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Page 4/The Bat+a I ion/Thursday, April 28, 1983 Innertube sailboats sail this weekend for project by Cheryl Burke Battalion Reporter The question is whether a sail boat made of'innertubes can sail against the wind — or whether it can sail at all. The answer will be determined in the Joe Gray Memorial Innertube Regatta at 1,0 a.m. Saturday at Lake Some- ryille. ; Contestants, including sever al environmental design stu dents from Texas A&M, will build homemade sailboats cost ing $50 or less. Six students in an advanced architectural design class are building the boats for one of their class projects. Dr. Duane K. Cote, the pro fessor of the course, says there are real design problems in volved in the projects, such as gravity, buoyancy and balance. Innertubes as well as scrap materials such as plywood, clothesline, and plumbing pipes are used for buoyancy. Cote says he has promised that if any of the students finish the race they will automatically receive an A on the project. “Just finishing would be no small accomplishment,” he says. Ed Doran, commodore of the Brazos Sailing Club, agrees that most of the entries probably will suffer a watery fate. “Half of them will probably be turning over and turning around,” Doran says. The trick will be to get the innertubes to tack — shift back and forth be tween 45 degree angles, which the sails must follow to make any forward progress. “The race really has two pur poses,” Doran says, “First, there is a technical question, but pri marily it’s just a fun outing for anyone who’s interested. There will just be a bunch of crazy peo ple out there with some crazy boats.” Doran expects about eight to 12 entries in the race. He says he knows of one boat which is made of five innertubes. Cote says most of the boats his students are designing use only one in nertube, but they have other additions, such as outriggings. The innertube regatta experi ment was the idea of Joe Gray — a charter member of the sailing club. The race was named in memory of his contributions to the club and to sailing, Doran says. The race will be held in Welch Park at Lake Somerville, starting near the boat launch. After the race, the sailing club will hold its monthly sailboat cruise down the lake. The race is sponsored by the Cl Brazos Sailing Club. ‘Good’ students create society by Kimberly Hix Battalion Reporter A member of the Society of Fellows must have excellent NO MOKS—STOMf —V. ie s At Northgate Grand Opening Happy Hour 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Upstairs $-1 25 I Margarita Special grades and be a recipient of one of four major types of scholar ships. The society provides students who are bright and have extra abilities with an opportunity to organize, Lawrence Cress, adviser to the newly formed group, said recently. The students in the group consist of Lechner and McFad- den scholarship recipients, Pres idents Endowed Scholars and National Merit Scholars. “Maybe it is just another organization,” Cress said. “Yet it is different through its composi tion itself. It caters to a different group of students.” Cress said the group will suc ceed if they have regular attend ance at meetings and activities as well as good recruitment of stu dents. “They’ve got good leaders who are working hard,” he said. “It’s their organization — they can do what they want with the opportunity.” % Alpha Lambda Delta presents Dr. Virgie Nolte on Developing a Positive Selfcept 502 Rudder 7:00 p.m. April 28, 1983 T-S-O Prescriptions Filled Glasses Repaired BRYAN 216 N. Main 799-2786 Mon.-Fri. 8-5 Sat. 8-1 COLLEGE STATION 8008 Post Oak Mall.. 764-0010 Mon.-Sat. 10-9 p.m. Texas State Of^ticae 60 Kegs Live Rock-n-Roll ise by I ■sing ' In 1905 )54) sho cole This u I ith a cl I irmed t h I “I have leai', spa I ways sin jil colors ftcessaril I the tim Near iatisse bt ilio“Mat hibit u-n j fJPrf Ted Callahan, president of the society, agreed that it is an opportunity. “Students need more than the technical education they receive at Texas A&M,” he said. The Society of Fellows pro vides an opportunity for scho larship students to gain more than a classroom education by offering guest lecturers, group activities and trips, he said. The organization was formed last semester, but professors in the Honors Program had been planning to form the group for about a year. “There was a lack of manpow er in the Honor’s office,” Calla han said. “They couldn’t seem to get it organized. I organized the first party and after that it took off.” He said the society plans to be fully organized by next fall. Group committees include re creation and programs, com munications and recruitment. The recruitment committee will provide information about the organization, advertise up coming functions and establish a big brother-big sister