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Z * local / state Battalion/Pap October 19,19 si Around town Leggett to sponsor fund raiser Leggett Hall is selling Halloween tricks and treats to raise money for bonfire. The treats, (or tricks, as the case may be) will he delivered on the evenings of Oct. 26 to 28. They are offering “Dear John” and secret admirer letters for 75 cents, as well as other fun and games. Tables will be set up Tuesday through Friday from 9a.m. to 3 p.m. in the MSC; Tuesday through Thursday from 11 to 2 in the Commons lobby; Wednesday through Friday from 11 to 2 under the arches in the Quad; and Tuesday through Thursday from 5 to 7 in Sbisa. They are taking on-campus orders only. The dorm had planned to sell squirt-gun “hits” and trick pies but had to cancel them. SDHPT to offer short course The use of variable message signs on urban freeways and the effects of trucks on rural highways are just a few of the topics to be discussed today through Thursday at the yearly workshop for the state’s highway builders, private contrac tors, suppliers and city traffic managers. The keynote speach for the 56th annual State Depart ment of Highways and Public Transportation Short Course will be given by Robert Dedman, SDHPT Commission chair man, at 10 a.m. today in Rudder Auditorium. : ? e . . , . # . may attend any of the other 16 meetings ranging in topic from right-of-way, road maintenance, materials and con struction to road design, variable message signs and aspects of mass transit. Moore named to extension post Doyle L. Moore has been named associate director of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. He will assume the position Dec. 1. Moore started his career in Washington County, but for the past 11 years he has been district director for the South west Texas region with headquarters at Uvalde. Sailing team takes first in regatta The Texas A&M Sailing Team placed first in a regatta hosted by Baylor University on Saturday. Other schools participating included: the University of Texas, Southern Methodist University, Moody College at Galveston and two teams from Baylor. Contributing to the first place finish for Texas A&M was Billy Worsham, who took first in the A division. Stephanie Selber and Nenita Farmer crewed for him. Bill Correll competed in the B division and also took first. Crewing for him was Amy Riviera. The sailing team will participate in a regatta hosted by Tulane University in New Orleans the first weekend in November. Prof to discuss endangered species MSC Outdoor Recreation is sponsoring a speech on endangered Texas wildlife, Wednesday in 501 Rudder at 7 p.m. Dr. Richard Slack, a wildlife and fisheries professor at Texas A&M, will lecture on the whooping crane and other coastal fowl. Yearbook pictures to be taken Pictures are now being taken of juniors and seniors for the 1982-83 Aggieland. If you want your picture in the yearbook, go now while there are no lines to Yearbook Associates (9700 Puryear) and have it taken. No appoint- 1-6756. merit is necessary. For more information call 693- Pageant deadline approaches For those interested in being named the most beautiful girl on campus, there will be an informational meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday in 308 Rudder for the 1983 Miss Texas A&M Scholarship pageant. Applications for the pageant are now available in 216 MSC at the Hospitality Cubicle. The application deadline is 5 p.m. Nov. 5. Cubicle space available to groups Recognized student organizations who wish to apply for one of the cubicle spaces available in the new registration center must turn in applications by Oct. 29. For more infor mation, contact the Student Activities Office at 845-1133. If you have an announcement or interesting item to submit for this column, come by The Battlion office in 216 Reed McDonald or call Tracey Taylor at 845-2611. Ralph Nader speaks tonight Consumer advocate Ralph Nader will speak tonight in a program called “Regulation, De-regulation, and Re regulation.” From automobiles to pre scription drugs, from airline tickets to food preservatives and from pesticides to nuclear pow er, Nader has attacked the cor porate sector. He has criticized that sector for what he calls being indifferent toward public health and too profit-oriented. Nader is credited with laun ching the "consumerism” move ment. He also has formed a number of Washington-based lobbying groups and tax-exempt founda tions which have published numerous studies challenging health policies, energy regula tion, corporate rulings and the