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THE BATTALION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1979 Page 3 SCONA seeks conference funds &inly is litjj, Christina! j hi keep son ing his t is not so i suit. K The Student Conference on National Affairs — SCONA — raised $26,000 this summer. That leaves the £roup just $16,500 short ( of their $425,000 goal, needed to fi- •ftance this year’s conference, w Student members of SCONA went to various parts of Texas this summer seeking donations for their conference, “Technology: Tool or Tyrant,” to be held at Texas A&M ^University next February. They also .sought donations in Mexico City. ■ Over 200 students from around ^e country, as well as Canada and Mexico, will attend the February conference to discuss modern technology. J SCONA chairman Jim Briggs said they are also trying to get a delega tion from Australia to attend. 79 editfaj L I Currently, SCONA is in the mid- Christai! ^ die of a two-week fund drive in the than sou. Biyan-College Station area. “We re uring 1: -going to all the local merchants and 1 the pair. we hope to raise about $10,000 this ; flowing tuyear in this area,” Briggs said. “Last limalatben: year we raised about $6,000 here.” ad flyingAfter the local fund drive, pilots®:; SCONA finance chairman Anne Kennedy will be sending letters to , major corporations around the coun- gtry asking for donations. “We are ing to send letters to the Fortune jagazine’s top 500 companies in the United States/’ Kennedy said. || Kennedy said SCONA pays room and board expenses for the dele gates; however, they pay for their own transportation. Additional | money is spent on speaker fees and ! various materials. MrWe will probably spend about $10,000 on speakers, Briggs said. S “We will definitely spend every penny we make. Entertainment will also be provided for the delegates and speakers.” Top donors so far have been the Strake Foundation, which donated $3,000, and the Houston Endow ment Incorporation and Albert C. Pfaff, each donating $2,500. SCONA is under the MSC Coun cil and Directorate. It has existed at Texas A&M for 25 years. “The MSC Council oversees everything we do and sets certain guidelines for us,” Briggs said. “But we are the only organization under the MSC that is entirely self- supportive.” SCONA is made up of 100-125 students and a few faculty advisers, Briggs said. Briggs said there are similar con ferences at West Point, Annapolis, and the Air Force Academy. But Briggs said there was a dif ference in SCONA. “Those programs are run by the faculty,” he said. “Our program is run by students with a little faculty input.” The purpose of SCONA, Briggs said, is to build leaders. “We want to enlighten future leaders and broaden their perspec tives on certain issues. We are try ing to inform future leaders, and not influence them.” Twenty delegates will represent A&M, Briggs said. “These delegates do not have to be members of SCONA,” he said. “Faculty mem bers will interview prospective del egates later in the semester.” Briggs said he is currently work ing on speakers for the conference. “We are working on some people right now, but we don’t have any definite answers, he said. Prof charges media distort in oil reports A Texas A&M University busi ness professor Wednesday charged the news media with distortion and bias in reporting record third quar ter profits in the oil industry as ex cessive. “The basic flaw is they simply threw out a percentage increase without comparing it to other indus tries and then suggested that that profit was excessive,” said Dr. Gerry Keim of Texas A&M’s De partment of Management and an expert on oil industry finance. “Contrary to popular belief, oil company profits are not excessive,” said Keim. “In many ways they (oil companies) don’t do any better than the average Fortune 500 companies and a lot worse than some,” he said. For example: An investor in 1978 would have had a 33.3 percent re turn on his dollar by investing in broadcasting, motion picture pro duction and distribution. That is compared with the relatively mar ginal return of 11.72 percent in pe troleum refining, said the professor. “It’s just sloppy journalism,” fumed Keim. “You can’t look at numbers from just one industry and say that the profits are excessive. The numbers that looked so big Tuesday night don’t look nearly as large compared to those of the real money makers. “If oil company profits are exces sive, then broadcasting profits must be obscene,” said Keim. Tuesday, five oil companies an nounced their third quarter profits compared to those of last year. They were in order of their industry rank: first, Exxon, 118 percent; fifth, Gulf, 97 percent; sixth, Amoco, 49 percent; seventh, Arco, 45 percent; and ninth, Conoco, 134 percent. Two-month study grants announced The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will award ten Fulbright-Hays study grants for a two-month seminar abroad this summer. The grants are open to American academics in economics, political science and international affairs. ASEAN is primarily interested in mid-level scholars who have doc toral degrees and two to three years of college teaching experience. Most participants will be selected from universities with programs in Southeast Asian studies. Participants will first spend four weeks of concentrated study, con sultation and observation in the Philippines. Then, they’ll spend one week in each of the other ASEAN countries — Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Awards will include roundtrip travel, travel allowance, insurance, excess baggage, books and a stipend of $1,500 per month. The deadline for applications is Nov. 15. For more information call the International Services office at 845-1825. V/SA DISCOUNT CENTER 1420 TEXAS AVE. COLLEGE STATION SALE ENDS SAT. 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Our understanding was that it was to be eluded. “We have brought this to the Texas Highway Department (THD) veral times,” he said. “When we iisked we were told it was a good ea, but nothing was ever done. !j low you’re not going to do anything ! again. ” I The councilmen said should the in said, project be completed, Texas Av- : the Car)])' f Jiat under i 3 f the Zi®> Judea and^ d Gaza anil >d,” Neei® 5 n Palest! heir hi j resolve! an state :hose ans si untries, enue would be four lanes to 2818, then narrow to two lanes all the way to the east bypass (or the Ponderosa Motor Inn), then widen again to four lanes to Navasota, causing a traffic hazard. After considerable debate, the council voted unanimously to leave the contract negotiations in the hands of Mayor Lorence Bravenec or City Manager North Bardell. The" council also brought ujp the problem of turning left off of Texas Avenue into Culpepper Plaza, citing the confusing nature of the left-turn lane. 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