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local / state Around town Bonf ire fundraisers to be held Make this weekend a bonfire weekend. Two campus groups are sponsoring bonfire fund raising events this Saturday, Oct. 23. The first is the Bonfire Barbecue honoring Thomas R. Parsons, former Corps Commandant, to be held Saturday afternoon in the Grove. Prices for tickets are $5 for students and $7.50 for all others. Tickets can be purchased in the MSC all this week. The second event is a Bonfire Benefit Dance sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega, a national service fraternity. The dance starts at 8 p.m. Saturday night in G. Rollie White Coliseum. Advance tickets for the dance are being sold this week in the MSC. The price is $2 for singles and $3 for couples. Tickets will be available at the door as well. Wear your tennis shoes or be prepared to dance barefo oted because no shoes will be allowed on the gym floor. Music for the dance will be provided by a local disc jockey. Volleyballers to play tonight The Texas A&M Women’s Volleyball team plays Texas Tech tonight in G. Rollie White Coliseum at 7:30 p.m. Five Pizza Hut pizzas will be given away at the game as door prizes. The Aggie Ladies are number one in the Southwest Conference and need your support. ET students raise money Even rain doesn’t stop Texas A&M engineering technology students. The ET’s braved the weather last Wednesday to raise money for their current service project, the College Station Morning Lion’s Club Semi-annual garbage bag sale. The money raised by the engineering students will be don ated to the Lion’s Club for use in various local charities. Church to hold Halloween festival Santa Teresa Church on Bryan’s west side - 1212 Lucky Street - will have its 7th Annual Halloween Jamaica and Church Festival on Sunday, Oct. 24 beginning in the morn ing and lasting until 9 p.m. Special features include a costume contest, a carved pumpkin contest, and a Super Spook House. The dancers from the Fiesta Patrias will give two performances and music will be provided during the day by Los Salvajes de Matamor- os and Los Momentos. There will be games and food avail able, including home-made tamales. A raffle drawing for a car and eight other prizes will conclude the festivities. The public is cordially invited to attend. Peace Corps representative to speak If you’re interested in oversea opportunities and hard work, Betty Staubinger, a representative of the Peace Corps, will speak at 7 p.m. tonight in Room 231 of the Memorial Stu dent Center on opportunities for students and others in the Peace Corps. 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. 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 ment is necessary. For more information call 693-6756. 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. Zoning Board tables, denies by Angie Kerr Battalion Reporter A request to allow temporary signs to be displayed in front of sorority houses was tabled last night in a meeting of the College Station Zoning Board of Adjust ments. The Board asked that the College Panhellenic Association of College Station set more spe cific guidelines for the signs which would announce events such as football games, Songfest and rush. Jean McDermott, Panhelle nic advisory board member, said that the signs would only be dis played in front of the houses, and would not be used as identi fication for the sororities. In other business, the Board denied a request to allow rear parking at the proposed yillage Square Office Park located in Southwest Valley. Residents liv ing directly behind the prop osed complex complained that the rear driveway and parking would encourage a high amount of traffic, noise and litter. The Board also denied a re quest for expansion of a duplex the Every Tuesday GREEK NIGHT "Wear Your Club Jersey & have Happy Hour all night long" 50<t Drafts Wootls tone - Hwy. 30 DIETING? Even though we do not prescribe diets, we make it possible for many to enjoy a nutritious meal while they follow their doctor's orders. You will be delighted with the wide selection of low calorie, sugar free and fat free foods in the Souper Salad Area, Sbisa Dining Center Basement. OPEN Monday through Friday 10:45 AM-1:45 PM QUALITY FIRST GOING SHOPPING? Check the ads in The Battalion for the best buys! n XK= J TRY THE GUAD! PLAN YOUR NEXT WEEKEND with equipment from the Outdoor Rec. Equipment Rental 4 Man Tents $8/wkend Canoes $20/wkend Backpacks $3/wkend Most other types of equip, available. For more information call or come by The Grove M&F 12-6 T&Th 3-6 845-4511 ORC is an MSC Committee serving Students, Faculty & Staff. Battalion/Page 4 October 20,1® Parks overused located at 203 Fairview Street. The area, zoned single-family residential, doesn’t allow for construction of duplexes. T hose that existed prior to the zoning can be maintained but not ex panded. The request by Johnny A. Martinez for an addition to his duplex was denied by the board. The board did not consider one item on the agenda concern ing Northgate parking because of a recent College Station City Council ruling. The ruling states that, as of Sept. 23, there will be no changes concerning parking in the Northgate area for the next 12 months. The area is bordered by University Drive, Wellborn Road, South College Avenue and the city limits. A request was approved for the construction of a screened- in porch in the backyard at the residence located at 1026 Rose Circle. The next regular meeting of the Board, originally scheduled for Nov. 16, has been resche duled for Nov. 30 due to a con flict with the College Station City Council meeting. as tourism grows m ZEPHYR CLUB by David Hatch Battalion Reporter As the number of tourists and residents has increased in Texas, state parks have gotten more use — in some cases, too much. “Judging a park as over used is a rating which is de pendent upon thejudge’s per sonal concepts of what exactly constitutes overuse,” said Dr. Glenn Carls of the recreation and parks department. Overuse judgments are based on two major