effectiveness of Congress. The program, sponsored by MSC Great Issues, will begin at 8 p.m. in Rudder Auditorium. Admission is $1 for adults and 50 cents for students. Stolen antiques iect of hunt obj Science, folklore forecast weather Bu wil by Kelley Smith Battalion Reporter Although the first day of winter is not until Dec. 22, people already are using sci entific methods and folklore to predict what it will be like. Some scientists say the av erage temperature this winter may dip a few degrees lower than last year. They say the increase of ash in the atmos phere from recent volcanic eruptions will cause a reduc tion of solar radiation in the atmosphere and on Earth. Another theory is based on the surface temperature of the Pacific Ocean. Change in that temperature may indi cate an overall temperature change. Scientists also are studying the annually changing num ber of sunspots, looking for a relationship between them and the weather. Although weather predic tion methods have improved, meteorologists are still a long way from accurately predict ing seasonal outlooks. Walter K. Henry, a profes sor of meteorology at Texas A&M University, said he can not accurately predict season al weather conditions. “The mean monthly Kt perature might be coolerb few degrees, but people to extremes, not means,” coll said. “Last January, peratures got down to than 10 degrees but then age might have been normal. Dennis M. Driscoll, assistant professor of meteorology, said in reference to volcanic ash that if screening out the sun has any effect, it would affect the middle lattitudes and perhaps the entire north- hemisphi Henry said, while ovti averages for an entire may remain the same, cert areas may experience severe weather, but the year those same areas have milder weather. Un i DALLAS- says Reaganc and the fedei election of 1 cans will kee “The que: decide is wh fected,” Bus! Sunday at a fund-raiser. He said t paid $2,000 1 during the C interest rates down. He ticked < ern hemisphere. In contrast to thesciemi approach, folklore, toil scientists rarely give any dence, been used to pid the weather for centuries Ex- Sometime after 5:30 p.m. Aug. 12, someone broke into the house at 810 N. Rosemary in Bryan. The burglar was in the STOPPER ~ 775-TIPS house for about an hour and re moved a truck-load of antique furniture valued at $5,000. Crimestoppers offers re wards for information leading to arrest and grand jury indict ment for any felony crime. Call Crimestoppers at 775- TIPS if you have any informa tion. All callers remain anony mous. College involvement! 111 necessary, prof says t by Ann Ram.shot tom Battalion Reporter Students who fail to become actively involved in college and college life may find their school career ending sooner than plan ned, a professor of higher edu cation at the University of Cali fornia said here Monday night. “Every form of involvement re lates to staying in college,” said ing regulations are a good exam ple. Students get tired of trying to find parking places and paying parking tickets." People only have so much time to invest and the universi ties are competing with family, frff, jobs and time in keeping students in college, Astin said. Astin has found in his research five ways to increase retention in ance of concern forthesti and the need for studentst as if they belong. Astin then focusedons the problems involved in ins tion and administration United Press AMARILLO stigator and lan accused ii isassination” c 5lman was to rned from H flowing arraig gs, police said L.R. Wynn v ouston hotel < !he fatal shooti ton Mathis, Wynn, who tivate investig: the Amarillo pc UtcXian reitauiant W Astin dire- co l* e g estu d ents: g eUln g students er education re- to P ut in more e ‘ fbrt ’ providing 696-7311 Tuesday: Veal Parmigiana $ 7.25 Dr. Alexander ctor of the higher education re search institute at the university. continuous leedback to students, includes (Salad and Vegetable) Lunch: Dinner: “Dropping out is the ultimate in uninvolvement.” Astin listed several factors that he attributed to keeping students in college: living on campus, having a job on cam pus, participating in extra curricular activities and involve ment with the faculty. “Things that you wouldn’t think are relevant become re levant and often cause students to drop out,” Astin said. “Park- insisting upon a rigorous prog ram with greater challenge, showing genuine concern for students and giving students a sense of belonging. “Students need rigor in order to become challenged,” Astin said. “High expectations and greater demands cause a student to become more involved and more attached to what he is doing.” Astin emphasized the import- Chi “We are often conditioml favor the assertive stu( Astin said. “We overlooktl* sive students.” Astin added that sekj admissions into colleges problems. 