Monday, October 15, 1984/The Battalion/Page 3
Broadcast
to include
local experts
University News Service
mcukural experts at Texas A&M
fill be among tnose participating in
nationwide satellite teleconference
iiesday with officials in Washing-
on, D.C.
The three-hour “National Town
Meeting” broadcast is being held in
onnection with World Food Day
nd begins at 11 a.m. with a message
rom President Ronald Reagan fol-
owed by a one-hour panel dis-
ussion.
The A&M receiving site is Room
01 of the Memorial Student Center
here the audience can participate
i a live question-and-answer session
ikh the Washington panelists. Flor
iculture professor Dr. Benton
torey will facilitate the A&M por-
ionofthe discussion.
Panelists are Secretary of Agricul-
urejohn Block; M’Alineo Tau, am-
assador of Lesotho; U.S. Rep.
lickey Leland of the House Select
iommittee on Hunger; Dr. Ruth
inney, Food and Agriculture Orga-
lization; Dr. Frederick Hutchinson,
loard for International Food and
^riculture Development; and Dr.
Mliam Byron, founder of Bread
or the World.
Observation of World Food Day
omes seven months before an inter-
ational conference on food and wa-
trtobe hosted by A&M. Flans for
he conference, entitled “Water and
Vater Policy in World Food Sup-
ilies,” were set in motion in 1981 by
i&M President P'rank E. Vandiver.
Rain didn’t stop food, fun-filled Fest
By VIVIAN SMITH
Reporter
Rainy weather didn’t dampen the
spirits of the 1,700 to 2,000 people
who attended the second annual
Brazos Bohemian Fest at Central
Park Saturday.
While the rain poured outside —
plates of brisket, sausage and turkey,
buckets of beer, tunes of German
polkas and friendly conversation
flowed beneath the main tent at
Central Park.
Sponsored by the College Station
Parks and Recreation Department,
the Brazos Bohemian Fest is mod
eled after other festivals in the area
and is good family entertainment,
festival coordinator Charles Szabu-
niewicz said.
The Fest opened Friday evening
with three bands performing tradi
tional German folk music for people
to sing, dance or simply listen to,
Szabuniewicz said.
Saturday began with a Vol-
ksmarch — a musical parade of the
shields from provinces of Brazos Bo
hemia — from Anderson Park to
Central Park. Next on the agenda
was games for the children (and
adults as well) organized and oper
ated by the Texas A&M Recreation
and Parks Club (R&P) as a fund
raiser.
Some of the popular contests in
cluded sack races, apple bobbings,
sponge throws and pie-eating con
tests. The R&P club offered a face
painting booth as well as a fortune
teller, R&P Reporter Glen McDaniel
said.
Even though the booths had to be
closed early due to rain, the club still
made more money than last year.
In addition to the games a dunk
ing booth which featured local per
sonalities was co-sponsored by
Bryan-College Station Jaycees and
the “Shenanigan” Teen Board Cen
ter. Proceeds went to a fund for a
teen center to be located at 1300 Jer
sey St. in College Station.
Workers from the Parks and Rec
reation Department were ready to
serve thirsty, hungry festival visitors
— and serve they did.
By Saturday afternoon 300
pounds of brisket, 100 pounds of
imported Bratwurst sausage, 100
pounds of Knackwurst sausage, 350
— 400 pounds of smoked turkey
legs and 50 pounds of imported sau
erkraut had been served, Tony Scaz-
zero, concession manager, said.
The menu is not as ethnic as other
festivals because Scazzero tried to at
tract people who are not accustomed
to Bohemian food.
About 100 kegs of beer were con
sumed by Saturday afternoon as
well, Mark Hodges, beer concession
manager, said. “The dark beer has
been selling like hotcakes and overall
we’ve sold much more beer than last
year.”
Plans for the 1985 Brazos Bohe
mian Fest are already underway.
“Next year’s Fest will be a 3-day
event and we are going to stress the
Volksmarch much more than we did
this year,” Szabuniewicz said. “Also,
we will develop a different county
crest for the next six years to serve as
the Fest logo for each year.”
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The conference is set for May 26-
0 in College Station and Houston
nd is expected to attract several
lundred worldwide delegates.
University News Service
Dr. Herbert H. Richardson,
Texas A&M’s new dean of the Col
lege of Engineering and vice chan
cellor of engineering for the Univer
sity System, has announced the
appointment of two prominent re
searchers and faculty members to his
leadership team who will oversee
academic, research and extension
programs in engineering.
Professor John E. Flipse, cur
rently distinguished professor of
civil and ocean engineering and
president of the Texas A&M Re
search Foundation, has been named
associate dean of engineering in the
University and associate vice chan
cellor for engineering in the System.
Dr. L.S. “Skip” Fletcher, currently
associate dean of the College of En
gineering, has been named to a re
defined position as associate dean
with broadened responsibilities.
Flipse will be accountable for busi
ness activities including budgets, fa
cilities, fiscal affairs and information
resources of the engineering pro
gram and will assist in coordinating
missions and programs of the engi
neering agencies, which include the
Texas Engineering Experiment Sta
tion, Texas Transportation Institute
and the Texas Engineering Exten
sion Service. He also will help to
coordinate educational and research
needs of the engineering program,
Richardson said.
Flipse, a member of the National
Academy of Engineering and a pi
oneer in the development of deep
ocean mining technology, joined the
Texas A&M faculty in 1978.
Fletcher, a researcher and teacher
who has received numerous national
honors for his work in mechanical
engineering, will be accountable for
the academic programs of the col
lege, faculty development, minority
and international programs and
Texas A&M’s new dean of
the College of Engi
neering said he has appro
val for the addition of at
least 70 faculty positions
in the college.
program planning.
