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state Battalion/Pajj January 18, Around town Engineering students get awards Seven teams of engineering students from Texas A&M received national recognition for course projects entered in the James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation Engineering Design Competition for 1982. Awards go to graduate and undergraduate students for their design work on a product, structure, mechanical device or research project where arc welding has a significant con tribution to cost reduction and improvement. Entries for the 35th year of competition were judged by a panel of educa tors and professional engineers. An award for $250 went to the team of Gary Feger, Tim Koehn, Kirk Duncan, and Tony Marshall for their project entitled “Pumping with Compressed Air.” Their advisor was Dr. Ed Red of the mechanical engineering department. Six $100 awards went to: — Kevin Hielscher, Ronald Conklin, Randall Averitte, Debbie Reimer and Richard Roeth for their project “Design for Manipulator to Complement the Puma 500.” Advisers were Dr. J. George Thompson and Ben Mooring. — David McCall, Mike Briggs, Frank Jaime, Charles James and Gordon Townsend for “Design of Manipulator Arm for Plasma Spray Unit.” Their adviser was Dr. Mogens Henriksen. — Tom Patton, Deborah Riggs, Mary Louise Collins, and John Scherrer for “Manually Driven Traveling Plat form.” Thompson was their advisor. — Steve Parker, Mark Hagan, Carl Bradshaw, William D. Wightman and Dan York for “Rail Car Unloading Sys tem.” Their adviser was John J. Engblom. — Alejandro P. Lachica, Donald L. Snowden, Mark A. Smith, and Richard R. Janert for their project “Cylindrical Inspection Gripper.” Advisers were Mooring and Thompson. Engineering accepts $15,000 gift The NL Foundation of Houston has given $ 15,000 to Texas A&M for use in its engineering programs. William, Welch, president of NL Baroid, a subsidiary firm, and James A. Eckel, director of personnel for NL Industries Inc., presented the check to Texas A&M President Frank Vandiver. A portion of the gift will be used to provide three $2,500 scholarships for senior engineering students. NL Industries includes divisions specializing in chemicals and in oilfield equipment and service. Student gets sea grant internship A 1 exas A&M graduate student and former Peace Corps volunteer has been selected to receive one of 10 internships sponsored nationally this year by the National Sea Grant Program. Rebecca Rootes, a political science major, will work in Washington with the minority council of the House Mer chant Marine and Fisheries Committee. Rootes is a graduate of Southhampton College and is studying for a master’s degree at Texas A&M. She is current ly an assistant marine extension agent where she administers a shrimp tagging project operated by the Sea Grant and the National Marine Fisheries Service. She is a former Peace Corps volunteer to the Philippines. Vandiver elected to A AC board Texas A&M University President Frank E. Vandiver has been elected a member of the board of directors for the Association of American Colleges. AAC, founded in 1915, promotes liberal learning throughout higher education in the United States. The asso ciation, based in Washington D.C., provides a variety of services, reports and publications to the 575 public and private universities that comprise its membership. Dr. Vandiver’s appointment to the AAC board was announced at the association’s 63rd annual meeting current ly in progress in Washington. 1 he AAC board is chaired by Dr. Stanley F. Paulson, dean of liberal arts at Pennsylvania State University. 