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, ■ ■ . ... ... ..... p.; 'V. .. l l.rl I..;., ... '■ V >■ ■ ;i.. I ) The Battalion Serving the University community >1.76 No. 146 USPS 045360 14 Pages College Station, Texas Monday, May 2, 1983 louse to investigate lazardous waste sites United Press International WASHINGTON — Hazardous ste from abandoned mine sites in obe, Ariz., and Tar Creek, Okla., II be the focus of a congressional kommittee looking at the EPA’s iof progress in cleaning them up. The House Energy Subcommittee Oversight and Investigations m hearings Monday on the EPA d its policies involving the use of a billion Superfund to clean up zardous waste. Sen. Dennis DeConcini, D-Ariz., d four residents of Globe were teduled to testify today, along with Dr. Vernon Hauk, an expert from the Center for Disease Control. Although the government has known for three years that asbestos tailings were surfacing beneath the Mountain View Mobile Home Estates subdivision, it was not until last month that the EPA offered temporary re location to 130 residents. No cleanup has been done at that site or Tar Creek, which in 1981 the EPA labeled the nation’s worst hazar dous waste site — even more danger ous than Love Canal. The Globe subdivision was built on top of the graded asbestos tailings 10 years ago by the owner of the aban doned Metate Asbestos Co. In Janu ary 1980, after a state water quality inspector discovered the problem, Gov. Bruce Babbitt declared a state of emergency and had topsoil spread over the lots. Since then, the dirt had eroded and the asbestos is resur facing. Lead and zinc from Tar Creek, a 40-square-mile field of abandoned mines mostly in Oklahoma, is con taminating groundwater supplies. Some officials theorized abnormally high cancer rates in the area were re lated to the contamination. lallies mark May Day United Press International Workers from Moscow to Mexico tv marked May Day with marches, lies and sometimes violent demon- adons, with Pope John Paul II mding the keynote in a Vatican eech insisting laborers’ rights be rotected and respected.” The Polish government called 20 monstrations in Poland “miser- le"compared to its claims that 0.5 ion people were drawn to official Hies and parades. There were no pts of arrests or injuries. At the Vatican, John Paul did not mention the clashes but told a crowd of 50,000 in his native Polish that workers’ rights must be “always and everywhere recognized, safeguarded, protected and respected. In France, May Day anger turned against the Socialist government’s au sterity program and unemployment, but all marches were peaceful. 900 Czechoslovakian cities and towns, workers denounced U.S. plans to de ploy medium-range nuclear missiles in Europe. In the Soviet capital, floats, posters and placards lambasted President Reagan as a nuclear cowboy. In most of the communist world, organized marches took an anti-U.S. theme. In Moscow, East Berlin and in In Mexico City, some 600,000 pro government union members mar ched Sunday in an official May Day parade staged in support of austerity measures aimed at easing the coun try’s worst economic crisis in 50 years. Hot Rod Show staff photo by Barry Papke Claire Ochoa and Doug Posey look at one of 54 entries in the TAMU Sports Car Club First Annual Championship Car Show. Professional hot rods were not permitted. The Best in Show was awarded to Todd King and his ’65 GT Mustang. The show took place at Post Oak Mall from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday. Ochoa is a sophomore business major from Victoria, Posey is a sophomore pre-vet major also from Victoria. onstruction, scholarship funds approved by Beverly Hamilton Battalion Staff AUSTIN — Construction of a S 1.2 Ion chancellor’s residence and the ocation of $20,000 for scholarship nds for educationally underpri- eged students at Texas A&M were proved at the quarterly meeting of state Coordinating Board Friday Austin. The proposed house, to be located on a 13-acre site off Jersey Street, probably will be ready for occupation by December 1984. enroll in universities with largely black or Hispanic populations. Pre- The board also voted to revise eligi bility guidelines for the Legislative Academic Scholarship Program for the allocation of scholarship funds for educationally disadvantaged stu dents. The Coordinating Board governs public universities and colleges in ms, including the Texas A&M 'stem. The board approved the construc- an of a 7,291-square-foot house for icSystem chancellor, which will cost lestimated $1.2 million for building id furnishing. The Texas A&M De- lopment Foundation will provide leinitial funding of the project, but ill be reimbursed through indi donations. The guidelines were revised to en courage a broader ethnic mix at pub lic universities in Texas. The new criteria requires that grant recipients be members of an ethnic group that constitutes less than 40 percent of the school’s current enrollment, not be a recipient of any form of athletic scho larship, and be certified as needing the award and indicate intention to complete a bachelor’s degree. White students will be eligible for the awards for the first time if they The board approved the construction of a 7,291- square-foot house for the System chancellor, which will cost an estimated $1.2 million for building and fur nishing. The Texas A&M Development Foundation will provide the initial fund ing of the project, but will be reimbursed through indi vidual donations. vious criteria required that recipients be members of an ethnic minority of the state population. Texas A&M will be allocated $20,000 in such scholarship funds. White students at the University are disqualified from receiving this scho larship. Prairie View A&M and Tarleton State universities each will receive $5,000 in allocation for scholarships. Black students at Prairie View and white students at Tarleton State are not eligible for the scholarship. The board also approved Texas A&M’s request for a doctor of philo sophy in applied psychology degree with majors in industrial and organi zational psychology and community clinical psychology. Also approved was the University’s request for the formation of a depart ment of computer science. Currently, the computer science division is in cluded in the industrial engineering department within the College of En gineering. The new department will offer bachelor’s, master’s and doctor al degrees. The request for the purchase of two tracts of land by the University was assigned to the board’s emergen cy committee for further considera tion. The two tracts — 40.63 acres and 6.64 acres — are adjacent to the Texas A&M campus and surrounded by University property. The board also voted to transfer $2.6 million from the Special Len der’s Allowance Fund to the Student Loan Bonds Interest and