Texas A&M
Mori
Serving the University community
College Station, Texas
Wednesday, November 30,1983
Results now visible
on UT, A&M efforts
by Michelle Powe
(Editor’s note: This is the second
in a two part series on coopera
tion between Texas A&M and
the University of Texas.)
Battalion Staff
Administrators from Texas
A&M and the University of
Texas are hopeful about the
growing cooperation between
the two schools — and are begin
ning to reap the first rewards of
their combined efforts.
Administrators from the two
schools have met several timei
this year to open the lines of
communication between the two
schools and discuss ways they
can cooperate in academics.
Less than three weeks ago,
the schools saw the first result of
their cooperative meetings —
the first joint marine operation
between the schools since they
formally agreed earlier this year
to share Galveston-based
marine facilities and personnel.
About 40 university, federal
and energy company officials,
on a six-day research cruise
aboard two ships, conducted
geological and geophysical ex
periments on the continental
shelf off the Texas Coast.
The officials, aboard the 174-
foot Gyre from Texas A&M and
the 165-foot Fred H. Moore
from UT, were specifically look
ing at the rock structure under
the sea bed in the Gulf of Mex
ico, said T.K. Treadwell Jr.,
associate professor of Oceanog
raphy at Texas A&M.
The experiments were sup-
ported jointly by the U.S. Geolo
gical Survey and oil company
representatives.
Treadwell said there prob
ably will be another research
cruise in about a year, and even
tually there probably will be
similar cruises several times a
year.
He said that by sharing pier
space, machine shops, radio
equipment and personnel, the
universities will save money —
possibly as much as $50,000 to
$100,000 a year.
Texas A&M President Frank
E. Vandiver said the financial
and academic advantages of the
two schools working together
are boundless.
“This cooperation is going to
enable us both — both the Uni
versity of Texas and A&M — to
do things that we wouldn’t be
able to do otherwise,” he said.
One program that Texas
A&M and UT are considering
for joint support, which neither
school could afford alone, is a
telecommunications network
between the schools.
Committee
Sen. Parmer asks locals to advise him
by Elaine Engstrom
Battalion Staff
State Sen. Hugh Parmer swept
through Bryan-College Station Tues
day morning on a brief whistlestop to
announce a committee of supporters
from the 6th Congressional District.
Parmer’s Federal Exploratory ity
Committee includes local people such Ht
outside the Memorial Student Center
Tuesday morning for the Lambda Sigma
sophomore honor society. The money
made will go towards their spring banquet.
More violence in
both sides bomb,
Lebanon:
kidnap
United Press International
BEIRUT, Lebanon — New secta-
violence battered Lebanon Tues-
with a Druze Moslem artillery
bardment crashing into Christ-
held areas of the country and a
of kidnappings by both Christian
Shiite Moslem gunmen,
he Druze barrage swept from the
tistian town of Jounieh north of
eirut, through the Christian east of
1 capital and onto the southern sub-
he near U.S. Marine positions at
work"((eirut Airport.
ed a P residents scrambled for cover into
wages'■enients anc [ hallways as 700 shells
oy saw ■shed down, Christian Phalange
intial: adio said. Preliminary reports listed
tive. ive people dead and about 27
iounded, some seriously,
oh Ref jOfficial Beirut radio identified the
nofiR>TOrce of the shelling as the Upper
:d4O0' r jfetn mountains, a Druze area within
ian-controlled sector of Leba-
east of the capital.
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A main power station was reported
hit, forcing Beirut back onto power
rationing after only a one-week break
from three months of restrictions.
The darkened streets made a 3-
month-old 8 p.m. curfew even more
oppressive.
After Christian Phalange militia
men kidnapped several Shiites on the
highway south of Beirut, Moslem
gunmen retaliated by seizing two
buses loaded with 60 Christian em
ployees of Middle East Airlines, the
Lebanese flag carrier.
Intervention by the committee of
Lebanon’s warring factions that su
pervises an oft-broken 2-month-old
cease-fire reportedly won the release
of the airline employees and the other
kidnap victims.
