Correction
The correct acronym for the
Institute for Ventures in New
Technology is INVENT. It was
reported incorrectly in Friday’s
Battalion. The Battalion regret's
the error.
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By LYNN RAE POVEC
Staff Writer
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State officials and businessmen
(ill be here Wednesday for the first
neeting of the advisory council for
he Texas A&M Center for Urban
tffairs. The council serves as advi-
ors to the Center for Urban Affairs,
thich the Texas A&M Board of Re-
ents established last summer,
lembers of the council include San
intonio Mayor Henry Cisneros,
ort Worth Mayor Rob Bolen, State
'ransportation Planning Engineer
mil Wilson, and Corpus Christi
llayor Luther Jones.
Dr. Wolfgang Roeseler, director
If the center, said the center was cre-
ied to provide a delivery system for
le urban affairs skills of A&M fac-
Ity.
Roeseler, professor of urban and
:gional planning, said more than
llif) faculty and staff are involved in
ie center. The center has been re
ined already by several public
pcies and two private firms to
rovide assistance in coping with ur-
in problems, he said.
President Frank E. Vandiver will
iscuss the the council’s purpose and
ission. Roeseler will speak on the
inter’s scope and objectives. The
mncil will discuss topics for consid-
aion by special task forces com-
ssed of council and faculty mem-
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atthalont | Other council members expected
or a mtitw atten( l include Ernest Clark, city
anager for Bryan; James H. Steele,
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1 11 ' ,|M.D., professor emeritus of the Uni-
lentalaeaim rs j t y 0 f'T' exas and former assistant
this so th urgeon general of the United
)00. Jjates; Herbert Grubb, principal
jnner for the Texas Department
■ Water Resources; Bruce McClen-
Ith numb bn, planning director for Arlington
an and sail id president of the American Flan-
rqual to ill n g Association; Maurice Acers,
lairman of the board for Ebby Hal-
iay Inc., Dallas; and Dr. Billy Rea-
oommatelt , n superintendent of the Houston
C Oh, Atlgd ndependent School District.
Council reviews
last fiscal year,
two programs
By KARI FLUEGEL
Staff Writer
Memorial Student Center Council
members received the 1983-84 fiscal
year report, discussed the formula
tion of a new committee and the
merger of another at their meeting
Monday.
During the financial report, coun
cil members learned that reserves
for the MSC account, which covers
the administrative operating areas of
the MSC, the MSC Town Hall and
OPAS account were depleted last
year — but remained in the black.
Depletions in the MSC account
were due to the inability to transfer
money from account to account, said
James Randolph, associate director
of the MSC.
Randolph described the account
ing problem as being similar to try
ing to transfer funds from an indi
vidual savings account to a checking
account, but because of time restric
tions, the transfer cannot take place.
Ending balances as of Aug. 31 in
other accounts were MSC Wiley Lec
ture Series, $3,738.45; SCONA,
$8,982.77; Spring/Fall Leadership
$3,668.54; and MSC Arts about
$17,000.
The MSC has 26 accounts in the
fiscal office and 16 accounts in the
Development Foundation.
The MSC’s budget review com
mittee will analyze last year’s finan
cial activities of the MSC and will
present a report to the council at its
Oct. 29 meeting.
The council also discussed the
possibility of including theological
programming in MSC activities.
The proposed theological com
mittee would bring speakers, sing
ers, films and other organized pro
gramming representing theological
views and interests. The committee
would be non-denominational.
The committee would bring a
wide scope of religious program
ming to the campus like the scope of
the political programming of MSC
Political Forum.
The council approved the propo
sal and sent it to the Cultural Pro
grams Study Committee for further
study.
Also, the council discussed plans
to bring the MSC Christmas Com
mittee, which was responsible for the
Christmas' programming of the
MSC, under the umbrella of MSC
Hospitality.
Concerns raised by the council
about the merger included that the
closed membership might take away
development opportunities from
students • wanting to participate in
small programs.
Reasons for the merger included
increased unity, programming and
development opportunities for hos
pitality committee members.
Challenger shoots
nuclear mishap
United Press International
SPACE CENTER, Houston — A
high-tech mapping camera aboard
the space shuttle Challenger was
used to photograph the site of a 27-
year-old nuclear accident in the So
viet Union, it was reported Monday.
The article in Aviation Week &
Space Technology magazine said
none of the 2,400 pictures made
during Challenger’s Earth-study
mission last week will be released un
til they have been cleared for na
tional security purposes.
The 1,400-pound large-format
camera is part of a civilian program
to help cartographers update maps.
It is not a “spy” camera and does not
reveal details of objects much
smaller than a house.
Aviation Week said the camera
was used to photograph Kyshtym,
about 800 miles east of Moscow,
where experts believe a major nu
clear accident occurred in the winter
of 1957-58.
The pictures may show how radia
tion from the accident spread over a
wide area and affected vegetation.
Soviet authorities never have dis
cussed the accident in detail. It is
thought to have been caused by the
explosion of a nuclear reactor or
buried nuclear waste.
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“It has become obvious to me that a dog would be a better pet.”
Jackson strikes Republican ticket
United Press International
HOUSTON — The Rev. Jesse
Jackson has accused the Reagan ad
ministration of having the worst civil
rights record of any president in the
past 20 years.
The former Democratic presi
dential contender claims Reagan has
been attacking the poor relentlessly
by cutting federal spending for pub
lic schools, housing and support for
women and children.
He also accused Vice President
George Bush of lying during last
week’s vice presidential debate when
he said Reagan has a good record on
civil rights issues.
“Bush was lying,” Jackson said.
“He’s a compromised man who is
now a cheerleader for Reagan. He’s
talking as if he’s a recorder, and not
the intelligent man we knew him to
be.
“You measure the character of a
government by the way it treats its
children,” he said. “This administra
tion has turned its back on the chil
dren and old people, and has anes
thetized our conscience.”
Democratic presidential con
tender Walter Mondale has a proven
track record on civil rights issues,
Jackson said.
MSC GREAT ISSUES
General Meeting
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 17
7:00 Room 302 Rudder
Topics: Buckley/Galbraith debate
Alistaire Cooke
New slate of programs being planned
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