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Tuesday, April 9, 1985/The Battalion/Page 5 iated Press ■ 1>A - Hondurai e armed in Hoi 'ying^OO pou^P f( ; r Texas C ,lkln g Part in, words tor Pre^ 1 Anierican polid esidentisentitl* ilr "•'tloilnniJ , , . v : S n „;S: Computer graphics symposium ilit* Republianjff" if past, the smoked b sale barbecue c right 5001 Hi-tech art to be shown iy ELIZABETH MICKEY Reporter mds ot pinto |, and an uudt fjalapeno |A computer graphics symposium nvited to CeaeBsenling the current status and Department o!S| re |,ds in computer grapiiics will be j his permissioniLil Wednesday and Thursday at smen to paitki;Rjjder Theater, in conjunction I war games. wl ,h t he SIGGRAPH ’83 exhibit, it we demonsinHThe goal of the symposium is to l 've lightint prpiide the students at A&M with an ed to thedefenTpL,] [unity to see what tlie cutting if said. ; s 0 f what is going on in com puter graphics,” said Jim Baker, or- said his thret gaiii/er of the SIGGRAPH ’83 ex- d to show stiffhibiit and symposium, nd ‘‘let them mBiomputer graphics is a new ine- I the mission." di.jm and is opening many doors for attention hasieBduates interested in the field, trticipation ol iaid Baker, a graphics consultant ause of thepn. wiih the Computing Services Center camp, which .ttA&M. ’ to the Nicarafjftaker said computer graphics is a xrssibilityofalield bringing in $5.2 billion dollars Nicaragua's I in annual volume. He also said com- puter grapiiics will eventually be a part of everyone’s lives. eduled for at SIGGRAPH ’83 is an interna- falter Lopez fc# duran military at the last nit iv officials saidli ailed to a seccrj by President tional exhibition of computer art. 1 he exhibition combines artists’ and technologists’ works into a visual show. “The symposium will be a visually rich, multi-media affair,” Baker said. The seminars will include videotapes and high-tech presentations, he said. Associate Provost Dr. Charles E. McCandless will open the sympo sium Wednesday at 9 a.m. Dr. T homas Linehan, professor at Ohio State University and associate direc tor of the Computer Graphics Re search Croup, will speak from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. on “State of the Art Commerical Computer Graphics.” Sylvie Reuff of the Jet Propulsion Lab will speak at 1 p.m. on “Scien tific Uses of Computer Graphics.” Then, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., An drew Lippman of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s media sci ence department, will aiscuss “Com puter graphics and the Media Sci ence Department at MIT.” On Thursday, the seminar will be gin with Michael Bigbee at 8:30 a.m. discussing “Implementing Visual In formation Systems in Business.” Big bee is the regional technical man ager of ISSCO Software and chairman of the Dallas SIGGRAPH chapter. Beginning at 10:30 a.m. Thurs day, Eric Bier of the University of California at Berkeley and a consul tant to Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Croup will speak on “Interactive De sign of Solid Objects: Computer Aided Design, Computer Aided Manufacturing, Illustrations and Other Applications.” Chris Yessios of Ohio State will discuss “Computer Aided Design in Architecture” from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Richard Mueller, the 1984 co- chairman of SIGGRAPH, will speak about “Computer Graphics: SIG- GRAPH’s Role, Objectives and Cur rent Research Interests” from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. The symposium is free of charge and is open to everyone. d ? A&M will research climate, obal ocean circulation 07 University News Service ientists around the world will soon join in the planning of the first prions scientific effort to describe and understand global ocean circu lation. ■Through the study, called the World Ocean Circulation Experi ment, scientists hope to explain loi.g-term climatic trends and sensi- livity and someday design an obser vation system that could predict cli matic patterns, said Dr. Worth N'owlin Jr., a professor of oceanog- taphy at Texas A&M and head of dn just established U.S. Planning < 'Ifice for WOCE. ■The WOCE office will he in ■M s Department of Oceanogra- lly. mlhe locus of WOCE, Nowlin said, u ’m he the construction of ocean models and the collection of data '’pessary to demonstrate that the models are useful. i Program Nowlin said serious consideration of a global experiment for the 1990s is now possible because of technolog ical and scientific developments of the last decades. Among these developments are an increased understanding of the nature of ocean circulation, better instrumentation for long time-series measurements, numerical ocean models and high-capacity computers to use them, improved methods for measurement of chemical tracers, satellite technology and a new real ization of global societal problems related to the ocean. Under a multi-year grant from the Ocean Sciences Division of the National Science Foundation, the WOCE planning office will help for mulate the U.S. role in the interna tional program. International level planning is guided by a Scientific Steering group under the auspices of the Committee on Climatic Changes and the Ocean and the Joint Scientific