It was the first reported outbreak
of kidnappings between the pro
government Christian militia and the
Shiites’ militia, Amal, since the Shiites
sealed off their southern suburbs of
Beirut at the end of August.
as College Station Mayor Gary Halter,
former county judge W.R. Vance,
and Dr. Arnold Vedlitz, associate
dean for research in the College of
Liberal Arts at Texas A&M, and civic
leader Marlene Muse. The committee
was formed to advise Parmer on his
campaign for the congressional seat.
Parmer said he is asking the com
mittee members to visit with their
friends and neighbors to see if they
feel a Parmer campaign for congress
Would be well-received.
Although he has not officially de
clared his candidacy for the 6th Dis
trict seat, Parmer said he would
announce any decision to run within
10 daiys.
If he becomes a candidate for U.S.
representative, Parmer, a Democrat,
will join the crowd of politicians an
xious to fill the seat to be vacated by
present Congressman Phil Gramm.
Gramm will seek the Republican
nomination for the U.S. senator posi
tion to be vacated by John Tower.
Parmer, 44, currently lives in Fort
Worth and served as mayor of that
city and on its city council before get
ting elected to the Texas Senate. Par
mer was co-author of the Public Util-
Commission reform bill of 1983.
He also was the author of legislation
authorizing the use of video tape testi
mony in child abuse cases.
When asked about his support in
the 6th District, Parmer said that the
district is “an unusual one.”
“The 6th District,” Parmer said,
“includes urban areas, rural areas and
small town communities. People in
the district have a strong concern for
this country. It is a microcosm of
America.”
Parmer said recent polls showing
him behind by a five to one margin
are too early to give any real measure
of his support.
“Polls at this stage of the cam
paign,” Parmer said, “are simply a
measure of name visibility. This is a
wide-open race. I intend to use a lot of
shoe leather and get to know the peo
ple in this district.
“I wouldn’t claim to be a frontrun
ner at this point. I’ve never been on
the ballot in any county in this district
except Fort Worth. I believe that 50
percent of the voters are undecided.”
Parmer said that if he runs, one poll
he would take would be to find out
what the issue concerns of the people
in the 6th District are.
Speaking about Congressman
Gramm, Parmer said he was “less
flamboyant” than Gramm, but he
i thinks Gramm has done a good job.
Research parks
Vice chancellor sees need for long-range perspective
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lunny and cool, with a high of ab-
l)ut 62.
Memorial services for Jolie
Mailhos will be Thursday at St.
Mary’s Catholic Church. Father
Leon Strider and Father A1 Palermo
will officiate at the 4:30 p.m. service.
Mailhos, who was an active mem
ber of Student Government, was kil
led along with her father, grand
father and brother in a plane acci
dent Saturday. Mailhos was travel
ing to Louisiana after the Texas
A&M-University of Texas football
game.
The following is a list of impor
tant dates for the remaining of the
semester:
Dec. 5 Degree candidate grade
reports will be mailed to local
addresses.
Dec. 7 Degree candidates clear
list posted by 8 a.m.
Dec. 8 Degree cendidates must be
cleared by 12 p.m.
Dec. 9 Last day of fall semester
classes. Last day to withdraw from
e University.
Dec. 9-10 Commencement.
Dec. 12-16 Final exam period.
Dec. 20 Final grades will be distri
buted and mailed to permanent
addresses.
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by Ronnie Crocker
Battalion Staff
The growth of the planned Texas
A&M research park should not be ex
pected to come quickly but should be
looked at in a long-term perspective,
says Dr. Mark Money, vice chancellor
for research park and corporate rela
tions.
His remarks were made Tuesday
night at a presentation about the four
Bryan-College Station area industrial
parks.
Mail-outs have been sent to several
companies about locating in the new
f >ark, which will be on 318 acre tract of
and near Easterwood Airport be
tween University Drive and Jersey
Street.
The initial response has been that
the companies are not now consider
ing expansion but that they would be
interested in finding out more about
Texas A&M if they should consider
expansion in the future. Money said.
He said this is due to several
reasons. One is the narrowness of the
field of industries that would be
acceptable in the new park’s environ
ment.
