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By RICHARD OLIVER
Staff Writer
Texas A&M University Student
Body President Ronnie Kapavik
traveled to Washington, D.C., last
week, and returned with a greater
awareness of the “tremendous re
sponsibility of the president and his
staff in leading the nation. ”
Kapavik joined 300 student body
leaders Friday in a one-day briefing
on domestic and national affairs. The
briefing, held in the White House,
included addresses by several key
cabinet members and President
Carter.
Kapavik said the main item discus-
istration and the possible participa
tion of women in the draft.
“The main thrust of the briefing
appeared to be the introduction of
draft registration,” he said. “The
speakers stressed vigorously the dif
ference between the draft registra
tion and the actual draft.
“They felt since women are repre
sented in 92 percent of domestic
jobs, they should be responsible for
military duty.”
Kapavik said the officials added
the military obligation for women
would be non-combat, should they
be drafted.
Kapavik estimated 70 percent of
the student leaders at the briefing
agreed draft registration was neces
sary.
The briefing involved reviews of
such topics as inflation, the budget
and SALT II, Kapavik said, and in
cluded a 30-minute talk by the presi
dent.
Although much of the briefing was
beneficial, other parts caused con
cern, said Kapavik.
“I got a lot of insights, ” he said. “I
have a great concern for what’s going
on in Washington. We need to be
involved in choosing a representa
tive leader.
“What was appalling were the eco
nomic justifications given for taxa
tion and supporting programs. It
helped me to see there are several
things we are doing that we don’t
have a need for.”
Kapavik said he believed the brief
ing was for more than just informa
tion.
“I picked up many socialist tones
throughout the day,” he said. “It
motivates me to put a more responsi
ble person in the White House.
“I believe the invitation was poli
tical. It (student briefing) had never
happened in their (the Carter) admi
nistration before.”
Not all the tones were negative,
however, said Kapavik.
“It was good to hear we (the Un
ited States) are targeting our funding
of federal programs in areas where
the most production is evident,” he
said. “Carter had a tough row to hoe
when he took office. The problems
were there four years ago.”
Kapavik said the trip was worth
while.
“It helped me in a large way,” he
said, “to see the direction the gov
ernment is going. It was a good trip, I
enjoyed it.”
The funding for Kapavik’s trip was
provided by the University.
By KATHLEEN HARTNEY
City Reporter
A resolution authorizing Superin
tendent Bruce Anderson to contract
a consulting architect to develop
plans for a new maintenance, trans
portation, and housing facility was
passed at the A&M Consolidated
School District meeting Monday
night.
Anderson said the current facili
ties located on the north side of the
district are inadequate for current
needs in several areas:
— Present facilities lack space
which limit the performance of pre
ventative maintenance.
— Present buildings used by cen
tral maintenance lack efficient and
effective space and cannot be econo
mically remodeled to provide the
space.
— Storage space for food products
cannot be handled at the present
volume and must be directly deli
vered to each campus resulting in
increased costs.
— Space is needed to store other
supplies such as large volumes of
paper which are subject to damage,
an additional fuel tank needed for a
desirable level of fuel reserves and
building plans and records of the
school district.
Anderson also said a closer loca
tion would provide the district with a
more efficient operation.
A proposed six-acre site owned by
the district is located west of Welch
Street. Anderson said the initial con
struction cost based on contacts with
contractors would be $250,000.
In other business, the school
board passed a resolution to repair
and add to the seating in the district’s
football stadium.
Anderson said the first priority
would be to install aluminum plank
seats on the homeside, construct 920
seats on the homeside and replace
aisle steps. The cost of the construc
tion will be about $45,000.
The seats on the visitor’s side will
also be repaired at a estimated cost of
$38,000.
NOTICE:
Effective Feb. 25,1980 the security lockers that are located in the
entry area on both levels of the Texas A&M Bookstore will be
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ad, sometimes, problem situations
fin a new magazine for junior high
students having trouble with math.
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“National testing results tell us
students perform increasingly well
on straight arithmetic tasks, but
often can’t use those skills in a prac
tical setting.
“They can’t calculate sales tax,
make change or even use a ruler with
accurate results.
“We learned through our tests
that we would have to fight fear first.
Students locked into fear of failure
cannot learn new skills. So we moti
vate interest and defuse fear with
humor, cartoons and arithmetic
drills put into game and puzzle
format.”
The television personalities that
have become part of the students’
every day are featured in many of the
situations in the first edition of the
math magazine designed for clas
sroom use.
But there’s more to it. Chapman
said poor reading skill stands in the
way of math success.
So to keep the reading level easy,
math problems in the magazine are
put in real-world situations — via
maps, catalogs, sports articles.
“Our goal is to reflect the real
world, where reading, reasoning and
arithmetic are never far apart,” she
said.
Among features in the preview
issue are:
—“Rock and Roll DJ” — a career
article using math to plan a radio
show.
—“You Be The Coach!” which has
students calculate basketball shoot
ing percentages for selected profes
sional basketball players.
—“It Pays to Compare” — a con
sumer education article about dis
count shopping for records. Students
are supposed to figure where they
get the best buy: from Apple’s Dis
count where all albums are only
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“We know,” Chapman said, “if we
don’t rescue those falling behind in
math in junior high they will just stay
on a spiral staircase downward.
“They will fall behind faster and
faster. They need someone to say —
H old on; here’s a different
approach. ”
A recent report from the National
Assessment of Education Progress, a
national program funded by the U. S.
Office of Education, showed stu
dents falling behind in math have
difficulty thinking with numbers.
“They have trouble with applica
tions of math,” Chapman said.
Chapman said she was a math crip
ple in college — even though she
took calculus at Bloomington High in
Bloomington, Minn.
Chapman recalls that she passed
on tears, getting a “sympathy”
grade.
But she met her enemy again at
Hamline University in St. Paul,
Minn.
“There I flunked the math place
ment course,” she said. “And they
put me in an introduction to addition
and subtraction. Idiot math.
“The experiences help me to
emphathize with the kids this maga
zine is trying to reach.”
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