criteria. The first is the social carrying capacity — the rating that compares the number of peo ple in the park to the activities in which they are partici pating. On the social carrying capacity basis, a crowded beach is overused. There is simply not enough room for people who want to play fris- bee, jog or lie in the sun to do so without interfering with each other. The second category is the environmental carrying capacity — a rating of the number of people a park can handle before physical dam age to the environment is done. “An example of overuse in environmental terms is Hunt sville State Park, where the soil in the picnic area has been packed down by years of use to the point that several tree roots are exposed,” Garls said. “Overuse can also be sea sonal. Lost Maples State Park (in Bandera County) is almost always empty except for a few weeks in the fall when the foliage begins to turn colors, at which time the park is rela tively crowded." The most popular parks in the state are close to popula tion centers and have a oody of water for recreational pur poses. T he most visited park in the state is Garner State Park located in northern Uvalde County. Second on the popularity list is Inks Lake Slate Park near Waco. The combined beaches and parks on Galveston Island are third. “The more popular parks in the state have been har dened to help offset the potential damage that could be caused by overuse,” Carls said. “This means that mod ern sewer systems have been installed and that campsites and the trails to main attrac tions have been paved or co vered with a protective gravel." majontJ that Many of the parks in the state have huife tracts of land which are not easily accessible to the family camper or day visitor. “It is hard to rate a park overused when the majority of it is simply unused because it is away from the main attractions, so lew people bother with the area," he said. “A family who brings camper and parks it crowded campground find the park ovei whereas an individual backpacks into the wi few miles can find the lion and wilderness t ence he wants. Since park visitors use the popular areas, a visitors consider the overused.” Carls also said creased use of state sometimes can lead to al by visitors. “We don’t have the lems in Texas that they in California with parks so heavily used that air tion and traffic problem caused. Nevertheless, Texas we have trouble people being intoxicated causing problems anda problem with people steal signs for souvenirs." Because of the popuki of some state parks, Carlsst newly-employed park rang often find their jobsdiffen than they expected. L “Oftentimes, rangers s» theii jobexpectingtobeats ; servat ionist and a tour Carls said. “What really pens is that they areassi| to parking lots and nti nance work. This willha] more and more as pari increases, and could discourage many emploi from staying with theseni United I dalla: national weeks of : by signing with the n; airline in ; bankrupt return it tc Braniff Putnam sai fic Southv resolve k financial Braniff p ched. PSA Shimp said next sprinj takes off. The announcec signed a le ing the w< new airlint Braniffs ' ploying a Braniff wo Putnam sent union: give a littl PSA is to PSA plans members, : sonnel a Local bifida association promotes special week Cle: 3 w by Pamela J. Franklin Battalion Reporter The newly-formed Bryan- College Station Spina Bifida Association is promoting Na tional Spina Bifida Week this week. The group wants to prom ote awareness of the disease, a birth defect of the spinal column which affects approximately one child born every hour. Dr. Clifford Sherry, presi dent of the local spina bifidd chapter, said spina bifida asso ciations are raising money to fund research to find the dis ease s cause. Mike Baker, a member of the association, said the Bryan- College Station association was formed in September and has approximately 20 members. The association’s projects in clude placing coin containers in local businesses and collecting money door-to-door. They also will have a Healthy Baby Booth on Oct. 30 in Post Oak Mall and a float in the holiday parade. Sherry, a specialist in birth de fects, said that when a child is born with spina bifida, his back bone never closes completely and part of the spinal cord Mb exposed through an opening under the skin. CULPEPPER PLAZAl TYPEWRITE PROFESSIONAL TYPING SERVICE 4340 Carter Creek Pkwy., Suite 104 Bryan, Texas 846-9182 All kinds of TYPING including: letters, Term Papers, Newsletters, Manuscripts, Proposals, Resumes and more. TYPEWRITE handle RUSH jobs! Sherry said there are li ; forms of the birth defect. MB na bifida culta, the birth deft so slight that most pei unaware they have it, with this type of spina bifidit fer from minor backachei bladder problems. In another form of spinal da, children are bornwithaf on their back. The sacktf removed by surgery, but child may experience wet in the area of the bodyaffj by the exposed portion spinal cord. 1^™ I n spina bifida cistica.thej | — which usually forms on lower back — contains 11 nerve roots of the spinalll The sack has little or nosto ering making infection a« ger. Surgery is neccessaijM cause the child could d|® the infection. In addition,|| child’s legs are paralyzedjl have no feeling. Sherry said spina bifidafe not decrease a person'slife-l and mental problems do* occur unless hydrocephalusj condition which sometimesi velops in children with s[^ bifida — is present. Hydrocephalus occurs fluid collects in the brain.N be corrected by placingaht# tube in the skull to drain I fluid. Sherry said spina bifidafl be detected at about theii week of pregnancy j amniocentesis, a test on amniotic fluid. The onlypre* tion for spina bifida is abort he said. merits three F statewi self, h; ning w races a lie Midlan Press ( He self, G( didate STUDEN GOV ERNMENT i i. \ a.n \s. 1)1 i \n cnsifS COME ASK YOUR SENATOR ABOUT THE \\ DEFENSE IMPERATIVES IN THE 80'S US. SENATOR JOHN TOWER CHMN. SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMM. WED. OCT. 20 815 pm RUDDER 701 FREE ^f^TTlemonicd Student L