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Around town Wine party ticket locations changed The Friends of KAMU will host the group’s third annual wine tasting party Thursday at the Aggieland Inn in College Station. The event will benefit Texas A&M’s public television and radio stations and will feature more than 200 foreign and domestic wines, as well as cheeses, f ruits and breads. Festivi ties are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. with an explanation ol how a wine tasting works. Participants will then have several hours to sample wines and record their observations. As reported Monday, tickets for the wine tasting are $10 each and are available at KAMU, Dillards department store, the Aggieland Inn and at the door. They are also available at Fish Richards, Hastings Records and Tapes, and Containers and More in Culpepper Plaza. Tickets are no longer avail able at Randy’s Liquor. Local wine expert Ira Held is coordinating the evening’s beverages, with the help of Sharon Knutson and Lee Schink. Trip to the Soviet Union planned The Center for Education and Research in Free Enterprise at Texas A&M and the American Express Travel Service are sponsoring a spring trip to the Soviet Union in which participants will receive daily lectures on Soviet economics, politics and history. Dr. Steve Pejovich, a native of Yugoslavia and director of the free enterprise center, will host the 10-day trip. Accom panying him will be Dr. Larry Wolken, assistant professor of economics at Texas A&M and associate director of the center. The price for the March 25-April 3 trip is $1,343 and those interested should contact Texas A&M’s free enterprise center should phone 845-7722. A $200 deposit is required by Jan. 26 to confirm a reserva tion. Kiwanis Club donates testing unit The College Station Kiwanis Club recently donated a new driver testing unit to the Safety Education Program at Texas A&M University. The program is conducted by the department oflndust- rial Education and is under the direction of Dr. Maurice E. Dennis. The unit provides testing for depth perception, sharpness of vision, peripheral vision, simple and complex reactions and color determination. It can be used to determine the effects of alcohol on a driver’s reaction time and perception skills. It will also be helpf ul in testing the driving skills of senior citizens. Crocker and Puryear plan party Crocker and Puryear dorms are planning a “Start Me Up” party Saturday, Jan. 22 to get the spring semester off to a good start. The party, which begins at 8 p.m. and will continue until 1 a.m., will be held at the Elks Lodge. All girls are invited and get in free. TAMU folk dancers to host program The TAMU International Folk Dancers are sponsoring a program called “Come Dance,” Sunday from 8-10 p.m. in 201 MSG. Beginning dances will be taught to all those attending and refreshments will be served. The campus community is invited to attend. Tickets on sale for Canadian Brass I he MSC Opera and Performing Arts Society will begin its concert series this semester with the Canadian Brass on Feb. 3 at 8 p.m in Rudder Auditorium. The Canadian Brass, called the “Marx Brothers of Brass” by the New York Times, is an internationally renowned quintet which has been heard in concerts across Canada and the U.S., as well as Europe, China, Japan, Saudi Arabia, and the Soviet Union. The group is composed of Frederic Mills and Ronald Romm on trumpet, Graeme Page on French horn, Eugene Watts on trombone, and Charles Daellenbach on tuba. Tickets are available at the Rudder box office. Library to fight video game junkies The Bryan Public Library is sponsoring a “Read Aloud Workshop” on Thursday at 7 p.m. in the library’s audi torium. The purpose of the workshop is to get children to read and fight the “battle of the video game.” The workshop will present a family read-alou^plan — how to start a program, what’s involved and suggestions on book choices. There will also be a special showing of the Walt Disney film “Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, Too!” for chil dren. 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 A half-inch-long crustacean called a caprellid amphipod does so much voluntary underwater housekeeping that a marine sci entist thinks it might one day be used to keep boat bottoms free of debris. The creature, which resem bles a praying mantis, feeds on the organisms that encrust ocean plants and animals, like the bar nacles that coat the backs of tur tles. The crustaceans are not free- swimming but, while waiting for prey, latch onto algae and solid surfaces. According to Edsel Caine, an associate professor at the University of osouth Caroli na, the amphipod could perhaps be “seeded” on the bottom of boats as a cheap replacement for the $150-a-gallon paint used to prevent overgrowth of barnacles and algae from ocean water. Since the caprellid amphipod is a prolific breeder — one female spawns 1,000 offspring in her eight month life — Caine sus pects it also could become an ideal supplemental feed for aquaculture fish. Villa Oaks West WHAT A BETTER WAY TO START OFF ’83 C 2 Bedroom 1-1/3 Bath Approx. 