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Wednesday, December 3, 1986AThe Battalion/Page 3 State and Local n01: Mon0V A&M students to vie oes to missiles forCollege B ° wl What’s up Measuri </ ignorefi Y would li lolidav ver education legates say government veremphasizes defense ubjecto; disadvaj dtoihrMs’ ANTONIO (AP) — The isweeLftmiment has the ultimate re- But bel]inail)ility oi educating the coun- would i'sWth, but it seems to be spend- on missiles than on ^Htion. delegates to the National ® Hie of Cities were told Tuesday. TapAv-Eu^ ene Lang, president of RE- 1 AC Technology Development llta 11 jrpi in New York and one of the |H panelists on education, said ■ '■he govcrnlent seems to be over- ilfiasizing defense. "It is putting tax c uts and missiles tad of philosophyLang said. “I ink the government has the re- uniibility of every disadvantaged B idvantaged kicl having the op- iniiy for quality education, but I Ards are stacked against the dis- va itaged kids.” He said adults can encourage stu- enr to stay in school to better ■selves. ■ng is a sponsor of a group of Bern students who are promised ly paid college education if they nisii high school. ve know what we have to do, but lev don’t pick up aspirations, ■ms from the clear blue sky,” any said about students. B' said the program is going well id hat he is trying to get others the country to follow suit, iston Mayor Raymond Flynn, illier panelist, said that the family Mid teach first about issues like oliseling on drug and alcohol pre- tm nand teen pregnancy. CUSSKM iolution. ts). In between her less in th Iran. neither irmaw ied the :menti ate job opportunities and not allow jobs to go overseas. “We should create enough of an educated workforce and develop an economy that doesn’t have to com pete with others,” he said. “T he fu ture of our city’s growth and pros perity is going to depend on how well we train our children.” Albert Shanker, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said that control of programs would be handled better at the local level. “Moving from a local level to a state level would be moving in the wrong direction,” he said. “They are the responsibility of the state, but they belong to the par ents,” Shanker said. By Catherine Vincent Reporter Texas A&M’s representatives for regional College Bowl competition will be selected Monday and Tues day after a tryout match before the school’s College Bowl Committee, committee chairman B.|. O’Rourke said. Twelve A&M students will be vy ing for the five available positions on the team — one player being an al ternate. The 12 include the four all stars and four honorable mention all-stars selected by the committee, as w-ell as the four members of “The Sons of the Covenant,” the winner of A&M’s College Bowl tournament. The Sons of the Covenant — Charlie Frlandson, Laree Huffman, Ruvane Marvit and Lynda Young — defeated the “Secular Humanists” in the final game by a score of 320-200. The game was the highest scoring match of Texas A&M’s 40-team Col lege Bowl tournament, which began Oct. 1. The all-star team consists of Mark Card, Matt Diedrich, Nick Ro and Mike Shi iro. Members of the honor able mention team are Tony Cor nett, Jerry O’Leary, Sethuraman Srinrafan and Mark Wilson. “We are looking for the five strongest players who answer the toss-up questions quickly and accu rately,” O’Rourke said. North Texas State University will host the regional competition in Feb ruary. Last year the A&M team won the regional tournament and placed fifth nationally. This is A&M’s eighth year to participate in College Bowl competition. O’Rourke said a faculty and staff tournament is being planned for next semester. He said he also hopes an invitational tournament with Rice University can be organized in the spring. T he tournament is similar to the old quiz shows of the 1950s. Students answer questions on topics such as current events, literature, science and entertainment. The moderator asks two types of questions: toss-ups worth 10 points each and bonuses worth 20 to 30 points. Teammates may not confer on answers to the toss-up questions but may discuss the bonus questions. Shuttle commander Engle resigns entlv ulty tof Bui he added,“In the absence of lei.unily not providing this kind of |jimillion ... it is the responsibil- [i the government to do that.” Elvnn said the public and private toshould work together to cre- SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) — Veteran space shuttle commander Joe H. Engle has resigned from NASA, becoming the 10th experienced astronaut to leave the agency since the Challenger accident grounded America’s space shuttle fleet. Engle, a 54-year-old Air Force colonel, officially left the agency last Friday, and NASA announced the resig nation Tuesday. A NASA spokesman said Engle was required to retire from the military after completing 30 years of service and then chose also to leave National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Engle was commander of two space shuttle missions, including a dramatic flight in which a disabled commu nications satellite was plucked -from orbit, repaired aboard the shuttle and then redeployed into orbit. In the last 12 months, the number in the astronaut corps has dropped from 101 to 85. Ten have resigned or been reassigned. Five of the seven crew members killed in the Jan. 28 Challenger explosion were astro nauts, and another astronaut died last summer in a plane crash. A NASA source said economics may have played a role in Engle’s resignation from the space agency. Un der a federal rule, he would not be eligible to receive full retirement entitlements from the Air Force if he had accepted a NASA civil service position. Remaining an astronaut would have resulted in a considerable loss of income, the source said. Since joining the Air Force as an ROTC cadet at the University of Kansas, Engle followed a career at the leading edge of aeronautic technology, earning 24 spe cial honors as pilot in both aircraft and spacecraft. He earned his Air Force wings in 1957 and later graduated from the Air Force Experimental Test Pilot School and the Aerospace Research Pilot School. Engle served three years as a test pilot in the X15 rocket plane research program and twice flew the winged craft to an altitude of 50 miles. l? r 7:1 ro- 30 8:30 in 102 Call Wednesday COOKE COUNTY HOMETOWN CLUB: will have photos taken for Aggieland ’87 at 6:30 p.m. in the lobby of Zachry Engineering Center. GREAT COMMISSION STUDENTS: will present a gram, “Looking for Love in all the Wrong Places,” at p.m.,in 1 15 Kleberg. AGGIE SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY: will meet at p.m. in 410 Rudder. MSG POLITICAL FORUM: will meet at 7 p.m. in 601 Rud der. SAILING CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 401 Rudder. OFF-CAMPUS AGGIES: will meet at 6:30 p.m. Zachry. GAY STUDENT SERVICES: will meet at 8:30 p.m GAYLINE at 846-6051 for location. PHI ETA SIGMA: will meet at 7 p.m. in 502 Rudder. EUROPE CLUB: will meet at 9:30 p.m. at the Flying To mato. INTRAMURAL RECREATIONAL SPORTS: will hold a meeting for soccer officials at 6 p.m. in 167 Read. A meet ing for basketball officials will be held at 6 p.m. in 164 Read. Thursday INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will hold a panel discussion, “Africa Facing the 21st Century,” at 8:30 p.m. in Rudder Tower. Check monitor for room. MSC ALL-NIGHT FAIR: will have photos taken for Aggie land ’87 at 7 p.m. in 404 Rudder. TAMU EMERGENCY CARE TEAM: will meet at 7 p.m. in 504 Rudder. NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS: will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 308 Rudder. DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY: Alvin Plantinga O’Brien, professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame; will speak on “Fpistemic Justification” at 3:30 p.m. in 404 Rudder. INTRAMURAL RECREATIONAL SPORTS: will hold a basketball officials meeting at 6 p.m. in 164 Read. ASIAN-AMERICAN CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: will meet for a Bible study at 8:30 p.m. in 401 Rudder. ASIAN-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION: will meet at 7 p.m. in 604 A-B Rudder. GREEN EARTH SOCIETY: will show the film, “Atomic Cafe,” at 8:30 p.m. in 410 Rudder. MSC LITERARY ARTS: now is accepting submissions for “Litmus.” Call 845-1515 for more information. 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