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Tuesday, April 21, 1987/The Battalion/Page 7 s 'e, He si) studenii. say. 'Ho,; only use j " Fowl a, : oiher pem . And it’s it, the lead students, ielyouart ■ I’ve got t: ant to le ' e trainnii that he a ‘Icandoi oasignoE: "Can't" b t's 'Defffii: ) instill if Ican.ydKi Imostlikl Kn-up vtis students tc ly. Evend on of ties posted ot ngrooni: confidti in the® md streny; sa\s. "Toil another; nunitv. 5t h ends.br istei th What’s up Tuesday PHILOSOPHY COLLOQUIUM: Richard W. Stadelman will speak on “Whitehead and the Failure of Rationalism: A Learning God” at 3:30 p.m. in 404 Rudder. ENGLISH CLUB: Janet McCann will discuss “Poetry in To day’s Market: How to Write and Publish” at 7 p.m. in 402 Rudder. TAMU SCUBA CLUB: George Lewbell will speak on “High- Dollar Diving: Is it Worth it?'” at 7 p.m. in 604 Rudder. COMMODORE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP: will meet at 8:15 p.m. in 105 Horticulture Forestry Sciences. KAPPA ALPHA PSI: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 410 Rudder. AGGIE DEMOCRATS: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 502 Rudder. SPANISH CLUB: will meet at 8 p.m. at the Flying Tomato. Wednesday MSG CAMAC AND POLITICAL FORUM: will present “Citizenship for Illegal Immigrants: Red Tape or Re form?” at 7:30 p.m. in 201 MSG. MARANATHA CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: Greg Ball will speak on successfully living and loving in the ’80s at 7 p.m. in 203 Zachry. CIRCLE K INTERNATIONAL: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 301 Rudder. UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRY: will meet at 6 p.m. at A&M Presbyterian Church. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at noon. Call 845 r 5826 for location. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at 8:30 p.m. Call 845-5826 for location. TAMECT: will meet at 7 p.m. in 206 Rudder. PLANT PATHOLOGY: will meet at 1:30 p.m. in 206 MSC. AGGIE TOASTERS: will meet at 7 p.m. in 342 Rudder. STUDY ABROAD OFFICE: will present information on Ful- briglit grants for graduate research and study abroad at 2 p.m. in 251 Bizzell West. EUROPE CLUB: will meet at 9:30 p.m. at Mr. Gatti’s. PRE-VET SOCIETY: will meet at 7 p.m. in 230 Veterinary Medical Sciences. AGGIE SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 308 Rudder. SOUTH LOUISIANA HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 504 Rudder. CLASS OF ’88: applications for class council chairmen posi tions are available through April 29 in 2 16 MSC. STUDENT Y ASSOCIATION: applications for chairmen are available through Wednesday. BATTALION STAFF: applications for fall and summer staff positions are available in The Battalion office through Fri day. Items for What’s Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216 Reed McDonald, no less than three working days be fore desired publication date. Symposium marks 25th anniversary of geologic theory By Suna Purser Reporter Texas A&M’s Geodynamics Re search Institute will celebrate the 25th anniversary of a revolutionary geologic theory at its 9th annual symposium Wednesday through Fri day at Rudder Tower. Plate tectonics, developed by Harry Hess in 1962, describes the earth’s crust as a series of rigid plates, says Richard Carlson, A&M geophysics professor and sympo sium co-convener. Driving mech anisms such as heat or subduction cause the massive plates to move slowly. This theory has provided an an swer to such questions as the jigsaw puzzle-fit of South America, North America, Africa and Europe, Carl son says. “The institute has confirmed 36 speakers, 16 of whom have been identified as pioneers of plate tec tonic theory,” he says. “The remain ing speakers have made significant contributions to the further study of plate tectonics.” President Frank Vandiver has been invited to make the symposi um’s opening speech, says Linda An derson, administrative assistant at the institute. Dr. Melvin Friedman, dean of the geosciences college, will make an opening speech and give an overview of geodynamics research at Texas A&M. This year’s symposium will not just rehash past plate tectonic re search, Anderson says, but partici pants will discuss different areas of tectonic study and will look at where plate tectonics research is going. Carlson agrees, saying there is no set theme, as there has been with past symposiums. “This is a general symposium,” he says. Symposium co-convener and in stitute director Thomas W.C. Hilde says the symposium will cover a full scope of topics covering plate tec tonic research —* from early geologic history to a critical evaluation of plate tectonics. “We have tried to give a logical se quence and order to the program,” Hilde says. “The first part of the program is devoted to early tectonic framework. “The earth’s development history will then be discussed. Earth proc esses will be compared to that of other planets and finally, the proc esses of convergence (where plate boundaries meet) will be covered on the last day.” Tectonic scholars are not the only participants, Anderson says. Rep resentatives from several oil-related companies also will attend, but in dustry representatives have not sub mitted abstracts, as symposium speakers have. “They (oil companies) will partici pate by interaction and discussion with the scientists who are present ing abstracts,” she says. “The oil companies see the symposium as a