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NOTICE The College of Engineering will initiate an Enrollment Man agement Program effective fall semester 1985. Each cur rently enrolled eligible freshman student must apply to be considered for admission to the major degree sequence in the engineering major of his/her choice. Applications are available in the Engineering Program Office, room 141, En gineering Research Center, or in the Engineering Depart ments. The toughest job you’ll ever love Ju.. We admit it. It takes a dif ferent kind of person to be a Peace Corps volunteer. We won’t mislead you with glowing pictures of exotic lands. The hours as a volunteer are long. The pay is modest. And the frustrations sometimes seem overwhelming. But the satisfaction and rewards are im mense. You’ll be immersed in a new culture, become fluent in a new language, and learn far more about the third world — and yourself — than you ever expected. You’ll also discover that prog ress brought about by Peace Corps volunteers is visible and measurable: Such as health clinics established in the Philippines; Fresh-water fish ponds constructed in Kenya; roads and schools and irrigation systems built in Upper Volta; tens of thou sands of people given essential skills in farming, nutrition, the skilled trades, business, forestry, and other specialties throughout the develop ing world. Being a volunteer isn’t for everyone, and it isn’t easy, but to the people of the developing nations who have never before had basic health care or enough to eat, the Peace Corps brings a message of hope and change. We invite you to look into the volunteer opportunities beginning in the next 3-12 months in Africa, /^sia, Latin America, and the Pa cific. Our representatives will be pleased to provide you with details. PEACE CORPS PEACE CORPS DOES MORE THAN TALK ABOUT WORLD PROBLEMS - IT HELPS SOLVE THEM FOR INFORMATION AND APPLICATION STOP BY PEACE CORPS IN AG BLDG 103B OR CALL 845-4722 INFORMATION ALSO AVAILABLE BY CALLING PEACE CORPS IN DALLAS TOLL FREE AT 1 -800-442-7294 EXT 124 Friday, April 26, 8 PM Hall of Fame 85/couple Featuring “The Debonaircs” Open Bar until 11 PM Saturday, April 27, 7 PM Aggieland Inn 825/couplc Cocktail Hour 5:30 PM Guest Speaker “Joe Fenton” RUMi. WkWCK Saturday, April 27, 9 PM MSC & Rudder 835/couple Featuring “'Hie Drifters” “Ed Gerlach Orchestra” Orders being taken now in the MSC for Party Pic coupon books. (50$ savings per pic.) Ping Dance pictures will be taken starting at 3 p. m. Saturday in Rudder. The Weekend package, at 860/couplc, includes all three events. Tickets are on sale in the MSC Box Office. /Ml tickets arc presale. Page 47The Battalion/Tuesday, April 23,1985 ""T 1 ■! — iii British chemist explains hydrogen fuel research By JOE PARSONS Reporter A Nobel Prize-winning chemist discussed his research concerning the future use of hydrogen as a pri mary fuel here Monday. Sir George Porter, director of the Royal Institution of Technology in England, detailed his research of photolvsis. In photolysis, radiant en ergy from light is used to cause chemical reactions by splitting hy drogen and oxygen molecules and capturing the energy to produce an economical fuel. Porter said the oil supply will be gin diminishing after the year 2000 and the world must find and eco nomical fuel. ”We are very near the peak of this oil bonanza.” Porter said. “If we burn all of the coal (after oil supplies are depleted), the pollution conse quences will be bad.’ 1 He discussed the need for the hy drogen fuel since it would be a cleaner substance. Chlorophyll absorbs light and molt- cules are separated. “The basic reaction splits water into hydrogen and oxygen," Portei said. “It is the primary reaction for making fuel from water.” J| Porter said there must be a method to produce the same typed energy, as in photosynthesis. Pot ter's research involves a chrystalM bacterium, not a leaf. In this process, light is absorbed, electrons are passed through tit bacterium and go to reduce the It- drogen. Porter stated two reasons for using this method. “It helps us to understand oneol the greatest scientific processes," It said. “The other is its efficiency.'' Porter then stressed the needfoi an economical means for Sir George Porter Porter diagramed the photosyn thetic process in plants to demon strate the method in which hydro gen is separated from oxygen. such a hydrogen fuel which docs ns emit pollution. He said thecostol hydrogen fuel should be comparable to current fuels. “The cost of your watt would be similar to nuclear power or coal,' Porter said. Issues and Grievances Role of SG discussed By SHERRY TOFTE Reporter Student Government’s role of representation was the main topic of discussion at the last Student Gov ernment Issues and Grievances meeting in the Commons Lounge Monday night. “I think Student Goverment has a real image ptoblem.” Mike Wells, an Aston resident said. “They spend all their time voting on intangible things like the GSSO and women in the band. Student Government really has no control over the out come of those issues.” James Cleary, vice president of academic affairs, said “Except for those two issues, I would say that Student Government represents what the students think.” Cleary and Carol Ellison, vice president of student services, said that there is a debate going on in Student Government about the schools of thought on representa tion. They explained that one school views representation as voting the will of the constituents and the other sees it as representation in the con stituents’ best interests. Next year Ellison said she would try to get a space in The Battalion for Student Government. “We want to get a column in The Battalion so we can ‘toot our horn’ and show people what we’re doing in Student Government,'' Ellisonsaid. In other discussion, Wells com plained about the monopoly tin McCaw Cablevision has on the cam pus. “It’s rip-t [ aoo wish