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Department o!S| re |,ds in computer grapiiics will be
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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-
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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.
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A&M will research climate,
obal ocean circulation
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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
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^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.
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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