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r Page 4/The BattalionThursday, April 2, 1987 DRUG TESTING WHAT ARE THE LIMITS? APRIL 6, 1987 9:00 a.m. THE GOVERNMENTS ROLE CONGRESSMAN JOE BAR TON 12:00 p.m. THE TESTS : A SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND DR. RaV ADAMS, PATHOLOGIST 3:00 p.m. BUSINESS : THE COURTS' LIMITS S DAWN FINLAYSON, ATTORNEY OF LABOR LAW 301 RUDDER FREE ADMISSION 8:00 p.m. TESTING lN ATHLETICS : REGULATING THE EXCESS OR EXCESSIVE REGULATION JOHN L. TONER, NCAA COMM. CHAIRMAN; EDWARD CHEN. ACLU ATTORNEY; DR. JOHN LASETER, ENVIRO-HEAl.TH SYSTEMS DR. STEVEN PICOU, MODERATOR RUDDER THEATER ADMISSION $ 1.00 )=»~ CIEE Presents TRAVEL EUROPE On Your OWN! Seminar topics include: Travel abroad Work opportunities Backpacking Youth Hostels Packing tips Discount Air fares International I.D. Cards Student Discounts Travel Guide Books Train travel / Rail passes April 7, 2-3 p.m. and 3-4 p.m. 251 Bizzell West Sponsored by the Study Abroad Office 161 Bizzell West 845-0544 The Corps of Cadets presents All (J. Quad Party & Street Dance On the Quadrangle Benifiting the March of Dimes Fri. Aprils, 1987 8-12 p.m. featuring the DEBONAIRS No Cover Charge - Food & Cokes For Sale 6th Annual Season Opening THREE DAYS ONLY MARK YOUR CALENDAR FRIDAY, APRIL 3 NOON — 8 P.M. SATURDAY, APRIL 4 lO A.M. — 7RM. SUNDAY, APRIL 5 11 A.M. —4 P.M. SAVE UP TO 80% during this fantastic “Saason-Startar” sales event. Hundreds of sale items — pick up a complete list at the door during sale hours. GO FROM COLLEGE TO THE ARMY H WITHOUT MISSING A BEAT.H The hardest thing about break ing into professional music is —well, break ing into professional music. So if you’re looking for an oppor tunity to turn your musical talent into a full-time perform ing career, take a good look at the Army. It’s not all parades and John Philip Sousa. Army bands rock, waltz and boogie as well as march, and they perform before concert au diences as. well as spectators. With an average of 40 performances a month, there’s also the opportunity for travel— not only across America, but possibly abroad. Most important, you can expect a first-rate pro fessional environment from your instructors, facilities and fellow musicians. The Army has educational programs that can help you pay for off- duty instruc- m tion, and if you qual- fy, even help you repay your federally-insured student loans. If you can sight- could be your big break. Write: Chief, Army Bands Office, Fort Beniamin Harrison, IN 46216-5005. Or call toll free 1-800-USA-ARMY. ARMY BAND. BEALLYOUCANBE. What do you think? Let us know Battalion Opinion Page i What’s up Thursday DATA PROCESSING MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION representative from Exxon will discuss the companlA'Sl methodology and systems management at 6:30 p.m. in3.p) to ‘ ' ' ’’exas r ednesd Rudder. PI SIGMA EPSILON & AMERICAN MARKETING A CIATION: a repr esentative from Dow Chemical U.SjJ will speak at 6:30 p.m. in 165 Blocker. SAUDI STUDENTS CLUB: will present “Mohammedinti Bible” at 7:30 p.m. in 201 MSC AGGIECON 18: will have opening ceremonies at 4 p.m, Rudder Fountain followed by a seminar on “How toCi the Most out of AggieCon” at 5 p.m. in 206 MSC UNIVERSITY HONORS PROGRAM: students interests in enrolling in honors courses should meet at 5:30 p.m. 209 HECC. STUDENTS FOR SCIENTIFIC CREATIONISM: willi at 8 p.m. Check monitor in Rudder Tower for location. NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS: willm, at 7:30 p.m. in 304 Rudder. BRAZOS DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB: students, faa and beginners can meet at 7 p.m. at the College Stai Community Center. WATER SKI CLUB will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 308 Rudder ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at 12:15 p.m.l 845-5826 for location. ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS: will meetatGrj in 145 MSC. LEBANESE STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet at 8 p.m. in 305 A-B Rudder. POLITICAL SCIENCE SOCIETY: will meet at 7:30pm 704 A-B Rudder. be re ■is un< /Ve at y is a ice to r< motion jrnatioi nd those ed Rob* on said. |i a G |H aw, I 000 e Jages i fhis dan ity of G!a ofjc In 1952 at hen J limed in ody neai lladewate Friday UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRY: will have a peanut-bye fellowship at 11:30 a.m. at Rudder Fountain and willm# for Bible study at 6:15 p.m. at A&M PresbyterianChurd ACM/IEEE-CS: will meet at 4 p.m. at the Flying Tomato. CHESS CLUB: will have a one-round I SCF-rated town men! at 7 p.m. in 308 Rudder. INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: willnKfl® 6 p.m. at Rudder Fountain i*n a scavengei hunt Tib™ flashlight. CHI ALPHA CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: will meet* p.m. in 156 Blocker. AGGIE BAR ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP: Appiil town an tions are available through April 13 in 103 Academeiferime, | seniors planning to enter law school in the fall. STUDY ABROAD: applications for exchange program! Mexico, Germany and Scotland are available throughAp 9 in 161 Bizzell West. PRE-LAW SOCIETY: sign up for the Mock LSATthrofi Friday on the first floor of the Memorial Student Centei GRAI computt likely loc direct hi burglary a and The nii .itimi' this We; ■ve p* Mely su Items for What's Up should be submitted to TheBm 216 Reed McDonald, no less than three working dir>l fore desired publication date. Slow sai ■ He sa ■ficers viillance ■ct was ■ The ; ■dice i months, farmatic suspects methods dpns, tin ■ The c< to 11 Hice i Children learnin basics by using . Apple computeis bet wm midnigh ■ The * target a streets. By Sherry Copeland Reporter read music, performing in the Army ak."' The building blocks of every child’s education still are being taught in elementary schools today. But at South Knoll Elementary School, a change has taken place. Pencils and paper gradually are be ing replaced by another tool — the computer. Betty Pettit, program director of Prescription Learning at South Knoll Elementary in College Station, says the objective of the computer program, started six years ago, is to stress the basics while helping chil dren who are below their grade level in reading and math to develop their skills. “The program is a multi-media lab complete with computers and workbooks,” Pettit says. “The lab contains 15 Apple computers with a lot of bright, color graphics to grab the children’s attention.” T he children are tested in reading and math, and the results are re viewed by their teachers, Pettit says. Children then are put on a program, which is adapted to their rate of learning and skills. “Children can even work above their own grade level,” Pettit says. “A fifth-grader who can read at an eighth-grade level can further de velop his reading skills without being bored by reading stories below his skill level.” The computer lab is designed to enrich the children’s learning, Pettit says, but it also is designed to pro vide remedial work for slow learn- classrooms have at least ok puter the children canworht “ The exposure is importar; (it says. "If the childrensfeilt puters being used in classrooms, then they begin*: ing computers at the banti* cers anc eery store and department Pettit says that having in the working and learnini B Snow surveilla Jght a i about 3 a ■ He sa scribing ■jeratio man nsu for an h* Bg. ■ Survei of the s and dec tered a I Police ah 4 4 7 ca cher reaction computers has bet good. 7 he compute low the teacher to Si more one-on-one with their students. — Bettffi program director o( scrip tion Leif- fagainst Went to archin: id. | A poli spect ss, Bor Snow used al 3ors an stolen apprehet iMr The 3 .rested af k, He wa treated f. in eity jai g^Police t r ronment helps students re* f important it is to leant to iff] puters. The children aretauf to use the machines properl' insert the computer disked 10901 and raise their hands!® 1 tance when a problem arises T he children, she says, 1,1 afraid of using the compute® “It’s stimulating, motive exciting because it isanothei learning to them, without US” oil and paper,” Pettitsays “The students can be given more challenging or easier work, depend ing on their skills,” she says. “If the child is frustrated, then that is de feating the purpose. I want the child to enjoy learning new things.” South Knoll was one of the first el ementary schools in the state to have a computer lab for elementary chil dren, Pettit says. Grades one through five use the lab. Each teacher’s class uses the lab for 30 minutes a day. “Half of the class will use the com puters to work on reading, writing or math skills,” Pettit says. “The other half sits in a circle with their in structor, and she teaches directed ac tivities — for instance, the multipli cation tables or even how to use a calculator.” In addition to the lab, Pettit says each of the fourth- and fifth-grade le causc [ nt Ung P Posted »S s SOI r evis Say s One program the WM use is called Kil Writer, This word-processing: dies the children to drawp® 5 the computer. Once they' 1 this, Pettit says, she asks 'p. write a paragraph or two* S'o| 0 f 11 picture. Skine ,0 W-ri S k n “Teacher reaction to the Use by P ers has been very good,” P fi; |plaiis' "i “The computers allow theu 113(11 spend more one-on-one ' e - their students. , [kw-T-l, “They learn from each ||*hcy , W t one child may klly ^Tir mi, not see quite as quid!j^ a t lrj Ca | <l V h f 'We a child points it out to anotapi seem to learn quicker than teacher is always pointing^ ikt-j, “We let them discoverthc^ffalv^ § with their computer. ItM )n children and makes then' 1 ' Aum e •fdr 1 » learn more.” ^fot