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The Battalion
Voi. 80 Mo. 105 USPS 045360 14 pages
College Station, Texas
Wednesday, February 27, 1985
Is Anybody Home?
Photo by WA YNE L. GRABEIN
Jon Crain, a senior building construction
major from Odessa, examines one of the
model homes constructed by 103 students in
environmental design. The models are being
displayed on the bottom floor of the Lang
ford Architecture Center.
A&M to offer savings
on microcomputers
By MICHAEL CRAWFORD
Staff Writer
Texas A&M will join the ranks of
schools such as Boston College, Har
vard and the University of Texas
when it begins selling microcomput
ers to students, faculty and staff.
The new program will provide
computer hardware and some
software at discounts ranging from
25 percent to 44 percent.
The University will operate the
program on a non-profit basis by
buying the computers, in bulk quan
tities, at a discount and passing the
pavings on to the buyer.
Six national computer companies
and three local vendors have been
chosen to participate.
“A student who graduates from
college without some knowledge of
microcomputers is at a definite dis
advantage,” says William Wasson,
vice chancellor and system comptrol
ler.
“We’re seeing the advent of these
computers in the work place and in
education, and they are multi
plying.”
Wasson is in charge of the ne~w
program which officially begins with
the microcomputer fair next week.
Computers for sale through the
new program will be displayed by
the manufacturer during the fair, to
be held in the Pavilion.
Representatives from Apple,
AT&T, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and
Zenith will demonstrate their prod
ucts and take orders. Students may
purchase only one computer and
may order products from only one
vendor.
The fair will be open Monday
from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., Tuesday
through Thursday from 8 a.m. until
5 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. until
2 p.m.
Software selection in the program
will be limited because of an
agreement reached between the
University and local vendors.
According to Wasson, the Univer
sity decided not to sell the software
because local vendors would not be
able to match the University’s dis
counts and would lose business.
Those vendors, however, will take
part in the fair by providing sales
and support for their products.
Rumours is being looked at as a
possible site for a permanent micro
computer acquisition center where
the computers would be on display.
The site is being considered for its
proximity to the bookstore where or
ders for the computers would be
taken. However the proposal has
been tabled pending an investigation
to see how the space could best be
put to student use.
Poll says Texans favor defense policy
Associated Press
CAMBRIDGE. Mass. — Texans
’enthusiastically support President
Ronald Reagan’s program of up
grading the national defense, in
cluding the development and de
ployment of the MX missile,
according to a statewide poll by a
Massachusetts study group.
The survey, released Tuesday by
Cambridge Reports Inc. of Cam
bridge, Mass., showed that a full 79
percent of the Texans polled sup
port Reagan’s program ol increasing
land, sea and air weaponery.
Texans support the MX missile
program by a margin of 66 percent
to 2 / percent, according to the poll.
In addition, a full 76 percent of
those polled support Reagan’s argu
ment that the MX system must con
tinue to be developed in order for
the U.S. to-be in a strong position
during arms reduction talks that
start soon with the Soviet Union.
T wenty percent disagree with the
position and 4 percent had no opin
ion.
ing to the Cambridge
The opinion of Texans was much
more strongly in favor of Reagan’s
military policy than the natiorraS a
whole, accordir
poll.
Nationally, only 65 percent fa
vored the general upgrading of U.S.
defenses, compared to 79 percent
support from Texans. Twenty-eight
percent of those on the national poll
opposed the Regan defense pro
gram.
For the MX, only 63 percent of
the nation poll favored devel
opment, compared to 66 percent
support in Texas.
Using the MX to strengthen the
U.S. position in arms talks with the
Soviet Union was favored by 60 per
cent of those in the national poll,
compared to 76 percent on the
Texas poll.
The Texas poll was based on 400
respondents selected to give a cross-
section of the state’s adult popula
tion.
Shultz, negotiators
push for funding
of nuclear missile
Logos
Local merchants appeal to Texas Supreme Court
By ANN CERVENKA
Staff Writer
Local bookstore merchants
wishing to regain control of
Texas A&M service marks ap
plied this past week to the Texas
Supreme Court to review the de
rision made by the Court of Ap
peals.
The merchants say the Decem
ber 1984 decision by the Texas
Court of Appeals, which gave
A&M the power to control its
service marks, should be re
versed.
