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I Wednesday, April 9, 1986,/The Battalion/Page 5 In Advance RHA Casino '86 activities commence Friday in MSC By Amy Bensinger Reporter The Memorial Student Center ivill become a lively gaming hall in he tropics Friday from 7 p.m to idnight. !‘Caribbean Dreams” is the eme for Casino ’86, the annual t 0 |l 'und-raiser sponsored by the Res- dence Hall Association. |Steve Carter, chairman for Ca- i)o’86, said gaming tables will be et up on the first and second loots of the MSC. j'Our games this year include ilackjack, craps, baccarat, wheel fjfortune, beat the dealer, horse [aces and other games of chan- Carter said. “We rent the au ntie gaming tables from a pany in Houston.” barter said tickets will be ex- nged at the door for $3,000 in e money. Players can try their lancialHk at the tables, save their ney or pool it with other peo- ’s money. Players can “spend” their win- lipgs on prizes at an auction, ich will be held four times dur- [the evening, Carter said. We always have a few sur- ises up our sleeves at the auc- Tues- irdb s is aw oundi :ed an ngsait it eva 'the or tions, and it’s always fun to see what happens,” Carter said. “This is a really exciting part of Casino, and sometimes the crowd can get pretty wild.” Merchants from the Bryan- College Station area have do nated the auction prizes. Prizes will include diamonds for men’s and women’s senior rings, a weekend at the Holiday Inn, jewelry, gift certificates for dinners, clothes, tanning salon sessions and haircuts. “We try to have a variety of prizes, from large to small, be cause we want everyone to be able to come away with something,” Carter said. Casino started as a dorm mixer but was so successful that it was taken over by the RHA. Since then, it has become RHA’s largest moneymaker. “Last year, we grossed over $16,000,” Carter said, “and this year, since we’re expanding the operation, we’re hoping to bring in even more money.” Tickets are available for $3.50 at Sbisa Dining Hall, the Com mons and inside the MSC, and for $4 at the door. ^council will consider reating preservation group etinj he College Station City Coun hold its workshop meeting ly at 5 p.m. The newly elected |yor and council members will iworn in at Thursday’s regular letingat 7 p.m. In outgoing-mayor Gary Hal er’s last workshop, the council consider an ordinance estab- |ing a College Station Historic [servation Committee. At its ch 26 meeting, the council discussed establishing the com mittee to aid in the collection and preservation of the history of Col lege Station. The council also will consider a contract for a management study of the city. The study, submitted by City Manager William Cole, will review the city’s organizatio nal structure and make recom mendations on improving the city’s management efficiency. Two Texas justices served subpoenas by state ranger AUSTIN (AP) — A Texas Ranger served legislative subpoenas Tues day on the Supreme Court, an action one of two summoned justices called a “grave” constitutional dilemma. The subpoenas from the House Committee on Judicial Affairs were delivered for Justice C. L. Ray, Jus tice William Kilgarlin and two court staffers about 11:30 a.m., while all nine justices were in conference. The subpoenas summoned the four to testify before a committee hearing on Friday. Committee Chairman Frank Te jeda says his panel is investigating re quests for transfer of two multimil- lion-dollar cases from a San Antonio appeals court to other appellate courts. The requests were made of Ray by San Antonio lawyer and campaign contributor Pat Maloney Sr. The high court twice annually moves cases from backlogged appellate courts. After seeing the subpoenas. Chief Justice John Hill reiterated his belief that they are improper and shouldn’t be obeyed. While promising to cooperate with the investigation. Hill said the subpoenas violate the constitutional principle that separates the powers of government’s three branches — legislative, judicial and executive. “I’m not aware of any precedent for the subpoenaing of a sitting jus tice before a legislative committee,” Hill said. The House committee called on Ray to testify about the transfer of cases, communications between court members with attorneys hav ing cases before the court and the conduct of court members or its em ployees involving pending cases. Kilgarlin was subpoenaed to tes tify about transfers, communications and acceptance of gifts by the court or its employees from attorneys with cases pending before the court. Kilgarlin said he was eager to an swer the committee’s questions, but he also said the subpoenas violate constitutional principles. “I’ve got nothing to hide about all this . . .,” Kilgarlin said. “However, to me there is a grave constitutional issue involved on separation of pow ers.” “I have to balance on the one hand the (public impression) of not appearing before the committee even when I have nothing to hide with what to me is a more important obligation — and that’s the indepen dence of the judicial branch,” he added. Both Kilgarlin and Ray said they have hired Austin lawyer Randall “Buck” Wood to represent them in the dispute. Ray