local JVI s c. Battalion/Page 3 February 3, 1982 Students to travel in Europe Ruhr University offers tour by Steven B. Larkin Battalion Reporter A group of Texas A&M en gineering students will tour Europe as a result of a “Memor andum of Understanding” that was signed late last year between officials of Ruhr University Bochum in West Germany and Texas A&M University, Dr. Leroy S. Fletcher, associate dean | of engineering, said. * I'The College of Engineering I is offering the tour to increase co-operation between the two universities in the areas of facul- I ty and student exchanges and ] joint teaching and research | efforts. ' The 19-day trip, beginning I May 13, will include a two-day stay in Amsterdam, with a bus tour through Holland, before the students arrive at Bochum in [the Ruhr River Valley. Activities at the university will include lectures and seminars, tours of a robot-controlled Volk swagen assembly plant, a refin ery and coal facility and other engineering industries in the Ruhr Valley. Play tonight promotes Black History Month by Rebeca Zimmermann Battalion Staff The MSC Black Awareness I Committee is presenting “The j Further Adventures of Black f Lovers” tonight at 7:30 in Rud- der Forum as part of the Com mittee’s celebration of Black History Month. The performance will be given by the Shape Community Theater of Houston. This all black group performs through out the year in the Shape Com munity Center and performs only original works by Houston playwrights, Deloyd Parker, ex ecutive director of the group, , said. The players in the group have diverse backgrounds — ol Hill. Peo rai ‘g in g from a University of worlds areF o seriouslj t jrds, whetffl ever cast ol in its domti £a P 1 er to a telephone repairman. “The play deals with serious relationships between black men and black women,” Parker said. It speaks universally, but deals with some unique cultural ex periences of blacks, he said. The author of the play, Tho mas Meloncon, is a folk singer, poet and playwright from Hous ton, Parker said. Black History Month began as Negro History Week in 1926. Negro History Week, founded by the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, ori ginally was celebrated the week of February nearest the birth days of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. Black Awareness has planned other activities to celebrate Black History Month. A formal dance will be held Feb. 12, and an art exhibit of Clarence Tal ley’s works will run from Feb. 15 to 28 in the MSC Gallery. A re ception for the artist will be held Feb. 17 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., also at the MSC Gallery. A panel discussion on the Voting Rights Act is planned for Feb. 25. Participants on the panel have not been named yet, Arlene Manthey, MSC staff adviser for the committee, said. A public reception will be held in the forum lobby after the play - • • Admission is $2.50 for stu dents with a Texas A&M I.D. and $3.50 for the general public. Tickets are on sale at Rudder Box Office. Texas succeeds in slowing half of speeding motorists t the Arabs,; i the Midi - by Sheila Frazier lldi plutOflff Battalion Reporter [ ordanianffi ’I' exas succeeded last year in rnocracvL earning and arresting '■ lexas drivers into 50 percent V0U 0 j compliance with the national 55 your edit mph speed limit ive governi The Texas De P artment of >ve govern pu^ Safety and the Texas ioned stair Highway Department, in con- he Arabw junction with the Texas Trans portation Institute, conducted a Marc 8; M on g program to meet the standards ordered by a 1978 federal act, which called for in creased compliance with the 55 _ Tnph speed limit. ! The aim of the act is to de crease the rate of high-speed re lated accidents. In 1981, the compliance rate was 50 percent and the 1983 goal is to reach 70 percent compliance. Under the terms of the Sur face Transportation Act, every state is subject to a cut-off of fed eral highway funds if the pre-set percentage of driver compliance is not met yearly. Last year the amount of money at stake totaled over $5 million. “We did it, just barely,” Dr. Stephen Roop, research special ist for TTI, said. Roop and Dr. R.Q. Brackett, also a research specialist for TTI, were hired to evaluate the effectiveness of the program in the areas chosen for laboraiorf ntf and photo^l mmunicatiM! -niiiK ant file )licy at exceed 300* cut if they are! "ight to edit I® wry effort to® jst alsobesigiitf of the writer, are also welcotf h constraints ill spondence to: l laid, Texas A0 3, or phone pH TICKETS ON SALE IN rftSC, RUPPER UX OFFICE y during Texai 1 ' for holiday awli s are $16.75 pew 15 per full yeadjU 216 Reed M(# 1, College Static entitled exdus ws dispatches H II other mallet- College Stalk-: Bricb m CLASS of 85 fvte&enfb 1 WOULDN'T HAVE MISSED \ IT FOR THE WORLD" FEBRUARY 19 8ftm, ^ midnitj/tf ^$-/0 fei couf/t «■■■■ a iff.. A - / ip ( $1,000, which covers round-trip- airfare from Houston, bus transportation to Bochum, in dustrial tours, admission fees and some accommodations and meals. Students will board with university faculty families. Ap plications can be picked up at the Dean of Engineering’s office, 204 Zachry. Deadline for applications and a $100 deposit is April 12. Discussions leading to the signing of the Memorandum be gan in October when Ruhr Uni versity President Dr. Knut Ipsen met with University officials in College Station at that time. Texas A&M President Frank E. Vandiver and Chancellor Frank W.R. Hubert agreed to the program. A delegation of University officials traveled to Ruhr in De cember to accept the agreement. Fletcher said the tour offers a unique educational and cultural experience. • AGGIE QNEMA ■ P R E S £ TT~T~T' [R| EASTMANC0L0R RELEASED BY THE INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SHOW COMPANY ChiQ/nae NATIONAL PICTURE SHOW COMPANY TONIGHT 7:30 P.M. FEB. 3 $1.50 ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE MON.-FRI. 9-4:30 P.M. AT MSC BOX OFFICE. TICKETS AVAILABLE 45 MINUTES BE FORE SHOWTIME. increased enforcement. It was found that the enforce ment efforts, concentrated on transient traffic areas, actually had “little, if any, lasting effect on speeds and no measurable effect on accidents,” according to TTI’s evaluation report. “We’ve got to improve each year in order to keep our piece of the pie,” Roop said. “It’s been a learning experience.” In the evaluation, Roop and Brackett recommended that the enforcement effort must be more visible to leave a lasting mark on Texas drivers’ habits and that future enforcement should focus on commuter traf fic on a repetitive basis. Let us set the record straight about curl. We can achieve the look you'd love with a Redken perm. Our professional analysis shows which Redken® perm to use. From there on, you and your stylist design the finished look—-from curly to soft body. Call today. 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