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Page 4/The Battalion/Monday, March 9, 1987 STUDENT HAIRCARE SAVINGS! , COUPON SAVINGS 1 | OFF STUDENT CUT I Reg. $8 MasterCuts ™ a family haircutters i SW OFF STUDENT CUT1 I ! [se OFF ANY PERM | MasterCuts family haircutters MasterCute family haircutters POST OAK MALL 693-9998 $49 STAY ON THE BAY Spring Break '87 in Corpus Christi at Holiday Inn Emerald Beach. It's located directly on Corpus Christi Bay] in newly renovated facilities and is just 20 minutes from Padre Island. Excellent windsurfing! LUCY’S Night life, music videos, dancing GOOD FOOD Zak's Fifth Avenue Deli and Oyster Bar & The Sandpiper Restaurant HOLIDOME RECREATION CENTER Jacuzzi, sauna, pool, large sundeck and playpoil- plus tax (four to a room maximum) $39 Holiday Inn Airport rate ^pfcjcSay Swja. Holiday Inn Emerald Beach 1102 Shoreline Drive in Corpus Christi For reservations, call (512) 883-5731 Based on availability. Prices not applicable to Holidome or Oceanview rooms. Advanced reservations required. A&M helps China review education in oil engineering By Debbie Monroe Reporter A seven-man team from Texas A&M is helping to shape the future of petroleum engineering education in the People’s Republic of China. Dr. Doug Von Gonten, head of the A&M petroleum engineering de partment, is team leader for a pro ject that sent several A&M faculty and a graduate student on a six- week tour of the five Chinese petro leum institutes in August. Their task was to find ways to bring the insti tutes up to world-class level. “The main area they have prob lems with is in faculty,” Von Gonten says. “That’s due primarily to the cultural revolution, because they really didn’t turn out any faculty for about 15 years. “They have a faculty that grad uated back in the 1950s, and then the next group of graduates are from the 1980s.” Team member Dr. Wayne Ahr, professor of geology, says a lack of faculty is a serious problem in many academic disciplines. “There is a generation gap in all the intellectual work,” Ahr says. “It stems from the cultural revolution when all intellectuals took part in a ‘learning exercise,’ you might say po litely. “They were sent out to be brick layers, wood-carvers and to work in the fields.” Von Gonten and Ahr joined other team members in China March 1 to present their final report and rec ommendations to China’s Ministry of the Petroleum Industry. A major part of their advice will center on upgrading the present faculty, a process that will include graduate school at A&M for some instructors. “We’re not telling the (Chinese Petroleum Ministry) leaders any thing they don’t already know,” Von Gonten says. “They know they need to improve their faculty and equip ment. “But just because they (the Petro leum Ministry) advise it doesn’t mean it’s going to be done. If they can get some world-class experts to tell them what they need to do, then everybody will listen.” The A&M team also is recom mending a change in teaching style. The current Chinese education sys tem is based on the Russian system of the 1950s, which is no longer in use even in the Soviet Union. “It (class) is taught by somebody who lectures straight from the sylla bus,” Ahr says. “The student really doesn’t ask questions, and there isn’t any discussion. “It’s very programmed, very rigid, with little communication between faculty and student.” With A&M’s help, Van Gonten says the Chinese potentially can have a very good petroleum engineering program within 10 years. “I think it (the Chinese-A&M relationship) is going to be more ex tensive than what we have so far,” he says. “They’re going to be sending a lot of their graduates and faculty over here, and we’re going to be sending some faculty over there.” A&M also will be conducting joint petroleum engineering research with the Chinese, Van Gonten says. Mattox predicts executions will become more frequent HUNTSVILLE (AP) — Texas leads the nation in executions since the U.S. Supreme Court ended a 10- year moratorium in 1976 and it ap pears inmates will be put to death even more frequently in the future, a top state official says. With most of the major points of appeal already decided by the Su preme Court, appeals are moving faster through state and federal courts. Attorney General Jim Mattox said. “The floodgates have been opened,” Mattox said. “We will see more and more executions taking place. The number of