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THE BATTALION Page 3 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1981 ow features A&M ship explorations By RUBY A. DANIELS Battalion Reporter Institute of Nautical eology will focus worldwide |tion on Texas A&M Universi- in a television program to be Tuesday. vetol)f| Indent Mariners” documents (landstJ Exploration of three sunken jps in the Eastern Mediterra- u Pled by Dr. George Bass, a ' S A&M geography and I : iopology professor. The show 1 be broadcast by KAMU-TV at selfi Ls, who is also INA presi- Isarefei t, led the study of the ship- ity a] its, assisted by other Texas M faculty and students, near Liman and Yassi Ada in Tur- d Kyrenia, Cyprus. , , muc program will be the first in l' 1 ' W-parl Public Broadcasting iidentaM; eser i e s entitled “Odyssey,” Bodihas been slated for European "aytiif Ipcastingby the British Broad- Corp. It is one of the few Is moitiT BBC purchases of material origi nating in the United States, INA graduate assistant William A. Bayreuther said. “Buying ‘Ancient Mariners’ was rare for the BBC,” he said. “They have a tendency to want to stick to their own (productions). “I think it will be a nice tool for the administration to illustrate the productivity of the University’s research, ” he said. “And of course it is good exposure for INA. Perhaps it will stimulate others to learn more about nautical archaeology.” INA, a non-profit scientific organization funded through donations and private grants, is housed near Highway 21 between College Station and Caldwell. Bayreuther said that IN As main objective is to discover new information about ancient ship construction, trade routes and warfare. Digs are typically done over the summer. irtight homes uld be deadly By GWENDOLYN HAM Battalion Reporter | biding an energy-efficient Jcould save money — but a |»A&M architecture professor Ipomeow ners might not live to ' the savings. Degelman, professor of ittecture and building con- Bon, said people are becom- ■ concerned about energy gency that they go to ex- B. Using too many air infil- H barriers — not to be con- ■ with insulation — traps Hjous gases and germs inside les |Air infiltration barriers such as ’^ethylene sheeting and foil, ppi d around the house before la are put on, can cut down pate of air exchange to .5 an r|he said. This means that the Iside the home is replaced fputside air only once every Burs. Kre haven’t really been any ©ins yet in the United States li| some European countries, W air tightness standards are used, sickness and even phave resulted,” Degelman ■s slow rate of air exchange I'dangerous levels of radioac- iradon gas, released naturally boil and some building mate- land carbon monoxide to ! orensic squad places i liird in speech tourney ■npeting against 25 schools Ifour states, the Texas A&M Hie Squad placed third in Ttakes at the Southwest State University Individual nits Speech Tournament Sept. Texas A&M Director of Fore- Wayne Kraemer said sopho- feKellie Sanders, a journalism prom Amarillo, was ranked [umament’s top speaker. She first, second and third re- ely in impromptu, infor- and extemporaneous itOftMihg. Junior Mike Hutchison, :r it Sell it in Battalion Classified 845-2611 omething She STYLING SALON open: 8:01 a m. 9:04 P.M. Monday thru Friday Saturday til 6 No Appt. Needed! 404 E. UNIVERSITY 693-9877 Hair Manicures Perms Pedicures 693-9877 The sites seen in “Ancient Mariners” were discovered by sponge divers, Bayreuther said. Information was collected over a period of years after permits to investigate the shipwrecks were obtained from the Turkish govern ment. All artifacts collected are being kept in the Bodrum Museum in Turkey. Bayreuther said he hopes an artifacts display in the Memorial Student Center might eventually be arranged, but nothing has been planned yet. The field of nautical archaeolo gy is “tremendously expensive,” Bayreuther said, since locations are often far away and all explora tion encounters problems under water. National Geographic maga zine has sponsored several INA digs. INA is the only organization in the Western Hemisphere that offers a graduate degree in nautic al archaeology, Bayreuther said. Israel and Australia also have insti tutes which offer degrees. The Institute, founded in 1972, was formerly known as the Amer ican Institute of Nautical Archaeology. “The American’ was removed as an indication of its in ternational scope,” Bayreuther said. Retired poultry prof honored A retired Texas A&M poultry sciences professor will be hon ored with a reception Tuesday. The reception will be held to present Dr. Cecil B. Ryan with a plaque commemorating a scholarship established in his name. The $1,000 annual scho larship will be awarded to stu dents in the poultry science de partment. Ryan has received numerous awards for his teaching and re search in poultry science. The reception will be held in the faculty lounge — 126 Kle- burg — at 4 p.m. build up,” Degelman said. “The gases aren’t usually dangerous but when contained, can be deadly. “The house is getting plenty of oxygen but there is a level of in door pollution building up,” he said. “Also, when someone in the house catches a disease, the germs are trapped inside and sickness spreads much faster and infects others.” It would probably take years for someone to die because of radon gas in their home but only days for someone to catch the flu, he said. So, what do you do if you’re concerned about conserving ener gy and saving on high utility bills? “You should go to efforts to caulk all joints around windows and the sole plate,” Degelman said. “Or you could use some kind of foam rubber cord. These methods would pretty well assure a safe rate of one air change per hour. “Putting dampers in all vents — fireplace, kitchen and bathroom would also help,” he said. “But much more than that, like totally wrapping the house, might be something to get concerned about. “Just don’t get to the point where you make your home a thermos bottle,” he said. a finance major from Kingsville, ranked fourth in persuasive and impromptu speaking. Junior Jill Ellis, a pre-law major from Lincoln, Ill., and freshman Michael Jackson, a landscape architecture major from Pasade na, also participated. The squad ranked behind teams from San Antonio’s Trinity University and Cameron Univer sity of Lawton, Okla. On Oct. 2, the squad will com pete at Oklahoma Christian Col lege in Edmund, Olka. THE STORE WORTH LOOKING FOR!! CUSTOM SOUNDS OPEN MON.-SAT. 10-6 limniory Wipe Out Sale!! That's right Aggies... 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