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r The Off Campus Connection is sponsored each month by Loupot’s Bookstore at Northgate as a service to Texas A&M students. Stories and artwork are provided by the staff of the Off Campus Center. Utility Costs on the Rise In the next few months utility costs will rise /a significantly. For off 'i campus students this # will mean paying a higher bill each month. For college students on a tight budget, that extra amount could make a big difference. There are ways, however, of combating this problem. The following tips can help reduce energy consumption and keep those monthly utility bills down. When using air conditioner • Turn the lights off when leaving a room. • Open the windows and use fans instead of using your air conditioner on cooler days. • Dress for the warmer indoor temperatures. Casual clothes of lightweight open-weave fabrics are most comfortable. In the kitchen • Never boil water in an open pan. Water will come to a boil faster and use less energy in a kettle or covered pan. • When using the oven, make the most of the heat from that single source. Cook as many foods as you can at one time. • Use an electric skillet or toaster oven for small meals rather than the kitchen range or oven. The smaller appliances use less energy. • Match the size pan to the size of the heating element. More heat will get to the pan; less will be lost to surrounding air. • If you have a gas stove, make sure the pilot light is burning efficiently-with a blue flame. A yellowish flame indicates an adjustment is needed As costs rise in the next few months, conserving energy will become important to everyone. These tips on conserving energy are simple ways to save money and keep within your budget. • Set your thermostat at 78°. Some experts estimate that the difference between 72° and 78° can save as much as 47 percent on cooling costs. • Put the fan setting on automatic. In humid weather automatic fan operation helps the system remove humidity. • Clean or replace the air conditioning filter at least once a month. When the filter is dirty air movement is restricted, which reduces the efficiency of the air dconditioner and increases the operating costs. • If your apartment is unoccupied during the day, turn your air conditioner off. • Consider using a fan with your air conditioner, this will allow a higher thermostat setting without a loss in comfort. • Do not place lamps or a television near your thermostat. The thermostat senses the heat produced by these appliances and causes the air conditioner to run longer than necessary. • Keep lights on low setting or off. Lights generate heat and add to the load on your air conditioner. With or without air conditioning • Reduce radiant heat gain through windows by installing vertical louvers,awnings, solar screens, or reflective solar film. Draw draperies, blinds, and shades on windows that receive direct sun. Housing Fair Coming Soon On Tuesday, April 16, the Off Campus Center and the Off Campus Aggies will sponsor the first annual Texas A&M Off Campus Housing Fair. The fair will provide an opportunity for property owners, managers, community services and other housing-related agencies to present information about their property, product or service to students, faculty and passersby on the Texas A&M Campus. The Housing Fair is free of charge and it will be held in the Exhibit Hall of the Rudder Theatre Complex from 11:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Did You Know That... ...the Off Campus Center (OCC) provides counseling services for students with roommate conflicts and tenant/landlord concerns. For more information call 845- 1741, or come by the OCC located in Puryear Hall directly across from the YMCA Building. TEXAS A&M AT GALVESTON OFFERS SUMMER SCHOOL . . . SUMMER SESSION I: June 4- July 11, 1985 SUMER SESSION II: July 12 - August 16, 1985 COURSE NO. TITLE CREDIT COURSE NO. TITLE ACCT 229 Introductory Accounting 3 ACCT 230 Introductory Accounting 3 BIOL 665 Biology of the Invertebrates 4 ACCT 327 Intermediate Accounting 3 BIOL 685 Problems in Biology 1-6 BIOL 685 Problems in Biology 1-6 BIOL 691 Research in Biology 1 or more BIOL 689 Special Topics in Animal Communications BIPH 626 Radioisotopes Techniques 3 BIOL 689 Special Topics in Marine Invertebrate C S 203 Introduction to Computing 3 Embryology 4 C S 485 Problems in Computing Science 1-3 BIOL 691 Research in Biology 1 or more CHEM 101 Fundamentals of Chemistry I 3 C S 203 Introduction to Computing 3 CHEM 111 Fundamentals of Chemistry Laboratory