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Wednesday, November 14, 1984AThe Battalion/Page 3 lad Photo by FRANK IR WIN Not a drop spilled Sally Lockran of Caldwell carries a glass of “champagne” to demonstrate the smooth gait of the Peruvian Passo horse. Only about 4,000 of these horses, bred for their smooth gait, exist in North America. The demonstration was sponsored by the TAMU Horseman’s Association at the Animal Science Pavilion Tuesday night. Computer iq Brazos U n ited Way h its set for 4 p.m. 80 percent of final goal Nobel laureate Dr. Herbert Simon will speak today on “The Present and Future of Artificial Intelligence Research.” The public is invited to attend the lecture, which will be at 4 p.m. in 108 Harrington. Simon will focus on defining the phenomenon of artificial intelli gence and discussing its possibilities and limits. The lecture will describe the cur rent state of the art in this area, as well as addressing the ethical and philosophical questions posed by such an advanced technology. Simon’s lecture is part of the Pres ident’s Lecture Series and is being sponsored by the Texas A&M Col leges of Business Administration and Liberal Arts, the Department of Engineering and the Texas Engi neering Experiment Station. A professor of computer science and psychology at Carnegie-Mellon University, Simon won the 1978 No bel Prize for Economics and is au thor of the widely influential book, “Administrative Behavior.” An inernationally recognized au thority on human decision-making, computer automation and its impact on society, Simon also has contrib uted significantly to a number of other fields, including sociology and applied mathematics. For the past 20 years, he has worked to create artificial intelli gence through computer technol ogy- By CAMILLE BROWN Staff Writer With one week of fundraising to go, the Brazos County United Way has collected 80 percent of its $425,000 goal. To reach this goal by the end of the campaign, the United Way needs to collect about $84,000 by Friday. A&M is now at 82.5 percent of its $110,000 goal. Reaching the goal may look doubtful this year, but Bob Fleischer, executive director of Bra zos County United Way, is still opti mistic. By BRANDON BERRY Reporter . The Central Texas Area Chapter of the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation will sponsor Healthy Baby Day, a health fair, and the Baby Olympics on Saturday at Post Oak Mall. The fair is part of the observance of Healthy Baby Week, Nov. 12-17, and will stress proper prenatal and inf ant care. “Were educating people,” Liz Jackson, March of Dimes coordina tor, said.” Booths, including those from Hu mana Hospital, the March of Dimes, “We’re still moving along pretty well,” he said. “I think we can still reach the goal. There are still a lot of cards out, and by the end of this week we should have the bulk of them in.” The results are looking good com pared to last year’s totals. Fleischer said the United W’ay is about $35,000 ahead of last year’s total at this time. Even though the the campaign is officially over on Friday, the United Way will have its last divisional re ports presented on Nov. 20. Dona tions to the United Way are always and the Department of Health, will be located throughout the mall giv ing out information On the care of pregnant women and their babies. “We are glad to help in any way we can,” Cindy Brannen, Post Oak Mall marketing director, said. “Our store owners tell us there are so many mothers with small children in the mall. The babies seem to love all the sounds and colors.” Baby Olympics will begin at 2:30 p.m. in the court area in front of the Chocolate Chip Cookie Co. The Olympics will feature contests for smiling (0-6 months), rolling over (3- accepted, even after the fund drive. The county-wide campaign is di vided into 12 sections. Of these divi sions, the pilot group, made of the 24 largest employers in the county, has contributed the most money so far — $122,000. A&M is second with $90,776. A&M is further divided into three groups: the University, the System and the students. The University surpassed its goal of $55,000 this week by collecting $55,563. The Sys tem has 80 percent of its goal with $35,089 and the student contribu tion is officially at $ 124. 6 months), crawling (6-9 months), walking (12-15 months and 15-18 months), and running (18-24 months). In addition, films dealing with Fe tal Alcohol Syndrome and the men tal and physical care of a hand icapped child will be shown. A photography contest is planned for photos of children ages three and under. Judging will be based on creativity, composition and clarity. Registration forms are available at the Post Oak Mall information booth. All proceeds go to the March of Dimes. March of Dimes to sponsor Healthy Baby Day at mall meyer hey botli generous t football tmething lent Gen et for my :i the 60'i tis office, g, throw- r not say ink some 1 Student | cafeteria Studenl mg. Hav- can goto student- ;an serve etty close laving to problem ■or schol- MSC (by d). Once , the bar rom hav- id every- that says >1)? Since rve beer: >sors ad deeding- ■x.is m t ncccssur- otofrruphy to edit let- lx; signed except for I year and 'ation, TX on, Texas College Bowl tournament finals tonight in MSC By LINDA ROWLAND Reporter Six teams will grapple with a bar rage of questions tonight it> the final round of the College Bowl tourna ment at Texas A&M in the Memorial Student Center. One team will win the University championship and the right to go on to the regional compet ition. Gregg Steele, president of the MSC College Bowl Committee, said the tournaunent is based >on a tele vision game show, which was aired nationwide until about 1970. “Recently, the game has gained popularity since the Trivial Pursuit game came out,” President Gregg Steele said. Steele said A&M has the largest tournament in its region. Regional competition involves schools in T exas, Louisiana and Arkansas. “Participation in the College Bowl has consistently gotten larger since it began here on campus,” Steele said. Last year A&M had 32 teams com peting. The tournament is double elimination and requires ,a certain number of entries for the double elimination system to work. Forty is the next workable number of teams. “I am sure we will have at least forty teams here next year,” Steele said. The 32 original teams compete in an elimination process until only six teams remain for final competition. The committee president said A&M’s diverse student body is well represented in College Bowl compe tition. “We get a wide mix of students participating — from frats, dorms and the Corps — from just about ev ery group on campus,” he said. The Association of College Unions International coordinates the College Bowl tournaments. The organization also arranges such events as dart tournaments and stu dent development programs on campuses around the country. Steele said the College Bowl Foundation in New York provides the questions, which it gets from l ime magazine’s files. “So current events, science, his tory and just general trivia are fair game,” he said. The questions remain sealed until the night before competition when the moderator may look them over. Tonight’s winning team will re ceive a trophy and the chance to par ticipate in the regional champion ships hosted bv Rice University in February 1985.' A&M hosted the 1984 regional championships. The team from A&M will compete tigainst teams from Rice, Baylor University, Uni versity of Texas and Louisiana State University, the committee president said, The regional champions then go on to the National College Bowl championship. Steele said about f5 teams from around the country compete in the nationals that are usually held in early May. Here, teams play for higher stakes. The members of the winning national team split $25,000 in schol arships. “The games are very entertai ning,” he said. “It’s funny — you find the audience really playing with the competitors as they find they know the answers.” “I’ve seen teams who can hear the first four words of a question and make a correct guess at the answer,” he said. MSC • TOWTSJ ♦TTATiIj ——w Willie Nelson after Bonfire Thursday Nov. 29 9:00 p.m. G. Rollie White $13 50 $11 50 MSC Box Office 845-1234 mmm WOULDN’T YOU REALLY RATHER STUDY ABROAD? 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