In the dual position of dean and
vice chancellor, Richardson will be
accountable for the entire engi
neering program including the col
lege within the University and the
research and public service agencies
of the System, and will work to coor
dinate and strengthen all parts of
the program.
“It is my understanding that Dr.
Richardson plans to use the unique
resources of both the University and
the agencies to supporty a thor
oughly integrated program,” said
Dr. Gordon Eaton, A&M’s provost
and vice president for academic af
fairs. Within the engineering pro
gram, agency directors and depart
ment heads will report directly to the
dean/vice chancellor, Eaton said.
Richardson is establishing a new
Engineering Program Office which
combines the office of the dean and
office of the vice chancellor. Rich
ardson, Flipse and Fletcher will work
from this office.
Richardson said approval has
been given for the addition of at
least 70 new full-time faculty posi
tions to bring the faculty to its
proper strength. He said the admin
istration has committed itself to
work with him to raise, over the next
several years, about 40 senior faculty
chairs and 50 junior faculty career
development chairs in the college.
“We must attract a few additional
senior faculty of international stat
ure per department who can supple
ment existing strengths, provide an
additional nucleus for excellence
and help us attract and develop ex
cellent junior faculty,” Richardson
said.
“Over the next three years, the
engineering program has a firm
minimum commitment of approxi
mately $13 million in new funds, in
addition to the resources needed for
the Computer Science program,” he
said.
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By MARYBETH ROHSNER
Reporter
t the poll j exas educational reform legis-
atleastD; lt j on f rom the June 1984 special
rinkingi) ession requires school districts to of-
a half-day, pre-kindergarten
rogram for 4-year-old children
ith limited English skills or from
Dw-income families.
“The legislature has really
epped into the classroom,” said
oug Godwin, an early childhood
evelopment specialist at Texas
A&M. “I’m not sure if it’s best for
the child. We get into all kinds of
problems when we enter the political
arena.”
Godwin said public interest in
pre-kindergarten programs has fluc
tuated since the 1960s when the
Head Start program was imple
mented nationwide to provide edu
cational experiences for children
from poor families.
Researchers monitoring the chil
dren in the pre-kindergarten pro
grams have found that they perform
much better in high school and score
higher on achievement tests than
those who received no early training.
Godwin said family cohesiveness
is another critical element for suc
cess in any early-learning experi
ence.
“When a program infers to re
place the family, that program can
be quite detrimental,” he said. “If
you put a child in a half-day pro
gram, then take him to day care and
don’t pick him up until 6:30, the
child is under stress.”
Legislative Study Group to host
Proposition 2 forum for students
University News Service
Texas A&M’s student-oper
ated Legislative Study Group will
host a forum on Proposition 2 at
9 a.m. Tuesday in 206 Memorial
Student Center, with Chancellor
Arthur G. Hansen and President
Frank E. Vandiver heading a
group that will discuss ramifica
tions on the proposed constitu
tional amendment and answer
questions.
Legislative Study Group Direc
tor Johnny Hatch said the Propo
sition 2 forum is primarily for
students but is open to the gen
eral public.
Proposition 2, which often is
described as the Higher Educa
tion Assistance Amendment, will
be on the ballot for the general
election Nov. 6.
The proposition calls for re
structuring the Permanent Uni
versity Fund, an endowment de
rived from land and mineral
leases that has historically bene
fited A&M and the University of
Texas at Austin and certain other
institutions within the two sys
tems for which they serye as flag
ships, Hatch said.
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Saturday — October 20
10 K & 1 5 K Road Run 8:00 a.m.
One Mile Race Walk 8:10 a.m.
Location and Course; 10K and 15K Road Races start and end at the new Medical Science Building
on Agronomy Road and wind around parts of the TAMU campus on flat concrete and asphalt
surfaces. GAC Sanctioned. The race walk circles around the Medical Science Building.
Age Categories: Male and Female: 12 and under, 13-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50 & over.
Awards: First and second place trophies for female and male winners in each event. Trophies to
first place, medallions to second and third place finishers of each category in each event. All
awards distributed after the race.
Entry Fee: $7.50 Includes Free Scrub Shirts to first 500 entrants, post race refreshments, first aid
and awards.
Deadline: Early entries must be received by October 16,1984.
Late Registration Fee: $8.50 Race Day Registration 7:oo-8:00 a.m.
Race Materials: Runners may pick up numbers and scrub shirts on race day 7:00-8:00 a.m.
Use of Proceeds: Proceeds to Texas Aggie Medical Student Association
Race Organizers/Directors: TAMSA ’87
For Information Call: Dr. Mclnnis-Bowers (409) 775-4200 or Ms. Olivarez, 845-7743
Mail Entries to:
Race Director
Office of Student Affairs
Medical Science Building
TAMU College of Medicine
College Station, TX 77843
Make checks payable to TAMSA’87
No Refunds
Name-
Address.
City, State
Circle One:
Race: 10K or 15K or Race Walk
Signature
.Phone.
-Zip-
Scrub Shirt Size S M L
Parent/Guardian.
DETACH ENTRY
WAIVER:
In consideration of
acceptance of this entry,
I waive and release any
and all claims for myself
and my heirs against
Humana Hospital and
TAMSA ’87 for any injury
or illness which may
directly or indirectly result
from participation in this
race. I further state that I
have trained and am in
proper physical condition
to participate. This entry
must be signed by
entrant; otherwise it is
invalid. If entrant is under
18 years of age, parent
or guardian must also
sign entry.
(Signature if under 18)
SKI CHRISTMAS
WINTER
PARK
$425 or $445
includes most meals
Ian 5-12
CRESTED
BUTTE
$320
Jan 6-13
for more info call Travel (845-1515)
Trip sign ups start
Oct. i o
Room 216 MSC