I 1 C S 485 Problems in Computer Science 1-3 CHEM 227 Organic Chemistry I 3 CHEM 102 Fundamentals of Chemistry II 3 CHEM 228 Organic Chemistry II 3 CHEM 112 Fundamentals of Chemistry Laboratory II 1 CHEM 485 Problems in Chemistry 1 or more CHEM 228 Organic Chemistry II 3 ECON 203 Principles of Economics 3 CHEM 238 Organic Chemistry Laboratory II 1 ECON 311 Money and Banking 3 CHEM 485 Problems in Chemistry 1 or more ECON 321 International Trade and Finance 3 ECON 204 Principles of Economics 3 ENGL 103. Composition and Rhetoric 3 ENGL 104 Composition and Rhetoric 3 ENGL 301 Technical Writing 3 ENGL 301 Technical Writing 3 ENGL 485 Problems in English 1-3 ENGL 485 Problems in English 1-3 GEOL 485 Problems in Geology 1 or more FIN 341 Business Finance 3 HIST 105 History of the United States 3 GEOL 485 Problems in Geology 1 or more HIST 485 Problems in History 1-3 HIST 106 History of the United States 3 MARA 363 Organizational Process 3 HIST 485 Problems in History 1-3 MARB 315 Natural History of Vertebrates 3 MARB 311 Ichthyology 3 MARB 435 Marine Invertebrate Zoology 3 ’MARB 320 Marine Food Chains 3 MARB 485 Problems in Marine Biology 1-6 MARB 440 Marine Biology 4 MARB 489 Marine Biology of the Upper Texas Coast 3 MARB 485 Problems in Marine Biology 1-6 MARS 485 Problems in Marine Science 1-6 MARS 485 Problems in Marine Science 1-6 MASE 485 Problems in Maritime Systems MATH 151 Engineering Math I 4 Engineering 1-4 MATH 152 Engineering Math II 4 MATH 130 Mathematical Concepts (Pre-Calculus) 3 MATH 230 Math Concepts - Calculus 3 MATH 151 Engineering Math I 4 MATH 253 Engineering Math III 4 MATH 152 Engineering tyath II 4 MATH 485 Problems in Math 1 or more MATH 485 Problems in Mathematics 1 or more MKTG 321 Marketing 3 OCN 401 Introduction to Oceanography 3 OCN 401 Introduction to Oceanography 3 OCN 685 Problems in Oceanography 1 or more OCN 685 Problems in Oceanography 1-4 OCN 691 Research in Oceanography 1 or more OCN 691 Research in Oceanography 1 or more PHYS 201 College Physics 4 PHYS 202 College Physics 4 PHYS 485 Problems in Physics 1 or more PHYS 485 Problems in Physics 1-4 POLS 206 American National Government 3 POLS 207 State and Local Government 3 POLS 485 Problems in Political Science 1-6 POLS 485 Problems in Political Science 1-6 STAT 302 Statistical Methods 3 R S 689 Special Topics in Coastal Plant Ecology 4 WPS 685 Problems in Wildlife and Fisheries STAT 302 Statistical Methods 3 Science 2-6 WPS 685 Problems in Wildlife and Fisheries WPS 691 Research in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences 2-6 Science 1 or more WFS 691 Research in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences 1 or more Summer's Cool! ON GALVESTON ISLAND Attend summer courses at the University’s Mitchell Campus on Pelican Island. Academic programs in Marine Biology, Marine Sciences, Marine Transportation, Marine Engineering, Marine Fisheries, Maritime Systems Engineering and Maritime Administration. All courses lead to a B.S. degree from Texas A§M University. All courses offered carry Texas A$M University credit and are transferable to other institutions. On-campus food services and dormitory housing are available. - Students who are currently enrolled and in good standing at Texas A&M are eligible to enroll. Please notify the TAMUG Student Records Office by May 15. - Students not currently attending TAMU or TAMU-G must be admitted prior to regis tration . - For information regarding admission, fees, curricula and registration, contact: Student Records Office (409) 766-3215 Texas A&M University at Galveston P.O. Box 1675 Galveston, Texas 77553 Texas A 8. M University at Galveston is a part of The Texas A 8. M University System Admission to Texas A 8. M University at Galveston and any of its sponsored programs is open to qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex. national origin or educationally-unrelated handicaps. A&M students to perform play ‘auf Deutsch’ Funky\ ujmroN e id do wm G/KL SCO By JENS B. KOEPKE Reporter Several Texas A&M students will try their hand at international drama in the presentation of the German play “Jacobowsky Und Der Oberst” at 8 p.m. tonight and Satur day in Rudder Forum. The play is performed entirely “auf Deutsch” (in German), but a de- detailed English synopsis will be pro vided to help the audience follow the action. The performance is spon sored by the German Club and the modern languages department. “The play is a unique opportunity for German students to get not only a drama experience, but a German drama experience,” said Roger Crockett, co-director