program to aid incoming freshman. “Incoming students often need someone to talk to and to help them get to know the cam pus,” Callahan said. “We get to know the freshmen before they get here by keeping in touch with high schools and prospec tive members. “We try to give an alternative — something other than math, physics or English courses. We go beyond courses. Trips to museums, to Austin or Houston will be offered. It’s an opportun ity, not a class.” Blackheart man Thomas Hanes, from Arlington, passes a leaflet out to Eric Uhri to promote the upcoming MSC Town Hall concerts. Both are mechanical engin- allery. om the on Kooj ite in Sa “Jazz” iok in I azz," fr< ,e text, i rtwinini ates in •ength . ees col lite moi ftrlier pa Iplence c ■ lines, a d< ws. Mi ie inte ilors. [The j finted b pting taped d iplied tl Htaff pholo by Eric Ennis Jontanei I mann< Jhich is 1 its name eering freshmen. Joan Jett and Blackhearts will perform tonight «i and Huey Lewis and the News Adam Ant will perform on May 8, Joan Jett 8c Blackheartstal are performing tonight by L IA lean [around t Tickets are available and will be sold at the door for the Joan Jett and The Blackhearts con cert tonight. Huey Lewis and The News will open the concert at 8 p.m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum. The concert is sponsored by MSC Town Hall and tickets are $7.50, $8.50 and $9.50. The Blackhearts have two albums to their credit — “I Love Rock and Roll" and “Bad Repu tation.” “Reputation” was the group’s first album. It was produced at Jett’s expense after the album was turned down by most of the major U.S. labels. “Rock and Roll” followed “Reputation” shortly thereafter, will) I Boardwalk Records label tea it. 1 Jett runs the spectruc| rock with classic pop hitssiid “Crimson and Clover" and Pieces” to hard-rodin!| ginals like “You’re TooP sive." CS Council discusses Plan 2000 tonight [eory tl floati s 'k major ■ Scien ;Stales, Ei Ithi Sovi< [South A wmposii ■ The u lour sess by David Marchand Battalion Reporter The College Station City Council will meet at 7 tonight at City Hall to discuss Plan 2000. The comprehensive plan establishes goals and objectives for the city’s economic, land and housing development. Trans portation and utilities develop ment also are covered by the plan. Other items on the agenda include public hearings on the 1983 block grant application for community development and on the question of rezoning ab out 13 acres along University Drive. The rezoning proposal calls for rezoning the land from a single family residential dis trict to an administrative- professional and a low density apartment districts. The question of rezoning sev eral lots in the Prairie View °f Rudch Heights subdivision fromaiPatioii f< mercial and an industrialdsEssional to a neighborhood businessyut stud< single family residential Barge. tricts also will be consider#! The council also will di» resolution authorizing app tion for a grant to implex crime prevention program animal control ordinance! increased tag fees also id considered. The fr this mon Woman puts her feet down in concrete to protect wall United Press International DALLAS — A woman angered by a neighbor’s attempt to build a wall near her property put her foot down — almost for First Presbyterian Church the last time. The woman, 56, whom police did not identify, tried to disrupt workers trying to build a con crete wall between two lots Tues day. She stuck her feet into the wet cement, police said, but the workers continued. “She sat down and put her feet in the trench as they were pouring the concrete, thinking that would stop the contractor,” said policeman C.L. Good* “It didn’t. When wegot^ she was still sitting there«i- f eet in the cement.” Goodwin said the who argued the wall built on her side of thepr<![ line, was able to pul free. “But her shoes will forever,” he said. 1100 Carter Creek Parkway, Bryan 823-8073 Dr. Robert Leslie, Pastor Barbara Ridlen, DCE SUNDAY: Worship at 8:30AM & 11:00AMl Church School at 9:30 AM College Class at 9:30 AM (Bus from TAMU Krueger Dunn - 9:10 AM Northgate Youth Meeting at 5:00PM Nursery: All Events ATTEMPTED •In rooms 108 and l* Bolton Hall. No serious was reported. Now you know Police beat The following incidents were reported to the University Police Department on April 26. THEFTS: •A fall red parking permit was altered to a spring permit. The vehicle was in parking lot 40. •A Schwinn 10-speed, from the Commons front bike rack. •A green car cover, parking lot 40. •A textbook, from th in a men’s room intheBi# Sciences Building. United Press International Ancient Chinese astronomers first observed sunspots roughly 2,000 years ago. Westerners took quite a bit of time to catch up, first writing of thf blot lotches 1,700 years late 1 ' erroneously believing tl^ be small planets. K Mi ! C Da