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Page 8 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1980 CAMPUS NAMES Biology major wins scholarship A senior biology major at Texas A&M University was recently awarded one of 24 national scho larships, and was the only reci pient of the scholarship in the Southwest Conference. Steve Boozalis, from Lake Jackson, said he will use the $500 Founders Fund Scholarship to aid in the payment of medical school expenses at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Gal veston. The scholarship is given annually by Phi Eta Sigma, which is a national freshman honor soci ety. Boozalis said he was presi dent of the Texas A&M chapter as a freshman. The 24 students who received the scholarships were chosen h om 160 applicants by the society on the basis of their scholastic re cord, creative ability, character references, evidence of financial need, promise of success and per sonality. He said he finished his under graduate work at Texas A&M in three years, and maintained a 3.7 grade point ratio. He is a member of the Premed-Predent Society, Beta Beta Beta biology society and a resident advisor for Dunn Hall. Boozalis said he will take some business courses as electives this summer after he graduates in May. Then, he said, he will go to medical school in the fall. Corps presents awards Michael D. Formby and Mark Stroman received Corps of Cadets awards at Texas A&M University. In addition to the individual awards, the Gen. George F. Moore flag for the best overall unit went to Company D-2, com manded by Michael Hanley of Victoria. Squadron 12, led by Mark Stoddard of Houston, won the Gen. P.F. Jouine flag for academic excellence and im provement. Company B-2, under Jeff fit ter of San Antonio, was recipient of the Gen. Bruno A. Hochmuth flag for the best record in military activities, retention and extracur ricular activities participation. Squadron 14 was chosen the outstanding flight in Air Force ROTC drill competition. The award consists of the Butch Bal dridge Trophy and guidon streamer. Formby was chosen the out standing cadet staff officer. The Corps scholastic officer received a saber given by the Dallas Mothers Club. He was also selected for the Daughters of the American Revolution ROTC award to an Air Force cadet. Stroman, whose parents Mr. and Mrs. William Stroman-were named Aggie Parents of the Year, was named outstanding company or squadron commander. Other major award winners are Michael A. Snow of San Antonio, the outstanding major unit (bri gade, wing, regiment) comman der; Kevin J. Udell of Friend swood, outstanding battalion or group commander; Samuel R. Hawes, Dallas, outstanding first sergeant. Also, Charles K. Casteberry, Lake Jackson, outstanding sopho more; James K. Richardson, Luf kin, outstanding freshman; Linda K. South, Dallas, best drilled sophomore, and Michael W. Holmes, Grand Prairie, best dril led freshman. The awards were among 150 presented during recent Parents’ Weekend activities. Vertical landing and take-off unique fighter plane feature Engineering prof recieves award Dr. V. Tom Rhyne, director of the digital systems laboratory at Texas A&M University, has been selected to receive the presti gious Terman Award from the electrical division of the Amer ican Society for Engineering Education. The award is sponsored by the Hewlett-Packard Co. and con sists of $1,000, a gold medal and a presentation scroll. United Press International PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — To hear the pilots talk, this stubby-wing fighter with the funny outrigger wheels, which takes off and lands vertically, is one of the most inge nious flying machines ever devised. The Marine Corps says it would be a key weapon in conventional war in Europe or Asia. But top Pentagon officials are not convinced and oppose more spend ing on the plane. “I think it’s a super airplane,” says Maj. Mine Stortz, 34, of Corpus Christi. “It’s the airplane of the fu ture. It’s just a matter of time before we go to all vertical, short take-off and landing (VSTOL)." Stortz, a test pilot, is currently putting the AV-8A Harrier through a series of wing-stress tests at the Navy’s Patuxent Rjmer Air Test Center. He anticipates the day when the Marine Corps will acquire the next generation plane — the AV-8B which could be built by McDonnell- Douglas of St. Louis, Mo., under license from British Aerospace of England. A British pilot demonstrated the Harrier’s unique qualities a few years ago by taking off from a coal yard in central London, dashing at near supersonic speed to New York (refueling five times over the Atlan tic) and landing in lower Manhattan in sight of the Empire State Building. The Marine Corps originally bought 110 Harriers. After suffering 39 crashes, they still want more. In war, Marine commanders say the Harrier could be brought close to the front and would provide close support for ground troops within mi nutes — not hours — of a call for help. Since the plane needs a landing surface of approximately 75 square feet and