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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.
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i&M researchers develop new robotic eye
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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
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