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. Now you know United Press International NEW YORK — A new study debunks the myth that American wives are passive, prudish and unwilling bed partners with their husbands. Findings of the Ladies’ Home Journal survey of its readers are in an article in the February issue of the magazine. Eighty percent said their sex ual relationships were satisfying and their marriages happy. I hree-quarters said their mar riages are still romantic and 78 percent said sex is important in their marriages. Ninety-five percent said they sometimes initiate lovemaking, and 82 percent said they did so by pulling their husbands into their arms and kissing them. Eighty-three percent said they wished they had more time to make love. Only 21 percent said they had ever had an extramarital affair, compared with 26 percent of the women who told the 1953 Alfred C. Kinsey study of female sexual ity they had been unfaithful by age 40. The magazine research was based on a 103-question, six- page questionnaire that appeared in its June 1982 issue. Most of the 83,000 readers who responded are 25 to 44 years old and have been married an aver age of 12 years. Sixty-six percent have children, 68 percent hold outside jobs and 69 percent live in suburbs or in cities with under 1 million population. Most are well-educated and their com bined household incomes range from $20,000 to $40,000 a year. Thousands put their fingers on it. Advertising in The Battalion 845-2611 Now Better Than Ever. You Will Be Pleased With These Carefully Prepared and Taste Tempting Foods. jvisc ^ Each Daily Special Only $2.39 Plus Tax. 'v Cafeteria J “ 0 pen Daily” Dining: 11 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. — 4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M MONDAY EVENING SPECIAL Salisoury Steak with Mushroom Gravy Whipped Potatoes Your Choice of One Vegetable Roll or,Corn Bread and Butter Coffee or Tea TUESDAY EVENING SPECIAL Mexican Fiesta Dinner Two Cheese and Onion Enchiladas w chili Mexican Rice Patio Style Pinto Beans Tostadas Coffee or Tea One Corn Bread and Butter WEDNESDAY EVENING SPECIAL Chicken Fried Steak w cream Gravy Whipped Potatoes and Choice of one other Vegetable Roll or Corn Bread and Butter Coffee or Tea Court declines prayer case United Press International WASHINGTON — The Sup reme Court Monday declined to get involved in the quagmire of school prayer, refusing to re view a Texas case where stu dents were allowed to use clas srooms to pray after school hours. The justices rejected an appeal by the Lubbock school system on a ruling striking down its “equal access” policy allowing voluntary student religious groups the same right to use m •; 'CsJ, s oc\^° THURSDAY EVENING SPECIAL Italian Candle Light Spaghetti Dinner SERVED WITH SPICED MEAT BALLS AND SAUCE Parmesan Cheese - Tossed Green Salad Choice of Salad Dressing — Hot Garlic Bread Tea or Coffee FOR YOUR PROTbCTION OUR PERSONNEL HAVE HEALTH CARDS. FRIDAY EVENING SPECIAL BREADED FISH FILET w TARTAR SAUCE Cole Slaw Hush Puppies Choice of one vegetable Roll or Corn Bread & Butter Tea or Coffee SATURDAY NOON and EVENING SPECIAL Yankee Pot Roast (Texas Salad) Mashed Potato w gravy Roll or Corn Bread & Butter Tea or Coffee (“Quality Flrsf’l SUNDAY SPECIAL NOON and EVENING ROAST TURKEY DINNER Served with Cranberry Sauce Cornbread Dressing Roll or Corn Bread - Butter - Coffee or Tea Giblet Gravy And your choice of any One vegetable classrooms as non-religious organizations. The court’s action came three days after a federal judge in Ala bama let stand state laws allow ing teacher-led prayers in public schools on grounds the Sup reme Court had misread history when it banned such prayer 21 years ago. Two dozen senators had urged the high court to hear the case to clear up “turmoil and confusion” across the nation ab out the prayer issue. Legislators said pending legislation to strip federal courts of their power to decide voluntary school prayer cases is the result of “a wide spread perception” that the courts are "hostile to religion.” Sen. Mark Hatfield, R-Ore., said last week that he is planning to introduce a bill Congress to permit Bible studies and prayer groups in classrooms during off- hours. The Lubbock Civil Liberties Union in 1979 challenged the school district’s practice of allowing Bible readings, a period of silent prayer ended by “Amen” over the school public address system, and classroom prayers led by teachers. The civil liberties group also sought to end such practices as distribution of Gideon Bibles to students and assemblies with evangelical speakers. The schools discontinued some practices, including the Bi ble giveaway, but said it would not ban “open prayer.” The