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i Thursday, January 17, 1985/The Battalion/Page 3 ATE AND LOCAL f / wo mort lationsic eni beid mem. the si- hear and ikeastu- I with a e human leir en\i- es to the we imag- : to live, world to ■ used to jr and 11 ilion. A&M to direct internationai 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 r 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.” Class Through A Window The diamond shaped window of a door to a vided this unusual view to a lecture Wednes- classroom in the Chemistry Building pro- day. and the why this a strict in pri- uration, Hinding Snider lallett illiams Clark erson, illard, Tord, Flint, jpold, Tates, Povec lallett Bloch Steffy Lane Smith nnett Hurt isper, rwin, Saito -spupcr M and of the rlyrep- facultf tier foe classes xrds in letters aintai” -I was' riter. fridaf mnlitla)' tl6.fi Zr fa" Jonal" mi, i y • 0. Ad- Battal- Texas MSC SCONA 30 THE EMERGING CHINA APPLICATIONS FOR MSC SCONA 30 HOST, HOSTESS AND DELEGATES CAN BE PICKED UP IN ROOM 216, MSC THEY ARE DOE ON JANUARY 18 INTERVIEWS ARE ON HOST & HOSTESS DELEGATES JANUARY 20 & 21 JANUARY 21 & 22 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.