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Hansen, Caperton to speak
to A&M's graduating seniors
(continued from page 1)
day’s 9 a.m. undergraduate degree
recipients from the colleges of ar
chitecture, education, engineering,
science and veterinary medicine.
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01’ Lou Pays More For
Used Books.
Caperton, Class of ’71, plans to
speak about the importance of re
search at institutions of higher edu
cation for the undergraduate, Kathy
McElveen of the senator’s office
says.
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Caperton wants students to un
derstand how university research
can affect them and the quality of
education they receive, McElveen
says.
About 2,750 degrees will be
awarded at the two ceremonies.
In a separate ceremony Saturday
at 1:30 p.m., 42 members of the
Corps of Cadets will receive commis
sions in the armed forces.
Lt. Gen. Louis Charles Menetrey,
commanding general of the 5th U.S.
Army at Fort Sam Houston, will de
liver the commissioning address.
Menetrey plans to speak to the ca
dets about the challenge of the fu
ture that awaits them, Menetrey’s
secretary says.
LPTVs changing to survive
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where there is no competition,”
Wodlinger says. “At this time, MT V
completely dominates and monopo
lizes the music-video industry and
it’s time that there was some compet
ition.”
The station will bounce its signal
off a satellite transponder and make
it available to any affiliate, she says.
Because the station already has
broadcast-standard equipment, the
additional cost of $1 million a year
comes from leasing transponder
time and from new marketing ex
penses.
Texas A&M communications pro
fessor Don Tomlinson says the big
gest problem for satellite networks,
even in a market without competi
tion is gaining affiliates.
To encourage affiliates to carry its
signal, Hit Video USA initially will
offer its service free of charge, Wod
linger says. The network plans
mainly to use cable systems as affil
iates, but also will use Satellite Mas
ter Antenna TV systems and possi
bly other LPTVs.
College coordinating board
discusses sophomore tests
Associated Press
AUSTIN — A good basic skills
test for sophomore college stu
dents would improve the quality
of Texas' higher education insti
tutions, a study committee was
told Thursday.
“Testing improves instruc
tion,” said Dr. W. James Popham,
a nationally known expert in edu
cational testing from the Univer
sity of California-Ixts Angeles.
Popham told a committee of
the Texas College and University
System Cooroinating Boara,
which is considering the basic
skills test for Texas college stu
dents, that any test adopted
should:
more classes to work hardtr
they can pass the test.
However, Laurie Plessala, a
member of the committee and a
student at Angelo State Univtr-
sity, said students she had talktd
with are not enthusiastic abom
the testing proposal.
Plessala said many college stu
dents feel "they should get tan
gible results from the consider-
able cost of college education and
thev don’t feel paying for reme
dial education (which should
have been learned in high school]
should be included.”
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• Monitor the caliber of in
struction at a college or univer
sity.
• Provide remedial instruction
for students who do not pass.
• Provide an inspiration for
students in freshman and sopho-
Plessala said she found, in an
informal sampling of students
throughout the state, that most
students have no sympathy fon
“19-year-old who is only in col
lege because his mom and dad
want him to t>e there...."
I don't think anybody is in fa
vor of keeping them there," she
said.
SMATV systems usually are
found in apartment or condomi
nium complexes in urban areas, she
says. They use a central master an
tenna to receive a signal and then
channel it to each apartment.
SMATV systems service about
30,000-40,000 apartment residents
in Houston, she says.
TV-5 still will exist as an affiliate
to Hit Video USA, Wodlinger says,
and exert a local presence through
newsbrcaks, advertising and promo
tions aimed at the Houston area.
The programming on Hit Video
USA will consist of 50 peixent con-
temporary hits, 25 percent album-
oriented hits and 25 percent urban
crossovers, Opelka says. The videos
will be cleaner than the ones on
MTV, with less sex and violence
says.
While MTV tapes all theinirod;
tions that are done by
deo USA will use live VJj,lieii».
Opelka Ixrlieves that having live
will add spontaneity to the tre
cast.
Wolsinger says she believe 2
network can begin earning jpndj
in three vears. .
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