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TUESDAY
HOUSTON OILERS VS. AGGIELAND ALLSTARS: This basket
ball game will begin at 7:30 p.m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
MSC BASEMENT: Meets at 7 p.m. in the Basement.
SILVER TAPS: Will be held at 10:30 p.m. in front of the Academic
Building.
CLASS OF ’84: Meets at 8 p.m. in 105 Heldenfels. Candid pictures
from the hall may be purchased or ordered through Friday in
Rudder lobby or the main hallway of MSC.
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS: William Fried-
rech, Assistant Public Works Director from Houston, will speak
on public works beginning at 7:30 p.m. in 121 Civil Engineering.
BIOCHEMISTRY SOCIETY: Meets to elects officers beginning at
7:30 p.m. in 113 Heep.
CATHOUC STUDENTS ASSOCIATION: Night Prayer will be
said at 10 p.m. in St. Mary’s Church.
TAMU HANG-GLIDING CLUB: Meets at 7:30 p.m. in 110 Milit
ary Science.
MARKETING SOCIETY: Meets at 7 p. in. in 220Old Engineering.
WEDNESDAY
ROOMMATE SESSION: The Off Campus Center sponsors this
meeting for all who need roommates and/or housing for the fall
semester.
OFF CAMPUS AGGIES: Meet at 6:30 p.m. in 137 MSC.
MSC GREAT ISSUES: Presents “Compromising Ethics in College
Sports,” a panel discussion of issues and problems in college
athletics. Dan Derme, former athletic director at Notre Dame;
Steve Morgan, NCAA representative; and Jack Gallagher, Hous
ton Post sportswriter, will speak beginning at 8 p. m. in Rudder
Auditorium.
“SOUTH PACIFIC”: The famous Rodgers and Hammerstein
Broadway musical will be shown at 7:30 p.m. in Rudder
Theatre.
CATHOLIC STUDENTS ASSOCIATION: Newman Club meets
at 7:30 p.m. in St. Mary’s Student Center.
MARRIED STUDENTS’ UNIVERSITY APARTMENT COUN
CIL: Howard Vestal, Vice President of Business Affairs, will
answer questions at this meeting beginning at 7 p.m. in 119-D
Zachry.
TAMU SPORTS CAR CLUB: Meets at 7:30 p.m. in 308 Rudder.
THURSDAY
TAMU SAILING CLUB: Meets at 7 p.m. in 321 Physics.
HUMAN FACTORS SOCIETY: Carol Adams speaks on “Human
Factors at IBM” beginning at 7 p.m. in 103 Zachry.
EMERGENCY CARE TEAM: Meets at 7:30 p.m. in 140 MSC.
CLASS OF ’84 COUNCIL: Meets at 8 p.m. in 105 Heldenfels.
CATHOUC STUDENTS ASSOCIATION: Newsletter committee
meets at 7 p.m. in St. Mary’s Student Center. Night Prayer will
be said at 10 p.m. in the church.
VICTORL4 HOMETOWN CLUB: Meets to elect officers at 7 p.m.
in 401 Rudder.
MSC BASEMENT: The group Brave Combo, a nuclear polka band,
will appear at 8 p. m. in 201 MSC. Tickets are on sale at MSC Box
Office for $1.
PARKER COUNTY HOMETOWN CLUB: Meets at 7 30 p.m. in
139 MSC.
KAPPA DELTA PI: Induction banquet for all fall and spring
pledges will begin at 7 p.m. in 226 MSC.
"THE FINAL COUNTDOWN”: The crew of the U.S.S. Nimitz is
transported back in time to Pearl Harbor prior to December 7,
1941. 7:30 & 9:45 p.m. in Rudder Theatre.
Humor helped POW live
35 Aggies to present research
papers for Fellows program
By COLETTE HUTCHINGS
Battalion Reporter
Humor is the shock absorber of
life, a former prisoner of war told
more than 200 participants in
Texas A&M’s Agricultural Con
vocation Monday night in Rudder
Theater.
Charlie Plumb spent nearly six
years in a North Vietnamese pris
on camp after being shot down
during his 75th combat mission.
The author and lecturer said that
We seem to have lost the ability to
laugh at ourselves.
Plumb, a thin man, told how he
remained strong and found some
comfort throughout the six years
of living in an 8-by-8 cell while
being beaten by North Viet
namese for information.
As he was lying swollen and
bleeding in the corner of his dirt-
filled cell the day after being shot
down, Plumb said he looked up
and saw writing on his cell wall
which said, "Smile, you’re on can
did camera.”
“That fellow before me who
wrote that came to grips with the
problem, took a positive approach
and even found some humor,”
Plumb said. Plumb said this posi
tive approach to the situation gave
him a philosophy to live by.
Plumb said the first communi
cation he had with another Amer
ican was by a piece of wire with a
toilet-paper message attached.
“I received this piece of dirty
toilet paper which said: memorize
this code, then eat this note,”
Plumb said.
The note was from a lieutenant
commander in the next cell who
gave Plumb guidelines for surviv
ing captivity.
