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oceanographic program
By LYNN RAE POVEC
Staff Writer
The drilling ship JOIDES Resolu
tion currently is testing her equip
ment in the Gulf of Mexico in prepa
ration for the first of a series of
global cruises that will begin a 10-
year research project later this
month.
Texas A&M is Science Operator
for the project, known as the Ocean
Drilling Program which is sponsored
by the National Science Foundation
in Washington, D.C.
During each of the ship’s two-
month cruises, scientists will take
core samples of the ocean floor in
different areas of the world.
"The purpose of making these ex
plorations ... is to understand not
only the composition of the Earth’s
crust, but tne evolution of the
Earth’s crust under the sea,” Robert
0. Reid, head of the Department of
Oceanography, said T uesday.
A&M was awarded the contract
for the project in March 1984, and
the University then contracted with
SEDCO for the Resolution.
Before sending her to the gulf for
testing, A&M sent the ship to Missis
sippi where a seven-story structure
was erected on the vessel to house
about a dozen laboratories. The
structure covers an area of 12,000
square feet.
' The ship’s scheduled departure
from Miami on Jan. 28 will be the
first official phase of the project, Dr.
Lou Garrison, deputy director of
ODP, said. The Resolution will
spend six weeks off the Bahamas
while scientists retrieve core samples
from the ocean floor.
Each time a cruise is completed,
the Resolution will take a new crew
to a new area to do research, Garri
son said. The crews will consist of
members of JOIDES, or the Joint
Oceanographic Institution of Deep
Earth Sampling, an international or
ganization of scientists interested in
ocean floor drilling.
Members of JOIDES include 10
oceanic institutions in the United
States, Texas A&M being one, as
well as institutions in England,
France, West Germany, Japan, Nor
way, Switzerland and Canada.
Each country contributes $2.5
million a year toward JOIDES, and
the National Science Foundation
provides the rest, Garrison said.
Each cruise of the project will
have a crew of about 100, he said.
SEDCO employees will make up the
drilling crew; 10 marines will run
the ship, and about 10 others will
cook and care for the ship’s quarters.
T he project will take the Resolu
tion to the Atlantic Ocean, Spain, the
Norwiegian Sea, Greenland, the
Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the Mediter
ranean Sea, Garrison said.
In the summer of 1986, the ship
will travel to the Pacific Ocean, the
coast of South America, the Ant
arctic and the Indian Oceans. At the
end of 10 years, the Resolution will
have traveled at least twice around
the world, he said.
Reid said a practical aspect of the
project is that scientists will find out
more about the chemical resources
within the marine crust, which could
have an impact on the oil industry.
The marine crust is an environment
largely unexplored by the oil indus
try, he said.
The ODP has the responsibility of
organizing the cruises, and its publi
cations department of about 35 peo-
f >le will publish project scientists’
indings.
State employees would_ support tax hike
Workers want pay raises
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Associated Press
AUSTIN — State goverment
workers reject the idea of "no new
taxes” if it would cost them a pay
raise, a major sttjte employee group
said Wednesday. •
Gary Hughes, executive director
of the Texas Public Employees Asso
ciation, said the group’s top priority
in the 1985 Legislature is “tne pas
sage of a tax bill or bills to fund all
necessary pay raises and benefit in
creases being requested.”
His statement came the day after
Gov. Mark White, in his state-of-the-
state address, urged lawmakers to
avoid a tax increase this year.
But Hughes said state employees
have been slighted already and de
serve an emergency raise this year
and a pay hike in the 1986-87 bud
get biennium that begins Sept. 1.
Hughes said a 6 percent pay raise,
if it becomes effective March 1,
would cost the state $98 million. A
similar raise for the 1986-87 budget
years would total $360 million more.
Hughes said the governor’s call
for a freeze on replacing state work
ers who quit or retire is a good plan.
"It’s something I think they’ve got
to consider,” he said, adding that
White’s proposal “still leaves room
for the agencies to replace positions
that are critical.”
State Comptroller Bob Bullock
has estimated that state revenues in
the next two years will fall about $1
billion short of current spending.
During a news conference, Hughes
admitted that employees will have to
sell lawmakers on the idea of raising
taxes to fund a pay increase.
Hughes also said he believes the
state’s financial crunch will last
longer than this year, and that a tax
increase may be inevitable.
Failure to give state workers a
raise would mean more trouble for
agencies, Hughes predicted.
“If they thought they’re not going
to have any kind of increase for the
next two years, you’re going to have
a lot of good, solid state employees
looking for employment elsewhere,”
he said.
“You’re going to have a serious
turnover problem.”
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National Agri-Marketing Association
&.
The Society for
Entrepreneurship and New ventures
Present
the fourth annual
CARL STEVENS
Professional Development
and Selling Seminar
January 25-27, 1985
115 Kleberg Center
Texas A&M University
The Seminar
The Carl Stevens Professional Development and
Selling Seminar is a 16-hour lecture seminar comprised of a
series of intensive sessions emphasizing personal
development and involvement. It is an opportunity for
students to build and enhance communication and
selling skilts-skills that are essential to entering and
progressing in today's business world.
The ability to sell yourself and express your ideas is
seldom learned in the college classroom. Texas A&M
students now have the opportunity to participate in the
Stevens seminar, which will be conducted January 25
through January 27. 1985.
Schedule
Friday. January 25
noon-1 pm -- Registration
1-5 pm -- Introduction and Concepts
Saturday. January 26
8 am - 5 pm -- 7 Steps to Selling
Sunday. Januray 27
Sunday. January 27 1-4:30 pm -- Seven minute presentations
plus lecture on memorization. Interviewing techniques,
resumes, etc.
* All sessions will meet in 115 Kleberg Center.
Cost
S 5 preregistration fee (remaining S35 at door)
or
S40 in advance
S45 at the door
The Carl Stevens Selling Seminar
Registration Form
(please print)
Name:
School Mailing Address:.
Major or Depart men t:
Phone:
-Zip:
.Classification:.
Check One:
S 5 preregistration fee (remaining S35 at door)
_S40 In advance
_S45 at the door
Make checks payable to NAMA. (fee Includes 100-page workbook)
Please deliver to:
Dr. Howard Hesby
Rm 129 Kleberg Center
845-7616
CARL STEVENS
Professional Development
and Selling Seminar
Securing your college investment by strengthening your
interpersonal communication and selling skills.