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Wednesday, October 5, 1983/The Battalion/Page 3 Technology group to hold discussions Con, "a use leirhoi with (n fur moon ions ctions staff photo by Mike Davis Checking the glass oted, ha ridayaft i charal) that mi[ membeij ! portani )ne of i or Hi n mah that The tin p the ra ines> id id. Pennie Shelley, a senior pre-physical therapy major from Hillsboro, examines stained glass art that was displayed Tuesday at the crafts show outside the Memorial Student Center. by Michael Raulerson Battalion Reporter The Appropriate Technology Group will hold the first of a series of panel presentations and audience discussions tonight entitled “Man, machine, or animal, who should do the work?” Tonight’s session is at 8 in 203 Zachry Engineering Center. The two remaining sessions are scheduled for 8 p.m. on Nov. 2 and 16 in the same room. The panel is composed of five professors from different disci plines who will present their views on today’s world technolo gy. Panel members are Dr. De nnis N. Bingham from the mechanical engineering depart ment, Dr. Earl F. Cook from the geography department, Dr. James H. Copp from the sociolo gy and rural sociology depart ment, Dr. Edna L. McBreen from the agricultural education department and Dr. Bruce Seely from the history department. Seely will give a brief history of the changes in technology and changes in the power used to accomplish tasks, secretary of the technology group Greg Elliott says. Copp will discuss the ethical questions and the im pacts due to the changes in tech nology. After the speaker presenta tions, the panel will discuss the information presented. The au dience can ask questions at this time. The group was formed in the fall of 1982 with the goal of ex amining the wide scope of appropriate technology — tech nology deliberately adapted to fulfill the needs of society with the fewest consequences, according to the group’s consti tution. President Terry Ensley said although membership in the group must be at least half Texas A&rM students, the pub lic, University staff and faculty also may become members. COOL 6 CLEAN 7 Days a Week LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANING 3702 S. College Bryan, Texas 846-2872 OPEN 24 HRS. PER DAY Successful marketing drive elays MCI code delivery by Bob Caster Battalion Reporter If you ordered MCI phone T 11,1 jsei vice two weeks ago and ha ll ue i musi distric camp ernoo at com u ‘ s arlyoii ral life aker, n't received it yet, you’re not Many students who dered the long distance ser- :e are still reaching out and aching someone at regular im Currie, president of the arketing Society, which is onsoring an MCI registration ive in the Bryan-College Sta- n area, says new customers re to receive information :kets and access codes in the I Tail two weeks after their sub- riptions were processed. He id, however, that MCI is run- ^ng about five days behind on orders for this area. The main reason for the de- , Currie said, is that MCI re ived more orders than antici ted during the initial sales g to I |rive. MCI set a goal for the soci- y of 350 subscriptions— 1 per- nt of the student body. “We [ready have 3,000 sales in our itial drive,” he said. Currie said all University mpus orders are processed rough MCI’s main office in Washington, D.C. Because of tremendous number of sub- riptions at Texas A&M, all [usiness in the Bryan-College garflOBtation area has instead been uted through MCI’s Houston St oft alwa] “ople then, ssies you id toll With this change, MCI hoped to distribute information pack ets and access codes to the new customers within the two-week MCI is concentrat ing on the colleges and people our age because it ensures their service for the future. ” — Mar keting Society president Jim Currie. ime limit. The access code is a number dialed prior to the phone number when placing a long distance call. This makes a record of the call on the com puter. Currie said all new subscrip tions should be on the computer in Houston and that people who have not received anything from MCI should call a toll free num ber (1-800-392-9724) and they will be given their access code number. The Marketing Society got the idea of representing MCI from other schools around the nation, Currie said. MCI had not focused on the Bryan- College Station area until the society approached them with a proposal for the campus, he said. “We’re attacking this profes sionally and giving our members the marketing experience which is what the society is all about,” he said. “MCI is concentrating on the colleges and people our age be cause it ensures their consumer service for the future,” he said. The company is sponsoring a sales contest involving 120 schools. Currie said that Texas A&M currently is leading all of the schools in sales. 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