Friday, April 2, 1982 J
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Cards stacked against
computer club's contest
by Colette Hutchings
Bittilion Stiff
No need to ask if the compu
ter science honor society will be
playing with a full deck
Tuesday.
They'll be playing with lots of
decks — of computer punch
cards — in their third annual
Card Stacking Contest.
The contest, sponsored by
Upsilon Pi Epsilon, is to prom
ote membersnip in the club.
The public is invited to partici
pate in the contest in the Zachry
lobby from 2:30 to 3 p.m.
Tuesday.
Registration for teams is be
tween 1:40 and 2:30 p.m on
Tuesday and entrance tee is $6
per team.
The maximum number per
team is ten, and only eight
teams will be able to participate
in the contest. All teams must
have a faculty sponsor.
Two boxes of cards will be
supplied for each team and glue,
staples and other fasteners are
foroidden.
However, the computer cards
can be folded, mended or muti
lated to aid in stacking. Club
member Nancy Cox said it's a
ood idea for contestants to
ring their own scissors. A lad
der would also help for reaching
higher stacks.
Contestants will have 30 mi
nutes to build the stack before
being judged by Dr. Don Drew,
head of the computer science di
vision in the Industrial En
gineering Department. The
cards will be judged on height.
Fred Hardin, club secretary,
said that in past contests stacks
have been built as high as 16
feet.
Hardin was on the winning
team last year and the height of
his stack was 10 feet. He said
different designs can be made
with the cards which allow them
to stay in place.
But it's important to take time
when stacking the cards, Hardin
said. Contestants in the past
ruined their stacks because of
rushing when stacking the
cards, ne said.
Another help for would-be
card-stackers is build the stack
straight in order to prevent a
premature avalanche.
Prizes for this year's team
winners have not been decided
as of this writing, but last year
the winners received a T-shirt
with a computer card decal iron-
on.
Although the number of parti
cipants in the contest is limited,
club members say spectators are
welcome.
Society begins fund drive
Cancer
April is American Cancer Socie
ty month in Bryan-College Sta
tion.
And to promote the organiza
tion's efforts to help combat can
cer, the Brazos Unit of the Amer
ican Cancer Society will be con
ducting a residential crusade to
raise funds for cancer research.
Quesrionnaires on cancer
risks and early dectection of the
disease will be distributed to
area residents along with a re
quest for donations to the Amer
ican Cancer Society.
Official dates for the block
walking campaign is April 13
through 20, Allison Aubrey,
American Cancer Society
spokesman, said.
"We hope to make the public
more aware through our efforts
in the drive," she said. "We also
want to let the public know the
different services we provide."
Last year about 400 volunteers
canvassed the Bryan-College
Station area and collected about
$10,000.
This year's goal is $15,000.
The donations help support
research, education and service
programs sponsored by the
society.
The American Cancer Society
says that one in three persons
with cancer, or about 33 percent,
are saved. Others place the esti
mate as high as 41 percent. All
agree that if more cases were de
tected earlier, this statistic
would increase to about one pa
tient saved in every two.
Top Ten
Texans are a proud folk. After all where else in the ol' US of A
do the big get bigger, the rich richer and the loud louder?
But what about those things Texans would prefer to divorce
itself from? Texas isn't all bluebonnets, Dallas Cowboys and oil
wells, you know. Among the usual political scandals and sexual
revolutions lurks a few things Texans could live without.
1 — John Travolta and The Urban Cowboy. Now everyone
thinks Texans are semi-literates who hang around with ex
rodeo convicts who drink tequila with worms and never
shave.
2 — The Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders. Well... at least half the
Texas population could live without them — the female half.
3—For the West, wind; the East, rain; the South, oil spills that
coat beaches, your feet and innocent seagulls and the North,
refugees from Oklahoma.
4 — Ultra magazine. We Texans are proud, humble people
who love to hear about our neighbors' good fortunes. But
being told that some Texas socialites have gold-plated toilet
seats in their Rolls Royce is taking advantage of our down-
home nature.
5 —Growth. We're a big state but not quite big enough to
house the entire Northeastern population. Our sunbelt is
getting tight. After all, we don't go up there to play in their
snow.
6 — Twangs. Aww shoot, accents are OK, but when you're
trying to outsmart a city-slicker thet shore don't help much.
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and see, it wasn't so bad. But the Houston Oilers were.
8 — Stale nicknames and first names with more than one
word. Included are Bubba, Butch, Sissy and Jimbo. Others to
ban are Billy Bob, Bobbie Sue and Betty Jo.
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are ... see above.
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with brown juice running out of the comers of their mouth
and down their chin. Not to mention the sore parts of the
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