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1; Friday, February 1, 1985/The Battalion/Page 3 —^ ANIl LOCAL ' - ; • " J ' ; T^lSr m Jtm M muni MmM mML0 s [Alumni center has high priority with ’85 officers angry 0I ray dest ^snicof d four y and re. lorny ; to heat e partol tunateli ave gout MOani solutiom it create ent bodi IS to Sill' ■ay 'fn® machine eges art led will . reseru lent Sea plan a fun did volt ; so im re. Tat ijecitla ; chatt cause ic lime ik urityua rears b iattalior. ■ar froc stake. for ik itinueit :nt feed- the fac is totk ir and lion. By LYNN RAE POVEC Stuff Writer Getting the new alumni center ; built is the most important thing Da- I vis L. Ford and Ernest T. Pitzer Jr. have to do as this year’s president ; and president-elect of the Associa tion of Former Students. “It’s something we haven’t had for 105 years,” Ford says, and it’s some thing former students will have for the next 105. The association’s office in the Me morial Student Center is over crowded. Construction on the new building, at Jersey and Houston streets, was to begin early this year, but cost estimates ran too high. The association put construction on hold while plans were revised, but Ford says April 21, Muster, is the tenative date for the ground-break ing ceremony. He expects the deci sion to be finalized by April 1. “If there’s any delay, it won’t be anything but money,” says Ford, chairman of the building committee for the project. Ford, 47, is a division vice presi dent for the consulting firm Kngi- neering-Science Inc. in Austin. He graduated a distinguished student in 1959 with a bachelor of science de gree in civil engineering. Ford went on to get master’s and doctorate de grees in environmental engineering from the University of Texas. Pitzer, Class of ’50, graduated in June 1951 with bachelor of science degrees in petroleum and geological engineering. He spent about a year in the Army Corps of Engineers, and now he’s president of DeGolyer and MacNaugnton, a petroleum en gineeringconsulting firm in Dallas. Pitzer, born in Abilene 56 years ago, gives up most of his time to his work. He spends his leisure time golfing or visiting one of his farms. About his role as president-elect, Pitzer says, “As I view it at the pre sent, it’s more of an observation (role) and a backup to the presi dent.” Ford’s first duty was presiding over a board of directors meeting a couple of weeks ago. He is full of en thusiasm for the job and for the 120,000-member former students’ association. “It’s an amazing organization in terms of activity, participation and loyalty of A&M graduates,” Ford says. “There’s all positives and no neg atives about staying active in the or ganization.” Pitzer says, “The association’s pri mary function is to maintain infor mation on all former students and to support various (academic) func tions of the University.” Last year former students gave A&M more than $2.7 million, he says. The years an Aggie spends at the University are just a small part of his A&M life, and Ford believes the as sociation perpetuates former stu dents’ A&M life. “A high percentage of Aggies spend the rest of their lives paying (the University) back, not necessarily just money, but time,” he says. Ford says the organization re ceives about $3 million a year. Half of the money goes for stu dent scholarships, professors, the administration, and various pro grams; the other half goes toward running the association. Owning a travel agency, serving on a bank’s board of directors and working as an adjunct professor of environmental engineering at the University of Texas are some of Ford’s outside interests. “I’m busy, but I’ll tell you what...If you want something done, Find the busiest person you can to do it,” Ford says. Busy people tend to be more organized, and they know how to use time wisely, he says. Having been a company com mander in the Corps of Cadets and a member of the Ross Volunteers, Ford had to learn to organize his time. “It stayed with me,” he said. “That’s just the best way to get things done.” Ernest T. Pitzer Jr. When he’s not getting things done, Ford enjoys golf, hunting and tennis. “I’m a B-hustler,” he says of his tennis ability. “I’m a B player, but I hustle, so you have to work to beat me.” p NASA industry and A&M Joint research planned By TRENT LEOPOLD Staff Writer or tor Snider iallett Plans to conduct space research here in conjunction with National Aeronautics and Space Administration and private industry are underway following authorization by the Texas A&M Board of Regents last Friday. The agreement to conduct the joint research has opened new opportunities for University involvement, says Oran Nicks, director of the new space research. “The reason for this increased research involvement is that commercial applications of space are greatly ex panded by the opportunity for man’s long-time presence there,” Nicks says. “Man along with his instruments in the laboratory en vironment will be in space,” he says. “Engineering and agriculture, for example, become important when we think of life and life-support systems for the space station.” Nicks says one of the goals of the research is to help NASA and industry by studying the long-range use and commercialization of space. “Our role will be toward