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Many students started camping out as early as 10 a.m. >un<tav Cotton Bowl tickets that went on sale this Sunday to save a space in line for morning. 1 Center deals with teacher shortage By TAMMY KIRK Staff Writer The new center state to become a The Center for Mathematics and oth 5 r statc and national institutions Science Education has been estab- ^f^lunR nw* teacher needs in lished at Texas A&M to deal with. l ^ ese two ^e says, cher shortages in math and u^urert j O’ 1 «€?? cs<ze %ymm ? (S>e+e*Tm>»»y * c gsys&y < g’ y, yj. , 6-CP(A teacher shortages in math and ence and with other related orob- lems in public schools, says Dr Dean Corrigan, dean of education. “Most school systems face a critical shortage of math and science tea chers, Corrigan says. “The center will help identify and recruit out standing high school students to be come teachers of mathematics and science, as well as design special pro grams for public school students such as math and science fairs, com petitions and summer institutes.” Every state is concerned with the quality of the math and science pro grams and with the teacher short ages, Cxrrrigan says. But. Corrigan adds, that A&M’s College of Education already mo- duces more science and math teach ers than, any other university in the nation. Texas is in the forefront in math and science, Corrigan says. will enable the lighthouse for The center promotes various ac tivities related to preservice teacher education, inservice education of teachers, and research and devel opment in math and science educa tion in schools, Corrigan says. The preservice aspect involves programs dealing with undergrad uate students who are in training prior to teaching. Corrigan savs. whereas the inservice aspect deals with those who are already in the teaching Held and want to upgrade their knowledge and skills. Some examples of proposed pro grams which oranch of! from the center are Title II programs. These are honorary programs for career teachers supported bv the National Science Foundation, Corri gan says. Other ’'examples are proposed programs in science fairs, a program titled “Texas Alliance for Science" and a program in math/science in structional computer software. For already existing programs, Corrigan savs the Matfvscience Tea ching Scholar Loan program is at tracting top high school graduates Three years ago the college com mitted itself to this long-range plan of improving math and science edu cation in the state and nation. This $250,000 scholarship loan program has helped A&M become nationally known for recruiting out standing students for math and sci ence teaching. "And what's amazing isn’t just the students’ 'A' averages,” Corrigan savs, “but how many activities each is involved in. So, if you hear stories that really excellent students can’t be recruited for these teaching fields, they're wrong.” Corrigan savs in the “true Aggie fashion, the students give some thing to get something with the loan program. The loans aren’t just given, a stu dent must teach to get the schol arship benefits, Corrigan says. “For every year an Aggie grad uate teaches, a vearof the loan is for given.” Corrigan savs. “The pro gram serves the double purpose of attracting outsunding students and v solving the teacher shortage.” The scholar loan program cur rently supports 30 students, each of whom graduated within the top 10 percent of their high school class. F.ight were valedictorians, i were National Merit Scholars and all held leadership positions. I he center will be administered} by the Department of Educational Curriculum and Instruction in the^ College of Education with working relationships with A&rM's colleges of science, agriculture, engineering, geosciences and liberal arts. The center will also have relations f with the Texas Engineering Experi ment Station through the Division of^ Educational Technology. “Texas A&rM is demonstrating^ that high quality students can be at-* tracted to teaching if they are of-, fered a rigorous, caring, teacher ed-‘* ucation program that focuses on** academic excellence,” Corrigan says. J f*. r*.\ Faculty Senate against S. Africa investigating Hewlett-Packard... For Tough Assignments By] t?.0 0 ~x tt n U - jfruur 17:3 1 ^ r M Ht] ( -IfTFlPlCT .. .. . • IpqFTFTPTt, n li U U K ) f i M m rq F} r-T Hewlett-Packard calculators...for Science, Engineering, Business, or finance. They save time and simplify complex problems. How? With built-in func- bons, programming capability, and time-saving features like dedicated keys. Buy yours today! 