1 le said some uni ties are so concerned' scores that only studenlsj know everything are admj He said the challengeandrf is in educating the unprej! student. T he concern of the uni' shouldn’t be the highest scores or the most Nobel winners, Astin said. Hesa General Confer main concern at uiii| ionite Church should be working for th dents. OI 11-2 5-10 404 Shopping Center H East University Harrelson guilty, says witness in Wood case Oho laofdnq-/ti Min The WA/trADS~ United Press International SAN ANTONIO — A young rancher who accompanied con victed hit man Charles Harrel son on a gambling trip to Las PEOPLE... OUR MOST IMPORTANT ASSET. On-Campus Interviews November 2,1982 Texas American Bank/Fort Worth will be conducting on-campus interviews with individuals interested in a stimulating and demanding career in banking. We have challenging positions to fill for motivated individuals. Applicants must be graduating seniors with business major and bachelor degree in: Finance and/or Accounting. Positions available: Credit Analysts • Trust Tax Specialists Staff Auditors • Accountants Texas American Bank/Fort Worth is the flagship bank of Texas American Bancshares Inc., our fast track career opportunities are demanding and not for everybody. But if you know where you want to go with your life, we’ll help you get there. Interested applicants should contact the business placement office today for an appointment. Whit Smith Vice President Employment Manager P.O. Box 2050 Fort Worth, Texas 76113 (817) 338-8196 (No 3rd party inquiries, please) An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F Formerly The Fort Worth National Bank AMERICAN BANK Vegas, Nev., says he immediate ly feared Harrelson was respon sible for the death of Federal Judge John H. Wood Jr. in 1979. Harrelson, 44, is accused of the murder. Hampton Robinson, who be gan giving information about Harrelson to the FBI just two weeks after Wood’s death, re turned to the courtroom Mon day for cross-examination from Harrelson’s attorney, Tom Sharpe of Brownsville. Sharpe last week forced Robinson to acknowledge that he has spent years fighting a he roin addiction and once served nine months in jail for criminally negligent homicide. But Robin son already had delivered the most damaging testimony yet against Harrelson. The two were on their way to Las Vegas in April 1979 when they devised a “scam” to steal money from gambler Jimmy Chagra by offering to kill the men who murdered Chagra’s brother Lee in a 1978 robbery in his El Paso office, Robinson said. Harrelson and Chagra met in United Press NEWTON, leaded to hold ilanned againsl r enue Service 0 ection of tax d Vei n Trehe he church, sai< ion’s general arlier this mon Las Vegas, but Robinson the murder-for-hireoffer* was made as far as he kn<] Two weeks later, hoi Harrelson asked Robins provide some “equipmeni use at “400 to 500 yards,” Robinson took to mean a® Wood was shot in theW hief of police- he was leaving his apartme< | rce ha ‘ a high work the morning of Mai ] 1979 — the day Jimmy Cl* originally had been sdiei 1 for a drug smu Wood’s court. Chagra feared the ^ judge would send him top Hans the depar and confiscate his property nesses have testified. Stlf sentence was later impoi Federal Judge William Se.® ifficer Dennis I ihue to suppo: who is presiding at this in' Chagra is to be tried later charge of murder. After Wood’s death, son said Harrelson oncf marked to him that Wood 1 mitted suicide by the r* 11 sentenced people." Then Robinson quol friend as saying: “Killingp (i and getting away with it strong suit.” NOTICE TO STUDENTS HAVING TAKEN CHEM101/111 AND/OR CHEM 102/112 DURING THE PERIOD Fall 1973 through Summer 19# In order to clear our files and storage areas, we will be disposing of all old exams and individual grade records for F73 through SS82. If you have any reason for requesting consideration of a grade change for one of our courses taken during this period, you will need to file such request at Room 413 Heldenfels Hall no later than November 24, 1982. No grade changes will be considered after that date, except by the official University appeal mechanism. Rod O’Connor Director of First Year Chemistry Programs United Press RISING ST/ offers have on ban the entire says he’ll stay s he can. “I’m going t< ,s I can even v\ ^hief Curtis I "Cl A PROM