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The Magical % % Poetry The Black Light Theater of Prague t/ S/ c r<? MSC OPAS September 18 Tickets: MSC Box Office 845-1234 MSC AGGIE CINEMA o MOVIE ART MEMORABILIA OF AUSTIN present FALL ’84 MOVIE POSTER AND PHOTO SALE Now through Fri. Sept 7 9. a.m. -5 p.m. I st Floor MSC Page 8/The BattaliorvTuesday, September 4,1984 DEI 301 Patricia 1 Blk North of Campus Theater .1 SK OPEN 7 a.m til 10 p.m. [OP 846-0447 Phone-In Orders Welcome Pepsi 2 Liter Budweiser 12-Pks Hot or Cold Wisconsin Cheddar Cheese 800 Plus Tax SC! 9 $1 89 Plus Tax ^ per pound Plus Tax Ham 'n Swiss I On Rye w/ Lettuce & Tomato Wise Potatoe Chips Pimento Cheese Sandwich 600 Plus Tax # *3%j* 8oz. 800 Plus Tax SEATING AVAILABLE - PRICES GOOD 8-27 thru 9-4 j Astronaut is teased about hair United Press International Houston — The crew of the space shuttle Discovery was awakened Monday with a recording of “Hair” radioea up from mission control as a joke aimed at astronaut Judy Resnik- Resnik’s shoulder-length, layered black hair spreads out wildly in the weightlessness of space, making her look like she has a huge Afro hairdo- After “Hair” finished playing in a wakeup call to the crew, mission con troller John Blaha gave the crew a cheery “Good morning, Discovery.” “Good morning, John,” Resnik re plied. “And I can’t help it.” Astronaut Sally Ride, first Ameri can woman in space, said she had not decided if the attention to Res nik’s hair is warranted, but it is un derstandable. “I think it’s natural to react to per sonal quirks or things that are differ ent,” Ride said in an interview. Ride disliked much of the media attention focused on her during her flight last year. But Ride good naturedly pointed the first time th; out it is not the first time that an as tronaut has been teased about hair. “When Gordon Fullerton went up (on the second shuttle flight), he did his bald routine. He’s really bald and he went through his personal hy giene kit and pulled out his hair brush, looked at it and tossed it over his shoulder. “In this case, I think that’s per fectly natural (to joke about Resnik’s hair). I suspect that Judy was sur prised by it and didn’t notice it her self because it looks like it’s staying out of her face and probably not get ting in her way at all,” Ride said. Ride and another female astro naut, Kathryn Sullivan, are sched uled for the next shuttle flight in Oc tober. Ride said she planned to keep her hair short and curled for that flight. Texas cities compete for naval base United Press International NEW ORLEANS — Seven Texas cities and a trio of Louisiana cities are among 20 municipalities com peting for a Navy base that would boost the economy by as much as $300 million a year. Capt. James J. Ridge last month invited the 20 cities along the Gulf of Mexico to submit proposals with in formation about each city to help military officials select a base site by April 1985. 7 New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lake Charles bnd the South Louisiana Port Commission in St. Bernard are among those considered for the home port of four ships and some 9,000 people. “They want to know about land prices and the local cost of construct- mg the facility they have in mind,” said Jimmy Lyles, executive vice president of the chamber of com merce in Corpus Christi, another city considered. Other Texas cities under consid eration are Houston, Brazosport, Galveston, Port Arthur, Orange and Brownsville. ‘They want information on chan- nel depths and whether a Navy fa- '■'■•’'’"ilre— 1 -- 1 — -I — a i-icivy la.- cihty already is located in town. They want us to prove we have sufficient city services, spare room in our school system and adequate housing to handle additional families in our community,” Lyles said. T HI , — . . , What’s up 5 Tuesday LEGISLATIVE STUDY GROUP: appl ications for mem bership are available in the Student Government Office 213 Pavilion, through Sept. 10. STUDENT GOV’T. FRESHMAN AIDE: applications arc available in 213 Pavilion. Deadline to apply is 5 p.m Wednesday. UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES: students appointed to com mittees last spring must report their current addresses tc Debbie Fleming in the Student Government Office. MSC VARIETY SHOW: applications for committee mem bership are available in the Student Prograrns Office. CENTURY SINGERS: are holding auditions for (he fall st mester. Call 845-5974 for an appointment. TRADITIONS COUNCIL: .ipplu ations are available in the Student Government Of fice, 213 Pavilion. Deadline to ap ply is Friday at 5 p.m. PLANO HOMETOWN CLUB: is h aving an organizations; meeting at 8:30 p.m. in 501 Rudder. WILDLIFE BIOLOGY SOCIETY: Henry Welge will speah: the meeting at 7 p.m. in 137 MS< b WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL: the varsity team will play ihc Bryan-College Station media at 7:30 p.m. in G. Rollif White. MSC GREAT ISSUES: will have a meeting at 8:30 p.m. n; 301 Rudder. TAMU SAILING CLUB: is of fering free sailing lessons at 6:30 in 308 Rudder. p.m. in 601 TSEA: is having an organizational meeting at Rudder. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SAFETY ENGINEERS: * meet at 7 p.m. in 342 Zachary. STUDENT AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF FLORAL DE SIGNERS: will meet in room 105 of the new horticulture building on the west side of campus at ti p.m. