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By GAIL WEATHERLY
Campus Reporter
Texas A&M University resear
chers are on their way to solving the
riddle of tapping the sun’s energy,
using a system that could give Sun,
Belt homes independent power
plants as early as 1989.
Professors W. A. Porter and
Jack S. Kilby, both of Texas A&M,
and Jay W. Lathrop of Clemson,
have been perfecting a type of photo
voltaic energy system.
“If this system proves economical
ly feasible in single-family dwellings
where solar energy is a viable source
of power, it will significantly reduce
demands on gas and oil,” Porter said.
The system addresses the conver
sion of sunlight to energy and energy
storage, he continued.
Tiny spherical silicoh cells —
rather than flat ones — are used to
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Over a quarter of a million infants
are bom each year with birth de
fects. Volunteers in Bryan-College
Station and from across the nation
will try to help the March of Dimes
combat this problem by participat
ing in the 25th annual Mothers
March Monday.
The volunteers will raise funds for
the March of Dimes by collecting
door to door in their neighborhoods.
The money collected funds birth de
fect research.
Nikki Ravey, Brazos Valley chair
man for the Mothers March, said
participation in this year’s march
appears to be large. Over 1,600
women are expected to participate,
including the wives of both city
mayors.
“I feel this is the first time the
apartments have been adequately
covered,” Ravey said.
Ravey said 40 percent of the
money collected must go to the na
tional organization, for distribution
to birth defect centers. The remain
ing 60 percent will be kept by the
county.
MICHELLE MORREY
Campus Reporter
The conference on Food and Hun
ger in Texas focused on “identifying
target problems” of hunger and pov
erty Wednesday night on the Texas
A&M University campus.
Participants from all over the state
met in Rudder Tower to discuss the
problems. About 100 people
attended the session.
“We come because we are all con
cerned and want to help,” one parti
cipant said.
Nine small groups met to discuss
the main problem of hunger and
those who are affected by it. It was
agreed unanimously that farmers
and farmworkers are hit hardest.
MAKE THE MOST OF TRAVEL TIME
absorb the sunlight, Porter ex
plained. These cells produce a cur
rent which electrolyzes, or breaks
down the electrolyte (a liquid elec
tric conductor), into two basic com
ponents, hydrogen and iodine.
These components are stored in
tanks until electricity is needed.
When electricity is used, the elec
trolyte components reunite in a fuel
cell to generate electricity and to re
make the electrolyte, he said.
Since a homeowner with this sys
tem would have his own power
plant, the impact on power and util
ity companies could be substantial.
Kilby added, however, that the sys
tem isn’t suitable for every home.
Porter said research is being done
at Zachry Engineering Center under
a subcontract to Texas Instruments,
which owns the patent.
The system’s cost is still unknown,
he said.
JERRY MAZE
Campus Reporter
Judges and lawmakers are not
qualified to distinguish among Can
nabis sativa and other types of mari
juana, Dr. Robert Evans Schultes
told a standing-room-only crowd
Wednesday in the third of a series of
lectures.
Schultes, a Harvard University
taxonomist and economic botanist,
said marijuana is difficult to study
and classify because its external
characteristics are not consistent
yearly and it contains 50 chemical
structures.
"In the United States,” Schultes
said, “only Cannabis sativa is speci
fied as illegal. The conflict arises
when an attorney tries to prove the
defendant possessed a different spe
cies.”
“I am in favor of standardized
penalties for using marijuana. Penal
ties in the United States range from
no penalty in some states to 30 years
imprisonment in others.”
Schultes said his main interest in
studying Cannabis is from a medical
standpoint.
“There are at the present time
chemists studying the 50 chemicals
of Cannabis for treatment of dis
ease,” Schultes said. “One of these
diseases is glaucoma.”
Schlutes traced Cannabis use from
its origin 10,000 years ago in Asia.
Cannabis was one of the first
domesticated plants he said. Its uses
include oil and nourishment from
the seeds, and fiber and narcotics
from the plant.
Schultes will continue his series of
lectures today and Friday in 105
Harrington, at 4 p.m.
Birth defect fight
begins with march
Conference at Texas A&M
continues hunger discussion
Farmworkers deserve fair em
ployment benefits, said one group
spokesman. Farmers and farmwor
kers are exempt from the National
Labor Relations Act. They do not
have unemployment compensation
or workman’s compensation.
It was also decided that the public
should be informed of the severity of
the problem of hunger in Texas, and
farmers’ children should be
educated about nutrition. The con
ference also decided that the media
is brainwashing children about junk
food.
The conference began Tuesday
and will end today. Guest speakers
have included Senator Ralph Yar
borough and clergy from churches
throughout the state.
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