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Thursday, July 14, 1983/The Battalion/Page 3 QQ^tolen property recovered racj Crimestoppers buys tips est national Scientific rently cai| r certain! by Eric Evan Lee ch eversi impaign Battalion Reporter ;he Brazos County Crimes- ers program has paid out |e than $8,000 and reco- d more than $350,000 in n property and drugs since |art in November of 1981. ding ifc 8 ? wen ’ a deputy sher- 8 f with the Brazos County Sher- fs Department, which works in vioiat |jth the program, said the aver- Agency ge payout for information King to a grand jury indict- gan, onctjentis between $300 and $500. ss diligeiJpe program is designed to > That nc 0111 " 3 ? 6 residents to work . I I I ith the police departments by ffenng rewards for the supply o pas' j- anv 2 n f orrna tion relating to islurkingB L‘an upti| ” the tre nd they u i. Or sod crimes. The news media provides free coverage to the non-profit program. Channel 3, KBTX, in Bryan, airs a re-enactment of a “crime of the week” — a felony — every Tuesday night on the news. A $ 1,000 reward is offered for in formation pertaining to that crime. The $1,000 is an incen tive for citizens to participate in the project. Informants call Crimestop pers at 775-TIPS to supply in formation to a police officer concerning a crime. If the infor mation results in a grand jury indictment, the person receives a reward. Rewards are determined by a 25 member board of directors that reviews recomendations from the police. The police then determine how useful the sup plied information was, and what was recovered. “We base our reward amount, a lot of it on the amount of the reward we take in,” said Carl Bussell, president of the board of directors of Crimestoppers. At times, an informant will supply information that helps solve many crimes, so a larger reward is granted. When the reward is deter mined, the informant is notified how much he will receive. Payment was originally made by a process similar to a Mission Impossible delivery. The money was placed in a designated area, and the infor mant was instructed to retrieve it at a certain time. However, for security reasons, the money is now delivered through drive- through bank windows. Funds for the Brazos County Crimestoppers program are raised through donations from businesses and individuals. Re cently, groups have doanted $6,450 to Crimestoppers. Darlene Hunter, an employee of RepublicBank A&M and assistant secretary for Crimes toppers, said the organization always is looking for more re ward money, but is in good financial condition. jTesting focuses on redfish agists wkl by Tim Ward nication, ■ r nvavhp' Battalion Reporter a Through a combined effort, eleasedaBTexas p ar k s an d Wildlife iterpillar)Ip ai t ment and the Bryan Uti- ect defi ps Lake Park are conducting II f'romtli«environmental experiment itors are jp 40,000 redfish. heir nature sa i twater fi s h were put ' no the Bryan Utilities 900 acre trees |fc wa ter i a k e in June to study that ie effects of the fresh water on ch undo jg f ls h. The researchers want to commoiipif the fish will survive in the ifferent environment. Dr. Jay Williams, Bryan Parks id Recreation Director, says u/idoulJr • « ieminar able off ly f/irftt by Robert McGlohon Battalion Staff he College of Education, the inter for Teaching Excellence " the Texas Engineering Ex- iment Station will sponsor an uiry conference Monday and fesday that will address the Jject of “Quality Teaching In Technical Society.” gathered The conference, which is s is entirt ded by a grant from the o. 1 fia« tas Engineering Experiment ion, will begin at 9 a.m. Mon in 701 Rudder Tower. sDr. Glenn Ross Johnson, di- orofthe Texas A&M Center Teaching Excellence, said dnesday that the conference ative eno. j CO ncem itself entirely with ~ *"ege teaching, unlike other ilar conferences in which the the experiment will continue for a year and could prove to be very important. “The redfish is a saltwater fish and the Parks and Wildlife Department just wants to see what happens to them in fresh water,” Williams said. “The fish are about 3 to 4 inches long now. After a year, the fish will be caught and examined to see if they have grown normally. If this experiment is successful, saltwater fish will be put into freshwater fish nurseries all over the state.” Williams said the utilities’ lake, located on Sandy Point Road, was chosen because its conditions are suitable for the experiment. “The lake out here is free- flowing, which means it’s always circulating, and therefore, it has the fresh water needed for the experiment,” Williams said. The Parks and Wildlife De partment has used the lake be fore and has it stocked with bass and catfish, he said. People are allowed to fish in the lake for the bass and catfish, but not for the redfish. “It is against state law to catch and keep any fish from this lake that is under 14 inches, and there is no way any of the redfish have grown to be that size,” Wil liams said. Neither the Parks and Wild life Department nor Bryan Utili ties will profit financially or pay money for the experiment, he said. “This experiment is being funded by the state,” Williams said. “It was the state who pro vided the redfish from a fish nursery down in Seabrook. We are just working in cooperation with them and with each other.” Williams says there are no other experiments of this nature being conducted within the state. Educator wants return to back to basic skills United Press International SALT LAKE CITY — The new president of the Universi ty of California systems says the main challenge he faces is the lack basic education in American schools. David P. Gardner chaired the National Commission on Excellence in Education which issued a stinging report oil the status of American education setting off the cur rent furor over the state of education in the nation. Gardner feels high school students are not being pre pared for higher education or for jobs. “We know