executions is going to continue to rise rapidly.” Last week, Gov. Bill Clements said he was unlikely to grant clemency for most of the condemned. “The death penalty will go for ward,” Clements said. “I’m in favor of the death penalty. I always have been. I haven’t changed my opinion at all.” Last year, more than half the exe cutions in the United States — 10 out of 18 — were in Texas. The 22nd person to be executed since Texas reinstated the death penalty was killed by an injection of drugs last Wednesday. An air of routine has begun to surround Texas executions. In con trast with earlier executions, there have been no television cameras awaiting the witnesses. Also absent have been the earilier chanting crowds of college students favoring capital punishment and anti-death penalty protesters. EAT IN •TAKE OUT FREE DELIVERY 846-0379 405 W. University Northgate tmmmwmmmm coupons Small Thin Crust 12” one topping Pizza $4." plus tax Large Thin Crust .Mi 16” one topping $5." plus tax expires 3-13-87 X-Large Thin Crust 18” one topping $6." plus tax expires 3-13-87 expires 3-13-87 Attention A&M Accounting Graduates Union Texas Petroleum continues to have the best opportunities available for the career minded accountant. Union Texas Petroleum in Houston, Texas is interviewing on campus March 24th, 1987 for May graduates in accounting Visit your career placement office to schedule an interview today. An Equal Opportunity Employer What’s up Wc Monday UNIVERSITY LECTURE SERIES: will present “1787: The Invention of American Federalism” at 8 p.m. in 115 Kle berg. INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: will hold a Bible study at 8 p.m. in the meditation room of the All- Faiths Chapel. AGGIE PARTNERS FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS: new vol unteers will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 108 Harrington. HART HALL RA’S AND FOOD SERVICES: will hold an open forum for students to comment about food. HONORS STUDENT COUNCIL: will meet at 7:30 p m in 302 Rudder. DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING: Dr. David RhokewOl present a review and help session on fluid mechanics and neat transfer at 6:30 p.m. in 103 Zachry. Tuesday SILVER TAPS: will be held at 10:30 p.m. in front of the Aca demic Building. ALTERNATIVE CINEMA: will show Rossellini’s film “Pal- san” at 8 p.m. in Langford Auditorium. DELTA SIGMA PI: will hold a general meeting at 6 p.m. fol lowed by a pledge class meeting at 7:30 p.m. in 130 Blocker. AGGIE DEMOCRATS: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 402 Rudder. STUDY ABROAD OFFICE: students interested in studying abroad should meet at 9:30 a.m. in 251 Bizzell West. MSC GREAT ISSUES: will hold a mandatory general meet ing at 7 p.m. in 401 Rudder. MSC HOSPITALITY: will present a progressive European- style fashion show at noon in the main lounge of the Me morial Student Center. ANTHROPOLOGY SOCIETY: will show “The Gods Must Be Crazy” at 7 p.m. in 301 Bolton. SPANISH CLUB: will meet at 8 p.m. at the Flying Tomato restaurant. ECONOMICS SOCIETY: will meet at 7 p.m. in 125 Blocker SOCIOLOGY CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 125 Academic. BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION: will meet at 7 p.m. in 201 Veterinary Medical Sciences. GREEN EARTH SOCIETY: Dr. Jane Pa< kard will presenta slideshow on Manatee preservation at 7 p.m. in 22o MSC. HORSEMEN’S ASSOCIATION: will meet at 7 p.m. in 11: Kleberg. RUGBY CLUB: will practice at 4:30 p.m. behind the parking lot of Zachry Engineering Center next to the polo field. TAMU MEN’S TENNIS: will play North Carolina at 1 p.m.a: the Omar Smith Tennis Center. INTRAMURAL RECREATIONAL SPORTS: entries for badminton singles, vollevball triples and innertube water polo close at 6 p.m. in 153 Read. COOKE COUNTY HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 7 p m in 305 A-B Rudder. NEW YORK HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 7 p m in 308 Rudder. STUDENT GOVERNMENT/PARENTS WEEKEND: tenta tive schedules for Parents Weekend are available in the Memorial Student Center through Thursday. PEER ADVISOR: applh cations are available in 108 YMCA through March 27. BRAZOS DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB: invites students, faculty and any beginners to come at 7 p.m. on Thursdays at College Station Community Center. 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