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r Ml 4k MSC RECREATION ^\r & BOWLING fcf GAMES/UNIV. CENTER PRESE NTS WHITE EXHIBITION ^aaturing Internationally Famous Pocket Billiard & Trick Shot Artist OCT 11 THURSDAY Il-X MSC MAIN LOUNGE The Survival Game is chess in the woods. Its a team sport played with men and women from all walks of life ... each carrying a CO 2 pistol that shoots paint-filled pellets. The object is for your team to find the enemy’s flag, hidden somewhere in the woods, and return it to your own flag station - - while stopping the enemy from doing the same. And you can stop the enemy with a squeeze of a trigger and a splatter of paint. COST: $11.00 Introductory Pate (All Equipment and Safety Goggles Included) Groups from one to thirty players velccme RESERVATIONS/INFO. CALL 764-1066 Pi'I Inc. P.0. Box 9417 College Statical, TX 77840 SKI CHRISTMAS WINTER PARK $425 or $445 includes most meals M S c T CRESTED BUTTE $320 Jan 5-12 Jan 6-13 A v E L more info call Travel (845-1515) Trip sign ups start Oct. i o Room 216 MSC Page 6/The Battalion/Wednesday, October 10, 1984 PUC denies company’s rate increase United Press International AUSTIN — Opponents ofa.Jp| million rate increase being soughtbi Texas Utilities Electric Co., toldtl Public Utility Commission Tuesdai the rate hike should be denied be cause the company’s earningsarei reach embarrassingly high. “The proof of the pudding'is in the tasting, and the bottom lineisthe financial performance of the com. pany,” said Earnest Casstevens, a lawyer for a group of electric coop eratives. “The financial perfor mance of the company is embarrass- ingiy high.” l he full PUC was poised toissuea f inal order af ter a commission exani- iner’s recommendation that tht company receive only a $7 mjllipa increase. Casstevens was joined Tuesday ft Assistant Public Counsel Geoffm Cay in criticizing the Dallas-basd utility’s request for any rate increase, "It is imperative that the commis sion recognize that it is entirely inap- propriate lor the company to here- warded for its greed,” said Cap, whose agenc y represents residential and small business rate-payers. T he TUEC said it needed the rate increase to assure continuation o[ major construction projects, includ ing the Comanche Peak nudear power plant and four coal-fired plants. Proof of the company’s declining finances, the TUEC spokesman said, is that its common stock is sellingbe- low hook value. But Casstevens said the decrease in stock prices is related to problems with the ST billion Comanche Peal it ideal plant near Glen Rose, whick has been plagued by cost overruns and delays. Solar prospector prepares for future galactic gold rush What’s up Wednesday MSC HOSPITALITY: applications for the 1985 Miss TAMU Scholarship Pageant arc available in the MSC Main Hall. For more information, contact Aim Glynn 764-1 724. AGGIE SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY: will meet in T he Un derground (behind Sbisa) at 7:30 pan. to discuss field trips and review cave safety. Anyone interested in caving is wel come. TAMU GERMAN CLUB: is meeting at 5:30 p.m. at Mr. Ga»- ti’s in the Skaggs Center. GAY STUDENT SERVICES: ts^meeting today. For more in formation call Gayline, 775-1797. MUSICIANS’ CLUB: is having a joint meeting with the Au dio Engineering Group at 7 pan. in 104B Zachry. A pro gram on nightclub sound design will be presented. MSC OUTDOOR RECREATION: is having a mandatory pre-trip planning meeting at 7 pan. in 704 Rudder for any one wanting to attend the Enchanted Rock backpackin- g/rockclimbmg trip on Oct 12, 13, 14. MSC NOVA: officers are meeting in the Student Programs Of fice conference room at 7:30 pan. TAMU BIOCHEMISTRY SOCIETY: Dr. John Wilson from Baylor College of Medicine w ill speak about research and Baylor Medical School at 7:30 p.m. in 1 13 Heep. POLITICAL FORUM: Illinois Congressman Philip Crane will speak on “Perspectives on Election ’84" at 2 p.m. in 701 Rudaer. ALCOHOL AWARENESS PROGRAM: there will be a free, non-alcoholic beverage bar serving your favorite drinks at Rudder Fountain from 10 a.m. to £ p.m. MARANATHA CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: is meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Viking Apartment Clubhouse for a Bible study. STUDENT Y SHARE GROUP: is meeting at 7:30 pan. in the All Faith’s Chapel f or a time of devotion and sharing. UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRY: Aggie Supper will be at 6 p.m. at A&M Presbyterian Church. A program on humor in the Bible will be presented. ECONOMICS SOCIETY: will meet at 8 p.m. in 401 Rudder to discuss upcoming events and activities. FRENCH CLUB: wall meet in 228 MSC at 7:30 p.m. Items for What's Up should be submitted to The Battal ion, 216 Reed McDonald, no less than three days prior to desired publication date. United Press International LUDLOW, Mass. — While the crew of the space shuttle Challenger was completing its work T uesday, a Ludlow man was planning for fu ture shuttle trips whit h he hopes will lead to a space-age gold rush. Thomas Budnick, 38, thinks the solar system is rich in gold, silver, di amonds and other precious metals, he said. He has staked claims on more than 50 asteroids and planets. “There’s gold there,” Budnick said. “They’ve already proved that. The asteroids are especially loaded with gold, and lots of platinum and strategic metals.” Budnick, relying on mining laws dating from 1872, has registered deeds to the claims with the only clerk he could find to take them, in the Sabine County Courthouse in Hemphill, he said. Officials in three Massachusetts counties refused to register his claims. But the clerk in Texas agreed, as long as Budnick paid the filing fees of $3 for the first page and $2 for each additional page. “I’m doing the best I can to ex pand our f rontiers,” Budnick said “America has to expand. Histoti cally, a nation that fails to expand collapses.” Budnick, who estimates his clam are worth trillions of dollars, saidli) f riends and co-workers d^n’t tali his hobby seriously, but he (hint he’ll eventually be proven correct. '‘Just look at American histon, he said. “T homas Jefferson's Jli million purchase of Louisiana desc ribed as worthless wilderness.' Budnick’s claims include an astti oid between Mars and Jupitercalfd Ceres. < < D B) They During blendin ronmen fatigues browns Durii desks, i hind trf On t survival Weeker with tht As H ily rou plied w: imagin; Sunday Game. 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