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February 24, 1983
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A former art director for the
television show Saturday Night
hive, who also is a former Texas
A&M student, said here
Wednesday that his background
in architecture was instrumental
in his success as a set designer.
Chris Nowak, who also
helped with the art direction for
the movies “Arthur” and “Fort
Apache the Bronx,” told a
group of Texas A&M environ
mental design students that stu
dents considering set design as a
Career should seriously consider
getting a degree in architecture.
Nowak graduated from Texas
A&M in 1972 with a degree in
environmental design,
f After Nowak got his master’s
degree from Yale University in
1975, he went to New York City
and worked on Broadway plays.
Although he continued to work
on plays, in 1977 he decided to
move into movies and television
because he was not making
enough money working on
Broadway, he said.
Whether a set designer de
cides to work with plays or film,
he said, it almost is a necessity to
live in a large City.
“If you want to be in this field,
you really need to live in a large
city like New York,” he said.
“Even il you are a really good
set designer, most of your suc
cess will come from who you
know,” he said.
Because Yale is a well-known
school, Nowak said he was able
to make many contacts with suc
cessful people.
“Once you get in with the
right people, then you will have
a good chance of always being
able to get a job,” he said.
Nowak worked for Saturday
Night Live for one year because
he wanted to learn how to work
with live television, he said.
Although there were many
advantages to the job, Nowak
said, he left because he didn’t
want the pressure associated
with it.
“Monetarily it was a good job
... but I worked over 80 hours a
week and I never got to see any
one ... not even my family,” he
said. “When I accepted that job,
I condemned my life to doing
nothing else.”
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A new financial aid director
will be hired at Texas A&M later
this spring, the vice president
for student services said
Monday.
Dr. John J. Koldus said the
new director will be on the job by
the beginning of summer
school.
Thirty-seven people have ap
plied for the position and the
number of applicants has been
narrowed to 15, Koldus said.
Dr. J. Malon Southerland,
assistant vice president for stu
dent services and acting finan
cial aid director, said he is not
being considered as a perma
nent replacement for the job.
Koldus said none of the re
maining applicants are from
within the Texas A&M system.
Members of the financial aid
staff, department heads, stu
dent leaders and a faculty advis
ory committee will assist in the
final selection of the new dire
ctor once the applicants are nar
rowed down, Koldus said.
The selection process, which
began last October, has been
lengthy because certain require
ments are expected of appli
cants, Koldus said.
“We’re looking for someone
with a high energy level, super
ior administrative style and pub
lic relations and leadership abili
ties,” he said.
Building burglarized;
> 1,000 damage done
Between Jan. 3 and Jan. 10,
the Model Railroad Society at
2520 Roundtree in Bryan was
burglarized. An AM-FM port-
luncheonj able radio, an extension cord,
Brazos County
and a phone headset were taken,
nd over $ 1,000 worth of dam-
ge was done. Several other
uildings in the area also were
broken into during this time
fepan.
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call Crime Stoppers at 775-
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tion this w x eek and it eventually
leads to an arrest and grand jury
indictment, Crime Stoppers will
pay you $1,000 in cash. You will
be issued a special coded num
ber, so you don’t have to reveal
your identity.
Crime Stoppers also pays
cash for information on un
solved felony crimes or wanted
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f h Midi B L an g proposed that a joint
ot n _ blood drive be held on campus,
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ent jlions to Wadley Blood Bank and
„ ; J |o Red Cross. Wadley Blood
Bank presently collects about
,000 units of blood a year from
exas A&M, Lang said, and Red
ross wouldn’t be able to use
that much blood.
We don’t need to be the sole
rce for blood drives,” Lang
aid. The Red Cross has facilities
jo handle a large blood drive,
but it would not result in the
i tnost efficient use of blood, he
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andU®! Phyllis Swanton, administra
tor of the Central Texas Red
Ipross Blood Center, agreed.
1 “We recognize that Wadley
lihas a tremendous need in Dal
las,” she said. “We in no way
ifvant to interfere with the tradi
tion here.”
| Dr. Norwood Hill, president
bfWadley, said he would agree
to the joint blood drive if Stu
dent Government made that de
cision.
I “We’d like to have all the
blood,” Hill said, “but w'e’ll go
ith whatever you (Student
overnment) decide.”
I Student representatives did
not like the idea of a joint blood
drive because it could confuse
students who were accustomed
to donating blood to the Wadley
Blood Bank each year.
1 Linda Thomas, assistant con
tinuing programs coordinator
for Student Government, said a
joint blood drive would promote
Unhealthy competition between
two organizations.
| Wally Brewster, continuing
programs coordinator for Stu
dent Government, said the main
issue was whether Texas A&M
students and faculty have a re
sponsibility to the community to
supply the extra 175 units of
blood needed.
I Figures provided by Red
Gross and Wadley Blood Bank
show that Texas A&M students
and faculty already participate
in Red Cross blood drives to
some extent, Thomas said, so
Texas A&M students are
already fulfilling their responsi
bility to the community.
“We are already giving blood
to the community, and their
argument is not really substan
tial,” she said.
The student committee de
cided to renew its contract with
Wadley Blood Bank for the next
two years. It suggested that Red
Cross increase publicity to en
courage participation in its
blood drives to make up for the
175-unit shortage. \
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