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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.
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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-
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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
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Science, folklore
forecast weather
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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.
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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
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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
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“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-
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problems. 1 le said some uni
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scores that only studenlsj
know everything are admj
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is in educating the unprej!
student.
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shouldn’t be the highest
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Harrelson guilty, says
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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
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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
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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
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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
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