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Wednesday
BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROGRAM/BLACK AWARE
NESS: Presents a panel discussion at 7 p.m, in Rudder, (^all
: : 693-27 oB for more information.
. CLASS OF ’85 RING DANCE: decorations committee meet
ing for ail interested at 8 pan. in 410 Rudder. Call 846-
B 5689.
DEL RIO HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 8:30 pan. in
502 Rudder.
ENGLISH DEPARTMENTas holding a mini-course on “A-
voiding Wordiness” at 11 a an. in 135 Blocker,
HISTORY DEPARTMENT: will show “My Son john” at 7
pan. in 100 HECC.
MSC HOSPITALITY/1985 MISS TAMU SCHOLARSHIP
PAGEANT: will hold a Mr. Aggie contest at noon in the
MSC lounge.
OFF-CAMPUS AGGIES: will meet at 6:30 p.m. in 510 Rud
der to discuss Big Event and upcoming activities. Apart
ment council presidents will meet at 6 p.m.
ON-CAMPUS CATHOLICS: will meet at 9:30 pan. in A- J
. lounge to discuss Ash Wednesday and the Lenten season.
PRE LAW SOCIETY: is s }
School on
MSC 10 a.m. to g p.
information.
POLO CLUB: will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the lecture room of
the Animal Industries Building.
STUDENT ADVOCATES OF FREE ENTERPRISE: will
It meet at 7 p.m. at 501 Rudder.
STUDENT ENGINEERS COUNCIL: will hold an engi
neering careers seminar 9 a.in. to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
to 5 pan. in 224-225 MSC.
TAMU CHESS CLUB: will meet 8:30 p.m. to 11 pan. in 704
: AB Rudder. Players of all strengths welcome.
TAMU SAILING CLUB: will meet at 7 pan. in 410 Rudder.
Everyone welcome, no experience needed,
TEXAS A&M REAL ESTATE CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in
401 Rudder. Call 693-3089 for more information.
UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRY: will meet 6 p.m. to 7:20
p.m. at A&M Presbyterian Church.
Thursday
CO-OP STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet at 7 pan. in
502 Rudder to discuss the pros and cons of co-operative
education. Everyone welcome.
ELECTION COMMISSION: will hold an informational ses
sion for ail interested in running for offices in the Spring
elections at 7 pan. in 501 Rudder.
LAMBDA SIGMA SOPHOMORE SERVICE/HONOR SO
CIETY: will hold an informational meeting for new appli
cants at 7 pan. in 601 Rudder.
MSC CEPHEID VARIABLE: will show “Yellow Submarine”
at 7:30 p.m. and.9:45 p.m. in 701 Rudder. Cost is $1.
MSC HOSPITALITY/1985 MISS TAMU SCHOLARSHIP
I PAGEANT: will present a contestant fashion show at noon
in the MSC lounge.
: PANAMANIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATON: will meet at 8
p.m. in 302 Rudder, ("all 693-4259 lor more information.
SIGMA TAU DELTA/ENGLISH HONOR SOCIETY: is ac
i cepting new member applications through Feb. 28. Appli
cations available on Sigma Tan Delta bulletin board at En
glish Dept.
[.SOCIETY FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND NEW
j| TURES: will meet at 7 pan. in 301 Rudder. Dean Mobley
f of the College of Business will speak,
[.STUDENT ENGINEERS COUNCIL: will hold an engi
neering career seminar in 224-225 MSC 9 a.an. to 11:30
||f,|t.m. and i:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Items (or What’s Up should be submitted to The Battalion,
21b Heed McDonald, no less than three days prior to de-
f sired publication date.
Astronomers sight
eclipse of Pluto
Associated Press
|| AUSTIN — Richard Binzel, a
graduate astronomy student, has
made the first recorded observation
of the eclipse of the planet Pluto by
its moon which proves the existence
of its satellite, Charon, Univerity of
Texas officials said Tuesday.
M The brief sighting was made early
Sunday, Feb. 17, at the university’s
McDonald Observatory in far West
Texas.
!| Scientists have said Pluto's moon,
Charon, has existed since 1978 but
they had no visual evidence.
B “Any astronomer you talk to
would agree that the satellite does
exist, but the International Astro
nomical Union has not officially rec
ognized it because a direct photo
graphic image of the satellite has yet
to be obtained,” said Binzel.
Binzel said he had been looking
for eclipses since 1982.
“Pluto is very far away and the or
bits of Pluto and the satellite are rel
atively close, so even through the
largest giound-based telescopes, it is
extremely difficult to detect the sa
tellite,” Binzelsaid.
Astronomers at Kitt Peak, Ariz.;
Mt. Palamar, Calif., and Manna Kea,
Hawaii, also have been searching for
the eclipse, he said.
