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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1980
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Greg Gammon, a senior engineering technology major from
College Station, checks a roll of film he processed in one of the
black and white darkrooms in the MSC Camera Committee
darkroom.
By GLENN KRAMPOTA
Battalion Reporter
Based on the old maxim that a pic
ture is worth more than 10,000
words, there are an awful lot of bud
ding Shakespeares around. Trans
lated: the MSC Camera Committee
is well and thriving at Texas A&M
University.
Kendall Nix, committee project
director, said the committee has ab
out 120 members. Memorial Stu
dent Center Program Adviser Don
Rohel said with that membership fi
gure, it is one of the largest MSC
committees.
Besides lectures, special classes
and contests sponsored by the com
mittee, members have access to a
darkroom facility in the MSC base
ment in the same area as the craft
shop and barber shop.
“The consensus we get is most
people sign up to use the dar
krooms,” Nix said. He said that is
why he originally joined.
“We get all types ... from people
with new cameras who want to know
how to operate them, to people with
years and years of experience who
just need a place to print,” Nix, a
sophomore mechanical engineering
major from Fort Worth, said.
Two color and five black and white
darkrooms, a studio and a general
area with a print dryer, a print moun
ter and storage cabinets are available
for members’ use.
But before a member can use the
darkroom, Nix explained, he or she
must pass a “rather easy” written
exam. There are different tests, de
pending on what a member wants to
use.
An example of a question relating
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bulls in violation of federal patent
laws.
The three companies in turn say
Gilley’s has no right to the patent and
is trying to monopolize the mecha
nical bull market in violation of fed
eral anti-trust laws.
Joe D. Turner, 58, a Corrales,
N. M., resident obtained the first pa
tent on the bull in 1975. Turner said
he sold the bulls mainly in the rodeo
circuit where they were used as
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Gilley’s, touted as the world’s
largest nightclub, bought a bull in
1977 and offered patrons a spin at $2
a ride, Turner said. He sold the pa
tent rights to Gilley’s last year.
Russell Weaver, lawyer for the de
fendants, said the primary defense is
that the bulls were around before
Turner obtained his patent. He plans
to produce a pre-Turner mechanical
bull at the hearing.
The popularity of the bulls — gen
erated in part by “Urban Cowboy”
— has led to their rapid sales. Gil
ley’s officials say they have made $1
million in less than two years from
the sale of 400 bulls.
The popularity has also generated
at least four lawsuits in Texas in
which defendants were injured
while riding a mechanical bull.
Injuries from riding the bulls has
become common enough to prompt
a number of insurance companies to
terminate coverage of mechanical
bulls.
“It’s not worth the risk,” said an
official of Northeastern Fire Insur
ance Co. of Pennsylvania, which
three weeks ago canceled its last
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work with basic black and white is,
“What is meant by cropping?”
The fee, or committee dues, for
using the darkrooms is $10 a semes
ter, Nix said. He said the committee
encourages potential members to
join early in the semester so they get
their money’s worth.
Although many students join to
use the darkrooms, Nix said the
camera committee does not neglect
social and educational aspects of
photography. Nix said activities of
the committee include outside
speakers, trips, photo contests and
classes run by the committee itself.
Nix said the committee has
brought a photographer from the
Dallas Morning News and a lecturer
from KAMU on print contests to
campus recently.
This month, the committee is
sponsoring the first annual Photo
Safari to San Antonio. The trip of
fers seminars on topics such as flash
photography, wildlife photography
and architecture photography.
Those taking the trip will also visit
San Antonio sights such as the
Alamo, the San Antonio Zoo and the
River Walk.
Some of the pictures taken on the
trip may be entered in one of the
camera commtittee’s photo contests.
These include the current Fall Photo
Contest and the Spring Salon — the
spring semester version of the Fall
Photo Contest, Nix said.
Texas A&M photographers enter
contests sponsored by other schools.
Though there is no particular push
from the committee for its members
to enter contests, Nix said entering
“is a good way to see how your work
compares to other people’s.”
Contest suggests competition, but
for most people in the camera com
mittee picture-taking is a hobby, Nix
said. And the word hobby suggests
recreation and relaxation.
“It (photography) is the only thing
I can do to get away from school,”
Nix said. Judging by the committee’s
size a large number of other people
on campus evidently see a similar
benefit.
Anyone interested in joining the
camera committee or participating in
one of its activities can call 845-1515
or visit the committee’s cubicle in
the Student Programs Office, 216
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