Committee of the World Climate Re search Program. U.S. funding is coming from NSF, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Office of Naval Research. “The WOCE planning office is the focus for program development, carrying out day-to-day administra tive functions and providing support for travel and other planning activ ities,” Nowlin said. “We invite inquir ies from the ocean and science com munity in this process. “Provisionally, the primary scien tific objective is to improve our un derstanding of the general circula tion of the ocean well enough to be able to model its present state and predict its present state and predict its evolution in relation to long-term changes in the atmosphere.” Corps commander-elect set to speak at Sally's Symposium Win a Porsche! Play the Domino’s Pizza “No Problem” Game and you might win a brand new Porsche 944 Sports Car from Domino’s Pizza and Coke? Just rub off the Problem section of the game card. 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The Baffet everyone should see J<OUS r r09l < BALL ( E < T The company everyone wants to see ^Attitude changes in the Corps of ■(lets and its goals for the forth- ■niing year will he discussed by Ext year's Corps commander at Sul- p Symposium Wednesday at 11:50 ■Turt Van de Walle, who as Corps commander will be the leader and spokesman tor the Corps and the E*s° n between the Corps and Tri- gon officials, said he will talk about policy changes within the Corps and the goals the Corps will have next year. This school year has been a de structive year in the Corps, Van de Walle said. “The Corps had its feet knocked out from under them this last year,” he said. “We want to get back to the basics of the Corps of Cadets.” The symposium, sponsored each week by Lambda Sigma, will be held in front of the statue of Lawrence Sullivan Ross. Cindy Cay, president of Lamda Sigma, said she thinks Van de Walle’s speech will be interesting be cause he will be the first cadet to speak at Stilly's Symposium this year. I operating nt of the :). Orders Aid programs hurt by federal law ipm emonstrT Come . Perez me the ze is a i v^|sysfem5 ionSysta"’ 5 r»n* Associated Press AUS I IN — A new federal law may have plugged a ;) P ’ole in federal tax regulations, but it also put a irn P er °n four popular aid programs in Texas, State Miptroller Bob Bullock said Monday. ll J an effort to stop the loss of federal tax income, the the issuance and favorable tax treatment of -tailed “private purpose bonds,” including industrial velopmem bonds. ■ special report from the comptroller’s department A industrial development bonds are treated like gov- ’’nient bonds for tax purposes but are used to Finance irate business. ne new federal restrictions came from charges ’at some of these bonds were misused, funding pro- G in high-growth areas — projects that would have e 'i developed without tax-exempt financing,” •ordmg to report ■I le comptroller also noted that the new restrictions ( iideally affect three popular Texas projects — the :xa.s Veterans Land, the Veterans Housing Assistance f Uie Student Loan programs. ] e nevv law treats T exas College Students Loan ‘ nds as IDBs, putting them under the $2.3 billion In Loan Program will have to line up for I Ip'oval along with all the local industrial development ■rotations,” the report said. j, , llc *cr the new federal restrictions, Texas will be lim- R A billion in selected industrial development |(ij?, C s a j ld other private purpose bonds in 1985 and I I ^986, the limit will be about $1.5 billion. ■ ,lc Ust, 'ial Development Bonds were issued for 1,458 projects in Texas between 1979 and 1984, the report said. The Texas Economic Development Commission said those projects generated more than 200,000 jobs and $1.2 billion in federal, state and local taxes. IDBs have financed manufacturing plants in Mar shall, Arlington and El Paso; office buildings in Waco, Austin and Amarillo; retail businesses in Kerrville, Fal- furrias, Jacksonville and Pampa; and hotels in Laredo and San Antonio. “In Texas, the bonds typically are sponsored by an industrial development corporation created by a city, county or other governmental body,” the comptroller said. In return for providing a public benefit, the IDBs were given tax-exempt status similar to traditional mu nicipal bonds. Critics pointed out that IDBs and other private pur pose bonds drive up interest rates for all municipal bonds, increasing borrowing costs for state and local governments, the comptroller said. The comptroller said the Legislature, in legalizing the use of IDBs, intended them to benefit rural and high-unemployment areas. “But a University of Texas study show’s higher-pop ulation areas in Texas received the most direct employ ment from IDB issues,” the report said. “Low popula tion areas have received proportionately lower direct employment benefits.” The new law removes the tax-exempt status of veter ans land bonds, effectively ending the program after 1987, the comptroller’s report said. “MixedRepertoire” April 10 8 p.m. Rudder Auditorium "SWAN LAKE” April 11 8 p.m Rudder Auditorium Tickets available MSC Box Office 845-1234 and all Ticketron outlets Grant recieivedfrom Texas Commission on the Arts