Money said also that in these early
stages mail-outs are usually stored for
later consideration and people
shouldn’t “expect a mushroom effect”
of growth anyway.
One building, however, already is
committed to the park. Ocean Drill
ing Research, a National Science
Foundation project related to worl
dwide deep water scientific drilling,
will be part of the new park.
The approval last week of the
park’s master plan by the Texas A&M
Board of Regents allowed the park
planners to proceed to the design of
the first construction stage, which in
cludes the building of roads, land
scaping and utilities hookup.
Money said the University should
be ready to accept bids on the actual
construction next summer. The com
pletion of this first stage is scheduled
for 1985.
In relation to the other three in
dustrial parks in Bryan and College
Station, Money said a recent govern
ment report showed that the “pre
sence of a university acts as a magnet”
in attracting industry to an area.
In a separate interview Tuesday,
Money said that industries can benent
from locating in the Texas A&M park
for several reasons. One of the most
important advantages to locating in
the Texas A&M park is that it is an
attractive site with a campus-like en
vironment. He said it will be an exten
sion of the campus.
Other advantages include:
Students and graduates would be
available for part-time and full-time
employment.
Small companies that cannot
afford certain equipment would be
able to borrow from the University.
Employees of the various indus
tries would be able to attend con
tinuing education classes and the
sporting and cultural events on the
campus.
The University also would benefit
from having research companies so
near. Employees could serve as con
sultants to faculty.
Money said the University’s image
would be enhanced by having so
much research capability so near. He
said he hopes some industries will
donate equipment to the University.
B-CS a good area for industrial growth, officials say
by Brigid Brockman
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Battalion Staff
Representatives from the four local
industrial parks agreed Tuesday
night that Bryan-College Station is
ideally positioned to serve a variety of
‘‘industries, but they also said the parks
will face stiff competition from those
in the Houston-Dallas area.
The presentation at the Brazos
Center was sponsored by the Bryan-
College Station Chamber of Com
merce.
More than 3,000 acres of industrial
sites are available in the four indust
rial parks, and sites are available for
such industries as manufacturing,
warehousing, high-technology and
research laboratories. Each of the
parks have a slightly different focus.
The Brazos County Industrial
the park, said the sole purpose ol
park is to create jobs. By having
immediately available for Indus
Park is a 470-acre park at the intersec
tion of FM 2818 and Highway 21 in
Bryan.
Dick Peacock, a representative for
the park, said the sole purpose of the
sites
industrial
prospects, he said, the community
and industry will benefit.
Job opportunities in the park exist
in printing, construction, petroleum
related fields, machine shops, distri
buting and warehousing.
The Bryan Industrial Park is a 610-
acre park at FM 2818 and Mumford
Roaa. It was created in 1982 by the
Bryan City Council.
Edwin Latta, executive director of
the Bryan Development Foundation,
said some of the features of the park
will be concrete streets and boule
vards, sites suitable for campus-type
research and rail served sites for light
!to heavy industry. A 20-acre recrea
tional park also is planned within the
,610-acre tract to provide facilities for
park tenants.
Latta said the main goal is to en
hance the total economic develop
ment of the Bryan area, but another
major goal is that of downtown revita
lization.
College Station’s “The Parks” will
cover 2,300-acres, five miles from
Texas A&M on Highway 6 South.
The park will be jointly owned by
the city of College Station and the pri
vate sector. Approximately 700 acres
of business sites will be available. The
development plan also includes an 18-
hole golf course, country club, resort
hotel, convention center and more
than 400 residential sites.
D.H. Goehring, representative for
“The Parks,” also cited the creation of
jobs as a major goal of the park. Texas
A&M will be an asset in luring indus
tries to this area, and it is the “anchor
to economic viability,” he said.
The Texas A&M University Re
search Park is on a 318-acre site on the
campus. Dr. Mark L. Money, vice
chancellor for Research Park and
Corporate Relations, said he is look
ing forward to the next 20 years, and
that the four industrial parks should
accomplish a lot if they work as a
team.