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December 111
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International math symposium here
During the week of January 10-14, the Center for Numeric
al Analysis, Department of Mathematics, will be hosting an
international symposium on the Approximation Theory.
The conference will be attended by over 100 mathemati
cians from over 20 countries. The conference begins Jan. 10
at 9:30 a.m. in Rudder Tower.
The approximation theory is an important part of applied
mathematics, and includes both practical and theoretical
methods for solving a variety of real-world problems, often
with the help of computers. The conference program will
include approximately 100 lectures by leading experts in the
field.
Gifts benefit mental health authority
The Texas A&M chapter of the Texas Public Employees
Association is hosting a Christmas program tonight at 7 p.m.
in the MSC Lounge. The Association will present the Mental
Health Mental Retardation Authority of Brazos Valley with
gifts collected during its second annual Christmas Gift Drive.
Texas A&M employees and students are invited to attend
and bring a gift to put under the tree. Clients residing at
Mary Lake Halfway House and the Family Tree, two re
sidential facilities operated by the MHMRA, will provide
Christmas music for the program.
Alpha Zeta sponsors turkey sale
Alpha Zeta, the Agricultural Honor Society, is selling
smoked turkeys from now until the end of the semester.
Proceeds from the sale go to finance scholarships, sponsor
trips to Agricultural Convocation, and to fund campus ser
vice projects. The price for a 9-pound turkey is $15. An
11-pound turkey costs $18.
Persons interested is ordering a turkey for Christmas
should contact any Alpha Zeta member or call 846-4539 or
846-9238.
If you have an announcement or interesting item to submit
for this column, come by The Battalion office in 216 Reed
McDonald or call Tracey Taylor at 845-2611.
Care team to get new equipment Fin
by Kordell Reid
Battalion Reporter
The Texas A&M Emergency
Care Team soon may get new
radio equipment. The proposal
is in its final stages and is waiting
for approval by Texas A&M
University President Frank E.
Vandiver.
Vance Riley, chief of ambu
lance operations for the care
team, said the proposed equip
ment would operate on an ultra
high frequency to allow the
ambulance crew to communi
cate directly with St. Joseph
Hospital in Bryan and the A.P.
Beutel Health Center at Texas
A&M.
Riley said the UHF telemetry
equipment is just starting to
come to the Brazos County area.
Unlike the existing equipment,
it is capable of transmitting in
formation to other emergency
units throughout the county.
“Everyone can transmit to
area hospitals when they get the
proper equipment,” he said.
“But the neat thing about it is the
equipment is capable of trans
mitting and monitoring heart
activity from the ambulance to
the hospital.”
The existing equipment,
which operates on a very high
frequency has a tendency to
break down, he said, and fre
quently is in for repairs.
When the VHF equipment
was bought three years ago, the
ambulance unit was made port
able in case the care team
needed to communicate with the
hospital from outside the ambu
lance, Riley said.
“It was a good idea then be
cause we didn’t expect the team
to be very busy,” he said. “But we
have been very busy this year,
and I think the frequent moving
of the unit in and out of the
ambulance has caused it to break
down a lot.”
Riley said the demand for
their service this year has dou
bled over last year. During Sep
tember, they transported 93 pa
tients. About 60 percent of those
cases were actual emergencies,
he said.
“I don’t know why we’ve had
such an increase,” Riley said. “It
just got busy.”
He said the health center is
getting a second ambulance in
January because of the in
creased need for ambulance ser-
Vance Riley, chief of ambulance opera
tions for the emergency care team, dem
onstrates some
equipment.
vice. If the care team gets the
new equipment in the ambu
lances, service will be very effi
cient, he said.
Riley, who handles mostly
administrative duties of the care
team, said there are.'
teer members who w
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1982-83 Who’s Who
candidates announced
by Patti Schwierske
Battalion Staff
The Office of Student Affairs
announced Texas A&M Univer
sity Who’s Who candidates for
the 1982-1983 school year.
Nominations for who’s who
are made in the fall, then each
nominated student who meets
the requirements is sent an in
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