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Regents
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The Texas A&M University Sys
tem is gearing up for a major study
of the Texas economy with the goal
of playing a central role in building
the state’s economy and aiding in its
diversification from an oil/energy-
dependent base.
System Chancellor Arthur G.
Hansen outlined plans for the study
at the Monday meeting of the Texas
A&M Board of Regents. Initiation of
the study is in response to a sugges
tion maae last month by the board’s
newest regent, San Antonio Mayor
Henry Cisneros.
Cisneros said he sees a grand op
portunity for TAM US to take the
lead in helping the state assess its
economic situation and help make
the Texas economy stronger.
Hansen announced he has
formed a task force to develop a
“road map” for eventual use. The
talk force includes Dr. Perry Adkis-
son, deputy chancellor who oversees
the system’s agricultural programs;
Dr. Herbert Richardson, vice chan
cellor for engineering; Dr. Neville
Clarke, director of the Texas Agri
cultural Experiment Station; Dr.
Gordon Eaton, A&M’s vice presi
dent for academic affairs and pro
vost, and Dr. William Mobley, dean
of A&M’s College of Business Ad
ministration.
“The task force will tabulate the
system’s research and service
strengths and assimilate them in a
form that would be useful for asses
sing the areas that the system might
exploit for economic development,”
Hansen said.
He said areas representing major
economic opportunities include mi
croelectronics and computers, prod
ucts of biotechnology, offshore min
ing, new agricultural crops, tourism,
recreation and new manufacturing
methods.
Hansen, who was appointed last
year by Gov. Mark White to head the
Texas Science and Technology
Council, said that group and the task
force will meet in Austin early next
month, with representatives of ma
jor organizations with similar goals
also invited.
At their formal business meeting,
the regents approved A&M’s request
for a $1,339,500 appropriation for
scholarships and fellowships to aid
in recruiting minority students.
A&M President Frank E. Van
diver said the funds are needed to
help the University meet its commit
ment to The Texas Plan, the
statewide higher education desegre
gation program.
The appointment of Dr. Elaine
Adams as vice president for student
services at Prairie View A&M Uni
versity was confirmed by the re
gents, as were the appointments of
Dr. Milton R. Bryant as dean of the
College of Business Administration
at Prairie View and Dr. Ronald D.
Bradberry as debn of graduate stud-
— lie
ies at Tarleton State University.
Adams now serves as Prairie View
A&M’s associate vice president for
academic services and planning.
Bryant is chairman of the Depart
ment of Computer Information Sys
tems and Administrative Services at
Southwest Texas State University.
Bradberry, a member of Tarleton’s
faculty since 1969, is a professor of
education and psychology.
The regents awarded contracts to
taling $6,425,700 for two projects at
Bryan-College Station and one at
Corpus Chnsti. B-W-F Constuction
Co. of Temple was awarded a
$5,949,000 contract to build new
physical plant facilities at Texas
A&M. Sentry Construction Co. of
Bryan won a $149,700 contract to
make modifications to the System
Administration Building, also on the
main Texas A&M campus.
A new headquarters building for
the LaCopita Experimental Ranch at
the A&M Agricultural Research and
Extension Center at Corpus Christi
will be erected under a $327,000
contract awarded to Kiesel Con
struction Co. Inc. of Corpus Christi.
a new biochemistry an
building at A&M.
Astronaut speaks on life aboard shuttle
By SAM BUCHMEYER
Reporter
Astronaut Dick Scobee spoke to a
group of Texas A&M students Tues
day night about his experiences on
the space shuttle Challenger. The
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nauts did extensive work outside the
shuttle. The work that was done out
side was mainly repair work on satel
lites.
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selves entertained.
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speech was highlighted with a film
taken of the space shuttle while in
orbit.
The speech — jointly sponsored
by the American Institute of Aero
nautics and Astronautics, the Ameri
can Society of Mechanical Engi
neers, and the Society of Flight Test
Engineers — began with a film de
picting the space shuttle in its ascent
phase and flight.
Scobee accompanied the film with
a first-hand account of the mission
and his experiences in space.
“It’s like being on a rough railroad
track,” Scobee said. “It’s metallic and
clanky.”
He showed several pictures of the
shuttle’s interior and exterior fea
tures.
Aside from doing experiments
while in orbit, Scobee said the astro-
“Besides repairing, we also de
liver,” Scobee said.
‘Space is just like down here,” he
fii
Scobee described the effect that
weightlessness had on the astro
nauts. He said it wasn’t difficult to
adjust though some of the astro
nauts experienced space motion
sickness.
said. “For fun we played with our
food.”
Though he hasn’t flown since the
Challenger, Scobee said there is al
ways something to do.
“Our job (being astronauts) is
multifaceted,” he said. “There’s
plenty of work to do when we’re not
flying.”
“Usually day two is the worst day,’
he said.
Once on the ground, Scobee said
the time of readjustment was pro
portional to the length of the flight.
After his eight-day flight, he said it
took him about two hours to feel
comfortable.
“My fanny hurt,” he said. “It
wasn’t used to the weight on it.”
Scobee emphasized that the Chal
lenger mission was not all work. The
Scobee finished his astronaut eval
uation and training in 1979 and be
gan his career with a tour of duty in
the Air Force. From there he went to
the University of Arizona where he
finished his education. Five years
later he went through the intensive
training of test pilot school. His first
space mission was on the Challenger.
As for the future of the space
shuttle, Scobee said that work will
begin by 1990 on a permanent space
station that will be built and serviced
by the shuttle.
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from various locations on campus.
• Two ducks were stolen from
one of the Poultry Science buildings.
• Someone stole $300 in cash and
$900 in checks from 312 Dunn Hall.
• A backpack was stolen from
Sbisa Dining Hall.
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• Five incidents of harassment by
phone were reported from various
locations on campus.
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• Someone was throwing bananas
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• The roof and hood of a Toyota
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