said the possible showdown with the Legislature violates consti tutional provisions. He also said it wasn’t possible for him alone to have ordered cases transferred. “The one thing that needs to be clear ... is that the action taken on the transfer of the cases was done by all nine members of the court in con ference,” Ray said. “C.L. Ray does not transfer cases by himself. I think the chairman (Tejeda) knows that.” Subpoenas also were served Tues day for Scott Alan Ozmun and Jen nifer Bruch, briefing attorneys for Kilgarlin. They were called to an swer questions about a trip to Las Vegas, Nev., taken by the briefing attorneys and allegedly paid for by Pat Maloney Jr. Trying to head off a showdown between the high court and the Leg islature, the chief justice has pro posed that the House committee question Ray and Kilgarlin in the Su preme Court conference room. Tejeda, D-San Antonio, did not return three phone calls from The Associated Press on Tuesday. Hill said he hadn’t heard whether Tejeda would agree to that procedure. 50-91M i&M researchers develop new robotic eye So} «] By Robbyn L. Lister Reporter Texas A&M researchers have de- ■Oped a new robotic eye that they ly may revolutionize the tasks and peuverability of robots used in Ice and industry. Although a prototype has not yet een built, computer test results of a ewly developed stereo vision proc- s for robotics are promising, says r|Norman Griswold, an A&M as- iciate professor of electrical engi- eering. Griswold says he expects the proc- s to propel the robotics industry (ward because of its many applica- especially in the space pro- Robots with stereo vision can be ed to repair malfunctioning satel- s, help vehicles dock in space and perform hazardous tasks so that hu mans are not exposed to dangers such as radiation, he says. Stereo vision also can be used in repetitive manufacturing processes, such as assembly lines, to speed pro duction and free humans for other tasks, he says. The system was developed by Griswold and engineering graduate students, who began the project in January 1985. Griswold received a grant after submitting a proposal to NASA, one of five accepted from the engi neering college, examining the problem of docking vehicles in space. Griswold says the opportunity to contribute to robotics and push the industry into further expansion in fluenced him to submit his proposal to NASA. He says the stereo vision system allows robots to see 3-D images as humans do. Images are brought together for a 3-D effect by two separate cameras, designated as left and right, he says. “The general idea is that you have to determine some feature in the left image and find out where it is in the right image,” he says. “The same feature in the right image will be dis placed some angular amount, and that’s what we call disparity.” Although the stereo vision system cannot measure distances as accu rately as the human eye, Griswold says, it is precise to within 2 inches every 10 feet. Griswold says he took his idea for stereo vision robotics from the way human eyes view objects. “We got the idea of observing how the human system sees and from that we decided we could build a ste reo model that was based on human mechanisms,” he says. Griswold says he has tested his idea by setting up cameras and using computer simulations to visualize the effects of stereo robotics. He says an autonomous vehicle will be built, beginning in Fall 1986, containing a model of the system. Griswold says that a lot of effort, more funding, and better equip ment is necessary for further devel opment in robotics. In addition, the future of robotics depends on innovations in vision processes, he says. 'prehension of illegal aliens up 42 percent, official says jents DALLAS (AP) — Economic prob- tms in Mexico and Central America re pushing a record number of ille- al aliens into the United States, an mmigration and Naturalization lice official said Tuesday. \cting INS southern region direc- David Vandersall, basing his pro- tionon field reports compiled for : first half of fiscal year 1986, said more than 337,000 illegal aliens were apprehended over a six-month period. The figure for the 13-state area, from New Mexico to Florida and along the Eastern seaboard to North Carolina, represents a 42 percent in crease over the same period during fiscal year 1985, he said. “The economy is suffering in those areas (primarily Mexico and Central America),” Vandersall said. “There is a real push factor to leave and also a real pull factor for people to come here.” The influx is preventing the un employed in the United States from getting potentialjobs, he said. “Illegal aliens don’t complain about lower wages, and he can be AGGIE CINEMA let us entertain you and your parents this weekend. WHEN A MURDER CASE , JS THIS SHOCKING WHICH DO YOU TRUST... YOUR EMOTIONS OR YOUR EVIDENCE? ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEES GLENN CLOSE JEFF DANIELS IN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL. TOUCHING AND EERILY HAUNTING AUSTRALIAN FILM SINCE 'BREAKER MORANT.' Rirc and exemplary. Carl Schuln Hat Jorw . brilliant |ofc indeed." 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