1 HI • IIP-11C Stan-iinr Advanced Scientific PrapramnaMe $66.50 • HP-I2C SHw line Advanced Financial 3 PfupjawnaNc $99.00 t • W-15C Sbaclmr Advanced Scientific Programmable widi Matrices • HP-ltC Shm-Une Programmable far ' Computer Soence .. $09.00 • IB*-41CV Advanced Programmable Alphanumeric $180.00 • HP-4ICX Advanced Programmable ^ Mpbrnmaiuii witb E*i«ded Furtciwra $257.00 >.00 HEWLETT PACKARD Professional Cnmeutin AUTHORIZED HEWLETT-PACKARD DEALER 505 CHURCH STREET COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS 409/a4a-S332 m w By MARYBETH ROHSNER Staff Writer rc investigate divestiture of Texas A&MY business holdings in South Africa. The senate voted 13-42 Monday not to form the temporary commit tee suggested by faculty senator Charles Dunning that would have explored the divestiture issue and reported back to the senate. Faculty senator Murray Milford said that although he is opposed to Apartheid, he could not support Dunning’s resolutionIbecause he felt the relatively new Faculty Senate was better prepared to handle issues such as the core curriculum. He added that the group should con- cer^tself instead with the problems of blacks at the University, such as the few number of blacks on the fac- ul, fc 'There are no groups in South Africa that have less blacks than this bodv,” Milford said of the all-white senate. “We need to work closer to home.” Students Against Apartheid presi dent Norman Muraya was unavail able for comment, but he said pre viously that he hoped a Faculty Senate-Students Against Apartheid joint committee would make an ap peal to the Board of Regents in Jan uary. In other business, thd senate dis cussed the recently-drafted core cur- nculum, but the document will not be debated formally bv the senate until January. Senate speaker Jaan I -lane said he hopes the core curric ulum issue will come lo a vote bv April, and that anv amendments for the proposed ccore curriculum be sent to tne Faculty Senate office by December 20. T he senate also heard a commit tee report describing a new method of department head selection that includes faculty input, but the body will not vote on the issue until next year. In his opening remarks, Laane said a several faculty senators will serve on a provost search committee. which will interview candidates to re place Provost Ciordon Eaton. FISCAL DEPARTMENT NOT ICE i Students aid volcano victims By JUNE PANG Staff Writer After more than (wo week's fund raising. Colombian students have collected $1,750 for the vic tims of volcanic eruptions and thev will keep on working to get more help, says the former presi dent of the Colombian Students Association. "The main problem is not over vet,” says Juan Pablo Aljure “Many people need shelter, food and clothes. T hey are trying to build another town to house these people.” Originally, the donation was to be sent to the International Red Cross, which was to transfer it to (kilombia. But, Aljure says, he now plans to take the monev to Colombia himself so he can put it to its most needed use. Aljure savs he wanted to make the most of the monev and that includes getting clothes and foods directly to the people who need them the most. He also says his air fare to Co lombia wold not be taken from the relief fund. He says that Colombian stu dents have sent letters to 300 stu dent organizations on campus to get financial help for the people in Colombia. Two A&M students from Co lombia lost their family farms in the disaster. Aljure says. AH tuition and fees for the 1985 fall term must be paid In full by 5:00 PM Friday December 13, 1985. December graduates must be paid In full by Thursday December 12, 1985 at 12:00 noon. Students who fall to clear their accounts will be administratively withdrawn from the University. Grades for the term win be posted as withdrew pessing or withdrew foiling. A block will be placed on the student's registration, graduation, and official transcript. Students administratively withdrawn from the University will be required to pay ell pasti due balances, late charges, penalties, and reinstatement fees In order to reenter the University or receive e copy of on official trenscript. ^ f - 1 . ^ . * ■ ■ • - 0 Fr*« Introductory Classos 0 Conclss, Bound Study Votumas 0 Continual Ravtaw Sassions 0 Raasonabta Tuition 0 Exam Tachnlguas Clinics 0 Highest Passing Rate ! ! 890 COUPON AUSTIN. BEAUMONT, COLLEGE STATION. DALLAS, EL PASO. HOUSTON. LUBBOCK, I NEW ORLEANS, i ANTONIO.