minimal turn-around time the Harrier would not be bothered by bombed-out runways. The only trouble is that Secretary of Defense Harold Brown and other top Pentagon officials have doubts of the plane’s effectiveness. They recognize the Harrier has unique qualities, but say it would fall prey to the enemy’s top supersonic- fighters. At a time of budget stringency,; they believe high performance F-18s' are a more cost-effective weapon for the Marine Corps than the Harrier. The Harrier program has been kept alive with $168 million for re search and development in the 1979 budget, and $180 million in 1980 But no Harrier funds are included in the administration’s 1981 budget. “T A Harrier crash March 13, and a crash of one of the two AV-8B pro totypes last November, have streng thened the notion of a safety problem. Official Marine statistics show the Harrier had an accident rate of 3.68 accidents per 10,000 flying hours over a 10-year period, compared to 5.04 for the F-8, but only 2.98 for the F-4 and 2.66 for the A-4. BR AG TA1 CO c t SOI e MA' c; The Harrier’s uniqueness makes for tricky landing and take-off com pared to the normal aircraft. But pilots say the skills needed to handle the machine can be acquired by the average pilot with proper training. 1 RING DANCE PHOTOS Officers kill rape suspect inside motel Children’s illness could set record CANDID PROOFS WILL BE ON DISPLAY TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 11 A.M.-3 P.M. (Main Floor MSC) RING DANCE PHOTO PACKAGES WILL BE DELIVERED IN THE MSC. FRIDAY, MAY 2 11 A.M.-5 P.M. 9 A.M.-2 F.M. United Press International AUSTIN — Police shot and killed a 20-year-old Corpus Christi man in the motel room where a young woman said she was raped. The man was identified as Manuel Enrique Vela Jr. A 22-year-old woman said she was forced into a man’s car while walking across the Lamar Boulevard Bridge over Town Lake about 3 a.m. She said her assailant told her he was a policeman and threatened to take her to jail, but then allowed her to leave the motel room after the attack. “The officers went to a room at that location and the suspect came out swinging at them with a knife,” said Assistant Police Chief George Phif er. “Two shots were fired, one by each officer.” SATURDAY, MAY 8 0* i .V*. Photos by University Studio HAPPY COTTAGE 115 College Main N. 846-8019 Gift Shoppe has moved to 809 E. 29th Bryan m DEAD WEEK SPECIALS! 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The dis ease follows a viral infection, such as influenza-B or chicken pox, but it is not known whether a virus itself causes the ailment. So far, Ohio with 137 and Michi gan with 56 have reported the greatest number of cases. Other states listing 10 or more cases were New York with 16, Massachusetts 13 and Illinois 10. “In the 252 cases where the out come was known, there were 52 deaths, a mortality rate of 22 per cent,” said Hurwitz. “This case fatal ity rate compares with a rate of 38 percent in the 1976-77 epidemic year. ” Hurwitz, who said no one knows for sure why the fatality rate is lower, suspects earlier recognition of the disease by parents and physicians and improved treatment are respon sible for fewer deaths caused by Reye’s sydrome. Recent studies also revealed the Russian influenza outbreak of 1978- 79 apparently triggered a large num ber of Reye’s syndrome cases — 405 — and that young adults were sus ceptible to the ailment, in addition to children in the 5-11 age group. Hurwitz made the prediction of a record year for Reye’s syndrome if the rate of surveillance and reporting continues as it has this past winter. Reye’s syndrome, first described in 1963, is a relatively rare disease. There is no specific treatment for it, but supportive care in a hospital where special equipment can be used to monitor the conditions of pa tients appear to be important factors in reducing both fatalities and dam age to the brain and liver. SUMMER JOBS DALLAS/FT. WORTH • HOUSTON AUSTIN • SAN ANTONIO • LUBBOCK SUBURBS OF ABOVE $6.65/ hour apply in person at RUDDER TOWER RM 402 April 30 ■ May 1 8 a.m.-10 a.m.-l 2 noon-2 p.m.-4 p.m. W.E.A.I. Subsidiary of ALCOA Center receives 2 awards Publications of the Texas Real Estate Research Center at Texas A&M University won two awards at this year’s regional competition of the Council for the Advance ment and Support of Education (CASE). “Tierra Grande,” the centers quarterly magazine, won an award for magazines, and a flyer used to promote the centers annual Studies of Advancement Real Estate Subjects program won an award for visual design. Other CASE awards presented to the center included an achieve- ment award for the 1979-80 annual report, and an award of excellence in the consumer categ ory for “The Guide to Early Mort gage Retirement.” “Tierra Grande” also received an honorable mention in tne visual design category for a cover photograph of a pitcher plant ii the Big Thicket. The CASE competition was part of CASE’s Region IV annual meeting in Corpus Christi W week. 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