In May and June, 1981, Texas
A&M applied for and was
‘granted certificates of registra-
lion by the Secretary of State for
the following service marks:
Texas Aggies, ATM, TAMU, the
seal of Texas A&M, Gig Tim Ag
gies, the ring crest and Old Sarge.
Registration gives the Univer
sity authority to license the man
ufacturers and exact royalties for
the use*of the marks, Associate
Justice Vic Hall says.
However, in March 1983, the
trial courts cancelled the registra
tion numbers, except those for
the University seal and the ring
crest. The action was based on the
trial court’s findings that Texas
A&M is not the owner of the
marks because it has not used
them.
Trademark law states that the
service marks can be taken away
only if the merchants can show
that the University does not use
them, Genevieve Stubbs, Texas
A&M senior staff attorney, says.
However, the marks have been in
use since as early as 1920, she
says.
The local merchants applied
for the writ of error to the Su
preme Coiirt because they do not
think the students at Texas A&M
should have to pay higher prices,
John Raney, owner of the Texas
Aggie Bookstore, says.
The license requires the man
ufacturer to pay Texas A&M a
royalty fee, normally 6 percent of
the total net selling price of the
products. It also gives the Univer
sity the right to maintain quality
and tasteful manufacturing stan
dards.
“We feel like the role of the
University is education, not try
ing to control what kind of prod
ucts are produced,” Raney says.
If the University does own the
marks, it could limit the number
of manufacturers and retailers,
he says.
“It’s funny to me that Texas
A&M brags about being an insti
tution of free enterprise,” Raney
says. “The licensing is in direct
contradiction.”
Stubbs says the University does
not want to hurt the merchants’
businesses. “They are afraid of
big government coming in and
running their businesses, but
that’s not going to happen,”
Stubbs says.
“I feel pretty confident that we
(the University) are going to win
this case and gel it over with,”
Stubbs says.
She does not expect the writ to
be approved.
“If the Supreme Court hears it,
we feel like we have a good
chance to reverse the decision,”
Raney says.
Thus far, the royalty has
earned the University more than
$143,000, Stubbs says. The
money is used for student organi
zations that are not state funded.
Associated Press
’ WASHINGTON — Secretary of
State George Shultz and the U.S. ne
gotiating team in the Geneva nuclear
arms talks said Tuesday the Ameri
can bargaining position will be se
riously weakened if Congress re
fuses to finance the MX missile.
“This is no time to cast doubt on
our national resolve,” Shultz told the
Senate Armed Services Committee.
Shultz testified before the panel at
the same time that President Rea
gan’s chief arms control advisers and
negotiators for the U.S.-Soviet talks
were appearing before the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee.
Congress will decide w'hether to
continue funding for the highly ac
curate 10 nuclear warhead intercon
tinental missile this spring, and an
extremely close vote is forecast in the
House and Senate.
Ambassador Max Kampelman,
who will lead the three negotiators
when the negotiations begin March
12, said, “It would be damaging to
our negotiating position were the
Congress not to fund the MX.”
“As a negotiator, I would like to
have as much on my side of the table
as is practible, responsible and rea
sonable to have,” Kampelman said.
Similarly, Paul Nitze, the presi
dent’s senior arms control adviser,
said he believes Soviet awareness
that the United States is going ahead
with construction and installation of
the MX in hardened silos was one of
the principal reasons why Moscow
agreed to resume arms control nego
tiations after breaking them off
more than a year ago.
Along with Reagan’s “Star Wars”
space defense plan and the unity
among the United States and Euro
pean nations on nuclear policy,
Nitze said the MX “was another fac
tor that brought them back.”
And at the White House, spokes
man Larry Speakes said, “The presi
dent strongly believes the pace and
quality of negotiations in Geneva are
related to the outcome of the vote
(on the MX) in Congress.”
Following a meeting with Reagan
and Republican congressional lead
ers, Senate Majority Leader Robert
Dole, R-Kan., noted that a congres
sional delegation will accompany the
negotiators for the opening of the
Geneva talks.
“I would hope we’d come back
then and let the negotiators decide
what to offer on the table and not
take it off in the Congress,” said
Dole, predicting eventual approval
for the MX.