Binzel said he coordinated his ob
servation schedule Sunday night
with Dr. David Tholen, an astro
nomer at the University of Hawaii so
that they could monitor Pluto con
tinuously for an eight-hour period.
However, the eclipse occurred
only during the time when the
planet could be viewed from Texas.
Program aids
Army personnel
placement
By MEG CADIGAN
Reporter
Math programming now is being
used to determine movement of per
sonnel in the U.S. Army, Dr. John
Mote, assistant professor of business
analysis at A&M, said Tuesday.
Mote helped design the computer
program used by the Army at the
Military Personnel Center in Wash
ington, D.C. He said the program
was created during a meeting of the
Operations Research Society of
America.
The purpose of designing this
programming, Mote said, is to help
the Army decide quantity and loca
tion for personnel in the best possi
ble way. This is done by designing a
linear computer program exploiting
a mathematical technique called op
timization, he said.
Optimization helps solve prob
lems as quickly as possible that in
volve many systems of equations and
variables said joe Michels, an indus
trial engineering doctoral candidate.
Mote said some of the variables
used by the Army to classify military
personnel include: skill or type of
job, rank, years in a certain rank,
years in service and re-enlistment
date.
After this, information has been
input, he said, the program causes
the computer to predict what an in
dividual’s future will he in the Army.
“It’s mainly a forecasting tool,”
Mote said.
He said it would he possible for a
person to be discharged, promoted
or be retrained for a new position.
The Army’s system takes into ac
count personnel types that aren’t
really transferable — such as band
leaders and tank drivers — Mote
said.
He said the system also lias safe
guards against promoting people
pre-maturely and and discharging
them at the wrong time.
“Constraints are the things that
limit problems,” said John Fowler,
president of ORSA.
An example of a constraint, Mote
said, is the limit Congress places on
the number of high ranking military
personnel per a set time period.
There are 2,000 similar con
straints in this problem, Mote said,
and optimization is a way of cutting
them down to size.
“It takes a relatively large problem
and solves it in about the time it
takes to have a cup-of coffee and a
couple of cigarettes,” Mote said.
Police asked
to tone down
Western look
Associated Press
DALLAS — Dallas police officers
are being asked not to wear gaudy
western clothes. And some of them
aren’t too happy about it.
Police Chief Billy Prince issued a
memo last week suggesting that offi
cers “avoid the Western look while
on duty — no large hats, gaudy
clothes, etc.”
Prince, who prefers that his offi
cers project a “neutral” image, asks
that they come to work in conserva
tive business attire.
“It came to be because some con
cern was raised that maybe some of
the hats were getting a little too bi
zarre, or wouldn’t be considered
conservative business attire,” said
Assistant Chief Bill Newman.
But the officers who prefer cow
boy hats and western clothes to more
traditional clothing say they are an
gry with the directive to tone down
their image.
General assignments division Cpl.
Bill Hunt said that he feels the re
quest was arbitrary.
“What if the next thing we know
he doesn’t like you to wear green
shoes or red ties because they stand
out?” he said. “Where does this
end?”
Newman said normal-sized hats.
Western-cut suits or oversized West
ern belt buckles are not affected by
the ban.
Crime Stoppers
Jj. EDINBURG — Drug dealers live
afcaranoid existence.
I" Not only do they live in fear of de
tection by the law, but they also have
to worry about each other.
U Every year in Texas there are
hundreds of narcotics-related homi
cides.
One such crime occurred more
t&an a year ago near Edinburg.
.Police reports indicate that two
men were abducted, apparently af
ter a drug deal went awry, on Sept.
23, 1983.
) Detectives say the victims were ab-
ducted from their homes, then taken
to a rural area outside McAllen.
Their hands were bound behind
their backs and the men were forced
’'0'Otv 1 t0 k nee * down on the ground. One
,/vl I of the victims was shot, while the sec
ond had his throat cut. One of the
two survived.
I
The Hidalgo County Sheriffs De-
artment obtained arrest warrants
or Roel and Ruben Reyes, charging
them with capital murder, at
tempted capital murder, two counts
of aggravated robbery and two
counts of aggravated kidnapping.
Ruben Reyes was arrested at his job
and is awaiting trial.
However, Roel Garza Reyes re
mains at large. Detectives believe he
might be in the Dallas-Fort Worth
area. He was last seen driving a black
Cadillac, year and model unknown.
Roel Reyes is 28, 5 foot 4 inches
tall, 180 pounds, with black hair and
brown eyes. The Hidalgo County
Sheriffs Department advises that
Reyes should be considered armed
and dangerous.
This week Reyes has been made
the subject of Texas Most Wanted. A
$1,000 reward is being offered for
Roel Garza Reyes
the next 12 month period for infor
mation leading to Reyes’ capture.
Anyone with information about his
possible whereabouts is asked to call
the Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory-
Council toll-free at 1-800-252-8477
or their local Crime Stoppers pro
gram to become eligible for the re
ward.
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