and German professor. The program began in 1981 as a volunteer one-act play, Crockett said. Since that time, it has grown into a full-length play that students can participate in for class credit. “It accelerates their learning of the language through memoriza tion,” he said. The students also learn more about phrasing, grammar and pho netics than what they get in their regular classes, he said. “Jacobowsky Und Der . Oberst" was chosen because it has recent his torical background, Crockett said, and because it is one of the few Ger man drama/comedies that has about the same number of male and fe male roles. “The play deals with the chaos and panic that occurred in France when the Germans were advancing in June 1940,” said Wulf Koepke, co-director and German professor. The story revolves around the conflict between two Polish men with different beliefs who are forced to flee together and the French woman that tries to reconcile their differ ences. Tadeusz Boleslav Stjerbinsky, the dignified cavalry officer from a no ble family, is to deliver top-secret documents to London. His mission is doubly dangerous because there is a price on his head, due ft) a prison es cape. Stjerbinsky is aided ahd sierved by his loyal confidant, Szabuniewicz. His rival is S.L. Jacobowsky, an optimistic Jew, born in Poland but raised in Germany, who has had to llee for his life four times—once from the Czar who killed his father and three times from the Nazis. Throughout his tragic life Jaco bowsky has applied a unique philoso phy — whatever happens in life, there are always two alternatives. Marianne Deloupe, a French woman, stands between the two men in their comic flight from the Ger mans. In the beginning, she is in love with Stjerbinsky and is caught up in the niceties of the bourgeoisie. At play’s end, she has fallen in love with Jacobowsky and has been trans formed into a bold woman who won ders if there are any real menleftin the world. The foursome finally reach the French port town, Saint Jean-de- Luz, and meet with the English rep resentative, Commander Wright, who of fers them only two placesona ship. They must decide wno is to es cape to freedom. Lauren Specht, the play’s studem director, has taken part in every play done with the German Club. “I had a rather good command of German, but still it’s difficult to really understand what you’re saying,” Specht said. “You don't gei the full weight of what you re saying." Without exactly understanding the dialogue, it is difficult to present a convincing performance, she said. The quality of the acting, and of the sets and costumes nave im proved every year, Specht said. Ben Galewsky, who plays Jaco bowsky, said: “Being in German,it’s more difficult to memorize parts, and then there’s always the possibil ity that if you have to improvise, that you have to do it in German.” Crockett said preparations for the play began in October with the tryouts and the casting of the play. After rehearsing the remainder of the semester, a final cast was chosen and registered for the spring semes ter class. “We’re trying to establish a tradi tion in the department, one that the German section and the deparfmenl can be proud of,” Crockett said. Co to: Assoc WASHING not shoot unar nal suspects w ent threat to S ublic, the Su /ednesday. By a 6-3 vo Tennessee law strained use o lated the cons suspects. “It is not b< suspects die I cape,” said Wnite for the < Tennessee’s was similar to the states. Bu states, local f for years hav of fleeing sus considered da: Wednesday city of Mempf pay the fathe suspected bur 11 years ago. Tennessee f a Memphis po it is “a black d ment.” Dc pc Juvenile suspect in shooting released Associated Press SAN ANTONIO —A 14-year-old boy accused of shooting a 15-year- ola middle school student was re leased from the county juvenile de tention center Wednesday, authori ties said. Tom Broussard, a spokesman for Bexar County’s juvenile system, said the unidentified youngster was re leased into the custody of his par ents. The youngster turned himself in to the assistant principal at Page Middle School Tuesday after a 15- year-old boy was shot in the chest, assistant principal J.D. Brown said. The incident occurred on the school playground shortly before classes began, and Brown said the youngster told him he was provoked into the shooting by other students' heckling. Police said a complaint alleging aggravated assault with a deadly weapon had been turned over to ju venile authorities in connection with the case. 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