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A company official said the total lack of attendance could be inter preted as tacit approval of Bell’s re quest. “I think the consumers were looking at the rate case we filed and are saying $1.78 seems a reasonable price to keep local exchange service among the best in that nation,” said Richard Harris, Bell vice president for revenues in Texas. The full hearing, expected to last about two months, opens Tuesday. Harris said Bell will cut $47 million from its $324 million request filed in March. Most of the decrease is due to a new law that exempts Bell from paying the state gross receipts tax. Consumers will pay that tax for some phone services that had been exempt under the old law. The commission staff Monday said Bell is entitled to a $92.7 million increase, based on a 12.47 percent rate of return. Bell wants a 13.03 percent return. The initial Bell request would have meant a $1.78 monthly hike in basic home phone bills. Harris esti mated the $47 million decrease would cut about 25 cents from the requested home phone bill hike. Monday’s session ended moments after it began. PUC Administrative Law Judge Shelia Bailey wrapped it up after there was no response to her call for consumer testimony. She said consumers would be allowed to testify throughout the hearing. In previous Bell cases, testimony has included demonstrations by bal loon-toting, sign-waving groups. A&M prof: Communication key to successful teaching if x m By D’ANNA HEIDEMAN Reporter Dr. Jack Y.K. Lou says teach ing is a two-way street. “In order to have a maximum capacity for learning there must be effort from the student as well as the teacher,” he says. Head of the Ocean Engi neering Program, and the Ocean Engineering and Hydrolic Engi neering Group at Texas A&M, Lou says he enjoys teaching and strives to do his share. “I just wanted to quit teaching when exam grades are low, be cause I feel I didn’t communicate what I needed to,” he says. Lou says he tries to understand and help students cope with out side pressures. “I simply show concern when I notice a problem,” he explains. In May, Lou was rewarded for his efforts when the A&M Stu dent Engineering Council gave him their Outstanding Faculty Award. This award is among many others he has received, in cluding recently being named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. A native of mainland China, Lou and his family moved to Tai wan when he was 16, before the Communists took control. “This prof ession uses all oft! I ’ ppl Dr. Jack Y.K. Lou “I have always been fascinated with the ocean and what it of fers,” he says. “Since I had an in terest in ship design, I thought that would be one way to utilize the sea’s resources. “Practical experience has made me a better teacher. As a profes sor of civil and ocean engi neering, his main interests in volve naval architecture, ocean engineering, fluid-structure in teraction and hydroelasticity. He has researched submarine dy namics, ocean systems, towing and vibrations of submerged structures. Lou’s first teaching job was as assistant professor of ocean engi neering at Columbia University’s new ocean engineering program in 1968. He came to A&M in 1974. “A&M was my No. 1 choice,” he says. “I had heard a lot about this University and its ocean engi neering program.” Lou describes ocean engi neering as an interdisciplinary field. engineering areas and apj them to the sea,” he says. But, Lou says, some asp«; that work well on land may net to he modified and ini proved [., use in the ocean. “The main thrust of oceantt gineering is to develop newteel niques and technology to«f hance traditional engineerinj the ocean,” he says. Lou feels the ocean eni neering program is facing anj dentity problem” because it new and not yet established, dally among recent high sdii gracluates. “It is safe to say our program one of the best in the couninl and well-known in the proft sional world both nationally internationally,” he says. “Inger, eral, it is a young program room for improvement, butsti one of the best Lou says human advancemei depends on the ocean and thefiii use of its limits. linky t'tA SORf SHOOLD “We are seaward, moving ward the sea, depending on sea for food, mineral resource recreation and even defense,’ says. After receiving his bachelot degree from the Chinese Nan College of Technology, Lou cam to the United States. Hethend tained his master’s degree fr Massachusetts Institute ofTccU nology, and seven years latent ceivecl his doctorate from! technic Institute of Brooklyn Departmental users aided The consumer silence won’t last, said a spokesman for the Association of Community Organiziations for Reform Now, which organized con sumer rallies in past Bell cases. Computer center opens By JERRY OSLIN Staff Writer “We’ll get people down there,” said Robert Longoni. “I think their message is going to be we are tired of these large rate hikes. The phone company already has enough money.” Public Utility Counsel Jim Boyle, who is calling for a $124.4 million Bell rate cut, said the lack of con sumer interest Monday should not be interpreted as approval of the company request. “There was a good bit of confu sion as to when the hearing would begin,” said Boyle, the state lawyer who represents ratepayers. Texas A&M’s new Departmental Microcomputer Support Center should fill a pressing need in helping University and System departments deal with their computer problems, says the Center’s manager, Herb Graeber. “The explosion of microcomputer use on campus has caused a real need for this type of service,” Graeber says. The center opened in early June, he says, and provides support serv ices to departmental microcomputer users. Graeber says the center offers support in five primary service areas: software and hardware needs analysis, software feasibility studies, communication between microcom puters and other computers, techni cal support and a type of computer maintenence. system to see if it fits the depi ment’s needs and then recomm whether the department shouldl it, he says. “If a department is having trouble with their computer, we can tell them if the problem is in the software or in the computer itself,” he says. “Also, if there are problems between the printer and the com puter, we can come in and adjust the cable.” The center also can train thei partment’s personnel to run the? tern, Graeber says. The center also can help a depart ment select a software system, Graeber says. The center is funded jointl) the University and the Texas Ai LJniversity System, Graeber says, services are available to any Uniw sity or System department or pt sons working on departmental pi jects at no cost, he says. A department can send the center an example of the software system the department is considering buy ing and the center will evaluate the The center, located in 214 Coo win Hall, is administered throit the Office of the Vice Presidentl Fiscal Affairs, Graeber says. Hostage (continued from page 1) Morning America,” expressed concern the remaining hostages were endangered by the threat of U.S. retaliation. “I feel if there’s any retaliation now, our seven men are gone and any talk, any talk of it should not be taking place now while they’re still holding some of our men,” Ander son said. White House spokesman Larry Speakes, asked about efforts to win the release of the seven, said, “The United States is still dedicated to se curing their freedom. We hope to increase our intelligence capabilities in it. We hope to utilize other nations that might have an influence on the situation.” Speakes noted that Assad had been instrumental in winning the freedom of the 39 hostages. “We would hope that he could be helpful in securing the release of the seven,” Speakes said. To keep the nation’s attention fo cused on the remaining hostages, a campaign called “Americans United for Hostages in Lebanon” was an nounced to urge Americans begin ning on the Fourth of July to fiy a U.S. flag daily and to wear and dis play yellow ribbons on clothes, cars and homes until the seven are freed. The campaign is sponsored by No Greater Love. Correction WASH1I' teachers m; religiously ; preme Cot upheld stri tion ofehur By a bar dealt a maj administrat ofexpande parochial ei In two dared unc taxpayer d time” prog and Grand “The sy and state . ■ of messag to students lie,” Justk wrote for tl The cou of surprisii justices ref for now — tional relai ment and r In recei fMi Last Friday’s edition ofAtEa; incorrectly stated that free teffl burgers, ice cream and soi: drinks would be provided at ihi 4th of July picnic at Wolf Cain Pool. Hamburgers and.. cream will each cost 50<f and ’ Up will be available for 25<.Tk Battalion sincerely regrets thee- ror. Coming to the second session of Summer School? OPTIONAL MEAL PLANS ALL students may dine on a meal in the Commons Dining Center from July 11 until August 16. 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