810 sq. ft. Fireplace $ 340 D 2 Bedrooms 2 Baths Approx. 929 sq. ft. Fireplace local / state Spring enrollment up from year ago r Spring enrollment has in creased 6 percent from last spring with a total of 33,088 stu dents registered this semester. However, official enrollment fi gures will not be available until Feb. 1. Last fall the official enroll ment was 36,127. Enrollment is usually less in the spring than in the fall because of December graduation, Donald Carter, associate registrar of admissions and records, said. William G. Dowling, director of planning and institutional analysis said the enrollment at Texas A&M University has been steadily increasing since 1972 and there are not any plans to control the growth rate. “I think the feeling is that more students isn’t necessarily better,” Dowling said. “There is an optimum size considering United Pres AUSTIN,— forked, u or 1 under i . . Bate and d oui land and resource k the chief has been discussion of Bine court on a ceiling, butenrollrln a “State l>een leveling off overjress to the five years.” Chief Just Bikers that Dowling said he bey be neede the individual collegi islaught" o to control growth «[ gcourtsbytl the colleges of business gineering since that UPtlpe said le most of the increase tBonferrec place. Lawyer predicts praye despite court ruling 395 Villa Oaks West is conveniently located just off FM 2818 in Bryan 1107 Verde Drive 779-6296 779-1136 United Press Internationa! LUBBOCK,— A civil liberties lawyer, who claims some chil dren are hurt by prayer, pre dicted that prayer services will continue in city schools, despite Supreme Court action banning classroom use for religious acti vities. The high court Monday re jected an appeal by the Lubbock school system from a ruling striking down its “equal access” policy. The policy allowed voluntary student religious groups the same right to use classrooms as non-religious groups. “We can’t monitor (the Lub bock school system). We don’t have the personnel,” said Lub bock Civil Liberties Union Lawyer Tom Griffith. “They will violate it (the ruling) some how. They will persist. Some people are very strong about it (the issue). “A religion that can’t hurt you means it can’t help you either. “We’ve had a number of children hurt by prayer.” up Responding to a pledge by Sen. Mark Hatfield, R.-Ore., to introduce a bill to permit Bible studies and prayer groups in classrooms during off-hours, Griffith said, “The ghost of Thomas Jefferson will rise and smite Mark Hatfield." “He’s trying to convince the public on a high emotional issue to go against the Constitution,” he said, “Seminary trained ordained ministers are on the side of the LCLU.” Griffith said “Hatfield or any body” can read polls, and he suggested that they were merely catering to the majority, rather than pursuing what is right. Tom Johnson, who repre sented the Lubbock Indepen dent School District in the case, said the court’s re- to hear the case left the legal issues involving school prayer “definitely still mud dled.” “I’m disappointed,” Johnson said. “ The school board and school administration are dis appointed. The court should tion on 14 a] rlv limited • most signil xas'court sy However, h :klog ofcrin Bid ( bat Bia c prayer fusal tc have taken the case and definitive decision, li tilings essentially thei wertr ’ o However, Johnson« I decision left no (juesixiP- the illegality of using dJ|i for religious services faK districts w ithin thebthllfiimted Prt,s cuit Court of Appeals AUSTIN, — “The Lubbock casesr rch Leagut law in the 5th Circuit,"jgislature m said. “The board willfo es by $700 law.” i in the 198 et budget The Lubbock case he agencies ; 1979, when the LCL'ifhe league longed the district's pn state comp allowing Bible readinflls project ic prayer, teacher-led d e revenues prayers and the dismb i less than 1 Bibles. B f° r the jiod. The school district iji tinned most of theprattH allowed students to met B srooms for prayer sess:^ fore and after classes. 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A large garbage bag was placed over the cell door to ob struct the guards’ vision, Assis tant District Attorney Cordon Dees said. Since Christmas, Rockspc Casua ? 635Ua been three other sexuJ|| cases in the countyjaiU Oporto in the city jail. , L ? Lt. Wt “As long as you na' ■ together, whether injai^B streets or in schools, its|1 „ happen,” Heard said. ^.DOOulC.: have to try and p re ' c , DoVs/n 2 take immediate action 1 . does happen.” ■ ^ The cells are checked ly and are equipped"® way communication enabling prisoners to guard, Capt. C.R. Gain Veorbook Pictures Juniors & Seniors ON€ in ST CHRNC6 I c -• • . ' JflNURRV 24-28 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 1700 Puryear Dr 693-6756 On January 28 at 5 p. m. the studio will dosr> ^ ,vU- al pMures Mill be tater, after that date for the ? 83AggPetnd