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS AND AS TRONAUTICS: wall meet at 7 p.m in 103 Zac hn CO-OP STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will hold officer ek lions at 7 p.m. in 510 Rudder. ON-CAMPUS CATHOLICS: will meet at 9::i0 p.m in the A. Faith’s Chapel. SADDLE AND SIRLOIN CLUB: will meet at 7 p in. in i! ; Kleberg Center. New members are invited to attend. WELLNESS NETWORK: will have a general meeting at ’ p.m. in 164 E. Kvle. All students are welcome. ASSOCIATION OF BIOENGINEERS: will meet at 7 p.m 200 Heldenfels. Dr. Miller will fx* disc ussing “red tape SCAVMA: Baxter Black. D.WM., a cowfx>v )xkm, songwruc: and philosopher will speak at 7 p.m. in Rudder Audit rium. Admission is free. JUDICIAL BOARD: applications for the Student Body j ciai Board will be available to in the Student Govemir Office, 213 Pavilion, through Friday. Positions are open sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduate students. TAMU VARSITY WOMEN'S SOCCER: will practice M day through Friday at 6 p.m. on the Polo Field, behindZ.* hary. Any experienced players interested in plaving sheuk contact Dr. Sue Beall at 845-4502. DANCE ARTS SOCIETY: auditions for tap. ImUci, rnodcr jazz.and point teachers at 7 p.m. in 268 E. K\le. FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: will meet ip * p.m. m 137 & 137 A MSC. TAMU MENS LACROSSE CLUB: is prat tiring at 4 p.m o ery day on the Main Drill Field. Everyone is welcome. TAMU SAILING CLUB: will have* a team meeting to disaw new boats and upcoming regattas at 7 p.m. in 109 MiBtan Sciences. Wednesday WOMEN IN COMMUNICATION, INC.: is having a mem bership reception at 7:30 in 145 MSC. New memljcn art welcome. MESQUITE HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in40? Rudder. SWAMP: is meeting at 8 p.m. at Suilv to elect officers and dir cuss projects. OFF-CAMPUS AGGIES: will meet at 6:30 p.m. in 601 Rud der to discuss open positions, Off-Campus Nile and bon MSC BLACK AWARENESS COMMITTEE: is meeting at ’ p.m. in 701 Rudder. AGGIE GOP: is meeting at 8:30 p.m. in 601 Rudder. Stait i fSenator “Buster” Brown will speak. * I CLUB: is meeting at 5:30 at Mr. Gatti’s in tht Center. Everyone is welcome. AL FORUM: is meeting at 8 p.rn. in 301 Rudder. TEXAS AScU POLO CLUB: is meeting at 7:30 in the Animal Industries lecture room. All new member are welcome. AGGIE BOWLING CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 402 Rudder to discuss tryouts for the traveling team and league organ! F ’85: will meet at 7 p.m. in 501 Rudder to discuss MARKETING SOCIETY: is having an Aloha Party at Bee Creek Park at 7:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Resurgence of small farms as medium ones disappear United Pr^ss International WASHINGTON — The nation’s medium-sized farms keep disap pearing, but the smallest ones are showing skyrocketing growth, the Census Bureau reported Monday. Every state except South Carolina mowed increases in small farms. Texas showed the most growth in number, adding about 14,000 new tarms of 50 acr^ s or less, an increase P ercem from 1978 through 1982. Vermont's 59 percent growth in the smallest farms amounted to only 1,026 new farms. Farms of 50 acres or less grew 17 ?oQo en t- over four years through 1982, the bureau said. It was enough to shrink the national average size of a a rever sal from the pattern early in the 1970s. But mediuni-sized farms, the heart of American agriculture, are declining in number. The big opera tions, which often absorb the me- C * 1 '-r*u' S1Zec ^ ^ arr hS> stayed steady. , Tbe strong growth of small farms L e P l overa ll decline in the num ber of farms down to less than 1 per cent in the fourvy ear period, one of the smallest declines in recent de- cades. By 1982, there were 2.241 HyzH farms C ° m P ared to 2 - 257 in r s * ze °f an American farm, 449 acres i n 1978, dropped to 439 acres in 1984. I hat s very unusual, because for years the farms have been getting Ma^Burch 26 ’ ^ bureaU ana,ySt , ^ Ut , ty> 5 cen sus of agriculture we the number of medium sized farms, tho se from 50 to 999 tQ7 e i’ d ^ d , 1 ooo b y 209,000 between I^V nd I 9 ? 2 ’ to 1 -442,203. That’s C !V| C about 1.6 percent a year, farms have multiplied on th^ f nn & es 0 * cit ies, suggesting that f rmS P art -time pursuits of ^ “n- e wor ^ in g full time elsewhere. Its some sort of sociological phe- n ’ Bu u rch said. “We aren’t fantns > ’’ SUre who ’ s £ot those smaller The popularity of “pick-your- own do-it-yourself plots is also cred- farm r ^urgence of small plots. L AN. bo< mi formal da\ ni 34 • > can li ma nit wit h 3 Dallas over tl season The over ol in cash Hofl and w bai ker ball scoope yards t next j) lef t en defend Ms Ai the op< ; On i Green willing fifth-n the tra cfiptetl and re las 44 Lansfo to "> '■ 1 5:25 of Tht- up will on (he Burch speculated that appareitf big farms, pressed for casn, til. sold off small i The latest census study showed! change among the biggest far® made up of whiit used to be I* dium-sized family run operations The number of farms with 2,(1 acres or more rose by 1,224 infd years to 64,525. The comparatively few larf farming operations had a huge,if ten dominant share of product and sales, as indicated by these c? sus numbers: • Only 1 percent of the farf sold 43 percent of the cattle. • Only 2 percent of the farmit operations raised 79 percent of ill poultry. • 16 percent of the farms sold" percent of ah hogs. I