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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1980
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Prof seeking
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r class use
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By JED T. YOUNG
Campus Reporter
"Duck hunters — desperately
iced females of Gadwale and Can-
'isback. You can have the carcass
lack, we just need the skins.”
This announcement was seen
ranging on a second floor wall in
Hall. Duck skins? With or
without feathers?
Dr, Keith Arnold, professor of
rildlife and fisheries sciences, wrote
lie announcement. Not a ferocious
luck scalp hunter, Arnold uses the
ildns for display in his general
imithology (study of birds) class at
lexasA&M University. Arnold post-
id the announcement during duck
eason and he did get these particu-
ar samples of the Gadwale and Can-
asback ducks, but he said he hasn’t
ieen able to complete the
scalping.”
Arnold removes the skin from the
luck, stuffs it and mounts it for dis-
much like a taxidermist would
a deer head. He said this pro-
is very time-consuming and
ulous, but students learn to tell
different species of birds more
isely when they can see them
hand.
f lbc students study the samples to
iim such things as variation of
athers and different kinds of bills
fid feet. In the lab portion of the
is, nine weeks is spent on learning
d species of Texas.
Arnold also contributes the sam-
jles to the Texas Cooperative Wild-
fe Collections, which he said is
y the official name for the wild-
fecollections at Texas A&M. These
ollections are used to document
ccurrence of each species in diffe-
ent parts of the state on a county to
ounty basis, Arnold said. When he
came to Texas A&M in 1966, the bird
collection numbered 6,200 and now
the collection is up to 11,000 birds,
Arnold said.
The collection includes most com
mon species of birds, especially birds
from Texas, Mexico and Colorado.
Arnold said it tries to represent as
many families and orders of birds as
possible.
Some ornithology students help in
the upkeep and preparation of the
collection, which is located in 215
Nagel. Students not involved in the
study of birds can see the birds, but
Arnold said he prefers that they con
tact him if they are interested.
As far as the value of the bird spe
cimens, many are not as valuable as
others. Arnold explained that the
minimum value of any specimen is
$20. “But how can you put a value on
a sample like the bald eagle?” he
asked.
Although he would like to accept
any contribution, Arnold said he
must be selective due to lack of stor
age space. For instance, a teal duck,
a brown duck seen on local ponds
and lakes, is not wanted as much as
the Common Merganser duck,
which is usually black with a crested
head and slender bill. Mergansers
are known to migrate to coastal re
gions although none have been lo
cated on Texas coasts. Arnold said he
needs these desperately.
There are other ducks that Arnold
needs for his class and the wildlife
collection. Although duck season
and hunter’s shooting privileges en
ded Jan. 20, some avid duck hunter
may have ‘‘wanted ducks in his
freezer. Arnold said he will readily
accept contributions, especially sco
ter ducks.
MSC Council proposes
budget increase for ’81
By ANGELIQUE COPELAND
Campus Staff
A 19 percent budget increase for
1980-81, including a request for an
additional $22,271 in student ser
vices fee funding, was approved
Monday night by the Memorial Stu
dent Center Council with very little
debate.
The proposed $1,261,436 budget
for the 20 MSC committees is di
vided into two categories: money
allocated from student service fees
and funds generated by the commit
tees through ticket sales, donations,
and other fund raising events.
The current budget of $1,062,144,
an 89 percent increase over last year,
was reached with a 6 percent de
crease in student service fee money
due to a remarkable 130 percent in
crease in generated revenue from
$394,594 in 1978 to $906,042. Gen
erated revenue is projected to in
crease by only 20 percent next year.
Most of the budget increases will
be used to purchase equipment in
cluding a large screen television and
other video equipment costing
approximately $34,000. An addition
al $10,000 was allotted to the MSC
Outdoor Recreation Committee next
year to continue to expand its equip
ment rental program.
The budget now goes through stu
dent government and Dr. John Kol-
dus, vice president for student ser
vices, for approval.
In other business, the council
approved combining the MSC Arts
and MSC Crafts and Arts committee
into a single committee. As a result,
the MSC Arts film program will bd
transferred to Aggie Cinema and in
cluded in its Classical and Interna
tional series, and “crafts” will be
come a subcommittee of MSC Arts.
Kerrie Kernan was approved as
acting chairman of Arts until elec
tions are held Feb. 18.
Teresa Beshara, vice president of
programs, said the committees were
combined to resolve past, problems
with low manpower but high attend
ance in the Crafts and Arts program,
and high manpower but low attend
ance in the Arts.
After some debate, the council de
cided to approve Andrew Young as a
MSC Political Forum speaker.
Young’s speaking fee is $6,000 in
cluding travel expenses, and there
was discussion of his marketability
on the campus and in the com
munity.
MSC Political Forum members
Sheryl Stout and Chuck Mullins pre
sented a budget' breakdown justify
ing the cost of getting Young based
on their ability to raise $1,200
through admissions (800 students at
$1 each and 200 non-students at $2
each).
The budget was approved on the
recommendation that MSC Political
Forum conduct a survey on interest
in the former U.N. ambassador and
member of the House of Representa
tives, and also seek co-sponsorship
with other groups to aid in funding
the program.
iy Lynn Blanco
Keith Arnold, professor of wildlife and fisheries sciences, has
been collecting ducks for his ornithology class. The stuffed
ducks make the study of birds easier for his students, he said.
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