Around town
Alcohol awareness week
This week is alcohol awareness week. The goal of the prom
otion is to encourage responsible drinking habits among
college students. It’s an event being sponsored on campuses
all over the country. At Texas A&M, the Office of Student
Affairs is responsible for its sponsorship.
Assistant directors Bill Kibler and Jan Winniford said
they are trying to help students become more aware of
alcohol’s good points as well as its bad points. ■
A table has been set up this week in the MSC with infor
mation and handouts on alcohol use and misuse. The
handouts cover such topics as social drinking and thinking
twice about drinking. The Student Affairs Office has even
come out with a party-planning guide to help determine
how much food and alcohol a party will need.
Parents of the year to be honored
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Weinbaum ’47, 1982 Parents of
the Year, will be honored before this weekend’s Baylor game
with a special plaque.
The Weinbaums, from Beaumont, are the parents of five
children: Becky, Bo ’77, Danny ’81, Jonny ’82, and Bern,
who will be the class of ’88.
Charles Weinbaum, a two-year basketball letterman while
at Texas A&M, is a past president of the Beaumont A&M
club, has served on the Association Board of Directors. He
also served as a regional vice president for Southeast Texas,
1974-76, for the Association of Former Students. Gloria
Weinbaum is a past president of the Beaumont A&M
Mother’s Club and serves as a Volunteer Teacher at the
Beaumont State Center for Human Development. In 1981
she was chosen as the Most Outstanding Volunteer in
Beaumont.
The inscription on the plaque reads: “Mr. & Mrs. Wein
baum ’47 were chosen as the 1982 Aggie Parents of the Year
at the Parent’s Day Awards Ceremony April 18, 1982.
Through their examples, they have shown their children
and friends how to lead a meaningful life through devotion
to one’s family, friends, religion, community and Texas
A&M University. Their constant devotion of time and ener
gy to family and friends radiates love and understanding
and willingness to help continuously. They have taught their
children and their children’s friends to be proud of their
heritage, family, university and country. Gloria and Charles
have been mom and dad to not only their own children,
Becky, Bo, Danny, Jonny and Bern, but to all Aggies, for
they represent an excellent example of what we all strive
for.’’
Farm visits planned
Over 3500 elementary students will be visiting of McAggie’s
farms this week as part of an annual program sponsored by
Saddle & Sirloin.
Members of Saddle & Sirloin, the animal science club,
with the assistance of the poultry club, the dairy science
club and the horseman’s association will be on hand to
guide tours and answer questions asked by the children.
The activity is not only well received but it’s.also very well
supported. As in the past, Blue Bell Ice Cream of Brenham
will be donating over $1000 worth of ice cream to the prog
ram. Representatives from Blue Bell and acting head of the
animal science department, Dr. Gary Smith will also be
present during the barnyard visits.
Study Abroad office moves
The Study Abroad Office has moved to 100 Harrington
Tower.
Formerly located in Bizzel Hall, the office is responsible
for giving students information on travel and study abroad
opportunities.
1 he director of the program, Mona Risk-Finne, said the
new phone number for the office is 845-0544 and hours are
8 a.m. to noon or by appointment.
Geography student receives award
A Texas A&M student has placed second in an essay contest
held Oct. 8 by the Southwest Division of the Association of
American Geographers.
Troy Kimmel, a geography major, placed second in the
student division of the contest with a paper entitled, “A New
Look at Wind Sheer and its Effects.” The paper discussed
the topic of wind sheer and the places in which it occurs. He
also discussed the wind sheer that caused or contributed to
the crash of the Pan-American plane in Louisiana this
summer.
If you have an announcement or interesting item to submit
for this column, come by The Battlion office in Room 216
Reed McDonald or call Tracey Taylor at 845-2611.
Space shutde aids
lightning studies
United Press International
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. —Space
agency officials say photographs
taken from the speace shuttle
and high-flying U-2 aircraft has
given them an “impressive array
of new data” on lightning.
Otha Vaughan, one of the
scientists involved in the project,
said Wednesday that photo
graphs taken during the shut
tle’s fourth flight were the first
ever of lightning in cloud tops.
A bolt photographed by the
shuttle over South America
formed a huge “Y” that illumin
ated a 248 mile area. The thun
derstorm observed from orbit
revealed lightning bolts nearly
25 miles long.
