t Monday, September 24, 1984AThe Battalion/Page 7 on Minified i) Was Nam; ^ feet of nj ffesaid^ ^-andilj 'abitofjj t Guard x c 3 tr )’to hat r. 11 Practical said of “They cat* «all tlis selves.” oast Guaic le() peratio; f' boats ha; ]lks anniver- tld Rea- udve or- eges and minatelv d-raisiny fade ses- topics as e sector itorically •4G Parents give Brazilian books toA&M library By MICHELE FURLONG Reporter Mr. and Mrs. Ubi Figueiredo, of Houston, have recently donated a collection of 171 Brazilian books to the Sterling C. Evans Library. The Figueiredos, natives of Bra zil, have lived in Houston since 1967 and have two sons attending Texas A&M. Tab is ajunior electrical engi neering major, and Ubi is a senior mechanical engineering major. “We donated a general collection of books on Brazil that we had accu mulated over a number of years...some are novels, encyclope dias, school books, books on the country and history books,” Mr. Fig ueiredo said. All of the books that were donated are written in Portuguese, the lan guage spoken in Brazil. “I have come across many Brazil ian families at A&M, and a majority do not speak enough English and may make good use of books written in their mother language,” he said. Eleanor Nance, who is in charge of donations at the library, said the Figueiredos donated an 18-volume children's encyclopedia and 153 other books. “A lot of the books are classics, some of them are novels and 12 of them are Tarzan books, which went to our science fiction special collec tions,” she said. Mr. Figueiredo said he was send ing his son, Ubi, back to school this weekend with some more books for the library. The Figueiredos received a thank you note from the library, and their name is now on the library donor list and it also was in their publication, The Library Notes. Around town Who’s Who applications available now Applications for Who’s Who Among Students in American Uni versities and Colleges are available at boxes located in the Comman dant’s Office, Memorial Student Center, Student Activities Office, . Zachry Engineering Center, Sterling C. Evans Library, Kleberg Cen ter, the office of the dean of Veterinary Medicine, and the office of the vice president for StudentServices. Completed applications must be returned by 5 p.m. Sept. 28. Students must meet requirements for grade points and com- E leted credit hours. From the qualified applicants, 55 students will e selected to Who’s Who by a committee composed of faculty, staff and students appointed by the vice president of Student Services and the student body president. Any questions should be directed to Chris Carter in 110 YMCA. RJL and H.R. positions available The Department of Student Affairs is interviewing students — graduates and undergraduates — for staff positions in the resi dence halls for the Spring semester. Information and applicati are available from the area housing offices and from Nyla Pton 845-9804. ions Ptomey, Defensive driving class begins today The College Station Lions Club is sponsoring a defensive driv ing course Monday and Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the A&M Church of Christ fellowship hall. The course can be used to receive a 10 percent reduction in automobile insurance rates or for the dis missal of a traffic fine. Registration is from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday at the door. The fee is $20 cash. Call 696-4945 for information. City volleyball entries accepted now ' N The College Station Parks and Recreation Department is spon soring men’s, women’s and co-rec volleyball. Entries will be accepted through Oct. 5. Entry fee is $150 per tehm. Registration will be n ' ' wmmm at the College Station Parks and information, call 764-3773. eld tecreation Department. For more Prisons get more business United Press International WASHINGTON — A survey of 33 states by the Bureau of Justice Statistics found that state judges sen tenced eight out of 10,000 people in the population to prison in 1980 and the number increased to nine per 10,000 by 1981 — an increase of 12.5 percent, the justice department said Sunday. That means many thousands more people were sent to prison in 1981. In a state with 10 million peo ple, for example, that would mean 1,000 more prisoners in a single year. The bureau said the increase “represents a substantial growth in the fraction of the adult population entering prison,” and is part of an upward pattern that has been been evident since 1978. “A larger segment of the adult population is experiencing incarcer ation,” the bureau said. The survey showed the amount of time a criminal stays in prison has re mained about the same in recent years, even though there have been changes in sentencing procedures and a decline in the rate of paroles. “These data suggest that the re cord 12.2 percent growth rate in prison population that occurred in 1981 was more directly related to the increase in commitment rate from courts than to other factors such as sentence length, time served or changes in parole release policies,” bureau director Steven Schlesinger said. The survey, which drew responses from 33 states, showed 121,211 of fenders admitted to prison in 1981 and 101,943 released. There are about 435,000 people in prisons na tionwide. The bureau also said the propor tion of black prisoners rose from about a quarter of the state prison population in 1926 to a third by 1960 and almost 44 percent by 1981. “Blacks represent a growing frac tion of all admissions,” the bureau said. Blacks are about 12 percent of the total U.S. population. The survey showed these other statistics: —Half of all murderers released from state prisons in 1981 had served little more than five years. “About two-thirds of the murderers released served seven years or less. Approximately one of every seven murderers served more than 10 years.” —“Manslaughter offenders served a median term of 25 months. About one in five served 12 months or less.” —Of 840 offenders sentenced to life in prison, half were out in seven years or less. I KAMI!-TV to receive teleprompter By KIM JENSEN Reporter KAMU-TV soon will have a tele prompter to aid in the production of newscasts and to help students get practical newsroom experience. The University-operated station has been plagued with delays in re ceiving the teleprompter, Sheila De trick, KAMU news director, said. The unit was ordered last spring but had to be sent back when it arrived this summer missing a part. Detrick said she expects the equipment to ar rive any day. A teleprompter is an electronic script roller with a screen that is at tached to a camera. Newspeople can read script copy from the screen — alleviating dis tractions to the viewer. The tele prompter can be operated by a foot pedal or a hand roller, depending on the newsperson’s preference. “I have never worked without a teleprompter before,” Detrick, who is also KAMU’s anchorwoman, said. She said KAMU might be the last station in the state to get this kind of equipment. m J! i PEPE’S S erious Taco 39