they if imething about it,” Wells said. 1 costs more money for less service." Ellison said that Student Govern ment will look into the problem ami check to see if other cable companie are available in this area. Other issues that will be discussed for next year are the problem ofat- d In Advance South African specialist to discuss politics Cornel Van Rooyen, vice con sul of information for the Hous ton South African consulate, will discuss the importance of South Africa and its political situation tonight in 301 Rudder. Van Rooyen, a specialist in South African politics and inter national terrorism, will speak about “South Africa: Liberty or Injustice.” The program, at 8:30 p.m., is sponsored by Political Ft rum. Van Rooyen graduated fro the University of Stellenbosch graduated from in South Africa in 1978 with de grees in political science, socio logy and international politics. Before attending college, Van Rooyen was a lieutenant in the South African commandos. He began working for the in formation services in South Af rica in late 1978. Before beineas signed to Houston, he workedfor the European and the Britisl desks of the interior division of the government. his current position in December 1980. ippoi in De Students to display projects on water By ROBIN ROBERTSON Reporter A group of senior architect stu dents will display projects per taining to the international Con ference on Food and Water Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 2 g .m. in Langford Architecture enter. Professor George Mann’s Envi ronmental Design class, Architect Design V, was asked to design an architectural solution to a specific water resource issue in a specific geographic location. Kathleen Kurth, a senior from Conroe, said the project was simi lar to a geography lesson. “We had to come up with spe cific materials to use for that par ticular region because most re gions have a limited supply of materials available and many places have unskilled labor,” Kurth said. The students created projects pertaining to irrigation, food pro duction, health and transporta tion and drinking water. Project titles include: A Health Awareness Facility for Burkino Faso, Africa; an Oasis Education and Information Center for Al geria, Africa; a Water Distribu tion Center for The Yucatan, Mexico; and an Iceberg Location and Retrieval Center for Ivigtut, Greenland. In addition to displaying the projects Wednesday, they also will be displayed at the confer ence. Dr. Jack Cross, conference coordinator at Texas AIM, aid the projects are creative and that an interesting effort was made by the architect students. The projects tie in with the top ics of the conference which in clude: water as a constraint on world food supplies; irrigation and drainage in the world; insti- Mann said he came up with the idea for the class project after reading about the International Conference on Food and Water scheduled for May 26-30 here. Mann said he wanted the stu dents to use their imaginations and get them thinking about world-wide problems. tutions working in water manage ment, policy development and food production. For example, David Hensley,a senior from Plano, developed an oasis education and information center for the Sahara Desert. Wa ter is available in the region, but the main problem is how to irri gate and maintain the water sup ply. cess to some handicapped Cleary said. Although discussiono housing is often discussed, Ellisoi said Student Government really tan not change those policies. 4r M lost AU( msc Thui ran PO A delicious o salami, Amei cheeses, lett Italian oil, m mayonaise.; wheat or oni Special good t Not valid with Valid 8 a.m.-9 p.m. f 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sun c* for more Controversial abortion bill stirs up pro-choice groups ne Associated Press AUSTIN — Last-minute changes in a bill to regulate abortions were a “subversion of the democratic proc ess” and would impose unconstitu tional restrictions on women’s rights, members of a pro-choice group charged Monday. Anti-abortion forces said the com plaints were “much ado about noth ing,” saying most of the changes will be dropped anyway. Pam Fridricn, of the Texas Abor tion Rights Action League, said the abortion regulation bill was amended before a seven-hour hear ing last week, but the new version wasn’t given to pro-abortion wit nesses until the next day. The 33- page amended bill replaced an 18- page original, she said. “The committee members, the witnesses, the observers and the press were denied the facts about this bill; and to date, the supporters of the bill are still attempting to con ceal the truth about this legislation,” she said. “The hearing and seven hours of testimony was a subversion of the democratic process,” Fridrich said. “By not allowing us access to the committee substitute, the authors denied us the opportunity to be heard and speak to specific provi sions of this bill.” The original bill would outlaw abortions in the final three months of pregnancy, forbid the use of pub lic money for abortions and require parental consent in the case of a pre gnant minor. Fridrich said the amended version would impose additional limits on a woman’s ability to get an abortion, restrictions pro-choice forces said likely are unconstitutional. One provision would allow an “af 1 grieved person” to get a court'®' junction to block an abortion. Anaf grieved person could be a) brother, sister, uncle, aunt or grand' parent of an unborn child, ora® group that is organized to | unborn children. The second provision would ®' quire a doctor to certify abortions)* “necessary,” even those in theP three months of pregnancy. But Bill Price,\ director of id* Texas Coalition for Life that I thored the abortion regulation p said most of the amended bill wot' ever make it to the full Legislate He said anti-abortion groups a® looking for a plan that would la* abortions in the final three i of pregnancy.