Vaughan said lightning was
occurring as far as 62 miles from
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October 15,1982
‘Demonic rock’ topic
of speech tonight
by Patti Schwierzke
Battalion Reporter
America’s youth is being cor
rupted by rock music and de
monically- possessed singers,
says Brady Clark, a Maranatha
pastor.
Clark will explain his view
point tonight at 7 p.m. in 702
Rudder.
Maranatha is a national, non-
denominational religion geared
toward college communities.
“Music has a spiritual effect
on people,” Clark said. “It
affects their emotions.”
High-speed subliminal sug
gestion, backward masking and
overt messages in rock and roll
music may be the cause of Amer
ica’s youth losing moral values,
he said.
“It is debatable whether the
subconscious picks messages up
in music or not but it is ixissible."
(.lark said. “\\ hat really worries
me are the blatant, overt words
that are very, very obvious.”
Clark said rebellion is initi
ated in American youth through
these songs. Christian and moral
principles are Ix'ing destroyed
through the themes of the music
—anti-society, anti-parents, lack
of trust and selfishness, he said.
“We are l>eing duped," he
said. “Music is promoting mor
als that are against Christian
values. Bit by bit and piece by
piece our morals are being
broken down.”
Clark said he is concerned al>-
out rock and roll songs which he
believes have either blatant mes
sages or subconcious messages
which are demonic and damage
morality.
“Backward masking" is one
wav in which these messages it
delivered, he said. "Backfnask
ing” is a message in music that
can't lx- consciously heard or
understood when played nor-
malls. But when placed back
ward, the music reveals a de
monic message, he said.
“For the most part, I doti't
think they try to make demonic
messages.” Clark said. "Basical
ly. 1 believe there is a spirit pow
or in the music. People are be
coming intrigued by witches, the
cxcult and supernatural powers
and are writing off the power of
God.
“I believe musicians are beint
manipulated. They are being
played like a musical instrument
l>\ an outside intelligent source.
From the content of the mes
sages, it could be Satan.”
Fielder’s attorney seeks
parole, part of estate
United Press International
FORT WORTH — An attor
ney for Pamela Fielder, con
victed of voluntary manslaugh
ter in the shooting death of her
husband, said he will try to avoid
a lengthy trial in probate court
to determine if his client should
get a part of her husband’s
estate.
Meanwhile, attorneys pon
dered whether Fielder, 38,
would be eligible for parole if
appellate courts uphold her two-
year prison sentence imposed by
a jury Tuesday. Fielder was con
victed earlier of voluntary man
slaughter in the July 23. 1981.
shooting death of her gyneco
logist husband, Dr. Darwin Fiel
der .
Attorney Jim Claunth, who
represents Fielder in civil mat
ters, said he would trv to negoti
ate an agreement that would
avert the need for another
“murder trial” in civil court to
determine whether she should
receive a widow’s pension and
the right to remain in the cou
ple's home. Harry E. Bartel, a
lawyer for Fielder’s estate, said
in court papers that Fielder
not entitled to a widow's allo
wance or the right to live in the
home il she "wrongfully” killed
her husband. I he jurv rejected
Fielder s claim that she was de-
lending herself when she ki
her husband during an argu
ment at the couple’s home. Pro
secutot s claimed she killed Dr
Fielder in a jealous rage alter
finding him with another
woman.
Fielder has asked for
$95,000 lump sum from the
estate.
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storm.
A picture of seven simul
taneous lightning bolts in one
thunderstorm over Oklahoma
in May was taken from a NASA
U-2 aircraft, he said.
“Lightning bolts were also
observed deep within the clouds
and not near the upper levels,”
said Vaughan.
Vaughan said the objective of
part of the experiment is to in
vestigate techniques for filtering
out the bright background
caused by reflections from
clouds so a space-based sensor
can detect the actual strength of
the lightning strikes. That
knowledge is necessary so a so-
called lightning mapper can be
developed.
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Freshmen
Sophomores
Seniors
Juniors
Others
today to Oct. 15
today to Oct. 15
Oct. 11 to Dec. 17
Nov. 1 to Dec. 17
Nov. 15 to Dec. 17
Phone 693-6756
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