school district continued allow ing voluntary student groups, including religious ones, to meet before or after regular school hours in classrooms. The school district said the practice would “encourage the development of leadership. communicative skills,au|| and cultural awareness." But the civil liberties said the policy violatedsit_ First Amendment rrB rights. A trial court reji group’s challenges. Bi U.S. Circuit Court of reversed, holding tl advanced religion by “recognition of religious' ties and meetings as an part of the district’sexi tular program.” Also, the court said, the school facilities for pei vised religious meetii unconstitutional en with religion. Appealing to the Court, the school system that its policy was“neua “non-preferential.” Saying the outcome case will affect 40 miUkcl dents and 90,000 publicscl Lubbock officials daimel appeals court treated a pp r0 ximat< iai constitutional prodBnjtted ' forbidding public schodfl. • allowing the same freesBpT r, on school propertv * ond “ 00 J allowed to miners enter. Stud In December 1981,tlrB ou t car court ruled that studentrg| at public universities have stitutional right to holdreij (K Jnited Press (PASO, — MSC SCONA 28 Announces: Delegate and Host/Hostess Interviews Applications available in MSC Room 216 (see SCONA secretary) Sign-ups January 17-21 Applications due by 5 p.m. January 21 Delegate interviews Host/Hostess interviews January 24-26 January 24-26 ^ir Jailings found racially related worship services on school erty Lubbock argued its forum” policy merelyallovj dent-initiated religious “to compete in this marki . of student ideas and activif eu ™P s stI , an equal basis.” w, '; kend ' * The civil liberties giK^I' 15 , 10 ex plied that since college ' C 1, : n ,l are "less impressionablt J' ded lder younger ones, the sameitjjL or mor turns on using school I. ice un jf onx need not apply. ■ already r persons sir pjj Dec. 23 ill was stop] Bailey, by a Bicer who I Bn of some |bk him dov United Press International DALLAS — In a copyright story, a Dallas newspaper re ported that the county’s criminal justice system handed the killers of whites punishments three times as severe as it did the kil lers of Hispanics. It also was twice as harsh to ward rapists of white women as compared with rapists of black women. 1 he Dallas Times Herald re ported Sunday that Dallas County courts have consistently dispensed far harsher punish ments for people convicted of crimes against whites than for those convicted of similar offenses against minority vic tims. I he results were among the findings of the newspaper’s study of every available criminal file on homicide, rape, aggra vated assault and sexual abuse cases which reached final dis position in Dallas felony courts during a 12-month period en ding Sept. 30. Using a computer, the news paper compared average sent ences on the basis of the victims’. Clave yourenerai) your children may need li/ Sunday ni| iceman was In cases of willful hoiftpibed as a v the killers ol whites receiu:Jgj C j ievr() [ et average prison sentence A motorist s; years, compared with 25.3'« rn over> for the killers of blacksai ;ec i m g anf j t ] years for the killers of Hispij jnotorisfs Criminals who aitf p roo f 0 f whites with a deadly weapey intended v faced stiller penalties thani| n( j e( j tQ see who attacked minorities Unification, a County judges and juries.^ ser j sidering the recommend i ne) ” t j len g ( of county prosecutors, 8 a 'Waway. average of 7.4 years in p :; ' The motori; offenders who assaulted "fMAnglo-An compared with 3.8 y eari i 01 early 30; those whose victims were hes tall with and 2.2 years for assaiW, was wear j r Hispanics. fk his offic In rape cases, the aV ® prison sentence when th \ fevoman al was white was 22.9 years sstopped Sai the victim was black, the j Hi S p an j c ence averaged 11.2 yeai' itorcyde anc The biggest disparity with a 1 tencing was found in ^-Jl the woma rapes by black men against Bing, and women. r| u * n S he tol Black men convictedot|a ticket for ing black women receive When he sr erage sentence of HL 't of the sp while men convicted ol r 1 * white women were senttopj^ for an average of 15.1