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The resolve sses, prii xas Sociels he American 1 hat the sd world is mj ts believe W iks^o^UiB rotary-style telephones that will be replaced in the irmful effect! :| A&M to get new telephones Staff photo by Pat O’Malley Dorothy Todd, a secretary for student publications, uses one £ of the rotary-style telephones that will be replaced in the i campus-wide conversion to touch-tone telephones beginning next spring. rill vote Sat® [ textbc Christian activist deiimo talk next week Ifori By MARCY BOYCE Battalion^ Staff “Josh is coming,” said the teasers \7 OQW scrawled in comers of chalk boards V vdov and flyers across campus the last few weeks. And he is. C A womans.Jfe J os h McDowell, a Christian activ- rtort $500,1 ^ die Campus Crusade for Christ edford mayWJH^try an( J author of three best- in a case i SfUing books, is at last bringing his tty the FI^ ecture ser i es to Texas A&M Univer sity next week. imins, 31, oil Beginning Sunday, Nov., 9, ,wu| i i McDowell will speak on “The Resur- ral t e lepli«i ctio "H oax >.”f 0 J lo ^ ed b y '^J U ' i home last * T re Tellers Monday and Max- 0 (KK) Hied ‘ mum Sex” Tuesday. All lectures will would lx : Pl ace at bndder Auditorium at 8 1 ' ^ t . p.m. Admission is free. ie y ! The three appearances next week nt IackEr wi11 mark the end of a year-long was beins group effort by several religious icident sevaiisanizations on campus and in the community to bring the much- ea , , |J sought-after speaker to the Universi- n iS# Among them are Campus Cru- “ n (C '' isade for Christ, Aldersgate United i tnui 'H jlgjjjjjjjjj. church, the Baptist Stu- m ex or i ( j ent u n j on i n t e r-Varsity, the Navi- ,u gators, Oasis and Young Life. as arres iiT. When he was a student, sphont 11 M c D owe ll said he set out to refute Ihristianity and to prove the Resur rection of Jesus Christ a farce, but he couldn’t. That experience be came the basis for his best-selling oks Evidence that Demands a Verdict, More Evidence That De mands a Verdict and More Than a Carpenter. In addition, the evangelist has taken his message personally to more than 5 million students in 53 coun tries during the last 10 years. Depression is the mood of univer- sites today, McDowell said, follow ing nationwide research studies he and his staff conducted. Students are suffering an identity crisis and asking question like, “Who am I?,” “Where am I going?” and “Will I ever be loved for myself?,” he said. One area he said he feels people today are especially bankrupt in is that of sex, love and marriage. The lecture series next week will advo cate an alternative, such as the type of relationship he and his wife share — one based on an unconditional love, he said. By WILEY GILMORE Battalion Reporter When one is asked to describe the changes at Texas A&M University over the years, it is tempting to point to the buildings. They are things that can be seen easily and quickly. It is hard not to notice Rudder Tower and Kyle Field’s new third decks. But some changes, while less apparent, are no less significant. Texas A&M’s pending new tele phone system is a case in point. Within the next year, a compute rized electronic digital communica tions system will be installed on the main campus and at the Research and Extension Center (formerly Bryan Air Force Base). It will replace equipment which was installed here in 1968. “It was a 1968 installation, but more like a 1917 design,” said Robert M. Sather, Texas A&M communica tions manager. Sather, 50, came to Texas A&M in June to oversee the changeover to the new system. The equipment is being produced and installed by General Telephone and Electronics The old system, also a GTE pro duct, was consistent with the state of the art in 1968, Sather said. “It’s still a good system, but it’s currently overloaded 50 percent beyond its de signed capacity.” Sather said such an overload pro duces problems like having to wait for a dial tone, difficulty in transfer ring calls and not having sufficient lines to carry the telephone traffic. Sather described his job as “assist ing the user in getting the most sys tem for the least money.” He said Texas A&M currently pays GTE about $5,000 monthly for lease of “common equipment,” the basic switching complex. He esti mated that the charges for the new switch will be about the same. Extra charges will be made for any special equipment and capabilities that a department requires, Sather said. The cost of the special items will be budgeted and paid for by the departments using them, he said. Identifying each department’s needs is still in progress, Sather ex plained, and the net monthly cost to Texas A&M is not yet known. While the communications net work will not be as visible as Sbisa Hall, for example, it will affect every person who lives and works at Texas A&M. The most noticeable from the old system will be the type of instru ments. All of them will be of the touch-call type; buttons instead of the old rotary dials. The new instruments will be in all of the dormitory rooms as well as in the offices, Sather said. Dormitory phones will all be of the same style, color and mounting. Long distance service will still be at the resident’s option and will re quire a cash deposit. Sather said the basic monthly tele phone cost to a dormitory resident nas remained constant at about $5 since the present system was instal led. He said a monthly charge of $7.92 would be proposed to the id business m raced to a Isniobile adillac Jonda . SEBVltf -/ Texas M’ ( 79-3516 onday 3 h Fri^l Sliding jjfl KnSrjJ intry SWP* 1 Mfl 29th Sty' 46-470$ Friday night means in Bryan-College Station, Friday Night: Magnolia at CONSOLIDATED Round Rock at BRYAN ALLEN at T.M.I. (San Antonio) a public service message from the fans at Anco Texas Public Utilities Commission. The current cost for the least ex pensive residential touch-call ser vice in Bryan is $11.40 per month, according to GTE’s Bryan business office. Sather added that, for the first time, Hotard Hall will have tele phones in the rooms. Hotard has had only hall phones in the past. “We’ll start installation of the switch in the first quarter of 1981,” Sather said, adding that the dormi tory phones should be ready for use when the 1981 fall term begins. Sather estimated that 14,000 new telephone instruments would even tually be tied to the switching com plex. Persons who work in offices at Texas A&M will discover that, de pending on where they work, their phones may have some unique fea tures. Sather said these features will vary with the special needs of each de partment and even with the func tions within a department. A long distance call can be routed automatically through the most eco nomical of the available telephone networks: leased lines, the state gov ernment network or commercial ser vice. If there are no lines available at all, the system will complete the call as soon as a line is free. Another time-consuming irritant, the “busy” signal, will meet its match in the new system. While the caller returns to other work, the telephone system s computer will monitor the called number and then complete the call when the line is no longer busy. If a particular number is busy, a call can be diverted automatically to a central number within the same office. Good Times on “Thirsty Thursday”! 'RE^b G y\^ “TEXAS WEATHER BAND” Thursday <& Friday “Thirsty Thursday” Cover $2.00 Friday Cover $3.00 guys, $2.00 girls PLUS SATURDAY IVIGHT DALE McBRIDE • WITH THE “TEXAS WEATHER BAND” Cover $4.00 For Reservations Call G96>1905 HUT. 6 ACROSS FROM TEXAS WORLD SPEEDWAY !> 0! ►T*i m j >! Zi m n ri Oi cr •9 m N N >, Ci Hi cm THE BATTALION FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1980 COUPON $ J 00 ONE DOLLAR Off Any Size CHANELLO S SUPREME NOT VALID DURING ANY OTHER SPECIAL OFFER. 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