Generally, Nitze, Kampelman,
and the two other negotiators, for
mer Texas Sen. John Tower and ca
reer diplomat Maynard Glitman, ex
pressed guarded optimism that the
arms talks will be successful, but said
they will likely take a long time.
Spring break
Editors' note: With spring break
less than two weeks away, it’s time to
start planning for those out-of-town
trips. This is the first article in a
three-part series on places to go dur
ing spring break.
By TRENT LEOPOLD
Staff Writer
Ski bunnies scamper by. Hulking
sporto-types follow in pursuit. Ah,
life in “Ski Country” — Winter Park,
Sunlight, Aspen, Steamboat Springs
and Vail.
Spending the days skiing down a
glistening white Colorado mountain
and the nights relaxing in a steamy
Jacuzzi, sipping a hot toddy while so
cializing w'ith friends is a great way
to spend spring break.
Being a Colorado native myself,
I’ve often heard residents of the
state say they do not like Texas col
lege students migrating to their state
to take advantage of ski slopes.
“I can remember when I could go
skiing and there would be only about
10 or 15 people on the entire slope,”
says Richard Carlisle, a Colorado na
tive who lives in Golden, Colo. “Now
you have to wait in the lift line for
about 30 minutes and on the way
down the (ski) run you have to
dodge a bunch of Texans who are ly
ing in the snow.
“They think they are skiing ex
perts after practicing on Mount Ag
gie.”
But students are attracted to the
ski resort by excellent skiing facilities
and plenty of rental equipment to
use.
Winter Park, nestled in the scenic
Colorado Rocky Mountains near the
small gold rush towns of Tabernash
and Fraser, just over Berthoud Pass,
elevation 11,314 feet, is one of the
favorite vacation spots for Texas stu
dents.
Generally, the slopes are not hard
where to ski in Colorado
to master. However, the Mary Jane
Mountain is a challenge for even the
best skiers.
Late Tuesday Winter Park Moun
tain had a 53-inch snow base with 11
inches of new powder snow and
Mary Jane Mountain had a 73-inch
base with 11 inches of new powder.
Both slopes were 100 percent open.
Plenty of hotel ana motel accom
modations still are available during
the week of spring break.
Busses run daily from Denver to
Winter Park and back.
A round-trip ticket costs $26.05
and they can be purchased at all
Gart Brothers department stores in
Denver.
Soaking in a tub of hot mineral
water is one of my favorite things to
do after spending a long day on the
slopes. And about 40-minutes from
W’inter Park is the famed Hot Sul
phur Springs where steamy aromatic
sulphur water fills three swimming
pools.
It costs $4 per person to.swim in
the pools.
But, if being only an hour from
skiing on some of the better Colo
rado slopes and swimming in the
largest outdoor mineral water pool
in the world suits your fancy, then
Glenwood Springs is the place to be.
The Glenwood Springs pool spans
two city blocks and the water comes
from natural mineral springs. Presi
dent Teddy Roosevelt used to vaca
tion at Glenwood so he could swim
in the pool.
Although the water smells bad, it
has been acclaimed for its natural
healing powers.
Several places in Glenwood
Springs specialize in renting ski
eouipment and the clerks are gener
ally knowledgeable. The town is only
a one-hour drive from Sunlight,
Buttermilk and Aspen Mountains
and busses commute to and from the
outlying ski areas daily.
Glenwood also offers some excel
lent eateries. The best place for the
money is K-Bob’s Steaknouse where.
you can stuff yourself with juicy
steak, rolls and all the salad you can
eat for about $10.
If you decide to splurge, some of
the best Italian food in the United
States is prepared at The Under
ground restaurant on Grand Ave
nue. A dinner for two is about $80.
If you have to go through Denver
on your way to or from the slopes, be
sure and stop at the Old Country
Italian restaurant on Colfax Avenue.
It’s heralded as the best Italian food
restaurant in the United States.
The Italian waiters and waitresses
at the restaurant serve the dinner in
five courses. Dinner for two is about
$50 and reservations need to be
made at least one day ahead of time.
Buttermilk Mountain is, perhaps,
the easiest ski slope in Colorado.
And for those who learned to ski on
Mount Aggie, it is a good place to get
See SPRING, page 7
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