way to stay up on current research and findings.” Anderson says the oil slump has not really affected industry’s in volvement in the research-oriented symposium. “The money is there,” she says. “If they (oil companies) want to partici pate, money is no problem for them.” There is a $5,000 corporate regis tration fee, which allows the com pany to send 10 participants. The fee covers a variety of costs such as local transportation to and from the symposium, bound copies of abs tracts and a commemorative medal lion, Anderson says. Besides the corporate registration fee, the $39,000 symposium will be funded in part by an $8,000 dona tion from NASA and a $1,500 dona tion from Inter-Union Commission on the Lithosphere (ICL), Anderson says. Other funding will come from the A&M geosciences department. In addition to industry donations, the symposium will be funded by a $100 registration fee that all partici pants, including A&M staff, must pay. This fee entitles them to the same things as the corporate partici pants, Anderson says. ealthy family’s private guards allow ort Worth ‘to come back downtown’ ter. that as tin end, heat ■ained In ;uelfall. irviceswtf d an at Wondtt tesmansis emergent! he boy. •ator Fn restrain.; itomaticJi rs the tide ate Sund? the “pail :or36reaii the Zvilit !itv weta ti-car acks.ison •-type ride There is nothing sinister in this,”, said Joel fenneth Glenn, a former Secret Service presi- lential bodyguard who heads City Center Secu- ity. “We perform a civic duty that allows Fort iVorth to come back downtown again.” Members of the Bass family — father Perry md brothers Sid, Robert, Edward and Lee — de- erred all questions about their security operation io Glenn. FORT WORTH (AP) — After spending hun dreds of millions of dollars refashioning the downtown skyline, the reclusive billionaire Bass amily is lavishing millions more on a “private irmy” of security. Their cloak of hidden cameras, secret codes md panic buttons blankets 24 busy square blocks n the heart of downtown. Guards, trained in mti-terrorist tactics, scan thousands of faces Dassing before 150 video cameras. A computer spits out the names of people as hey use card keys to enter restricted areas. Armed security agents — wearing discreet, be- tind-the-ear headphones — patrol the streets. City Center Security, named after the Basses’ downtown development company, not only guards family members and looks after their troperty but also patrols the public streets. Some police officers and people from a nearby downtown shelter grumble that City Center guards are heavy-handed in their treatment of the disadvantaged. Others, such as a tenant in one of the Bass buildings, fret about the implica tions of private police patrolling public streets. “It’s kind of like a private army patrolling our streets,” the tenant told the Dallas Morning News. “It’s a little unsettling.” But most, city and business officials offer raves for the youthful, uniformed, clean-cut guards on patrol. “They do not police the public area in the same sense that the Fort Worth Police Depart ment does, but they do perform a tremendous public service,” said Police Chief Thomas Wind ham. The private patrol presence, he said, “is a deterrent to crime in that area.” City Council member Louis Zapata said the Bass family’s interest in protecting its property also provides for the public beefed-up security downtown. “It’s self-serving, but it helps Fort Worth,” Za pata said. City Center Security employs about 100 armed and unarmed guards, consultants, instructors and managers, according to the Texas Board of Private Investigators and Private Security Agen cies. Guards, walking beats or driving Suzuki Sa murai jeeps, patrol the quarter of the business district that includes the two.City Center office towers, the Worthington Hotel, Caravan of Dreams nightclub and Sundance Square. The guards, who carry large-caliber stainless- steel revolvers, also escort business people, as well as bar and restaurant patrons, to their cars after hours. City Center Security officers easily outnumber city police patrolling downtown, officials say. Glenn said about half his force patrols the 24- block area. Police have fewer than 20 officers for all of downtown. City Center guards go through a five-week training program, four weeks more than is re quired by the state. About one-third to one-half are seminary students, as is their training direc tor, Brent Ferren. Not everyone gives Glenn’s guards and opera tions high marks. In one incident, the officer said, police responded in full force after City Center Security reported a robbery, only to find a guard dealing with a drunk. 3ITY /egetfto Call ItLS Battalion Classified 845-2611 Battalion Staff Applications for both the Summer and Fall semesters are now available to interested students in 216 Reed McDonald. Open positions include: • Columnists • Cartoonists • Editorial Cartoonists • Staff Writers • Reviewers • Photographers Complete applications must be returned by Friday, April 24. Chimney Hill Bowling Center "A Family Recreation Center' OPEN BOWL Every night 40 Lanes — Automatic Scoring League & Open Bowling Bar & Snack Bar 701 University Drive East Pool Tables Video Games 260-9184 Networking. . . It's not always what you know, but who you know. Come find out what it is and how it can help you NOW! © UJomen In Communications, Inc. Thurs. 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