“He told me to have faith, com
mitment and pride,” Plumb said.
He said those three factors were
more important to the prisoners
than anything else.
Plumb said he thinks these
guidelines apply to everyday liv
ing as well as wartime. “Each one
of us will face our own imprison
ment. We may lose a limb, our
eyesight or a family member,” he
said. “If you have faith, pride and
commitment, stitched with that
good old American humor, you
can overcome anything,” he said.
Plumb said in the 2,013 days
spent in captivity he thought a lot
about America and why he volun
teered to serve his country.
Plumb was in a truck, gagged,
blindfolded and bound en route to
another prison camp when he
peered out from over his blindfold
and saw the peasants. He said he
thought, “I’m glad I’m free and
live in a country where I can vote
for my leaders and speak my
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By PAMELA EADES
Battalion Reporter
Thirty-five Texas A&M Univer
sity students will soon present
papers covering year-long re
search projects for the University
Undergraduate Fellows Program,
a part of the University Honors
Program.
The projects will be presented
both Wednesday and April 15 at 7
p.m.
| The program, started six years
ago by Dr. Melvin Friedman, a
geology professor, gives seniors an
) opportunity to find out what gra
duate school is like by working on
I anintensive research project. Stu-
, dents work on their projects both
semesters of their senior year, and
they are allowed to substitute the
research for six hours of classroom
I credit.
An average of 30 to 40 students
participate in the program each
year, but Friedman said enrol
ment is not limited and students
not have participated in the
University Honors Program be-
e.
One of the students, Laurence
Ray Simar, said the research did
not always turn out as expected.
Simar said he has just gotten his
research results in the past week.
One of the professors involved
with the program suggested an
aence
idea to Simar, and this led to his
completion of a computer prog
ram on coronary circulation.
Simar said the idea came from
another scholar’s faculty adviser.
Faculty advisers act as super
visors and research advisers to the
students in the program.
Friedman said these faculty
advisers are “the true unsung
heroes of the program. ”
He said students learn how to
do research from their advisers,
and the advisers usually spend
more time on the project than
they expected.
Simar’s faculty adviser. Dr.
Walter Kuklinski, is sponsoring
two students this year. Kuklinski,
a biomedical engineering profes
sor, said he got involved in the
program last year and likes to see
as many people participate as pos
sible.
In addition to supervising stu
dents, faculty advisers participate
with their students in the Com
munity of Scholars. The Com
munity of Scholars is a series of
meetings held during the year in
which students discuss their re
search. The scholars are divided
into several groups of about 10 to
15 people.
The program is open to all
seniors with an overall 3.5 grade
point ratio. To be eligible, stu
dents must also attend school both
semesters of their senior year.
Students must submit a satisfac
tory research proposal to the Uni
versity Honors Program Commit
tee that selects the participants.
Students must also get approval
from their faculty adviser, depart
ment head and dean.
Students begin their research
with a research proposal submit
ted during the spring semester of
their junior year. If the proposal is
accepted, students participate in
the Community of Scholars and
the symposium to present their
final results. The research culmin
ates in a senior honors thesis.
The communication of research
through the presentations and
theses is the most important phase
of the program, Friedman said.
Research that is not shared with
others is “a selfish endeavor,” he
said.
After the symposium is over
and the theses are written, stu
dents receive certificates for their
participation, a notice in the com
mencement program and in their
transcripts. In addition, the best
theses writers are awarded special
certificates, $100 and a desk-pen
set.
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Spring Senior Induction Banquets
April 13 & 14, 1981
6:30 p.m.
Brazos Center
All May and August graduates are invited to attend. Com
plimentary tickets will be available April 6-10 in the lobby of
the Forsyth Alumni Center. Banquet is free — but you must
have a ticket to attend.
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CAMPUSFEST TO BE HELD AT
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
Coors Central of Bryan, along with Texas A&M University, Intramural De
partment, will sponsor a Campusfest April 8th at TAMU as part of the 1981
Texas Coors-Austin Natural Science Association Intramural Festival Program.
Campusfest will consist of a day-long series of games and activities to be
conducted at the Polo Fields between Zachry parking and the golf course from
3:00 p.m. until.
The 1981 Coors-Austin Natural Science Association Intramural Festival is a
precedent-setting activity of the Coors College Marketing Department to work
with the colleges and universities in Texas to aid intramural programming. The
Austin Natural Science Association was organized in 1960 to provide education
al and recreational activities in the natural sciences through the operation and
maintenance of a nature center. In doing so, it promotes understanding,
protection and conservation of the environment.
From this local Campusfest, a co-ed team will be selected to represent Texas
A&M at the Regional Intramural Festival on April 25th at Trinity University in
San Antonio. The sponsors will provide up to $200 in travel reimbursement for
the Regional Festival team. Also, Texas A&M will receive a $500 certificate for
General Sportscraft equipment to be selected by the Intramural Department.
Coors Intramural Festivals were conducted at 11 locations in 1980 with 213
colleges and universities represented.
All prizes are given by the Austin Natural Science Association.
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