Sinking Fund. Lender’s allowance earnings have been used to fund the administrative costs of running the loan program. Excess funds are then periodically transferred to the interest and sink ing fund. Money from the interest See BOARD, page 14 Member of gang is killed Computer system to be updated Tie Dance Arts Society presented “Gotta Dance” Friday . in Rudder Theater. Here, Cheryl Hooks, the ballet teacher for Gotta Dance staff photo by Irene Mees Dance Arts, left, Karen Sandle, Judith Mayer, and Kay Dalton performs “Four Swans.” The dance is from “Swan Lake.” Hostages return to U.S. United Press International MIAMI — Frantic relatives and fends early Monday greeted 220 People aboard a Capitol Air jetliner ■fat had been hijacked to Cuba by a % claiming to have a gasoline Flight 236, which originated in San Juan, Puerto Rico, en route to Miami and then to Chicago, was hijacked at Sunday night when it was 70 miles west of Grand Turk Island. It landed safely at Javana’s Jose Marti Airport, the FBI said. The DC-8, with 210 passengers ^dlOcrewmembers aboard, arrived Miami at 6:18 a.m. after a 50- "rinute trip from Havana. The plane l^nt more than eight hours in Hava- ’i while a mechanic repaired a jam med emergency door. No injuries were reported. A passenger reported the hijacker, who was taken into custody in Hava na, said he was upset because he could not find work. Capitol Air officials also said there was a possibility a gun was used in the hijacking. “He (the hijacker) locked himself in the bathroom,” said Patrick Chalvier, station manager for the carrier, which is based in Smyrna, Tenn. “He passed a note in Spanish saying he had a gasoline bomb and would blow up the plane if the captain did not fly to Cuba.” The unidentified hijacker was taken into custody by Cuban author ities immediately after the plane ar rived. Editor’s note: This is the first of a three-part series on computerization at Texas A&M University. by Kelley Smith Battalion Staff The purchase of a new computer software system will change registra tion, admissions and records, drop- adds and financial aid procedures at Texas A&M, said Robert Lacey, chairman of the task force studying student data software systems. Software is the program that runs a computer. The computer itself is known as hardware. “Our present systems are very old,” Lacey said. “They need to be completely revamped. There very de finitely will be changes.” Last November, the Board of Re gents appropriated funds for the pur chase of a new software system. Presi dent Frank E. Vandiver then set up the Steering Committee On Student Data Software to study different soft ware systems. The steering commit tee set up a task force in March to do the research. Jolie Mailhos, a junior marketing major and the only student on the task force, agrees that the present sys tem is outdated. Current University procedures will require some adjust ments because the new system will be more automated, Mailhos said. The committee is studying three major software vendors — Westing- house, Systems Computer Technolo gy and Electronic Data Systems Inc. — that offer student data software with features appropriate for Texas A&M. Representatives have been visiting other universities that have one of the three in use. Part of Texas A&M’s present soft ware system was purchased in 1969 from Purdue University. The billing and record portion of the system was written by Texas A&M in 1965. The new software system could be an “on-line” system that would be used in various University proce dures. An on-line system would enable a student to register for a class and find out immediately whether or not he could get in the class. The class re quests would be submitted directly to someone at a terminal who could pro cess requests at that time. “The ideal situation with registra- Last November, the Board of Regents appropriated funds for the purchase of a new software system. Jolie Mailhos, a junior marketing major and the only student on the task force, agrees that the pre sent system is outdated. Current University proce dures will require some ad justments because the new system will be more auto mated, he said. United Press International CONROE — Murder charges were pending today against a member of the Banshee motorcycle club accused of gunning down a member of the rival Bandido club during a gang clash at a drag strip Saturday night. Authorities withheld the name of the Bellchase, La., suspect pending his arraignment today. Shot and killed in the fight at the Eastex drag strip north of Houston Saturday was John Keith Bachelor, 30, of Houston. “They got into some kind of dis pute and began fighting, which in cluded some shooting and stabbing,” Montgomery County sheriff Ed De- Forrester said. More than two dozen officers from the Montgomery and Harris county sheriffs helped halt the fighting. Three injured men were trans ported by Life Flight to Houston’s Hermann Hospital and were in stable condition Sunday. Two others were taken to Northeast Medical Center in Humble and were not in serious con dition, DeForrester said. In addition to the man arrested for investigation of murder, several others were charged with disorderly conduct and public drunkenness, De- Forrester said. He said he did not know what the dispute was which led to the fight. Montgomery County Sheriff Joe Corley ordered the drag strip closed Sunday, DeForrester said. tion would be an on-line registration system,” Mailhos said. Lacey said the task force plans to buy such a system for use in all de partments. If such a system were im plemented in the fiscal office, a credit could be made to a student’s account at the same time he pays a bill. The task force also is looking for a system that would be completely inte grated. In an integrated system, a stu dent would have one file that would be used by all the departments that need it. When one department changes information in a student’s file, the change would appear in the files of all other departments. For ex ample, if an address were changed in the fiscal office, it would automatical ly change in all the other departments See COMPUTE, page 14 Sterling C. Evans library will extend its hours this week and during finals week. The addi tional hours will make facilities available for study purposes only. Library services will not be provided after midnight or after 6 p.m. on Saturday. Library hours for today through May 13 are: — May 2-6 — 7:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. — May 7 — open at 9 a.m. and open 24 hours until May 13 at 5 p.m. inside Classified 8 Local 3 Opinions 2 Sports 11 State 4 National 10 Police Beat 4 Whafsup 7 forecast Partly cloudy skies today with a high of 85 and a 20 percent chance of showers. Partly clear tonight with a low near 66. Partly cloudy skies Tuesday with a high near 83. If