thinking beyond daily needs of the space program to future challenges,” he says. Officials are Finalizing negotiations with the Johnson Space Center in Houston on the First five research pro jects scheduled to be performed here through the Space Research Center — the name given to the research effort — Nicks says. The projects, expected to cost about $300,000, are as follows: • A study of space station electrical power systems to determine their reliability. • A design for power management and a power distri bution system for the planned space station. • Crystal growth and characteristics of crystals in space for applications to solid state electronic materials. • A microgravity two-phase flow design. • Computer vision and robot research in space. AH of the above projects, except the microgravity two- phase flow design, will be done by professors in the elec trical engineering department. Researchers in the nu clear engineering department will be responsible for the flow design. Dr. Herbert Richardson, dean and vice-chancellor of engineering, says, “This new cooperative venture with NASA and industry presents an exciting opportunity for the Texas Engineering Extension Service, Texas A&M and the state of Texas to contribute to the U.S. preemi nence and continued leadership in the commercial and scientific uses of space,” he said. Nicks says the Sp^ce Research Center is studying the possibility of teaming up with industries to create com mercial activities for space under a new NASA project aimed at increasing the amount of free enterprise in volvement in space. The center will be initially operated by the Texas Engi neering Experiment Station — the engineering research agency for Texas and a part of the Texas A&M Univer sity System. | UIL committee voting on chonges § to present extracurricular limits -anek, Oates, arker, Povec lalleH Jloch, Martin steffy ■lane Smith ;nnett • Hurt asper- [ rwin, i Saiw vspap”. ■ hi 3W -i/rrf fum iperio' clan' 1 urds in tleti'V .'liter; fridV Jiolida) fiA net fall Donf an, y. 30. W 7784>; Bald' Te^ 1 Associated Press AUSTIN — A divided University Interscholastic League committee voted Thursday to ask the State Board of Education to loosen its grip on the number of houi*Sva student can participate in extracurrifciijar ac tivities. The board is scheduled to take a final vote Feb. 9 on a rule that limits school-day practice, competition and travel to eight hours per activity dur ing the school week. The rule also sets a 20-hour limit on students in more than one activity. Some West Texas school officials say the rule is overly harsh on their students because of lengthy travel time between schools. Under the rule, no more than two hours is charged against a school for the first game in a school week. The UIL legislative study commit tee proposed a modified rule that does not count travel time against the eight-hour limit. The commit tee’s version also takes out the 20- hour limit on students in more than one activity. Committee members were di vided over a proposal to allow only one contest during the school week — defined as Monday morning through the end of school on Friday. In a 6-5 vote, the panel approved the "Haven't we trimmed and hacked and cut enough ip the point we dm make a. good case (to the state board) that we can control the abuse?" University-Xn~ terschoiastic League com mittee member Bill Car mack. one-game limit despite objections from big-city administrators. “It’s going to tear up the Houston Independent School District,” said Wayne Schaper, principal of Memo rial High School in the Spring Branch ISD in Houston. He said limited facilities in major urban districts force teams to play two week-night games. The state board rule — now in ef fect on an emergency basis — does not limit the number of games or performances in a school week. In an effort to show greater sup port for some change in the Board of Education rule, UIL committee Chairman Glenn Pearson of Bridge City allowed a “re-vote” that wound up 9-1, with Eddie Joseph of the Texas High School Coaches Associa tion dissenting. “We’re going to cause more prob lems than we are going to solve,” Jo seph said. Pearsall ISD Superintendent Ken neth Loveless saicl, “We can do this and it won’t hurt us. But 1 also spent 16 years in the Houston district. It cannot be done there ever.” Committee members rejected a provision that would have allowed more than eight hours practice For drama, music and speech groups in the weeks preceding a major compe tition. The committee wrestled with sev eral proposed changes to the board rule, a product of school reform bill of last year. “Haven’t we trimmed and hacked and cut enough to the point we can make a good case (to the state board) that we can control the abuse?” said committee member Bill Cormack of Austin, executive secretary of the Texas Music Educators Association. Bonnie Northcutt, assistant to the UIL director, cautioned the commit tee, “I’m not sure they’re looking for status quo. That’s our problem.” Pearson said removing the travel time provision “would satisify most people” involved in extracurricular activities. “CASABLANCA” HAD BOGEY, “RIO BRAVO” HAD THE DUKE, AND THE SURVIVAL GAME HAS ME. They were my heroes. 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