i local Battalion/Page 3 February 5, 1982 "^Satellite system could be used for forecasting Student project set to find ‘weather’ or not by Lisa Thompson Battalion Reporter About 40 Texas A&M meteorology students will gather and analyze weather data this weekend as part of a project to determine if a new satellite weather data gathering system can be used for weather fore casting. The students will set up and collect data from 12 stations be tween College Station, Corwell and Menard, Texas and Durant, Oklahoma. The stations form a network spread out far enough to provide accurate and inde pendant measurements. If the data were taken from only one area, the results could be dis- Financial planning program to offer oney matter tips by Cindy Manicom Battalion Reporter Few people become mil lionaires by promising them selves: “I’ll start saving ... next veek.” Next week becomes next year. Plans to save go ignored. If this sounds familiar, don’t iworry — help is on the way. Vays to plan, organize and suc ceed in reaching financial goals will be discussed in a family jfinancial planning symposium {‘Money Matters,” scheduled for "Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The symposium, to be spon- kored by the Brazos County Ex tension Service and the Amer ican Association of University Vomen, will be held at the Un itarian Fellowship Hall, 305 Wellborn Road. A $2 registration fee is re quired, and refreshments will be provided. Programs to be offered in clude ways to manage credit, in vestment stategies and a com mon-sense approach to financial planning. Representatives from the First City National Bank of Bryan will discuss managing cre dit and the advantages of con sumer uses of credit. Smart investments, tax advantages and ways to enhance savings and investments will be discussed by Rose Van Arsdel, of A.G. Edwards 8c Sons, a Bryan financial consulting firm. The common-sense approach to financial planning will focus on the basic building blocks for a financial plan. Investments and risks at each level of planning will be discussed by Patricia L. Shaughnessy, of Alex Brown & Sons, a Dallas consulting firm. Additional workshops on re tirement planning, banking ser vices and balancing a checkbook will be provided. g Counseling offices anning merger by Lori Weldon Battalion Reporter The Academic Counseling js tiasHBEenter will close by September, 0 ther-ftransfering its services to other joA 'offices at Texas A&M Universty, )loeia'B Dr - Garland FE Bayliss, director not ■Sr Academic Services, says. ^ r ' ^ on Lewis, assistant dire ctor of the Academic Counsel ing Center, said the Center’s stu dent counseling activities will merge with the Personal Coun seling Service, sharing office space in the YMCA building. iThis merger will create a new 2-tof “counseling center that will eli- ihori minate some confusion that ex- ssn’tsBisted between the two services. Lug! Although the three major ■functions of the Academic i ea[ ,®Counseling Center will be hand- jMted by other offices, no staff re- , i|&ductions will result from the 38 2 “^merger, Bayliss said. The incoming student con ference, one primary function there 1 of the Center, will be handled by mall ' * the Office of Admissions. T he f anl/Jother two primary functions, d,itff o thef H to The Academic Counseling Center was meant to handle academic testing and career- oriented counseling, but both counseling services have de veloped similar programs to meet a wide variety of student needs. Among the duplicated services are career counseling, interest and aptitude testing and test interpretation. Both centers also provide individual and group counseling gnd reference libraries. Bayliss said the mechanics and details of the change in the center will have to be studied, since only the basic changes have been discussed. Foreign language certification mven p, o by Sheila Frazier list!' 1. Battalion Reporter Texas A&M students Tire^ the’ eef 31? W letlff 0 0 rnedl w'ith working skills in French, Ger man, Russian or Spanish, will have a chance to qualify for a certificate of competency in those languages. The Department of Modern Languages has, for the last two years, offered a four-part skills test to students, except native speakers, who wish to broaden their career opportunities. With the certificate, the student has official proof of professional ability in a foreign language. Dr. Anne Marie Elmquist, head of the modern languages department, said many students at Texas A&M University have developed fluency in a lam guage, but have no official credit for their skill. The certificate is designed for these individuals, she said. The examinations test ability in speech, oral comprehension, reading, translation and writing a professional essay. In addition to this test, students may be tested on translation and inter pretation of cultural or technical areas of their field. Those interested in taking the test should meet with a counse lor in the department to learn the specifics of the exam. No date bas been set for the exams, but Elmquist said they probably will be given in March. “Mastery of a foreign lan guage is good for career oppor tunities,” Elmquist said. ‘There are several institutions in I exas offering certificates, and nation ally there is a real trend in that direction.” Once a student has met the requirements, he will be given a certificate that will state the lan guage area, specializations and exam score. Those who do not pass the exam may repeat it once. A $35 exam fee will be charged. Come Join Us For Happy Hour!! qq 3 p.m.-6 p.m. Daily yyC Pitchers of Lowenbrau and Miller Lite 990 Orders of Nachos at ALFREDO’S TACOS AL CARBON 509 University Dr. NORTHGATE 846-3824 torted, Dr. James R. Scoggins, coordinator of the project, said. “We’ll be evaluating the accuracy of the sounding data that is obtained from the satel lite,” said Scoggins, also head of the Department of Meteorology. The project, which will be funded by the National Aero nautics and Space Administra tion, will also show relationships between thunderstorms and the earth’s environment. The students will compare temperature and moisture data collected from the satellite sys tem to data collected from weather balloons sent up to eva luate the new satellite system for weather forecasting. Data collected from a national weather service station in Texas will also be used. The experiment will take place five times during the semester. Few faculty members will be present, making the pro ject almost totally a student effort. Teams of students will leave for each station site today. Each team will set up a station tonight. Data will be gathered Satur day. After each experiment has been conducted, the students will process the raw data on cam pus. Some students will partici pate in analyzing the data to ward the end of this summer. Students will be well- prepared for the series of ex periments, Scoggins said. Many of them were trained with the equipment last summer in a field program in Montana. Se vere thunderstorms were stu died in that project, which in volved about 250 scientists around the world, he said. ★ ★★★★★ Rockin' Down The Road With MUS/C frxmess t * ROCK ROLL RECORD SALE $ 3.00 Off mfg. list on all rock albums throughout the entire store. Pick up these academic testing and academic research, will be transferred to the Division of Institutional Analysis and the Office of Plan ning and Institutional Analysis. University President Frank E. Vandiver approved the change after recommendation from an ad hoc committee of the vice president for academic affairs. Capitol-EMl Artists and Thousands More! THE J. 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