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HBHnHBwHK Page 4/The Battalion/Thursday, April 5, 1984 A&M hopefuls can take cruise to Europe in June By KARL PALLMEYER Reporter The Texas Clipper, Texas A&M’s training ship at Galves ton, will set sail for a 10-week tour of several European ports 1 June 2. The Texas Clipper is taken on a cruise each summer to pro vide merchant marine cadets the required training hours at sea to qualify for a merchant marine’s license. The 40-year- old ship is making her 20th voy age this summer. It will carry 230 people — 125 merchant marine cadets, 50 faculty and crew members and 55 “prep-ca- dets.” Prep-cadets are high school graduates who have been ac cepted into Texas A&M and travel on the Texas Clipper with the Summer School at Sea program. Under this program, the prep-cadets are required to take six hours of college courses along with their ship-board du ties. After the voyage, the prep- cadets have the choice of at tending school at Texas A&M at Galveston or at the main cam pus at College Station. “The Summer School at Sea program is one of the most Wilderness Studies Program Explore land use and environmental issues • Outward Bound experience • Fall, spring courses • Quarter credit available For a 4-Color Brochure, contact: 945 Pennsylvania. Dept CP-14 Denver. CO 80203 (303)837-0880 Twisties Twisties Twisties Twisties Twisties Twisties Twisties Twisties Wide assortment low prices The Rainbow Store Post Oak Mall 764-0470 unique offered in the Texas A&M System,” says David E. Schob, an associate professor of history. Schob travels aboard the Texas Clipper as a history teacher and will be making his 14th consecutive voyage on the Clipper this summer. “The Texas Clipper is like a second home to me,” Schob says. “When I’m not at College Station I spend time on the Clipper.” Schob says he had never been on a ship before he was asked to teach history on board the Clipper. Now he says he spends a great deal of time at sea and he plans to continue travelling with the ship as long as the program operates. “I love being at sea for two months out of the year,” Schob says. “It’s very relaxing.” Schob says the students also like being at sea. The prep-ca dets are required to attend classes in the mornings and af ternoons. When the prep-ca dets are not in class, they are re quired to stand watch on deck or work in the engine room. And when the Clipper stops at a port, the prep-cadets are al lowed to travel ashore and tour the cities. “The Texas A&M University System has made a major com mitment to the expansion of maritime research at Galves ton,” Schob says. He sttys the Summer School at Sea program is very beneficial to the mer chant marine cadet program at Texas A&M at Galveston.' He 1 Photo by UNIVERSITY NEWSSERV1CI The Texas Clipper, Texas A&M’s training ship, will sail Aggies to Europe this summer. says about half of the prep-ca dets who travel aboard the Clip per decide to attend school at Texas A&M at Galveston. This year the Texas Clipper will leave Galveston ]une 2. The MSC OPAS Academy of St. Martin In the Fields Octet April 11 Rudder Auditorium Tickets: MSC Box Office 845-1234 ; - - Thanks largely to our SCONA experience, ntire A&M population we reluctantly confess a heretofore well guarded secret: It strikes us that to be an Aggie is an honor which one can be most proud.” -UT Delegates MSC SCONA 28 Texas A&M is a first-class institution with first-class people. Period. -LSII Delegate MSC SCONA 29 SCONA was one of the most valuable and enjoyable experiences I’ve ever had. -York University Delegate Toronto, Canada MSC SCONA 29 Be A Part of the SCONA Experience MSC STUDENT CONFERENCE ON NATIONAL AFFAIRS NEW MEMBER INTERVIEWS APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE ROOM 216 MSC April 2-April 10 15,000-ton ship’s first stop will be New Orleans where the ca dets will attend the World’s Fair and offer public lours of the Clipper June 5-8. While in New Orleans, the cadets also will at tend a firefighting school at Delgado Community College. On June 9, the ship sails for Cork, Ireland. The Clipper also will visit Edinburgh, Scotland; Lisbon, Portugal; and Funchal in the Madeira Islands. Ontht trip home, the Clipper willvist Veracruz, Mexico, and Beau mont. The ship is expected (c arrive back at Galveston Aug. 12. Brazos Beautiful helps B-CS cut back on litter By KATHLEEN WEST Reporter Bryan and College Station are 40 percent cleaner now than in August 1982, according to a survey done by Brazos Beauti ful Inc. But the cities still have room for improvement, says Dorothy Miller, membership di rector of Brazos Beautiful. “We were so bad a year ago that we could get rid of a lot (of trash) and still have a lot,” she said. The survey is done by taking about 200 pictures of randomly selected areas every six months. The pictures are enlarged and set on a 96-square grid. Squares with litter are counted and com pared to those without litter to determine if litter has increased or decreased. The surveyors measure litter in six areas: streets, rights of way (the grassy area on the sides of streets), parking lots, vacant lots, trash bins and loading docks. The surveyors define lit ter as man-made, man-used, misplaced solid waste. Brazos Beautiful, the local chapter of the national Keep America Beautiful organiza tion, has helped the cities de crease littering, Miller said, by making people more aware of the litter problem and by chan ging people’s attitudes. “Everything is aimed at chan ging behavior,” Miller said. According to a study done by Keep America Beautiful people litter for three reasons: they have no pride in ownership, they know someone else will clean it up, and they see that lit ter has already accumulated. Miller said that Brazos Beau- til ul has talked to businesse. schools and community groups throughout Bryan-College Sta tion. She said that resident awareness and attitude changes toward littering have helped make the cities cleaner. Miller said changing behav ior patterns is important in con trolling littering. She said that even il areas are cleaned up,if people don’t change their atti tudes then the areas will be come littered again. Brazos Beautiful is funded by the cities of Bryan and College Station, as well as Brazos Gounty businesses and individ uals. The nonprofit organiza tion is run almost entirely by volunteer workers. Correction The Battalion incorrectly re ported the preregistration pro cedure for the College of Engi neering. Engineering students should report to their depart- ments on the assigned day for them to preregistar to get their forms, have them approved, and deliver them to the Pavil- FIND IT IN THE Tennis Gear Sale! FASHION SPORTSWEAR was $ 14 99 - s 29" Now $488_$688 No refunds or exchanges FREE Can of Tennis Balls and FREE Nylon Strings w/purchase of any Racquet OFFER EXPIRES 4-15-84 CHRMPS YOUR SPORTING GOODS STORE POST OAK MALL 764-0651 aggies . be a me welcom 9323. 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