place I ever been in. I was in where upperclassmen would) I you, and that wasn’t as badai The treatment here is lousy plain lousy. 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