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vet e eecYe e »t« local/state Battalion/Page 4 February 16,1982 s MSC Council and Directorate has active fall programming by Nancy Weatherley Battalion Staff Last semester was one of the most active semesters in prog ramming for the Memorial Stu dent Center, the MSC Council and Directorate president says. “We’re trying to emphasize the arts more, have some cultu ral events, as well as the speakers and entertainers,” President Doug Dedeker said. However, last semester’s in creasing number of programs raised questions of overprog ramming and a possible “burn out” of students. “We are probably, for the first time, having to seriously look at the quantity of programs we are producing,” Dedeker said. “We’re going to have to have less, but bigger (programs). We’re going to have to be very careful this spring, because since we produced so many prog rams, we used quite a bit of our funds. Dedeker said all of the com mittees are growing — “as the University grows, so does our organization” — but said it is im portant for the organization to realize “that we’re not trying to create a need, that we’re fulfill- The Best Pizza In Town! Honest mg one. The Council and Directorate went through a reorganization process last spring that affected its fall operations. As a result of the reorganiza tion, five Council officers were added, bringing the total to 24. In addition, six vice presidents — development, finance, opera tions, programs, public relations and student development — were added, and 17 director and coordinator positions were cre ated to assist the vice presidents. “I think we did a very good job (of reorganization) last year,” Dedeker said. “We do have some fine tuning to do, but that can be expected. That should be done every year; there should be minor changes (that) occur every year.” MSC Director Jim Reynolds said there were three major goals in regard to reorganiza tion that the Council wished to accomplish: • Establish a structure for the MSC Council and Directorate that would allow the organiza tion to successfully produce and evaluation all MSC program ming. • Devise a system of Council and Directorate positions that would be feasible for students to accomplish. • Increase the number of Council officer positions and thereby provide the opportunity for more students to hold im portant positions. “The productivity of the Council and Directorate had outstripped the organizational structure, so we needed to catch up and develop a new organiza tional structure, which would allow us to watch over effectively that which we were already doing,” Reynolds said. Applications program available for Fellows by Steven B. Larkin Battalion Reporter The University Undergra duate Fellows Program now is accepting applications from qualified juniors who wish to obtain a “complete research experience,” says Dr. Melvin Friedman, program coordi nator. The Fellows Program, a part of the University Honors Program, allows students to pursue independent research during their senior years. This research counts as six credit hours. To be eligible for the prog ram a student must have an overall grade point ratio of 3.5 at the end of his junior year, must make a commitment to be at the University for the fall and spring semesters of his senior year and must have the endorsement of his faculty adviser, department head and dean. The number of students who can participate in the program is unlimited and prior involvement with the University Honors Program is not required. The program involves five steps designed tp improve the student’s research, communi cation and organizational skills. First, a four-to-six page re search proposal must be turned in along with the prog ram application. The propos al should state the title of the research the student wishes to do, outline the objectives for the research and be endorsed by the student’s faculty re search adviser, department head and dean. The student begins the re search, following acceptHi of his proposal. During ikt fall, the student usually nl pursue the broad scope oflii! research topic. His researcl will become more spec! during the spring. The third step is participi- tion in the Community ol| Scholars. This working group of 10 to 15 Fellows meeisl monthly to discuss the prog ress of their research. In mid- April, a symposium is held w'here Fellows give a 21 minute speech and preseat professional papers the completed results oftheij research. The fifth step involves writ ing Senior Honors theses,) which are placed in the " versity Archives. Each yi about 20 percent of the coi f rleted theses are commercial! y published. I'll!- WE DELIVER 846^3412 Development of arcing fault device gains prof national engineering honor David Gc jor from Mr. Gattfs Pizzamat AFTER 5 P.M. — MIN. $5.00 ORDER by John P. Lopez Battalion Reporter A project developed by Dr. Don B. Russell, an electrical en gineering professor, was named one of the 10 best engineering achievements of 1981. In the case of a downed line, the device will shut down the affected part of the system. Now Better Than Ever. You Will Be Pleased With These Carefully Prepared and Taste Tempting Foods. Each Daily Special Only $2.19 Plus Tax. “Open Daily” Dining: 11 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. — 4:00 P.NI. to 7:00 P.M. 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The system works on the principle of detecting changes in high frequency current that normally would not be detected. there was interest shown on the national level of solving the problem,” he said, “and (we) got together and revised the idea and started making plans for tests.” “These changes are unique ' ‘ ‘ dif- The system works by im plementing fault detectors at sub-stations along power lines. These fault detectors monitor electrical distribution feeders and detect any problems in the system. enough that they can be ferentiated from other things that you would not want to de tect as faults,” said Mike Aucoin, who assisted Russell in develop ing the device. Russell started work on the device in 1977. “At that point in time (1977), The Electric Power and Re search Institute, which Russell said was very cooperative in the research and development of the device, funded tests on the project at several utility com panies across the country. ing since the project hadiol tested several times. In addilio the performance of the dm| ,| had to be analyzed. The problem of deteciii 1 faults in power lines has I worked on for about 75 ] Russell said. Although the system is 100 percent efficient, Rus said, it adds a totally newdit sion to the current system 2. expands considerably the cap )iidge man “The field tests were excep tionally successful,” Russell said, but were also very time consum- bility of the present system The rights to the dm already have been assignedi Jacks by coi General Electric Co. taper repo In a cop Houston grand jury indicts man in Alley Theater murder United Press International HOUSTON — A Harris County grand jury Monday re turned a capital murder indict ment against a man who was arrested in Los Angeles and charged in the apparent rob bery-strangulation of Alley Theater Director Iris Siff. The panel indicted Clifford X. Phillips, 47, after hearing from at least one witness, who prosecutors refused to identify but who was believed to be the man’s girlfriend. Phillips had been held since Thursday in California on an arson charge in the burning of some of Siffs personal belong ings. CASA CHAPULTEPEC 1315 S. 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Several hours after the dis covery, Siffs black Lincoln Con tinental was found destroyed by fire and abandonned along a railroad right-of-way. Charred fragments of her fur coat.tebi sion and purse were found ek where, Schultz said. “That’s where the affl charges come up,” Schultz sail Officials said a friend of ill suspect saw him destroy some Siffs property. That witness! cooperating with authorities. Siffs body was found on ll floor of her fourth-story offc strangled with a thin coni Medical examiner investigatois United ] DALLAS 2.9 millioi if a federal basing irrt as Times hat prices iridge su marked cc counties ( probe begti The fed ration has i dons or gui Texas con Ma of j: United AMARU charges ar noted bruises and cuts on k man wh Every day the people at Carlyle help someone like you find the perfect gift. 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