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local Battalion/Page 4 September 24, 1982 Career Day set for Saturday The routine of a home football weekend at Texas A&M will be interrupted Saturday when 5,000 to 8,000 high school and junior college students visit Career Day ’82. Career Day is an opportunity for students, parents and coun selors to visit the campus and learn about career opportunities available at Texas A&M, said Elaine Saunders, assistant dire ctor of the Office of School Rela tions. Career Day is on a football weekend to get the people here, 1 she said. Career Day, sponsored by the Office of School Relations, is a campus-wide activity that in cludes organized tours, presen tations and open houses. Infor mal tours of the campus start at the Rudder Information Desk if requested. Exhibits will be in the Acade mic and Agency Building, Hal- bouty Geosciences Building, Heldenfels Hall, Langford Architecture Center, O&M Building, Veterinary Medicine Complex and Zachry Engineer ing Center from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Faculty and students will be available from each department to answer questions and show people around. Football tickets to the Texas A&M-Lousiana Tech can be bought for $3. WHOLE EARTH PROVISION COMPANY Ik 105 Boyett 846-8794 iv -r— ^ rTnwMiii9'rf»in>iii»tfiHi~<i ****** I** DORM STUDENTS Tired of studying over your roommate’s shoulder? 1201 HIGHWAY 30 693-3014 Federal aid down; contributions up by Michael Larkin Battalion Reporter Although federal student financial aid has declined in recent years, private contribu tions have helped keep scho larships at Texas A&M Uni versity on the upswing, Dr. William McFarland, director of student financial aid, said. McFarland said former students have been most cooperative in trying to shoul der some of the burden feder al cutbacks have caused. Still, 1,000 fewer students are receiving financial aid this year than two years ago. Although 12,000 students received aid in the 1980-1981 school year, only 11,000 stu dents will this year, McFar land said. This decrease not only re flects the cutback in aid, but also a change in philosophy concerning the requirements for aid, McFarland said. “There have been some re ductions. Most of the changes, however, reflect an effort to return the aid programs to their original purpose, which was to help students cover the cost of a college education— not to carry the whole bur den,” says a U.S. Department of Education circular which has been released recently. 1980-1981 to about $5 million in 1982-1983. But the $8.2 million ol fed eral aid is an optimistic figure because it is tentative. Until Congress approves the figure, the University can use only half of that sum. This is a reversal of the li beral view of financial aid that was prevalent during the 1960’s and 1970’s, McFarland said. McFarland cited these fi gures: — In 1980-1981, $23 million was available for loans or grants, but only $15 million will be available this year. — The federal share of that aid in 1980-1981 was $16.5 million, but this year’s total is expected to be only $8.2 mil lion. — Local donations have in creased from $4 million in Exceptions to that are the National Direct Student Loans and the Pell Grants. Currently, the University can finance the N.D.S.L. loans with money it has collected from repayments of previous N.D.S.L. loans. This amounts to $30,000, McFarland said. The $2.5 million in Pell Grants was unaffected. But Congress is thinking of elimi nating the Pell Grant in the 1983-1984 year, he said. Because Congress might not decide 1982-83 figures until November, applications for aid in the upcoming year will be delayed by one month, McFarland said. W4 this sr Houst ton Li sion t< lion A plant. So compi parati facilit h growt 1972, dated bonds new r pectet worke W, rated ments them. B annoi E Hydrogen project receives $60,000 f. | Cham come i iO-'.o >• ■ W* *'.r* iv,* ‘ .5 by Carole Craft Battalion Reporter The Texas A&M Department of Chemistry has received a $60,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to build a hydrogen research center in the basement of the Chemistry Building by April. Bill Craven, proposed gener al manager of the center, said the center has not yet received University approval, but he said he is confident it will. The center will be used by a hydrogen re search group which formed at Texas A&M in 1980. The research will deal with the three main problem areas of hydrogen: production, portation and storage. The problem with hydrogen production is basically financial, Craven said. Hydrogen is inex pensively made from natural gas, but the price has to be brought down on the produc tion of hydrogen from water. Transporting hydrogen is hard because hydrogen can easi ly crack pipes and containers, Craven said. The hydrogen molecule is so small that it can work its way between the mole cules of the container and break its bond. Michael Goad, chemistry de partment Research assistant, said trans- storage is a problem roanoqi because the tradition of the world’s great problem solvers. Unquestionably, Leonardo da Vinci possessed one of the world’s great minds. Not only re nowned as a painter and sculp tor, da Vinci also applied his exceptional talents to the me chanics of flight, to cartography for planning military campaigns, and even astronomy Today scientists and engi neers at E-Systems continue the tradition by expanding the practi cal application of advanced tech nology. E-Systems uses the principles of flight mechanics as the basis for major modifications to aircraft, expands basic car tography to encompass highly sophisticated guidance and com mand and control systems, and has designed and built a sys tem that greatly expands man’s ability to study the universe. That’s only a small seg ment of the tough problems E-Systems engineers solve in the area of antennas, communi cations, data acquisition, pro cessing, storage and retrieval systems and other systems ap plications for intelligence and re connaissance — systems which are often the first of a kind in the world. For a reprint of the da Vinci illustration and information on ca- js'wi reer opportunities'with E-Systems in Texas, Florida, Indiana, Utah, and Virginia, write: Dr. Lloyd K. Lauderdale, Vice President Research and Engineering, E-Systems, Inc., Corporate Headquarters, R O. Box 226030, Dallas, Texas 75266. SYSTEMS The problem solvers. Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519 AGGIELAND ORGANIZATION CONTRACTS DUE . 30 — (Contracts will be accepted with $10 late charge until October 15) Room #216 For more info. Reed McDonald 845-2611 hydrogen takes up a lot of room but contains little energy. Tht hydrogen must be compressed and stored in organic liquids or in a metal hydride, which is similar to a sponge. Hydrogen is flammable and also must be stored away from sparks or ex treme heat. The many uses for hydrogen make this type of research im portant, Craven said. The main use for hydrogen is making ammonia for fertilizer. Hyd rogen also is used as a natural preservative for foods and is used in the glass and steel indus tries to rid the products of im purities. - ; But hydrogen also can be used to fuel cars. The by spt day pc ly to j entry Rc the pa pects ance ; doubb to the year, t Decen A&M the he were there Le from to sti group rade said, i Dr. Robert Zweig, president erf the Clean Fuel Institute in Riverside, Calif, was on campus Sept. 16 with his hydrogen- powered car. He said air pollu tion in some California cities has been reduced by replacing fossil fuels with hydrogen. When hydrogen is burned,' steam is given off instead of car bon monoxide and dissipates into the atmosphere. Hydrogen is used in aerospace projects to fuel rockets. Craven said as the center ex-1 pands in size, the petroleum and chemical engineering depart ments also will be able to con duct research that deals with j hydrogen. Our Garland Division will be on campus interviewing November 1, 2. Now Better Than Ever. You Will Be Pleased With These Carefully Prepared and Taste Tempting Foods. 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