that for many years student achievement has been declining while grades have been going up,” he said in an interview. “That is due to a lack of expecta tions. We have been expecting less from our students, and they have been giving it to us.” He also feels basic educa tion has been neglected in favor of weaker subjects that don’t prepare students well for future occupations or academic endeavors. “It doesn’t cost any more to teach English than it. does to teach a course in bachelor liv ing or in cheerleading,” Gard ner said. “We need to get back to basic education.” He also feels computer education is “spotty” and at least a half year of computer science should be required for high school graduation, “whether the student plans to attend college or not.” Gardner, 50, who was a vice chancellor in the University of California system before be coming president of the Uni versity of Utah in 1973, said he is returning to a much dif ferent educational and cultu ral environment in California than he left in 1973. Gardner, who becomes the new president of the nine campus California’s system Aug. 1, noted there is no Viet nam war today. He said it was that which spawned the pro test movements heavily felt on West Coast campuses. “I think in the 1960s, there was a softening of standards,” Gardner said. “The students were com plaining in a rather vigorous fashion about what they thought to be the irrelevancy of the curriculum,” he said. “Moreover the economy was very strong at that point and students could anticipate em ployment upon graduation almost irrespective of what courses they took as under graduate students.” Gardner considered be coming a concert pianist be fore settling on education as a career. He is of Utah Mormon heritage, but he grew up in California, near Berkeley. discusses quality teaching ting i loomingl ?rimenis my lawn up thesfi jrmula. ■ rid the k d victims ooks plausible 1 bgrasstia ent of sm ’ I mean tier in s( icationsi lif nter -J Obile ipplying inter wi ow. Thai nticipate k; Ji to enij tow sho« the dam year jrass can can heat bgrass, ear this/ l o’clock. This is ,te surviii rass batlfi bgrass focus has been on teaching in general. “The purpose is to focus on college teaching — to highlight college teaching,” he said. Johnson, in addition to being a sponsor of the conference, will give a presentation entitled “Fa culty Evaluation — The Great Debate.” The presentation will summa rize the “state of the art” of fa culty evaluation, Johnson said, and will not encourage or dis- >articular view- ic presentation, lowever, a panel of guests will respond to Johnson’s presenta tion and discuss different courses of action, he said. The panel members will be Dr. Wilbert J. McKeachie, for mer president of the American courage any pt E oint. After the MM Association for Higher Educa tion and the author of “Teaching Tips: A Guidebook of the Beginning College Teacher"; Dr. Kenneth E. Eble, former director of the Project to Improve College Teaching and the author of “The Craft of Teaching” and “The Aims of College Teaching 1 *; Dr. James E. Stice, director of the Center for Teaching Effectiveness of the University of Texas and the au thor of “First Step Toward Im proved Teaching**; and Dr. Manuel Davenport, Texas A&M professor of philosophy and for mer head of the Department of Philosophy and Humanities. Charles E. McCandless, Texas A&M Associate Vice Pres ident for Academic Affairs, will moderate the discussion. Other presentations during the conference will include: “Elements of Teaching Effec tiveness in Higher Education,” “Innovative Teaching at A&M,” “How to Teach Problem Solv ing” and “The Humanistic Role of the Instructor in a ‘High- Tech’ Society.” Closing out the conference at 1 p.m. Tuesday will be a roundt able evaluation forum, moder ated by the director of the con ference, Dr. Gary Conti. The conference is open to all faculty and students at no charge. Faculty members are en couraged to bring their classes. STA Y IN SHAPE THIS SUMMER Exercise Thru the Summer (thm August 29) For ONLY $30 At BODY DYIMAM ICS College Station’s most exciting exercise studio Classes offered 7 days a week Exercise often as you like, whenever you like. Call 696-7180 or stop by Body Dynamics In the Post Oak Vil lage on Harvey Road. BODY DYIMAAVCS lood drive starts Tuesday by Gwyneth M. Vaughn Battalion Reporter ggies can donate about 15 utes of their time and a pint ilood to the Wadley Blood during a blood drive t week. The blood drive is sponsored ~ udent Government, Alpha Omega and Omega Phi ha. Tuesday and Wednes- y a donation center will be set n the Commons and a blood- will be stationed at Rud der Fountain. Donating blood only takes ab out 15 minutes, Rosemary Alyea, Student Government sec retary, said. The blood then is taken to the Wadley Blood Center in Dallas where it is available to all Texas A&M students, faculty, former students, staff and their families at no charge, Alyea said. To receive the blood, howev er, the user must be at a hospital served by Wadley. Bob Mahurin of Wadley said Texas A&M has the biggest blood drives in the United States. The University usually collects 400 to 450 units of blood during summer drives, he said. Alyea said usually there are 1,000 to 2,000 units of blood re maining at the end of each year, which are donated to various foundations. Texas A&M and Wadley have worked together on blood drives for the past 25 years. ;ader is ar ! MONDAY EVENING TUESDAY EVENING WEDNESDAY SPECIAL SPECIAL EVENING SPECIAL Salisoury Steak with Mexican Fiesta Dinner Chicken Fried Steak w cream Gravy Mushroom Gravy Two Cheese and Onion Enchiladas Whipped Potatoes and Choice of one other Whipped Potatoes w chili Vegetable Your Choice of Mexican Rice Roll or Corn Bread and Butter One Vegetable Patio Style Pinto Beans Coffee or Tea Roll or.Corn Bread and Butter Tostadas Coffee or Tea Coffee or Tea One Corn Bread and Butter Now Better Than Ever. 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